Nepheliiim L. — Schleichera Adns. 291 



commuiii 2,0 — 4,5 poU. longo ; friictus (altero plerumque ab- 

 ortivo) subsolitarii obverse - oviformes tuberculati, straminei 

 aut crocei, 1,7 poll. longi, 1,5 poll. crassi; arillus dulcis. 



203. SCHLEICHERA AMOENA W lp. 



Char. Geti. cf. Endl. Gen. 5620 et 21. Msn. Gen. 53. Comm. 38. 23 et 

 23.^- Jure Melicocca cum Schleichera AVld. conjungenda ! — Hsskl. Adn. 

 993. l.Catal.p. 225.(2) — Wght. et Aru.Prdr. I. U 4 suadent sojunctio- 

 nem generis utriusque ob calycem 4-partitum, petala 4, stamina 8, 

 germeu biloculatura, drupani monosperniam et embryonem rectum; 

 et dicunt, combinationeni hancce signorum certe sufficere ad distin- 

 guenda genera; sed arbor nostra paritcr unum ac alterum reprae- 

 sentat genus, vinculum inter utrumque forraat et subgeneri Sphae- 

 rococco DC. Prdr. I. 615 equidcm specici M. dentatae forsau ad- 

 numeranda erit. 



Char. Spec. cf. Wlp. Eprt. V. 366. 1. 



Descrpt. Frutex arboreus aut arbor humilis; rami 

 erecti, crassi teretes ; folia pinnata cum aut absque impari, 

 patentia, juvenilia incarnata, persicina, kermesina imoque pu- 

 nicea; petiolus communis 18 — 24 poll. longus et ultra, tere- 

 tiusculus (nec alatus), glaber, 20 — 25 opposita alternave ac- 

 crescentia, bina basilaria, stipuliformia, obversa, subrotunda, 

 torta, ramos plane obtegentia, integerrima; reliqua ovato-ob- 

 longa, summa oblonga aut oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, basi 

 obliqua altero latere rotundata, altero subattenuata, 3,0 — 5,5 

 poll. longa, 1,2 — 1,7 poll. lata, glaberrima, integerrima, trans- 

 verse alternatim pinnato-nervosa, nervis ramosis, sessilia; m- 

 florescentia terminalis ramoso-paniculata ; rami patentes aut 

 patenti-erecti, glabemmi subteretes ; ramuli patentes plus mi- 

 nus abbreviati, fiores aut staminiferi aut hermaphroditi brevi- 

 ter pedicellati ilavescentes ; calyx 5-partitus, laciniae 2 exte- 

 riores minores, 3 interiore majores, omnes ovatae, acutae, con- 

 cavae patentes corolloideae, albidae ; petala 3 minuta, in flori- 

 bus staminiferis vix distinguenda, squamaeformia, in herma- 

 phroditis saepe magis evohita breviter unguiculata, subrotunda, 

 cyathimorpha convohita, margine crispatula vix lineam supe- 

 rantia; stamina 6 — 8, rarius 9, cum petalis disco aurantiaco 

 ad marginem externum inserta; filamenta patentia, albida, 



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