ELAEOCARPACEAE 



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tagorela; the Amboinese name cited by Rumphius is tagorela 

 abbal. The mature fruits are red, about 4 cm long, 2 cm wide, 

 3-angled, apex acute or acuminate, the pericarp rather peculiarly 

 produced at the base, giving the fruit the truncate appearance 

 represented in Rumphius's figure. Teysmann gave the native 

 names as bliembieng-oetan, tagorela, and kakarja. The type 

 of Aceratium oppositi folium DC. was from Amboina, and the 

 description conforms with the characters of the species commonly 

 known as Elaeo carpus edulis T. & B., the type of which was also 

 from Amboina. The type of Elaeocarpus oppositifolius Roxb. 

 was from the Moluccas, very likely from Amboina, and Rox- 

 burgh's short description also conforms with Elaeocarpus edulis 

 T. & B. Elaeocarpus excavatus Reinw., a herbarium name 

 published by Koorders, was also based on an Amboina speci- 

 men. The species is in cultivation in the botanic garden, Bui- 

 tenzorg, Java, and occurs also in New Guinea. 



ELAEOCARPUS RUM PHI I sp. nov. § Monocera. 



Arbor red i viva Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 165, t. lOJt? 

 Amboina, between Soja and Hatalai and at Hitoe messen, Robinson PL 

 Rumph. Amb. 370 (type), October 24 and November 1, 1913, in forests, al- 

 titude 175 to 350 meters. 



Arbor circiter 12 m alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra ; foliis 

 oblongis, coriaceis, longe petiolatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, 

 obscure obtuse acuminatis, basi rotundatis vel leviter cordatis, 

 margine obscure crenatis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 10, prominen- 

 tibus; racemis numerosis, pubescentibus, floribus longe pedicel- 

 latis, sepalis lanceleolatis, pubescentibus, circiter 10 mm longis, 

 petalis sepalis aequantibus, intus densissime retrose hirsutis, 

 apice subacutis leviter parce lobatis haud fimbriatis. 



A tree about 12 m high, quite glabrous except the inflorescence. 

 Branches reddish-brown, terete, smooth, the ultimate ones 6 

 to 8 mm in diameter. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, green and 

 shining when dry, 15 to 20 cm long, 5 to 7.5 cm wide, gradually 

 narrowed upward to the obscurely blunt-acuminate apex, the 

 base rather broad, somewhat abruptly rounded or slightly cor- 

 date, margins distantly and rather obscurely crenate; lateral 

 nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent, anasto- 

 mosing, the primary reticulations slender, subparallel, the ulti- 

 mate ones rather close, distinct, the whole lower surface with 

 scattered, minute dark-colored, roundish glands or gland-like 

 bodies; petioles reddish-brown, 6 to 7 cm long. Racemes axil- 

 lary, about 15 cm long, uniformly pubescent with short, grayish 

 hairs as are the pedicels and sepals. Pedicels about 1.5 cm long. 



