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RUMPHTA. 



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r/mc/ti 5-0 poll, loiiga, tcrotiuscula , sub lenle visa paululum pubcrc, inforne 1 ^-2 poll. nuda. 



Foliola opposila aut pra>scrtim jugorum infcriorumalterna, pro arboris aetatc et magnitudinc et forma 



dissiniilia, plerumque lanceolata vcl oblongo-lanccolata , rarius elliplica, 3-G poll. longa, 1-2 poll. 



lata, apicc in acumen rectum vcl leniter falcatiim obtusiusculum angustata, basi in petiolum brcvem 



dorso incrassatum attcnuata, subinajquilalera , intcgcrrima , coriacca, impellucida, supra glabra et 



nitidiuscula, subtus ad nervum medium promincntcm et ad vcnas laterales prsesertim in axillis glan- 



duloso-deprcssis pubc rarissima evanida obsita. Hacemi axillares, solitarii v. plures congesti, erecti, 



modo vix i poll, longi et spiciformes, raodo ad 4—t) poll, elongati et inde a basi v. supra basin in 



ramos divaricalos spiciferos divisi. Flores polygamo-diocci , fasciculati , ad basin pcdicellorum 1 -2 lin. 



longorum tomentosorum bracteola parvula subulata dccidua sulTulli. 3Iasc. femineis brevius pedicellati 



et minores. Calyx ad basin usque ina^quali-S partitus; folioHs concavis , subciliatis, imbrieato-conni- 



vcnLibus; duobus externis lateralibus minoribus, crassioribus , ovalibus , intcrioribus subrotundis, 



membranaceis. Petala 5, calycc breviora, crccta, lanceolata, obtusiuscula , concava , membranosa, 



ciliata, supra ungucm brcvissimum planum processibus duobus ultra laminae dimidium elongatis, 



oblongo-spathulatis , ad apicem oblique rctusis et plicatis, membranaceis, puboscentibus. Discus 



carnosus, convcxus , obsolcle crenulatus, glaber. Stamina 8 ^ liliformia, inter discum et ovarium 



inserta, petalis duplo longiora, erecto-patentia. Filamenta filiformia, libera, inferne pubescc^ntia, 



inaquilonga. ^n^/icrcc parvai , cxtus ad basin affixae, subglobosae, did) ma? , in alabastris erectse, post 



anthcsin inclinatse, biloculares, glabrae: loculis appositis , concretis, latere dehiscentibus. Pistillum 



effotum in ccntro, minutissimum , ovoideum, trigonum, hirsutulum, vertice in stylum brevem 



conicuni trisulcatum attenuatum. Fern. Calyx et corolla ut in mare. Stamina 8, calyce paululo 



longiora, filamentis inferne magis complanatis. Pistillum stamina superans, glabrum. Ovarium 



ovoideum, triquctrum, basi constriclum , 5-locuIare, ovula ope funiculi umbilicalis brevis apice 



globoso-incrassati carnosi angulo intcrno ad basin affixa , nephroideo-globosa , anatropa, stomate 



centrifugo, videlicet ad latus dorsale. Stylus terminalis , crassus, subuliformis , curvatus. Stigma 



simplex. Capsttla obcordata, bi-v. -triloba vel abortu loborum duorum dimidiata, basi in carpophorum 



breve calycc pcrsistcntc cinctum constricta, apice stylo pCrsistente apioulala, 5 lin. longa , 9 lin. lata, 



coriacea, glabra, 3- v. abortu 2- 1-Iocularis, locuHcide 2- 5-valvis, valvis intus glabris. Semina 



ellipsideo-globosa , tota fere expansione funiculi umbilicalis membraaacco-sacciformi expansa apice 



pervio cincta, 4 lin. longa, 3 lin. lata, ventre rectiora, in inferiore extremitate hilo ovali superficiali 



notata. Testa Crustacea, tenuis, brunnoa, nitida. Cotyledones oblique superposita, inajquales, crassis- 



sima) , suLcontortuplicata; , flavo-virenlcs. In uno seminum trium a me examinatorum cotyledo inferior 



ina^quali-biloba , lobo minore seminis ventrem versus induplicato, in aliis duobus nullo lobi vestigio, 



ad commissuras paululum sinuato-contortuplicata. Radicula inter cotyledones , ad seminis latus dorsale 



prominens, fusiformis, acutiuscula, reflexa, sulco decurrcnti cotyledonis inferioris applicata, hilum 

 spectans. 



SECTIO n. Elailostachys (i). 



Petala minutissinia,esquamulata, a<l ungucm constricta. Capsula lignosa, turbinata, suhtrigona. —Frutices v. arbtisculfe 

 ArchipcJagl Indici; folioUs suhdenlatis v. repandis; floribus^per spicas parvus amentiformes densas dispositk. 



3. CUPAMA ZIPPELIANA. 



C. folioiumrhachi aptera ; foliolis 2^ 4-jugis alternis v. suboppositis ellipticis utrfnque 

 subattenuatis v. apice obtuse acuminatis subrepandis coriaceis subtus in venis ramulisque 



puberulis; spicis terrainalibus subsessilibus simplicibus elongatis densifloris folio multo 

 brevioribus. 



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[i] In Sect. jMoImwa Dr Cand., cujus C. Iwvi, Peus. lypus est liabcndus, et qu^e habitu et forma fructuum cum Pleuropteri 

 satis cougruif, pptala etiam sunt csfjuainulata, capsula; coriacefe, lobat^e v. alatte. 



