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longae, pedunculo c. 1.5 — 7.5 cm. longo, cum rhachide crasso, 

 angulato, puberulo, viridi saepe purpureo-suffuso, pedunculis 

 partialibus patentissimis, brevissime paberulis, dilute viridibus, 

 c. 0.3 — 0.7 cm. longis, plerumque l-,interdum 2 — 3-fLoris. Bracteae 

 minutae, triangulae, puberulae, c. 0.05 — 0.1 cm. longae. Flores 

 2 pedicellati, recurvi, odorati, c. 0.7 — 0.8 cm. diam., pedicello 

 crasso, brevissime puberulo, dilute viridi c. 0.05 — 0.65 cm. longo. 

 Sepala 4 — 5, decidua, circa ovarium incurva, plus minusve 

 elliptica vel ovata, obtusa, extus convexa, intus costa longitu- 

 dinali, carnosa, farinaceo-puberula dilute flava, c. 0.7 — 1 cm. 

 longa, 0.35 — 0.7 cm. lata. Ovarium subglobosum, apice breviter 

 contractum, sericeo-puberulum. pallide flavescens basi rubro- 

 tincturn, c. 0.4 — 0.5 cm. altum et diam., 3- plerumque 4-locu- 

 lare, loculis 2-ovulatis, pariete crasso; stigmata recurva, lata, 

 valde subulato-lacinulata. Pedicellus fructifeL' cum pedunculo 

 partiali c. 1.2 — 1.6 cm. longus. Fructus leviter depresso-globosus, 

 apice leviter acutatus, puberulus, pulchre phoeniceus, c. 2.7 

 cm. diam., plerumque 4-locularis, loculis monospermis loculicide 

 in valvas 4 rumpens, mesocarpio crasse carnoso succoso intus 

 roseo c. 0.6 cm. crasso, endocarpio tenuiter crustaceo haud 

 solubili, septis papyraceis glabris pulchre sanguineis margine 

 interne albis. Semina oblonga, trigona, dorso convexa, c. 14 cm. 

 longa, 1 cm. lata, testae strato exteriore succoso cobaltino 

 acido, semina sine testae strato exteriore compressa, dorso 

 convexa sulco longitudinali lato instructa, ovalia vel subovata, 

 basi abrupte et breviter contracta, atropurpurea, c. 1.15 cm. 

 longa, 0.8 — 0.9 cm. lata, testae strato interiore tenuiter corneo- 

 pergamaceo ; albumen album ; cotyledones latae, apicem latissi- 

 mum subtruncatum versus leviter dilatatae, basi cordatae, 

 albae, c. 0.7 cm. longae, 0.9 cm. latae ; radicula obovoidea, tetra- 

 gona, c. 0.15 cm. longa. 



Hab. Nach Angaben auf den Etiketten im botanischen Gar- 

 ten zu Buitenzorg soll die Pflanze von Sumatra, prov. Palem- 

 bang, stammen. 



