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NEPHELIUM. 



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antcnore parte supra Imca elevata dccurrenti notata, pube minutissioia deliqucsccnte pruinosa, poslice 

 1-^ poll, iiuda. Fo//o/apctioIulata, opposilaaut subalterna, 2-5 poll. longa, ii-2poll. lata, oblongo- 

 lanccoiata aut elhptica, plerumque obtuse acuminata, interdum obtusiuscula v. obtusa, rarius 

 rotundata, basi ^quali- v. in^quali-augustata, integerrima, penninervia, sifpra glabra, sublus glauca, 

 senceo-pubera, ct m alls vcnularum lateraliuui promiucnlium subareuatarum imprcssione pubcscente 

 glandulosa. Racemi axillares et terminales, alii simplices, alii subpauieulali, laxi, 4-7 poll, longi 

 graciles pube brevissima flaveseeirti-fusca vcstiti. Flares polygamo-dioici , glomerulati, miuuti, 

 pediccllis ^-1 lin. longis, tenuissimis, puberulescentibus sufTuUi. Calyx cupularis, breviter 4-5- fidus 

 mcmbranaccus, fusco-pubescens ; laciniis ovatis, oblusis, crcctis, suba^qualibus, valvatis.Peto/a nulla' 

 Discus placcnliformis, scrobiculatus, flavus, glaber, organa generationis cingcns. Stamina 7-8 

 ranssime 6, erccta. Filamenta ina^qualia, calyce triplo longiora, filiformia, pubescentia. Antherm . 



^ parvaj, subglobos*, apice emarginatae, basi bifida;, pubcscenti-scabrjE, loculis duobus, medio connexis, 

 intus a latere per longitudinem dehiscentibus. Plstilli rudimentum turbinatum, fulvo-hirtum. Fern, ut 

 mascula, staminibus vero multo brevioribus, calyce paulolongioribus. Ovarium obcordalo-didymum, 



.hirtum, 2-Ioculatum. Styl{% terminales, ovarium ada3quantes, filiformes, semiteretes, acutiusculi' 

 subpubcsccntes, in floribus recens aperlis recti, appositi, dein excresccntes, superne recurvi, basi 

 connati. Stigmata in stylorum facie interna sulco exarata decurrentia, papillosa. Fructus % v. 

 abortu 1- lobi^ lobis il poll., ovoideo-globosis, irregulariter tuberculatis, coccincis, monospermis. 

 Anllus completus, carnosus, semipellucidus, albidus, sapidus. 



3. NEPHELIUM CHRYSEUM. 



N. folioHs sub- 4- jugis lanceolatis obtuse acuminatis basi oblique obtusatis integerrimis 

 venosis subtus incanis; racemis axillaribus terminalibusque ramosis; calyce 5- 6- raro 

 4-fido; petalis nullis; fructus lobis globosis muricatis. 



Euphoria chrysea Korth. Herb. 



Habit. In Borneo prope Martapura, in monte Pamatton cet. Differt imprimis a M lappaceo Lmif. foUis plerumque 4- ju-i 



rarissime 3- jugis ct floribus masculis majoribus. 



Descr. Jrhor 20-30 ped., ramis divaricatis, cortice griseo. Ramuli compresso-trigoni, e gilvo 

 cinerascentes, verrucoso-scabridi, glabriusculi, novi, ut folia inexplicata, tomento tenerrimo aurito 

 „ furfuraceo vestiti. Folia alterna, pari-pinnata, plerumque 4- rarissime 3- aut ^- juga. Rhachis 

 3^6 poll, longa, teretiuscula, tomento furfuraceo tandem fere evanido vestita, in anlcriore parte 

 supra in aciem acutiusculam prominens, postice ad longitudinis dimidium usque nuda. Foliola 

 subopposita, patentissima, brevissime petiolulata, lanceolata, obtuse acuminata aut interdum obtusa, 

 basi oblique obtusata, integerrima, margine pallidiore cincta, undulata, coriacea, venosa, discolora, 

 supra glabra, nitida, subtus incana pubeque rara sericea aspersa; superiora 4-6 poll, longa, Is-lfpoll. 

 lata, infima breviora, circiter 2^-4 poll., plcrumqUe obtusiora nee raro rcclinata. Fence laterales 

 supra obsoletse, subtus prominulae, in axillis saepe impressione glandulos.^. Racemi axillares et in 

 innovationibus terminalibus , ramosi, tomento brevissimo denso flavescenti-cinerei ; masculi foliorum 

 rhachim adajquantes, graciles, laxi; /emme« multo breviores, passim simplices v. furcati. i^/ores poly- 

 gamo-dioici, in ramulis nee non in anteriore parte rhacheos compresso-angulatae interrupte glomerulati, 

 ad pedicellorum 1-1{ lin. longorum basin bracteolis minutis vix conspicuis ovatis obtusiusculis. IHasc. 

 Calyx cupularis, 5-6- raro 4-fidus, coriaceus, canescenti-puberulus ; laciniis ovatis, obtusiusculis, 

 erectis, paululum insequalibus, in pra3floratione subvalvalis. Corolla nulla. Discus in fundo calycis, 

 annularis, depressus, radiato-sulcatus, puberulus. Stamina 6-7, disco intus inserta, distincta, priino 

 ereeta dein patentia. Filamenta in anthesis primo stadio brevissima, subuliformia, delude flliformi- 

 elongata, calyce duplo longiora, ina^quilonga, super medium usque inferne pubescentia. Antherce 

 filaineuto breviores, ellipsoidese, retusae, mobiles, biloculares ; loculis conjunctis, parallelis, intus 

 dehiscentibus. Pistilli rudimentum centrale, sessile, subglobosum, hirsutulum, in vcrlice sulco 

 inipressum. Fem, masculis majores, calycis laciniis longioribus, disco aanulari in calycis fundo 

 angustiore, staminibus brevioribus, antheris minoribus cordato-obtusis, sterilibus. Ovarium inverse 



