Dicalyx Lour. — Saiiranja Wld. 273 



ISG. SAURAIJJA CAUFJFLORA I)C. 



Clutr. Spcc. cf. Prdr. I. 526. 12. Bl. Bijdr. 12(). Manwiia Rnwdt. Bl. 

 Cat. 79, iicc Bl. — Scapha Noronli. Verli. Biit. Gen. V. 60. 



Descrpt. Frutex arborcus ; ra/m crassi terctcs, juve- 

 niles puberuli ; stipulac nuUae ; petioli subteretes, 1 poll. longi ; 

 folia ovato-oblonga, utrinque acuminata s. basi acuta, imo- 

 que obtusa, obsolete setaceo-serrata, 3 — 7 poll. longa, supra 

 laevia viridia, subtus nervosa, glandulaceo-tomentosa, in ner- 

 vorum reticulatione ct petiolis ferrugineo-squamuloso-strigosa; 

 squamulae ante foliorum evolutioncm rubrae imbricatae; in- 

 florescentia racemosa, axillaris aut e cortice trunci erumpens ; 

 racemi oliganthi axillares solitarii, laterales plurimi aggrcgati 

 imoque conglobati, pedunculis defloratis emarcidis, persisten- 

 tibus, nigrescentibus quasi involucrati; pedunculi secundarii 

 carnosi,rube ntes clavato-incrassati ; alabastrum depresso-glo- 

 bosum; cahjx 5-partitus; laciniae basi rubrae, dein concavae, 

 orbiculato - ovatac, roseo - albidae ; petala saepe 4 albida, basi 

 connata, lato-ovata, margine subrevoluta; stamina plurima, 

 filamenta dilatata, linearia, basi connata; antherac introrsae, 

 supra basin dorso affixae, biloculatae ; loculi parallcli sigmoi- 

 dei, apicc poro dehiscentes lutei; geimen obsolete trigonum 

 depressum, liberum 3-loculatum; gemmulae in locuHs pluri- 

 mae ; styli 3, basi connati albidi ; stigmata globosa, minuta, 

 hyalina; fructus capsularis, calyce vegcto persistente arcte 

 appresse cinctus, cicatrice carpica spuria triangulari notatus, 

 3-valvis, vacuus, dein mucilagine aquoso hyahno farctus ; se- 

 mina in loculis plurima placentae columnari bifidae, carnosae 

 affixa, dein in mucilagine natantia, minuta, ovato-angulata, 

 brunnea, tuberculata ; integumentum crustaceum. — Nomen 

 smidense : Kileho liimhut, i. e. humilis. 



187. SAURAUJA NEPAULENSIS DC. 



Char. Spec. cf. DC. Prdr. I. 526. 4. Sprg. Syst. Veg. II. 613. 6, nec 

 autcm cur. post. 210, ubi liacc cum S. micranlha Bl. Bijdr. 127 

 confusa, cui differt: foliis basi attenuatis supra glabris, calyce hir- 

 suto, peduuculo racemosc subtrifloro, foliaceo-bracteato, in apice ra- 

 mulorum laterali. 



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