Synima, Gongrospermum. 1255 



superantia, subrhombea, intus puberula et supra unguem perbrevem squamulis 2 spa- 

 thuliformibiis petalum ipsum subaequantibus dorso minutim cristatis dense rufido- 

 villosis aucta. Discus tumide annularis, glaber. Stamina 8, filiformia, floris (J exserta, 

 praeter apicem villosiuscula, antheris breviter ellipsoideis papillosis; pollinis granula 

 trigono-placentiformia, 3-porosa. Germen (floris ^) rudimentarium, trianguläre, tomen- 

 tosum (floris 5 non visum). Capsula subdrupacea, minor, triangulari-turbinata, 3-locu- 

 laris, angulis ^ carinatis in stipitem brevem decurrentibus, stylo hirtello apiculata, 

 apice loculicide 3-valvis, glabrata, sicca nigro-fusca, pericarpio minus crasso, sarco- 

 carpio carnoso transversim rugoso cellulis secretoriis resinigeris persito, endocarpio 

 sclerenchymatico ad valvarum margines fulvo-tomentoso, ad septa pilosulo, ceterum 

 glabro. Semen obovatum, a dorso compressiusculum, testa tenuiter crustacea drupacea 

 Strato arilloso-carnoso cerino (si mavis arillo adnato epispermatico) praeter striam dorsi 

 medianam fuscam nitidam (intus e cellulis oleigeris conflatam) obducta (unde nomen: 

 IjLia, eljua, vestimentum, mantellum, hie arillus, avv, cum, intelligendum: cum testa 

 unitus). Embryo notorrhizus, amyliger, cellulis oleigeris persitus; cotyledones erectae, 

 complanatae, altera dorsali, altera ventrali; radicula perbrevis, basalis. 



Arbor. Rami teretes striati, ut et petioli paniculaeque sordide tomentelli, cortice 

 (libro) cellulis secretoriis sat ample tubulosis instructo. Folia sparsa, exstipulata, petio- 

 lata, abrupte pinnata; foliola 4 — 10, alterna vel subopposita, ovalia vel oblonga, bre- 

 viter acute acuminata, a medio crenato-denticulata, basi obliqua (latere interiore bre- 

 viore) in petiolulos basi bulbosos attenuata, chartacea, nervis lateralibus sat approxi- 

 matis obliquis supra impressis subtus prominentibus, sicca utrinque pallide subfusca, 

 nitidula, glabra, nee nisi nervo mediano subtus puberulo, impunctata, attamen cellulis 

 secretoriis persita, epidermide non mucigera; petiolus supra planus, subtus convexus, 

 rhachis supra bisulcata. Paniculae axillares, folia subaequantes, multiflorae, a tertia 

 inferiore parte ramosae, ramis erectis thyrsoideis rhacheosque apice sat dense, attamen 

 interrupte, cymulas breviter stipitatas vel subsessiles glomerulifloras (dichasia in cin- 

 cinnos abeuntia multiflora) gerentibus; bracteae bracteolaeque deltoideae minutae vel 

 subnuUae, ut et pedicelli breviusculi basi articulati pallide sufferrugineo-tomentellae. 

 Flores parvi. Gapsulae minores. 



Species 1, Australiae subtropicae incola. 



Genus inter Cupanieas insigne seminis testa drupacea, praeter striam dorsalem strato carnoso, 

 quasi arillo adnato, obducta, quod sed alio modo in Lepidopetalo quoque (inter alia petalis longe 

 recedenti) observandum. 



S. Cordierii (F. Muell.) Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. IX. (1879) 546 n. 664 

 etc. et in Engl. u. Prantl 1. c; Domin in Bibl. bot. Heft 89 IV. (1927) 907. — Cupania 

 Cordierii F. Muell. Fragm. IX. (1875) 93, Syst. Gens. (1882) 24, ed. 2. (1889) 42; Bailey, 

 Syn. Queensl. Fl. (1883) 76. — Ratonia Cordierii F. Muell. coli. ed. ipso in Fragm. 1. c; 

 Bailey, Queensl. Fl. I. (1899) 299. — Gharacter ut supra. 



Arbor umbrosa, sempervirens. Rami paniculigeri 3 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 3 — 

 4 cm longo adjecto 14 — 24 cm longa; foliola cum petiolulis 2 — 6 mm longis 5 — 13 cm 

 longa, 2,2 — 4,5, rarius 5,5 cm lata, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7 — 12. Paniculae 12 — 

 22 cm longae, ramis 3—7 cm longis; pedicelli 1 — 2,5 mm longi. Flores diametro 2 mm. 

 Galyx 1 mm altus. Petala 1,5 — 2 mm longa. Stamina 3 mm longa. Gapsula 1 cm longa 

 et lata. Semen 6 mm longum, 4 mm latum. 



In Australiae colonia Queensland: Dallachy! (ad ripas fluviorum sinui 

 Rockingham's Bay affluentium, fl. et fr.; c. Hb. DG., Bruxell., Berol. mecumque comm. 

 F. Muell.). . 



102. Gongrospermum Radik. 



Gongrospermum Radlk. in Philipp. Journ. Sc. VIII. 6. (1913) 469; Merrill, Enum. 

 Philipp. Fl. PI. II. (1923) 512. 



Flores unisexuales (5 tantum visi, hermaphroditos mentientes), parvi, perbreviter 

 pedicellati. Galyx (ut in Matayba) breviter cupularis, 5-sectus, segmentis deltoideis, 



