Lepidopetalum. 1319 



Cat. (1847) n.8552! — CupaniaJackiana Hiern in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. I. (1875) 678; 

 Kurz, Veget. Nicobar Isl. in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLV. 2. (1876) 125! — Rami teretes, 

 glabri; folia abrupte pinnata; foliola 6 — 8, inferiora ovata basi rotundata, superiora 

 oblongo-lanceolata basi plus minus acuta, omnia apice breviuscule obtuse acuminata, 

 petiolulata, integerrima, membranacea, glabra, subtus in axillis nervorum vix pilosula, 

 minutissime pellucido-punctata, epidermide mucigera; inflorescentiae ad apices ramo- 

 rum axillares, solitariae, foliorum superiorum rhachin subaequantes, glabriusculae ; 

 fructus obovoideus, subclavatus, conspicue stipitatus, extus glaber, intus molliter 

 tomentosus; semen ellipsoideum, nigrum, nitidissimum, arillo basilari. 



Rami inflorescentias gereutes 2 mm crassi, cortice griseo-fuscidulo. Folia 15 — 

 20 cm longa; foliola 5 — 12 cm aequantia (inferiora minora quam superiora), sicca sub- 

 viridia, reticulato-venosa. Fructus circ. 4 cm longus (stipite 0,5 — 1 cm longo adjecto), 

 fuscus. Semen 1,5 — 2 cm longum. 



In insulis Andamanicis etNicobaricis:in ins. Andamanicis: King'sGoUec- 

 tor n.l! (South Andaman, Ranguchang-Hill Jungle, m. Jul. 1895, fl.; ex Hb. Galcutt. 

 comm. c. Hb. Monac), n.7! (South Andaman, Port Mouat-Hill Jungle, m. Sept. 1895, 

 fr.; ex Hb. Galcutt. comm. c. Hb. Monac); Prain's Gollector n.5! 8! (Andamans, 

 m. Apr. 1901, fl. et fr.; Hb. DG. ex Hb. Galcutt.); — in insulis Nicobaricis: W. Jack 

 = Wallich, Gat. n.8552! cf. lit. (Gar Nicobar; Hb. Kew.); Kamphövener, Galathea 

 Exped. 1845-1847, n.2378! (Garnicobar et Ghowry, fl. et fr.; Hb. Havn.), id. n.2510! 

 (ins. Teressa, fl. ; Hb. Havn.); Kurz (rather rare in the coral-reef-forests of the eastern 

 coast of Katchall, 1. c. 1876); Prain (Garnicobar, m. Nov. 1890, fl.; 1. c. 1891), id. 

 (Batti Malv, m. Nov. 1890, fr.; ibid.). 



3. L. subdichotomum Radlk. in K. Schum. (et Hollrung) Fl. Kais. Wilhelmsl. 

 (1889) 67, in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. XX. (1890) 269 annot., in Warburg, Beitr. 

 pap. Fl. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIII. (1891) 365 et Sap. Papuas, in Engler's Bot. 

 Jahrb. LVI. (1920) 307; K. Schum. et Lauterb. Fl. deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1901) 

 423. — Vulgo: Dahe taka na bore t. Peekel in sched. — Frutex vel arbor? ex habitu 

 L.Jackiani\ ramulis petiolisque mox glabratis juvenilibus adpresse puberulis; folia 2 — 4- 

 juga, foliola opposita, accrescentia, distincte petiolulata e basi subobtusa elliptico- 

 oblonga, breviter acuminata, subtus in axillis nervorum barbata ; inflorescentiae axillares 

 apice subdichotome ramosae; fructus subfuscus, tumide obcordatus breviter stipitatus 

 parvus (1,8 cm longus, 1,5 cm latus), semine basi et ventre (nee dorso), arillo adnato 

 sordide flavo instructo. 



In Nova Guinea, nee non in aliis insulis Papuasiae vicinis: In Nova Guinea: 

 M. Hollrung n. 387 ! (Hatzfeldhafen im Walde, a. 1887, fr.; Hb. Berol.); Fitzgerald 

 n.78 (Kumusi River, 45 miles up stram, fl. 1895, c. F. Müll. IV. [1896], erect from 20 

 to 30 feet high, flowers whitish); — in Neu-Mecklenburg: Peekel n.l03! 766! 

 (Namatanai-Matahot in dumetosis, circ. 15 m, m. Febr. 1911, fr.; Hb. Berol.), n.908! 

 (Station Lamekot, Palbakit, 300 m, m. Oct. 1923, fl.; Hb. Berol.); — Bismarck- 

 Archipel: Warburg! (1889, fr.). 



4. L. xylocarpum Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. XX. (1890) 269, annot., 

 et Sap. Papuas, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. LVI. (1920) 307; (Rendle) Forbes, N.-Guin. 

 PI. in Journ. of Bot. LXI. (1923) Suppl. 11, coli, n.379! 383. — Folia 2-juga ad 16 cm 

 longa, foliola opposita, brevius petiolulata petiolulis glabris, elliptico-oblonga, obtuse 

 acuminata, basi acuta vel breviter cuneata, subtus in axillis nervorum imberbia, 

 superiora (majora) circ. 11 cm longa, 4,5 — 5 cm lata; flores?; fructus insigniter stipitatus, 

 compressiuscule obovoideus, subclavatus, major (stipite 5 mm longo adjecto 3,2 cm 

 longus, 2 cm latus), pericarpio crasso sublignoso; arillus (adnatus) ventralis. 



In Nova Guinea britannica: H. O. Forbes n.379! 830! (base of Owen Stanley's 

 Range, a. 1876, fr.; comm. F.Müll.; Sogere indicatur apud Rendle, 1. c). 



5. L. hebecladum Radlk. in K. Schum. (et Hollrung) Fl. Kais. Wilhelmsl. (1889) 

 67, in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. XX. (1890) 269 annot., in Warburg, Beitr. pap. Fl. in 



