1184 L- Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



(1869) 626; Bailey, Synops. Queensl. Fl. (1883) 76 et Queensl. Fl. I. (1899) 291; 

 Gh. Moore, Fl. N. S. Wales (1893) 91 ; in Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales XXV. 4. (1901) 

 t. 38 bis. — Cupania tomentella F. Miiell. Hb. ed. Benth. in Fl. Austr. I. (1863) 458! 

 c. obs.: Varietas C. serratae?; Walp. Ann. VII. 4. (1869) 626; F. Muell. Fragm. IX. 

 (1875) 94 »varietatem C. serratae .. . format«, Census (1882) 24 et ed. 2. (1889) 41; 

 Bailey, Synops. Queensl. Fl. (1883) 76 et Queensl. Fl. I. (1899) 292. — Arbor mediocris, 

 jam statu fruticoso florens; rami teretes, interdum leviter sulcati, ut et petioli pani- 

 culaeque sordide sufferrugineo-tomentosi; folia abrupte pinnata; foliola 6 — 16, immo 

 22, alterna, rarius subopposita, oblonga, utrinque subacuta vel apice acuminata, 

 breviter petiolulata vel superiora subsessilia, margine sat argute rarius obsolete serrata, 

 membranaceo-chartacea, nervis lateralibus approximatis obliquis venisque reticulatis 

 subtus prominentibus, supra praeter nervös puberulos glabra, nitidula, fusco-viridia, 

 subtus pube moUiuscula -^ induta, tenuiora minutim pellucido-punctata; petiolus 

 semiteres, rhachis supra 2-sulcata; paniculae axillares, foliis breviores, pauciramosae, 

 rhachi apice ramisque thyrsoideis spiciformibus sat dense cymulas sessiles glomeruli- 

 formes gerentibus, bracteis bracteolisque ovato-lanceolatis villosis intus glabris; flores 

 majores, subsessiles, alabastris globosis; sepala 5, late imbricata, orbicularia, praeter 

 margines petaloideos denticulatos glanduligeros pube densa adpressa sericea e flavido 

 canescente induta; petala sepalis dimidiis breviora, ovata, subtridentata, ciliolata, 



2 — 3-nervia, basi in unguem brevissimum punctiformem contracta, intus squamulis 2 

 villosis supra disci marginem inflexis aucta, imo dorso sericeo-pilosula, alutacea; discus 

 annularis, glaber; stamina 8, filamentis brevibus villosis, antheris quam filamenta 

 paullo longioribus subulato-oblongis incurvis dorso margineque pilis minutis adspersis; 

 germen (floris (J rudimentarium) floris $ trigono-globosum, 3-loculare, dense tomen- 

 tosum, intus pilosiusculum, in stylum brevem pilosum apice paullulum incrassatum 

 subtrilobum abruptius attenuatum; Capsula trigono-obovoidea vel subglobosa, estipitata, 

 tomento denso sufferrugineo induta, intus pilosa; semina oblongo-ellipsoidea vel 

 ovoidea, testa tenuiter crustacea fusco-spadicea, arillo cellulis magnis resinigeris in- 

 structo usque ad medium vel altius obtecta; embryo notorrhizus, cotyledones super- 

 positae (interdum >>collaterales<<, ex F. Muell. 1. c. 1875), amyligerae, cellulis resinigeris^ 

 persitae, radicula latiuscula descendens, plica testae excepta. 



Arbor circ. 6 m alta. Rami 3—4 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 5 — 10 cm longo adjecto 

 20 — 30 cm et ultra longa; foliola cum petiolulis 5 mm longis 8 — 16 cm longa, 2,5 — 5 cm 

 lata. Paniculae 14 — 30 cm longae; pedicelli fructigeri 3 mm longi. Alabastra diametro 



3 — 4 mm. Capsula 1,5 — 2 cm longa et lata; semina 14 — 18 mm longa, circ. 10 mm 

 crassa. 



Formas 3 distinguere licet: 



F. 1. genuina Radlk. 1. c. (1879) 585: Supra descripta. 



F. 2. tomentella (F. Muell.) Radlk. 1. c. (1879) 585 [Cupania tomentella F. Muell. 

 11. cc): Foliola remote denticulata vel subintegerrima, subtus tomento molli brevi 

 densiore induta. 



F. 3. vestita Radlk. 1. c. (1879) 674: Foliola basi subsinuosa, apice repando-serrata, 

 subtus sufferrugineo-tomentosa; sepala minora; Stylus subulatus lineis stigmatosis 3 

 notatus. (Foliolorum indole quodammodo accedit ad Cupaniopsin atrothecam Radlk. 

 Anne species propria? Specimen sufficiens scribenti mihi ad manus non est.) 



In Australiae coloniis Queensland et New South Wales, nee non forma 3. 

 in Nova Guinea: Forma 1: in Queensland: Dallachy! (Rockingham Bay, a. 1870, 

 fl.; Hb. DC, Berol., Kew., Monac); W. Hill! (in silvis secundum fluvium Pine River 

 prope sinum Moreton Bay; Hb. Kew.); — in N.S.Wales: Carron (ad montem 

 Warning; ex Muell. L c. 1875); id. (ad flumen Manning's River, ex Muell. 1. c. 1875, 

 Addit.); C.Moore! (Tweed River, circ. 1867, fl.; Hb. Kew.); Maria Hodgkinson 

 (ad flumen Richmond River; ex Muell. 1. c. 1875); Beckler? n. 237! (Clarence River; 



