TABULA CCLXIV. 



Erythrospermum Wichmanni n. sp. 



Valeton in Buil. Dep. Agr. N°. X, 1907. 



Flacourtiaceae. 



Fig. 1. Ramus fïorens. — Fig. 2. Idem ~. — Fig. 3. Alabastrum. — Fig. 4. 

 Sepalum. — Fig. 5. Petalum. — Fig. 6. Stamen. — Fig. 7. Gynaecium. 



Folia petiolata obovato-oblonga basi cuneata, superne rotun- 

 data apice late breviter acute vel obtuse acuminata, subinte- 

 gerrima vel superne obsolete subdenticulata vel subcrenulata, 

 subcoriacea glaberrima, nervis lateralibus utrinque 8 — 10 erecto- 

 patulis arcuatis laxe ± transverse reticulatis, prope marginem 

 confluentibus utrinque conspicuis, superne nitidula, in sicco 

 pallide ochraceo-grisea. Petioli crassi, in sicco supra sulcati 

 saepe contorti. Racemi singuli vel fasciculato-paniculati raro 

 axillares vulgo in axillis defoliatis dispositi, foliis multiplo 

 breviores, graciles, subglabri, pedunculati vel fere sessiles, in- 

 terrupti. 



Flores parvi brevissime pedicellati, secus rhachin cymoso- 

 conglomerati. Sepala 5, irregulariter imbricata, 2 exteriora 

 3 interiora, concava, orbicularia, nervosa, glabra. Petala 5 ae- 

 qualia a sepalis distincta in alabastro valvata et marginibus 

 coalita, elliptica, pinninervia, sepalis fere aequilonga basi at- 

 tenuata. Stamina 5 cum petalis alternantia filamentis brevibus, 

 antheris basifixis late sagittatis, connectivo lato trigono, loculis 

 linearibus margini connectivi.adnatis et subextrorsis. 



Ovarium basi attenuatum 5-gonum in stylum brevissimum 

 crassum attenuatum, stigmatibus 3 patentibus ovato-lanceolatis 

 acutis placentis 3, per-multiovulatis. 



Fructus ? 



