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PLANTÆ JAVANICÆ RARIORES.
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PTEROCYMBIUM JAVANICUM.

Tab. XLV.

Char. Gen. Flores polygarno-monoici (ferè hermaphroditi). Calyx 5-fidus, paters. Antheræ (10) simplici serie; loculis omnibus parallels. Ovaria disperma. Stigmata flliformia, recurvata. Pericarpia : Folliculi foliacei, naviculares, longè ante maturitatem aperientes. Semen unicum, albuminosum. Embryonis Radicula hilo proxima.

Arbor, foliis lobatis indivisisve; paniculis subterminalibus.

Obs. Genus Sterculiacearum Scaphio proximum et forsan nimis affine. Scaphium verò differt: Antheris (15—20) congestis; stylis aretè cohærentibus; stigmatibus coalitis, unicum lobato-capitatum efformantibus.

Descr.—Arbor sylvestris, 50—60-pedalis; trunco modicè crasso, cortice lævi, rufescenti-fusco; comâ patenti (D. Horsfield). Folia alterna, 5—3-loba, passim indivisa, cir cumscriptione latè ovata, basi cordata 5-nervia, lobis ellipticis brevè acuminatis, sinubus obtusis ; dum indivisa, paulò altiùs cordata, 3—5-nervia, brevissimè acuminata: omnium adulta supèr glabra præter nervos venasque primarias tenuissimè pubescentes, pube simplici: subt{subst:e`}}r pube simili magis copiosâ, præsertim in nervis venisque ferè omnibus et insuper, rariore tamen et tenuiore, per totam paginam : novella utrinque pube stellari copiosâ tecta. Petioli teretiusculi, undique pubescentes, anticè sulco tenui exarati, basi apiceque pululùm incrassati, quandoque folia subsequantes, sæpiùs dimidio et ultrà breviores. Stipulæ, laterales, subulatæ, caducæ. Panicula subterminalis, e racemis alternis approximatis subcorymbosis. Pcdicelli extra medium articulati, ipso articulo constricto, inter dilatationes duas manifestas. Bracteæ omnes deciduæ v. caducæ. Calyx monophyllus, ad medium quinquefidus, æqualis, turbinato-canpanulatus, coriaceus, glaber, laciniis