— 216 — 



longiore, extus fere glabro ; 0.2-0.4 C .M. longo, fauci 0.5-0.6 c.M. diam.; 

 1 a c i n i i s subinaequalibus, obtusiusculo-oblongis vel ligulatis, lobis sub- 

 radialibus, retusis, postico patente latiore, apice breviter inciso, anticis 3 

 patentissimis aut reflexis, extus densissime albo-lucescente-villosis, margine 

 bis 0.1 c.M. glabro, intus glabris, utrimque resinoso-punctatis, 0.3-0.5 

 c,M. longis, 0.3.-0 5 c.M/Tatis. Stamina breviter exserta corollae laciniis 

 breviora, 0.2-0.4 c.M longa, fi la men to mediocri, a n t h e r i s sub- 

 magnis, lato-oblongis fulvis mox piceo-atris, 0.1-0.12 c.M, diam., poll i.n i s 

 albis. Ovarium conicum, totum pilis appressis longis albidis vestitum, 

 dense resinoso-punctatum ; imperfecte biloculare, dissepimento apicem non 

 attingente, medio longitudinaliter alato, o v u 1 i s singulis inter alas, s t y- 

 1 o filiforme elongato, fere omnino dense breviter albo - tomentoso, resi- 

 noso - punctato, subadscendente, corollae tubo subadpresso, vix exserto, 

 post anthesin excrescente, calyce longe exserto, 0.3—0.4 c.M. longo, 

 stigmate subtabescenti, inaequaliter acute bifido, incurvo. F r u c t u s 

 magnus, viridi purpurascens, lato-ovatus vel amygdalinus, basi rotundatus 

 vel subcordatus, a latere compressus, post delapsum excressens. P 1 a n t u 1 a 

 novella viridis, plerumque viridi-purpurascens, foliis primariis 

 mediocribus, auguste lanceolatis, utrimque attenuato-acutis, h y p o c o t y- 

 1 e d o n i magno et crasso fere omnino densissime longe setaceo. 



Remarks: Description according to living material from Java, compared 

 with herbaria from the Herb. Bog. — The shape of the leaves of the A. 

 officinalis L. is constant, i. e. large, oval, broad-elliptic or distinctly 

 obovate with a rounded apex. Since however this also occurs with some 

 varieties of the A. marina (FORSK.) VlERH., it is of poor comparative 

 value as a mark of the species. The same objection could be made about 

 the length of the style. The only characters for distinguishing the species 

 are the large flowers with very pubescent ovary and style, and the undeveloped 

 pointed unequal branches of the stigma. The fruit is very big and broad 

 oval, sometimes slightly cordate and with an obtuse apex. The seedlings 

 are robust and possess a strong, thick, almost entirely pubescent hypocotyl ; 

 the first leaves, in opposition to the later ones, are long and narrow, 

 getting narrower on both sides, with an acute apex (tab. 21). 



Statio: Praecipue praeter oram in lutoso argillaceo soli, sub eo 

 glarea, praeter iitora, aestuaria, salinas, salsos paludes et in silvis maris 

 accessu expositis — F 1 o r, e t f r u c t. : In India Bat. per totum annum. 



D ist rib.: India: Sindh (MURRAY) ; Bombay (MURRAY, COOKE); 

 Malabar (RHEEDE; WIGHT); Ceylon (THWAITtS, CLA.RKE, COOKE); A4adras 

 (WATT); Coromandel (ROXB.); Gangesdelta (MURRAY) ; Sunderbuns (WALL.); 

 Burma (FiAMiLT. ; KURZ; MURRAYj ; Chitlagong-Tenasserim (KURZ); 

 Martaban (WALL.); Malacca (WIGHT. ; GRIFF.) ; Penang, Singapore (WALL. ; 

 KING/GAMBLE) ;--Insulinde : Sumatra, Banka, Java, Borneo; Celebes, N.- 

 Guinea;--Philippines;--China : Fokien, ins. Kulangsu; Amoy; Formosa; Takow; 

 Kwangtung near Syngmoon ; Hongkong (Forbes/Hemsley),- 



