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53. M. Celebica 3 foliis ovato-triangularibus, leviter trilobatis, 
supra dense punctato-asperis, subtus densissime villoso-subhirsutis ; 
floribus masculis fasciculatis, femineis solitariis; fructu magno, ovoi- 
deo; seminibus leviter turgidis, tenuiter marginatis, utrinque leviter 
verrucosis. 
Caulis seandens, gracilis, paulo ramosus, sulcatus, sparse tubercu- 
lato-asperus. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, hirsutus, '/,-1 cent. longus. 
Folia rigidiuscula, supra pallide viridia, subtus cinerea, margine cre- 
nulato-denticulata, apice acuta vel breviter acuminata, 4-6 cent. 
longa et fere totidem lata; sinus basilaris angustissimus, 1-1 '/, cent. 
profundus. Cirrhi graciles, elongati, sulcati, sparse hirsuti. Pedunculi 
dense villoso-hirsuti, 1-2 mill. longi. Calycis tubus breviter villoso- 
hirsutus, basi rotundatus, 4 mill. longus, 2 mill. crassus; dentes 
erecti, subulati, 1 mill. longi. Corolla brevissime villosa, segmentis 
oblongis, apice obtusis, 2 mill. longis. Staminum filamenta */, mill. 
longa; antheræ anguste oblongæ, breviter ciliatæ, basi integre, apice 
breviter appendiculatæ, 2-2 '/, mill. longæ. Pedunculus fructiferus 
5-6 mill. longus, 2 '/, mill. crassus. Fructus fulvus, glaber, levis, 
3*/, cent. longus, 2 */, cent. erassus. Semina sordide fusca, ovoideo- 
oblonga, basi leviter attenuata, apice rotundata, 6 mill. longa, 3-3 Y, 
mill. lata, 1 !/,-2 mill. crassa. 
In Celebes (herb. Lugd.-Bat.). 
54. M. Javanica; folis ambitu triangulari-oblongis, profunde 
trilobatis, supra brevissime hirsutis, subtus scabrís ; floribus utriusque 
sexus fascieulatis; fructu oblongo; seminibus utrinque complanatis, 
zona latissima cinetis, tenuiter scrobiculatis. — Karivia Javanica Miq.! 
Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, part. 1, p. 661. 
Caulis gracilis, elongatis, ramosus, sulcatus, breviter sparseque 
villoso-hirsutus. Petiolus satis gracilis, breviter denseque retrorso- 
hirsutus, 2-4 cent, longus. Folia membranacea, supra lete viridia, 
subtus viridi-einerea, margine integerrima vel vix denticulata, 7-8 
cent. longa, 5-7 cent. lata, lobis apice rotundatis, intermedio oblongo, 
5-6 cent. longo, 2-3 cent. lato, lateralibus divergentibus, multo bre- 
vioribus, ovatis vel suborbicularibus, interdum subbilobatis; sinus 
basilaris subrectangularis, 1-1 Y/, cent. profundus. Cirrhi graciles, 
elongati, striati, breviter hirsuti. Flores sessiles vel subsessiles. Ca- 
lycis tubus anguste campanulatus, brevissime hirsutus, 2 '/, mill. lon- 
BUS, 1 '/ mill. atus; dentes erecti, subulati, */, mill. longi. Corolla 
brevissime villosa, segmentis triangularibus, apice subacutis, 1 '/, mill. 
Surres au Prodromus III. 4 
