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lata; petala 6 circ. 1 mm longa; staminodia 6 circ. 0,5 — 1 mm longa saepe antheri- 

 fera; carpella 3 circ. 1 — 1,5 mm longa, Stylus brevis, stigma amplum horizontale 

 laciniato-digitatum; Ovulum angulo centrali medio affixum. Drupae ovoideae carnosae, 

 styli cicatrice apicali praeditae; endocarpium osseum 9 mm longum, 6 mm latum, dorso 

 convexum subcarinatum et grosse tuberculatum, ventre piano medio excavatum sub- 

 radiato-striatum, intus in cavitatem seminis condylo obtusissimo intrusum; semen me- 

 niscoideum ventre concavum dorso convexum, embryo in medio albuminis rectus vel 

 subincurvus, radicula apicalis, cotyledones tenues foliaceae divaricatae albumine breviores. 

 Papuanische Provinz: Neuguinea: Andai, Q blüh. (Beccari n. 678 — 

 Original der Art!); Aru: Jabu-lengan, frucht. (Beccari!). 



8. P. cincinnans (K. Schum.) Diels nom. nov. — Stephania cincinnans K. Schum. 

 Fl. Kais. Wilhelmsl. (1889) 44. — Rami sulcati hispidi vel demum glabri. Foliorum 

 petiolus basi torquatus 6 — 8 cm longus; lamina membranacea utrinque molliter hispidula 

 vel supra glabra subtus pilis brevibus conspersa atque glabrescens, e basi excisa cordato- 

 ovata, apice longe acuminata acutissima, 9 — 15 cm longa, 8 — 12 cm lata, nervi pri- 



marii 5 7-ni cum secundariis transversis subtus conspicue prominentes. Inflorescentiae 



axillares amplae, 15 — 25 cm longae, fere glabrae, flexuoso-paniculatae, rami divaricato- 

 patentes ramuli Ultimi gracillimi, pedicelli filiformes. Floris q? sepala membranacea 

 uninervia, 3 exteriora obovato-oblonga 2 — 2,5 mm longa, 0,5 — 0,8 mm lata, 3 in- 

 teriora latiora concava obovata 2 mm longa, 1,2 — 1,3 mm lata; petala parva, margine 

 involuta, 0,6 — 1,8 mm longa; synandrium circ. 1,2 — 1,5 mm longum, apice convexum. 

 Inflorescentia Q fructifera 10 — 12 cm longa, flexuosa, quam q? minus ramosa, pedi- 

 celli rigidi. Drupae ovoideae; endocarpium dorso subcarinatum utrinque ala apice denti- 

 formi-producta, in facie ventrali vallo orbiculari transverse rugoso circa condyli concavi- 

 tatem ornatum, circ. 9 mm longum, 8 mm latum. 



Papuanische Provinz: Neuguinea: Kaiser Wilhelmsland, Constantinhafen, q 1 

 blüh, im August 1886 (Hollrung n. 485 — Original der Art!); Constantinhafen 

 bei Bagili, q? blüh, im September 1887, forma glabrescens (Hollrung n. 606!); Finsch- 

 hafen: Illabe, frucht. im Januar (Weinland!). 



Nota. Species P. tuberculatae valde affinis floribus minoribus atque endocarpio dorso 

 non tuberculato ab illa distinguitur. 



9. P. myriantha K. Schum. in Schumann u. Lauterbach, Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. 

 Schutzgeb. Südsee (1905) 264 emend.: »P. ?nyriaditha« sphalmate typographico 1. c. — 

 Gaulis mollis sulcato-striatus cum omnibus plantae partibus strigoso-pilosus. Foliorum 

 petiolus structura cauli similis basi geniculatus 6 — 7 cm longus; lamina herbaceo- 

 membranacea utrinque strigoso-pilosa e basi sagittato-cordata (sinu acutissimo) late-ovata 

 margine repando-dentata, apice acutissime acuminata, 14 — 20 cm longa, 10 — 15 cm 

 lata, nervi primarii praeter basales 5-palmatos 1 — 2 utrinque adscendentes subtus pro- 

 minuli, nervuli obsoleti. Paniculae (j 1 sympodiales, 20 — 25 cm longae; rami divaricati 

 iterum ramosi, ramuli cymulosi; bracteae lineari-subulatae valde strigosae 1,5 mm longae, 

 pedicelli fasciculati 2 mm longi; sepala 3 exteriora oblanceolato-oblonga 2 — V 5 mm 

 longa, 0,7 mm lata, 3 interiora concava obovato-oblonga, 1,8 mm longa, 0,6 mm lata; 

 petala 3 exteriora subovata saepe plana, 3 interiora marginibus involutis praedita, omnia 

 0,8 — 1 mm longa, 0,4 mm lata; synandrium 0,8 mm longum. 



Papuanische Provinz: Neuguinea: Simbang (Nyman n. 783 — Original 

 der Art!). — Ähnlich Sogeri (9° 28' s., 147° 31' E.), (f blüh. (Forbes n. 684!). 



Nota. Quae species a P. cincinnans vix nisi foliis repando-dentatis distincta cum illa 

 fortasse melius conjungatur. 



10. P. sagittata (Wall.) Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. 2. ser. VII. (1851) 39, in 

 Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. ser. XVII. (1866) 52, in Contrib. Bot. III. (l 851) 57 pl. 98 ; Hook. f. 

 et Thoms. Fl. Ind. (1855) 181; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1. (1872) 96. — P. oleracea 

 Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. 2. ser. VII. (1851) 39 n. n. — P. Merophylla Miers 

 in Ann. Nat. Hist. 2. ser. VII. (1851) 39 n. n. — P. ferruginea Miers in Ann. Nat. 



