Harpullia. <1455 



crustacei, exocarpio corticoso-carnoso sat tenui glabro nee nisi circa styli residüa et 

 basi cum stipite pilis flavidis binis pluribusve fasciculatis hirsutulo, linea mediana 

 depressa notato, reti venarum vix conspicuo, endocarpio lignoso-fibroso e cellularum 

 elongatarum pachydermicarum vario modo cruciatarum stratis 5 — 6 contexto (intus 

 Strato parenchymatico — epithelio — nullo obducto) glabro; gemmulae in loculis singulae 

 supra axeos medium affixae; semina subglobosa, exarillata, testa tenui, nigra, nitida. 



Rami 6 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 4—8 cm longo adjecto 35 — 48 cm longa; foliola 

 cum petiolulis 3 mm longis 12 — 22 cm longa, 5 — 7 cm lata; pedicelli fructigeri 2 cm 

 longi; Capsula 3 cm lata, 1,5 cm alta, lobi diametro 1,5 cm. 



In Moluccarum insula Geram, prope Amahai, culta in Hort. Bogoriensi^ 

 HI, K 19a!, a. 1922 comm. c. Hb. Monacensi. 



Obs. Attinis H. pedicellari Rsidlk. et H . divaricatae Radlk., quae differunt capsulae lobis hori- 

 zontaliter ovalibus vel subcylindricis ; tertia affinis, H. pendula Planch., capsulae lobis subglobosis 

 praedita, longius recedit pericarpio tenuiore chartaceo, disco glabro, foliis minoribus. 



31. H. pendula Planch. in Hb. Kew. ed. F. Müll. Diagnostic Notes etc. in Trans. 

 Philos. Inst. Victoria III. (1859) 26, Fragm. II. (1860-1861) 104, IX. (1875) 90, 100 

 c. Addit. 197 et in Syst. Gens. (1882) 24, ed. 2. (1889) 42; Benth. Fl. Austr. I. (1863) 

 471; Radlk. Sap. Holl.-Ind. (1877) 53 (123), et in Engl. u. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 

 III. 5. (1895) 362; Bailey, Syn. Queensl. Fl. (1883) 80, Queensl. Fl. I. (1899) 309 et 

 Queensl. Woods (1899) 42; Gh. Moore, Fl. N.S.Wales (1893) 93; A. Le Renard in 

 Ann. Sc. nat. 9. ser. XVII. (1913) 370 (char. anat.). — Vulgo: Tulipwood in Moreton 

 Bay ex All. Gunningh. Hb. ap. Benth. 1. c. (cf. W. Dallimore, Tulip Woods and Tulip 

 Trees, in Kew Bull. Mise. Inform. [1912] 241). — Arbor vel frutex; rami teretes, cortice 

 cinerascente, apice thyrsique petiolique sordide tomentelli; folia 2 — 4-(raro 5)-juga; 

 foliola saepius minora, breviter oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, obtusiuseula vel sub- 

 aeuminata, breviter petiolulata, membranaceo-chartaeea, nervis lateralibus sat approxi- 

 matis obliquis, utrinque laeviuscula, glabra, nitidula, eellulis secretoriis nuUis, epider- 

 mide non mucigera; thyrsi ad apices ramulorum axillares solitarii geminative, vel in 

 paniculam terminalem eongesti, plerumque sat longe pedunculati, laxiuscule dichasia 

 J:: stipitata gerentes, fructigeri saepius penduli; flores longiuscule pedicellati; sepala 

 decidua; petala aurieulata; discus glaber; stamina 7 — 8, glabra, floris (J petala aequantia, 

 in alabastro bis geniculata; Capsula vix stipitata, inflato-didyma, chartacea, endocarpio 

 toto selerenehymatieo, lobis globosis reticulato-nervosis, glabrata, intus puberula; 

 gemmulae in loculis solitariae, raro in loculo altero 2. 



Arbor 40 — 50-pedalis (Gunningham) vel frutex 3-metralis ramosissimus (Diels). 

 Rami 3 — 5 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 2 — 8 cm longo adjecto 10 — 30 cm longa; foliola 

 cum petiolulis 2 — 4 mm longis 5 — 15 cm longa, 2 — 5 cm lata. Thyrsi 3 — 15 cm longi. 

 Sepala ovalia, 4 mm longa; petala subspathulata, lamina oblongo-obovata basi supra 

 unguem brevem utrinque auriculato-inflexa barbata, 7 mm longa; germen orbiculare, 

 minutim tomentellum, intus hirsutum; pedicelli 4 — 6 mm, fructigeri 1 cm lopgi. Gapsula 

 2 cm alta, 3 cm lata, aurantiaea. Semen nigrum, nitidum exarillatum nee nisi annulo 

 arilloso tumido flavido circa hilum notatum, 1 cm longum, 7 mm crassum. 



In Australiae provineiis Queensland*) et New-South-Wales: In Queens- 

 land: Dallachy! (Rockingham-Bay, fr.; Hb. Berol.); Fitzalan! (Port Denison, fr.; 

 Hb. Monac, Berol., DG.); Thozet (Broadsound, t. Benth.); collect, ignot.! (Rock- 

 hampton, fr.; comm. F. Müll. c. Hb. Monac, Berol., DG.); Diels n. 8260! (ibid., steinige 

 felsige Berghänge, alt. 150m, m. Maj. 1902, fr.; Hb. Berol.); G.Moore (Wide-Bay, 

 t. Benth.); Gunningham! (Moreton-Bay, a. 1824, fr.; Hb. Vindob.); Fräser (ibid., 

 t. Benth.); Amalia Dietrich! (Brisbane River, a. 1863 — 1865, fl.; Hb. Berol.); — 

 in N.S.Wales: G.Moore (Richmond-River, t. Benth.); Beckler! (Glarence-River, 

 a. 1860, fl. et fr.; comm. ab ipso); Wilcox! (ibid., fl. et fr.; Hb. Monac. et DG.). 



*) Cf. W.D.Francis, Austral. Rain Forest Trees (1929) 235. 



