Arytera. 1275 



dum ramo longiusculo ex infima basi enascente auctae, quasi geminatae [Guioa geminata 

 Schum. et Lauterb., Arytera geminata Radlk. olim), ramis rhacheosque apice cymulas 

 3 — 5-floras gerentibus; flores parvi, (^ ei ^ interdum in eadem inflorescentia, suffer- 

 rugineo- vel rufo-pubescentes {Zygolepis rufescens Turcz., Ratonia Zygolepis Turcz.^ 

 Arytera rufescens Radlk. olim); calyx cupularis, segmentis 5 (raro 4 vel 6) acutis; 

 petala minuta, brevissime unguiculata, 2-squamulata, squamulis petala ipsa superanti- 

 bus divaricatis villosis; discus glaber; stamina villosula, antheris ellipsoideis tetragonis 

 puberulis; germen lenticulari-obovatum, 2-loculare, rarius (et quidem in eadem in- 

 florescentia) triquetrum, 3-loculare, adpresse puberulum, stylo filiformi supra medium 

 sulcis stigmatosis suturalibus notato et apice interdum breviter 2 — 3-lobo; Capsula 

 breviter stipitata, divaricatim 2 — 3-loba vel abortu 1-loba, styli residuis apiculata, 

 lobis sensu radiali oblongis, primum compressis, denique (seminigeris) longius bre- 

 viusve ellipsoideis, interdum fere fusiformibus, glabratis vel pilis brevibus adpressis 

 laxe loculis abortivis vero dense obsitis, secus medianam dehiscentibus ; pericarpium 

 coriaceo-crustaceum, mesocarpium cellulis resinigeris persitum, endocarpium tenuius 

 sclerenchymaticum ad valvarum margines tomentosum; semen ellipsoideum, arillo fusco 

 tanninigero totum obductum, testa tenui fusco-spadicea splendida; embryo notor- 

 rhizus, cotyledonibus oblique superpositis fuscis amyligeris tanninigerisque nee non 

 cellulis resinigeris persitis, radicula prope basin dorsali brevi testae sulco excepta. 



Frutex 3 — 4-metralis vel arbor 6 — 10, immo usque 23 m alta, ligno albido durissimo 

 lento et tenaci praesertim ad instrumenta rustica adhibito (t. Blume). Rami florigeri 

 2 — 4 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 3 — 7 cm longo adjecto 12 — 35 cm longa; foliola cum 

 petiolulis circ. 5 mm longis 8 — 16, immo 23 cm longa, 2,5 — 7,5 cm lata. Paniculae 

 8 — 14 cm longae; bracteae bracteolaeque minutae, vix 1mm longae; pedicelli circ. 

 2 mm longi, basi articulati. Galycis segmenta 1 mm longa; petala calycem vix supe- 

 rantia; stamina 3 — 4 mm longa; germen 2 mm altum, stylo 2 — 3 mm longo. Capsula 

 cum stipite 2 — 3 mm longo 1,5 cm alta, 2,3 cm lata, coccis (sensu radiali) 1 — 1,5 cm 

 longis, 9 mm latis, 8 mm crassis. Semen (sine arillo) 12 mm longum, 7 mm crassum. 



In Burma, peninsula Malaica et insulis adjacentibus Andamanicis et 

 Nicobaricis, in Slam, Annam et China, in insulis sundaicis Sumatra, Bangka, 

 Java, Borneo, Gelebes, cum insulis vicinis, et Timor, in insulis Key, in Moluccis 

 et Philippinis nee non in Nova Guinea: in Burma et peninsula Malaica (cf. 

 Ridley, Fl. Malay Penins. I. [1922] 507): Parish n. 2851 (Moulmein; Hb. Kew.); 

 Wallich, Gat. n. 8044 A! (Moulmein, m. Apr. 1827, fl. et fr.; Hb. Soc. Linn., Kew., 

 DC, Webb, Mart.), n. 8044 B! (Chappedong, Tavoy et Amherst; Hb. Soc. Linn.; A et 

 B c. nom. Sap. adenophyll. Wall.); Griff ith! (Mergui, fl.; Hb. Kew.); id., distrib. 

 Kew. n. 988! (Birma et Malay Penins., fl.; Hb. Kew., Paris., Berol.), ead. distr. 990! 

 (Hb. Kew.); Helfer, distr. Kew. 989! (Tenasserim and Andam. Isl., a. 1838, fl.; Hb. 

 Kew., Paris., Berol., Vindob.); H. Falconer! (Tenasserim provinces, fl.; Hb. Monac. 

 ex Hb. Calcutt.); Scortechini n. 20! (Perak, fl.; var. major King 1. c, ut et seqq. 

 Perakens.; Hb. DG.); King's collector n. 4456! (Larut, Perak, within 500 feet, m. Jun. 

 1883, fr.; Hb. DG.); King's coli. n. 695, 885 (Perak; King L c); Wray n. 316 (Perak; 

 King 1. c); Ridley n. 2162 (Pahang; King 1. c); id. sine n. (Pulau Ghangei, Pahang 

 River; Ridley 1. c. 1893); Griff ith! (Malacca, fl.; Hb. Rheno-Traj., Monac. ex Hb. 

 Calcutt.; Hb. Mart.); Maingay, distr. n. 439! (Malacca, a. 1866-1868, fl.; Hb. Berol., 

 Lugd.-Bat., DG.); Ridley n. 1609 (Selangor, t. King 1. c. var. major), n. 5995 (Singa- 

 pore; King ibid., ead. var.); — in ins. Andamanicis: King's collector n. 5! (South 

 Andamans, Balooghat-Hill Jungle, m. Jul. 1895, fl.; Hb. Monac. ex Hb. Calcutt.); 

 Prain's coli. n. 63! 65! (Andamans, a. 1900, fr.; Hb. DC); — in ins. Nicobaricis: 

 Jelinek n. 129! = Exped. Novara (1857 — 1859) n. 178! (ins. Nankowry, ex Kurz 

 1. c. 1876; Hb. Vindob.); King's coli. n. 6! (Gar Nicobar, Tambalu-Hill Jungle, m. 

 Jan. 1895, fl.; Hb. Monac. ex Hb. Calcutt.); — in Siam (cf. Craib, Fl. Siam. Enum. 

 L [1926] 333); - in Annam: G. B. Robinson n. 1317! 1445! 1484! (Nha-trang and 

 A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryophyta siphonogama.) 165. 81 



