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5 — I 2-floras densas scorpioideas parvifloras terminantes. Sepala 4, rarius 3, ± patentia 

 et basi connata, in floribus q 1 oblonga-obtusa, in floribus Q deltoidea acuta v. obtusa, 

 extus ferrugineo-sericea, intus glabra, glandulis parvis perithecioideis per basim connatam 

 dispersis. Columna staminea sepalis brevior, glabra, antherae 8, uniseriatae. Ovarium 

 glabrum, obpyramidatum 4 — 3-angulum, sligma medio depressum, 4 — 3-lobatum, intus 

 stigmatosum. Capsula 4 — 12 mm longa, nitida, 4- v. 3-gona. Semina 4 mm longa, 

 fusca, breviter appendiculata. 



Malagassisches Gebiet; Seychellen: Insel Mähe, 700 — 900 m (Perville n. 98!, 

 Bouton, Blackburn!, Barkly!); Mähe, "not common, in wet places by the side of 

 running water at an elevation of about 1500 feet" (Hörne n. 315!, n. 575!); Insel 

 Silhouettes, auf dem Trois Freres Gebirge (Wright!); auf dem Gebirge (Hörne n. 576!) 

 2. N. madagascariensis Poiret, Encycl. meth. Bot. IV. (1797) 459; Willd. Spec. 

 pl. IV. p. 2 (1805) 873; Brongn. in Ann. sc. nat. I. (1824) 45, t. 5 f. 2; Korth. 

 Verh. Nat. Ges. Bot. (1839) 41; Spach, Hist. nat. veg. XIII. (1846) 325; Blume, Mus. 

 bot. lugd. batav. II. (1852) 9; Morren in Belg. Hort. II. (1852) 229; Hook f. in DC. 

 Prodr. XVII. (1873) 92; Masters in Gard. Chron. s. 2. XVI. (1881) 685 cum ic. xyl.; 

 Scott-Elliott in Ann. of Bot. V. (1891) 376; G. Beck in Wien. 111. Gart. Zeitg. (1895) 

 226; Drake d. Castillo in Bot. Jahres. XXX. (1902) 547; Dubard in Bull. Mus. d' Hist. 

 nat. XII. (1906) 62; Veitch, Hort. Veitchii (1906) 302. — Planta brevis erecta sub- 

 scandens. Caulis 0,75 — 1 m altus X 7 — 13 mm crassus, cylindricus, juventute dense 

 ferrugineo-pubescens, demum sparse pubescens v. glaber. Folia 12 — 30 cm longa X 

 3 — 8 cm lata, coriacea, petiolata; petiolus 2 — 5 cm longus, alatus, alae basi expansa 

 decurrentes et fere ad nodum inferiorem attenuatae, superne in laminam gradatim 

 ampliatae; lamina elliptica ovalis v. obovata, juvenilis ± fusco- v. ferrugineo-pilosa, 

 adulta glabra, supra viridis subtus viridi-rubra v. rubra, nervi longitudinales in paria 7, 

 rarius 8 v. 9 dispositi, paria 3 — 5 intima a medio v. versus basim costae orientia, 

 par intimum 7 — 14 mm, par secundum 8 — 19 mm, par tertium 11 — 23 mm a costa 

 remotum, paria reliqua proportione decrescenti, nervi transversi oblique ascendentes et 

 reticulati; cirrhus 20 — 30 cm longus, plano-convexus, gradatim versus basim ascidii 

 ampliatus; ascidia 10 — 15 cm longa X 3 — 5 cm lata, juventute ferrugineo-pilosa, demum 

 sparse pilosa v. glabra, dimorphia, inferiora ampullacea v. subventricosa, rubra, alae 

 ventrales a basi fere ad os late expansae, ciliatae, os obliquum ovatum vel subor- 

 biculare, postice in Collum latum triangulum elongatum; peristomium 5 — 14 mm latum, 

 cylindricum, crebre striatum, margine intus subtiliter dentatum; operculum 3 — 5 cm 

 diametro, orbiculari-reniforme, extus ferrugineo-pubescens, intus glandulis paucis magnis 

 circularibus a medio marginem versus minoribus obsitum; calcar 4 — 6 mm longum, 

 obtusum, decurvatum; ascidium intus fere ad medium glauco-purpureum, opacum et 

 deducens, inferne nitidum glandulosum et detinens; ascidia superiora infundibuliformia, 

 rubro-viridia v. viridia, alae ventrales inferne angustae non ciliatae, superne ad nervös 

 prominentes reductae, os transversum circulare postice non v. vix elongatum; peristomium 

 parte postico-laterali dr expansum; ascidium intus superficie angusta superiore trian- 

 gula glauco-purpurea, opaca, et deducente, inferne nitidum glandulosum et detinens. 

 Inflorescentia 20 — 40 cm longa, paniculata; pedunculus 10 — 12 cm longus; panicula 

 anguste triangula, ramis oblique ascendentibus, in cymas densas scorpioideas terminan- 

 tibus; pedicelli et sepala ferrugineo-sericea. Sepala ovata, intus glandulis multis minutis 

 obsita. Columna staminea glabra, sepalis brevior, antherae 1 0, convolutae, subbiseri- 

 atae. Ovarium ovatum, 3 — 4-angulum, dense ferrugineo-sericeum ; stigma sessile 3 — 4- 

 lobum, lobis profunde sulcatis. Capsula 13 — 15 mm longa, sparse sericea, nitida, ovata, 

 valvis stigmatiferis triangulis bilobis, intus depressis. Semina 6 — 7 mm longa, brunnea. 



Malagassisches Gebiet; Madagaskar: Ohne genauen Standort (Commerson 

 und Chapelier, Humblot n. 400!, Curtis!); Tani-fouci in der Prov. Be-tani-mena 

 (Hilsenberg!); »Central Madagascar« (Baron n. 1707!, 2735!, 5979!); bei Fort 

 Dauphin »peaty soil and sandy, sometimes in marshes« (Scott Elliott n. 2302!) 



Einheim. Namen: Kapok, Ponga, Amramatico (Spach). 



