Lepiderema. 1217 



2-florum stipitatum ceterum flores singulos breviter pedicellatos minutim bracteatos 

 gerentes; alabastra globosa. Flores albi, diametro 2,5 — 4 mm. Gapsulae cum stipite 

 2 — 3 mm longo ad 1 cm longae, 8 mm latae. Semina 5 mm longa, 3 mm lata. 



Species 4, 1 papuana, reliquae australienses. 



Genus inter Cupanieas asiatico-oceanicas calyce Cupaniae praedilas insigne sepalis petaloideis 

 et petalis esquamulatis, capsulae parvae valvis lignosis, insuper (ut paucae aliae: Cupaniopsis sect. III., 

 Dictyoneura, Arytera sect. IV., Delpya) glandulis lepidoideis in foliolis et foliorum thyrsorumque 

 rhachi obviis. 



Gonspectus specierum. 



A. Foliola patule nervosa, oblonga, acuminata, majuscula (sp. 



papuana) \. L. papuana. 



B. Foliola oblique vel procurve nervosa (sp. australienses). 



a. Foliola majora, ad 15 cm longa, ex oblongo late lanceolata 2. L. sericolignis. 



b. Foliola mediocria, ad 9 cm longa, inaequilatera, subfalcata, 



longiuscule petiolulata 3. L. punctulata. 



c. Foliola parva, ad 5 cm longa, anguste ovato-lanceolata, 



breviter petiolulata 4. Z. pulchella. 



1. L. papuana Radlk. 1. c. (1877-1878) 100 (251), 1. c. (1879) 535 n. 458, 1. c. (1895) 

 347, et Sap. Papuas, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. LVI. (1920) 292. — Frutex?; rami sulcati, 

 glabri; folia abrupte pinnata; foliola 6 — 10, subopposita, oblongo-ovalia, apice longius 

 acuminata, basi abruptius in petiolulos breves contracta, integerrima, glabra, chartacea, 

 patule nervosa, fuscescentia, supra quoque stomatophora, glandulis lepidoideis adspersa, 

 obscure pellucido-punctata; inflorescentiae axillares, subfasciculatae, breviusculae, 

 subtiliter lepidotae, pilis brevibus obsitae; sepala ex ovali suborbicularia, tenera, fere 

 tota petaloidea; petala ex ovali oblonga, esquamata, glabra; discus annularis, regularis, 

 sublobatus,glaber; stamina hirsuta; germen 3-loculare, ellipsoideum, subsessile, glabrum; 

 Stylus germen subduplo superans, plus minus spiraliter tortus. 



Rami inflorescentias gerentes circ. 6 mm crassi, cortice fusco. Folia 20 — 30 cm 

 longa; foliola 5 — 15 cm longa, 2,2 — 5 cm lata; petiolus subteres, 6 — 12 cm longus. 

 Inflorescentiae 5 — 7 cm longae; pedicelli brevissimi. Sepala 1,5 mm longa (exteriora 

 minora). Petala fere 1,5 mm longa. Germen cum stylo 2,5 mm longum. 



In insula papuana Misoel: Teysmann! (Maijama, fl.; Hb. Bogor. n. 14250; 

 mecum comm. Scheffer a. 1878). 



2. L. sericolignis (Bailey) Radlk. in Fedde, Repert. XX. (1924) 29. — Cupania serico- 

 lignis Bailey in Queensl. Depart. Agric. Bot. Bull. V. (1892) 11 (ex Queensl. Fl. et sched. 

 Hb. Kew.), Queensl. Fl. I. (1899) 294, part., i. e. quoad plantam ab E. Gowley ad Barron 

 River lect. et a F. M. Bailey m. Mart. 1907 mecum communicatam c. indic. accuratiore 

 »Kamerunga near Gairns, m. Maj. 1892, florig.<< (excl. planta altera a Bailey ipso ad 

 Mulgrave River a 1889 lecta, quae Guioa acutifolia Radlk.), et Queensl. Woods (1899) 

 39, part. — Vulgo: Silkwood, Bailey^ 1. c, quod nomen a Gowley communicatum 

 ad hanc plantam spectare (nee ad alteram excludendam) Bailey ipse exposuit in litt, 

 die 27. Martii 1907 ad me missis. — Arbor glabra, ramis teretiusculis ; folia abrupte 

 pinnata; foliola 6 — 8, opposita, superiora majora ex oblongo subcuneata, inferiora 

 minora ovato-lanceolata, vix obtuse acuminata, breviter petiolulata, integerrima, 

 chartacea, oblique nervosa, purpurascenti-fusca, glabra, glandulis lepidoideis adspersa, 

 cellulis secretoriis paucis instructa; inflorescentiae racemiformes, graciles, in parte 

 ramorum defoliata ad foliorum cicatrices fasciculatae, densiflorae; flores ((J tantum 

 visi) parvi, sat pedicellati; sepala suborbicularia, petaloidea, glabra; petala ovalia, 

 sepala non superantia, esquamulata, basi utrinque ciliolata; discus glaber; stamina 

 vix exserta, dense villosiuscula ; germinis rudimentum parvum. 



Rami 5 — 6 mm crassi, cortice fusco. Folia petiolo 5 cm longo adjecto circ. 25 cm 

 longa; foliola superiora 14 cm longa, 5 cm lata, inferiora 6 cm longa, 2,5 cm lata. 

 Inflorescentiae 4 — 5 cm longae. Flores 2 mm longi, albi. 



