1256 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



utrinque sufferrugineo-tomentellis. Petala 0. Discus subcupularis, tomentosus, pres- 

 sione staminum crenulatus. Stamina 8, filamentis perbrevibus superne villosis, antheris 

 ellipsoideis crassiusculis 4-sulcatis glabris fuscis lateraliter dehiscentibus; pollinis granula 

 trigono-placentiformia, 3-sulcata, 3-porosa. Germen ovatum, trigonum, tbmentosum, 

 apice glabrum subtrilobo-stigmatosum, 3-loculare ; gemmulae in loculis solitariae, erectae, 

 apotropae, campylotropae, micropyle extrorsum infera. Capsula in ramulo sympodiali 

 brevi ^t glabrato terminalis, pedicello brevissimo suffulta, pyriformis, in stipitem bre- 

 vem sulcis staminum insertionibus respondentibus notatum attenuata, breviter api- 

 culata, sufferrugineo-tomentosa, abortu plerumque 1-locularis, ad latus loculis effoetis 

 compressis respondens ^ applanata, denique loculicide dehiscens, pericarpio corticoso 

 cellularum sclerenchymaticarum concretionibus crebris instructo et cellulis secretoriis 

 substantiam oleoso-resinosam foventibus persito, endocarpio sclerenchymatico trans- 

 versim fibroso pilis adpressis praesertim basi prope seminis insertionem (in loculis effoetis 

 vero undique densius) obsito; semen ad loculi angulum centralem prope basin insertum, 

 obovatum, a lateribus compressiusculum, atro-fuscum, glabruhi, exarillatum, testa 

 crustacea laevi intus in protuberantias nodosas partim literae T figuram aemulantes 

 versus seminis centrum protrusas (quodammodo Ulis in Anonacearum seminibus endo- 

 spermium ruminatum efficientibus similes) producta (unde generis nomen). Embryo 

 curvatus (ut videtur, notorrhizus), cotyledonibus (in semine observato nondum plane 

 evolutis tenuibus) testae protuberantiis arcte applicitis, radicula in seminis dorso des- 

 cendente plica testae profunda excepta. 



Arbor; rami teretiusculi, superne 5-sulcati, ut et petioli paniculaeque pilis brevibus 

 basi dilatata collapsis hyalinis ceterum materie fusca repletis sufferrugineo-tomentelli. 

 Folia abrupte pinnata, longiuscule petiolata, petiolo supra sulco exarato subtus con- 

 vexo striolato; foliola 5 — 6, larga, subopposita, late elliptica, breviter obtuse acuminata, 

 in petiolulos longiusculos basi incrassatos abruptius attenuata, integerrima, chartacea, 

 nervis lateralibus utrinque circ. 9 oblique vel superioribus arcuatim adscendentibus 

 subtus prominentibus, glabra, utrinque opaca, supra pallide subfusca, subtus viridula, 

 ad paginam superiorem hypodermate hie illic interrupto tannino crystallisque destituto 

 instructa, diachymate praeter strata inferiora chlorophyllophora tanninigero cellulis 

 secretoriis parvis substantiam oleoso-resinosam gerentibus laxe persito, epidermide non 

 mucigera. Paniculae axillares, sat amplae, ramis thyrsoideis dense cincinnos sessiles 

 glomeruliformes gerentibus, bracteis bracteolisque perparvis ovatis obtusiusculis. Ala- 

 bastra globosa, sessilia. 



Species 1, philippinensis. 



Genus calyce parvo et semine exarillato accedens ad genus Trigonachras, recedens testae 

 seminis indole, pericarpio saponino destituto, petalis 0, foliorum epidermide non mucigera hypoder- 

 mate suffulta. 



1. G. philippinense Radlk. 1. c. p. 471. — Character ut supra. 

 Rami 5 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 6 — 9 cm longo adjecto 35 cm longa; foliola cum 

 petiolulis 10—12 mm longis ad 20 cm longa, 9 cm lata. Paniculae folia subaequantes. 

 Flores diametro vix 2 mm. Capsula stipite vix 2 mm longo incluso 1,5 cm longa, 1 cm 

 lata, pericarpio ad 1 mm crasso. Semen 8 mm longum, 5 mm latum, 3 mm crassum. 



In Philippinarum insula Luzon: R. G. McGregor n. 12358 (prov. Laguna, 

 Calauan in silvis, m. Nov. — Dec. 1910, fr.; comm. ex Hb. Manil.). 



103. Sarcotoechia Radik. 



Sarcotoechia Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. IX. (1879) 489, 501, 544, 659, 

 XX. (1890) 267, 293, et in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5. (1895) 349; Domin 

 in Bibl. bot. Heft 89 IV. (1927) 907. 



Flores spurie polygami, (J et $ (^ mentientes) in iisdem inflorescentiis, minuti. 

 Calyx (ut in Matayha) parvus, breviter cupularis, praecociter apertus, 5-sectus, seg- 

 mentis exacte deltoideis, acutis valvatis, pilis minutis utrinque adspersis, margine dense 



