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L. Diels. — Menispermaccae. 



nubesccntes ; bracteae lanceolato-lineares acutae circ. 2 — 4 mm longae ferrugineo-pilosae, 

 nonnunquam in folia evolutae; pedicelli 2 — 5 fasciculati, circ. 1 — 2 mm longi. Sepala 

 glabrata exteriora oblongo-spathulala, luteola, 1 — 2 mm longa, circ. 0,5 mm lata, in- 

 teriora concava obovato-ellipüca margine saepe erosulo-denticulata circ. 2 mm longa, 

 1 5 mm lata; petala 6 parva membranacea, basi margine auriculato-inflexa, 0,7 mm 

 longa, 0,5 mm lata; stamina circ. 0,5 mm longa. — [Flores Q adhuc non visi.] — 

 Drupae circ. 7 — 9 mm longae et latäe, pleomorphae, orbiculari-reniformes vel obovato- 

 sphaeroideae. — Fig. 80. 



Südliches Vorder-Indien: o. n. 0. (Sonnerat — Original der Art). 

 Madras: Nellore (Gamble n. 21738!); Anamallay, tf blüh, und frucht. (Wight n. 48 



— Original des Cocculus Wightianus Wall.!, n. 49!); trockene Strandgegenden an 

 sandigen Stellen des Camatic (J. Hooker u. Thomson!); Courtalam, frucht. (Lesche- 

 nault!), (f blüh. (Thomson!); Seven Pagodas, cf blüh, im Februar (Meebold n. 3197!). 



— Ceylon: frucht. (Thwaites n. 1 050 ! ; n. 1054 — Original der P. adversa Miers! 

 n. 1057!); trockene Gebiete, besonders in der Nähe der Küste, ziemlich gemein: Jaffna, 

 Kalpitiya, Mannar u. a. 0., blüh, von November bis Februar (Trimen). 



Einheim. Name: »kadukkodi« (Ceylon, Tamil). 



Nota. Ad Pachygone ovatum (Poir.) Miers plantam a cl. Miers sub nomine Limacia 

 Wallt Chiana Miers in Contrib. Bot. 111.(4 874) 44 3 descriptam adjungendam esse puto. Prae- 

 stant in herbariis specimina sterilia; tarnen ea foliorum habitu atque ramis pubescentibus Pachy- 

 gone ovatae multo similiora quam Limaciae speciebus videntur. Collecta est in India orien- 

 tali in Prome (Wallich n. 4293 — Original der Art! Cat. 4959B!;. 



5. P. leptostaehya (DC.) Miers; P. leptostaehys Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. ser. XIX. 

 (1867) 321 n.n., in Contrib. Bot. III. (487!) 335. — P. braehystaehys Miers in Ann. Nat. 

 Hist. 3. ser. XIX. (1867) 32 1 n. n., in Contrib. Bot. III. (4 874) 334. — P. ovata Miq. in 

 Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. IV. (1868) 87 cum var. ß. rotundifolia Miq. ibidem. — P. ovata 

 Miers var. acutata ßoerl. in schedis. — Cocculus leptostaehyus DC. Syst. I. (1818) 52 8, 

 Prodr. I. (1824) 99. — G. braehystaehyus DC. Syst. I. (1818) 528, Prodr. I. (1824) 99. 



— C. laevigatus Zippelius msc. in schedis. — Rami pallide corticati noveüi pubescentes. 

 Foliorum petiolus gracilis sub lamina conspicue geniculatus 3 — 4 cm longus dz pubescens; 

 lamina papyracea in utraque facie (praeter nervös principales parce pilosulos) glaberrima 

 supra lucida, lanceolato-ovata vel late ovata basi, angustata vel late rotundata, apice 

 acuta mucronulata, 5— 7 cm longa, 3 — 4,5 cm lata, nervi primarii praeter basales circ. 

 1 — 2 arcuato-adscendentes subtus prominentes. Inflorescentiae rf ferrugineo-pubes- 

 centes, 3 — 8 cm longae, e cymulis brevibus paueifloris compositae; pedicelli ad 3 mm 

 longi; sepala 3 exteriora minuta inaequalia 0,8 — 1,2 mm longa, 3 interiora membra- 

 nacea suborbicularia concava 4,6 mm longa et lata; petala ovata auriculata, circ. 1,2 mm 

 longa; stamina 1,2 mm longa. Inflorescentia Q brevior et strictior. Drupae obovato- 

 suborbiculares compressae 8 — 9 mm longae, 2 — 8 mm latae; exoearpium tenuissimum; 

 endocarpium firme pergamenum extus praeter lineam dorsalem haud elevatam rugis vix 

 insculptis notatum; condylus trans medium progressus. 



Austromalayische Provinz: Timor (Guichenot — Original der Art; 

 Riedel — Original des Cocculus braehystaehyus DC. ; Labillardiere! , Zippelius!, 

 Spanoghe!); Koepang, blüh. (Teysmann — Original der P. ovata var. acutata 

 (Boerl.!). Klein Kei: Tual (Beccari). 



In Kultur, von Kei stammend, im Bot. Gart. Buitenzorg XVI. D. 27! 



6. P. vitiensis Diels n. sp. — Foliorum petiolus 2 — 3 cm longus, glaber; lamina 

 papyracea vel chartacea supra lucida in utraque facie glabra laevis, pleomorpha, lan- 

 ceolata, ovato-lanceolata vel ovata, 7 — 1 1 cm longa, 2,5 — 7 cm lata, nervi primarii 

 utrinque praeter 1 — 2 basi appropinquatos 1 — 2 laterales adscendentes subtus paulum 

 prominuli. — [Flores et (j< et Q adhuc ignoti.] — Drupae subglobosae 1,2 — 1,5 cm 

 diamet., exoearpium carnosum, endocarpium compressum orbiculari-reniforme costa 

 dorsali elevata ornatum et praeterea striis costae parallelis rugisque transversis quasi 

 venosum. 



