56 



L. Diels. — Menisperaiaceae. 



costulis transversis anastomosantibus areolasque depressas includentibus utrinque con- 

 centrice praeditum. — Fig. 1 8. 



Papuanische Provinz: Neuguinea: Andai, frucht. im August (Beccari n. 732 

 — Original der Art!). 



Fig. 18. Macrococcuhcs pomiferns Becc. A Pars ramuli cum insertione folii et petiolo. B Folium. 

 G Drupa germinans. (Icon originaria a planta typica Beccarii delineata.) 



3. Haematocarpus Miers. 



Haematocarpus*) Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. ser. XIX. (1867) 194, in Contrib. 

 Bot. III. (1871) 323 pl. 4 34; Baill. Hist. pl. III. (1872) 36. — Baterium Miers in 

 Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. ser. XIII. (1864) 125 (descriptio nimis brevis), in Contrib. Bot. III. 

 (1871) 18. — Fibraureae sp. Hook. f. et Thoms. Fl. Ind. I. (1855) 204. 



Flores q? : Sepala 12 — 15 firme membranacea , (sicca) nigro-guttata margine 

 pallida, imbricata, 6 — 9 exteriora triangulari-suborbicularia minora, 6 interiora majora 

 subaequalia obovata vel elliptica. Petala 6 paulo minora ovato-elliptica glabra mem- 

 branacea, basi utrinque auricula minuta involuta praedita. Stamina 6 libera, connec- 

 tivum ampliatum late orbiculatum; antherae thecae immersae sejunctae subdivergentes 

 rima obliqua introrsum dehiscentes; carpellodia interdum 3 minuta subulata. — 

 Flores g : Sepala masculis similia; petala paulo minora intus bicallosa non auriculata. 

 Carpella 6 — 4, Stylus patenti-recurvus apice breviter fissus. — Drupae 6 — 1, elongato- 

 ovoideae amplae stipite crasso praeditae, styli rudimento basi propinquo notatae; endo- 

 carpium oblongo-ellipsoideum paulum compressum tenuiter coriaceum usque ultra medium 

 in utroque latere sulcatum, extus fibrillis pulpae carnosae immersis vestitum; condylus 



*) Nomen ex aifxa sanguis et xagnog fructus compositum, ob colorem exocarpii proposi- 

 tum est. 



