HarpuUia. 1441 



362, et Sap. Papuas, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. LVI. (1920) 312; Greshoff, De PL . . ad 

 pisc. capiend. adhib. in Meded. Plantent. X. (1893) 44, 172 et Pars II. ibid. XXIX. 

 (1900) 39, 190; A. Le Renard in Ann. Sc. nat. 9. ser. XVII. (1913) 362 (char. anat.). - 

 ?Ay-Assa Rumph. Auct. Herb. Amb. ed. J. Burm. (1755) 20 t. Burck ex Greshoff, 

 I. c. (1893) 45 (cf. Merrill, Interpr. Rumph. Hb. Amb. [1917] 509, ubi quaeritur 

 Sapindacea ?Evodia?). — Donatophorus erythros per mus Hb. ZippeL ed. H. Macklot in 

 Bijdrag.Natuurk.Wetensch.V. (1830) 181 (reimpr. in Ferussac in Bull. Sc. natur. XXIV. 

 [1831] 69). — Danatophorus erythrospermus Zipp. Hb. ap. Blume, 1. c. (1847) in synon. 



— Thanatophorus erythrospermus Zipp. ap. Walp. Ann. 1. c. in synon. — H. cupanioides, 

 non Roxb., ( ?)Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. II. (1843) 214, coli. Hinds e N.-Guin., 

 Barclay ex ins. Jobie (sphalm. Tobie, ut jam Ridley indicavit in Journ. Bot. XXIVJ 

 [1886] 321); Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 2. (1859) 571, quoad var. »ß. latifolia Miq.« c. syn. 

 H. thanatophor a Blume etc.; Van Eeden, Houtsoorten (1872) 35 n. 381, ut ap. Miq.; 

 Filet, Plantk. Woordenb. ed. 2. (1888) 187 n. 4928, ut ap. Miq.; Scheffer, Enum. PL 

 N.-Guin. in Ann. Jard. bot. Buitenz. I. (1876) 17, ex cit. >>Miq.<<; F. Müll. Notes on 

 Papuan PL II. (1876) 21, qui sequitur Schefferum. — Vulgo: Koenter gauwa Papu- 

 ensium in pago Lobo Novae Guineae t. Zipp. ap. Macklot, 1. c. (1830), Blume, 1. c. (1847). 



— Arbor mediocris vel frutex; rami teretiusculi, cortice cinerascente, juveniles Stria ti, 

 subglabri; folia 2 — 3- (raro 4 — 5-) juga, petiolo rhachique glabris; foliola late elliptica 

 vel suboblonga, obtusa vel breviter acuminata, petiolulata, e chartaceo subcoriacea, 

 nervis lateralibus sat approximatis oblique patulis ante marginem adscendentibus 

 atque anastomosantibus, subtiliter venosa, glabra, praesertim supra nitida, cellulis 

 secretoriis nuUis (nisi in specimine a Beccari in ins. Kei lecto), epidermide mucigera; 

 thyrsi ad apices ramulorum axillares, solitarii, raro geminati, elongati, folia aequantes, 

 apice ut et pedicelli floresque flavescenti-tomentelli, praeterea glabri, remote in axillis 

 bractearum vix dubie anomale auctarum obovatarum vel spathulatarum immo pinna- 

 tarum dichasia stipitata gereutes; alabastra globosa; Capsula e cordato subreniformis, 

 breviter stipitata, styli reliquiis apiculata, granulata, glabrata, intus glaberrima, peri- 

 carpio crustaceo-sublignoso, epithelio tenui. 



Rami 3 — 4 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 3 — 6 cm longo adjecto 15 — 28 cm longa; 

 foliola cum petiolulis 3 — 8 mm longis 6—18 cm longa, 3 — 10 cm lata. Thyrsi 15 — 24 cm 

 longi; bracteae 0,6 — 2 cm longae, 3 — 8 mm latae. Alabastra diametro 3— 4 mm; 

 sepala ovalia, sub fructu relicta 3 mm vix excedentia; petala sepalis pauUo longiora, 

 lineari-oblonga, glabra vel apice minutim puberula; discus hirsutus; stamina 5, petalis 

 breviora, glabra; germen ovatum, tomentosum, in stylum brevem subulatum curvatum 

 attenuatum. Capsula cum stipite 2 mm longo 1,8 — 2 cm longa, 2,5 — 3 cm lata. Semina 

 arillo »coccineo splendente<< (Blume) usque ad apicem obtecta (valde venenosa ut et 

 reliquae arboris partes, t. Blume). 



In Nova Guinea et in insulis moluccanis: In Nova Guinea: Zippel! (in silvis 

 litoralibus prope pagum Lobo, fl. et fr., m. Maj. 1828; Hb. Lugd.-Bat. et ex hoc comm. 

 cum Hb. BeroL etc.); ? Hinds, t. Benth. 1. c; ? Barclay! (ins. Jobie — sphalm. Tobie 

 ap. Benth. L c. — ; Hb. Kew.); Beccari it. sec. n. 21"! (Batantä, m. Jul. 1875, flor.); 

 Naumann n. 43! (Sigar Bay, Gazell. Exped., m. Jun. 1875, fr.; Hb. BeroL); — in ins. 

 moluccanis: Teysmann n. 5529! (Amboina, fr.; ex Hb. Bogor. comm. Scheffer, 

 Hb. Rheno-Traject.), id. = Hb. Bogor. n. 14252! 14253! (in ins. Soela Besi [= Xullu 

 Bessy], fr.). 



An huc et specimen sterile a Beccari in ins. Key m. Sept. 1873 lectum, cellulis 

 secretoriis instructum, cui adjecit obs.: >>La scorza usata per avvelenare pesci«. 



Obs. Gortex ad pisces capiendos usitatur, cf. Radlk. L c. (1886), et Greshoff, 11. cc. 



6. H. macrocalyx Radlk. in Philipp. Journ. Sc. VIII. 6. (1913) 473. - H. spee. 

 Vidal, Gat. Herb. (1892) quoad n. 2525! — Arbor magna; rami teretes, cortice fusco- 

 cinereo, glabri; folia 3 — 4-juga, petiolo rhachique glabris; foliola elongate angusteque 

 oblonga, acuta, basi (praesertim superiora) cuneata, in petiolulum longiusculum sensim 



