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nata basi attenuata, tenuiter chartacea, in sicco supra nigrescentia, 

 glabrescentia, subtus pulchre argenteo- vel incano-sericea (pilis 

 valcie appressis); nervi laterales utrinque 7 — 10 erecto-patuli, 

 arcuati, tenues; venae parallelae vix transversae, obtectae. Folia 

 80 — 130 mm. longa, 35 — 50 lata, interdum 150 mm. longa, 

 40 — 55 mm. lata. Petioli pubescentes 8 — 10 mm. longi. Pedun- 

 culi cT axillares petiolum ± aequantes 5 — 12 mm. longi, pu- 

 bescentes, nunc bis trichotomi, ramis tenuibus brevibus vel 

 longioribus secunde multifloris, in specimine bancano subnullis? 

 unde flores subcapitalati. Flores cT sessiles pubescentes, late- 

 rales bracteolis parvis linearibus instructi, calyx cupularis par- 

 vus 1 — 2 mm. longus acute 4-dentatus. Corolla nondum aperta 

 tubulosa nunc 10 mm. longa, lobis aestivatione leviter sub- 

 vexillari-imbricatis ; haud valde conferruminatis. Pedunculi 9 

 axillares, solitarii breves vel elongati, 15 — 25 mm. longi tri- 

 flori, flore medio sessili, pedicelli laterales 2 —5 mm. longi. 

 Bracteolae parvae subulatae. Flores tetrameri, pubescentes. 

 Calycis limbus cupularis 4-dentatus vel fere ad medium usque 

 4-ficlus lobis trigonis parvis, 1 — 1.5 mm. longus, basi con- 

 strictus, lobis 0.5 mm. longis. Corollae tubus 6 — 8 mm. longus, 

 lobi patentes tubo multo breviores, obtusi ovati in alabastro 

 irregulariter imbricati, vix incrassati. Ovarium calyce longius 

 ellipsoideum in sicco 4-sulcum 4-loculare, stylus crassus, stig- 

 mata 4-linearia exsevta parva. Drupa parva ellipsoidea vel sub- 

 globosa obtusa tetragona, in sicco 4-sulca, dense sericea, 8 mm. 

 longa calycis limbo coronata. Pyrenae lignosae appressae, in 

 greges 4 dispositae, circ. 20 — 28. 



Habitat Banca (Teysm. !, Kobus!); Malacca (Misit. Ridley! 

 specimina sine numero). 



Nomen indig. fide Teysm. „membaran" (Soengei liat) n me- 

 niendjan" (Toboali), fide Kobus „Kali adap*\ 



Var. glabrior Val. Folia subtus in nervis hirtella in 

 parenchymate laxe appresse pilosula, haud albicantia (in sicco 

 badia), venatione minute reticulata conspicua. Pedunculi d 1 



