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RUMPHIA. 



brcvissinia lincari-subulaU, i^labra. Jnthera; erectae, ovatffi, obtusse, basi rclusai, introrsa), dorso ad 

 basin fix^«', biloculares, loculis bilatcialibus. Ovarium cenlralc, sessile, cordato-didymum, basi 

 conltriclum, tomeiitosum, biloculare. Ovula in locnlis solitaria, lenticularia, apice ex loculorum angulo 

 iulcrno pcndula, opposita, campylolropa. Stylus terminalis, crassus , subulatus , staminibus loajjior, 

 subtomcntosus, in stigma snbulatum gcniculatnm tortum brevissimc cmarginatuiii glabrum altenualns. 



HARPULLIA coNFUSA 



H. foliolis 4-6- raro 3-jugis oblongs v. elliptico-oblongis utrinque subangustatis 

 inembranaccis; paniculis clongatis laxis solitariis; fructibus subtomentosis. 



Tim rupestris Bl. Bydr. Flor. Ned. Ind. p. 235 (ex parte ! ) . 

 /^//rt/owj)owincolarumniontium Javaiseplcntrlonalis. ■ ' 



IlAiiiT. in Javre partibus occidcntalibns prcesertim in calcariis , c. g. prope Kuripan ProvinciiB Buitcnzorg , nee non in 

 oriontalibus, e. g. Jati Kalangan. Prius cum superiore a me confusa , recedit ab cA foliolis magis pcllucidis tenuioribus et 



infloresccuUa paiiiculala , cujus raraificalioncs cymas srihtrichotomas exhibent. 



Descr. Arbor 20- pedalis, ramulonim corticc ochrascente , tenuissime slriato, lenticellis minutissimis pun- 

 ctate. Fo//a pari-pinnata, 1-2- pcdalia, plerumque 5-6-juga, ramuloruni floriferonimsuprcma mullo 

 brcviora cl pauei-jiiga. Rhachis teres, striata, pube brevissima rara scabrida, infcrne longitudine 

 2-6 poll, uuda, ramulis articulationc incrassat^ conncxa. Foliola subopposita vol partim allerna, 

 pctiolulis 1-2 lin. longis, elliptico-oblonga, utrinque subaitenuata , apicem versus saepe in aeumen 

 breve obtusiusculum cmarginatum cito sphacelatum angustata,basi plerumque subattenuala interdum 

 ctiam obtusata s. rotundata et in jugis minoribus iufiinis inaiqualia, integerrima , undulata , nilida , 

 semper plus minus pellucida, membranaeca , venosa, glabra, tantummodo in nervo medio supra 

 piano- subtus acute-prominente et in petiolulis pube vix conspicua scabrida. Pankulce quinque polli- 

 carcs usque ad pcdales, soHtaria: in foliorum superiorum axillis ant juxta innovationes torminales, laxae, 

 erectge v. horizontaliter patenles ; rkacM angulatA, rcctiuscul^, inferne in pedunculum 1-2 poll, longum 

 tereti-eompressum nudum im^ basi articulatum eontinuata, ut ramificationes, quarum infimoe racemosae, 

 superiorcs trichotomai trifurcaticve vagse, tomento brevissimo palUde fcrrugineo s. gilvo veslitA. 

 5gimma? 2-5 lin. longa},lineares, tomentosa;, decidua;, ad qnamvis ramificationem solitariae, et brac- 

 teoke conformes minores supra basin pedicellorum , subternae. Pedicelli 4;-^ lin., teretiusculi , infra 

 medium artieulati, superne crassiores, instar rbachium tomentosi. Flores 4 lin., abortu plerumque 

 polygami, odorali. Calyx profunde quinquclobus, holosericcus , gilvus, vegcto-persislens ; lobis conni- 

 ventibus, ovalibus, concavis , insequilongis , duobus externis brevioribus. Corolla calyeem supcrans, 

 quinquepetala , albida, glabra; petala lobis calycis duplo fere angustiora, oblonga , obtusa, conca- 

 viuseula, subcarnosa, erccto-patentia , ante anthesin convoluta apiceque plicativa , intus pressionc 

 staminum sulcata. Discus fundum calycis obvestiens, dcprcssus, quinquanguiaris, pubenilus, genitalia 

 cingens. Stamina 5, petalis alterna, iisdem breviora, PPipTalia, patentia, glabra. Filamenta brevia, 

 subulato-filiformia, im4 recurva. Jntherw erectae, basi affixae, immobiles, cordatu-oblonga;, mucro- 

 nulatae, bilocularcs .; loculis eonjunclis, parallclis, introrsum dehisecntibus. Pistilhnn centrale, sessile, 

 tomcntosum, saepe rudimcntarium, in floribus femineis coroUam adaiquans. Ocantun subglobosum, 

 a latere nonnihil compressum, biloculare; ovula irt loculis solitaria, opposita, ex apice nnguH centralis 

 depcndcntia, campylotropa. %/ws terminalis, longus, subulatus, rcctiusculus. Sftjfwa terminale, 

 obsolete bifidum v. cmarginatum, papillosum. Capsula snbglobosa, compressa, snteato-didyma, ima in 

 carpophorum brevissimum constricta^ apice styli rudimento apiculata, flavo-fuscescenti-tomenlusa, 

 . 2- locularis, loculieide dehiscens ; mediastinis coriaccis, intus glabris, medio septiferis. Scmina in loculis 

 solitaria, dissepimcnto ad apicem nonniliil incra^bulo affixa, ellipsoidea, brevissimc funiculata, arillata, 

 peudula. Arillus fere complelus, apice pervius, intcgerrimus, arctus, subcamosus, ad bnsin crassior. 

 Tesfa chnrtaeca, laevigata, badia, nitida. Emhryon in^uimi conforme, exalbuminosum , curvatum. 

 Cotykdones ina;quales, oblique incumbentcs, crassae, earnosae, albidaj. Radicula prominens, brcvis, 

 obtusa, conlrifuga, colyledonis superioris majoris dorso accumbens, ascendcns. 



