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PTEROCYMBIUM JAVANICUM. im 



Tab. XLV. 



Char. Gen. Mores polygarno-monoici (fere herma- 

 phroditi). Calyx 5-fidus, patens. Antherce (10) simplici 

 seriej loculis omnibus parallelis. Ovaria disperma. Stiff- 

 mata filiformia, recurvata. Pericardia : Folliculi foliacei, 

 naviculares, longe ante maturitatem aperientes. Semen 

 unicum, albuminosum. Mmbryonis JRadicula hilo proxima. 



Arbor, foliis lobatis indivisisve ; paniculis subterminalibus. 



Obs. Genus Sterculiacearum Scaphio proximura et for- 

 san nimis affine. ScapJiiumyQ'co differt : Antheris (15 — 20) 

 congestis ; sfylis arct^ cohaerentibus ; stigmatihus coalitis, 

 unicum lobato-capitatum efformantibus. 



Descr. — Arbor sylvestris, 50 — 60-pedalis; trunco modice 

 crasso, cortice Isevi, rufescenti-fusco ; coma patent! {D. 

 Horsfield). Folia alterna, 5 — 3-loba, passim indivisa, cir- 

 cumscriptione late ovata, basi cordata 5-nervia, lobis ellip- 

 ticis breve acuminatis, sinubus obtusis ; dum indivisa, 

 paulo altius cordata, 3 — 5-nervia, brevissime acuminata : 

 omnium adulta super glabra prseter nervos venasque pri- 

 marias tenuissime pubescentes, pube simplici : subter pube 

 simili magis copiosa, prsesertim in nervis venisque ferfe 

 omnibus et insuper, rariore tamen et tenuiore, per totam 

 paginam : novella utrinque pube stellari copios^ tecta. 

 Petioli teretiusculi, undique pubescentes, antice sulco tenui 

 exarati, basi apiceque pululiim incrassati, quandoque folia 

 subsequantes, ssepiiis dimidio et ultra breviores. Stipulse 

 laterales, subulatse, caducse. Panicula subterminalis, e 

 racemis alternis approximatis subcorymbosis. Pedicelli 

 extra medium articulati, ipso articulo constricto, inter 

 dilatationes duas manifestas. Bractese omnes deciduae v. 

 caducse. Calyx monophyllus, ad medium quinquefidus, 

 sequalis, turbinato-canpanulatus, coriaceus, glaber, laciniis 



