2 



: 



Aucuba, Kaliphora. 41 



3. A. himalaica Hook. f. et Thoms. 111. Hirn. PI. (1855) t. 12; G. B. Clarke in 

 [ook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. (1879) 747. — A. japonica Harms apud Diels, Fl. Centr. 

 !hin. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. (1901) 507 e. p. — Arbor fruticosa usque ad 10- 

 letralis dichotome ramosa, ramulis teretibus glabris brunnescentibus vel brunneo- 

 ligrescentibus cicatricatis. Foliorum petiolus basin versus manifeste dilatatus subglaber 

 ,el disperse breviterque pilosulus ad 40 mm longus, lamina coriacea, in sicco ± nigres- 

 ;ens nitidula, supra glaberrima subtus juvencula pilis strigillosis leviter patentibus 

 tomentella adulta disperse pilosa, lanceolata vel lanceolato-elliptica basi subrotundata 

 rel in petiolum angustata, apicem versus paulatim angustata vel saepius manifeste 

 tcuminata in dentem constanter acutum producta, nunc integra nunc manifeste copiose- 

 serrata, usque ad 25 cm longa et 7,5 cm lata, costa media supra vix subtus 

 lanifeste prominula, nervis lateralibus primariis utrinque immersis, ceterum vix reti- 

 data. Inflorescentiae terminales dichotome ramosae bracteatae paniculatae subpyrami- 

 iales dioicae; masculae initio subglomeratae post anthesin rt longe distractae, pilis 

 strigillosis leviter patentibus dense fulvo-villosulae , floribus pedicellis 3 — 5 mm longis 

 ipice haud articulatis stipitatis ; calycis limbus brevissime vel interdum vix manifeste 

 -lobus; petala ovato- vel lanceolato-elliptica apice in acumen angustissimum fere sub- 

 midiforme acutum 1,5 — 2 mm longum protracta, praeter acumen 3,5 mm longa; 

 staminum filamenta latiuscula carnosula 0,75 mm longa- et lata, antherae latiuscule 

 jllipticae 0,5 mm metientes; discus subtetragonus apice depressus glaberrimus. Inflores- 

 centiae femineae glomerato-paniculatae, pilis strigillosis sat dense fulvo-villosulae, floribus 

 )edicellis brevissimis infra ovarium articulatis 2-bracteolatis stipitatis; ovarium sub- 

 rylindricum densissime pilosum 4 mm longum; sepala breviter triangularia ; petala ut 

 in floribus masculis formata; Stylus cylindricus glaberrimus 1 — 4,5 mm longus; stigma 

 inaequali-capitatum intus sulcatum. Fructus baccatus ellipsoideus vel ovoideus 1 2 mm 

 longus, diametro 5 — 6 mm metiens, in sicco nigrescens breviter pilosulus vel subglaber, 

 ■spermus. 



Trop. Ost-Himalaya: Sikkim, Sinchul (Anderson n. 203); Darjeeling bei 2500m 

 !. B. Clarke n. 9460, 16760C, 16796B, 27489C, 34957B, 35359A, 35359B, 

 I5627B, 35627C, 35627D, 36468). 



6. Kaliphora Hook. f. 



Kaliphora*) Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. I. (1867) 951 et 1c. pl. (1871) 16 



.1023; Baill. Hist.pl. VII. (1879) 80; Harms in Engl. u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 8.(1898) 268. 



Flores dioici. Fl. q^: Galyx parvus, 4-lobus. Petala 4 lineari-oblonga, coriacea, 



alvata. Stamina 4 alternipetala , filamentis brevissimis, antheris lineari-elongatis basi- 



xis. Discus pulvinaris 4-gonus ; styli rudimentum subulatum in centro disci. Fl. Q : 



Calycis tubus cupularis, remote 4-dentatus. Petala ignota. Staminum rudimenta 0. 



iscus hemisphaericus. Ovarium 2-loculare; styli 2, minuti, recurvi, discum coronantes, 



tus stigmatosi; ovula in loculis solitaria. Drupa parva, compressa, didyma, pyrenis 



2 crustaceis compressis 1-spermis. Semina lineari-oblonga, pyrenae conformia, testa 



membranacea , albumine carnoso; embryo albumini conformis sed paulo angustior, 



cotyledonibus planis, crassiusculis , radicula brevi crassa obliqua. — Frutex vel arbor, 



glaberrima, ramulis teretibus. Folia alterna, oblique lanceolato-elliptica, integerrima, 



coriacea, nervis obscuris. Flores parvi, in paniculas parvas axillares nutantes dispositi, 



edicellis ebracteolatis haud articulatis. 



Species 1 madagascariensis. 



Kaliphora madagascariensis Hook. f. Icon. pl. (1871) 16 t. 1023. — Frutex 

 el arbor conspicua ramosa, ramulis teretibus glaberrimis siccitate fuscescentibus vel 

 fusco-nigrescentibus paulo verruculosis. Folia 5 — 8 mm longe petiolata, coriacea, in 



*) »The ticket attached to the specimens is marked Ravendo, probably the name of a 

 locality, to which is added: produces abundance of. potash« (Hook. Icon. pl. t. 1023). 



