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IIG RUMPHIA. 



4- 5-juga , rliachi spithamam longa obtusa quad ran gulari basi incrassala glabriuscula aut tomenlo 



. tcncrrimo brevissimo fusco vestita. Foliola scssilia , subopposita, approximatis jugis sa^pe imbricata 



ovalo-oblonga V. oblongo-lanceolala , saepeleniter falcata, superioraK-SpolI. longa, li-3 i poll. lata 



acuminatissima, basi rotundata v. obtusa, postcriora sensim magis decrescentia magisque reclinata 



apicc acutiuscula, basi subcordata v. dimidiato-cordata , marginibus undulatis repauda aut serraturis 



parvis remotis obtusis , coriacea, rigida, glabra, supra lucida, costato-venosa , venis supra depressis 



infra prominentibus cum nervo medio non raro in paginu dorsali pallldiore purpurcis ^ foliola duo 



infima minutissima, ssepe vix 4-3 lin. longa, dimidiata, semiorbicularia v. lunulata, cito decidua. 



Racemi simpliccs v. compositi, spicaiformes , fulvo-tomcntosi, ex axillis foliorum superioribus 



corumquc lapsu aut cxplicatione depressa paniculam terminalem spithamam ad pedem usque longam 



erectam divaricatamcfformantcs. Flores parvi, poly'gamo-monoici, pediccllali, in rhachi racemorum 



angulati rcctiuscula fasciculis abbreviatis paucilloris satis approximalis vagis bractea filiformi suffultis 



.orientes. Pedicelli, sicut bractese, calyces et pistilla, fulvo-tomentosi. Calyx cupulnris, 4- S-fidus; 



laciniis ovatis, acutiusculls , subajqualibus. Petala laciniis calycis paululo breviora, obovata, extus 



puberula, intus supra unguem latissimum concaviusculum crassiora et papilloso-scabrida, nervo 



obsolelo sursum in binos ramos dichotomos divergenlcs diviso pcrcursa, margine superne inaiqualiter 



denticulata. Discus annularis, carnosus, crenulatus, vitellinus, puberulus. Stamina 4 v. S, rarissime 



6 aut 7, ut in aliis Speciebus in masculis post anthcsin filamentis longissime excrescentibus , purpura- 



scentia. Filamenla filiformia, inferne subpubeseentia , superne attenuata. Antherce ellipsoideae, dorso 



basi emarginatae alTixie, creetae, punctato-scabridai. P^s^^7/^ rudimentum centrale, sessile, elongato- 



ovoideum , didymum , in slylum crassum rectum obtusum cmarginatum tomentosum attenuatum. 



Ovarium in floribus hermaphrodilicis obcordalo-bilobum, sessile, inter lobos obtusos stylum centralem 



filiformem elongatum rectum exserens. Stigma subbilobum. Bacca cordiformis, biloba, v. uno 



tantummodo lobo cllipsoidco magno, cui basi alter aboriens adhaeret, inter lobos stylo persistente 

 praedita. 



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^. IRINA TOMEIVTOSA. 



I. foliolis 3- 9-jtigTs oblongis basi subrotundatis aut subcordatis remote serratis in 

 venis subtus tomentosis Bl. Bydr. Flor. Ned. Ind, p, aSo. — Camb. in Mem, Mus, d'Hist. 

 Nat XVIII. p, 25. — Walp. Repert. hot. I. p, 4i6. i. 



Lengsar montanorum Javse occidentalis. 



Habit. In sylvis montanis Javae. Quamquam foliola hujus Speciei magnitudine variant, nunqiiam tamen tanta sunt, quanta 

 /. glabrw, itaque facile distinguuntiir. Ceterum easdem utilitates praibet. 



j3. Van cuspidata : foliolis angustioribus cuspidatis. 



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Irina (oinentosa? Spanoghe Herb, et in Linncea XF. p. 180. 



Habit. In montanis Timor. 



Descr. Arbor ad altitudinem ^0-70 ped. crescens; trunco recto, circiter trium pedum diametro. Rami 

 divaricati,teretes, fusci v. rubiginosi, lapsu foliorum cicatrisali, glabri, junioribus sulcatis, perinde 

 ac rhachi foliorum cum petiolnlis nervo medio utrinqUe venisque foliolorum subtus et maxime foliis 

 terminalibus nondum expansis fulvo-aut ferrugineo-tomentosis. Folia patentissima , pari- aut abortu 

 unius extimorum foliolorum impari-pinnata, 5- 9-juga, in ramulis floriferis interdum 5- 4.-juga. 

 Rhachis 5-4 poll., supra basin incrassatam teretiuscula , crassitie pennse anatin^, striata. Foliola 

 brevissimcpetiolulata, subopposita, chartacco-mcmbranacea, serraturis remotis aplcesubglandulosis, 

 supra fere sine nilore, glabriuscula, sublus pro aetate magis minusve priesertim in nervo medio 

 prominente venisque latcralibus subparallelis et in margine tomcnto sive pube vestita; anteriora 

 majora, S-7 poll., 1 ,1-2^ poll, lata, oblonga, acuminata v. acuta, basi inaiquali-obtusata aut 



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