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RUMPHIA. 



Descu. y/r6o>' 50-40 pcd.. /?amw/i teretiusculi, obsolete striati, purpurascentes, glabri. Folia allenia, 

 varic patcntia, 10-lG poll, longa, pari-aut inipari-pinnata, 4-6-juga; rAac/w teretiuscula,-^-! ped. 

 longfk, in anteriore parte supra HneA argute-prominente notata, postice 3-5 poll. nud& et ventre 

 nonnihil applanalu, glabra, purpurascente. FoUola alterna et opposita, petiolulata, 4-7 poll, longa, 

 1-1 \ poll, lata, oblongo-lancoolata, utrinquc angustata, apice obtuse acuminata, Integerrima, coriacea, 

 supra glabra, nitidiuscula, subtus glaucescentia, et sub lente visa pube rara brevissima sericea obsita; 

 nerve medio in posteriore pagina magis prominente et s?cpc ruhcnte^ hervis transversalibus utrinquc 

 obsoletis, sat copiosis, in axillis subLus baud raro glanduloso-dcpressis. Pe^/o/wh' circiter 5 lin. longi, 

 teretiusculi, canaliculali , purpurascentes, glabri. Pankida? axillares et terminates, solitariae, S-8 poll., 

 ereclae, ad rbachin communem comprcsso-angulatam et ad ramificationes siini)lices divaricatas pube 

 sericea brevissima fulva s. ferruginea ajtate fere evanida obsitse. Flores polygamo-monoici, a medio 

 ad apicem ramorum spicieformium glomerati, brcvissimepedicellati, plcrique masculi. Calyx 5- raro 

 4-fidus, coriaceus , ferruginco-tomentosus ; laciniis lanceolato-obiongis , obtusiusculis , paululum 

 inaiqualibus, erectis, in praeilorationc subimbricatis. Petala calycem fcrc ada^quantia, ereeta, lineari- 

 spalhulala, obtusa, unincrvia, subpubcsccntia. Discus in fundo calycis, annularis, crenulatus, glaber. 

 Stamina circitcr 8, calyce fere duplo longiora, patontia. FHamenta filiformia, supra medium usque 

 pubcscentia. Y^wf/iercB parvse, subrotuudai, basi bifidse, scabriuscula;. Pistillum ferrugineo-birlum, 

 sessile, in floribus masculis parvulum , ovoideum, compressum, in femineis stamina superans. 

 Ovarium transverse ellipsoideum, didymum, 2-locularc. 5^^/^* 2, ovario duplo longiorcs, filiformcs, 

 acuti, substrigulosi, in floribus a nobis examinatis jam aliquandiu fecundatis inferne per duas tcrtias 

 partes longitudinis concreti, apice divcrgentes. Fructus ad ramificationes, laxe racemosi, pedicellis 

 auctis et manifesto incrassatis suffuUi, bi- v. abortu sa^pius uni-lobi, quum lobus aboriens cum rudi- 

 mento styli ima uno latere invenitur; lobis polliearibus, subglobosis, proeessibus brevibus complanatis 

 vel pressionc varie lateratis obtusiusculis subcurvis carnosis rubicundis dense muricatis. 



8 NEPHELIUMcuspiDATUM. 



]N. foliolis S-g-jugis lanceolatis cuspidatis basi rotundatis integerrimis transverse 

 Ycnosis supra glabris subtus glaucescenti- subvelutinis ; racemis paniculatis axillaribus et 

 terminalibus laxis ; calyce 4-6-fido; petalis minutis cuneatis emarginatis autbifidis. 



Habit. In regionibus alluvialibus insulse Borneo. 



Descr. Arbor eirciter 2^-30 ped., ramis horizontaliter divaricatis. Ramuli teretiusculi, striati, rufes- 

 centcs, inferne glabrati, superne ferrugineo-tomentosi. Folia alterna, patcntissima, | fere ad 1^ ped. 

 usque longa, plerumque 7- 8- rarius 5- v. 9-juga, accrescenti-pinnata -, rhachi tcrcti, ad snperiorem 

 partem supra line^ elevate notat^, postice 1^-3^ poll, nuda, basi nodoso-incrassata , et, ut petioluli 

 breves teretesanguste-eanaliculati, tomento teneroflavo-fuscoobteeta. /^o//oifa opposita et alternantia, 

 3-6 poll, longa, |-1| poll, lata, lanceolata, cuspidata, basi rotundata, integerrima, subundulata, 

 venis transversalibus plurimis supra vix conspieuis subtus paululum prominentibus, pagina superiore 

 glabra, nitida, eirca nervum medium tamen subimmersum paululum tomentosa, inferiorc einereo- 

 glaucina ct prsesertim ad nervum medium prominentem et ad venas subvelutina. 7?acm« paniculati, 

 axillares et terminates, foliis multo breviores, fere inde a basi in ramos spiciformes diffuses divisi, 

 ferrugineo-tomentosi. Flores interrupte-gl'omerulati, pedicellis 1-1 { lin. longis tenuibus tomentosis 

 suffulli, polygame- dioeci. Masc Calyx cupularis, plerumque 5- intcrdum 4-v. 6-fidus, coriaceus, 

 lomenlosus- laciniis ovatis, obtusiusculis, paululum in£equalibus, erectis, .in alabastris superne 

 subimbricatis. Peiala calycis laciniis alterna, iisdem brcviora, cuneata , emarginata aut bifida, 

 villosiuscula. Discus in fundo calycis, orbicularis, scrobiculatus, margine crenulatus, glaber. 

 Slamina eirciter 8, calyce duplo triplovc longiora, per anthesin crecta, dcindc patentissima. Fila- 

 menta fdiformia, super medium usque inferne pubescentia. Antherw parvte, ovoidese, basi bifida^, 

 glabrae, in floribus nondum apertis subpubescentes. Pistillum cmum in centre, sessile; transverse 

 ellipsoideum, didymum, ferrugineo-birtum, in vertice stigmatibus duobus minutissimis obtusis 

 instructum. 



