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MELIOSMA. 



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supcrantia, rolundalo-ovala, concaviuscula , credo -patentia, crassiuscula , glabra, ante anlhesiu 

 imLricata, singula ad basin aucta slaminodio squamiformi sub quadrangular! rctuso dorsp convcxo in 

 marginibus lateralibus , qui duobus staminibus fertilibus adversl , excavato , supra ovarium in fornicem 

 medio stylo pcrforatam conncxo 5 petala rudimentaria 2, pcrfoclis altcrna, incurva, vulgo fere ad 

 basin usque in. lacinias binas anguste subulatas membranaceas glabras (raro squamulam lanceolntam 

 efformantes) partita, singula stamen fertile gerentia. Fihmentum petala rudimentaria ada^quans, eorum 

 basi continuum, planum, glabrum,apice in eonneclivum latissimum transverse oblongum patellseforme 

 dilatatum. Anthera faciei intcriori connectivi sub apice nonnihil incrassato in mucronem obsolctum 

 prominente adnata, dicocca, yitellina; coccis juxtapositis, subglobosis, distinctis, intus rima subtrans- 

 versalideliiscenlibus. Ommm sessile , ovoidcum, comprcssiusculum, glabrum, ima disco ineonspicuo 

 angustissimo membranaceo triangulari ad angulos foliolis calycis majoribus oppositos obsolete bidentato 

 cinptum , superne in stylum brevem conicum attenuatum , bilocularc. Ovida in loculis gemina, angulo 

 centrali supra basin affixa, supcrposita, campylotropa. Stigma terminale, obsolete bjdentatum./)n(pa 

 calyci vcgeto-pcrsistcnti insidens, magnitudinc pisi, globosa, basi exiguo gibbere, succulenta, 

 glabra, atro -purpurea. Putamen nephroidco-globosum, crista hie basin versus magis prominul^ 

 cinctum, ima excavatione oblique intrante profunda vasa umbilicalia fovcnte, obsolete lacunoso- 

 rugosum , osseum , eerinum , uniloculatum, scd in fundo disscpimento ineompleto in compartimenta 

 bina inaiqualia divisum , quorum angustius dorso seminis obversum radiculam cmbryi recipit, allcrum 

 cotyledones includit. Semen fundo putaminis oblique insidens cjusque cavitatem implens, ncphroidcum, 

 ventre cxcavatum. Spermodermis membranacea, circa hilum basale aliquanto crassior, gilva. 

 Embnjon cxalbuminosum , curvatum, album. Cotyledones maxima;, foliacese, conlortuplicatoe. 

 Radicula filiformis, dorsalis, dcscendens, hilum versus inchnata. 



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2. MELIOSMA LEPIDOTA. 



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M. ramulis teretibus; foliis simplicibus subcoriaceis ellipticis v. elliplico-obloagis 

 cuspidatis basi in petiolum augustatis integerrimis glabris subtus lepidotisj paniculis 

 patentissimis flaccidis rufo-puberulis; petalis staminiferis brevissimis bipartitis; fructibus 

 ellipsoideis (ultra semipoUicaribus). 



Habit. In sylvis montanis insulse Sumatrae. A superiori Specie satis diversa foliis ellipticis longc cuspidatis paiiiculisque 

 magis laxis. 



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Descr. Arbor ^0-^0 pcd. alta. Ramuli terctes, cortice cincrco-albo vcrruculoso, glabri, ad apices pub e 

 parca appressa aspersi. Folia alterna aut interdum oblique opposita, patentissima , longiusculc 

 petiolata, magnitudinc satis varia, S-10 poll, longa, 2-5 poll, lata, apice in cuspidcm longam 

 subfalcatam interdum complicatam contracla, basi in petiolum angustata, elliplica v. elliptico-oblonga, 

 integerrima, subcoriacea, glabra, nitida, discolora, supra obscure viridia vcnis lateralibus obsoletis , 

 subtus lepidota reticulate- venosa, venis latcralibus margincm versus arcuato-confluenlibus, ul ncrvo 

 medio promincntibus et paululum f usco - Icprosis ; petiolis l-S^ poll, longis, terctiusculis , postice 

 incrassatis et saepc nonnihil torquatis, glabris. Paniculw ex axillis foliorum superiorum, modo iis 

 dimidio breviores, modo longitudine sequalcs, patentissima; , laxse, flaccida;, pube rara rufcscente 

 obsessse; rhachi communi angulosa, super pedunculum continuum l-i ^ poll, longum teretem in 

 ramos s. rhaches secundarias alternas aut vagas i -2 poll, longas superne magis magisque abbreviatas 



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patentissimas aut recurvatas divisa. Flares in rhachibus secundariis earumque ramulis abbreviatis 

 bini ad quini glomerati, parvi, albidi, brevissime pedicellati, sub calyce bracteolis binis Icrnisve 

 minutis ovatis obtusis appressis suffulti. Calycis foHola ina}qualia, subrotunda, margine subciliata, 

 imbricato-conniveuLia. Petala perfecta calyce duple majora, subrotunda, concaviuscula, glabra, 

 crassiuscula ,* ut in superiori Specie basi staminodio lato subquadrangulari super ovarium incurvo et 

 illud occultante , cujus inter margines fovcatos stamina duo fcrtilia ante auLlicsiu immcrsa. Hsec petalis 

 dimidio brcviora, glabra, filamentis planis supra basin binis laciniis latcralibus brcvibus subulatis 

 acutis, quod petalorum rudimentum habendum. Anthera e connectivo transverse oblongo acelabuli- 



