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82; Banks Illustr. Bot. Cooks Voy. (1905) 6, tab. IV. — T. Walcottii F. Müll, ex Benth. 

 Fl. Austral. I. (4 863) 56. — Rami vetusti crasse nodosi glabri cortice demum fusco 

 laevi lucido verrucoso obtecti; foliorum petiolus 2 — 2,5 cm longus tenuis; lamina papy- 

 racea vel chartacea pleomorpha, glabra lucida, e basi truncata, reniformi vel profunde 

 cordata rhombeo- vel deltoideo-ovata, apice acuminata, 2 — 10 cm longa, 2,5 — 14 cm 

 lata, nervi primarii basales 5-palmati subtus cum nervulis prominuli. Pseudoracemi tf 

 axillares 1,5 cm longi, imo foliis minutis petiolatis praediti. Floris q? sepala exteriora 

 ovata, interiora viridula orbicularia; petala rhombeo-cuneata unguiculata. Inflorescentiae 

 Q racemosae cum pedunculo longo 6 — 7 cm longae; pedicelli patuli 3 — 4 mm longi. 

 Floris Q (ex F. v. Müller) (j 1 dissimilis sepala exteriora rhombeo-deltoidea, 1 mm longa, 

 0,7 cm lata, interiora subelliptica membranacea trinervia 2,5 mm longa, 1,5 mm lata; 

 petala rhombeo-ovata, sepalis exterioribus aequilonga. Garpella 3 stipiti 1 mm longo 

 imposita; ovarium circ. 1 mm longum ovoideum stigma subpeltatum crenato-lobatum. 

 Inflorescentia fructifera ad 7 — 9 cm longa. Drupae circ. 7 mm longae, 4 mm latae, 

 stipitibus demum incrassatis praeditae, coccineae; endocarpium (utrinque apiculatum) 

 subhexagonum, dorso utrinque serie tuberculorum signatum, in latere ventrali medio 

 excavatum ceterum verrucosum, circ. 5 mm longum et latum. 



Nord- Australien: Nickol Bay (Walcott — Original der T. Walcottii)', Hammersley 

 Range: M. Pyrton, steril (J. Forrest!) ; Lagrange Bay; Beagle Bay (A. Hughan); 18° 

 10 Br. 126° 15 L. (A. Forrest!); Kings Sound (Gonway!); Adams Bay (Hulls); 

 Liverpool River (B. Gulliver); Port Darwin (Schultz n. 7ll!); Cambridge Gulf (A. 

 Cunningham!); Inseln im Carpentaria Golf (R.Brown n. 4924!); Arnhems Land an 

 vielen Orten häufig und von da bis zum Burdekin (F. Müller!); Plains of Promise, blüh, 

 und frucht. (Moore — Original der Art!); Georgetown, steril (Armit n. 71 0!) 

 Cape York (Daemel); Thursday Island (ex Bailey); Gilberts River (T. Gulliver) 

 Endeavour River, Q blüh, und frucht. (Banks & Solander!, Persieh n. 871 !) 

 Rockingham Bay, Telegraph Line, ohne Laub im Oktober (Dallachy!); Cleveland Bay 

 (Bowman); Gracemere (O'Shanesy); Suttor River (Dorsey); Rockhampton (T ho z et) ; 

 Macpherson Range: Acacia Creek, frucht. im Februar (Boorman!). 



5. T. Merrilliana Diels n. sp. — Rami adulti cortice pallide cinereo striato 

 suberoso verrucoso-lenticellato obtecti; novelli virides striati. Foliorum petiolus parce 

 pilosulus striatus; lamina papyracea supra glabra subtus pallidior ad nervös parce pilosa 

 ceterum glabra, e basi truncata vel leviter cordata ovata, acuminata, 10 — 13 cm longa, 

 5,5 — 7,5 cm lata, nervi primarii praeter 5 basales 1 — 2 utrinque laterales adscendentes 

 supra insculpti subtus cum secundariis prominuli. Pseudoracemi Qp longe pedun- 

 culati pilosuli, cum pedunculo 7 — 10 cm longi, angusti, e fasciculis subglobulosis 

 compositi ; bracteae minutae; pedicelli circ. 1 — 1,3 mm longi; sepala tenuissime 

 membranacea, 3 exteriora ovata minute eroso-denticulata 1 mm longa, 0,4 mm lata, 

 3 interiora obovata basi angustata margine erosulo-ciliata 1,5 mm longa, 1 mm lata; 

 petala conspicua carnosa ex ungue brevi reniformia basi subauriculata glandulosa-nitentia 

 4,5 mm longa, 1,8 mm lata; stamina 2 mm longa. Pseudoracemi § fructiferi cum 

 pedunculo perlongo circ. 20 cm longi, cymulae pedicello 1 — 1,5 cm longo praeditae. 

 Drupae inaequilaterali-ovoideae, in latere ventrali applanatae, dorso convexae, 8 mm 

 longae, 5 mm latae ; exocarpium succoso-membranaceum ; endocarpium dorso inconspicue 

 costulatum apice apiculatum in latere dorsali excavatum, condylus extus meatu parvo 

 apertus introrsum 1 — 1,5 mm convexo-progressus. 



Philippinen: Mindanao: Lake Lanao, q? blüh, im Mai 1906 (M. St. Clemens 

 n. 525 — Original der Art!); Mt. Malindang, frucht. im Mai 1906 (E. A. Mearns 

 u. W. J. Hutchison in Herb. For. Bur. Manila n. 4748!). 



6. T. negrotica Diels n. sp. — Frutex scandens. Rami circ. 1,5 cm diamet., 

 cortice cinereo lenticellato obtecti. Ramuli striati pilosuli. Foliorum petiolus 5,5 — 6,5 cm 

 longus striatus pilosulus; lamina submembranacea supra glabra subtus ad nervös pilis 

 patulis albidis conspersa, e basi late cordato-excisa triangulari-ovata apice breviter 



