HarpuUia. 1461 



longer ones 8 mm and the two shorter ones 5 mm long; anthers ovate-oblong, basifixed, 

 2 mm or more in length. Ovarjj densely pubescent or hirsute, tapering into a short 

 bipartite style. Capsule 2,5 — 3,8 cm broad, the valves densely pubescent outside, 

 thinly and very sparsely pubescent within. Seeds 2 in each cell, subglobose or ovoid, 

 1 — 1,3 cm in diameter, more or less enveloped in a yellow arillus; testa dark brown 

 or almost black, shining.<< 



In Queensland: >>Jarrabah, Rev. N. Michael.« 



Nota. Adjecta (1. c. 14) clavis specierum e Queensland hucusque notarum: 



a. Petiolus (nee non rhachis) a basi vel fere a basi late alatus. Sta- 

 mina 7 — 8. 



1. Foliola margine saepius grosse dentata. Petala 10 mm longa. . H. alata. 



2. Foliola margine integra vel subintegra. Petala 15 mm longa, 

 recurvata H. frutescens. 



b. Petiolus teres, saltem inferiore parte. Stamina 5 — 6. Rhachis folii 

 inter foUolorum insertiones late alata, petioli superior pars plerumque 



alata vel interdum angulata H. rhyticarpa. 



c. Petiolus teres, rhachis angulata vel sursum anguste alata . . . . H. angustialata*). 



d. Petiolus (nee non rhachis) teres vel leviter angulatus, haud alatus. 



1. Foliola obtusissima vel emarginata. Petala haud auriculata. Sepala 

 persistentia. Stamina 5 — 6 H. Hillii. 



2. Foliola obtuse acuminata. Petala basi auriculata. Sepala decidua. 



Stamina 5 — 7 H. pendula. 



HarpuIIia Peekeliana Melchior in Notizblatt Bot. Gart. u. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem X. 

 (1928) 279. — »Arbor 12 m alta, ramis validis paulum tortuosis teretibus cortice sordide 

 incano dense lenticelloso obtectis. Folia paripinnata maxima glaberrima, rhachi tereti 

 leviter striolata et lenticellis nonnullis magnis obtecta 42 — 50 cm longa. Foliola bre- 

 viter petiolulata, 4 — 8, remota, irregulariter 2 — 4-juga sed nunquam stricte opposita, 

 inferiora abbreviata; petioluli semiteretes 0,5 — 1,5 cm longi, basin versus pulviniformiter 

 incrassati; lamina foliolorum coriacea, elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica, 18 — 40 cm longa 

 et 11 — 16 cm lata, basi aequilata et breviter attenuata, apice distincte acuminata, 

 integerrima, utrinque viridis et nitida, costa media et nervis lateralibus arcuato-ascen- 

 dentibus subtus tantum prominentibus, distincte reticulato-venosa, cellulis secretoriis 

 nuUis, epidermide superioris partis foliolorum partim mucigera, hypodermate nuUo. 

 Inflorescentiae paniculatae brevissimae (2 cm longae) vel paulum elongatae (usque ad 

 10 cm longae) ex trunco vel ex ramis adultioribus enascentes, pedunculis pedicellis et 

 calyce fusco-olivaceo-tomentellis. Bracteae bracteolaeque parvae caducae. Alabastra 

 subsphaeroidea vel ellipsoidea, tomentella. Flores ((J tantum visi) actinomorphi, albi 

 (ex schedulis!), 1 — 1,2 cm longe pedicellati; sepala 5 crassiuscula, basi paulum connata, 

 orbiculato-elliptica apice late rotundata, 5 mm lata et 7 — 8 mm longa, utrinque pilis 

 parvis unicellulatis saepe tortuosis densissime fusco-olivaceo-tomentella; petala 5 car- 

 nosa glabra cuneata exauriculata apice obtusa, 3,5 mm lata et 12 mm longa; stamina 5, 

 in floribus masculis 9 mm longa, filamentis et antheris lineari-lanceolatis basi excisis 

 aequilongis; pollinis granula sphaeroidea, exine tenuiter reticulata areolis parvis; discus 

 pumilus tomentellus; ovarium in floribus masculis valde reductum, 1 mm longum ellip- 

 soideum tomentellum, stylo brevi 0,5 mm longo instructum. Flores feminei non visi. 

 Capsula et semina ignota.« 



»Bismarck-Archipel: Neu-Mecklenburg: Lamekot, im Urwald beim Aufstieg 

 nach Panamangaf, 200 m ü. d. M. (blühend 19. Mai 1925 — G. Peekel n. 987 — 

 Typus in Herb. Berol. !).« 



»HarpuUia Peekeliana, die unter den bis jetzt bekannten Arten der Gattung die 

 größten Blätter und Fiederblättchen besitzt, gehört auf Grund der Struktur ihrer 

 Blumenblätter in die Untergattung Euharpullia Radlk. Da jedoch zur Zeit weder die 



*) H. angustialata nunc a C. T. White (in Contr. Arnold Arbor. IV. [1933] 64) pro synonymo 

 H. rhyticarpae habita. 



