EUPHORBIACEAE 



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The description is that of a Breynia in all respects, and 

 undoubtedly Aalius parvifolia Rumph. is the same as Breynia 

 cernua Muell.-Arg. The red, accrescent calyx is very character- 

 istic. The only other suggested reduction of Rumphius's species 

 is Hasskarl's, Neue Schliissel (1866) 67, reference of it to 

 Sauropus albicans Rlume, which is certainly incorrect. 



Aalius latifolia Rumph., Herb. Amb. 3 : 207, very briefly de- 

 scribed, is compared with Aalius parvifolia, having leaves two 

 to three times as long as the latter. Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel 

 (1866) 67, surmises that it may be a Glochidion. Its status is 

 quite indeterminable from the data given by Rumphius. 



BACCAUREA Loureiro 

 BACCAUREA NAN I H U A sp. nov. 



Nani hua Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 21, t. 9. 

 Amboina Koesoekoesoe sereh and Mahija, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 

 831 (type), 330, October 3 and August 7, 1913, in light forest, altitude 

 about 250 meters, locally known as haharu and as makarlasi. 



Arbor circiter 15 m alta, inflorescentiis dense ferrugineo- 

 pubescentibus ; foliis oblongo-ovatis, coriaceis, glabris, in sicci- 

 tate brunneis, usque ad 16 cm longis, integris, basi rotundatis, 

 apice obtusis ad latissime obtuseque acuminatis, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 9, subtus valde prominentibus ; racemis solitariis vel 

 binis, 3 ad 5 cm longis, e ramis infra foliis, paucifloris, omnibus 

 partibus dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus, sepalis oblongis, cir- 

 citer 3 mm longis; fructibus depresso-globosis, 2 ad 2.3 cm 

 diametro, extus ferrugineo-pubescentibus vetustioribus glabres- 

 centibus, brunneis, pericarpio crassissimo. 



A tree about 15 m high, the very young branchlets and petioles 

 slightly pubescent, the inflorescence densely ferruginous-pubes- 

 cent, otherwise glabrous. Branches and branchlets brown or 

 reddish-brown, terete. Leaves coriaceous, brown and somewhat 

 shining when dry, oblong-ovate, entire, 11 to 16 cm long, 5 to 8 

 cm wide, base rounded, narrowed upward to the obtuse or very 

 broadly blunt-acuminate apex, the lower surface paler than the 

 upper; lateral nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, very 

 prominent on the lower surface, curved-anastomosing, the re- 

 ticulations distinct; petioles 2.5 to 3.5 cm long. Pistillate ra- 

 cemes solitary or in pairs, from the branches below the leaves, 

 few-flowered, 3 to 5 cm long, simple, all parts densely ferrugi- 

 nous-pubescent. Pedicels about 4 mm long, jointed at about 

 the middle, here supplied with a single, broadly ovate, 1.5 mm 

 long bracteole. Sepals 5, oblong to oblong-ovate, subequal, sub- 

 acute or obtuse, about 3 mm long, densely pubescent on both 



