Hedera L. — Heptapleunim Grtn. 457 



dicelli terctes, 0,1 — 0,2 poll. longi; cahjx obverse oviformis, 

 apice truncatus, farinosus tomcnto stellato, dein glabriuscu- 

 lus ; petala carnosa, ovata, acuta, apice incurva, subcohaeren- 

 tia; ante anthesin valvata, vix sese aperientia, caduca, albida, 

 cum staminihus G — 8 ad marginem calycis et tori plani, con- 

 vexi inserta ; filamenta primura inflexa, delapsis petalis erecta 

 eisque longiora, fihformia; antJierae atro-sanguineae, ovatae, 

 biloculatae ; loculi rima longitudinali dehiscentes ; gennen sub- 

 globosum, apice depressum, toro tectum 6 — 8-loculatum; 

 gemmtdae in loculis soUtariae; stigmata 6 — 8, in apice exca- 

 vato tori recondita; frct. cf. Grtn. 1. spr. cit. 



p. incurvnm Hsskl. De var. vid. DC. et Bl. 11. cc. 

 foliola lucida, majora, 8 — 15 poll. longa, 3,0 — 6,5 poll. lata, 

 ad nervum medium supra farinoso-stellato-tomentosa; racemi 

 ad 30 poll. longi, incurvi, rhachide sanguinea, dense leprosa, 

 fioribus in umbella quaque plurimis (20 — 25). — Nomen 

 sundense : Sdngo budna. 



3ii. HEPTAPLEURLM TOMEMTOSLM Hsskl. 



Char. Gen. cf. 1. supr. cit. ad spcc. antecetlcnt., ob petala plane libera, 

 stigmataque immersa lieplapleuro, nec SclodaphijUo adscribenda spec. 



Char. Spec. cf. Hsskl. Diagn. nov. 122. Sciodaphylhim Bl. Bijdr. 877. 

 DC. Prdr. IV. 260. 6. 



Descrpt. Frutex arborescens; stipulae intrafoKaceae, 

 lingulam fingentes, acutae, crassae, adpressae; petioli 15 — 20 

 poll. longi, teretes, utrinque incrassati, basi vaginantes ; folia 

 digitata; petioluli 2 — 4 poll. longi, utrinque incrassati, a la- 

 tere compressi, umbellatim dispositi, aut una cum petiolo 

 minute stellato-tomentosi ; foliola plerumque 8, in foliis mi- 

 noribus 5 — 7, rugosa (caet. vid. diagn. cit.), 6 — 12 poll. 

 longa, 3,0 — 4,5 poll. lata; inflorescentia vid. diagn. ; pedun- 

 culi communes 8 — 15 poll. longi, atro-sanguinei , farinoso- 

 stellato-tomentosi, basi bractea ovato - lanceolata, acuminata, 

 tomentoso-canescenti, caduca suff^ulti; ramuli breves 0,2 — 0.4 

 poll. longi, umbelliferi, 8 — 10 flori; pedicelli 0,1 — 0,2 poll. 

 longi, teretes, cum calyce turbinato, truncato, minutissime 



