Dimorphocalyx, Erismanthus. 33 



Vorderindisches Gebiet, Hindostanische Provinz: Dekan (Heyne, Wight), 

 Matheran (Meebold n. 4873!) 



Prov. Ceylon (Thwaites n. 1046!, 2167, Walker!), Anuradhapura (Meebold 

 n. 4697!, 4874!). 



4. D. malayanus Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India V. (1887) 404. — Frutex, 3— 5 m 

 altus; rami graciles, albido-corticati. Petioli 7 — 8 mm longi; limbus 9 — 15 cm longus, 

 ellipticus vel elliptico-oblongus, obtuse acuminatus, membranaceus, basi acutus vel ob- 

 tusus. Galycis q? dentes breves, obtusi; stamina 10, exteriora 5 libera, interiora mona- 

 delpha; disci glandulae magnae; receptaculum glabrum; ovarium glabrum; calyx sub 

 fructu fere 3 cm latus; sepala late oblonga, subaequalia. Capsula profunde triloba, 

 glabra, 15 mm diametiens; semen subglobosum, maculatum. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz : Malacca (Griffith n. 4785); Penang (Gurtis, 

 King's Collector). — Borneo (nach Hooker). 



5. D. longipes Merrill in Philippine Journ. Sc. I. Suppl. 1. (1906) 82. — Arbor 

 10 — 12 m alta; partes juveniles saepe leviter pubescentes. Petiolus 2 — 10 cm longus, 

 glaber; limbus oblongus, glaber vel obscure repando-crenulatus, breviter acuminatus, 

 basi acutus -vel obtusus, glaber, membranaceus, 9 — 20 cm longus, 3 — 6 cm latus; 

 costae secundariae utrinque 11 — 12. Inflorescentia q? spicata, 3 — 10 cm longa, glabra 

 vel leviter pubescens; flores purpurascentes, in axillis bractearum parvarum glomerati. 

 Sepala tf leviter connata, oblongo-ovata vel obovata, obtusa, 2 — 2y 2 mm longa; pe- 

 tala 5, obtusa glabra, elliptico-ovata, 2'/2 mm longa; stamina 5; filamenta brevissima; 

 antherae in globulum connatae. Inflorescentia Q anguste paniculata vel ad racemum 

 vel spicam reducta, 5 — 15 cm longa; bracteae oblongae, foliaceae, persistentes, 5 — 8 mm 

 longae; flores solitarii vel fasciculati, ± pedicellaü. Calyx et corolla Q maris; sepala 

 sub fructu juvenili ad 5 mm longa. 



Monsungebiet, Prov. der Philippinen: Luzon (Withford n. 1066!, Borden 

 n. 1801!); Rizal, Bosoboso, in Wäldern bei 250 m (Merrill n. 2699). 



6. D. capillipes Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India V. ( 1 887) 404. — Ramuli graciles; 

 partes juveniles et stipulae subulato-lanceolatae, lutescenti-strigosae. Petioli 10 — 15 mm 

 longi; limbus 18 — 30 cm longus, 6 — 9 cm latus, membranaceus, oblanceolatus, acu- 

 minatus, basi minute cordatus, obscure serrulatus; costae secundariae utrinque 10 — 12. 

 Flores ignoti. Inflorescentiae fructigerae elongatae, capillaceae, 12 — 18 cm longae, 

 pauciflorae; bracteae foliaceae, 1 — 2 cm longae, pedicellos aequantes. Sepala sub fructu 

 lanceolata, acuminata, valde inaequalia, 2 cm fere longa. Capsula 1 y 2 cm diametiens; 

 semina subglobosa. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Malacca, Singapore (Lobb). 



Species excludenda. 



D. andamanicus Benth. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. III. (1880) 302 = Blachia 

 andamanica (Kurz) Hook. f. 



9. Erismanthus Wall. 



Erismanthus*) Wall. Cat. (1847—49) n. 8011; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (18 66) 1138; Benth. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. III. (1880) 325; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 India V. (1887) 405; Pax in Engler u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 5. (1890) 89. 



Flores monoici. Discus nullus. Calycis q? lobi 5, rarius 4, imbricati, demum 

 reflexi. Petala calyce breviora. Stamina 12 — 15; filamenta libera, brevia, receptaculo 

 piloso inserta; antherae longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarii rudimentum evolutum, fili- 

 forme, valde productum. Sepala Q 5, magna, foliacea, valde inaequalia, imbricata, 

 sub fructu aucta. Petala nulla. Ovarium 3-loculare ; styli basi connati, superne pa- 

 tentes, 2-fidi; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula 3-cocca. — Arbores vel frutices sub- 



*) Nomen compositum e vocibus graecis iQsiafxa {= fulcrum) et av&og (= flos). 

 A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Einbryophyta siphonogama) 147. III. 3 



