|Q Walther Wangerin. — « Nyssaceae. 



Sectio I. Pedicellatae Harms. 



Pedicellatae Harms in Engl. u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 8. (1898) 257. — Flores mas- 

 culi pedicellati, in umbellas parvas vel racemos confertos axillares dispositi. 



1 . N. sinensis Oliver! in Hook. Icon. pl. XX. (l 89 1) t. 1964: Harms in Engl. u. Prantl, 

 Pflzfam. III. 8. (1898) 257 et apud Diels, Fl. Gentr. Chin. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXIV. (1901) 

 50 4. — Arbuscula 6 — 7-metralis, ramulis glabris brunneo-cinerascentibus usque fuscescenti- 

 bus. Foliorum petiolus supra complanatus parce pilosulus vel glabratus 1,5 — 2 cm longus, 

 lamina chartacea vel tenuiter coriacea, in sicco olivacea, supra glaberrima, subtus secus 

 costam nervosque principales parce appresseque pilosa vel perfecte glabrata, utrinque minute 

 punctulata, ovato- usque longe elliptica basi subrotundata vel in petiolum angustata atque 

 paulo inaequilatera, apice paulatim breviterque acuminata, 12 — 15 cm longa et 5 — 

 6 cm lata, costa nervisque lateralibus primariis 5 — 7-jugis subarcuatim adscendentibus 

 subtus prominulis, nervillis utrinque vix manifestis. Pedunculi graciles axillares vel 

 saepius in axillis squamarum delapsarum solitarii appresse pilosuli 3 — 5 cm longi, pedi- 

 cellis 3 — 6-nis apicem versus umbellatim vel breviter racemosim congestis; flores mas- 

 culi: calycis limbus minutus; petala decidua anguste oblonga filamentis breviora; sta- 

 mina 5 — 10, circa discum depressum carnosulum inserta. Flores feminei basi minutissinie 

 bracteolati, dz 2 mm longe pedicellati; ovarium 2 mm longum glabrum vel basi pilo- 

 sulum; calycis limbus subinteger; petala squamiformia 1,5 mm metientia; discus valde 

 depressus; Stylus 2,5 — 3 mm longus. ürupa .... 



Subtropisches Central-China: Prov. Hupeh (Henry n. 5832 ; Wilson n. 1 058). 

 — Herb. Berlin, Petersburg. 



2. N. sylvatica Marsh. Arbust. (1785) 97; Michx. f. Hist. Arb. For. Am. Sept. 



II. (1810) 260, t. 21 ; Poir. Suppl. IV. (1816) 116. — N. aquatica L. Spec. pl. ed. 1. 

 (1753) 1058 e. p. ; Persoon, Synopsis I. (1807) 614; Roem. et Schult. Syst. V. (1819) 

 576; Spreng. Syst. I. (1825) 832; Audubon, Birds (1837) t. 133; Ell. Fl. Carol. II. 

 684; Dietr. Synopsis pl. I. (1839) 878; Eat. et Wright, North Am. Bot. (1840) 329; 

 Spach, Hist. veg. phan. X. (1841) 464; Goult. et Ev. in Bot. Gaz. XV. (1890) 91. — 

 N. integrifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. III. (1789) 44 6; Pers. Synopsis II. (1807) 614. — 

 ?N. canadensis Poir. in Lam. Encycl. IV. (1797) 507. — N. glauca Hort. Par. ex 

 Roem. et Schult. Syst. V. (1819) 575. — N. montana Hort, ex Pursh Fl. Am. sept. 

 I. (1814) 177. — N. multiflora Wangenheim, Beitr. Forstw. Nordam. Holz. (1787) 

 46, t. 16; Beck, Bot. (1833) 307; Darling. Fl. Gestr. (1837) 164: Eat. et Wright, 

 North Am. Bot. (1840) 329: Spach, Hist. veg. phan. X. (1841) 463; Torrey, Fl. N. Y. 

 IL (1843) 161, t. 95; Emerson, Mass. Trees (1840) 312, t. 7; Harms in Engl. u. 

 Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 8. (1898) 257. — N. villosa Michx. Fl. bor. am. II. (1803) 258; 

 Willi. Spec. IV. (1805) 1112; Ait. f. Hort. Kew. V. (1813) 479; Pursh, Fl. Am. sept. 

 I. (1814) 177; Roem. et Schult. Syst. V. (1819) 575; Bigel. Fl. Bost. ed. 2. (1824) 

 380; Spreng. Syst. I. (1825) 83 2; Dietr. Synopsis pl. I. (1839) 878: Loud. Arb. 



III. 1317, f. 1197 et 1198. — Arbor usque ad 15 — 36 m alta saepius multo 

 minor, ramulis glabris vel novellis parce puberulis brunnescentibus vel cinerascentibus 

 usque nigro-fuscescentibus. Folia petiolo 1,5 — 2,5 cm longo subtereti vel supra complanato 

 usque leviter canaliculato densiuscule puberulo demum lere glabrato petiolata, tenuiter 

 membranaeea vel rarius ztz crassiuscule chartacea, intense viridia subtus pallidiora, 

 juvi'n« ula utrinque praecipue subtus densiuscule pubescentia, adulta Bupra perfecte lere 

 glabrata atque saepius nitidula, subtus secus costam nervosque principales pilis longius- 

 eulii lubappressif densiuscule obtecta ceterum sparse puberula vel ptorumque glabrata, 

 nunc bene DUnc longe elliptica usque lanceolata vel ovata vel obovata, basi subrotundata 

 vel sa«'|iius in petiolum angustata, apice saepissime breviuscule acuminata, integre, 5 — 

 12 cm longa et 2 — 7 cm lata, costa nervisque lateralibus primariis supra conspicuis 

 subtus prominenUbus, nervillis subtus dense reticulatis. Flores maficuli in racemos 

 circiter 5 — 12-floros pedunculis 1,5 — 2,5 cm longis breviuscule patenterque puberulis 

 stipitatos post anthesin laxiusculos dispositi, 3^—9 mm longe pedicellati; receptaculum 



