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+. 
340 GUTTIFERÆ (J. VESQUE). 
29. G. rostrata Benth. et Hook., Gener., I, 174 ; Pierre, Fl. fo- 
rest. Enum., V; Vesque, Epharm., M, tt. 93, 94; King, Mat. FL Malay, 
Penins., Journ. Asiat. Soc, Bengal., LIX, 150. — Discostigma .rostra- 
tum Hassk., Cat. Plant. Bogor., 213; Walp. Rep., V, 145; Chois. 
Mém. Soc., hist. nat. de Genéve, XV, p. 437, t. I; Chois. in Zolling. 
System. Verzeichn. (1854), 149; Walp. Ann. IV, 366; Chois. in Zoll., 
Pl. Jav. 8; Planchon et Triana, Mém. Guttif., loc. cit., 362. 
Java, Zolling., 3276, Hasskarl, anno 1868, Teysmann in herb. Pierre, 4372 ; 
Perak, Scortechini, 1962; King, 8486, 10762. 
Rami subteretes graciles cortice ochraceo-griseo minute rugosulo 
vestili, juniores (floriferi) subtetragono-compressi 1,5-2 mm. crassi. 
Folia lanceolato-elliptica petiolata, apice sepissime longe et obtuse 
acuminata (acumine haud raro 4 em. longo rotundato v. apice dila- 
tato subemarginato), basi acuta, chartacea, margine leviter incrassato 
plana v. angustissime repanda, circit. 5-9 em. longa, 2-3,5 cm. lata, 
petiolo suprà concavo, circit. 5 mm. longo, foveolà parva marginalà 
instructo, nervo medio utrinque prominente ad apicem acuminis 
usque extenso, lateralibus tenuissimis creberrimis aperte parallelis 
utrinque vix prominulis, nervo submarginali tenuissimo connexis. 
Epidermidis supere et inferæ cellulæ parvæ undulatim delinatæ 
Aabulares, pariete externà in sinubus parietum lateralium leviter punc- 
tatà, cuticulà mediocri levi. Stomata elliptica cellulis epidermidis 
majora v. eas superficie fere adæquantia, cellulis accessoriis majus - 
culis. Hypoderma nullum. Mesophyllum bifaciale cireit. 11-seriatum, 
0,28 mm. crassum. Cellulæ paliformes 2-3-ordinatim dispositæ, ter- 
liam partem v, plus mesophylli implentes, 2-3-plo longiores quam 
latiores. Nervorum lateralium fasciculi immersi utrinque fibris mecha- 
nicis armati. Nervi medii fasciculi 2 superpositi fere plani, supero 
inverso, vaginà fibrosà communi, sæpius ad lateres interruptà inclusi. 
Petioli fasciculus lunatus margine involutus, fibris mechanicis desti- 
tutus. Glandulæ canaliformes in mesophyllo, nervique petiolique pa- 
renchymate. Crystalla echinata in mesophyllo et petioli parenchy- 
mate. 
. Inflorescentic axillares, bracteis minutis, fere a basi 3-partitæ, folio 
multo breviores, circit. 2-3 cm. longs, ramo medio sepius cymas 
2 trifloras oppositae gerente, demum ipso (?) in cymam 3-floram desi- 
nente, lateralibus 3-floris ; floribus lateralibus prope basim pedi- 
celli 2-bracteolatis, pedicellis gracilibus 7-9. mm. longis. divaricalis. 
Flores parvi, circit. 6-7 mm. lati. Sepala 4 decussata, 2 exteriora 
Toteriori bus: multo minora, bracteiformia concava. obtusa, interiora 
