Baliospermum, Tetrorchidium. 29 



affixa; filamenta brevia; thecae oblongae, hispidae, liberae, apice connectivo affixae* 

 ovarii rudimentum 3-fidum, villosum. Flores Q et fructus ignoti. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Malacca (Maingay n. 1435); Borneo (nach 

 Hooker). 



Nota. Specimina non vidi. Diagnosis supra e verbis cl. auloris data est, sed descriptio 

 in Flora indica Hookeriana haud bona. Certissime aulem species vix ad Baliospermum ducenda 

 est, floribus ii ignotis genus rite haud determinandum. 



9. B. reidioides Kurz in Flora LVIII. (1875) 32; Forest Flora II. (1877) 4H; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 461. — »Suffrulex perennis, creclus, 1^/2 — 2-pedaliSj 

 parce fulvescenti-pubescens. Folia lineari-oblonga vel oblonga, basi 5-nervia, obtusa vel 

 acuta, petiolo gracili, 1 — 1 Y2 polh longo, brunneo-puberulo suffulta, acuminata, 2 — 4 pol), 

 longa, membranacea, supra minute, subtus dense et molliter pubescentia. Flores parvi, 

 pedicellati, in paniculas graciles, pubescentes, longe peduncuktas, 3 — 4 poll. longas, 

 axillares dispositi. Perianthii segmenta lanceolata, 1 Y2 — 2 lin. longa, extus adpresse 

 hirsuta; ovarium et capsulae adhuc nimis immaturae dense fulvo-hirsutae. « 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Slam, Wälder von Kanburi (Teysmann). 



Nota. Species ab autore incomplete descripta est. Diagnosis secundum autorem supra 

 reilerata est. Cl. Hooker in Flora indica florem ^ speclei descripsit petalis 5 praeditum, 

 antheris 3, columnae adnatis, disco ad basin columnae cupulari. Afflnitas plantae, si revera 

 Euphorbiacea, fortasse inter Cluytieas-Gluytiinas quaerenda esset. 



B. spec. Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1888) 463. — »A small tree, leaves 6—8 

 by 2Y2 — 3Y2 ^^-1 ^^va, eUiptic-oblong, cuspidately acuminale, quite entire, base triple- 

 nerved, petiole 2 — 3 in.; male flower minute, on slender, axillary, pubescent panicles, 

 shortly pedicelled; calyx subturbinate with 4 short rounded ciliolate lobes; petiole 0; 

 anthers 4 half exserted, subsessile round a clavate pistillode, cells oblong, erect, uniled 

 at the base only. — No doubt an undescribed genus, but without fem. flowers or 

 fruit I hesitate to name it. The habit is somewhat of a Baliospermum^ but the male 

 flowers are widely different. « 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Ober-Assam, Mishmi Mts. 5 — 5500 ft. 

 (Griffith n. 4741). 



Subtrib. 3. Tetrorchidiinae Fax. 



Gdonieae Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 202; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 

 1034, 1124; in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 509. 



Stamina 3—10, exteriora episepala; filamenta brevissima et antherae fere sessiles 

 vel in columnam connata; antherae 4-loculares. 



6. Tetrorchidium Poepp. et Endi. 



Tetrorchidium'^) Poepp. et Endl. Nov. gen. et spec. III. (1842) 23 t. 227; Endl. 

 Gen. Suppl. II. (1842) 89; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1132; in Fl. Bras. 

 XI. 2. (1874) 509; Benth. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. HI. (1880) 288; Pax in Engler 

 u. Prantl, Pflzfam. HI. 5. (1890) 90. 



Flores dioici vel monoici, apetali. Floris rf calyx parvus, 3-partitus; sepala lata, 

 leviter imbricata. Discus nullus. Stamina 3, episepala; filamenta brevissima, in ala- 

 bastro in massam subglobosam connata, demum vix libera; antherae latae, introrsum 

 peltatim 4-loculatae. Ovarii rudimentum nuUum vel clavatum, staminibus aequilongum. 

 Floris Q calyx maris. Discus cyathiformis vel in squamas 3, petaloideas divisus. 

 Ovarium 2 — 3-loculare; styli breves, plani, crassi, 2-fidi, stellato-patentes vel fere connati. 

 Ovula in locuUs solilaria. Capsula 2 — 3-dyma, in coccos 2-valves dissiliens; endo- 

 carpium tenuiter crustaceum. Semina globosa, grosse foveolata; testa crustacea, extus 

 carnosa: cotyledones latae, planae. — Arbores, pilis simplicibus vel malpighiaceis pu- 



*) xBTQn = quatuor; ooxis = testis; propter slanaina 4-locularia. 



