HarpuUia. 1451 



Arbuscula 5 — 7 m alta femoris crassitudine. Rami thyrsigeri 1 cm crassi. Folia 

 petiolo 16 — 26 cm longo adjecto ad 58 cm longa, interjugis 6 — 11 cm longis; foliola 

 cum petiolulis 2 — 3 mm longis ad 20 cm et ultra longa, ad 7,5 cm lata. Thyrsi IS- 

 SO cm longi, florum fasciculis inferioribus ad 8 cm distantibus. Sepala ovata, 6 mm 

 longa, 4 mm lata; petala oblonga, 7 mm longa, 2,5 mm lata, vix cuneata, basi obtusa 

 sessilia; discus puberulus; germen lenticulare, stylo a loculorum dorso compresso quam 

 germen 4-plo longiore apice recurvato margine stigmatoso superatum; gemmulae in 

 loculis singulae. 



In Nova Guinea: Ledermann n. 8556! (Aprilfluß, Sumpfwald, alt. 20 — 50 m, 

 m. Sept. 1912, alab., fol. juvenil.; Hb.BeroL), n. 8814! {Aprilfluß, Alluvialwald, alt. 

 20 m, m. Sept. 1912, fl.; id. Hb.). 



Obs. Species ob fructum ignotum sedis in subgeneris I. sectione I. dubiae, ab affinibus speciebus 

 caulifloris {H. ramiflora, cauliflora) distincta petiolo longiore, petiolulis brevioribus, foliolis infefne 

 angustioribus pilisque praecipue simplicibus adspersis. 



Sect. II. Harpulliastrum Baill. em. 



23. H. holoptera Radlk. in Fedde, Repert. XX. (1924) 40. - Frutex; rami teretes, 

 subfusci, puberuli; folia abrupte pinnata, 4 — 5-juga, rhachi totoque petiolo late alatis 

 puberulis ; foliola oblonge- vel inf eriora ovali-lanceolata, acuminata, superiora sub- 

 cuneata, omnia basi angusta subcordata sessilia, integerrima, chartacea, nervis laterali- 

 bus sat approximatis patulis, reti venarum laxo utrinque prominulo, praeter nervps 

 subtus puberulos glabra, utrinque nitida, cellulis secretoriis nuUis, epidermide mucigera; 

 thyrsi axillares, solitarii vel fasciculati, dichasia J^ stipitata gereutes, tomentelli, 

 masculi graciliores laxiflori, feminei abbreviati densiflori; flores majusculi, albi, odora- 

 tissimi; Capsula transversim elliptica, extus tomentella, intus glaberrima, coriacea, 

 sclerenchymate nuUo; gemmulae in loculis binae; semina interdum aborta solitaria. 



Frutex 2 m altus. Rami 4 — 6 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 5 — 7 cm longo adjecto 

 25 — 40 cm longa. Alabastra (ut et bracteae inter tomentum glandulis microscopicis 

 moriformibus rubro-fuscis adspersa) ovoidea; sepala oblonga; petala sepalis duplo 

 longiora, ex oblongo cuneata, 11 — 12 mm longa, 3— 4 mm lata; discus subglaber; 

 stamina 7 — 8, glabra; germen ovatum, villosum, stylo longiusculo. Capsula submatura 

 1,5 cm longa, 2 cm lata, cinnabarina; semen nigrum arillo aurantiaco totum obtectum. 



In Australiae colonia Queensland: Diels n. 8306a! b! (Nord-Ost- Queensland, 

 Mulgrave, im Gebüsch lichter Alluvialwälder, alt. 15 m, m. Maj. 1907, fl. et fr. submat.; 

 Hb. Berol.). 



Obs. Affinis Harpulliae frutescenti Bailey, quae differt petiolo angustius alato basi nudo, nee 

 non Capsula intus pilis fasciculato-stellatis adspersa. 



24. H. frutescens Bailey, Report Bellenden Ker Exped. (1889, ex ipso in Queensl. 

 FL), Syn. Queensl. Fl. Suppl. III. (1890) 17 et Queensl. FL I. (1899) 308; G. T. White, 

 Bot. Notes Nr. 1, The Queensl. Naturalist I. (1911) 204. — H. alata F. Müll, quoad 

 Fragm. IX. (1875) 89 et Addit. 198, coli. Hill; (?)id. in Victorian Naturalist (Oct. 

 1885 >>Additions to the Queensl. Fl. by Dr. Lucas«). — H. marginata Radlk. in Engl, 

 u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III. 5. (1895) 362. — Frutex vel arbor; rami teretes, 

 laevigati, subfusci, apice thyrsique sufferrugineo-tomentelli; folia 5-juga, rhachi 

 angustius alata vel tantum marginata, petiolo nudo; foliola anguste lanceolata, acumi- 

 nata, petiolulis tumidis brevissimis suffulta, integerrima, membranaceo-chartacea, 

 nervis lateralibus sat approximatis obliquis, reticulato-venosa, glabra, utrinque nitida, 

 cellulis secretoriis nuUis, epidermide mucigera; thyrsi ad apices ramorum in paniculam 

 terminalem inferne flores femineos, superne masculos gereutem congesti (t. Bailey); 

 flores albi, odorati, breviter pedicellati; Capsula transversim oblonga, conspicue stipitata, 

 ochraceo-tomentella, intus pilis fasciculato-stellatis adspersa, coriacea, sclerenchymate 

 nuUo; gemmulae in loculis binae, semina bina vel abortu solitaria. 



Frutex ad 5 pedes altus (Bailey) vel arbor sat grandis (Koch). Rami circ. 4 mm 

 A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryophyta siphonogama.) 165. 92 



