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foliolis calycisaUeruaiisque multo breviora, a-quidislantia, erecta, obovata, intus prresertim in ungue 

 brevi lato subcunealo villosiuscula et supra hunc medio squama minuLu biloba villosa aucta; lamina 

 rotundala, inlcgerrima aut subrelusa. D/scws obsoletus , nempe intumesccntiam fere inconspicnam ad 

 basin gynophori staminiferi exhibens. StaminaS, inlerdum pauciora , ina^qualia, conniventia, calycem 

 ada-quantia. Filamenta ex basi nonnihil incrassata filiformia , subpubescenlia , apice atteniiata. 

 Antherw parvse, subrotundae , introrsae, dorso medio affixa?, glabrae, duobus loculis appositis rima 

 lateral! dehiseentibus . Pisiillum mode subsessile, modo gynophoro brevi stipatnm , duobus carpellis 

 collateralibus semiovoideis extus ventricosis intus applanatis pubescentibus efformatum. Ovulum in 

 quovis carpcllo unicum , cujus angulo centrali paulo supra basin affigitur, ovoideum , brevissime funi- 

 culalum, anatropum. %/nalerales, breves, fdiformes, recti, subpubescentes. SHgmtda obsolcta. 

 Fruchis nondum cogniti. 



5. SCHMIDELIA leptostachya. 



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S. ramulis gl abriusculis ; foliis trifoliolatis , foliolis petiolulatis ellipticis v. elliptico- 

 oblongis obovatisve utrinque acutis v. apice obtusis serrulatis glabris; racemis solitariis 

 confertisve simplicibus aut subramosis; petalis spathulatis intus supra basin biauriculatis. 



Habit. In Jav« monte ignivomo Talagabodas , in fruticelis Santian cct. Schm. distachyce De Cakd., (qu* Allophylus ternatus 

 RoxB. ) affinisesse videlup, qu.ie, si ex relatis a Wight et Ahnqtt V. V. CI., in Prodr. Penins. Ind. Or. I. p. dlO, judices 

 ad Genus genuinmn Sckmideliam Linn, referenda esse videtur. A duabus superioribus foliis ramuUsque glabris distin- 

 guitur el ipsa quoque paulo ante efiloresccntiam cuneta fere folia amittit. 



Desck. Frulex nanus, ramosissimus. /Jam* teretes , dichotomi, glabri, cortice pallide ochraceo , vorrucu- 

 loso :, ramulis ultimis nonnihil flesuosis , subangulatis , infcrne glabris , supcrne pube brevissimA 

 scabridis. Folia allerna, varie patentia, trifoliata, magaitudine admodum varia, glabra, inexplicata 

 sericeo-pubescenlia. Petiolus^-i { poll, longus , teretiusculus , supra obsolete ccanaliculatus , perinde 

 ac petioluli 1-3 lin. longi pube brevissima appressa tandem evanida obsessus. Foliola tarn magni- 

 ludine quam forma admodum varia, vix |-5 poll, longa , vix { - 1 | poll. lata, modo elliptica modo 

 elliptico-oblonga v. lanceolata, interdum obovata, utrinque acuta v. apice plus minusve obtusata 

 margine supra medium remote serrulata, coriacea, glabra, supra nitidiuscula , subtus inter venas 

 arcualas lenuissime reticulata 5 Jateralia basi saepe nonnihil inaequali-angustata , medio paulo minora 

 ac brevius petiolulata. Racemi solitarii aut plures consociati , ex foliorum axillis vel ex alis ramulorum 

 aut in ramulis denudatis in speciera thyrsi congesti , \- plus 2 poll, longi , pedunculati, simplices v. 

 in rainulos breves divisi, pedunculo rhachi sulcata pedicellisque pube sericea obsessis. Pedicelli 

 fasciculati , filiformes, longitudine varii , vulgo 2-2^ lin. , nonnuUi admodum luxuriantes, basi 

 squama minuta ovata concava obsessi, uniflori. F/ore^ parvi , viriduli, saepe proliferi aut fructuum 

 locoe ccntro bina folia carpica pedicellata subrotundo-elliptica trinervia evolventes. Calycis foliola 

 patentia , glabriuscula , margine subciliolata , membranacea ^ duo opposita lateralia minora , ovah'a , 

 magis concava ; duorum oppositorum interiorum aubrotundorum posterius paulo latius. Petala spa- 

 thulata , calyce breviora , aequidistantia , villosiuscula prsecipue superne ad unguem cuneatum ; lamina 

 ungue breviorc, rotundata, ^arginata v. irregulariter dentata, intus supra unguem binis auriculis 

 marginalibus obtusis paulo incrassatis villosis. Discus obsolctus. Stamina 8 v. 6, calyce ac pistillo 

 longiora, erecto-conniventia , inaequilonga. /^zVamewfa filiformia, basi subglanduloso-incrassata, sub- 

 pubescentia. ^w^Aercp parvae, subrotundae, utrinque emarginatae, dorso medio affixa^, glabrae, primo 

 erectae , deinde reclinatae , loculis duobus appositis ellipsoideis intus rima longitudinali dehiseentibus. 

 Pistillum subsessile v. gynophoro pcrbrevi crassissimo suffultum , ut in superioribus Speciebus binis 

 carpellis appositis puberulantibus monostylis in basi uniovulatis , quae tamen subinde latere ventrali 

 conjuncta ovarium obcordatum biloculare exhibent, id quod neque in Schm. racemosd Linn, , neque 

 in Schm. mtdabili nostra vidimus. 



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