Mischocarpus. 1307 



Wales IX. (1894) 458 (Maid, in lit.); Maiden and Betche, Gens. N. S. Wales PI. (1916) 

 129 (sub nomine »Änodontusa Radlk.). — Arbor sat alta; rami teretes, glabri; folia ab- 

 rupte pinnata; foliola 2 — 4, mediocria, elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, utrinque acuta, 

 petiolulata, integerrima, glabra, membranaceo-chartacea vel subcoriacea, obliqui- 

 nervia, laxe reticulato-venosa; paniculae subterminales, pauciramosae, folia sub- 

 aequantes, glabriusculae ; flores apetali; discus glaber; Capsula elongate clavata, parte 

 seminifera subglobosa apiculata stipite praelongo apice crassiusculo suffulta, extus 

 glabra, intus (cum septis) pilis deflexis rufidis (ut et stipes usque ad partem tertiam 

 inferiorem) densissime villoso-tomentosa; endocarpium juxta dissepimentorum ortum 

 vel omnino sclerenchymate destitutum; semen ad apicem usque arillo oblique cupulari, 

 dorso aperto, basi in calcar capsulae stipitem Ingrediens producto obtectum. 



Arbor 60 pedes alta (F. Müller). Rami paniculas gereutes vix 2 mm crassi. Folia 

 12 — 20 cm longa; foliola 7 — 12 cm longa, 2,5 — 6 cm lata, sicca subviridia, concoloria, 

 nervis lateralibus parum prominentibus, inferioribus interdum longe procurvis ad 

 marginem arcuato-anastomosantibus. Bracteae minimae, vix conspicuae; cincinni 

 stipitati; pedicelli circ. 1 — 2 mm longi. Calyx 0,5 — 1 mm longus, 5-partitus, lobis 

 latius triangularibus acutis, chartaceus. Discus annularis, regularis. Stamina glabra. 

 Germen subtrigonum, stipitatum, glabriusculum, stylo longiore superne in Stigmata 

 3 diviso coronatum. Capsula (stipite 1,5 cm longo adjecto) 2 — 2,5 cm longa, fusco-nigra. 



In Australiae coloniis Queensland et New South Wales: in Queensland: 

 A. Gunningham! (Moreton Bay, a. 1829; Hb. Kew.); W. Hill (ibid., secus rivos, ex 

 F.Müll. 1. c. 1858); Dallachy! (ad montem Elliot et sinum Rockingham Bay, ex 

 F. Müll. 1. c. 1875; mecum comm. F. Müll.); Leichhardt (Mackenzie River, ex Bailey 

 1. c. 1899); Bailey?! (San Keys Scrub, a. 1887, fr.; mecum comm. Bailey); — in 

 N. S. Wales: Scott (ad flumen Hunter's River, ex F. Müll. 1. c. 1875); E. Betche! 

 (Lismore, Richmond River, m. Apr. 1896, fl.; Hb. Monac, misit Betche). 



18. M. papuanus Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. XX. (1890) 268, annot. 

 (charact. brevis), Sap. Papuas, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. LVI. (1920) 304 (sine descr.) et 

 in Fedde, Repert. XX. (1924) 39 (descr.). — Frutex?; folium (quod solum suppetebat) 

 abrupte pinnatum; foliola 5, subopposita, oblongo-lanceolata, subacuminata, basi in 

 petiolulos longiusculos attenuata, chartacea, nervis lateralibus approximatis patulis 

 supra subimpressis subtus prominulis, nervo mediano supra impresso subtus valde 

 prominente striato, glabra nee nisi glandulis microscopicis generis (digitiformibus) 

 adspersa, supra laevigata, pallide subfusca subtus arcte reticulata, cellulis secretoriis 

 in Strato inter staurenchyma et pneumatenchyma interjecto crystallophoro sat crebris 

 iisque interdum staurenchymatis cellulis 2 — 3 anomale scleroticis subjectis instructa, 

 inde, ubi sat tenuia, minutim pellucide punctata, cellulis epidermidis paginae inferioris 

 infra et juxta venas crystalla singula gerentibus; petiolus gracilis, ut et rhachis supra 

 sulco exarata striatus; paniculae pauci-ramosae, pulverulento-puberulae (fructigerae 

 tantum decerptae visae); calyx sub fructu relictus repando-dentatus, puberulus; 

 petalorum cicatrices sub disco breviter cupulari obviae; Capsula elongate claviformis, 

 parte seminifera trigono-ovoidea, parvula, stipite longissimo apice crassiusculo basin 

 versus sensim tenuiore suffulta, abortu monosperma, sarcocarpio crassiusculo, endo- 

 carpio toto crasse sclerenchymatico, utrinque glabra, denique loculicide trivalvis; 

 semen subglobosum, totum arillo obductum, arillus basi in calcar elongatum in capsulae 

 stipitem ultra medium immissum productus. 



Folium petiolo 5 cm longo adjecto 20 cm longum; foliola cum petiolulis 15 — 18 mm 

 longis 14 — 17 cm longa, 5 — 5,5 cm lata; paniculae circ. 12 cm longae, pedicellis fructi- 

 geris 4 mm longis, basi articulatis, puberulis. Gapsula cum stipite 2,5 cm longo 3,5 cm 

 longa, diametro 7 — 8 mm. 



In Nova Guinea meridionali: J. Ghalmers! (a. 1885, fr.; comm. F. Müll.). 



Obs. Capsula longe stipitata accedit ad M. anodontum (F.Müll.) Radlk. (apetalum vero et 

 Capsula intus densissime villoso-tomentosa discrepantem), habitu ad M. sundaicum Blume (apetalum) 

 A, Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryophyta siphonogama.) 165. 83 



