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H3JII, *3K). 



Gn. 4. Aphananthe Planchon in Ann. Sci. Nat. 2 ser. X, p. 265 (184S)- 

 Miquel, FL Ind. Bat. I, p. 21S (1859)-Planchon in Alp. de Candolle, 

 Prodr. XVII, p. 207 (1878)-Baillon, Hist, PL VI, p. 18S (1875)- 



Bentham & Hooker, Gon. PI. Ill, p. 355 (1880)-Engler in Engler 



& Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. Ill Abt. 1, p. 66 (1889)-Schneider, Illus, 



Handb. Laubholzk. I, p. 226 (1904)-Rehder, Manual p. 196 (1927). 



Arbores vel frutices monoici. Folia annua vel biennia alterna stipu- 

 lata petiolata penninervia vel subtrinervia. Cymee mascula? ad basin 

 innovationum evolutas. Flos masculus pedicellatus perigonio 5 (4)- 

 partito, segmentis concavis vel cucullatis obtusis aut acutis, staminibus 

 tepalis isoineris et eis oppositis, antheris oblongis, ovario obsoleto piloso. 

 Flos fseniineus in axillis foliorum superiorum axillaris solitarius vel 

 binus, perigonio 5 (4)-partito, segmentis lanceolatis, ovario sessile, stylo 

 2-partito, ramis toto stigmatosis crassiusculis, ovulo solitario pendulo. 

 Drupa subglobosa, exocarpio succulento, endocarpio duro. Semen cum 

 testa membranacea exalbuminosum. Embryo cum cotyledonibus angus- 

 tis spirali convolutis. 



Species 3 in Asia orientali, Malaya et Australia indigenaa quae in 

 sectiones duas distinguendse. 

 Sect. 1. Eu-Aphananthe Nakai. 



Folia biennia coriacea penninervia dentibus sa?pe spinosis. Inflores- 

 centia mascula densiflora in axillis foliorum annotinorum gerit. Peri- 

 gonium floris feeminei parvum angustum. Antheraa introrsaa. 



Hue pertinent plantas exoticas A. negrosensis Elmer, A. philippinen- 

 sis Planchon (A. rectinervis PL). 

 Sect. 2. Homoioceltis Nakai. 

 Syn. Homoioceltis Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. II, p. 64 (1852) t, 



XXXIV (1856). 



Folia annua subtrinervia. Inflorescentia mascula laxiflora ad basin 

 innovationum gerit. Perigonium floris faeminei ovarium clausum. 

 Antherce laterali dehiscentes. Hue pertinet A. aspcra Planchon. 



