252 Franz Niedenzu. — Malpighiaceae. 



vel chartaceo-membranacea, supra viridia, subtus pallidiora, glabra, nervis lateralibus 

 utrinque 7 — 9 rectis bene intra marginem anastomosantibus supra gracilibus subpro- 

 minulis subtus prominentibus, nervulis paucis subtus prominentibus vel prominulis, mar- 

 gine angusta recurva, petiolo ad 7 mm longo supra canaliculato suffulta. Racemi axillares, 

 ad 1 1 cm longi (pedunculo communi ad 2 cm longo incluso), nodosi, angulati, glabri ; 

 pedicelli circ. 4 mm longi, basi parvi-bracteati. Sepala 5, imbricata, oblongo-elliptica, 

 obtusa, 2,5 mm longa, 1,5 mm lata, ciliolata. Petala oblonga, apice rotundata, basi 

 truncata, stipite brevi instructa, 1 1 mm longa, 5 mm lata. Antherae 4 mm longae ; 

 filamenta inaequalia, 5 recta, 2 mm longa, 5 ad medium refracta, parte dimidia su- 

 periore horizontaliter radiante, circ. 4 mm longa. Ovarium 1,25 mm altum, glabrum, 

 3-lobatum, 3-loculare, ovulis solitariis pendulis; styli 3 graciles, pallidi, circa 7,5 mm 

 longi, e basi liberi, divergentes. Fructus glaber, viridis, reticulatus, stylorum basibus 

 persistentibus induratis apiculatus, ad 1 cm longus. 



Siam (Pattani, Banang Sta, 50 m, forming great part of undergrowth in evergreen 

 forest on limestone, Ken* n. 7306).« 



2. B. Hullettii King in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal. 68, II. (4893) 496. — Brachy- 

 lophon Curtisii var. Hullettii Ridley, Fl. Malay. Penins. I. (4 922) 329. — "Leaves 

 coriaceous, shining, minutely reticulate, narrowly elliptic, shortly and abruptly acuminate 

 or acute, the base cuneate : main nerves 10 to 4 2 pairs, rather prominent beneath, 

 subhorizontal, interarching far from the margin, length 4 to 7 in., breadth 4,8 to 

 2,5 in., petiole 0,4 in. Racemes terminal, the rachis less than 0,5 in. long, 4- to 8- 

 flowered; pedicels 0,75 in. long, bracteolate at the base. Sepals ovate, blunt. 



Malakka: on mount Ophir, Hullett. — An imperfectly known plant, easily dis- 

 tinguished from both the other species by its much shorter racemes and more coria- 

 ceous leaves." 



3. B. Scortechinii King in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 62, II. (1893) 4 97. — 

 r 'A shrub 3 to 6 feet high. Leaves membranous, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, 

 sometimes oblong-lanceolate tapering from the middle to each end, both surfaces gla- 

 brous: main nerves 4 3 to 4 5 pairs, rather faint, subhorizontal, interarching 0,4 5 to 

 0,2 in. from the edge: length 5 to 4 1 in., breadth 2 to 4 in., petiole 0,4 5 in. Ra- 

 cemes corymbose, terminal and axillary, 2 — 3 in. long, many-flowered, the rachis tuber- 

 culate. Flowers about 0,6 in. in diam.; pedicels slender, 0,65 to 4 in. long, brac- 

 teolate at the base. Galyx-teeth oblong, obtuse, puberulous, the edges ciliolate. Petals 

 ovate, obtuse, entire, glabrous, 0,5 in. long. Filaments flattened, unequal but all much 

 longer than the petals. Ovary 3- to 4-lobed, or 3- to 4-celled: styles 3 or 4, as 

 long as the filaments, spreading, cylindric. Fruit unknown. — Ryssopteris elliptica 

 Scortechini mss. 



Perak: Scortechini, Wray, King's collector*). — I have not seen fruit of 

 this. In its flowers it closely resembles B. Curtisii Oliver, but its leaves are larger, 

 more membranous, and have more numerous nerves than those of B. Curtisii.'" 



4 8. Sphedamnocarpus Pianchon. 



Acridocarpus § 2. Jussieu Malp. Syn. (1840) 272 et in Arch. Mus. III. (1843) 

 490. — Sphedamnocarpus**) Pianchon msc. in Herb. Kew ex Hooker f. in Benth. et 

 Hook. f. Gen. pl. I. (1862) 256; Oliver Fl. trop. Afr. I. (1868) 279; Niedenzu in 

 Engler u. Prantl Nat. Pflzfam. III. 4. (4 890) 60, in Arb. Bot. Inst. Ak. Braunsberg 

 VI. (1915) 47 et in Verz. Vorles. Ak. Braunsberg S.-S. 4924 (1924) 16. 



Gemmae florum pleraeque globosae. Sepala extus sericea. Petala glaberrima lutea 

 breviter unguiculata, limbo e basi rotunda vel db cordata late ovato vel orbiculari crispo 



*) Wahrscheinlich ist dieses Exemplar identisch mit dem oben unter B. Curtisii angeführten 

 n. 6472, das mir aus den Herb. De Gandolle, Berlin und Wien vorgelegen hat; Ridley (Fl. 

 Malay. Penins. I. [4922] 329) vereinigt B. Scortechinii mit B. Curtisii. 

 **) Propter formam samarae: atpkvdaiivog = Acer; xaonos = fructus. 



