CUPANIA. 



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Falenlinia ct Hypelate pinnata Herb. Zipp. . 



Habit. In sylvis litoreis Novic Guineee provincia; Lobo. 



Descr. Frutex ramosissimus, in ramulis novis striatis teretiusculis et pra^sertim in foliis inexplicatis tomenlo 

 brevi rufescenti obductus; ramuli vetusliores glabri, virescenti-cinerei , interdum lineis aliquot 

 decurrentibus notali. Folia plerumquc impari-pinnata, altcrna, patcntia, 5-10 poll.; rhachi 

 2^-7 poll., postice teretiuscula et l-2{poll. nuda, antice inter foliola supra in angnlum prominente, 

 dorso striata, ut petioluli, pube brevi fuscA tandem deliquescenlc. Foliola in iisdem ramulis magni- 

 tudine valde varia, 3-5^poll. longa, l{-2|poll. lata, alterna v. subopposita, petiolulis i -2 lin. 

 longis insidentia, elliptica, ulrinque subattenuata V. apice obtuse acuminata, basi interdum subin- 

 ajquali-attenuata , margine paululum repanda etundulata, coriacea, impellucida, glabriuscula , supra 

 ad nervum medium acute prominentem et subtus maxime in axillis venarum subarcuatarum latera- 

 lium puberula^ venis supra vix conspicuis, sublus, ut nervus medius, acule-prominentibus. Spicce 

 ad apices ramulorumvel ex alis foliorum superiorum , solitariae, i-l{poU., brevissime pedunculata?, 

 erectse, simplices, elongatse, cylindrical, densae, bracteatae, rufescenti-tomcnlosse. Bractew sessiles, 

 imbricatae, 1-florae, 1-lin., ovato-lanceolatse , coriaceae, exlus densc-tomentosa?, intus eoncavse et 

 glabraa, deciduae. Flores parvi, sessiles. Calyx profundc 5-partitus, inia in stipitem v. pedicellum 

 brevem crassum carnosum constrictus, tomentosus; laciniis lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, membra- 

 naceis, subaequalibus, in praeflorationeapiceimbricatis. Peia/a 5,minutissima,calycislaciniis alterna, 

 triangulari-ovata , concaviuscula , margine villosiuscula , basi in unguem brcvissimum excavatum 

 constricta. Discus annularis, brevissimus , crenulatus , in fundo calycis, glaber. Stamina 8, raro 

 pauciora, calyce breviora, disci margini interior! circum ovarium inserta, erecta, conniventia, aequi- 

 longa, glabra. Filamenta brevissima, subuliformia. Antherw basi affixae, immobiles, oblonga; , 

 oblusse, basi emarginatae, obtuse-quadrangulares , leviter curvatae, purpureas, loculis duobus appositis 

 conjunetis latere longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Pistillum centrale, sessile, stamina longitudine 

 aliquantum superans, hirsutum. Ovarium ovoideum, superne in stylum brevem, crassum, 

 rectum attenuatum, 3-loeulare; ovula in loculis solitaria, ad basin anguli centralis ope funiculi 



umbilicalis crassi stipitiformis afflxa, asccndentia, anatropa. Stigma terminate, obsolete tridentatum, 

 imberbe. 



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C. foliorum rhachi aptera; foliolis 2- 4-jugis subalternis oblongo-lanceolatis obtuse 

 acuminatis basi oblique attenuatis subrepandis v. remote-dentatis membranaceis subtus in 

 venis ramuhsque puberuhs; spicis axillaribus subsessihbus simplicibus elongatis densifloris 

 foho multo brevioribus; fructibus racemosis turbinatis tricostatis subverrucosis glabrfs. 



Habit. In calcariis Javfe occidentalis et in montanis insulae Timor, ubi div. Spanoghe specimina foliolis minus pellucidis quam in 

 javanicis, sed pariter punctis pellucidis glandulosis raris notata collegit. Prtecedenti valde affinis sed foliolis magis oblongis, 

 apice in acumen longum obtusum productis, margine saepe remote dentatis, textura; tenuioris, difFert. 



Descr. Arbor mediocris, ramosissima. Rami teretes, fusci, rugulosi, glabri, novi obsolete striati, ut 

 rhaches foliorum superiorum, tomento brevi flavo-virenti oblecti. Folia -^-i ped. , abortu unius 

 foliolorum supremorum impari-pinnata, 3-5-rarissime 2-juga: i-AacA/ 5-6 poll., antice subflexuosa, 

 ■ supra in angulum acutiusculum prominente, basin versus teretiuscula et hie i-i{ poll. nuda. 

 Foliola alterna, rarissime opposita, petiolulis l-21in. longis in juventute puberulis suffulta' 34-7 

 poll, longa, 1-2 poll, lata, oblongo-lanceolata , apice plerumque in acumen longum obtusum leviter 

 falcatum augustata, basi suboblique-attenuata , insequilatera , subrepanda vel saepius irregulariter 

 remote-dentata , membranacea, punctis raris minutissimis pellucidis, opaca, semipellucida, supra 

 glabra, subtus ad nervum medium et venas laterales prominenles pube brevi tandem evanida. Nervus 

 medius supra glaber aeuteque prominulus, subtus magis obtuse promincns et in venarum axillis sine 



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