Ostodes. 21 



Einheim. Namen: Bepari (Nepal), Palok (Lepcha), Walkakuna (Sing.). 



Nutzen: Liefert ein Gummi, das in der Papierfabrikalion als Leim benutzt wird. 

 Das Holz ist weiß und weich. 



Nota. Adest in Herb. Berol. spccimen sterile a cl. Balansa sub n. 3284 in Tongking 

 lectum, quod verisimiliter ad 0. paniculatum spectat. 



7. 0. muricatus Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India V. (1887) 401. — Arbor parva, 3 — 

 6 m alta, omnino glabra. Petioli 2 — 5 cm longi, graciles; limbus 12 — 25 cm longus, 

 5 — 6 cm latus, subcoriaceus vel coriaceus, elliptico-oblongus vcl oblongo-lanceolatus, 

 acuminatus, integer vel vix denticulatus, basi acutus vel subobtusus et minute biglandu- 

 losus, penninervius. Flores (J* longe pedicellati, in inflorescentias axillares simulque 

 in ramis lignosis Orientes dispositi, secus rhachin abbreviatam, ± 2 cm longam irregu- 

 lariter fasciculati, albi. Calyx (j 1 obtuse 5-lobus; petala oblonga, intus pubescentia; 

 stamina 20 — 30, subaequalia; antherae introrsae. Flores Q solitarii. Capsula globosa, 

 subtrigona, echinato-aspera. Semen circ. 10 mm longum, badium, albido-lineolatum. 



Var. a. genuina Pax. — Folia majora, 15 — 25 cm longa, coriacea; costae seeun- 

 dariae utrinque 10 — 12. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Malacca, Perak, bei Larut (King's Collector). 



Var. ß. minor Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India V. (1887) 401. — Folia minora, ± 15 — 

 16 cm longa, subcoriacea vel firme membranacea; costae seeundariae 8 — 9, tenuiores. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Pulo Penang (Curtis n. 81 1!). 



8. 0. appendiculatus Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India V. (1887) 401. — Arbor, 13 — 

 20 m alta. Petiolus robustus, brevissimus; limbus fere ad 2 / 3 m longus, 1 5 — 1 8 cm latus, 

 coriaceus, supra nitidus, lineari-oblongus, glaber, integerrimus, penninervius; costae 

 seeundariae utrinque 12 — 15. Paniculae albo-tomentosae, rami crassiusculi, 18 — 24 cm 

 longi; flores q? glomerulati; bracleae breves; pedicelli calycem aequantes. Calycis lobi 

 lati, rotundati, firme coriacei; petala crassa, sepalis longiora, subtus area rotunda pilis 

 longis, albis vestita, intus basi appendieibus 2 transversis praedila et basi villosa; 

 discus nullus; stamina 8; filamenta libera, serieeo-pilosa. Flores Q et fruetus ignoti. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Malacca, bei Larut, 150 — 350 m (King's 

 Collector). 



Nota. Species probabiliter, ut jam monuit cl. autor, genus proprium sistit, sed flores Q 

 et fruetus ignoti sunt. 



Sect. 2. Geloniastrum Müll. Arg. 



Ostodes Sect. Geloniastrum Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 214; in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1865) 1115. 



Folia disticha, basi eglandulosa. Flores in axillis foliorum glomerato-fasciculati. 



9. 0. Helferi Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 2 15; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 1115; Kurz, Forest Fl. II. (1877) 404; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India V. (1887) 401. 

 — Ramuli validi, dense verrucoso-lenticellati, glabri, imo apice cum foliis valde juvenili- 

 bus et inflorescentiis adpresse pubescentes, mox omnino glabrati. Petioli 3 — 6 mm 

 longi; limbus 14 — 20 cm longus, 6 — 8 cm latus, obovato-lanceolatus, breviter cuspi- 

 dato-acuminatus, basi obtusus, eglandulosus, integer, subcoriaceus; costae seeundariae 

 utrinque 10 — 14, tenues. Fasciculi florum q? petiolis vix longiores, 6 — 1 0-flori, sub- 

 sessiles; bracteae distichae, lanceolato-ovatae, acutae; pedicelli validi, bibracteolati. Calyx 

 Qi* vulgo 6-partitus, rarius 5-partitus, paulo latior quam longus, 3 mm diametiens, 

 lobi ovati, acuti, extus pubescentes; petala rigida, pubescentia; anlherae extrorsae, 

 numerosae, dense imbricatae; reeeptaculum dense vestilum. Flores Q et fruetus ignoti. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Tenasserim, bei Moulmein (Helfer n. 132). 



Species quoad affinitatem dubia. 



10. 0. collinus (Zolling.) Pax. — Fahrenheitia collina Zolling. in Linnaea XXVIII. 

 (1856) 599; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1256. — Fareinhetia collina 



