IIRERE,«. — LAPORTEA. 141 



supra basim dense crenato-deulatis, subcoriaceis, utrinque circiter 

 8- costulatis, supra glabris, sublus iu nervis et petiolo scabrius- 

 cule pubescenlibus; stipulis linearibus hirtulis-, inflorescentiis ex 

 axillis veteribus foliatis orientibvis, paniculatis, pubcscentibus; flori- 

 bns femmeis in ramulis dense el interrupte subunilateraliter disposi- 

 ùs;achœniis lenticularibus, obliquis, punctatis. — VropeL.shniatam. 

 Rami farcti, verrucvilosi. Folia ^-8{ poil, longa, 2-3 poil. lata. 

 (Miquel.) 



Laportea oblongata Miq., in ZoUing. Syst. f-'erzeichn., 107. 



Hab. — In .lavae sylvis hiimidis prope Tjikoya (ZoUing., exsicc, n° 381 )• 



Species dubiœ. 

 16. Laportea oleracea. 



L. berbacea; foliis amplis, late ovatis, acuminatis, basi rotundatis 

 obtusatisve, iu loto margiue acute grossiuscideque serrât is, utrin- 

 que sed praesertim supra sparsim breviterque stimulosis, laevibus, 

 in planta viva aliquantulum succulentis; inflorescentiis masculis 

 subsessilibus, densiuscule multifloris, quam pelioli multoties bre- 

 vioribus; femiueis ignolis. 



Cadlis herbaceus, circiter bimetralis, debilis, angiilato-sulcatus , sti- 

 mulis gracilibus longeque bulhosis sparsim armalus et iiiter illos superne 

 hispidiilus. Folia in specim. visis 12-18 cm. longa, 8-10 cm. lata, aciunine 

 s. dente apicali lineari uni-sesqui-centimetrali, dentibus cœteris triangulari- 

 biis apicp piliferis siiba^qualibus inseqiialibiisve juxtaque petiolum minoribiis; 

 narvis basilaribus circiter usque ad trientem limbi superiorem productis; 

 lamina exsiccata tenuiter meinbranacea, cjstolithos raros punctiformes exhi- 

 bante, necnon oculo armato subliis minutissime creberrimequebadio-punc- 

 tata ; petiolo fere decimetrali, subinermi. Stipula lanceolatae, apice bifidœ, 

 persistentes. Cym;E masculjE juniores ovatse vel rotundatœ, ramosissimse, 



