348 GUTTIFERE (J. VESQUE). 
33 G. picrorhiza Miq., Ann. Mus. Lugdun., I, 209; Scheffer, 
Ann. Buitenzorg., 1, 6 ; Pierre, Fl. forest. Cochinch. Enum., VI, t. 91; 
A; F. v. Muell., Papuan plants, 86; Vesque, Epharm., 11, t. 95. 
Amboine, in hort. Bogoriens. Nom. vern : obat segeroe lemon, obot, se- 
geroe toeni, herb. Pierre, 4143 et 4145. — Nova Guinea? Teysmann. 
Rami teretes siccitate griseo-brunnei, tenuiter virgati, graciles, bra- 
chiati, floriferi 1,5-2,5 mm. crassi, juniores sub nodis compressi. Folia 
lanceolato-elliptica petiolata, apice sæpissime obtuse acuminata, acu- 
mine circit. 1 em. longo, basi acuta, papyracea, margine tenui subre- 
panda, circit. 8-11 cm. longa, 2, 3-3, 5 cm. lata, petiolo gracili circit. 
centimetrali, supra concavo, basi foveolà parvà instructo,nevro medio 
suprà parum, subtus acute prominente, lateralibus circit. 35 tenuis- 
simis, circit. 2 mm. distantibus, əperte parallelis nonnunquam furcatis 
utrinque prominulis, nervo submarginali tenui et irregulari connexis. 
Epidermidis super: et inferæ cellule undulatim delineatæ tabu- 
lares alliusculæ, pariete externa epidermidis supere in sinubus 
parietum lateralium leviter punctatà, cuticulà tenui levi. Stomata 
elliptica, cellulis epidermidis paulo minora v. eas superficie fere adæ- 
quantia, cellulis accessoriis magnis lunatis. Hypoderma nullum. Me- 
sophyllum bifaciale circit. 9-seriatum, 0,24 mm. crassum. Cellule 
paliformes 2-3-ordinatim dispositæ, 2-3-plo longiores quam latiores, 
tertiam fere partem mesophylli v. dimidium mesophyllum implentes. 
Cellulæ incrassatæ (parietibus incrassatis in kali caustico valde auctis) 
cellulis propinquis consimiles parenchymati spongioso insparæ, ad 
fasciculos numerosiores, solitarie v. 2-pluri-geminatæ. Nervorum 
lateralium fasciculi immersi, subtus fibris mechanicis sustenti, robus- 
tiores glandulà canaliformi magnà superati. Nervi medii fasciculus 
areuatus margine inflexus glandulà superatus, subtus laminà fibrosà, 
suprà laminà fibrosà ad glandulam interruptà armatus. Petioli fasci- 
culus arcuatus margine involutus, fibris mechanicis destitutus, glan- 
dulà superatus. Glandulæ canaliformes alter: fasciculos superantes, 
altere mesophyllo et nervi petiolique parenchymati immersa. Crys- 
talla echinata in mesophyllo. 
Inflorescentiz parvæ, circit. 44 mm. longs, e basi brevi tripartitæ, 
ramis in cymas 3-floras desinentibus, bracteolis minutis, pedicellis 
brevibus, 4 mm. crassis, 2-3 mm. longis. Flor. fem. parvi circit. 
5 mm. lati. Petala ovata obtusa post anthesin reflexa, siccitate crispa. 
Phalanges —— crasse carnose, humiles, margine superà 
in filamenta : iformia irregularia produclze. Ovarium 
— 2,5 mm. origos 1,5 mm. latum, longitudinaliter bisul- 
