98 Xerocarpa. 



quadrangular, with inflorescences and petioles somewhat 

 pubescent or subglabrous ; leaves 3-foliolate, sometimes 

 2- or 4-foliolate with characteristic silicated epiderm-cells ; 

 leaflets lanceolate, acute at both ends, margins entire, 

 coriaceous or chartaceous, glabrous on both sides; pairs 

 of nerves 7—12; 10—29 by 4.7—9 cM.. the terminal 

 one larger; petiolules 0.7— 2.5 cM. ; petioles stout, 1.8—3.5 

 cM.; panicles lax, foliose beneath, 1.8—30 cM. long, 

 16—20 cM. wide; cymes opposite ; ca/yx regular or some- 

 what 2-lipped, with 5 acute teeth; somewhat pubescent 

 without, especially near the margin, 0.18—0.2 cM. long, 

 0.27—0.35 cM. wide; coroWa-tube glabrous in the lower 

 part, upper part with lobes pubescent without; the 4 

 smaller lobes pubescent within, the larger one with the 

 throat (especially on the antical side), densely villous; tube 

 0.45-0.7 cM.; the smaller lobes 0.3— 0.35 cM., the larger 

 one 0.5—1.05 by 0.35—0.55 cM.; stamens 4, with stout, 

 hairy filaments and divergent anther-cells, inserted in the 

 middle of the corolla-tube, the longer ones 0.5 cM., the 

 smaller ones 0.35 cM., exsert; style 0.4—0.5 cM. with acutely 

 bifid stigma; ovary glabrous, apex densely hairy and glan- 

 dular; capsule rather large, 4—5 cM. long, 3—4 cM. wide. 

 Distribution: discovered growing in the botanical Gardens 

 of Buitenzorg. (e. g. in H. L.-B. sub nos. 914.196—88, 89, 

 90 and 91), W.-Borneo! (Hallier.) 



XIII. XEROCARPA H. J. Lam. nov. gen. - Arbores; 

 folia digitatim composita, 3-foIiolata, petiolata, opposita, 

 foliolis petiolulatis; infloresCentia terminalis. basi saepissime 

 brachiata; paniculae spicatae vel spicae laxissimae elongatae; 

 floribus brevissime pedicellatis, aut pedicellis nullis; calyx 

 basi bracteolis 2 parvis suffultus, hypocraterimorphus, 

 truncatus vel minute regulariterque 5-denticulatus; coro//a 

 subbilabiata, tubo brevi subcylindrico, lobis 5 angustis. 



