446 GUTTIFERE (J. VESQUE). 
el Triana, Mém. Guttif., 205; Miq. Fl. Ind. batav., 1, 507; Pierre, 
Fl. forest. Cochinch., Enum., XXXIX. 
Java, sepe culta. Nom. vern. : Tjoerie (Tjuri). 
‘Ramuli subteretes, graciles, siccitate irregulariter striali, floriferi 
1,5-2 mm. crassi, juniores subtetragono-v. ancipiti-compressi. Folia 
elliptica v. ovata v. lanceolata, sensim plus minusv. longe et obtuse 
acuminata, basi acuta v. obtusa, in petiolum contracta, tenuiter 
chartacea, margine anguste repanda, circit 7-13 cm. longa, 2,5-5 
cm. lata, petiolo supra concavo, basi foveola triangulari instructo. 
1-1,5 cm. longo, nervo medio valido, subtus prominente, supra plano 
v. anguste canaliculato, lateralibus tenuissimis circa 15-32, oblique 
parallelis, utrinque prominulis, cum nervis brevioribus irregulariter 
alternantibus. 
Epidermidis superæ et inferæ cellulæ undulatim delineatæ, tabula- 
res, cuticula tenui levi. Stomata cellulis epidermidis sæpius minora, 
cellulis accessoriis late lunatis. Hypoderma nullum. Mesophyllum bi- 
faciale, 8-10-seriatum, 0,250-0,280 mm. erassum, cellulis magnis, su- 
perioribus in cellulas paliformes parum evolutas 1-2-seriatas mutatis. 
Fasciculi immersi, vagina fibrosa inclusi. Nervi medii fasciculi 2 su- 
perposili, inferus arcuatus, superus inversus, vagina fibrosa communi 
ad lateres disjuncta inclusi. Petioli fasciculus arcuatus, margine 
involutus, fibris mechanicis destitutus. Glandulæ canaliformes et 
crystalla echinata in mesophyllo petiolique parenchymate. 
Flores parvi, ad apices ramorum v. ramulorum lateralium brevium 
3-12 v. in axillis foliorum solitarii, pedicellis 5-8 mm. longis, marium 
subteretibus, femin. apice incrassatis. Sepala coriacea concava, exte- 
riora semiorbieulata, margine anguste membranacea, circit. 2,9 mm. 
longa, interiora orbiculata, latius membranacea, parce et irregulari- 
ter denticulata, 3,5 mm. longa. Pelala carnosa, ovata (in alabastro 
fere omnino evoluto 4,9 mm. longa. Stamina (in flore masc.) circa 
25, toro hemisphærico subquadrato inserta, filamenlis brevissimis, 
antheris quadrato-cuneatis, apice truncatis 4-locellatis, rimis vertica- 
libus 4 dehiscentibus. Rudimentum pistilli nullum. Flor. fem. : Sta- 
minodia circa 7-12, in phalanges 4 oppositisepalas 1-3-andras collecta 
in eadem phalange basi connata, parte libera filamentorum antherà 
sæpius longiore, antheris suborbiculatis, apice saepius emarginatis. 
Ovarium! poraus SubquadeMo: -compressum, 6-10-loculare. Bacca 
globosa stipata, circit. 2,5 em. longa, 7-8-sperma 
sulcata. Samiuk oblonga compressa, margine exteriore arcuata, 
> ET mm. Mes TM mm. Hans 
