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neo-hirsutis ; pctalis staminifcris filamcnto brcvioribns subbilobis; fructibus globosis (magnitudine cerasi minoris). 

 A^laia hirmta fferh. Korth. — Habit, in interiorc insula Borneo, in sylvis montanis. 



M. lanceolate nostrae dignse sunt, quae breviter mcmorentur, sequentes Varietates • 



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/3. F'an pendula : foliolis (majoribus quam in oc) oblongis abrupte acuminatis apicem 

 versus obsolete serrulatis coriaceis ; paniculis pendulis; drupis circiter magnitudine 

 cerasi minoris. 



Habit, in Javae occidentalis provincia Bantam, in sylvis supra Sudimanok, et in mediterraneis Sumatrse. Foliolis majoribus 

 apice magis abrupte acuminatis basi plerumque magis acutis insignis. Longitudo eorum 6-8 poll., latitude 1 1-2^ poll., 

 quamquam postcriora sensim ad 4 poll, longitudinis et 1 ^ poll, latitudinis dccrescunt. 



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7. Var, membranacea : foliolis (modiee tantum majoribus quam a) oblongo-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis basi magis acutis subtus minus distincte reticulatis ad apicem obsolete 

 serrulatis membranaceis ; paniculis maximis pendulis. 



Habit, in Java occidentali circa raontem Salak et in provinciii Bantam in sylvis circa Tjilankahan. 



J". Var. chartacea : foliolis, quales F'ar, 7, sed saepe majoribus integerrimis chartaceis; 

 drupis globosis magnitudine cerasi minoris. 



Habit, in sylvis insularum Sumatrse et Borneo. Foliola quorundam exemplorum 5^-5^ poll, longa, 1 ^ - 1 poll, lata, aliorum 

 multo majora, nempe 4 ^-8 poll., 1 p 2 v. interdum 2 ~ poll, lata, chartacea, glabra, subtus modo in ncrvo medio vcnisque 

 pube rara appresstt. 



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£. J^ar. obliqua : foliolis longius petiolulatis (magnitudine f^ar. ^) basi acutis v. passim 

 oblique angustatis integerrimis coriaceis glabris. 



Habit- Nomine M. nitidis Bl, a V. CI. Korthals in sylvis montanis Sumatrae collecta. Foliola hujus Vanetatis apice soepe in 

 abrupte acuminatum vergentiaj satis rigida, in nervo medio pallido subtus valde obtuse promincnte et in vcnis nullo fere 

 pubis vestigio, supra nitida et saepe subrugosa, 



Descr. ^r6or 40-60 ped, alta. jRami cylindrici , cortice c cincrco-virescente gilvo, verrucis fcrrugineis 

 conspersi, glabri , juniores in cenlro inanes, circa basin petiolorum nodoso-incrassatam cum innova- 

 tionibus tomento ferrugineo tecti. Folia alterna, qusedam opposita, patentia , 1 ^ - 2 ped. longa, 

 vulgo 6-12-interdum IS-l-i-juga cum imparl; r^ac/u teretiuscula, in parte posticapetiolari4- Spoil, 

 longa crassitic pennse cygneae et ecanaliculata , apicem versus sensim ad pennse corvinse crassitiem 

 attenuata, rectiuscula v. leniter arcuata, supra anguste canaliculata , passim pube rara ferruginca 

 tandem evanescente obsita. Petioluli 2-5 lin., compresso-leretes, supra canaliculati , puberuli. Foliola 

 subopposita, patentia, 3-6 poll, longa, i-1 ^ poll, lata, infima ssepe minora, in formam ovatam v. 

 elliplico -lanceolatam vergcntia , anteriora magis acuminata, basi ina^quali-acutiuscula, intcgerrima, 

 rarissime dentibus s. serraturis aliquot distantibus in marginibus recurvis, coriacca, supra glabra, 

 nitida, nervo medio canaliculato , subrugoso-venosa, subtus reticulato-venosa, nervo medio 

 venisque lateralibus curvatis ferrugineo -puberulis et magis prominentibus. Inflorescentia aborlu 

 ■ foliorum supremorum paniculam terminalem duos tresve pedes longam dcinde magis ctiam 

 excrcscentem erectam ramosam divaricatam exhibens; rAacA2 compresso-angulata, simul et ramis 

 ejus alternis fere pedalibus sursum magis magisque decrescentibus ramulisque spicseformibus 

 tomento tenero ferrugineo s. fuliginoso obductis. S^wamce ovato-subulatce, fernigineo-liirsutulae, 

 solitariae, infra basin articulatam ramorum el minor in quovis ramulo, omnes decidute. Flores partim 

 intermpte glomerati , partim in ramorum ramulorumque apieibus satis dense spicati , sessiles , in 

 quovis glomerulo bractea parva ovata acuta extus hirsutula bracteolisque aliquot minoribus similibus 

 appressis sub calyce, albidi, odoris melliti gravissimi. Calyx parvus, 5-phylIus; /b/eo//s ovatis , 

 obtusis in marginibus extenuatis crosulis, extus puberulis, cupulari-conniventibus, ulroque 

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