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PART I — 4th October, 1969

CHEW, W.-L.: A Monograph of Dendrocnide (Urticaceae) -

Ho.trum, R. E.: A new genus and new species of Malesian

Orchids - - - - - - -

Lim, G.: Calostoma sarasini from Malaya - - -

CHEW, W.-L.: A Monograph of Laportea (Urticaceae) -

PART II — 21st December, 1970

PROwSE, G. A. and RATNASABAPATHY M.: A Species List of

Freshwater Algae from the Taiping Lakes, Malaysia -

STONE, B. C.: Materials for a Monograph of Freycinetia

Gaud. (Pandanaceae) V. Singapore, Malaya and Thailand

Materials for a Monograph of Freycinetia Gaud.

(Pandanaceae) VI. Species of Borneo - -

KENG, HsuaN: Further Observations on Ancistrocladus

tectorius (Ancistrocladaceae) - - = ¢

Ho.tTumM, R. E.: The Genus Orchidantha (Lowiaceae) -

RIDSDALE, C. E.: The Arborescent Naucleae of New Guinea

and Solomon Islands - = 2 Bs is

FuRTADO, C. X.: The Identity of Hyphaene natalensis Kuntze

Asian Species of Hyphaene - - - - -

A New Search for Hyphaene guineensis Thonn. - -

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TIxIER, P.: A Contribution to Bryological Knowledge =

Fraser’s Hill Station (Malaysia) - - -

Corner, E. J. H.: Merulioid Fungi in Malaysia - -

REVIEW: Grasses of Malaya (H. Keng) - - -

OsiTuaRY: Juraimi bin Samsuri - - - :

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Vol. XXV, Part I 4th October, 1969

A Monograph of Dendrocnide

(Urticaceae)

W.-L. CHEW (CHEW WEE-LEK)

Dendrocnide was established by Miquel in 1851 to accommodate,

as the epithet implies, the tree Nettles. It was, however, considered

congeneric with Laportea by Weddell who had it reduced

accordingly. This resulted in Laportea becoming heterogeneous

and consequently defineable only by elimination.

Having studied the whole group on a monographic basis,

I conclude that Dendrocnide is quite distinct from Laportea

and that its status should be re-established. In my preliminary

paper in 1965, when the transfer of the species was accomplished,

reasons for my decision were given. It suffices here to mention

briefly that Dendrocnide distinguishes itself on the following

score: (a) perennial ligneous trees with irritant hairs, (b) leaves

petiolate, simple, alternate or spiral, (c) stipules entirely connate,

intrapetiolar, (d) flowers 4- or 5-merous, free or in small

glomerules, perianth not fleshy at maturity, (e) achenes usually

reflexed, with ligulate stigmas. Thus it comes very close to

Urera from which it differs in the last two of the points just

mentioned. ,,

I could. thirty-six species for this genus which is widely

distributed in South-east Asia and the Pacific as essentially

lowland trees. It is particularly abundant, species-wise, in the

Philippines and New Guinea.

This monograph is based on the materials deposited in the

following herbaria supplemented by field observations made in

the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Java:

Amsterdam, Holland (AMD). Berlin, Germany (B).

Arnold Arboretum, U.S.A. (A). Bogor, Indonesia (BO).

‘ Brisbane, Australia (BRI).

Bangkok, Thailand (BKF). British Museum, U.K. (BM).

Berkeley, U.S.A. (UC). Brussells, Belgium (BR).

Cambridge, U.K. (CGE).

(NBG)

Cape Town, South Africa

Chicago, U.S.A. (F).

Copenhagen, Denmark (C).

Edinburgh, U.K. (E).

Florence, Italy (FI).

Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

Melbourne, Australia (MEL).

Michigan, U.S.A. (MICH).

Missouri, U.S.A. (MO).

Munich, Germany (M).

New York, U.S.A. (NY).

Paris, France (P).

Pondicherry, India (PON).

Geneva, Switzerland (G).

Kepong, Malaysia (KEP).

Kew, U.K. (K).

Kuching, Sarawak (SAR).

Lae, New Guinea (LAE).

Leiden, Holland (L).

Lisboa, Portugal (LISC,

LISJC and LISU).

Lund, Sweden (LD).

Madrid, Spain (MA).

Manila, Philippines (PNH).

Praha, Czechoslovakia (PRC).

Sandakan, Sabah (SAN).

Singapore (SING).

Stockholm, Sweden (S).

Sydney, Australia (NSW).

Uppsala, Sweden (UPS).

Utrecht, Holland (U).

Washington D.C. U.S.A. (US).

Wrocklaw, Poland (WRSL).

Zurich, Switzerland (Z).

1 would like to thank the directors of these herbaria for their

generosity and co-operation in making available for my study

their rich collections. My gratitude is also extended to the

following botanists for their advice and general assistance:

Dr. J. A. R. Anderson (Sarawak), Mr. H. M. Burkill (U-.K.),

Prof. E. J. H. Corner (Cambridge), Dr. C. X. Furtado (Singapore),

Prof. H. Godwin (Cambridge), Dr. Ding Hou (Leiden), Prof. J.

Leandri (Paris) and Prof. C. G. G. J. van Steenis (Leiden).

Part 1 — General

Habit. They are perennial, evergreen trees commonly not more

than 15 metres high with soft wooded stems. Branching is

sympodial, much like that of Terminalia, with the leaves often

forming rosettes at the end of the twigs. There are two exceptions

to this. In D. mirabilis, the base of the stem is succulent and

in D. excelsa, the trees reach a towering height of 35 metres

with buttresses at the base to 2 metres high.

Leaves. These are simple, petiolate, dorsi-ventral, penninerved.

generally coriaceous, spirally set and usually heavily covered

with cystoliths. On overall similarity, they resemble those of

some species of Ficus and are quite unlike those of Laportea

which have urtica-like leaves.

In some cases, the lamina type is very specific as in D. mirabilis

where it is plicate with half the lateral veins palmately branched,

and in D. kajewskii where it reaches its greatest dimension of

1.5 metres in length. In other cases, certain characteristics of the

leaves distinguish groups of species as in D. elliptica, D. kjellbergii,

D. moroides and D. peltata where they are peltate. Then there

are the species whose leaves are devoid of irritant hairs

(in D. luzonensis, etc.) and one whose lamina is decurrent on

the petiole (D. oblanceolata). As shown in the keys, combinations

of the various characteristics of the leaves afford a very good

way of distinguishing the species.

W .—L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 3

Stipules. One of the important characteristics that distinguish

this genus from Laportea is in the stipules. Here they are large,

entirely connate, bicarinate at the back, intrapetiolar and not

bifid at the apex. In size, they range from 1 to 10 cm. They are

thus very similar to those of Poikilospermum.

Inflorescences. Without exception these are racemose or pani-

culate, pedunculate, axillary, bracteate and usually with irritant

hairs. Unlike those of Laportea, they are quite uniform throughout

the genus. The two sections, however, differ markedly in the

disposition of the female flowers. In section Dendrocnide, the

sessile female flowers are set usually in a row on flabellately

expanded extremities of the peduncles. Such flabellate receptacles

usually curve over at maturity. In D. subclausa they curve com-

‘pletely over the achenes and may reach a size to | cm. in dia-

meter. At the other extreme, there is the species D. urentissima

where the receptacles are very small and often hardly developed.

In sect. Sarcopus, the female flowers are either borne free as

in D. sinuata or in small fascicles as in D. ternatensis or arranged

distichously at the extremities of peduncular branches as in the

amplissima group of species. Three subsections or series could

have been established to accommodate these groups if there had

been less intergradations between them.

Flowers. They are unisexual, 4- or S-merous and _ generally

small. The males are sessile or pedicellate, 4- rarely 5-tepalled,

with an equal number of stamens opposite the tepals and with

a rudimentary ovary. Being the least variable organ, the male

flower does not figure prominently in the delimitation of the

‘species except in D. longifolia where it has the largest and most

fleshy pistillode in the genus.

The female flowers are more useful as a criterion for species

delimitation. Also small, they range in length from 1 to 1.5 mm.

and are usually half as broad. Basically, they have a single

whorled 4-toothed or 4-lobed perianth, a unilocular ovary ovoid

in shape and topped by a simple, ligulate stigma. They are

also either pedicellate or sessile and are devoid of staminodes.

Variation of this basic structure is fairly great. In sect. Dendrocnide

and the amplissima group of species, they are sessile very rarely

subsessile. In the other section, many species have pedicellate

flowers as in D. sinuata where the pedicel is simple and greatly

elongated. In some species, as in D. photinophylla and D. vitiensis

the pedicels elongate greatly at maturity and are usually fleshy

and reflexed.

The 4-lobed perianth is by far the commonest. The lateral

tepals are usually longer and broader than the medial ones.

This difference is greatest in D. rechingeri where the lateral

tepals are at least thrice the length of the medial ones. In most

species however, they are usually not more than _ twice.

D. torricellensis and its relatives are noted by their perianth

_ being lightly 4-toothed and usually rather small. The extreme

condition is found in D. harveyi where it is either very minute or

entirely absent.

4 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

The ovary is rather uniform throughout the genus and is

consequently little used in the discrimination of the species.

The stigma varies only in length. In D. amplissima and

especially D. microstigma, it hardly exceeds 0.2 mm. whereas

in D. oblanceolata it often reaches 8 mm. The average length is.

between 1 and 3 mm.

Achenes. These are sessile, asymmetrically ellipsoid to ovoid.,.

very rarely subrotund.

In some, they are very flat with a smooth pericarp as in D.

peltata. In others they are thick and bloated, with a very warted

pericarp as in D. moroides. In length, they vary from 2 to 5

mm. Their size in relation to the pedicels, perianth, stigmas and

other characteristics provide very useful characteristics in sepa-

rating the species.

Habitat. They are essentially lowland primary forest species

preferring slightly damper and somewhat shady habitats. Some

like D. elliptica prefer limestones and their derived soils. Many

of the New Guinea species seem tolerant of fairly exposed habitats

of secondary forests or abandoned vegetable gardens.

Phytogeography. A genus of 36 species, it is spread very widely

from India, Ceylon, China, through South-East Asia, Malesia,

North-East Australia to the Pacific Islands (fig. 1). If Continental

Asia is taken as a unit, 17 species are endemics; otherwise,

15 species are. Thus endemism is very high for this genus. Of

the two sections, sect. Dendrocnide is the more restricted: being

found from China, parts of South-East Asia, through western

Malesia to as far as the Moluccas. It is particularly well repre-

sented in the Philippines where 8 species are recorded. The other

section, sect. Sarcopus, covers the entire range. Its greatest repre-

sentation is in New Guinea where twelve species are recorded.

Thus, sect. Dendrocnide is centred in the Philippines while the

other in New Guinea. The species in each geographic area are

discussed separately.

Continental Asia. There are four species in this region:

D. basirotunda, D. sinuata, D. stimulans and D. urentissima.

Of these, D. basirotunda and D. urentissima can be considered

as endemics for Continental Asia as a whole. The other two

are very widely spread species.

Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. These two regions are identical

in their Dendrocnide flora: there are two species in each viz.

D. stimulans and D. sinuata, both wide ranging ones.

Java and Lesser Sunda Islands. These two are almost identical.

Both have D. stimulans, D. sinuata, D. peltata and D. microstigma;

but the latter has one more viz. D. carriana.

Formosa. Only one species is found in this island, viz-

D. meyeniana which occurs also in the Philippines.

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Philippines. Ten species are recorded from these islands:

8 belong to sect. Dendrocnide and 2 to sect. Sarcopus. Six species

are endemic here. Only two species are wide ranging: D. stimulans

and D. carriana, Of the remaining two, one, D. elliptica, is also

found in Borneo and the other D. meyeniana in Formosa as

mentioned above. Thus the Philippines Dendrocnide flora is

distinctive.

Borneo. This island has three species: D. stimulans, common

in Western Malesia, D. elliptica which is also recorded from the

Philippines and D. oblanceolata, the only endemic. As this last

species is a very close relative of D. stimulans, one can generally

say that the Bornean Dendrocnide is closely allied to that of

western Malesia.

Celebes & Moluccas. This region, often referred to as

‘“‘Wallacea” is interesting. It is the meeting point of the western

and eastern Malesian elements and at the same time, it contains

species peculiar to itself. It is also the eastern most point of

distribution for sect. Dendrocnide. Of the ten species recorded,

D. stimulans and D. microstigma are the western elements while

D. longifolia and D. ternatensis are the eastern ones. The Tanimbar

Archipelago to the far south has two species in common with

north-eastern Australia, viz. D. moroides and D. cordata. The

species D. amplissima, D. kjellbergii and D. celebica are the ones

confined to “Wallacea”. Only one species D. carriana manages to

“cross” this region from West to East Malesia.

Australia. Four species are found here: D. moroides, D.

cordata, D. photinophylla and D. excelsa. Only the last two can

claim to be endemics; the others have now been recorded from

southern Moluccas.

New Guinea. This region has 12 species, 3 of which are ende-

mics, viz. D. torricellensis, D. corallodesme and D. morobensis.

Bismarck Archipelago & Solomons. The Dendrocnide flora of

this region is overwhelmingly New Guinean. Of the 8 species

recorded, 6 have representatives in New Guinea, one i.e. D. latifolia

is a Pacific element and another viz. D. kajewskii is endemic.

Pacific Islands. These islands have 3 species viz. D. vitiensis,

D. harveyi and D. latifolia. The first two have not been recorded

elsewhere while the last has been found in the Solomon Islands.

Affinities. That Dendrocnide belongs to the tribe Urereae,

there is no doubt. Within this tribe, I consider the genus to

be very closely allied to Urera with which it has numerous

characteristics in common such as habit of growth, the form of

the female perianth and achene etc. From Laportea it is now

separated by Discocnide. A few species, such as D. schlechteri

and D. luzonensis come very close to Poikilospermum in vegetative

as well as some floral characters, but these can at once be

distinguished by the presence of irritant hairs on the flowers in

D. luzonensis and by the different female flowers in D. schlechteri.

W —L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 4

Part 2. — Systematic

DENDROCNIDE

Mig. Plantae Junghuhnianae, 29 (1851); Chew in Gard. Bull.

Sing. 21: 201 (1965). — Urticastrum Heist. ex Fabric. sensu

O.K. Rev. Gen. Pl. 634 (1891), pr. p., exclu. typ. sp.

Dioecious perennial shrubs or trees with irritant hairs. Leaves

petiolate, simple, coriaceous, crenulate, undulate to smooth, spirally

arranged. Stipules entirely connate, intrapetiolar, coriaceous.

Inflorescences pedunculate, racemose, bracteate, axillary, with

flowers freely borne or in small fascicles or in flabellate receptacles.

Male flowers mainly 4-merous, rarely 5-merous, with pistillode

and stamens opposite tepals. Female flowers 4-merous, sessile to

pedicellate, flabellately or distichously arranged or in_ loose

fascicles; ovary ovoid, unilocular, usually with ligulate stigmas;

ovule erect, orthotropous; staminodes absent, pedicels simple or

swollen. Achenes compressed or bloated, ovoid, not chartaceous,

usually strongly warted.

Distribution: China, India, Ceylon, through South-east Asia,

Malesia, Australia and the Pacific islands.

Lectotype species: Dendrocnide costata Mig. [| = D. stimulans

(L.f.) Chew].

sect. DENDROCNIDE

Laportea sect. Dendrocnide (Miq.) Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist.

Nat. Paris 9: 133 (1856) & DC. Prodr. 16 (1): 85 (1869).

Characteristics: Female flowers sessile very rarely subsessile,

borne usually in one row (rarely two) on often fleshy flabellate

receptacles.

Lectotype species: Dendrocnide costata Mig. [= D. stimulans

(L. f.) Chew]. Species are: nos. 1 to 10.

sect. SARCOPUS

(Wedd.) Chew, comb. novy.—Laporiea sect. Sarcopus Wedd. in

Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat, Paris 9: 129 (1856) & DC. Prodr. 16 (1): 82

(1869), basionym.

Characteristics: Female flowers sessile or pedicellate, borne

freely, in loose fascicles or distichously at the extremities of pedun-

cles; pedicels often fleshy.

Type species: Laportea gigas Wedd. [= D. excelsa (Wedd.)

Chew]. Species are: nos. 11 to 36.

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Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

Key to Species of Sect. Dendrocnide

. Lamina peltate, obovate, both surfaces dense with irritant hairs

(Borneo & Philippinesietnicycereetice..-i.....e oe .-.: elliptica

. Lamina .non-peltate- variously shaped vcisucd.2-. Sea 2

atvitant hairs :si0t4...oncutycoabttel . senus.<ch ees. tes 0 eee

. Lamina at most lightly cordate variously shaped, the upperside

usually’ subslabrous’ to Piatra... -«--.2-. <2: reset oeeegs cee

. Lamina at least twice as long as broad, margin dentate; male

flowers,, 4-tepalled (Philippines). ..: --cn.crnsrren-- ecbeceeeps crassifolia

. Lamina as long as broad, margin smooth; male flowers 5-

tepalled (Chima” & Vietingaigr’.”. ic. rece ace urentissima

. Lamina broadly ovate to oblong-ovate base broadly cordate ...

ee ee ee

. Lamina elliptic, obovate to narrowly ovate, base round to cuneate,

Hot COPGSIE 6. oeckociecDe - clea Sh: ade ee

. Lowerside of lamina glabrous the lowerside of petiole dense with

long irritant, hairs CPWwuIpeiites) ... are. 0 ea eene soya - pos snet densiflora

. Lowerside of lamina pubescent to wooly, petiole evenly covered

with short irritant hairs (Formosa & Philippines) ...... meyeniana

. Lamina obovate, decurrent on the short petiole; margin often

dentate: (Borne@) acu)... hee... 2a ee oblanceolata

. Lamina variously shaped but not decurrent on petiole; margin

often! ‘smeothisyii....w.i8.)... Si... OU... eee

. Lamina very rigid coriaceous, elliptic to ovate, usually 25-40 cm.

long male flowers surrounded by bracts 2-3 cm. long, female

receptacles dense with Tong irritant Hairs .CAAW. Sea.

. Lamina normally coriaceous, elliptic to obovate, usually less than

25 cm. long male flowers with very small interfloral bracts, female

receptacles with .very/‘Shontiairritast (haigiig.. 2... oo. nen nats adnan 9

. Flabellate receptacle greatly enlarged and curved over at fruit.

almost enclosing achenes; lowerside of lamina light pubescent

(Philippings):4 beeiorbatt! Dyce Ry ee ews subclausa

. Flabellate receptacle not entirely curved over; lamina entirely

glabrous! (Phidippines)22.97,. 229.40. OL6MAA.. 2a rigidifolia

. Female inflorescences shorter than leaves, female flowers very

shortly pedicellate; receptacle greatly fleshy at fruit (Philippines)

venosa

ee ee aa’

. Female inflorescences longer than leaves, female flowers entirely

sessile; receptacle not very fleshy at fruit (S.E. Asia, Malesia) ...

stimulans

Ce ee ee i ee ee ees

Key to Species of Sect. Sarcopus

. Shrubby tree with succulent base; lamina ovate; plicate. the

lower lateral veins palmate, the upper penninerved; the upper-

side of lamina often with 2 fleshy appendages (New Guinea &

sa cane geal» ill eis NR en TD i a mirabilis

| INOL UNIS COMMINANION. Of CHATACIEES, ......°.<..0..-..°:..+acce matte as 2

.. Amina, 'pefiate'™).. Yc hts.. Pe ah, SEF OR 3

Lamina ' gon-peltatel 1k. Y2UORIUALD.I0. BALRLORS. 2a OL. vis 5

. Lamina oblong, just peltate; female flowers entirely sessible. with

@-deniate perianth (Celebes) «vicars: dopteasser- ae kjellbergii

. Lamina ovate to almost round usually fairly deeply peltate:

female flowers pedicellate, with 4-tepalled perianth ...............

W —L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 9

4—a.

Stas

10 — a.

11 —a.

12 — a.

Lamina generally ovate, strongly dentate both surfaces dense

with irritant hairs; achenes ovoid, bloated warty, almost covered

by the lateral tepals, borne on greatly swollen pedicels (Southern

IMoimecas Ge JAMIA) | 62...) Seb rs taiet- dag rer - reer moroides

. Lamina almost round to ovate minutely dentate, upperside gla-

brous; achenes flat, round, smooth, tepals at the very base, borne

on non-fleshy pedicels (Malesia) ..........................00cee peltata

Lamina ovate, subglabrous to glabrous, with sinuate to dentate

margin; base cordate or rounded; male flowers on long pedicels:

female flowers very shortly pedicellate, perianth very minute or

Pe a) RE Re cr et Ee harveyi

Poe tie Gomibneron Of CATACUEIE <.....2..........-..--4-00ce serene 6

. Lamina 100 to 150 cm. long, ca. 50 cm. broad, the upperside

glabrous, the lowerside pubescent (Solomons) ............ kajewskii

. Lamina less than 80 cm. long, glabrous to pubescent ............ 7

. Lamina narrowly obovate, to 25 cm. long, with rather long

acuminate apex; male flowers pedicellate, each in the axil of a

eects (feo eet MOT P(RLEIOOCS) rece eee see see ee eee celebica

a, Bis COMMIMMAMON: OL CHAFACTETS 25.04 + seasoqucsasl sp - humo «cd ane ns 8

. Female flowers sessile, at most subsessile, sitting in somewhat

opposing rows on peduncular extremities .......................468. 9

. Female flowers pedicellate, usually in fascicles; pedicels often

RENE Cn SPIN CT PTT mn On. rece ne scene eet int etal tarts ate 13

. Lateral veins at least 20 pairs, very closely spaced; male flowers

pedicellate, rather separate from each other (Celebes & Moluccas)

cd baaembnne: 42 iss TA pdaaeass és: Sabsers< PP ek... Re amplissima

. Lateral veins less than 20 pairs, seldom very close; male flowers

Genstie, Vim creme > iaseicles 2 A. OSD) PAE AONB. 10

Pistillode very large, cubical in shape, fleshy, occupying nearly

the entire floral space; stamens very small, lodged at the sides

of ovary; infrutescence often fleshy and convolute (Celebes,

Moluccas through New Guinea to Solomons) ............ longifolia

. Pistillode small, not cubical nor fleshy; stamens larger than

pistillode; infrutescence fleshy but not convolute ............... 11

Lamina elliptic to oblong, tomentulose on the lowerside, base

round to cordate; lateral tepals of female flowers often greatly

developed (New Guinea to Solomons) ..................... rechingeri

. Lamina narrowly elliptic to obovate, lowerside not tomentulose,

base cuneate; lateral tepals of female flowers not much longer

aD ie. SPEER OER c cee. eur) isog,.. GE. sist). QO. ek 12

Lamina entirely glabrous, obovate; petioles also glabrous; lateral

tepals of female flowers slightly longer than the medial ones:

stigma 1-2 mm. long (New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago)

a he ll schlechteri

. Sides of mid-rib on the lowerside of lamina with long soft hairs,

otherwise quite glabrous; petioles sericeous; lateral tepals of

female flowers not longer than the medial ones; stigma less than

0.5 mm. long (Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Celebes & Moluccas)

ST SEPMREER AREY oricdgekas evi cg tovyaind (ne asvnnnde vas hMIARTOITe). 2D. A microstigma

Female flowers in loose fascicles; female pedicels not altogether

RMON CME NIUE Flee fre, fren eed. Sere cnn ppecavcccases 14

. Female flowers fasciculate to glomerulate; female pedicel usually

fleshy throughout ,greatly reflexed ................0..cccccc ccc cee eee 15

Lamina very smooth, entirely glabrous; irritant hairs only on

Dewees TUPI re ee luzonensis

. Lamina not smooth, well armed with irritant hairs not confined

tah Somemn Aiido-Baahema): | . pecasols, . Paiile. 0d. i ek sinuata

15 —a.

16 —a.

17 — a.

18 — a.

19—a.

‘20 — a.

21 — a.

“22 —a.

23 —a.

“24 —a.

25 —a.

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Female perianth very shallowly 4-toothed, becoming a _ loose

envelope at the base of achene at maturity ........................... 16

. Female perianth with well developed tepals enclosing the base of

achene firmly at maturity +. ..6..-... AERA. a. AR 18

Lamina narrowly elliptic, often toothed, very shortly petiolate,

lateral veins short, numerous; male flowers pedicellate; female

inflorescences commonly borne on leafless twigs (New Guinea)

OL AEE. AL ROSE... OE SOIR aCe. . ee. 6 corallodesme

. Lamina ovate, often very broadly so, often tooth, fairly long

petiolate, lateral veins long, at a low angle to the midrib; male

flowers sessile; female inflorescences borne on leafy twigs ...... 7

Lamina light villous on the lowerside; male flowers dense villous

to ‘wooly (New Guinea? . A021... NEE OLN el torricellensis

. Lamina glabrous; male flowers only with irritant hairs, not villous

nor woolly (Moluccas & New Guinea) ..................... ternatensis

Adult lamina entirely glabrous and devoid of irritant hairs ...... 19

. Adult lamina variously hairy or glabrous but always with irritant

iT} ns Lak ee iain es» 2s tia ign Aa Ow. See MR. FI oe kg. 22

Lamina obovate, the basal lateral veins very short; female pedicels

winged, with irritant hairs in two rows (New Guinea & Solomons)

» ob qes on nasnlile tga isetany Mees tegen . A Guia Otis « Ae; Mires De ae Oe nervosa

. Not this combination of . Characters si cccelondd: devcnicees denne es 20

Stipules 1.5-2 cm. long; lamina usually elliptic, more than 20

cm. long; female pedicels not very long, nor greatly fleshy

(Vacromesia: @ DRSIAMGRIB) oa s.uiici ans tcesanecsenesceehaketeee Gee latifolia

. Stipules less than 1.5 cm. long; lamina ovate-pentagonal or

elliptic, usually less than 20 cm. long; female pedicels elongating

greatly at fruit, and greatly .ewollett.is<..2.:4...sstacaeoee: 21

Lamina ovate-pentagonal, base usually rounded, lateral veins

more than 8 pairs, the basal pair not much longer than the

rest (Samoa, Fiji & New Caledonia) ........................ vitiensis

. Lamina base cuneate to rounded; lateral veins 6-8 pairs. the

basal pair reaching to more than half the length of the lamina

(Asisizaliah: (ar je 7 a ee photinophylla

Male flowers 5-merous, sessile; lamina exact ovate, base rounded

glabrous except for some irritant hairs on veins (China, Burma

RTC he ee es cer Tee ee ee a BP basirotunda

. Male flowers 4-merous, pedicellate; lamina of various shapes and

VCRINEUITS .ssiipninnicsaaiteiednorimocennanpeinerdsiavinaiun eR RUG. An URC) Same 23

Lamina broadly ovate, the underside dense woolly, both sides well

covered with irritant hairs; base profoundly cordate, with the two

lobes oftenvoverlapping (Australia) 200!...009..42/..2mer excelsa

. Lamina of various shapes but the underside not woolly: base

rounded to cordate, the two lobes not over-lapping ............ 24

Lamina cordate shaped, margin broadly sinuate; petioles usually

more than 18 cm. long; irritant hairs not on papillate bases (East

Malesia & “Austialia) *.c...5.. chased oe deel ee cordata

. Lamina ovate, elliptic to pentagonal, margin smooth or dentate,

not sinuate; petioles less than 18 cm. long; irritant hairs on

papillaté bases... 20 i. saccesbeeeahl ae ee Ole 2 25

Lamina ovate, with 6 or 7 pairs of lateral veins; the base with

one pair very prominent veins (New Guinea) ............ morobensis

. Lamina elliptic, oblong to ovate-pentagonal, with 8-11 pairs of

lateral veins; the base with a few pairs of very short veins

(Hast Malayera) (0), i, DS Mee eevee Geer carriana

W -—L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide II

(1) Dendrocnide stimulans (L. f.) Chew in Gard. Bull. Sing. 21: 206

(1965).—Urtica stimulans L. f. Suppl. Sp. Pl. 418 (1781); BI.

Bijdr. 505 (1825), includ. var obtusa—U. fruticosa L. f. op. cit.

417 (1781).—D. costata Mig. Pl. Jungh. 1: 30 (1851).—

Laportea stimulans (L. f.) Mig. in Zoll. Syst. Verz. Ind. Arch.

103 (1854).—L. costata (Miq.) Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1(2): 231

1859), exclud. var. contracta.—Urticastrum stimulans (L. f.) O.K.

& U. costatum (Mig) O.K. Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 635 (1891).—L.

gracilipes Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3: 876 (1910).—L.

lanaensis C. B. Rob. in Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 5: 483 (1911).—

L. brunnea Merr. in op. cit. Bot. 10: 298 (1915).—L. annamica

Gagn. & L. thorelii Gagn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 75: 2 (1928).—

L. stenophylla Quisumb. in Philip. J. Sc. 41: 317, tab. 1 (1930).

—L. hainanensis Merr. & Metc. in Lingn. Sc. J. 16: 189. fig. 4

(1937).—L. sumatrana Merr. in Pap. Mich. Ac. Sc. 24 (1): 65

(1939).—D. stenophylla (Quisumb.) Chew in op. cit. 206 (1965).

Characteristics: (a) lamina obovate, often narrowly and strongly

cuneate at the base, subglabrous to pubescent, (b) inflorescences

long pendulent especially the females, (c) flowers sessile, (d) female

flowers flabellately arranged in one row, (e) flabellate receptacle

curved but not fleshy nor covering the matured achenes, (f)

peduncles, petioles, twigs, fairly densely covered with irritant hairs.

Distribution: Hainan, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaya,

Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Formosa, Philippines,

Anambas Islands, Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas.

Dioecious trees ca. 7 metres, branches rather widespread, bark

light grey, lenticellate, otherwise quite smooth. Twigs glabrous,

rarely light pubescent, without irritant hairs; petiolar scars quite

prominent. Lamina (12—) 15-30 (—40) cm. long, (4-) 6-10 (—14) cm.

broad, elliptic to obovate, rarely oblong or ovate, coriaceous, very

light pubescent only on veins of lower surface; irritant hairs on

veins, intercostals and veinlets of abaxial surface, sparse on

adaxial side; cystoliths punctiform, more on abaxial side; base

generally cuneate, sometimes round or emarginate; apex acuminate,

acumen often sharp; margin entire, very rarely lightly dentate;

lateral veins(8—) 10-13 (—15) pairs, basal pair short, quite pro-

minent, intercostals fairly straight and prominent. Petioles (2—) 5—10

(-15) cm. long, dense with punctiform cystoliths, generally some-

what glabrous, sometimes very light pubescent, with irritant hairs.

Stipules 0.75—2 cm. long, ovate, coriaceous in the centre, chartace-

ous towards the margins, pubescent when young, light pubescent on

the outside when matured./nflorescences branched racemes, floral

fascicles 2-10—flowered, 10-55 cm. long, females usually much

longer than males, axillary, usually solitary, rarely paired,

pendulent peduncular barcts minute to as much as 2 cm. long

triangular, pubescent; peduncles light to dense pubescent, usually

armed with irritant hairs. Male flowers sessile, 1-2 mm. long,

6.75—1.5 mm. broad, light pubescent, irritant hairs small and sparse,

4-tepalled; stamens 4, with reflexed filaments; pistillode ca. 1 mm.

long, obpyramidal; interfloral bracts minute to as large as tepals.

12 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

variable, triangular, often light pubescent. Female flowers sessile,

slightly sunken in a row on fleshy flabellate peduncular recepta-

cles, ca. 1 mm. long, ca. 0.75 mm. board, pubescent. basal half

usually armed with irritant hairs, 4-tepalled; tepals slightly

decussate-imbricate, light pubescent; ovary at maturity slightly

longer than tepals; stigma ligulate, to 5 mm. long; interfloral bracts

usually less than 1 mm. long, ovate, pubescent, often bordering

the row of sunken female flowers. Achenes 2-4 mm. long & broad,

aimost flat except for the centre, asymmetrical, otherwise round,

rarely asymmetrically elliptic; pericarp smooth to warty; persistent

perianth a minute cupule at the base; persistent stigma curled

over the apex of the achene.

A highly variable species, particularly in the size of the lamina,

this occurs in primary forests from sea-level to about the 1200-

metre contour. In Mt. Kinabalu in Sabah, it is_ particularly

common at about the 1,000 metre line. In Sarawak, it is common

on limestones.

I have seen the types of all the synonyms cited above including

Thunberg’s collections from Java, on which Linnaeus’s U.

stimulans and U. fruticosa are based; and I am convinced that

they belong here.

CHINA:—Hainan: Pak Shik-ling: Ku-Tung village: Lei 584, April

1933 (type of L. hainanensia: A, BO & K). Pak Shek-shaan: Tsang 17487,

June 1928 (UC).

LAOS:—Luang Prabang: Thorel 3487 (syntype of L. thorelii: A & P).

—Muang Huang: Wieng Chan: Kerr 20799, March 1932 (BM & K).

VIETNAM:—Annam: Dyjiring: Chevalier 30985 (type of L. annamica:

P).—Tonkin: Mt. Basei: Balansa 2528 & 3289 (syntypes of L. thorelii:

K &_P),

THAILAND:—Kao Talu: Kerr 11807, Feb. 1927 (BM).—Nakorn

‘Sritamarat Pen.: Kiriwong: Smitinand 5257, July 1951 (A).

MALAY PENINSULA:—Penang: Waterfall Gardens: Curtis 1100,

July 1892 (K & SING)—Selangor: Batu Caves: Ridley 8527, July 1897

(K. & SING). Bukit Lagong: Sinclair 10727, Nov. 1962 (FI & SING).

SUMATRA :—Asshan: Rahmat-si-Boeea 6925 (type of L. sumatrana:

US); 7851 (A, S & US).—Enggano: Lutjeharms 3603, May 1936 (A, K,

L, NY & SING).

JAVA:—sine loc.: Junghuhn s.n. (type of D. costata: L. herb. 908-188-

3206). Thunberg s.n., 1777 (types of U. stimulans & fruticosa in herb.

Montin:. S3 Zollinger, 510, (A, Fi, G, Kye 13):

LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS:—Bali: Kostermans KKSS. 125 & 127,

June 1958 (BO, K & L)—Lombok: Bloembergen 3027, Feb. 1939 (L).

FORMOSA :—Koshum: Wilson 11015 (K).

PHILIPPINES :—Mindanao: Apo Mt.: Elmer 10499, May 1909 (type

of L. gracilipes: A, BO, E, F, G, K, L, MO, WRSL & Z). Lanao Lake:

Clemens 462, April 1906 (type of L. lanaensis: F. & M). Mayo Mt.:

Ramos & Edano 49413, April 1927 (type of L. stenophylla: B, NY & UC).

—Camar: Canayan Valley: Ramos 17559 (type of L. brunnea: K. & US).

BORNEO:—Sabah: Kinabalu: Chew & Corner RSNB. 4986, April

1964 (K & SING). Tawao: Elmer 21115, (A, BR, C, F, K, L, S & Z).—

Sarawak: Bau: Chew CWL. 537, July 1963 (SING). Api: Anderson 4286,

July 1961 (K & SAR)—Kalimantan: Lampoeng: Winkler 3352, Aug. 1908

(BO & L).

ANAMBAS ISLANDS:—Siantan: Henderson SFN. 20281, April 1928

(BO, K, SING & UC).

CELEBES:—Minahassa: Koorders 19393, March 1895 (L); Warburg

15648 (E).

MOLUCCAS:—Buru: Musoena Lawan: Toxopeus 550, Nov. 1921 (BO).

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 13

Fig. 2: D. stimulans: A = female twig; B & C = female flowers; D. E &

F = achenes; G = male inflorescence; H = male flowers.

14 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

(2) Dendrocnide oblanceolata (Merr.) Chew in op. cit. 204 (1965)—

Laportea oblanceolata Merr. in J. Str. Br. R. Asiat. Soc. 85: 167

(1922),

Characteristics: Close to D. stimulans from which it differs in

(a) lamina decurrent on the short petiole, (b) undersides of lamina

pubescent to light canescent, (c) flabellate receptacles of female

inflorescences fleshly at fruit, (d) stigma up to 8 mm. long.

Distribution: Borneo (endemic! ).

Dioecious trees to 10 metres high. Twigs dense pubescent, soon

subglabrous, irritant hairs sparse; petiolar scars prominent. Lamina

(20-) 25-35 (—50) cm. long, (6—) 10-14 (—20) cm. broad, obovate,

coriaceous, uppersides glabrous, without irritant hairs, lowerside

glabrous to ligh pubescent, with hairs and irritant hairs mainly on

mid-rib and veins, both surfaces very dense with punctiform

cystoliths; base cuneate, decurrent on the short petiole; apex long

acuminate, acumen 1-3 cm. long; margin lightly toothed to sinuate;

lateral veins ca. 12-15 pairs, the basal ones very short and incon-

spicuous; intercostals straight, numerous. Petioles 2-3 cm. long,

winged, fairly thick, dense pubescent on the inside, soon glabrous,

dense with punctiform cystoliths; irritant hairs on the inside.

Stipules 2-3 cm. long, dense pubescent, soon glabrous, coriaceous.

Inflorescences unisexual, branched racemes, females up to 50 cm.

long, pendulent, males to 20 cm. long, axillary, often paired;

peduncle dense with long irritant hairs. Male flowers sessile, ca. 2

mm. long and broad; perianth pubescent, with irritant hairs and

punctiform cystoliths, 4-tepalled; stamens 4, with reflexed filaments;

pistillode ca. 1 mm. long; interfloral bracts 2-3 mm. long almost

linear, ca. 3 to each flower. Female flowers sessile, flabellately

arranged in one row; perianth ca. 1 mm. long, slightly less broad,

4—lobed, subglabrous but armed with irritant hairs and elongated

cystoliths; tepals 4, 3 ca. 1 mm. long, and much smaller; ovary ca.

1.25 mm. long and | mm. broad; stigma ligulate, to 8 mm. long,

Straight; interfloral bracts minute. Achenes to 5 mm. long, ca. 4

mm. broad, very slightly asymmetrically ovoid, fairly thick, peri-

carp warty generally, rarely smoth, nearly half covered by the per-

sistent perianth, reflexed; the fleshly flabellum well armed with

irritant hairs.

An endemic of Borneo, this species is common at about the 1,500

metres contour, particularly on the Pinosuk Plateau of Mt.

Kinabalu. Its short petioled, large obovate lamina and long pen-

dulent purplish female inflorescences dense with irritant hairs are

fortunately very conspicuous in the forest! Vernacular name

Tahipoi.

W —L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide

female flowers;

leaf-bases; C =

twig; B =

male interfloral bracts.

achene; E

D =

Fig. 3: D. oblanceolata: A

16 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

SABAH :—Mt. Kinabalu: Kiau: Clemens 10074, Nov. 1915 (A, BO &

UC).—Mesilau River: Chew & Corner RSNB. 4985, 7048 & 7094 (K &

SING). Penibukan: Clemens 3103/1, Jan. 1933 (A, BM, BO, K, L, NY &

UC.—Sandakan Distr.: Batu Lima: Agama 1026, Nov. 1920 (type of L-.

oblanceolata: A, K & US).

SARAWAK :—Baram Distr.: Batu Gading: Anderson S. 20242, July

1964 (SAR & SING).—Kapit Distr.: Bukit Raya Anderson 14375, Aug.

1961 (SAR).

KALIMANTAN :—Berau: Kostermans 21756, Nov. 1963 (L).—West

Koetai: G. Palah: Endert 3510, Sept. 1925 (BO).

(3) Dendrocnide elliptica (Merr.) Chew in op. cit. 203 (1965). —

Laportea elliptica Merr. in J. Arn. Arb. 35: 135 (1954).

Distinguishable by the following characters: (a) lamina peltate.

obovate, sericeous on both surfaces, (b) female flowers sessile,

flabellately arranged in one row, (c) achenes smooth, flat, with the

small perianth as a cupule at the base (d) margin of lamina evenly

and minutely dentate.

Distribution: Borneo and Philippine Islands.

Shrubby tree to 10 metres high; trunk ca. 30-45 cm. diam. Twigs

velutinous, especially at apices; with irritant hairs; petiolar scars

very prominent; bark dark grey. Lamina (13-) 15-25 (-35) cm.

long, (7-) 10-15 (—18) cm. broad; broad elliptic to obovate;

chartaceous to slightly coriaceous; sericeous, hairs mainly on the

veins, dense on the abaxial side, less so on the other, intermixed

with irritant hairs; young ones very dense sericeous; cystoliths

punctiform, evenly distributed on the adaxial surface, on the other

surface mainly on the veins if visible; base round, peltate, apex

acute to acuminate; margins evenly and minutely dentate; lateral

veins 12-15 pairs, evenly spaced, arched, quite prominent on the

abaxial side, less so on the other, basal pair less arched; the peltate

base with 3 short pairs of radiating veins; intercostals straight, well

spaced, anastomosing towards the mid-rib. Petioles (4-) 6-9 (—13)

cm. long; dense with punctiform cystoliths; densely sericeous with

irritant hairs when young. Stipules 1-2 cm. long, often early

caducous; bicarinate on the outside; scaphiform; coriaceous; young

ones dense sericeous with irritant hairs. /nflorescence unisexual:

branched racemes; (15—) 30-50 (-60) cm. long; the females longer

than the males; solitary, rarely paired; peduncular bracts unpaired,

up to 0.5 cm. long; peduncles thin, dense velutinous, well armed

with irritant hairs. Male flowers shortly pedicellate; 1-1.5 mm. long

and broad; pedicel ca. 0.5 mm. long, perianth sparsely

pubescent, sparsely armed with short irritant hairs, 4—tepalled:

tepals ovate; stamens 4, with inflexed filaments; pistillode half as

long as tepals; interfloral bracts triangular, very light pubescent on

the outside, ca. 1-1.5 mm. long, 1 to 2 subtending each flower.

Female flowers ssesile; 2-4 mm. long, ca. 0.5 mm. broad; very

W .-L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 17

4cm

Pr, pf

Ma ,

= twig; B = female inflorescence; C = female:

Fig. 4: D. elliptica: A

flowers; D = achene

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slightly sunken in a row on flabellate peduncular receptacles;

perianth light to dense pubescent, often with irritant hairs,

- 4tepalled; tepals small ca. 0.75 mm. long, ovate, margins frilled;

ovary ca. 1 mm. long, asymmetrically ovoid; stigma 2-3 mm. long,

ligulate, thin; interfloral bracts very small, few, generally triangular.

Achenes ca. 3 mm. long, ca. 2 mm. broad; arranged in a row on

the reflexed flabellate peduncular receptacle; asymmetrically round,

very flattened; pericarp very smooth, very rarely slightly warty;

- edge smooth; apex abruptly acute, with long thin persistent styles;

perianth a minute cupule at the base.

It occurs in primary as well as in secondary forests from sea-

level to about 400 metres in altitude. Rather common at the base

of limestone hills in Sarawak. Vernacular names are: Hanjarapai

-(Dusun: North Borneo), Repai (Iban: Sarawak) and Tubun-

mumpaha (Ifugao: Philippines).

This species is typified by two collections of Elmer from North

Borneo viz., 21472 and 2/433. (The first collection was distributed

under the wrong number 2/1/72 by Elmer and the other was cited

erroneously as 1/433 by Merrill in the original description). I have

chosen as lectotype a specimen of the former ‘collection now

- deposted at the Arnold Arboretum.

Because of the peltate lamina, Merrill had this species confused

with D. peltata of Java. I have found the similarities between

these two species to be entirely superficial. The closest relative of

this species is actually D. crassifolia of the Philippines from which

it can quite easily be distinguished by the following characters: (a)

lamina smaller and obovate in this species and (b) teeth of lamina

also smaller than those of D. crassifolia, (c) base peltate, rounded.

whereas in D. crassifolia, they are cordate but not peltate.

NORTH BORNEO:—Kudat: Battah & Anthony SAN. 37678, Oct.

1963 (SING)—Lahad Datu: Muin Chai SAN 15536, July 1961 (L.).—

Ranau: Meijer SAN. 26442, June 1961 (K & L); Sinclair et al. 9253,

June 1957 (L & SING).—Semporna: Puasa 7662, Aug. 1937 (K, L, &

SING).—Tawau: Brand SAN. 24494 (K); Wood SAN. 17168, Feb. 1955

(BRI & L); Gibot SAN. 37035, Dec. 1963 (SING); Elmer 21433, Oct.

1922/March 1923 (A, BO, BR, C, F, K, L, M, MO, S, SING, U & Z),

21472, Oct. 1922/March 1923 (type: A, BO, K, L, SING & UC).

SARAWAK:—Bau: Anderson 12580, July 1960 (SAR).—Lundu:

Haviland 991 (K, SAR & SING).—Tiang Bekap: Anderson 12535, June

1960 (K, L, SAR & SING); Chew CWL. 647, July 1963 (A, K, L &

SING)—Mt. Braang: Haviland 153 (K), 347, Oct. 1889 (SAR).—Mt. Poi:

Clemens 20227, Sept. 1929 (A, K, MO, SAR & Z).

KALIMANTAN :—Mt. Pamathas: Korthals s.n. (L herb. 908-188-3266).

—Mt. Njapa: Kostermans 21302, Oct. 1963 (BO, L & SING).—South-east:

Winkler 3478 (L).

PHILIPPINES:—Luzon Island: Banaue: Conklin & Buwaya PNH.

80485, May 1963 (L).

(4) Dendrocnide crassifolia (C.B. Rob.) Chew in op. cit. 203 (1965).

—Laportea crassifolia C.B. Rob. in Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 5: 480

(1911).

Characteristics: (a) lamina ovate-cordate on long petioles; both

surfaces well covered by irritant hairs and dense punctiform cysto-

liths, particularly on mid-rib, (b) margin serrate, (c) apex shortly

W.—L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 1

acuminate, (d) inflorescences densely pubescent, (e) male flowers.

sessile to subsessile, dense with short irritant hairs, 4-tepalled, with

long interfloral bracts, (f) female flowers sessile, flabellately

arranged, (g) peduncular bracts also on flabellum.

Distribution: Philippine Island (and Talaud Islands?).

~ Dioecious tree to ca. 6 metres high; trunk ca. 15 cm. diam. Twigs

dense pubescent to velutinous, dense with irritant hairs; petiolar

scars very prominent. Lamina (23—) 30-38 (-40) cm. long, (15-)

20-25 (-30) cm. broad, broadly ovate, coriaceous; the upper surface

well covered with short stiff irritant hairs, the mid-rib denser;

punctiform cystoliths very dense; the lower surface sericeous to

velutinous, the mid-rib dense pubescent, intermixed with long

irritant hairs, similarly covered with punctiform cystoliths; base

cordate, the two basal lobes often touching; apex acuminate,

acumen 1-2 cm. long; margin serrate; lateral veins 11—13 pairs,

evenly spaced, rather closely set, quite prominent, the basal pair

not more prominent, reaching to about 4 the length of lamina

only; intercostals fairly straight, very numerous, quite prominent.

Petioles (7—) 12-15 (—23) cm. long, dense pubescent, well armed

with fairly long irritant hairs; cystoliths not visible. Stipules 2-3

cm. long, often woolly, well armed with irritant hairs, early cadu-

cous. Inflorescences unisexual, branched racemes, usually 15 cm.

long and broad, the males longer than the females, the latter not

pendulent, usually solitary; penduncles dense with fairly long

irritant hairs; peduncular bracts elliptic to linear, to 1 cm. long,

unpaired, often present on flabellum. Male flowers subsessile to

very shortly pedicellate, ca. 1 mm. long and broad, densely covered

with short irritant hairs, 4-tepalled; tepals broad ovate, slightly

ridged; stamens 4, with slightly reflexed filaments; pistillode ca.

0.5 mm. long, less broad; interfloral bracts ca. 1 mm. long, elliptic

to linear, also with irritant hairs, 3 or 4 to each flower: pedicel less

than 0.3 mm. long. Female flowers sessile, borne flabellately in one

row; perianth ca. 0.6 mm. long, ca. 0.5 mm. broad, 4-lobed, well

armed with irritant hairs, one much smaller than the other three;

ovary ca. 0.7 mm. long, ca. 0.4 mm. broad; stigma ligulate, to

1.5 mm. long; interfloral bracts absent. Achenes 2.5 mm. long,

orbicular-ovate, compressed, its surface more or less tuberculate:

flabellate receptacle at fruit to 1.2 cm. across.

I have not seen Clemens’ fruiting specimen. My description of

the achenes is therefore based on that of Robinson.

Merrill’s D. elliptica from Borneo and the Philippines is very

close to this.

H.J. Lam’s collection from the Talaud Islands (Lam 3007) comes

very close to this species. It differs in being less virulent and has a

slightly differently shaped lamina. His collection is referred to this

with reservation.

MINDANAO ISLAND—Davao Prov.: Mt. Mayo: Edano PNH.

11389, April 1949 (A, L & PNH).—Lanao Prov.: Mataline Falls:

Hutchinson 3925, March 1906 (type: K & US).

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= female inflorescence; C = female

flowers.

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(5) Dendrocnide meyeniana (Walp.) Chew in op. cit. 204 (1965).

Characteristics: (a) the lamina being oblong-ovate, base broadly,

shallowly cordate, often appearing subpeltate, the upper surface

covered sparsely with short irritant hairs, the lower surface pube-

scent to subglabrous, (b) the lateral veins often arising vertically

from the mid-rib, then arching out, (c) petioles, stipules and male

flowers dense pubescent, or subglabrous, (d) female flowers flabel-

lately arranged but often not in one plane.

Distribution: Formosa & Philippines.

(a) forma meyeniana—Urtica umbellata Blco. Fl. Filip. 696

(1837), non Bory (1802).—U. meyeniana Walp. in Nov. Act. Nat.

Cur. 19. Suppl. 1: 422 (1843).—U. ferox Blco. op. cit. ed. 2. 484

(1845), non Forst. f. (1786).—Laportea gaudichaudiana Wedd. in

Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 137 (1856) et in DC. Prodr. 16(1):

86 (1869).—L. pterostigma Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16(1): 87 (1869).

—Urticastrum gaudichaudianum (Wedd.) O.K. & pterostigma

(Wedd.) O.K. op. cit. (1891).—L. meyeniana (Walp.) Warb. in

Perk. Fragm. Fl. Philip. 168 (1904).—L. diffusa C.B. Rob. in

Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 5: 482 (1911).—L. leyiensis C.B. Rob. in op. cit.

484 (1911).—D. diffusa (C.B. Rob.) Chew in op. cit. 203 (1965).

This form distinguishes itself by the undersides of the lamina

being pubescent to densely so.

Dioecious trees 5-7 metres high. Twigs light pubescent, with

short irritant hairs particularly at the nodes; petiolar scars large

and prominent. Lamina (12—) 20-25 (-50) cm. long, (8—) 10-15

(-30) cm. broad, oblong-ovate to oblong, rarely narrow ovate,

coriaceous, the upper surface well covered with very short

appressed irritant hairs, very dense with punctiform cystoliths, the

mid-rib with long and short irritant hairs, the lower surface dense

pubescent to woolly: base broadly shallowly cordate, appearing

subpeltate; apex acuminate, acumen ca. 2 cm. long: margin broadly

undulate, occasionally bluntly dentate; lateral veins ca. 13-17 pairs,

evenly spaced, arising almost vertically from mid-rib, then arching

out, very prominent, the basal pair not more promenent, reaching

to ca. + the length of the lamina; intercostals very numerous, close-

ly set. Petioles 5-20 cm. long, closely pubescent, with irritant hairs.

Stipules ca. 1 cm. long, appressed pubescent, rather foliaceous at

the margins, early caducous. Inflorescences branched racemes, up

to 25 cm. long, ca. 20 cm. broad, the females usually much nar-

rower and pendulent, solitary, rarely paired; peduncles pubescent,

well armed with irritant hairs; peduncular bracts triangular, to 1

cm. long, unpaired. Male flowers sessile, ca. 1 mm. long & broad,

densely pubescent, with few irritant hairs, 4-tepalled, stamens 4,

with very slightly reflexed filaments; pistillode ca. 0.5 mm. long,

0.3 mm. broad, obconical; interfloral bracts ca. 0.75 mm. long,

somewhat obovate, dense pubescent on the outside, 3 or 4 to each

flower. Female flowers sessile, flabellately arranged, perianth ca.

0.75 mm. long, ca. 0.5 mm. broad, 4-tepalled, the laterals much

broader than the medial ones, well armed with irritant hairs:

ovary ca. 0.6 mm. long, 0.4 mm. broad; stigma ligulate, ca. 2 mm.

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long; interfloral bracts 0.2 mm. long, often absent; the receptacle

usually curving at the sides, causing flowers to appear arranged

in more than one row. Achenes 2 mm. long and broad, sigmoid to

circular, somewhat flat, with lightly tuberculate pericarp, the lateral]

tepals narrow, at most half the length of the achene.

Having examined a large quantity of collections both from the

Philippines and Formosa, I find it impossible to maintain the

specific stati of the species diffusa, pterostigma and leytensis. They

are simply of one species whose leaf size varies quite considerably.

A paratype of Robinson’s L. densiflora (Merrill 998) has been

found to belong to this species. As the protologue of the former

species does not take Merrill’s collection into account, this transfer

does not involve any nomenclatural changes.

FORMOSA :—Takow: Henry 720 (A, K, NY & US).—South-west:

Swinhoe 37 (type of L. pterostigma: K)—Bankinsing: Faurie 606, Feb.

1914 (A).

PHILIPPINES:—Luzon Island: Benguet Prov.: Williams 1548, Nov.

1904 (A, K, NY & US). Laguna Prov.: Elmer 18235 (A, BO, F, K, MO,

NY & US). Tarlac Prov.: Curran 5149, Sept. 1906 (type of L. diffusa:

US). Sine loc.: Cuming 567 (type of L. gaudichaudiana: CGE & K).—

Mindoro Island: Baco River: Merrill 998, April 1903 (paratype of L.

densiflora: K & NY).—Leyte Island: Palo: Elmer 7351 (type of L.

leytensis: A, BO, E, FI & K).—Umingan: Pangasinan: Merrill Sp. Blco.

401, May 1914 (A, BO, F, K, L, MO, NY & US).

(b) forma subglabra (Hay.) Chew, comb. nov.—Laportea minda-

naensis Warb. in Perkins, Frag. Fl. Philip. 168 (1904).—L. batanen-

sis C.B. Rob. in op. cit. 481 (1911); Li in Pac. Sc. 7: 182 (1953).—

L. subglabra Hay. in J. Coll. Sc. Tokyo 30(1): 278 (1911).—L.

platyphylla Merr. in Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 11: 176 (1916).—L.

kotoensis Hay. ex Yamam. Suppl. Ic. Pl. Formos. 1: 2 (1925).—

L. pterostigma Wedd. forma subglabra (Hay.) Li, Woody FI.

Taiwan 135 (1963), basionym.—D. batanensis (Rob.), D. platy-

phylla (Rob.), D. subglabra (Hay.) Chew in op. cit. 202-206 (1965).

This form differs from the type in the lamina being subglabrous

to glabrous beneath.

In lamina size, this taxon is perhaps the most variable in the

genus. It ranges from about 8 to 45 cm. In vestiture, it varies from

absolute baldness to somewhat puberulous. All the species here

reduced have been very thoroughly investigated and have been

found to merge into each other so very imperceptibly that no

discontinuity can be detected between them.

H.-L. Li (1963) had this correctly reduced to a form of L. ptero-

stigma (which is in this work considered conspecific with D.

meyeniana). I accept his treatment.

FORMOSA :—Koshun Prov.: Kurasu: Wilson 11015, Nov. 1918 (US).

—Taito-cho: Kotosho: Tanaka 10406, March 1931 (UC).

PHILIPPINES:—Batan Islands: Fenix 3719, May-June 1907 (US).—

Catanduanes: Ramos & Edano 75581, July-Sept. 1928 (NY, SING &

UC).—Jolo Island: Ramos & Edano 44364, Sept. 1924 (A, NY & US).—

Luzon: Mt. Bulusan: Elmer 15608, Dec. 1915 (A, BO, C, FI, L, MO,

NY, S, U, UC, US & Z).—Mindanao: Taumu: Warburg 14702 (type of

L. mindanaensis: NY)—Mindoro: Mt. Yagaw: Conklin PNH. 17554,

May 1953 (A & PNH).—Polilo Island: Fox PNH. 8993, Nov. 1948 (A,

L & PNH).—Panay: Libaco: Martellino & Edano 35387 (K & US).—

Samar: Ramos 24406 (type of L. platyphylla: K).

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imm

‘Fig. 6: D. meyeniana f. meyeniana: A = twig; B = male flower; C =

female flower; D = achene.

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(6) Dendrocnide densiflora (C.B. Rob.) Chew in op. cit. 203 (1965).

—Laportea densiflora C.B. Rob. in Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 5: 479

(1911).—L. subpeltata C.B. Rob. in op. cit. 485 (1911).—D. sub-

peltata (C.B. Rob.) Chew in op. cit. 206 (1965).

This species is notable by its mid-rib on the underside of the

lamina and the petiole being covered with a dense row of long

irritant hairs and the female flowers flabellately borne in more

than one row.

Distribution: Philippines (endemic!).

Dioecious tree to 6 metres. Twigs closely brown pubescent, with

few irritant hairs; petiolar scars prominent. Lamina 20-35 cm.

long, 10-20 cm. broad, oblong rarely ovate, the upper surface

dense with punctiform cystoliths, with irritant hairs on mid-rib

and veins, the lower surface with irritant hairs on the midrib; base

usually broadly shallowly cordate, often appearing subpeltate; apex

acuminate, acumen to 0.5 cm. long; margin faintly dentate to

sinuate; lateral veins 13-15 pairs, arising almost vertically from

mid-rib, then arching strongly outwards, the basal pair not more

prominent, usually giving off two more faint pairs at the base:

intercostals numerous, closely set. Petioles to 15 cm. long, closely

pubescent, the lower side with a dense row of long irritant hairs.

Stipules to 2 cm. long, somewhat foliaceous at the margins, pube-

scent, early caducous. Inflorescences branched racemes, pendulent,

to 30 cm. long, axillary, often paired; peduncle dense with long

irritant hairs. Male flowers sessile, ca. 1.5 mm. long and broad,

puberulous, with few irritant hairs and punctiform cystoliths, 4-

tepalled; stamens 4, with slightly reflexed filaments; pistillode ca.

0.3 mm. long, obconical; interfloral bracts to 1 mm. long, some-

what triangular, ca. 2 to each flower. Female flowers sessile,

flabellately borne, often in more than one row, often appearing

congested; perianth ca. 0.5 mm. long, 0.3 mm. broad, 4-tepalled,

well armed with hyaline irritant hairs and elongated cystoliths;

tepals almost equal-sized; ovary ca. 0.5 mm. long and 0.3 mm.

broad, ovoid; stigma ligulate, ca. 1-2 mm. long, straight; interfloral

bracts minute. Achenes unknown.

Robinson kept densiflora and subpeltata apart on the grounds

that only in the former species, are the female flowers borne in

more than one row, a characteristic which I have now found also in

the latter species. Besides, this phenomenon is not always observ-

able in every individual receptacle.

This species is close to D. meyeniana particularly forma sub-

glabra from which it can easily be distinguished by the presence

of a dense row of rather long irritant hairs on the petioles and

mid-ribs.

Of the two collections cited by Robinson under this name, the

paratype Merrill 998 does not belong here: it is D. meyeniana

forma meyeniana.

MINDANAO :—Misami Prov.: Mt. Malindang: Mearns & Hutchinson

4586, May 1906 (type of L. subpeltata: NY & US).—Zamboanga Prov.:

San Ramon: Hallier 4714, Feb. 1904 (type of L. densiflora: L & NY).

NEGROS OR.:—Lake Balinsasayao: Britton PNH. 19599, Sept. 1953

(L & PNH).

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SAS Bs ay

Fig. 7: D. densiflora: leaf.

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(7) Dendrocnide rigidifolia (C.B. Rob.) Chew in op. cit. 205 (1965).

—Laportea rigidifolia C.B. Rob. in Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 5: 483

(1911).

Characteristics: Close to D. subclausa from which it can easily

be distinguished by the following: (a) lamina narrow elliptic,

glabrous on both surfaces, (b) flabellate receptacle of female

inflorescences not entirely curved over.

Distribution: Philippines (endemic! ).

Dioecious shrubby trees ca. 3 metres high. Twigs subglabrous,

very sparse with irritant hairs; petiolar scars very prominent.

Lamina (30-) 40-55 cm. long, 7-11 cm. broad, narrowly elliptic, .

rigid coriaceous, the upper side glabrous, very dense with puncti-

form cystoliths, the lower side sparse with very short irritant hairs,

otherwise also glabrous, the punctiform cystoliths only on veins;

base cuneate; apex very long drawn acute; margin smooth; lateral

veins ca. 10 pairs, distantly spaced, the basal pair quite prominent,

reaching to one-third the length of the lamina; intercostals nume-

rous, prominent, fairly distantly spaced. Petioles 6-13 cm. long

dense with punctiform cystoliths, here and there with few very

rigid irritant hairs, otherwise quite glabrous. Stipules to 3 cm. long, .

rather broad and somewhat foliaceous at the base, light puberu-

lous to glabrous. Inflorescences branched racemes, to 22 cm. long,

pendulent, axillary, solitary; peduncular bracts at the lower axils

to 1.5 cm. long; peduncle covered with rigid irritant hairs. Male

flowers shortly pedicellate, arranged loosely in pseudo-capitula of

ca. 8 flowers, ca. 1 mm. long and broad, well covered with irritant

hairs and punctiform cystoliths, 4-tepalled; stamens 4, slightly

reflexed at the apex; pistillode ca. 0.75 mm. long, 0.5 mm. broad,

obovoid: pedicels at most 0.5 mm. long; interfloral bracts 2-3 mm.

long, elliptic, arranged loosely around the pseudo-capitulum.

Female flowers sessile, flabellately arranged in one row; perianth

ca. | mm. long, ca. 0.75 mm. broad, 4-lobed, well covered with

irritant hairs and cystoliths, tepals equal-sized; ovary ca. 1 mm.

long, 0.5 mm. broad, ellipsoid: stigma ligulate, ca. 5 mm. long,

Straight; interfloral bracts minute; the flabellate receptacle not

strongly curved over, bearing very numerous long irritant hairs on

one side and long peduncular bracts on the other side. Achenes

obliquely orbicular, compressed, 5 mm. diam., minutely tuber-

culate.

I am not entirely satisfied with the status of this species. The

differences between this and D. subclausa, as pointed out by Robin-

son, are no doubt observable; but they are of such a nature that

they are perhaps manifestations of developmental stages of one

species. However, as this species is known only by the two collec-

tions cited here, a solution to this problem will have to await.

further investigation in the field.

LUZON ISLAND :—Benguet Prov.:—Sablang: Fenix 12748, Nov.-Dec.

1910 (BO, E, F, L, NY & US). Mt. Santo Tomas: Williams 991, June 1904.

(type of L. rigidifolia: US).

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Fig. 8: D. rigidifolia: A = twig; B = male flower; C = female flower.

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(8) Dendrocnide subclausa (C.B. Rob.) Chew in op. cit. 206 (1965).

—Laportea subclausa C.B. Rob. in Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 5: 486

(1911).—L. pendula Merr. in Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 13: 270 (1918).

Characteristics: (a) lamina rigid coriaceous, glabrous on the

upperside, pubescent on the lowerside, (b) male flowers shortly

pedicellate, in pseudo-umbels subtended by bracts to 1.5 mm. long,

pyriform, with a smooth pericarp, almost enclosed by the enlarged

receptacle densely covered with long irritant hairs.

Distribution: Philippines (endemic! ).

Dioecious shrubby trees to 3 m. Twigs glabrous to dense pube-

scent. sparsely covered with irritant hairs; petiolar scars prominent.

Lamina (20—) 25-35 (—53) cm. long, (7—) 9-15 (—23) cm. broad,

elliptic or ovate, coriaceous, the upper side glabrous, very dense

with punctiform cystoliths, the lower side pubescent to sericeous,

with punctiform cystoliths on the veins; irritant hairs mainly on

the lowerside; base round to cordate, rarely truncate; apex shortly..

bluntly acuminate; margin smooth; lateral veins (10—) 13-15 pairs,

widely spaced, the base usually 5—veined; intercostals prominent,

straight, numerous. Petioles (S—) 9-15 (—23) cm. long, dense with

punctiform cystoliths, subglabrous and sparse with irritant hairs.

Stipules 1-3 cm. long, scaphiform, often cordate at the base, mar-

gin rather foliaceous, light pubescent. Inflorescences branched

racemes, females up to 75 cm. long, pendulent, males much

shorter but broader, axillary, solitary, peduncular bracts at the

lower axils to 1.5 cm. long, peduncle dense with long rigid irritant

hairs. Male flowers shortly pedicellate, arranged in pseudo-capitula

of 8-10 flowers, ca. 1 mm. long and broad, well covered with long

irritant hairs and punctiform cystoliths, 4-tepalled; stamens 4,

slightly reflexed at the apex; pistillode ca. 0.75 mm. long, 0.5 mm.

broad. obovoid; pedicel ca. 0.5 mm. long; interfloral bracts to 2-3

mm. long, elliptic, encircling the pseudo-capitulum. Female flowers

sessile, flabellately arranged in one row: perianth ca. 0.75 mm.

long and broad, 4-tepalled; lightly covered with irritant hairs and

elongated cystoliths, tepals equal sized; ovary ca. 1 mm. long, 0.5

mm. broad, ellipsoid: stigma ligulate, 6-8 mm. long, quite straight;

interfloral bracts minute; the fleshy flabellate receptacle well curv-

ed, bearing irritant hairs only on the outside. Achenes to 4 mm.

long, 3 mm. broad, bloated ellipsoid to ovoid, with rather smooth

pericarp, on a very short stipe, almost totally enclosed by the

fleshy, greatly recurved receptacle up to 1 cm. in diameter.

This species has a very wide range of ecological tolerance. It

occurs along roadsides at 500 metres in altitude to mossy forests

well above 1,000 metres. The flabellate receptacle finds its greatest

development in this species. Reaching a size of 1 cm. in diameter,

it is so greatly curved over that it almost entirely encloses the

flowers and achenes, bearing on its outside numerous long irritant

hairs.

I find no significant difference between Merrill’s L. pendula and

this species the closest ally of which is perhaps D. rigidifolia.

W -—L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 29

Fig. 9: D. subclausa: A = leaf; B = female inflorescence; C = male

flowers.

30 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

CATANDUANES ISLAND :—sine loc.: Ramos 30229, Nov.-Dec. 1917

(type of L. pendula: K & US).

LUZON ISLAND :—Isabela Prov.: San Mariano: Clemens 16703, April

1926 (UC).—Laguna Prov.: Mt. Maquiling: Elmer 17972, July 1917 (A,

BO, C, F, FI, K, L, MO, NY, S, U, UC, US & Z); Bterill 6290, Feo.

1909 (type of L. pendula: K, NY & US).—Sorsogon Prov.: Mt. Bulusan:

Elmer 14974, Nov. 1915 (A, BM, C, F, K, L, S, US & Z).

MINDANAO ISLAND:—Agusan Prov.: Tungao: Anonuevo PNH.

13733, May 1950 (A, L & PNH).

PANAY ISLAND:—Capiz Prov.: Jamindan: Ramos & Edano 30876,

April-May 1918 (L).

(9) Dendrocnide venosa (Elm.) Chew in op. cit. 207 (1965).—

Laportea venosa Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3: 878 (1910).—L.

monticola Merr. in Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 10: 299 (1915).—L. tripli-

nervia Merr. in op. cit. 300 (1915).—L. conduplicata Elm. Leafi.

Philip. Bot. 9: 3237 (1934).

Characteristics: A species notable for its shortly petiolate leaves

with few veins; inflorescences shorter than the leaves; male flowers

4-tepalled, subsessile; female flowers borne flabellately in one row

with receptacles becoming very fleshy and greatly curved at

maturity.

Distribution: Philippines (endemic! ).

Dioecious trees less than 10 metres high. Twigs glabrous, with

punctiform cystoliths usually at the nodes, almost deviod of irritant

hairs; petiolar scars very prominent. Lamina (10—) 15-20 (-23)

cm. long, 5-8 cm. broad, elliptic to ovate, somewhat coriaceous,

‘the upper-side glabrous, dense with punctiform cystoliths, the lower

side well covered with very short appressed irritant hairs and

‘elongated cystoliths; base broadly cuneate; apex acuminate, acumen

ca. 0.5 cm. long; margin slightly undulate; lateral veins 6-8 pairs,

‘the basal pair not more prominent, reaching to one-third the length

‘of the lamina; intercostals numberous somewhat anastomosing.

Petioles 3-5 cm. long, glabrous, well covered with punctiform

cystoliths, almost devoid of irritant hairs. Stipules 0.5 cm. long,

sdense pubescent, very early caducous. Inflorescences unisexual,

branched racemes, up to 10 cm. long and broad, axillary, paired;

peduncle thin, sparse with appressed irritant hairs, otherwise quite

glabrous. Male flowers subsessile to sessile, ca. 1.5 mm. long and

broad, subglabrous, with few appressed irritant hairs, 4-tepalled;

stamens 4, with slightly reflexed filaments; pistillode ca. 0.5 mm.

long, obpyramidal; interfloral bracts minute. Female flowers shortly

pedicellate, somewhat flabellately arranged in one row, few in each

group; perianth ca. 0.8 mm. long, 0.4 mm. broad, 4-tepalled, lightly

covered with very short irritant hairs, the laterals broad ovate,

greatly concave, the medials narrow ovate; ovary ca. 1 mm. long

and broad; stigma ligulate, ca. 5 mm. long; interfloral bracts very

-small; the lower portion of the pedicels fused to form an irregular-

ly shaped somewhat flabellate receptacle. Achenes ca. 3 mm. long

and broad, almost round, flat, with warty pericarp, only the base

-covered by the tepals, greatly reflexed; pedicels fleshy, the lower

fused portion (somewhat flabellate receptacle) becoming fleshy

cand greatly curved.

W.—L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide

achene.

= female flower; C =

ponies

twig; B

Fig. 10: D. venosa: A

32 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

I have examined the type materials of the four names enumerat-

ed above and have found no difference of any significance between

them. They are referable to one species sufficiently characterised

by the greatly enlarged and fleshy receptacles which are not quite

flabellately shaped. In this attribute, this species approaches D.

urentissima of China and Tonkin from which it differs in numerous

other characteristics such as the number of tepals in the male

flowers, the shape, size and vestiture of the lamina. In vegetative

characteristics, this species can perhaps be mistaken for D. stimu-

lans, but a closer look will tell them apart.

LUZON :—Ifugao Prov.: Mt. Polis: McGregor 19765, Feb. 1913 (type

of L. monticola: US); Sandkuhl 298, Jan. 1915 (A).—Tayabas Prov.:

Mt. Pulor: Ramos 19462, Jan. 1913 (type of L. triplinervia: L & US).—

Sorsogon Prov.: Mt. Bulusan: Elmer 17152, Sept. 1916 (type of L.

conduplicata: A, BO, C, F, FI, K,L, MO, NY, S, U, UC, US & Z).

MINDANAO :—Davao Prov.: Mt. Apo: Elmer 11948, Oct. 1909 (type

of L. venosa: A, BO, E,:F, FI, K, L, US, WRSL & Z).

NEGROS ORIENTAL:—Lake Balinsasayao: Britton PNH. 19604, Sept.

1953 (L & PNH).

(10) Dendrocnide urentissima (Gagn.) Chew in op. cit. 207 (1965).

—JLaportea urentissima Gagn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 75: 3 (1928)

et in Lecomte, Fl. Gen. Indo-China 5: 856 (1929); Wu in Acta

Phytotax. Sinica, 6 (3): 276 (1957).—L. chingiana Hand.-Mazz.

in Sinensia 2 (1): 1 (1931).—Dendrocnide chingiana (Hand.-

Mazz.) Chew in op. cit. 202 (1965).

Characteristics: (a) lamina usually broadly ovate, as long as

broad, cordate base, upper surface with short dense irritant hairs,

lower surface dense velutinous, (b) lateral veins 8 pairs, (c) inflore-

scences long, pendulent; peduncles dense pubescent and with dense

irritant hairs, (d) female flowers subsessile due to partial fusion of

pedicels to form flabellum that becomes fleshy at fruit, (e) male

flowers sessile, 5-tepalled, dense pubescent with irritant hairs, (f)

achenes round to sigmoid, warted, slightly bloated, with perianth

as a cupule at the base.

Distribution: China & Vietnam.

Dioecious trees to ca. 4 metres high. Twigs dense pubescent, or

lightly so, with irritant hairs; petiolar scars very prominent.

Lamina (14-) 16-22 (—27) cm. long, (14—) 16-22 cm. broad, broadly

ovate, coriaceous, upper surface dense with short irritant hairs,

lower surface dense velutionous, both sides with punctiform cysto-

liths; base usually strongly cordate; apex acuminate, acumen to

about 1 cm. long; margin very slightly and faintly toothed: lateral

veins ca. 8 pairs, the basal pair usually slightly more prominent:

intercostals straight, numerous. Petioles (8—) 10-15 (—20) cm. long,

dense pubescent; irritant hairs short, fairly numerous. Stipules to

1 cm. long, pubescent, caducous. Inflorescences unisexual, branched

racemes, 20-30 cm. long, ca. 10 cm. broad, pendulent, axillary.

solitary or paired; peduncle dense pubescent, irritant hairs long

and numerous. Male flowers sessile to subsessile, ca. 2 mm. long

and broad, 5-tepalled: perianth fairly dense pubescent, with few

W —-L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide dd

Fig. 11: D. urentissima: A = leaf; B = female inflorescence; C = female

flower; D = male flower.

34 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

irritant hairs at the apex: tepals ovate; stamens 5, with slightly

reflexed filaments: pistillode half the length of tepals; interfloral

bracts minute, irregular in number. Female flowers subsessile,

somewhat flabellately arranged, 3-5 in each group, perianth ca. 1

mm. long and broad, 4-lobed, pubescent and well armed with

irritant hairs; tepals 4, one large, ca. 1 mm. broad, 2 medium, ca.

0.5 mm. broad and 1 small, ca. 0.3 mm. broad; ovary 1 mm. long

and 0.5 mm. broad; stigma ligulate, to 3 mm. long, generally

curled; interfloral bracts ca. 0.3 mm. long and broad, ca. 2 to each

flower: free parts of pedicels to 0.3 mm. long, glabrous. Achenes

to 3.5 mm. long and broad, round to somewhat sigmoid, fairly

thick; pericarp warty; perianth as a minute cupule at the base;

stigma greatly reflexed; achene reflexed over the slightly fleshy

flabellum.

It occurs as riverine, trees in lower montane forests of South-

east Continental Asia about 500 metres in altitude. It has been

collected from limestones.

I agree with Wu (1957) that L. chingiana is similar to this species.

Being closely related to D. basirotunda, also of Continental

Asia, this species links section Dendrocnide to Sarcopus. The

partial fusion of the female pedicels into tiny flabella which become

slightly fleshy at maturity puts this species actually right in

between these two sections. I place this in the former section

because, it seems to me, the flabella are slightly more noticeable

than is the succulence of them.

CHINA:—Yunnan: Jenn-yeh Hsien: Wang 80006, Oct. 1936 (A).—

Kwangsi: Sin-shu: Ching 7329, Sept. 1928 (type of L. chingiana: A).

Vietnam:—Tonkin: Dong-dang: Balansa 585 (type of L. urentissima:

K & P). Van Linh: Petelot 6689, Dec. 1940 (US).—Annam: Phanrang

Prov.: Canna: Poilane 8930, Nov. 1923 (A & P) & 12505, Oct. 1925 (A).

(11) Dendrocnide basirotunda (Wu) Chew, comb. nov. —

Laportea basirotunda Wu in Acta Phyiotax. Sinica, 6 (3):

276 (1957), basionym.

Characteristics: Close to D. urentissima from which it differs

in: (a) lamina ovate, slightly longer than broad, both surfaces

almost glabrous except for some irritant hairs on veins, (b)

inflorescence as long as broad, not pendulent, (c) peduncles light

puberulous, with long stiff irritant hairs, (d) male flowers sub-

glabrous, (e) female flowers fasciculate, pedicels elongating and

swollen pedicel.

Distribution: China, Burma and Thailand.

Dioecious trees to 15 metres high. Twigs glabrous, almost

devoid of irritant hairs; petiolar scars very prominent. Lamina

(12-) 16-20 (—24) cm. long, (9—-) 12-14 (-17) cm. broad, ovate,

coriaceous, both surfaces almost glabrous except for some irritant

hairs on veins; cystoliths punctiform; base rounded, sometimes

slightly cordate; apex shortly, bluntly acuminate, acumen to

1 cm. long; margin slightly and irregularly sinuate, otherwise

quite entire; lateral veins 8-9 pairs, the basal pair not more

W —L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide

Fig. 12: D. basirotunda.

36 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

prominent; intercostals straight, numerous. Petioles (4-) 8-10

(-13) cm. long, puberulous; irritant hairs short, not numerous.

Stipules to 1 cm. long, velutinous, caducous. Inflorescences

unisexual, branched racemes, up to 15 cm. long and broad, not

pendulent, axillary, solitary or paired; peduncle light puberulous

to glabrous but with plenty of long, stiff irritant hairs. Male

flowers sessile, ca, 1.5 mm. long and broad; perianth subglabrous,

with few irritant hairs and punctiform cystoliths at the apex,

S-tepalled; stamens 5, filaments reflexed slightly at the apex;

pistillode half length of tepals; interfloral bracts ca. 0.3 mm.

long, triangular, 3 or 4 each flower.Female flowers very shortly

pedicellate, about 3 flowers in each fascicle; perianth ca. 1 mm.

long and slightly less broad, 4-lobed, light pubescent, well armed

with short irritant hairs; tepals 4, 3 ca. 1 mm. long, | ca. 0.5 mm.

long, all rather narrow; ovary ca. 1 mm. long, half as broad;

stigma ligulate, ca. 2-3 mm. long, rather straight; interfloral bracts.

minute. Achenes to ca. 3.5 mm. long, ca. 2.5 mm. broad,

asymmetrically ovoid, sigmoid to almost round, fairly thick;

pericarp warty; perianth as a minute cupule at the base; stigma

greatly reflexed; achene reflexed over the greatly elongated and

swoolen pedicel.

This species occurs as shade trees in dense primary forests

near streams above 500 metres in altitude. It is said to be

commonest at about the 1000-metre contour.

- Wu cited four collections of C. W. Wang as types for this

species, viz. Wang 78665, 79201, 79935 and 26. I have selected

a duplicate of Wang 79935 deposited at the Arnold Arboretum

as the lectotype.

CHINA:—Yunnan Prov.: Jenn-yeh Hsien: Wang 79935, Oct. 1936

(lectotype in A). Che-li Hsien: Wang 78665 & 79201, Sept.-Oct. 1936 (A)-

BURMA:—Shan State: Keng Tung: Rock 2040, Jan. 1922 (A, UC &

US).

THAILAND :—Klang-dong: Larsen 9420, Jan. 1962 (SING)—Phu

Krading: Dee 452, Oct. 1951 (BKF).

(12) Dendrocnide sinuata (BI.) Chew in op. cit. 206 (1965). —

Urtica ardens Bl. Bijdr. 504 (1825), non Link (1822). —

U. sinuata Bl. Bijdr. 505 (1825). — U. crenulata Roxb. FI.

Ind. 3: 591 (1832), non Sev. (1785). — U. pulus Steud. Nom.

Bot. ed. 2. 2: 735 (1841). — U. obnoxia Hassk. Cat. Hort.

Bog. Alt. 305 (1844). — Laportea crenulata Wedd. in Arch.

Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 133 (1856) et in DC. Prodr. 16 (1):

85 (1869). — L. sinuata (Bl.) Mig. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.

Bat. 4: 301 (1869). — Urticastrum sinuatum (Bl.) O.K. op. cit.

(1891). — L. ardens J. J. Smith in Meded. Dept. Landb. 10:

684 (1910). — L. pustulosa Ridl. in J. As. Soc. Str. Br. 82:

194 (1920). — L. integrifolia Wu in Acta Phytotax. Sinica,

6 (3): 277 (1957). — D. pulus (Steud.) Chew in op. cit. 205

(1965).

Characteristics: (a) lamina elliptic, oblong to rhombic, glabrous

except for the rather long, slightly appressed irritant hairs, (b)

margin of lamina sinuate to dentate, rarely smooth, (c) flowers

W -L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 37

35cm \

Fig. 13: D. sinuata: leaf-form (typical).

Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

Fig. 14: D. sinuata: fruiting twig; leaf-form atypical.

W .—-L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 39

pedicellate, the male 4-tepalled, (d) achenes 3-5 mm. long, bloated,

warty, pyriform, on non-fleshy pedicels, the base slightly covered

by the persistent perianth.

Distribution: India, Ceylon, China through South-east Asia to

Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Bali.

Trees ca. 10 metres high. Twigs glabrous, with irritant hairs

pointing downwards. Lamina (15—) 20-65 cm. long, 7-35 cm.

broad, elliptic to rhombic, rarely ovate or obovate, juvenile ones

often cordate, coriaceous, usually glabrous; irritant hairs sparse

on the adaxial surface, more on the veins of the other surface:

cystoliths punctiform; base cuneate, truncate to profoundly

cordate; apex long to short acuminate; margin sinuate to dentate:

lateral veins 10-15 pairs, the basal pair slightly more prominent.

Petioles (3—) 6-20 (-30) cm. long, with punctiform cystoliths, .

sparsely to densely covered with downward pointing irritant hairs.

Stipules ca. 2 cm. long, chartaceous, caducous. /nflorescences

unisexual, branched racemes with flowers in loose fascicles, males

5—15 cm. long, females 10-30 cm. long, axillary, solitary, rarely

paired; peduncle often dense with long irritant hairs, with minute

peduncular bracts. Male flowers pedicellate, 2-3 cm. long, 1-2 mm.

broad, lightly covered with irritant hairs, 4-tepalled; stamens 4,

on reflexed filaments; pistillode small. Female flowers very shortly

pedicellate; perianth 1-1.5 mm. long, 0.5 mm. broad, sparsely

covered with irritant hairs, 4-lobed; ovary ca. 1.5 mm. long;

stigma ligulate, ca. 2-5 mm. long; pedicels well armed with

irritant hairs. Achenes 3-5 mm. long, 2.5-4.5 mm._ broad,

asymmetrically pyriform, bloated, with warty pericarp, the base

slightly covered by the small perianth, rarely reflexed; pedicels

elongating greatly at fruit.

My concept of this species departs markedly from that of

J. J. Smith. I stretch it to include L. ardens which I consider

to be a juvenile stage of this species as observed in the field

by Koorders. I d onot agree that this is perhaps similar to either

Gaudichaud’s latifolia from the Pacific or Poiret’s gigantea, a

doubtful species of uncertain origin, although, I concede, it is.

closely related to the former.

The type material of L. pustulosa and L. integrifolia have

been examined and found to be minor variants of this very

variable species which is known throughout west Malesia as

the “‘pulus” or “‘pulutus’’.

INDIA:—Assam: Barnard MR. 33, Jan. 1936 (BM).—Bengal: Cowan

s.n., Nov. 1923 (E). Cult. Calcutta: Wall. Cat. 461] (BR, CGE, K & M).—

Sikkim: Clarke 36225C, Oct. 1884 (G).

CEYLON :—Nugatenne Gap: Alston 259 (C, K, MEL & UC).—sine

loc.: Thwaites 2200 (CGE, G, K & P).

BURMA:—Kachin Hills: Myitkyina: Lace 5553, Nov. 1911 (E & K).

CHINA:—yYunnan: Luh shuen-hsien: Wang 8/058, Nov. 1936 (type

of L. integrifolia: A)—Hainan: Lokwi: Lau 28363, Dec. 1936 (A). Ma

On Shan: McClure 7747, Oct. 1921 (K, MO & P).

VIETNAM:—Mt. Dinh: Pierre 4708, Dec. 1866 (A, BO, NY & P).—

Thua-Thien: Eberhardt 1260 (P).—Tonkin: Bon 90 (P).

THAILAND:—Doi Puka: Kerr 4906, Feb. 1921 (BM).—Patani:

Gwynne-Vaughan 373 (CGE).

40 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

MALAY PENINSULA:—Perak: Allen 4879, Jan. 1963 (A, C, CGE,

G, K, L, NY & SING); Father Scortechini 1817 (type of L. pustulosa: K).

SUMATRA:—Tapanoeli: Rahmat si Toroes 5309, Aug. 1933 (A, NY &

US).—Sibolangit: Nur 7408, Aug. 1921 (BO, K, NY & SING).

ance ISLAND:—Flying Fish Cove: Ridley 158, Oct. 1901

(SING).

JAVA:—West: G. Tjermai: Backer 4820 (BO).—Semarang: Koorders

38849, Nov. 1900 (BO & L).—-sine loc.: unknown s.n., L. herb. 908—188-

3235 (type ? of U. sinuata: L); unknown s.n., L. herb. 908-188-3275 (type

? of U. ardens: L). :

BALI:—G. Kelatakan: Sarip 133 (BO & L).

(13) Dendrocnide luzonensis (Wedd.) Chew in op. cit. 203 (1965).

Characteristics: Close to D. sinuata from which it differs in:

(a) lamina smooth, entirely glabrous, narrowly elliptic to

oblanceolate, (5) flowers pedicellate, in fascicles, (c) irritant hairs

present only on flowers, (d) achenes ca.4 mm. long, warted bloated,

reflexed, (e) female pedicels curved, somewhat swollen progressively

towards the apex.

Distribution: Philippines (endemic! ).

(a) var. luzonensis — Laportea crenulata (Roxb.) Wedd. var.

luzonensis Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 133 (1856).

— L. luzonensis (Wedd.) Warb. in Perk. Fragm. FI. Philip-

168 (1905). — L. agusanensis Elm. Leafi. Philip. Bot. 8: 2860

(1915). — L. latilanceolata Elm. op. cit. 9: 3238 (1934).

Dieoecious trees. Twigs finely puberulous, without irritant hairs;

petiolar scars prominent. Lamina (9-) 15-20 (—25) cm. long,

(3—) 5—8 (-12) cm. broad, narrowly elliptic, elliptic to oblanceolate,

coriaceous, entirely glabrous, without irritant hairs, cystoliths of

adaxial surface punctiform, those of abaxial surface punctiform

and linear; base broad cuneate to rounded; apex acuminate,

acumen to 2 cm. long; margin smooth, rarely undulate; lateral

veins 8-10 pairs, usually chocolate coloured when dry, the basal

pairs only slightly less prominent; intercostals slightly anastomosing,

faint on the adaxial side. Petioles (2—) 3-5 (—10) cm. long,

without cystoliths, light puberulous. Stipules up to 1 cm. long,

coriaceous, caducous, puberulous. J/nflorescences unisexual,

branched racemes, up to 10 cm. long, slightly less broad, axillary,

solitary; peduncular bracts minute, ca. 0.5 mm. long; peduncle

glabrous, with punctiform cystoliths; irritant hairs absent. Male

flowers pedicellate, ca. 1.5 mm.long and broad; perianth glabrous

except for ca. 10 irritant hairs at apex, 4-tepalled; stamens 4,

with slightly reflexed filaments; pistillode thin; interfloral bracts

ca. 2 to each flower, small scaphiform; pedicels often greatly

elongated at anthesis. Female flowers pedicellate, 3-5 flowers

at each fascicle; perianth less than 1 mm. long, 4-lobed, with

punctiform cystoliths and long, broad irritant hairs; tepals 4,

2 large, 1 small and 1 minute; ovary ca. 1 mm. long; stigma

ligulate, up to 2 mm. long, slightly flattened at the broad base

of style, generally curled; interfloral bracts small, irregular in

number; pedicel ca. 1 mm. long, dilated at apex at maturity.

W -L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide

JURAIM! DEL.

Fig. 15: D. luzonensis var. luzonensis: A = twig; B = male inflorescence,

achene

achene; E

female inflorescence, part; D

in cross-section.

part: ©

42 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

Achenes up to 4 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, asymmetrically ovoid

pyriform, with warted pericarp, rather bloated, with persistent

perianth as a cupule at the base; persistent stigma reflexed over

side of achene; achene reflexed over fleshy pedicel.

An endemic of the Philippines Islands, it occurs in forested

valleys, usually near streams below 2,000 metres in altitude.

Vernacular names: Bungabung, Lipa, Lupa, Sagai and Sagay

de Bungabung.

Having examined the type collections, I conclude that Elmer’s

agusanensis and latilanceolata are both conspecific with Weddell’s

luzonensis.

LUZON ISLAND:—Balaan Prov.: Mt. Mariveles: R. Meyer 2631,

Feb. 1905 (BO, K, NY, SING & US).—Sorsogon Prov.: Mt. Bulusan:

Elmer 15206, Nov. 1915 (type of L. latilanceolata: A, BO, C, F, FI, K,

L, MO, Ss... UC. “Os"e Z).

MINDANAO ISLAND:—Agusan Prov.: Mt. Urdaneta: Elmer 14019,

Oct. 1912 (type of L. agusanensis: BO, E, F, L, MO & US).

SINE LOC.:—Cuming 522 (type of L. crenulata var. luzonensis: C

CGE, G, G-DC, K, L, M, MEL, MO & UPS).

(b) var. anacardioides (C. B. Rob.) Chew, stat. nov. — Laportea

anacardioides C. B. Rob. in Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 5: 478 (1911),

basionym. — D. anacardioides (C. B. Rob.) Chew in op. cit.

202 (1965).

This variety distinguishes itself from the type variety by the

lamina being sharply cuneate at the base and the basal pair of

lateral veins very short.

LUZON ISLAND:—Rizal Prov.: San Andales: Edano PNH. 48786,

Dec. 1926 (A,LB--NY %& UC).

MINDANAO ISLAND:—Davao Prov.: Santa Cruz: Williams 2766,

May 1905 (type of L. anacardioides: US).

(14) Dendrocnide peltata (Bl.) Mig. Jungh. 1: 30 (1851); Chew

in op. cit. 205 (1965).

Characteristics: (a) lamina peltate, ovate, densely villose to

glabrous on the lowerside, (b) female flowers pedicellate, in

fascicles, (c) matured achenes flat, smooth, with the small persistent

perianth as a cupule at the base.

Distribution: Christmas Island, Java, Bali and New Guinea.

(a) var. peltata. — Urtica peltata Bl. Bijdr. 496 (1825). —

Laportea laxiflora Wedd. & vriesiana Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16 (1):

81 (1869). — Urticastrum peltatum (Bl.) O.K., laxiflorum (Wedd.)

O.K. & vriesianum (Wedd.) O.K. Rev. Gen. Pl. 2; 635 (1891).

— Laportea peltata auct. non Decne.: Wedd. in Arch. Mus.

Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 126 (1856); Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 (2):

230 (1859); Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16 (1): 80 (1869); Mig. Ann.

Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 4: 302. tab. 10. fig. 1 (1869); J. J. Smith

in K. & V. Bijdr. 12: 678 (1910); Backer & Bakh. v./d. Brink,

Pl Java' 2: 38 (1965).

Distribution: Java, Bali and New Guinea.

Dioecious trees to 30 metres. Twigs puberulous, pubescent to

tomentose, with minute irritant hairs. Lamina (13—) 16-25 (—30)

cm. long, 8-) 12-16 (-20) cm. broad, generally broad ovate to

W —L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 43

Ro, DAS

(NYE!

QO al

(> on

che i AB

BQ Le Vee 2,

VA,

Fig. 16: D. peltata var. peltata: A = twig; B = female flower; C = achene.

44 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

subrotundate, coriaceous, the upper surface almost glabrous, with

few dispersed irritant hairs, rarely pubescent, the lower surface

dense pubescent to villous, irritant hairs profuse; base distinctly

peltate; apex very shortly acuminate, acumen to 0.5 cm. long:

margin denticulate, becoming smooth at the base; lateral veins 7-10

pairs above the prominently tri-nerved base, rather prominent;

intercostals numerous, straight, fairly prominent. Petioles (3-)

8-12 (—15) cm. long, cystoliths not visible, tomentose, very rarely

glabrous, irritant hairs very sparse. Stipules 1-2 cm. long.

coriaceous with chartaceous undulate margins, pubescent on the

outside. Inflorescences unisexual, branched racemose, flowers in

few-flowered fascicles, (8—) 10-18 (—20) cm. long, (4) 8-10 (-15

cm. broad, axillary and behind the leaves, solitary, rarely paired:

peduncular bracts small to minute; peduncles pubescent, rarely

brown tomentose, with fairly long, rigid irritant hairs. Male

flowers pedicellate, ca. 1.5 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, pubescent,

with few irritant hairs at the apex, 4-tepalled; stamens 4, with

reflexed filaments; pistillode small; interfloral bracts to 0.25 mm.

long, narrow ovate, ca. 4 to each flower; pedicel to 1 mm. long

at anthesis, light puberulous. Female flowers pedicellate; 5—7

flowers in each fascicle; perianth with 4 decussate-imbricate very

narrow tepals, the two laterals ca. 0.75 mm. long, the third slightly

shorter and the fourth ca. 0.25 mm. long, very light puberulous,

with few irritant hairs; ovary ca. 1 mm. long, ca. 0.5 mm. broad;

stigma ligulate, ca. 1 mm. long; interfloral bracts ca. 0.25 mm.

long, narrow ovate, ca. 4 to each flower; pedicel to 1 mm. long,

almost glabrous. Achenes ca. 2 mm. long & broad, almost

round, flattened, smooth, persistent perianth forming a minute

cupule at the base, reflexed; pedicel not longer than 2 mm. at fruit.

This variety occurs from sea-level to about 1,300 metres, and

seems particularly common at about the 500-metre contour. In

New Guinea, it is found in both primary and secondary forests.

Carr recorded the use of the bark of this variety for loin cloths

by the Papuans! | |

Vernacular names: Boeroenjah, Lateng-lade; Galamo.

I have examined the type collections of this variety as well as

those of Weddell’s species cited above, and have found that

J. J. Smith was quite right in reducing the latter species.

This variety has hitherto been regarded by most botanists to

be the same as the Timor species Laportea peltata Gaud. ex

Decne. Having examined the holotype of Gaudichaud’s species

in the Paris herbarium, I conclude that while Blume’s species

shares with Gaudichaud’s the common characteristics of the

peltate hairy lamina, the two differ from each other quite clearly

in the achene. In the former species, the achenes are very flat

and smooth, while in the latter, the achenes are rather bloated

and warty. Besides, in Blume’s species, the fruiting pedicels are

not swollen as is the case in Gaudichaud’s Timor plant. Actually,

Gaudichaud’s plant is conspecific with D. moroides, an Australian

species.

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JAVA:—West: Bandoeng: van Steenis 1686 (BO).—Central: Semarang:

Koorders 28026, June 1897 (BO & L).—East: Besoeki: Koorders 22426

(A, BO & L).—-sine loc.: unknown coll. 1345 (type of U. peltata: L); de

Vriese 6 (type of L. vriesiana: L & P); Zollinger 3136 (holotype of L.

laxiflora: G-DC).

BALI:—Gunong Kelatakan: Sarip 108, July 1918 (BO, L & VU).

NEW GUINEA:—West: Habbema Lake: Brass & _ Versteegh

10485, Oct. 1938 (A & BO). Nabire: Patema: Kanehira & Hatusima

11908, Nov. 1940 (A & BO). Vogelkop Peninsula: Kebor Valley: Koster

BW. 7097, 7138 & 7177, Oct. 1958 (L & LAE).—East: Morobe Distr.:

Bulolo: Hartley 10900, Nov. 1922 (L); Havel & Kairo NGF. 17150 (BRI,

L, LAE, NSW & SING).

PAPUA :—Kanosia: Carr 11127, Feb. 1935 (A, BM & L.)—Veiya: Carr

11723, March 1935 (A & BM).

(6) var. murrayana (Rendle) Chew, stat. nov. — Laportea

murrayana Rendle in Andrews, Monog. Christ. Isl. 189 (1900),

basionym. — Dendrocnide peltata subsp. murrayana (Rendle)

‘Chew in op. cit. 205 (1965).

Distribution: Christmas Island.

This variety differs from the type variety in the lamina which

though distinctly peltate is subglabrous to glabrous.

I have examined the holotype of. this taxon and am quite

Satisfied that this is a variant of D. peltata.

CHRISTMAS ISLAND:—Flying Fish Cove: Andrews 147, Feb. 1898

(type in BM & K).—Smith Point: Ridley 157, Oct. 1904 (K & SING).

(15) Dendrocnide carriana Chew, spec. nov.

Characteres: D. peltatae affinis, sed a qua laminis haud peltatis

subtus glabris vel pubescentibus haud villosis differt.

Distribution: Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands, Molucas and

New Guinea.

Dioecious trees to 27 metres high. Twigs light pubescent, soon

glabrous, without irritant hairs. Lamina (8-) 10-15 (-17) cm. long,

(6—-) 8-10 (-14) cm. broad, elliptic, oblong to pentagonai-ovate,

coriaceous, with mounted irritant hairs mainly on mid-rib and

Jateral veins, rest of lamina glabrous, rarely pubescent; base

cuneate to cordate; apex acuminate, acumen to | cm. long;

margin minutely, irregularly dentate to crenate; lateral veins

8-11 pairs, prominent, the basal pair more prominent, arising

slightly above the base, reaching to half the length of the lamina,

the base with 2 or 3 more pairs of very short veins arising from

the same point. Petioles (5—) 8-12 (—14) cm. long, covered with

numerous very short appressed irritant hairs and a few long

mounted ones. Stipules less than 1 cm. long, entirely glabrous,

caducous. Inflorescences to 9 cm. long, 7.cm. broad, axillary,

solitary; peduncles pubescent, with few mounted irritant hairs,

with minute peduncular bracts. Male flowers pedicellate; perianth

ca. | mm. long, 0.8 mm. broad, pubescent, often densely, 4-tepalled:

stamens 4, with reflexed filaments; pistillode ca. 0.6 mm. long,

obconical; interfloral bracts minute; pedicel to ca. 1 mm. long,

not fleshy. Female flowers pedicellate, ca. 7 flowers in each

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Fig. 17: D. carriana: A = twig; B = male flower; C = female flower;

D = bisexual flower; E = achene.

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fascicle; perianth ca. 0.8 mm. long, 0.4 mm. broad, 4-tepalled,

lightly covered with irritant hairs, the lateral tepals narrow,

twice as long as the. medial ones; ovary ca. 0.6 mm. long,

ca. 0.4 mm. broad; stigma ligulate, ca. 1.3 mm. long, curved;

interfloral bracts minute; pedicel ca. 0.5 mm. long. Achenes

2 mm. long, 1.5 mm. broad, ovoid, flat, with smooth pericarp,

shortly stipitate, sometimes surrounded by 2-3 stamens with

long filaments; perianth about as long as achene; pedicel to

2 mm. long, not fleshy.

Amongst the characteristics that distinguish this species, the

most interesting is the occasional development of stamens in the

female flowers! This phenomenon, which has no parallel in the

genus, seems to occur only after fertilization, especially when

the achene is almost matured.

Like D. peltata, with which it is closely related, this species

also has a very puzzling disjunct distribution. I have examined

the collections very carefully and am convinced that they are

conspecific despite their odd distribution.

PHILIPPINES:—Mindoro: Mt. Yagaw: Conklin PNH. 18933, Sept.

1953 (A, L & PNH).

LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS:—Bali: Mt. Batukau: Kostermans & al.

KKSS. 129, June 1958 (A, BO, L & SING).—Lombok: Sembami: Rensch

313 (BO)—Timor: Nasimetan: Neth. Ind. F. Service bb. 27110, March

1939 (SING).

MOLUCCAS:—Ternate: Batjan: de Haan 139, Sept. 1937 (L).

NEW GUINEA (NORTH-EAST) :—Morobe Distr.: Sambanga: Clemens

7153, Sept. 1937 (A & B). Mt. Shungol: Hartley 12475, Dec. 1963 (L).

NEW GUINEA (PAPUA):—Northern Distr.: Alola: Carr 13644, Dec.

1935 (holotype in K; istoypes in A, L & SING). Isuarava: Carr 15573 &

15775, Feb. 1936 (A, BM, C, K, L, NY & SING). Lala River: Carr

13969, Dec. 1935 (A, BM, C, K, L & SING).—Milne Bay Distr.: Mt.

Dayman: Brass 22881, June 1953 (A, L & LAE).

(16) Dendrocnide ternatensis (Mig.) Chew in op. cit. 207 (1965).

— Laportea ternatensis Mig. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 4:

302 (1869). — L. glabra Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9: 150

(1916). — L. mammosisetosa Winkl. in Bot. Jahrb. 57: 507

(1922). — L. crenulata Wedd. var. nitida Wink]. in op. cit.

506 (1922). — D. nitida (Winkl.) Chew, op. cit. 204 (1965).

Characteristics: (a) plant glabrous except for the long irritant

hairs often with papillate bases, (b) lamina oblong to broad

ovate, often very light puberulous on the mid-rib, otherwise quite

glabrous; margin distantly coarsely serrate at the apical half,

often sinuate, (c) male flowers sessile, 4-tepalled, very light pube-

rulous, with short irritant hairs, (d) female flowers long pedi-

cellate; perianth lightly 4-toothed, dense with irritant hairs and

punctiform cystoliths; pedicel curved, dilated progressively

towards apex, bearing irritant hairs on the dorsal spine, (e)

achenes bloated, with the loose, lightly 4-toothed perianth at the

base.

Distribution: Moluccas, Tanimbar Islands and New Guinea.

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Fig. 18: D. ternatensis: A = twig; B = female flower; C = achene.

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Fig. 19: D. ternatensis: 2 leaf-forms.

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Dioecious trees to ca. 10 metres high. Twigs glabrous, without

irritant hairs, usually heavily covered by punctiform cystoliths,

especially at the nodes. Lamina (18—) 20-30 (-42) cm. long, (7-)

10-20 (—32) cm. broad, broadly ovate or oblong, very coriaceous,

glabrous, occasionally light puberulous on the mid-rib, without

irritant hairs; base shallowly cordate to truncate; apex acuminate,

acumen to 2 cm. long; margin sinuate to coarsely and irregularly

serrate at the apex half, the teeth usually becoming longer toward

the aptex; lateral veins (9—) 12-16 pairs, closely set, the basal

pair usually further away from the other veins; intercostals very

numerous, not very straight. Petioles (4—) 8-15 cm. long, glabrous,

densely covered with punctiform cystoliths, irritant hairs absent.

Stipules 2-3 cm. long, puberulous, almost devoid of irritant hairs.

Inflorescences unisexual, narrowly to very broadly branched

racemes, 5—6 flowers in each fascicle, solitary or paired, up to

15 cm. long, 12 cm. broad; peduncular bracts to 1 mm. long,

0.5 mm. broad, elliptic; peduncles puberulous to subglabrous,

well armed with short irritant hairs. Male flowers sessile, 1.5

mm. long, 1.25 mm. broad, well covered with short irritant hairs

and punctiform cystoliths, 4-tepalled; stamens 4, with slightly

reflexed filaments; pistillode ca. 0.75 mm. long, obconical to

obpyramidal; interfloral bracts ca. 0.3 mm. long, narrow elliptic,

1 to each flower; flower at most subsessile at anthesis. Female

flowers pedicellate; perianth ca. 1 mm. long and broad, 4-toothed,

well covered with irritant hairs and punctiform cystoliths; teeth

of perianth equal-sized; ovary ca. 1 mm. long and broad; stigma

ligulate, to 1.5 mm. long, very slightly curled; interfloral bracts

minute often absent; pedicel to 2 mm. long, curved, the dorsal

spine with large irritant hairs on papillate bases. Achenes ca.

3 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, often to 3.5 mm. long, 3 mm. broad,

obovoid or ovoid, bloated, particularly at the base, with warted

pericarp, the shallowly 4-toothed perianth loosely covering the

base; stigma reflexed; pedicel at fruit to 3 mm. long, dilated

progressively to the apex, strongly arched, the dorsal spine with

large irritant hairs on papillate bases.

A tree species of primary as well as secondary forests, it has

been recorded (Saunders 323) to have attained a height of 25

metres with buttresses up to 2 ft. x 2 ft. Occurring mainly below

800 metres altitude, it sometimes forms ‘‘an important constituent

of seral shrubberies on muddy river banks’? (L. J. Brass 7434).

Winkler (1922) kept Ridley’s glabra and his own mammosise-

tosa aS separate speices closely allied to Miquel’s ternatensis.

The types of these have been examined by me in great detail

and have been found to belong to one species which varies

considerably not only in leaf form but also in the presence or

absence of the papillate bases of irritant hairs which are supposed

to be a distinctive feature of mammosisetosa. D. nitida, based

on Winkler’s variety under L. crenulata, has now been found

after further investigation to belong to this speices. I have

examined the holotype, deposited at Wrocklaw, and am convinced

that my present treatment of it is correct.

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This together with D. torricellensis and D. corallodesme form

a group of closely related species charatcerised by the shallowly

4-toothed perianth of the female flowers becoming a small but

loose cupule at the base of the achene.

MOLUCCAS:—Geram: Loa Loa Mt.: Eyma 3218, Sept. 1938 (BO,

BRI, L, PNH & SING).—Ternate: Teysmann HB. 5185 (type of L.

ternatensis: BO & U).—Tidore: Vriese & Teysmann s.n. (L).

TANIMBAR ISLANDS:—Jamdena: Borssum-Waalkes 3240, April

1956 (K & L).

NEW GUINEA (WEST):—Alkmaar: Versteeg 1547, July 1907 (BO).—

Hollandia: Bier River: Iwanggin BW. 9077, June 1959 (L).—Nassau

Range Distr.: Mt. Carstenzs: Kloss s.n., Nov. 1912 (type of L. glabra:

K).—Vogelkop Peninsula: Soron: Beccari herb. 9493 (FI).

NEW GUINEA (NORTH-EAST):—Madang Distr.: Gogol River:

Lauterbach 1153, Dec. 1890 (holotype of L. crenulata var. nitida: WRSL.)

Ramu Valley: Saunders 385, July 1955 (BRI, L & LAE).—Morobe Distr. :

Markham Valley: Brass 32555, Nov. 1959 (A, K, L, LAE, NY & US).

PAPUA:—Western Distr.: Fly River: Brass 7434, Aug. 1936 (A, BO &

L).—Central Distr.: Sogeri area: Forbes 403 (lectotype of L. mammosise-

tosa: L). Anga River: Brass 5490, Sept.-Nov. 1933 (A, BO, BRI, NY &

US).—Milne Bay Distr.: Goodenaugh Island: Brass 24382, Sept. 1953 (A).

(17) Dendrocnide torricellensis (Laut.) Chew in op. cit. 207 (1965).

— Laportea torricellensis Laut. in K. Sch. & Laut. Nachtr.

Fl. Schutzgeb. 251 (1905).

Characteristics: Closely related to D. ternatensis from which

it distinguishes itself clearly in (a) lamina light villous on the

lowerside, (b) male flowers dense villous to woolly.

Distribution: New Guinea (endemic! ). .

Dioecious trees to 15 metres high. Twigs glabrous, without

irritant hairs; petiolar scars prominent. Lamina 17-30 cm. long;

8-13 cm. broad, elliptic to ovate, coriaceous, upperside with few

hairs on the mid-rib, otherwise glabrous and without irritant

hairs, lowerside pubescent to sparsely so, with few short irritant

hairs; cystoliths punctiform, dense on both surfaces; base cuneate

to rounded; apex acuminate, acumen to 5 mm. long; margin very

imperceptibly crenate, toothed to almost smooth; lateral veins

16 pairs, closely set, parallel, the basal pair slightly shorter but

otherwise as prominent as the others; intercostals very numerous,

closely set, straight. Petioles to 5 cm. long, puberulous to almost

glabrous, with very few short irritant hairs, dense with punctiform

cystoliths. Stipules ca. 1.5 cm. long, pubescent, with few irritant

hairs. Inflorescences unisexual, branched racemes, flowers loosely

arranged in short rows, solitary, 13 cm. long, 5 cm. broad,

peduncular bracts small; peduncles puberulous to subglabrous.

Male flowers sessile, ca. 1.5 mm. long and broad, dense pubescent

to villous, 4-tepalled; stamens 4, with slightly reflexed filaments:

pistillode ca. 0.7 mm. long; interfloral bracts minute. Female

flowers pedicellate; perianth to 0.75 mm. long, ca. 0.5 mm. broad,

very shallowly 4-toothed, with long irritant hairs on the dorsal

side, well covered with punctiform cystoliths; ovary ovoid, covered

by the perianth; stigma ligulate, ca. 1 mm. long; interfloral bracts

very minute; pedicel ca. | mm. long, with long irritant hairs on

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Fig. 20: D. torricellensis: A = twig; B = female flower; C = achene.

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the dorsal side. Achenes to 2 mm. long, 1.5 mm. broad, very

slightly asymmetrically ovoid, with smooth pericarp, slightly

bloated, the lower portion covered by the lightly 4-toothed loose

perianth; stigma reflexed; achene reflexed over the progressively

thickened pedicel.

Said to be a species of subcanopy trees in rain forests between

100 and 500 metres in altitude.

Indeed, there is a resemblance between this and D. microstigma

as pointed out by Lauterbach who referred to the latter as

contracta. This resemblance, however, is quite superficial: the

closest relative is D. ternatensis from which it differs in the male

flowers being woolly and the undersides of the lamina pubescent.

NEW GUINEA (NORTH-EAST):—Sepik Distr.: Mt. Torricelli:

Schlechter 14385, April 1902 (holotype in WRSL; isotype in BO).—

Morobe Distr.: Oomsis: Brass 29235, April 1959 (A, L, LAE, NY & US).

(18) Dendrocnide corallodesme (Laut.) Chew in op. cit. 202

(1965). — Laportea corallodesme Laut. in K. Sch. & Laut.

Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. 252 (1905).

Characteristics: Closely related to D. ternatensis from which

it can easily be distinguished by (a) the leaves being smaller,

shortly petiolate, narrowly elliptic, with numerous, short lateral

veins, (b) the male flowers pedicellate and (c) the female inflo-

rescences commonly borne behind the leaves.

Distribution: New Guinea (endemic! ).

Dioecious trees to ca. 6 metres. Twigs glabrous, without irritant

hairs; petiolar scars prominent. Lamina (13-) 16-20 (—26) cm.

long, (3—) 4-7 (-9) cm. broad, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, coria-

ceous, glabrous, without irritant hairs; base cuneate, often very

sharply so; apex acuminate, acumen to 2.5 cm. long; margin

usually smooth, sometimes very broadly and shallowly toothed,

rarely strongly so; lateral veins 13-15, sometimes to 19 pairs,

closely set, the basal pair usually shorter and less prominant

than the others; intercostals anastomosing, rarely straight. Petioles

2-3 (-5) cm. long, glabrous, without irritant hairs, densely covered

with punctiform cystoliths. Stipules usually 1—-1.5 cm. long, rarely

longer, lightly puberulous, soon glabrous, without irritant hairs

Inflorescences unisexual, broadly branched racemes, 5—6 flowers

in each fascicle, usually paired, up to 10 x 10 cm. spread;

peduncular bracts minute; peduncle puberulous, with very short

irritant hairs; rami- and cauliflorous. Male flowers pedicellate:

ca. 1 mm. long and broad, fairly dense with short irritant hairs

and punctiform cystoliths, 4-tepalled; tepals ovate, fairly strongly

keeled; stamens 4, with slightly reflexed filaments; pistillode

obpyramidal, to 0.4 mm. long, 0.3 mm. broad at the apex; inter-

. floral bracts to 0.3 mm. long, triangular, 1-3 to each flower:

pedicel to 1 mm. long at anthesis, often with a collar just below

the perianth. Female flowers pedicellate; perianth 1.5 mm. long,

1 mm. broad, 4-toothed, well armed with irritant hairs and

punctiform cystoliths; teeth of perianth equal-sized; ovary 1.5

2mm

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Fig. 21: D.corallodesme: A = leaf; B = cauliflorous female inflorescence;

male flower; D = achene.

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mm. long, 0.8 mm. broad, ellipsoid; stigma ligulate, to 3 mm.

long, very slightly curled; interfloral bracts, minute, somewhat

triangular; pedicel to 1.5 mm. long, curved, the dorsal spine with

large irritant hairs sometimes on papillate bases. Achenes usually

3 mm. long, 2.5 mm. broad, often larger, obovoid or ellipsoid,

bloated, particularly at the base; pericarp slightly warted; the

shallowly 4-toothed perianth loosely covering the base; stigma

reflexed; pedicel at fruit to 2 mm. long, dilated progressively to

the apex, curved, the dorsal spine with rather large irritant hairs

sometimes borne on papillate bases.

Said to be a common small tree along rivers in primary forests

below 500 metres in altitude. Vernacular names: Ambu, Kongru,

Kwi, Segre and Wel.

NEW GUINEA (WEST):—Vogelkop Peninsula: Manokwari and

vicinity: Koster BW. 10817, Feb. 1960 (KEP, L, LAE & SING): Koster-

mans 2915, July 1948 (A, BO, K, L & SING).

NEW GUINEA (NORTH-EAST):—Madang Distr.: Ramu _ River:

Hoogland 5042, July 1955 (A, L & LAE); Schlechter 13840, Jan. 1902

(type: WRSL).

PAPUA:—Milne Bay Distr.: Kwagira River: Peria Creek: Brass

24200, Aug. 1953 (A & LAE).

(19) Dendrocnide moroides (Wedd.) Chew in op. cit. 204 (1965).

— Laportea peltata Gaud. ex Decne. in Nouv. Ann. Mus.

Hist. Nat. Paris, ser. 3. 3: 490 (1834) et Herb. Timor. 162

(1835), sens. str. — L. moroides Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist.

Nat. Paris 9: 142 (1856) et in DC. Prodr. 16 (1): 88 (1869).

— Urticastrum moroides (Wedd.) O.K. op. cit. (1891).

Characteristics: (a) shrubs or trees densely armed with irritant

hairs, (6) lamina broadly ovate, base cordate-peltate, margin

sharply toothed, (c) inflorescences bisexual, flowers pedicellate,

10 to 20 female flowers around each male, (d) achenes warty,

bloated, almost covered by densely hairy lateral tepals and borne

on greatly swollen pedicels.

Distribution: Southern Moluccas and North-eastern Australia.

Monoecious shrubs or trees capable of reaching 10 metres high.

Twigs pubescent, dense with irritant hairs; petiolar scars rather

prominent. Lamina (10—) 14-20 (—38) cm. long, (9—) 12-18 (—30)

cm. broad, broadly to very broadly ovate, coriaceous to charta-

ceous, both surfaces very dense with irritant hairs and punctiform

cystoliths, young ones dense canescent; base cordate, peltate;

apex acuminate, acumen 1-2 cm. long; margin dentate, often

coarsely; lateral veins 6-8 pairs, prominent on the lower surface,

the basal pair most prominent, reaching to more than half the

length of lamina; intercostals very numerous, straight. Pefioles

(8—-) 12-18 (—22) cm. long, dense to very dense with irritant hairs;

cystoliths not visible. Stipules ca. 1 cm. long, pubescent, armed

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with minute irritant hairs, caducous. /nflorescences bisexual, loosely

branched racemes, with flowers in fascicles; the male flowers

sparely intermixed with the females; ca. 15 cm. long, 8 cm. broad,

axillary. usually paired; peduncular bracts elliptic, to 1 mm. long:

peduncles pubescent and very dense with long irritant hairs. Male

flowers pedicellate; perianth ca.1.5 mm. long and broad, puberulous,

with very few irritant hairs, 4-tepalled; stamens 4, filaments

reflexed; pistillode ca. 0.75 mm. long, half as broad; interfloral

bracts minute, often absent; pedicel to 1.5 mm. long. Female

flowers pedicellate, ca. 10 flowers at each fascicle with one male

flower in the centre; perianth ca. 0.75 mm. long, 0.5 mm. broad,

4— lobed, dense with irritant hairs and punctiform cystoliths,

one tepal much smaller than the other three; ovary ca. 0.5 mm.

long, half as broad; stigma ligulate, to 2 mm. long; interfloral

bracts small, one to each flower; pedicel short. Achenes to 2 mm.

long, 1.5 mm. broad; ovoid to triangular, bloated, with warted

pericarp, almost entirely covered by the lateral tepals, reflexed;

pedicel elongated and very swollen at fruit.

This species, the most viciously stinging in the genus, is unique

in having bisexual inflorescences in which the few male flowers.

are dispersed in the inflorescence surrounded by numerous females.

If the other characteristics, like the warty achene enclosed by

lateral tepals and borne on swollen pedicels, are taken into account,

it cannot possibly be confused with any other in the genus. The

closest relative of this is perhaps D. cordata.

This was actually first described under the name Laportea

peltata by Decaisne (1834) who based it on a collection of

Leschenault from Timor. Unfortunately Weddell (1856) had this

confused with the Javanese peltate speices which Blume had

described as Urtica peltata. This was followed by all subsequent

authors with the result that D. moroides never got properly

identified with the Timor plant. Happily, the present clearing-up

does not involve the loss of the use of the epithet moroides

because the other epithet peltata has already been used by Blume

for the Javanese species just mentioned (see notes under D.

peltata).

MOLUCCAS:—Timor: sine loc.: Walsh 84 (BO) & Leschenault s.n.

(holotype of L. peltata Decne.: P)—Tanimbar Isls.: Jamdena: Inge:

Borssum Waalkes 3366, April 1956 (L).

QUEENSLAND (AUSTRALIA) :—Cook Distr.: near Atherton: Volck

& Dansie 1471, Jan. 1958 (BRI). Cairns: Helms 1171, June 1922 (C).

Wongabel: Smith 10175, Sept. 1957 (BRI).—Endeavour River: Cunning-

ham s.n. (holotype of L. morcides Wedd.: G).—Mowbray River: Brass

1981, Jan. 1932 (A, B & BRI).—North Kennedy Distr.: Rockingham Bay:

Dallachy s.n. (K & MEL).

NEW SOUTH WALES (AUSTRALIA) :—Drake: Crawford 16 (MEL).

-—Nimbiro: near Lismore: Cheel NSW. 77928, Sept. 1925 (NSW).—Tweed:

River: Bauerlen NSW. 77926 (NSW).

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Fig. 22: D. moroides: A = twig: B = female flower; C = achene.

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(20) Dendrocnide cordata (Warb. ex Winkl.) Chew in op. Cit.

202 (1965). — Laportea cordata Warb. ex Winkl. in Bot. Jahrb.

57: 503 (1922). — L. cordatifolia L. S. Smith in Proc. Roy.

Soc. Queens]. 70 (5): 31 (1959). — L. gaudichaudiana auct non

Wedd.: K. Sch. & Hollr. Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land. 38 (1889).

Characteirstics: Closely related to D. moroides from which it

differs in (a) plant altogether less irritant, (6) lamina cordate not

peltate, (c) inflorescences unisexual, rarely bisexual as well.

Distribution: Timor, Tanimbar Islands, New Guinea, New

Britain (Bismarck Archipelago) and Queensland (Australia).

Monoecious shrubs or trees to 10 metres high. Twigs puberu-

lous, dense with irritant hairs; petiolar scars prominent. Lamina

(10-) 18-25 (—35) cm. long, (10—) 16-22 (—30) cm. broad, broadly

to very broadly ovate, coriaceous, both surfaces well armed with

short irritant hairs and very dense with punctiform cystoliths,

young ones pubescent to puberulous: base cordate, not peltate;

apex acuminate, acumen 0.5 to | cm. long; margin dentate to very

broad crenate; lateral veins 8-10 pairs, the 2 lower ones arising

directly from the base ,the second pair most prominent and

reaching to half the length of lamina; intercostals numerous,

straight, prominent. Petioles (10—) 18-22 (—26) cm. long, generally

puberulous, irritant hairs present; cystoliths not dense. Stipules

1.5 to 2 cm. long, pubescent, sparsely armed with minute irritant

hairs, caducous. Inflorescences unisexual, rarely bisexual as well,

loosely branched racemes, up to 20 cm. long and 10 cm. broad,

axillary, usually paired; peduncular bracts small; peduncles

pubescent and well covered with irritant hairs. Male flowers

shortly pedicellate, ca. 1-1.5 mm. long and broad, puberulous,

with few irritant hairs, 4-tepalled; tepals ovate; stamens 4, fila-

ments reflexed; pistillode ca. 0.5 mm. long, half as broad; inter-

floral bracts minute; pedicel ca. | mm. long or less. Female

flowers very shortly pedicellate, in fascicles, very rarely with a

male flower in each group; perianth to 1 mm. long, 0.5 mm.

broad, 4-lobed, fairly dense with irritant hairs and punctiform

cystoliths: 1 tepal slightly smaller than the others; ovary 0.75 to

1 mm. long, half as broad; stigma ligulate, ca. 1-2 mm. long;

interfloral bracts very minute. Achenes 2 mm. long, 1.5 mm.

broad, almost triangular, slightly bloated, with warty pericarp,

almost entirely covered by the lateral tepals, reflexed; pedicel

elongated and swollen at fruit.

It is very remarkable that this species should have female

flowers and achenes almost identical with those of D. moroides

when these two species differ greatly in the sexuality of the inflores-

cence as well as in the type of leaf base.

L. S. Smith was quite right in pointing out the closeness.

between his cordatifolia and this species. I have examined the types

of both and have found them to be ocnspecific. The differences

that Smith pointed out are not sufficient from a monographic

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Fig. 23: D. cordata: A = twig; B = male inflorescene.

60 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

point of ivew to warrant their separation. They are probably the

effect of altitude as cordatifolia occurs at 1,200 metres while cordata

in the lowlands.

Vernacular names: Gabu, Salat & Sisik (Papuan); Gympie

(Australia); Leswatan Alas (Timor).

TIMOR:—Kapan: Bloembergen bb 27110, March 1939 (BO).

TANIMBAR ISLANDS:—sine loc.: Buwalda 4162 & 4292, March 1938

(L).

NEW GUINEA (NORTH-EAST):—Sepik Distr.: Sepik River: Con-

stantinhafen: Hollrung 513 (type of L. cordata: BO, K & MEL).—-

Morobe Distr.: Oomsis Creek: Hartley 10032, March 1962 (L & LAE).

NEW GUINEA (PAPUA):—Central Div.: Kanosia: Carr 11207, Feb.

1935 (A, BM, C, K, L & SING).

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO:—New Britain: West Nakai: Cape

Hoskin: Floyd NGF. 3498, July 1954 (LAE).

AUSTRALIA (QUEENSLAND) :—Cook Distr.: near Atherton: Smith

10132, Sept. 1957 (type of L. cordatifolia: BRI); Volck & Dansie 1470,

March 1958 (BRI).

(21) Dendrocnide photinophylla (Kunth) Chew in op. cit. 205

(1965). — Fleurya photinophylla Kunth in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser.

3. 7: 183 (1847). — Urera leichardiana Wedd. in op. cit. ser.

4. 1: 178 (1854). — Laportea photinophylla (Kunth) Wedd.

in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 138 (1856). — Urticastrum

photinophyllum (Kunth) O.K. op. cit. (1891).

Characteristics: (a) plant entirely glabrous, (56) lamina shiny,

elliptic to ovate, glabrous with slightly sinuate margin, (c) lateral

veins 8 pairs or less, (d) irritant hairs only on flowers and pedun-

cles. (e) pedicels elongating greatly at maturity, the female ones

swollen and curved, (f) achenes flat, half covered by persistent

perianth.

Distribution: Australia (endemic! ).

Dioecious trees to 20 metres high. Twigs glabrous, young ones

with few irritant hairs; petiolar scars prominent. Lamina (6-)

8-12 (-18) cm. long, (3—) 4-6 (-10) cm. broad, ovate or elliptic,

coriaceous, entirely glabrous, devoid of irritant hairs, dense with

punctiform cystoliths on both surfaces; base cuneate to rounded;

apex bluntly acuminate, acumen 0.5—1 cm. long; margin entire

to sinuate, bluntly dentate in the juvenile ones; lateral veins 6-8

pairs, prominent, the basal pair straight, more prominent, reaching

to more than half the length of the lamina; intercostals rather

straight, faint. Petioles 3—7 cm. long, without cystoliths, glabrous,

devoid of irritant hairs. Stipules to 1 cm. long, coriaceous, cadu-

cous. puberulous when young, devoid of irritant hairs. /nflores-

cences unisexual, branched racemes, ca. 6 cm. long and broad,

axillary, solitary, with flowers in loose fascicles; peduncular bracts

minute; peduncle puberulous to almost glabrous, with dispersed

short irritant hairs. Male flowers shortly pedicellate, ca. 1.5 mm.

long and broad, subglabrous, 4-tepalled; stamens 4, with reflexed

filaments; pistillode ca. 0.5 mm. long; interfloral bracts minute:

pedicel elongating greatly at anthesis, then slightly swollen and

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Fig. 24: D. photinophylla: A = twig; B = juvenile leaf; C = female

flower; D = achene.

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fleshy. Female flowers pedicellate, 6-8 flowers in each fascicle;

perianth ca. 1 mm. long, 4-lobed, very light puberulous with few

short irritant hairs, dense with punctiform cystoliths, 2 tepals

half the length of the other 2; ovary 1 mm. long, 0.5 mm. broad;

stigma ligulate, ca. 1.5 mm. long, curled; interfloral bracts small,

irregular in number; pedicel to 1 mm. long. Achenes to 2 mm.

long and broad, somewhat sigmoid, flattened, with smooth peri-

carp, half covered by persistent perianth, reflexed over elongated

and swollen pedicels 3-4 mm. in length.

Common in dense “rainforest”? on deep sand in the Rockhamp-

ton and Moreton Districts of Queensland where it is known as

the Mulberry Stinging Tree and Nettle Tree.

This was described by Kunth from materials cultivated at

Goettingen in Germany, the type subsequently deposited at the

Berlin Herbarium. As this Herbarium was destroyed in the last

World War, the holotype can be considered as having been

destreyed with it. White’s collection no. 5600 from Nudgee is

therefore here made a Neotype. D. vitiensis of Samoa and Fiji

and D. morobensis of New Guinea seem close to this (see notes

there).

QUEENSLAND :—Brisbane Distr.: Nudgee: White 5600, March 1929

(neotype in A; duplicates in BRI & NY).—Darling Downs: Kilarney:

Boorman 31, Feb. 1905 (NSW)—Moreton Distr.: The Creek: Leichard 26

(holotype of U. leichardiana: P). Mt. Tamborine: White 12726, May 1945

(BO & K).—Rockhampton Distr.: Rockhampton: Dietrich 605, 1438,

1889 & 2192 (MEL); Thozet 408 (MEL).

NEW SOUTH WALES:—Brisbane River: sine loc.: Cunningham s.n.

(CGE & K).—Hastings Distr.: Walcha: Crawford 16, May 1887 (MEL).—

North Coast Distr.: Richmond River: Fawcett 1879 (MEL).—Tooloon

Range: sine loc.: Vickery s.n., April 1953 (NSW herb. 77931).

(22) Dendrocnide vitiensis (Seem.) Chew in op. cit. 207 (1965).

— Laportea vitiensis Seem. Fl. Vit. 239. tab. 60 (1868).

Characteristics: Almost similar to D. photinophylla except for

the following: (a) lamina larger and ovate-pentagonal in shape,

(b) lamina with more than 8 pairs of lateral veins, (c) peduncles and

flowers fairly densely covered with irritant hairs.

Distribution: Samoa, Fiji & New Caledonia.

Shrubby trees to 10 metres high. Twigs very light puberulous at

apex only, other parts quite glabrous, without irritant hairs; petiolar

and stipular scars prominent. Lamina (7—) 12-16 (—20) cm. long,

(3—) 6-8 (-10) cm. broad, somewhat ovate-pentagonal, coriaceous,

entirely glabrous, devoid of irritant hairs; cystoliths punctiform,

very dense on the upper surface, elongated on the lower surface:

base rounded to cordate, often somewhat truncate; apex acute to

shortly acuminate; margins very often sinuate; lateral veins 8-10

pairs, prominent, basal pair slightly more prominent, almost

straight; intercostals prominent, not numerous. Petioles 2-4 cm.

long, with elongated cystoliths, entirely glabrous, devoid of irritant

hairs. Stipules early caducous, ca. 0.5 cm. long, very lightly

puberulous, devoid of irritant hairs. Inflorescences unisexual,

branched racemes, with flowers in loose fascicles, solitary, usually

ed on ieee eS

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Fig. 25: D. vitiensis: A = twig; B = male flower; C = achenes.

64 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

up to 8 cm. long and broad, rarely more; peduncular bracts

unpaired, small; peduncles thin, densely covered with short irritant

hairs. Male flowers sessile to subsessile, pedical elongating to as

long as perianth at anthesis; perianth to 2 mm. long and broad,

closely puberulous, often somewhat glabrous at anthesis, with few

irritant hairs, 4-tepalled; tepals narrow ovate; stamens 4, with

reflexed filaments; anthers large; pistillode thin, ca. 0.75 mm. long;

inter-floral bracts minute. Female flowers pedicellate; perianth to

0.75 mm. long and broad, 4-lobed, densely covered with irritant

hairs, tepals 4, 2 longer and 2 slightly smaller; ovary ca. 1 mm.

long, 0.75 mm. broad, asymmetrically ovoid; stigma ligulate, to

2 mm. long; inter-floral bracts small, irregular in number; pedicel

elongating greatly at fruit. Achenes ca. 3 mm. long, 2 mm. broad,

asymmetrically ovoid pyriform, with slightly warty pericarp,

flattened, almost half covered by the narrow persistent perianth;

stigma greatly displaced to one side of achene; achene reflexed

over swollen pedicel.

Mainly a shade tree along rivers in primary forests, occurring

below 1,000 metres in altitude. Vernacular names are: Salato,

sometimes Mbolavatu.

This species is very closely related to the Australian species

D. photinophylla. In fact, the resemblance is so great that Weddell

had them lumped into one species in 1869. I have compared these

two very carefully and have found them to be quite distinct on the

characteristics enumerated in the diagnosis above.

SAMOA:—Upolu: Tanumalala: McKee 3014, Aug. 1955 (K & L).—

sine loc.: Reinecke 91, Oct. 1894 (BO, K, US, WRSL & Z).

FIJI:—Koro: Main Range: Smith 985, Jan. 1934 (BO, GH, K, NY, S,

UC & US).—Levuka: Ovalau: Gillespie 4425, Jan. 1927 (K).—Vanua

Levu: Thakaundrove: Smith 359, Nov. 1933 (BO, GH. K, NY, S, UC &

US).—Viti Levu: Tholo North: Degener 14797, March 1941 (A, K,

MICH, MO, NY, S & UC).—sine loc.: Seemann 427 (type of L. vitiensis:

GH, K & MEL).

NEW CALEDONIA:—Lifa Island: Thiebault (collection not seen).

(23) Dendrocnide excelsa (Wedd.) Chew in op. cit. 203 (1965). —

Urera excelsa Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4. 1: 178 (1854). —

U. rotundifolia Wedd. in op. cit. 177 (1854). — Laportea gigas

Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 129. tab. 3 (1856) et in

DC. Prodr. 16 (1): 82 (1869). — Urticastrum gigas (Wedd.) O.K.

op. cit. (1891).

Characteristics: (a) large tree to 35 metres high, frequently

buttressed at the base, (b) lamina ovate, base cordate, the two

lobes often overlapping, the underside dense woolly, the upperside

subglabrous but with irritant hairs, both surfaces dense with

punctiform cystoliths, (c) male flowers rather long pedicellate at

anthesis, 4-tepalled, with irritant hairs, (d) female flowers shortly

pedicellate, 4-tepalled, perianth densely covered with long white

hairs, (e) achenes flat, strongly tuberculate, on long fleshy pedicels

armed with few large irritant hairs; the lateral tapals narrow, half

the length of the achene.

Distribution: Australia (endemic! ).

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Fass

Fig. 26: D. excelsa: A = twig (after Weddell); B = female flower; C =

achene,

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Dioecious tree to 35 m. high, the base of the trunk usually

highly buttressed. Twigs usually with irritant hairs, with large

and very prominent petiolar scars. Lamina (10—) 13-20 (—25) cm.

long, (S—) 10-12 (-18) cm. broad, those of juvenile plants up to

45 cm. long, 30 cm. broad, ovate, coriaceous, the upperside sparse

with short irritant hairs, the lowerside dense woolly, both surfaces

dense with punctiform cystoliths; base cordate, often very strongly

and with the two lobes overlapping; apex shortly and very bluntly

acuminate, acumen to ca. 7 mm. long; margin very shallowly and

broadly dentate, crenate, gnawed to somewhat entire; lateral veins.

6-8 pairs, the basal pair more prominent than the rest, reaching to

half of the length of the lamina; intercostals somewhat straight,

quite prominent. Petioles 5-10 cm. long, dense pubescent to woolly,

well armed with long thick irritant hairs. Stipules 1-2 cm. long,

somewhat coriaceous, pubescent, caducous. /nflorescences uni-

sexual, branched racemes, flowers in close fascicles, up to 12 cm.

long, 6 cm. broad, axillary, paired, rarely solitary, peduncular

bracts at the lowest axils to 3 mm. long, triangular, peduncles

pubescent, armed with short irritant hairs. Male flowers, subsessile

to shortly pedicellate; perianth ca. 1.5 mm. long and broad, well

covered with short irritant hairs, 4-tepalled; stamens 4, on reflexed

filaments; pistillode ca. 0.5 mm. long, obpyramidal; interfloral

bracts minute; pedical elongating to 1.5 mm. at anthesis. Female

flowers pedicellate; 6-8 flowers in each fascicle; perianth ca.

0.8 mm. long, 0.6 mm. broad, 4-lobed, dense with white hairs as

well as irritant ones; ovary ca. 0.8 mm. long, 0.5 mm. broad,

ovoid; stigma ligulate, ca. 1 mm. long; interfloral bracts triangular,

ca. 0.4 mm. long, 2 or 3 to each flower; pedicel to 0.5 mm. long,

with few stiff irritant hairs. Achenes 2 mm. long, 1.5 mm. broad,

ovoid, flat, with strongly tuberculate pericarp, the lateral tepals

narrow, at most half the length of the achene; pedicel to 5 mm.

long, very fleshy, bearing 1 or 2 large irritant hairs 1-1.5 mm.

long, curved.

Judging on floral characters, this species of giant trees seems:

closest to D. photinophylla. The female flowers of these differ

only in one character viz. the presence of very long rigid irritant

hairs on the pedicels in D. excelsa. They however, can easily be

distinguished from each other by the leaves which are glabrous in

D. photinophylla but dense woolly on the underside in this.

species.

The specific epithet gigas is nomenclaturally superfluous. When

published in 1856 by Weddell, it included the names excelsa and

rotundifolia either of which, being quite legitimate, should have

been used by the author.

My interpretation of this species is based entirely on that of

Weddell. Collections of Cunningham and Verreaux authenticated.

by this author under the name gigas have been examined by me.

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QUEENSLAND :—Darling Downs Distr.: Bunya Mts.: White 9145,

Aug. 1933 (A, BRI & NY).—Moreton Distr.: Mt. Glorious: Smith 10540,

April 1959 (BRI).—Mt. Tamborine: White 12728, May 1945 (BO).—Wide

Bay Distr.: Imbil: Petrie BRI 57800, Sept. 1922 (BRI).

NEW SOUTH WALES:—Beaury State Forest: White 12781, May 1945

(A, BO & K).—Liverpool Ranges: Caird’s Gap: Johnson & Constable

NSW. 32026, Oct. 1954 (NSW).—Cambewara Range: Rodway 1803, July

1935 (A &K).—Five Islands Country: Cunningham s.n. (type of L. gigas

Wedd.: K).—South Coast: Kiama: Pullen 4065, April 1964 (L & NSW).—

Singeton, N.-E.: Story 7174, March 1960 (K & NSW).—Sydney Distr. :

Bulli Pass: Einar & Du Rietz 4073, July 1927 (S)——New Holland:

Verreaux 559, May 1845 (P).

(24) Dendrocnide morobensis Chew, spec. nov.

Characteres: D. photinophyllae primo adspectu simillima, sed

pilis stimulantibus basi papillatis, femineis pedicellis haud suc-

culentibus et tepalis lateralibus angustioribus brevioribus differt.

Distribution: New Guinea (endemic! ).

Dioecious trees to 25 metres high, Twigs glabrous, without

irritant hairs, with very large petiolar scars. Lamina 6-17 cm.

long, 3-10 cm. broad, ovate, often pentagonal, coriaceous, very

sparse with mounted irritant hairs, very dense with punctiform

cystoliths; base round, truncate to very shallowly cordate; apex

acuminate, acumen to 1 cm; margin crenate to sinuate; lateral

veins ca. 6-7 pairs, the basal pair reaching to half the length of

the lamina; intercostals numerous. Petioles 2-3 cm. long, entirely

glabrous. Stipules less than 1 cm. long, coriaceous, entirely

glabrous, caducous. /nflorescences branched racemes, ca. 7 cm.

long, 5 cm. broad, axillary, solitary; peduncular bracts minute;

peduncle subglabrous to pubescent, with mounted irritant hairs.

Male flowers pedicellate, perianth 1.3 mm. long and_ broad,

glabrous, 4-tepalled; stamens 4, with strongly reflexed filaments;

pistillode ca. 0.5 mm. long, narrowly obconical; interfloral bracts

minute; pedicel elongating to 1.5 mm. long at anthesis, not fleshy.

Female flowers pedicellate, 5-8 flowers in each fascicle; perianth

ca. 0.6 mm. long, 0.4 mm. broad, 4-tepalled, lightly covered with

irritant hairs, the lateral tepals narrow, about twice as long as

the medial ones: ovary ca. 0.8 mm. long, 0.4 mm. broad; stigma

ligulate, ca. 1.5 mm. long, curved; interfloral bracts small,

irregular in number; pedicel to 0.6 mm. long. Achenes 2 mm. long,

1.5 mm. broad, somewhat ellipsoid, with minutely warted pericarp,

very shortly stipitate, only the very short stipe covered by the

persistent perianth; pedicel elongating to ca. 1.5 mm., not fleshy.

Known so far from the highlands of the Territory of New

Guinea (above 2,000 metres in altitude), this species appears very

similar to the Australian D. photinophylla with which it has

numerous characteristics in common such as the lamina shape and

venation, small glabrous stipules and the general glabrousness in

both species. Upon a closer examination however, these two can

easily be distinguished as the New Guinean species is armed with

irritant hairs borne on papillate bases and has female flowers

borne on simple non-fleshy pedicels. Besides, the lateral tepals

_ are very narrow compared to those of D. photinophylla.

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4cm

Fig. 27: D. morobensis: A = twig; B = male flower; C = female flowers;

D .=) achene,

— oo

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Vernacular names are: Nungindankil and Nunts. The specific

epithet is derived from the name of the district where the holotype

was collected, viz. Morobe.

NEW GUINEA (NORTH-EAST):—Morobe Distr.: Mt. Sarawaket:

Clemens 6282, May 1937 (A & B). Above Wau: Womersley & van Royen

NGF. 5896, June 1954 (holotype in L; isotypes in A, BRI & LAE).—

Eastern Highlands: Fatima River: Womersley NGF. 24558, May 1965

(SING). Upper Omahaiga River Valley: Pullen 526 & 569, Sept. 1957

(L & LAE).

(25) Dendrocnide nervosa (Winkl.) Chew, comb. & stat. nov. —

Laportea crenulata Wedd. var. nervosa Winkl. in Bot. Jahrb.

57: 507 (1922), basionym.

Characteristics: (a) lamina obovate, glabrous, without irritant

hairs, the upperside very dense with punctiform cystoliths, the

lowerside less so, (b) male flowers pedicellate, 4-tepalled, (c)

achenes slightly bloated, with the 4-tepalled perianth at the very

base, on winged pedicels with large irritant hairs borne on two

LOWS.

Distribution: New Guinea and Solomon Islands.

Dioecious trees to 12 metres, the trunks often buttressed. Twigs

glabrous, without irritant hairs; petiolar scars very prominent;

cystoliths usually absent. Lamina (8—) 12—20 (—25) cm. long, (3-)

5-8 (-11) cm. broad, obovate, often narrowly, sometimes narrowly

elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous, without irritant hairs; base cuneate,

very rarely rounded, apex acuminate, acumen usually 1.5 cm. long;

margin smooth, sometimes sinuate; lateral veins (6—-) 8-10 (—11)

pairs, fairly distantly set, strongly arching, the basal pair usually

straighter, shorter and less prominent; intercostals few, anastomos-

ing. Petioles 3—5 cm. long, glabrous, without irritant hairs, densely

covered with punctiform and elongated cystoliths. Stipules ca.

1 cm. long, puberulous, devoid of irritant hairs. /nflorescences

unisexual, well branched racemes, with few flowers in each fascicle,

usually paired, up to 10 cm. long and broad, the males usually

much smaller; peduncular bracts triangular, ca. 0.5 mm. long,

pubescent; peduncles puberulous to pubescent, with numerous

very short irritant hairs. Male flowers pedicellate, ca. 2 mm. long

and broad, punctiform cystoliths sparse, 4-tepalled; tepals narrow

ovate, the apex with a broad filmy extension, stamens 4, with very

slightly reflexed filaments; pistillode ca. 1 mm. long and broad at

the apex, obpyramidal; interfloral bracts triangular, ca. 0.2 mm.

long, 2 or 3 to each flower; pedicel to | mm. long at anthesis.

Female flowers pedicellate; perianth to slightly less than | mm.

long and broad, 4-tepalled, well covered with irritant hairs and

cystoliths; tepals somewhat equalsized, rather narrow, the sides

not touching each other; ovary ca. 1 mm. long and 0.8 mm.

broad; stigma ligulate, to 2 mm. long, slightly curled; interfloral

bracts very narrow ovate, ca. 0.5 mm. long, irregular in number;

pedicel ca. 1 mm. long, rather fleshy, usually with two rows of

irritant hairs. Achenes to 3.5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. broad, ovoid.

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Fig. 28: D. nervosa: A = twig; B = male flower: C achene.

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sometimes almost spherical, bloated; pericarp often warted; the

4-tepalled perianth at the base usually reflexed; stigma reflexed;

pedical to 3 mm. long, usually developing lateral wing-like exten-

sions, the edges bearing rather long irritant hairs.

A species of medium sized trees of dense primary as well as

secondary forests and old abandoned gardens. It seems to be able

to tolerate an altitudinal range from sea-level to about the 1300-

metre contour. Brass recorded it as substage tree in the Castanopsis-

oak forest in the Eastern Highlands Districts. Achenes ripen

orange to coral red and most probably distributed by birds.

Vernacular name: Ambu, Kili, Poto, Sarat, Tetasab and Wet (New

Guinea).

Whatever this species has in common with D. sinuata (= L.

crenulata) is entirely superficial. The coral-redness of the mature

achenes with their winged pericels has no parallel in the genus.

Vegetatively this is somewhat similar to some short-leafed

individuals of D. schlechteri with which it is obviously related.

NEW GUINEA (NORTH-EAST):—Madang Distr.: Finnisterre Mts.:

Hoogland 5168, Sept. 1955 (L, LAE & US). Ramu Valley: Schlechter

18377, Oct. 1908 (lectotype in B; duplicates in BR & UC).—Eastern High-

lands: Kassam: Brass 32462, Nov. 1959 (NY, LAE & US).—Morobe

Distr.: Markham Valley: Umi River: Brass 32593, Nov. 1959 (A, K, L,

LAE, NY & US).

PAPUA:—Northern Div.: Tufi: Hoogland 4540 & 4541, Aug. 1954

(L & LAE).

SOLOMON ISLANDS:—Choiseul Island: Whitmore BSIP. 5684, April

1964 (L, LAE & SING).—Guadaloanal Island: Dennis RSS. 2127, July

1965 (SING).

(26) Dendrocnide latifolia (Gaud.) Chew in op. cit. 203 (1965). —

Laportea latifolia Gaud. Bot. Voy. Bonite, tab. 81 (1844). —

L. saipanensis Kaneh. in Bot. Mag. Tokyo, 45: 277 (1931). —

L. kusaiana Kaneh. in op. cit. 46: 449 (1932). — D. saipanensis

(Kaneh.) Chew and D. kusaiana (Kaneh.) Chew in op. cit.

203, 205 (1965).

Characteristics: (a) lamina elliptic generally, entirely glabrous,

with 8-13 pairs evenly spaced lateral veins, (b) petioles dense

pubescent, (c) peduncles with patches of irritant hairs, (d) lateral

tepals of female flowers broad ovate, with irritant hairs, much

larger than the medial ones, (e) achenes flat, smooth, at most

half covered by the perianth, usually on curved, non-fleshy short

pedicels.

Distribution: Pacific Islands (Micronesia and Melanesia).

Dioecious trees to 12 metres high. Twigs puberulous to

pubescent, soon unevenly glabrous to glabrous, with very few

irritant hairs; petiolar scars very large and prominent. Lamina

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(13-) 20-26. (—33) cm. long, ca. 5-15 cm. broad, narrowly

elliptic to ovate, sometimes obovate, coriaceous, entirely glabrous,

devoid of irritant hairs, dense with punctiform cystoliths on

both sides; base narrowly to very broadly cuneate, rarely

rounded; apex acuminate, acumen 1-2 cm. long; margin

irregularly sinuate, bluntly dentate in juvenile ones; lateral veins

10-14 pairs, evenly spread, the basal pair usually less prominent.

Petioles (3—) 5-8 (-13) cm. long, usually dense pubescent and

with irritant hairs, soon unevenly glabrous to glabrous. Stipules

1.5—2 cm. long, dense pubescent, caducous. Inflorescences uni-

sexual, branched racemes, ca. 10-15 cm. long and broad, axillary,

solitary, with minute peduncular bracts; peduncle puberulous,

with numerous unevenly distributed irritant hairs; flowers in loose

fascicles. Male flowers sessile to subsessile, ca. 1.5 mm. long and

broad, light pubescent, 4-tepalled; tepals broad ovate, ridged on

the outside, with few irritant hairs; stamens 4, with reflexed

filaments; pistillode 0.5 mm. long; interfloral bracts very small.

Female flowers shortly pedicellate to subsessile, 2 or 3 in each

fascicle; perianth to 1 mm. long, 4-lobed, with irritant hairs; the

lateral tepals ovate, not more than twice the length of the medial

ones; ovary ca. 0.75 mm. long, 0.5 mm. broad; stigma ligulate

to ca. 2 mm. long, slightly curled; interfloral bracts small,

irregular.in number; pedicel to 1 mm. long, with irritant hairs.

Achenes to 2.25 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, asymmetrically obovoid,

flattened, with smooth to tuberculate pericarp, at most half

covered by the lateral tepals; stigma reflexed over achene: pedicel

very short, non-fleshy; extremities of peduncles not fleshy at

maturity.

Being so widely spread over the Pacific, it is natural that it

should have a fairly wide range of variation not only in leaf form

and size but also in the vestiture of the petioles and stipules. The

lamina vary from the very small, narrowly elliptic ones with

absolutely glabrous petioles in Solomon Islands to the large

ovate or even obovate one with dense pubescent petioles found

in the Marianna Islands. That Kanehira should have two species

described from this great variation is therefore not surprising.

Again, in the Solomon Islands, there is another population

which has such obovate laminas and glabrous petioles that they

are almost indistinguishable from D. schlechteri of New Guinea.

Weddell and J. J. Smith considered this species similar to D.

sinuata. I have compared the type of sinuata carefully with

Gaudichaud’s plate of latifolia but cannot find any valid grounds

for this opinion.

This species has been cultivated under the name Laportea

schomburgkii var. vesicolor.

W —L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide

Fig. 29: D. latifolia: A & B = twigs: C = female inflorescene, part; D

female perianth; E = female flower (after Gaudichaud).

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MARIANNA ISLANDS:—Saipan Island: Hosokawa 7595, July 1934

(US). Kanehira 887, July 1930 (syntype of L. saipanensis: A).—Rota

Island: Kanehira 1754 (K), 1776, July 1932 (NY) & 1783 (US)—Guam

Island: Stone 5096, April 1964 (SING).

CAROLINE ISLANDS:—Ponape Island: Mt. Tortom: Kanehira 1555,

July 1931 (NY).—Kusaie Island: Kanehira 1304, June 1931 (syntype of

L. kusaiana: US).

SOLOMON ISLANDS:—Bougainville Island: Corner NGF. 13561, Oct.

1960 (CGE, L, LAE & SING).—Choiseul Island: Whitmore BSIP. 5409,

March 1964 (L, LAE & SING).—New Georgia Island: Maenu’u BSIP.

6073, June 1965 (SING).—Santa Ysabel Island: Beer BSIP. 6675, April

1966 (SING).—Malaita Island: Lipageto BSIP. 3447 & 3466, Dec. 1963

{L, LAE & SING).—Guadalcanal Island: Kajewski 2526, April 1931 (A,

BM, BO, BRI & L).—San Cristobal Island: Whitmore RSS. 6130, July

1965 (K & SING).

NEW HEBRIDES:—Vanua Lava Island: Kajewski 42], July 1928

(A, BRI, K & NY).—Espiritu Santo Island: Schmid 318 & 319, May 1965

({NOU).—Vate Island: Schmid 320, May 1965 (NOU).

LOYALTY ISLANDS :—Lifu Island: Kepare: Sarasin 814, April 1912

(Z).

NEW CALEDONIA:—Noumea: Franc 1229, Jan 1908 (UC).—Sarra-

mea: Guillaumin 8504, Nov. 1950 (A, NY & US).

Cult. ex Hort. Kew., May 1875 (CGE, E, FI, K, L, MEL, UPS, US &

Z). :

(27) Dendrocnide rechingeri (Wingkl.) Chew in op. cit. 205 (1965 .

Laportea rechingeri Winkl. in Bot. Jahrb. 57: 506 (1922).

Characteristics: (a) lamina elliptic to oblong, apex short

acuminate, base round to cordate, rarely broad cuneate, (b) under-

‘sides of lamina tomentulose, upper-side glabrous except for some

irritant hairs on the mid-rib, (c) lateral veins ca. 13-15 pairs,

(d) female flowers sessile, in fascicles; perianth deeply 4-lobed,

dense with irritant hairs which are sometimes hyaline, (e} achene

flat, lightly tuberculate, sessile, the lateral tepals often greatly

developed.

Distribution: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon

Islands.

Diocecious trees to 14 metres high. Twigs pubescent at the apex,

soon subglabrous, with very few irritant hairs, dense with

punctiform cystoliths; petiolar scars very prominent. Lamina (20-)

30-38 (-48) cm. long, (10-) 15-25 (—28) cm. broad, elliptic to

oblong, coriaceous, the upperside with few short irritant hairs on

the mid-rib, otherwise glabrous, the lowerside tomentulose with

some short irritant hairs, both surfaces very dense with punctiform

cystoliths; base rounded to shallowly cordate, rarely cuneate; apex

sharply but shortly acuminate, acumen to 0.75 cm. long: margin

entire to very broadly sinuate; lateral veins 13-15 pairs, rarely

more, fairly distantly spaced, the base usually with 2 pairs of

less prominent veins; intercostals straight; very numerous, quite

prominent. Petioles 6-15 (—20) cm. long, well covered with short

irritant hairs, fairly dense with punctiform cystoliths. Stipules

3-5 cm. long, coriaceous, pubescent, with few short irritant hairs.

Inflorescences unisexual, branched racemes, to 15 cm. long and

broad, axillary, paired or solitary, with triangular peduncular

bracts to 5 mm. long: peduncle dense with irritant hairs; flowers

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in somewhat congested fascicles. Male flowers sessile, ca. | mm.

long and broad, well covered with short irritant hairs and

punctiform cystoliths, 4-tepalled; tepals ovate; stamens 4, on

slightly reflexed filaments; pistillode ca. 0.5 mm. long, obpyramidal;

interfloral bracts ca. 0.3 mm. long, triangular, ca. 3 to each flower.

Female flowers sessile, rarely subsessile, in loose fascicles; perianth

ca. 0.6 mm. long, ca. 0.4 mm. broad, 4-lobed, covered with irritant

hairs, often long and hyaline, and cystoliths;: the lateral tepals

much longer than the medial ones; ovary ca. 0.75 mm. long and

0.5 mm. broad; stigma ligulate, to 1.5 mm. long, straight; interfloral

bracts minute. Achenes ca. 2 mm. long, 1.5 mm. broad, ellipsoid,

flattened, with very finely tuberculate pericarp, sessile on non-fleshy

peduncles, with the lateral tepals often developing to as long as the

achene, the medial ones remaining very small; stigma reflexed;

achene very slightly reflexed.

Though I have not seen the type materials, I am able to identify

this species without much difficulty because of the excellent

‘descriptions Winkler supplied. It is found to be somewhat

intermediate between D. latifolia, mainly of the Pacific Islands

-and D. schlechteri of New Guinea in numerous characteristics

such as the shape of peduncular extremities, shape of lamina etc.

Had this species not possessed certain other characteristics peculiar

to itself, I would not have hesitated to have this reduced to

D. latifolia.

This seems to be common at about the 500 metre contour.

Vernacular names: Bandoei (Indonesian New Guinea), Akoako,

Giruppa and Latu (Solomon Islands).

NEW GUINEA (WEST):—Manokwari vicinity: Waren: Kanehira &

Hatusima 14211, April 1940 (A & BO).

PAPUA:—Soron: Beccari herb. 9492 (FI).

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO :—Duke of York Island: Rabaul: Bliss

.610, Nov. 1937 (BRI & K).

SOLOMAN ISLANDS:—Bougainville Island: Kugumaru: Kajewski

1943, July 1930 (A, BO & BRI).—Guadalcanal Island: Kavua Stream:

Whitmore & Womersley BSIP. 709, Nov. 1962 (L, LAE & SING).—Santa

Ysabel Island: Maringe Lagoon: Whitmore BSIP. 2288, Oct. 1963 (L &

LAE).

(28) Dendrocnide schlechteri (Winkl.) Chew in op. cit. 205 (1965).

— Laportea schlechteri Winkl. in Bot. Jahrb. 57: 505 (1922).

Characteristics: Very closely related to D. rechingeri from which

it differs in (a) plant completely glabrous and quite without irritant

hairs, (b) flowers sessile, without irritant hairs, but with punctiform

cystoliths, (c) lamina consistently narrow obovate with a strongly

cuneate base and abruptly acuminate apex, (d) achene half or more

covered by the lateral tepals, sitting on swollen peduncular extre-

mities devoid of irritant hairs.

Distribution: New Guinea & Bismarck Archipelago.

Dioecious shrubs or trees to 10 metres. Twigs entirely glabrous

and quite without irritant hairs, dense with punctiform cystoliths,

particularly at the nodes; petiolar scars fairly prominent. Lamina

WL. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 77

Fig. 31: D. schlechteri: A = twig; B = female flowers; C = achene.

78 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

(12-) 18-25 (—33) cm. long, (6-) 7-9 (-17) cm. broad, narrowly

obovate, very rarely elliptic-oblong, coriaceous, entirely glabrous,

devoid of irritant hairs, both surfaces dense with punctiform

cystoliths; base cuneate, to very narrowly so; apex bluntly acu-

minate, acumen ca. 1.5 cm. long; margin entire; lateral veins

10-13 (-15) pairs, fairly distantly spaced, the basal pair very short

and less prominent than the others; intercostals numerous, straight, ©

faint. Petioles (4-) 6-12 (-19) cm. long, entirely glabrous, devoid

of irritant hairs, densely covered with punctiform cystoliths.

Stipules 3-4 cm. long, narrow, coriaceous, fairly persistent, entirely

glabrous, without irritant hairs. Inflorescences unisexual, branched

racemes, usually 10 cm. long, 6 cm. broad, sometimes to 15 cm.

long, axillary, paired or solitary; peduncular bracts minute, few;

peduncle glabrous, without irritant hairs, well covered with

punctiform cystoliths; flowers in rather congested fascicles. Male

flowers sessile, ca. 1.5 mm. long and broad, entirely glabrous,

devoid of irritant hairs, with punctiform cystoliths, 4-tepalled;

tepals ovate, smooth; stamens 4, on reflexed filaments; pistillode

ca. 0.5 mm. long and broad at the apex, obpyramidal; interfloral

bracts very minute. Female flowers sessile, 5-7 flowers in each

fascicle; perianth ca. | mm. long, 0.5 mm. broad, 4-lobed, quite

glabrous and without irritant hairs, with punctiform cystoliths; the

lateral tepals slightly longer than the medial ones; ovary ca. 0.5

mm. long, ca. 0.3 mm. broad; stigma ligulate, to 2 mm. long, fairly

straight; interfloral bracts minute, irregular in number. Achenes

ca. 2 mm. long, 1.5 mm. broad, symmetrically ovoid to broad

ellipsoid, slightly flattened, with tuberculate pericarp, ca. half or

more covered by the lateral tepals, the medial tepals remaining

very small; stigma reflexed; achenes slightly reflexed, borne sitting

on swollen peduncular extremities at maturity.

A species of small slender trees, sometimes rather shrubby,

occurring mainly near streams in primary forests up to 1,200

metres in altitude.

This species is interesting. Firstly it is somewhat intermediate

between D. rechingeri and D. longifolia as far as the female

inflorescence is concerned. The peduncular extremities are swollen

but not to the same extent as that found in the latter species. A

cew collections have been encountered in which these receptacles

are so very slightly fleshy as to be almost indistinguishable from

those of D. rechingeri. Nevertheless, this species still possesses a

number of characteristics peculiar to itself so that I have no choice

but to retain it specific status as established by Winkler.

Secondly, this species bears some resemblances to some New

Guinea species of Poikilospermum. This resemblance is especially

marked in the vegetative structures as well as in the branching of

the inflorescence. Still, one can easily fit this into the present

genus despite the absence of irritant hairs.

WL. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 79

NEW GUINEA (WEST):—Cycloop Mts.: Koejaboe River: Lam 7771,

Oct. 1954 (L, PNH & SING).

NEW GUINEA (NORTH-EAST) :—Sepik Distr.: Leitre Village: Sayers

NGF. 19509, March 1964 (L & SING).—Madang Distr.: Djamu-Klamn:

Schlechter 16615, Oct. 1907 (type of L. schlechteri: P & UC).—Morobe

Distr.: Bewapi Creek: Henty NGF. 14819, Sept. 1962 (BO, L & LAE).—

Oomsis: Corner NGF. 12477, Aug. 1960 (A, BRI, CGE, L, LAE & SING).

PAPUA:—Central Div.: Magarida: Buderus NGF. 24077, Sept. 1965

(SING).

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO:—New Britain: Jacquinot Bay: Mair

NGF. 1861, April 1945 (L & LAE).

(29) Dendrocnide longifolia (Hemsl.) Chew in op. cit. 203 (1965).

— Laportea longifolia Hemsl. in Hk. f. Ic. Pl. 26: tab. 2559

(1898). — L. salomonensis Rech. in Fedde, Repert. 11: 182

(1912). — L. warburghii Winkl. in Bot. Jahrb. 57: 509 (1922).

—— D. salomonensis (Rech.) Chew in op. cit. 205 (1965). — D.

warburghii (Winkl.) Chew in op. cit. 207 (1965).

It distinguishes itself by the following combination of characters:

(a) lamina very large, obovate, glabrous, densely covered with

punctiform cystoliths, (b) stipules large, 6-10 cm. long, (c) male

flowers sessile, 4-tepalled, with a very large and fleshy cubical

pistillode, (d) female flowers sessile, in one or two rows around

fleshy peduncular extremities, (e) irritant hairs only on peduncles

and flowers. ,

Distribution: Celebes, Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archi-

pelago and the Solomon Islands.

Dioecious trees 8-10 metres high. Twigs few, stout to massive,

spreading, with rosettes of large leaves at the apices, with wide pith,

eventually hollow at old age, lightly pubescent, soon glabrous;

lenticels large; petiolar scars very prominent. Lamina (25—) 50-60

(-75) cm. long, (13—) 20-30 (—35) cm. broad, usually obovate, very

coriaceous, glabrous, with very few irritant haris near the mid-rib,

both surfaces very dense with punctiform cystoliths; base broadly

cuneate; apex rather shortly and bluntly acuminate, acumen less

than 1 cm. long; margin sinuate to entire; lateral veins 15—20 pairs,

rather distantly spaced, the basal pair short and less prominent;

intercostals straight, very numerous, rather faint. Petioles 6-10

(—15) cm. long, often very thick, glabrous, devoid of irritant hairs,

dense with punctiform cystoliths. Stipules 6-10 (-15) cm. long,

very coriaceous, usually glabrous, devoid of irritant hairs, dense

with punctiform cystoliths, quite persistent. Inflorescences uni-

sexual, shortly branched racemes, branches mainly borne in one

plane, to 20 cm. long and broad, the females much smaller and

more compact, axillary, usualiy paired, the first branch with

peduncular bracts to 3 cm. long; peduncle pubescent, fairly dense

with short irritant hairs. Male flowers sessile. ca. 1.6 mm. long

80 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

Fig. 32: D. longifolia: A = twig & infrutescence; B = pistillode & stamens

of opened male flower; C = female flowers; D = achene.

W —L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 8]i

and broad, well armed with irritant hairs and punctiform cystoliths,

4-tepalled; tepals ovate; stamens 4,with very short straight fila-

ments, at most as long as pistillode; pistillode cubical, notched at.

the sides, ca. 1.5 mm. cube, almost occupying the floral cavity;

interfloral bracts ovate, ca. 2 to each flower. Female flowers.

sessile. set bifariously along the edge, slightly on the upperside of

the somewhat flattened extremities of peduncles; perianth ca.

1 mm. long, 0.5 mm. broad, 4-tepalled, well armed with short.

irritant hairs; the lateral tepals longer than the medial ones; ovary

ca. | mm. long, ovoid; stigma ligulate, ca. 1 mm. long, fairly

straight; interfloral bracts equilateral-triangular, ca. 0.5 mm. long

and broad at the base, dense with short irritant hairs. Achenes

ca. 3 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, symmetrically ovoid to ellipsoid,

rather flat, with very finely tuberculate pericarp, at least half

covered by the lateral tepals, slightly reflexed, borne sitting on

very fleshy and greatly swollen peduncular extremities.

Hitherto known only from a plant introduced into cultivation:

at Kew from New Guinea, this species is here considered to be:

con-specific with the species of medium-sized trees with massive:

pithy branches common in the Morobe district of New Guinea.

and the Bougainville Island and which Winkler described as.

warburghii and Rechinger as salomonensis. These species have:

in common the characters enumerated in the diagnosis above. The:

long, very narrowly elliptic shape of the lamina of Hemsley’s.

type is entirely abnormal and is no doubt due to cultivation in

an artificial environment.

Various authors have had this species confused with D..

amplissima whose resemblance to this species is quite superficial.

CELEBES :—sine loc.: de Vriese s.n. (L. herb. 908-188-2367; -2370 &

—2392).

MOLUCCAS :—Ambonia: Robinson Pl. Rumph. 310, July-Nov. 1913 (BO,,.

K, L & US).—Ceram: Teysmann 5017 H.B. (U).—Halmaheira: Weda:

Anang 639, May 1938 (L)—Morotai: Tiai: Kostermans 1678, June 1949:

(BO, K, L, PNH & SING).—Ternate: Sasa Besar: Beguin 1437, Feb. 1921

(BO & L).

NEW GUINEA (WEST):—Sorong: Beccari s.n., 1872 (FI. herb. 9492A).

NEW GUINEA (NORTH-EAST):—Morobe Distr.: Oomsis: Corner

NGF. 13501, Sept. 1960 (L & LAE).—Lae Botanic Gardens: Corner NGF.

12454, Aug. 1960 (A, CGE, K, LAE & SING).

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO :—New Britain: near Rabaul: Kanehira

4092, Feb. 1937 (A). .

SOLOMON ISLANDS:—Bougainville Island: Crown Prince Mt.:

Womersley NGF. 13383, Oct. 1960 (CGE & SING).—Kolombangara:

Shoulder Hill: Gafui BSIP. 8679, Jan. 1968 (SING).—San Cristobal

Island: Waimamura: Brass 2668, Aug. 1932 (BO & L).—Santa Ysabel

Island: Ulavu village: Hunt RSS. 2919, Oct. 1965 (SING).

CULT: ex New Guinea:—Veitch s.n. (holotype of L. longifolia Hemsl.:

K).

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(30) Dendrocnide microstigma (Gaud. ex Wedd.) Chew in op. cit.

204 (1965). — Laportea microstigma Gaud. ex Wedd. in Arch.

Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 138 (1856); J. J. Smith in Koord. &

Valet. Booms. Java, 12: 690 (1910), exclud. syn. U. amplissima

Bl. — Urticastrum microstigma (Gaud. ex Wedd.) O.K. op. cit.

(1891).

Characteristics: (a) lamina narrowly elliptic, glabrous except for

the soft long hairs at the sides of mid-rib on the lower surface,

with 14-16 pairs of short, closely spaced lateral veins, (b) stipules

and young petioles dense sericeous, (c) inflorescences shorter than

leaves, compact, (d) male flowers 4-tepalled, sessile, (e) female

flowers subsessile on opposing rows along swollen peduncular

extremities, (f) stigma very short, (g) female perianth shallowly and

broadly toothed. ,

Distribution: Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Celebes and Moluccas.

Dioecious trees to 10 metres high. Twigs sericeous when young,

well armed with irritant hairs. Lamina (10—) 16-20 (—35) cm. long,

(4-) 6-8 (-10) cm. broad, narrowly elliptic, coriaceous, with some

sericeous hairs at the sides of the mid-rib on the lower surface,

dense with punctiform cystoliths; base cuneate; apex long acu-

minuate, acumen 2-4 cm. long; margin smooth, often slightly

sinuate; lateral veins 12—16 pairs, short and closely set, the basal

ones very short and inconspicuous; intercostals numerous, faint.

Petioles (2—-) 3—5 (—10) cm, long, dense sericeous when young, with

short irritant hairs. Stipules 1-1.5 cm. long, dense sericeous,

coriaceous, caducous. /nflorescences unisexual, branched racemes,

10-15 (-20) cm. long, 5-10 cm. broad, axillary, solitary,

peduncle pubescent. Male flowers sessile, ca. 1 mm. long and broad:

perianth puberulous, dense with minute punctiform cystoliths, with

some short irritant hairs, 4-tepalled; stamens 4, filaments reflexed;

pistillode ca. 0.5 mm. long; interfloral bracts minute. Female

flowers sessile, becoming subsessile at maturity, arranged somewhat

in two opposing rows along extremities of peduncles; perianth ca.

0.75 to 1 mm. long, ca. 0.5 mm. broad, 4-lobed, dense with

punctiform cystoliths intermixed with few irritant hairs; tepals

about equal-size, with rounded apices; ovary ca. 0.5 mm. long,

ca. 0.3 mm. broad; stigma very short ligulate, ca. 0.2 mm.; inter-

floral bracts minute. Achenes ca. 2 mm. long, 1.5 mm. broad.

ovoid to ellipsoid, often sigmoid, slightly bloated, with warted

pericarp, half covered by the perianth, reflexed over the very

short pedicel.

Closest to this is Blume’s D. amplissima with which J. J. Smith

considered the present species to be conspecific. I have made a

detailed study of the types of these two species and now conclude

that though rather similar, the two can easily be separated on at

least three characteristics.

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84 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

JAVA :—Besoeki Prov.: Djember: Koorders 9474, 9511, 9512, 9513,

9516, 9519, 9520, 12813 & 39927 (BO & L). Mt. Raung: Jacobs 4810, May

1957 (L, LAE & SING).—sine loc.: Leschenault 468, or 558?, (holotype of

L. microstigma: P).

LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS:—Bali: Poeloekan: van Steenis 7691,

April 1936 (BO)—Lombok: Rindjani Ma.: Elbert 1679, June 1909 (A, BO,

K & L)—Sumbawa: Mt. Batulanteh: Kostermans 18359, April 1961 (L).—

Sumba: Taboemsoeng: Teysmann 5939 (BO).

CELEBES:—Minahassa: Tompaso: Reinwardt s.n., (L. herb. 908-188-—

2790).—S. —-E. Celebes: Buton Island: Limbo: Elbert 2768, Aug. 1909

(BO & L).

MOLUCCAS :—Sula Islands: Mangole: Bloembergen bb. 29840, Sept.

1939 (A, BO, L & SING).—Buru Island: Nal Besi: Toxopeus 248, July

1921 (BO & L).—Ceram: sine loc.: de Vriese 153 (L).

431) Dendrecnide amplissima (Bl.) Chew in op. cit. 202 (1965).

— Urtica ovalifolia Bl. Bijdr. 504 (1825), non Stokes (1812). —

Urera amplissima Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 2: tab. 22 (1857).

— Laportea amplissima (Bl.) Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 (2): 232

(1859) et Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 4: 301 (1869); Wedd. in

DC. Prodr. 16 (1); 87 (1869); Merr. Inter. Rumph. Herb. Amb.

200 (1917), partim. — Urticastrum amplissimum (BIl.) O.K. Rev.

Gen. Pl. 635 (1891).

Characterised by: (a) lamina elliptic to slightly obovate, with at

‘least 20 pairs of lateral veins, the upper surface entirely glabrous,

the lower sparsely covered with very short, appressed irritant hairs,

(b) male flowers pedicellate separated from each other (not

glomerulate), 4-tepalled, with 2—3 rather long irritant hairs, other-

wise glabrous, (c) female flowers sessile, distichous on the pedun-

cular extremities, with a rather short stigma.

Distribution: Celebes & Moluccas.

Dioecious tree to ca. 8 metres high. Twigs light puberulous, later

glabrous, without irritant hairs; petiolar scars very prominent.

Lamina (20—) 30-35 (-45) cm. long, (12—) 15—20 (—25) cm. broad,

elliptic to very slightly obovate, coriaceous, glabrous except for

the few very short, appressed irritant hairs on the lower surface,

both surfaces dense with punctiform cystoliths; base cuneate; apex

very short acuminate, acumen narrow, sharp, usually less than

1 cm. long; margin sinuate; lateral veins 22—25 pairs, very rarely

less, very closely set, the basal pair very short; intercostals very

numerous, straight, faint. Petioles (4-) 6-8 (-10) cm. long,

puberulous when young, later entirely glabrous, dense with puncti-

form cystoilths. Stipules 4-7 cm. long, light pubescent with very

few irritant hairs, caducous. Jnflorescences branched racemes, ca.

23 cm. X 35 cm. spread, females generally much smaller, axillary,

usually solitary; peduncular bracts at the lower axils to 1 cm. long,

those at the apex minute, narrow scaphiform, unpaired; peduncles

fairly dense with short irritant hairs. Male flowers pedicellate, ca.

1.25 mm. long and broad, glabrous except for a few rather long

irritant hairs, dense with puctiform cystoliths, 4-tepalled: stamens

4, with short very slightly curved filaments, the connective-filament

joint placed on the inside; pistillode obpyramidal, thin, less than

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 85

4om del. ;

Fig. 34: D. amplissima: A = leaf; B = male inflorescence, part; C =

opened male flower; D, E & F = female flowers (arter Blume).

86 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

0.5 mm. long; interfloral bracts to 1 mm. long, triangular, 2 per

flower, pedicel to 1 mm. long; flowers borne loosely, not glomeru-

late. Female flowers subsessile to sessile; perianth ca. 1 mm. long,

0.5 mm. broad, 4-tepalled, with a few longish irritant hairs, other-

wise glabrous, well covered with punctiform cystoliths; ovary ca.

0.8 mm. long, 0.5 mm. broad, ovoid; stigma ca. 0.5 mm. long,

somewhat brush-like; interfloral bracts minute; flowers distichous

on peduncular extremities. Achenes to 3 mm. long, 2.5 mm. broad,

broadly ellipsoid, flat, pericarp smooth; only the base covered by

the perianth; slightly reflexed, still sessile; peduncular receptacle

not fleshy.

There is a very superficial resemblance between this species and

D. longifolia, also from the same region, from which one can

easily distinguish on closer examination. Merill (1917) had these

two species confused — of the four collections of Robinson from

Amboina which he studied, no. 310 is found to belong to D.

longifolia and not this species.

This species is very close to D. microstigma. Both have rather

similar female flowers which are subsessile and have very short

stigmas. Vernacular names: Poeloes djalatang, Daun gattal and

Polot-mera (Indonesian).

iste ha Reinwardt 539, L. herb. 908-188-2793, Oct.

MOLUCCAS:—Amboina: Robinson Pl. Rumph. Amb, 311 (A, L, NY &

US), 312 (L & US),. 313 (BO, F, L, NSW, SING & US).—-sine loc.:

Zippelius s.n. (type of U. amplissima: L & UV).

JAVA (cult. in Hort. Bot. Bogor): Blume s.n., L. herb. 908-189-1970

(type of U. ovalifolia: L); Teysmann s.n. (K, L, MICH & U).

(32) Dendrocnide kjellbergii Chew, spec. nov.

Characteres: D. amplissimae similis sed floribus femineis

omnino sessilibus, et perianthio quadridentato, dentibus latis vix

altis arcte dissimilis.

Distribution: Celebes.

Dioecious trees ca. 7 metres. Twigs thick, pubescent at the apex,

with few irritant hairs. Lamina 25-35 cm. long, 15-25 cm. broad,

oblongish elliptic, rarely broad ovate or obovate; the upper

surface with few irritant hairs on the mid-rib, otherwise entirely

glabrous, dense with punctiform cystoliths; the lower surface

pubescent to woolly, with irritant hairs on mid-rib and veins;

base round, truncate to slightly cordate, often slightly peltate; apex

very shortly acuminate, acumen to | cm. long; margin very finely

distantly dentate; lateral veins ca. 12-14 pairs, prominent, the

basal pair reaching to 4 the length of the lamina; intercostals

numerous, not very prominent, not straight. Petioles 10-15 cm.

long, dense pubescent, with irritant hairs, soon subglabrous; well

covered with punctiform cystoliths. Stipules 5-10 cm. long,

puberulous to pubescent, dense with punctiform cystoliths, quite

persistent. Inflorescences branched racemes, 20-25 cm. long, 7-10

cm. broad, axillary, usually solitary; peduncular bracts at the

lower axils less than 1 cm. long, unpaired; peduncles pubescent,

EEE

W -L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 87

Fig. 35: D. kjeilbergii: A = twig: B = male inflorescence: C = female

flowers: D = male flower; E = achene.

88 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

well armed with irritant hairs. Male flowers pedicellate, ca. 1.5

mm. long and broad, pubescent, with rather long irritant hairs here

and there, sparsely covered with minute punctiform cystoliths,

4-tepalled; stamens 4, with rather long, strongiy reflexed filaments;

pistillode obconical, ca. 0.5 mm. long, 0.3 mm. broad; interfloral

bracts ca. 0.5 mm. long, triangular, 2 or 3 to each flower; pedicel

to 1 mm. long, puberulous; few flowers in each glomerule. Female

flowers entirely sessile, perianth ca. 0.5 mm. long and _ broad,

shallowly 4-toothed, sparse with very short irritant hairs, other-

wise giabrous, with punctiform cystoliths; the teeth of the perianth

almost equal-sized; ovary.ca. 0.5 mm. long, ca. 0.3 mm. broad,

protruding greatly from the perianth; stigma ligulate, ca. 0.6 mm.

long, somewhat brush-like at the base, interfloral bracts absent;

flowers somewhat distichous on peduncular extremities. Achenes

ca. 2 mm. long, 1.5 mm. broad, ovoid, flattened, with smooth

pericarp, very shortly stipitate, the perianth remaining as a very

shallowly 4-toothed plate hardly covering the very short stipe.

The somewhat distichous disposition of the female flowers and

the shortness of the stigma put this easily into the D. amplissima

group of species from which it distinguishes itself by the female

perianth being shallowly 4-toothed and the achene definitely,

though very shortly stipitate. On the other hand, the sessile nature

of the female flowers puts this amongst the D. schlechteri group

of species. However, judging on the overall characteristics, I

prefer to place this species in the former group ‘with which it

definitely has closer affinities.

CELEBES :—Menado Residency: Poso subdistr.: Eyma 3536 (A & L) &

3734 (L).—Makassar Peninsula: Bantimoeroeng: Buwalda 3809, Feb. 1938

(BO & L). Lombasang: Bunnemeyer 11108, April 1921 (BO & L).—Lake

Towuti Distr.: Liasa Kjellberg 2258, Sept. 1929 (holotype in S; isotype

in BO).

(33) Dendrocnide harveyi (Seem.) Chew in op. cit. 203 (1965). —

Laportea harveyi Seem. Fl. Vit. 238. tab. 59 (1868).—L. milnei

Seem. op. cit. (1868).—Urticastrum harveyi (Seem.) O.K. &

U. milnei (Seem.) O.K. op. cit. (1891).—D. milnei (Seem.) Chew

in op. cit. 204 (1965).

Characterised by: (a) lamina broad to very broad ovate, margin

sinuate to tooth, base round to cordate, glabrous to sub-glabrous

on both surfaces, (b) male flowers long pedicellate, pedicel at

least as long as perianth even before anthesis, (c) perianth hardly

deevloped in the female flower, (d) achenes exposed completely,

stipitate, warty, generally flattened and borne on swollen pedicels

almost without irritant hairs.

Distribution: Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and Cook Islands.

Dioecious tree ca. 10 metres high, often to 15 metres. Twigs

lightly puberulous, soon quite glabrous; without irritant hairs:

petiolar scars very prominent and raised. Lamina (13-) 20-26

(—30) cm. long, (9—) 12-20 (-25) cm. broad; broad ovate; coria-

ceous; mid-rib on the underside light puberulous, otherwise

entirely glabrous and without irritant hairs; cystoliths punctiform.

W.—L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 89

WIS TF 4.

aE ROU teee

BN RAR ESS SS

imm

15ram

Fig. 36: D. harveyi: A = twig; B = male flower; C = female flowers;

D = achene.

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dense on both surfaces; base rounded to cordate; apex acute to

short acuminate; margins coarsely dentate, irregularly crenate to

unevenly sinuate; lateral veins 8-10 pairs, the basal pair very

prominent, reaching to a third the length of lamina; intercostals

numerous, prominent. Petioles 8-12 (—15) cm. long; very light

puberulous, with few minute irritant hairs; cystoliths punctiform,

dense. Stipules 1-3 cm. long; puberulous; without irritant hairs;

well covered with elongated cystoliths. /nflorescences unisexual;

branched racemes; to 15 cm. long and broad; often paired;

peduncular bracts small; peduncles well armed with short irritant

hairs; flowers in loose fascicles. Male flowers pedicellate; perianth

ca. 1.5 mm. long and broad, puberulous to subglabrous, with very

few short irritant hairs; 4-tepalled; tepals ovate; stamens 4, with

very slightly reflexed filaments; pistillode to nearly | mm. long:

interfloral bracts small, irregular in number; pedicels to about

2 mm. long. Female flowers shortly pedicellate; perianth hardly

developed to at most 0.2 mm. long, 0.1 mm. broad, faintly 4-

toothed. well covered with punctiform cystoliths; ovary ca. 0.75-1

mm. long, half as broad, the base hardly covered by the minute

perianth; stigma ligulate, to 2 mm. long; interfloral bracts minute,

irregular in number; pedicel elongating at fruit. Achenes ca. 2 mm.

long and 1.5 mm. broad, very shortly stipitate; asymmetrically

broadly ellipsoid; pericarp minutely warted, flat, only the very

short stalk covered by the minute perianth; stigma displaced to one

side; achene reflexed over the fleshy pedicel.

I have examined the holotype of D. milnei and have found it

to be conspecific with this species. Although the specimen is a

scrape, it contains a portion of the female inflorescence with

female flowers quite typical of D. harveyi.

Reported to be a dominant tree species in canyons in primary

forests below 800 metres in altitude. Vernacular names: Salato

(Fiji, Tonga); Magiho (Cook Islands).

This is the only species in the genus where the female perianth

is hardly developed: in fact in many flowers, it is absent.

FIJI:—Kandavu Island: near Ngaloa Bay: Smith 45 (BO, K, NY. S,

UC & US)—vVanua Levu: Taviuni: Seemann 426, May 1860 (A, K &

MEL).—Viti Levu: Mba: Smith 4428 & 5282 (A, CRI, K, L, S & US).—

sine loc.: Harvey s.n., Nov. 1855 (type of L. harveyi: BM); Milne s.n.,

1853 (type of L. milnei: BM).

TONGA :—Eua Island: Fuai: Yuncker 15329, March 1953 (A, U & US).

SAMOA :—sine loc.: Powell 205 & 329 and Whitmee 271 (K).

COOK ISLANDS :—Niue Island: Lakepa village: Yuncker 9927, Jan.

1940 (A & UC).

(34) Dendrocnide mirabilis (Rechinger) Chew in op. cit. 204

1965). — Laportea mirabilis Rechinger in Denkschr.. Akad.

Wiss. Math.-Natur. 89: 543. tab. 1 (1914).

Characterised by: (a) shrubby tree with a succulent base, (5)

lamina ovate, plicate, the upperside glabrous, with 2 erect fleshy

appendages in the middle, the lowerside with very few short

irritant hairs, lateral veins palmate and penninerved, (c) male

flowers sessile, 4-tepalled.

W.—L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide

Fig. 37: D. mirabilis: A = twig; B = male flowers.

92 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

Distribution: New Guinea and Solomon Islands.

Tree ca. 4 metres high, succulent at the base. Twigs entirely

glabrous, without irritant hairs nor cystoliths. Lamina 18-23 cm.

long, 15-18 cm. broad, ovate to somewhat round, coriaceous,

the upperside entirely glabrous, bearing 2 fleshy appendages at

the point of origin of the palmate veins, the lowerside sparsely

covered with short irritant hairs and rather pubescent on the

mid-rib, particularly at the point of origin of the palmate veins,

both surfaces densely covered with punctiform cystoliths; base

decurrent unequally along petiole; apex very shortly acuminate,

acumen ca. 5 mm. long; margin greatly sinuate; lateral veins ca.

12 pairs, the 2nd to the 6th pairs arising palmately from the

mid-rib about 4 cm. from the base, the rest of the veins penni-

nerved; intercostals, particularly those at the distal half, rather

straight. Petioles 8-12 cm. long, covered with short irritant hairs

and somewhat elongated cystoliths. Stipules 6-8 cm. long, to 1.5

cm. broad, fairly coriaceous, persistent, pubescent. /nflorescences

unisexual, branched racemes, ca. 10 cm. long, 8 cm. broad, axillary,

paired; peduncular bracts at the lower axils oblong, ca. 1.5 mm.

long, | mm. broad; peduncle closely covered with very short

irritant hairs; flowers in glomerules of 7 to 10. Male flowers

sessile, ca. 1.5 mm. long and broad, well covered with short

irritant hairs and punctiform cystoliths, 4-tepalled; tepals ovate:

stamens 4, on slightly reflexed filaments; pistillode ca. 0.7 mm.

long and broad at the apex, obpyramidal; interfloral bracts minute.

Female plant unknown.

The peculiar leaf form makes this species the easiest to recognise

in the genus. In fact the distinction is so great that the description

and photo illustration supplied by Rechinger are enough to enable

one to fix this species without recourse to examining the type

material.

Rechinger had only a sterile specimen to base this species on

while the other collection cited here, Darbyshire 1016, is fortunately

a staminiferous specimen. Until we have the female plant, it is

useless to speculate on the relationship of this plant to others

in the genus.

Known so far from cultivation by the villagers as an ornamental

because of the interesting leaf-form. Vernacular name: Apungeh

(Mekeo language in Maipa).

NEW GUINEA (PAPUA):—Central Distr.: Kairuku Subdistr.: Akaifu

River: Maipa village: Darbyshire 1016, Sept. 1962 (LAE).

SOLOMON ISLANDS:—Bougainville Island: Djup: Rechinger 4940

(photo seen!).

(35) Dendrocnide celebica Chew, spec. nov.

Characteres: D. rigidifoliae affinis, sed bracteis maximis, floribus

masculis axillaribus singulatim gerentibus differt.

Distribution: Celebes (endemic! )

Dioecious trees ca. 2 metres high. Lamina 25 cm. long, 7 cm.

broad, narrowly obovate, the upperside glabrous, densely covered

W.—L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 93.

imm |].

Fig. 38: D. celebica: A = twig; B = male flower with bract.

94 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

with punctiform cystoliths, the lowerside with few short irritant

hairs on the veins and veinlets and with few dispersed elongated

cystoliths; lateral veins ca. 13 pairs; apex sharply acuminate to

somewhat caudate, acumen to 4 cm. long; base broadly cuneate;

margin lightly dentate, especially towards the apex. Petioles to

10 cm. long, dense with punctiform cystoliths, sparse with long

thin irritant hairs. Stipules to 5 cm. long, well covered with

irritant hairs and punctiform cystoliths. Inflorescences unisexual,

weak, poorly branched racemes, to 12 cm. long; peduncle dense

with short irritant hairs. Male flowers pedicellate; perianth ca.

0.5 mm. long, 0.3 mm. broad, with few long irritant hairs and

punctiform cystoliths, 4-tepalled, with 4 stamens; pistillode ca.

0.4 mm. long, club-shaped; pedicel ca. 0.4 mm. long; each flower

in the axil of a boat-shaped bract 2.5 mm. long, | mm. broad.

Female plant unknown.

I am certain that this represents an undescribed species well

characterised by the male flowers being borne each in the axil

of a large bract and the shape and size of the lamina.

In the former character, this species approcahes D. rigidifolia

of the Philippines with which it is obviously closely related. In

the latter character, it comes very near to a narrowly-leafed form

of D. sinuata found in Sumatra with which it probably has but

superficial resemblance.

CELEBES:—Batoe Watoewila: G. Kjellberg 1041, 25 March 1929

(holotype in S; isotype in BO).

(36) Dendrocnide kajewskii Chew, spec. nov.

Characteres: Ab omnibus speciebus adhuc cognitis laminis

giganteis subtus pubescentibus haec species bene differt.

Distribution: Solomon Islands (endemic! )

Dioecious trees 5-6 metres high. Lamina 150 cm. long, 50 cm.

broad, the upper side glabrous, dense with punctiform cystoliths.

the lower side pubescent, well covered with numerous irritant

hairs; margin broadly toothed. Petioles to 25 cm. long, closely

covered with very short irritant hairs. /nflorescences branched

racemes, axillary, solitary, to 25 cm. long, 10 cm. broad, with

peduncular bracts to 3 cm. long; peduncle dense with irritant

hairs. Male flowers pedicellate; perianth ca. 1.5 mm. long, 2 mm.

broad, 4-lobed, with 4 stamens on long filaments, well armed with

irritant hairs; pistillode small; pedicel ca. 1 mm. long; interfloral

bracts to 1.5 mm. long, numerous. Female plant unknown.

The immense size of the lamina together with the other

characteristics here mentioned set this well apart from all the

other species of Dendrocnide. D. longifolia is perhaps the

closest to this, whose relationship cannot be properly determined

until its female plant is found.

SOLOMON ISLANDS :—Bougainville Island: Buin: Kugumaru: S. F.

Kajewski 1974, July 1930 (holotype in A; isotypes in BO & BRI).

W —L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 95

Species Incognitae

(1) Dendrocnide contracta (Bl.) Chew in op. cit. 202 (1965). —

Urtica contracta Bl. Bijdr. 505 (1825). — Laportea contracta

(Bl.) Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 (2): 232 (1859), pro syn. — L. costata

(Mig.) Miq. var. contracta (Bl.) Miq. op. cit. — L. stimulans

(L.F.) Mig. var. contracta (Bl.) Miq. Ann Mus. Bot. Ludg. Bat.

4: 302 (1869).

Type specimen: — U. contracta: Blume from Tjiandjoer, West

Java (in Leiden herb.?).

In the herbarium at Leiden, there are numerous early collec-

tions from Celebes which have been equated with this species

by previous authors. I have studied and found them to belong to

D. microstigma. Amongst these collections, there is one, collected

by Reinwardt from Tompaso in Celebes (Leiden herb. 908—-188-

2790), which bears the name U. contracta Bl. in Blume’s hand-

writing. If this is, the type material of Blume’s species, then

D. microstigma should be conjoined to this species. I am

inclined however to the view that this is not the type (as the type

was collected from Tjiandjoer in West Java) but one that was

erroneously named by Blume subsequent to the publication of

this species. What this species is then, | do not know.

(2) Dendrocnide gigantea (Poir.) Chew in op. cit. 203 (1965). —

Urtica gigantea Poir. Encyc. Meth. Bot. Suppl. 4: 225 (1816).

— Urera commersoniana Wedd. in Ann. Sc. Nat Ser. 3. 18: 202

(1852).

Distribution: Melanesia.

This is suspected by many to be similar to D. sinuata. | have

examined the holotype in Jussieu’s Herbarium in Paris. It has

such a small and immature inflorescence that its identity cannot

be determined with certainty. Judging from the leaves, I would

say it comes very close to D. latifolia.

As for its origin, Poiret had it erroneously recorded as from

the district of Magellan (South America). The small label attached

to the holotype bore a note by an unknown person to the effect

that the specimen was “found amongst a bundle of Magellan

materials’. | am quite certain it came from some islands in

Melanesia.

_ Pacific Islands: — Melanesia: sine loc.: Commerson s.n. (in

Herb. Juss. Cat. no. 16880: P).

(3) Dendrocnide sessiliflora (Warb.) Chew in op. cit. 206 (1965).

— Laportea sessiliflora Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. 13: 292 (1891);

Winkl. in Bot. Jahrb. 57: 508 (1922).

Distribution: New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago.

Winkler (1922) clearly pointed out the doubtful nature of

this species which is based on a mixture compositum. The des-

cription supplied by Warburg, though detailed, is unfortunately

lacking in diagnostic characters. As I have not seen the type

(destroyed in Berlin) or any of the collections identified by

Winkler with this, I have no choice but to leave this uninterpreted.

‘96 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

Species Excludenda

Dendrocnide coerulea (Bl.) Mig. Pl. Jungh. 1: 31 (1851). —

Urtica coerulea Bl. Bijdr. 495 (1825).

Weddell found this to belong to Cypholophus and had it

transferred to C. lutescens Wedd. I have examined Junghuhn’s

collection and agree with Weddel in its interpretation.

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Index to collections studied

Abbreviations used :—

amp = amplissima. mic. = microstigma.

bas. = basirotunda. mir. = mirabilis.

car. = carriana. morob. = morobensis.

cel. = celebica. moroi. = moroides.

coral = corallodesme. ner. =! nervosa.

cord. Fast COR sata, obl. = oblanceolata.

cata Fi =F pigie. pel.-mur. = peltata var. murrayana.

den. = densiflora.

» pel.-pel. = peltata var. peltata.

ell. = ,elliptica. be hu donbula

NY = 1 =

exc. =) eR CElSa. P P hi a

Tec! = rechingeri.

har. = harveyi. : y 459 a¥,

kaj. = kajewski. rig. = rigidifolia.

kje. = kjellbergii. sch. = schlechteri.

lat. = |atifolia. sin. =m siruata.

lon. = longifolia. sti. = stimulans.

luz.-ana. = luzonensis var. Lab Oe ulselausa)

anacordioides. :

luz.-luz. = luzonensis var. ter. = ternatensis.

luzonensis. tor. = torricellensis.

mey.-mey. = meyeniana f. ure. = urentissima.

meyeniana.

mey.-sub. = meyeniana f. has a ce |

subglabra. vit. = vitiensis.

Aban & Singh: SAN. 30072 = sti. — Acuna, R. A.: 23125

= sti. — Aed, E.: NSW. 77936 = pho. — Aet (exp. Lundquist):

421 = ter. — Agama, J.: 1026 = obl.; 9891 = sti. — Ah Wing,

J.: 35391 = obl. — Alambra & Caules: 23214 = sti. — Allen,

Biv M.c..4493) = sestine 4667.0 = —sin.ye 4718) \& 472807 sti.;

4846 = sin.; 4877 & 4878 = sti; 4879 = sin.; 4880 = .

4887 = sin.; 4888 = sti. —:.Alston, A. H. G.: 259. = sin;

14463 = sti. — Alvins: 871 & 1109 = sti. — Amdjah: 172 &

637 = sti. — Ampuria, J.: SAN. 25271 & 35281 = sti. — Anang

(exp. de Haan): 639 = lon. — Anderson, J. A. R.: 1258, 4286,

42794 Gi 9786 = stie 12535°—ell.7°12580 &:12913 — stu; 14375

= obl.; 15282, 15359 & 24045 = sti.; 20242 = obl. — Andrews,

C. W.: 147 = pel.-mur. — Anonuevo, P.: PNH. 13733 = sub. —

Anwar: SAN. 37936 = sti. — Aris: Ja. 3353 = mic. — Ashton,

Pe Sieune3236. =! Si: $1\46719 \HSobl.i§. 22085 = sti.

Backen..G. As Jeli 5t, Gy, 26lla-so28 = Sti.;.4820 —-sin;

COL? &. /aVJ, = stirs 9475 =~ gun; 120264—' pel.-pel:;.,12263 &

LOZI4, = St. 10042.= sin.) 4/293) '= sti.:’ 18268 = pel-pel;

18491, Za095s, A3742 OC 23907 = sti; 25098 = pel-pel.; 25232

= Sin vlene ee gig = S304) =; ncas31155 = sth —

Baki. Vv. a, Bonk Jr: 1630,= sit,— Balansa; B.: 585 = wure,;

2528 & 3289 = sti. — Barnard: MR. 33 = sin. Bartlett, H. H.:

6849, 7734 & 8186 = sti; 13453 = mey.-mey.; 15631 & 15741

= sub. — Battah & Anthony: SAN. 37678 = ell. — Bauerlen,

W.: 493 = ter.; NSW. 77926 = moroi. — Baumann, M::

14819 = lat. — Beccari, O.: 218 & 992 = sti. — Becking: 118

98 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

= mic. — Beer: BSIP. 5107. 6675, 0iJ24d220 & TIGS = Tat.

— Beguin, V. M. A.: 778, 1232, 1437 & 1782 = lon. — Betche,

E.: 317 = vit. — Beumee; J.: 12 = sin; 19 = sti.; 4872 = ‘sin.;

6081 & 6753 = sti. — Bliss, G.: 610 = rec. — Bloembergen, S.:

3027 = sti.; bb. 27110 = cord.; bb. 29840 = mic. — Boerlage:

564 = lon. — Bolster, F.: 184 = mey.-mey. — Bon: 90 = sin.:

2744 & 2843 = ure.; 5838 & 6051 = sin. — Boorman, J.:

31 = pho. — Borssum-Waalkes, J.: 571 = sin.; 3240 = ter.:;

3366 = moroi. — Brand, D.: SAN. 24494 = ell. — Brass, L. J::

690: = ter.po198hice. morons-.2668 = lon. 2357S"= fec.;: 466

= lat.; 5490, 7434 & 7434A = ter.; 22881 = car.; 24146 &

24200 =ele@rald).24382 = ten, 29235 = tor: 37402 = mer.

32555 ‘& 325600 ters; 32593 54 nér.: 32688! =“sch.; 32699"

32719 = ner. — Brass & Versteegh: 10485 & 12594 = pel.-pel.

— Brinkman, R.: 644 = sti.; 650 = sin.; 816 = sti. — Britton,

B. B.: PNH. 19599 = den.; 19604 = ven. — Brown, R.: 3094

= exc. — Bruggeman, M. L. A:: 527 & 841 = sti. — Bruderus,

J.: NGF. 24077 = sch. — Bumkoed: 89 = sti. — Bunnemeyer,

H. A. B.: 439, 1305, 3089, 3542, 3598, 3776, 5041 & 8646 = StL.

8769, 9028, 9383, 9427 & 10472 = sin.; 11108 = kje. — Burger,

D.: 2083, 6655 & 6672 = pel-pel. — Burkill, I. H.: SFN. 6347

= sti. — Burton, R. E.: 165 = lat. — Buwalda, P.: 3809 = kje.;

4162 & 4292 — cord.; 7581 = sti..— Buoysman’ Mi: “29Sce

435 = sti.

Carolyn & Frake: PNH. 35995 = sti. — Carr, C. E.: 11127

= pel.-pel; 11207 = cord.; 11723 = pel-pel.; 13644, 13969,

15573 & 15775 = car.; 16061 = pel.-pel.; SFN. 27088 = sti. —

Chai, P.: S. 19766 = sti. — Cheel, E.: NSW. 77928 = moroi.

— Chevalier: 30985 = sti. — Chew Wee-Lek: CWL. 537 = sti;

647 = ell. — Chew & Corner: RSNB 4066 = sti.; 4985 = obl.:

4986 & 6025 = sti.; 7048 = obl.; 7070 = sti; 7094.= ob —

Chew et al.: RSNB. 29, 234 & 1474 = sti; 1955 = obl.; 2850

= sti. — Ching, R. C.: 7329 = ure. — Christophersen, E.:

302 = vit. — ‘Clarke, GB: 36225 =«sin. —~ Clason-Laarman:

111 = st — Clemens; (244 '& 335 —?rseh.; 462 = sisvel0heS

ter.; 6282 = morob; 7153 = car.; 8453, 8585 & 8660 = ner.;

8684 = sch.; 10074 = obl.; 10402 = sti.; 10475 = obl.; 10774

= cord.;-11094 = ‘sch; 416703 —.-sub.; -17035.5 = mey--meys

17409 & 17410 = sti.; 20227 = ell.; 21615, 28478, 29330 &

29933 soe §21031%S 32791 —_obl: 34095 \— st: 40748 — ok,

41462 & 41584 = ner.; 43662 = pho. — Colfs, P.: 338 = mic.

— Conklin, "FC.: “PNHO 17554 = mey.-sup.; 18933" =" Car:

18985 = luz.-luz. — Conklin & Buwaya: PNH. 80485 = ell. —

Copeland, E. B.: 608 = mey.-sub. — Copeland, H. F.: 78 = sub.

— Coppe, D:: 77 = lat. —“Comer, FJ. a. NG, 12400, —

lon.; 12464 = ter.; 12466, 12472 & 12477 = sch.; 13501 = lon;

13561 = lat. — Cowmeadow: BSIP. 2518 & 4774 = lat. —

Cuadra, Aus” A. ‘1430 =" st. —“Cumune: S22" Tiz.-luz.) S67

= mey.-mey. — Curran, H. M.: 5149 = mey.-mey. — Curtis.

Ce AGC ae oD ee

W —L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 99

Peer wt 2... a). = St..— Daman Er. 76 = bar. —

Danser. .. 0040" = Sit’ — Darbyshire, P-’J.:° 629 = cord.;

1016 = mir. — Darbyshire & Hoogland: 7980 = coral.

Darling, F. W.: 18685 = luz-luz. — Darnton, [.S.: 539 = sti.

— Dee: 452 = bas. — Degener, O.: 14797, 14822, 15034 &

15479 = vit. — Degener & Ordonez: 13951, 14203 & 14246 =

vit. — Dennis, G.: 248C = vit.; RSS. 2127 = ner. — DeVore

& Hoover: 182 = sti. — Dietrich, A.: 605, 1438, 1889 & 2192

= pho. — Docters van Leeuwen 11086 & 11226 = ter.

Ebalo, L. E.: 744 = sti. — Eberhardt: 1260 = sin. — Edano,

G. E.: PNH. 11389 = cra.; 11934 & 26792 = mey.-mey.; 48786

= luz.ana.; 48816 = luz.luz. — Einar & DuRietz: 4073 = exc.

— Elbert, J.: 780, 1679 & 2768 = mic. — Elmer, A. D. E::

6464 & 7351 = mey.-mey.; 7442 & 8087 = sti.; 8273 & 8932 =

mey.-mey.; 10499 = sti.; 11948 = ven.; 13324 = mey.-sub:;

13966 = sti; 14019 = luz.-luz.; 14516 = sti.; 14974 = sub.;

15206 = luz.luz.; 15547 & 15548 = sti.; 15608 = mey.-sub.;

£71529 = were 17262. V=— “amey-sibi:: 1 7300.x= —ver.p° 17340 V&

Pree) == Si U2. == sub; 18235, =. mey.-mey.; 20859, 20887

om 2111) = St, 29455 & Zier zZ = ell. — Endert; ‘F.H.°*2378

=str.; 3510''= obi; 46265'52933°5297 & ‘5298 =" sti, —‘Enggoh:

O70 = su yma, ‘PS POS2I8 =" ter 35396 &*3754! "hie

Faber, F. C.: 3215A = sti. — Faurie: 606 = mey.-mey. —

Fawcett: 1879 = pho. — Fenix, E.: 214 mey.-mey.; 3719 =

mey.-sub,,..12583 s: mey;-mey,; 12748..— -rig.; 15151. = sti;

26044 = mey.-mey. — Fischer, C. E.: 2488 = sin. — Floyd, A.:

NGF. 3498 = cord.; 7281 = ner. — Floyd & Hoogland: 3819 =

ner. — Forbes, H. O.: 403 = ter.; 1053 & 1054 = sti. — Forest-

Guards: 7405 = sin. — Fox, R. B.: PNH. 4883 = mey.mey.;

8993 = mey.-sub. — Foxworthy, F. W.: 12233 = mey.-mey.;

25712 = sti. — Frake, C.: PNH. 35995 = sti. — Franc, L:

1229 = lat. — Franck, C. W.: 1004 & 1400 = sti. — de Fretes:

5577 & 5578 = amp.

Gadoh: KL. 1279 = sti. — Gafui, I. H.: BSIP. 8679 = lon. —

Gamble, J. S.: 2409A, 7662 & 15940 = sin. — Gammill, J. A.:

236 = mey.-mey. — Garber: 780 = vit. — Gardner: 812 = sin.

— Gibbs, L. S.: 4104 = sti. — Gibot, A.: SAN. 35835 = stL;

37035 = ell.; 60789 = sti. — Gillespie, J. W.: 2610 = har.;

2864 = vit.; 3076 & 3383 = har.; 3706 & 3756 = vit.; 4163 =

har; 4425 & 4621 = vit.; 4705 = har. — Glassman, S. F.: 791

= mey.-mey.; 2685 & 2714 = lat. — Goy & Smith: 317 = pho.

— Greenwood, W.: 74 = har.; 142, 248 & 292 = vit.; 766 =

har.; 1234 = vit. — Griffith herb.: 1285 & 4513 sin. —

Guillaumin, A.: 8504 = lat — Gwynne-Vaughan: 373 sin.

Haan, G. de: 139 = car.; 20la = lon. — Hagerup, O.: 48 =

sti. — Hallier, H.: 163 & 478 = sti.; 2775 = obl.; 4714 = den.

— Hamilton, F. B.: 2004 = sin. — Haniff, Md.: SFN. 10340 =

sin. — Hartley, T. G.: 9946 = ner.; 10032 =cord.; 10038 = sch.;

10900 = pel.-pel.; 12475 = car. — Havel & Kairo: NGF.

100 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

17150 = pel.-pel.; 17282 = car. — Haviland, G. D.: 153, 347

& 991 =, -ell.;. 1222 & 1230K -— sti134! = obl. Hela:

1171 = moroi. — Henderson, M. R.: 11498, 20281 & 21707 =

sti. — Henry, A.: 720 = mey.-mey. — Henty, E. E.: NGF. 9828

= lon.; 10674 = ner.; 14399 = coral.; 14819 = sch. — Henty &

Sayers: NGF. 20572 = ner. — Hollrung, M.: 513 = cord. —

Holstvoogd, C.: 178 = sti. — Hoogland, R. D.: 4540 & 4541

= ner.; 5042 = coral.; 5168 = ner. — Horne, J.: 152 & 384 =

vit. — Hose, C.:'5 = sti! -S0Hosokaway 77197595 *=cdap

Huitema, W. K.: 54 = sti: 115 = sin. — Hunt, P. F.: RSS.

2651 & 2906 = lat.; 2919 = lon. — Hurlimann, H.: 156 &

614 = har. — Hutchinson, W. J.: 3925 = cra.

Iboet: 43, 169 & 228 = sti. — Ilias-Paie: S. 16361 = sti. —

Iwanggin, G. Th.: BW. 9077 = ter.

Jacobs, M.: 4454 & 4808 = sti.; 4810 = mic. — Jansen, E.:

4660A = sin. — Jeoward, D.: 81 = vit. — Johnson & Constable:

NSW. 32026 = exc. — Junghuhn, F. W.: 160, 473 & 476 = sti.

Kairo, A.: NGF. 17445 = pel.-pel. — Kajewski, S. F.: 421 =

lat.;,.1943,. =. recip ck974.=ndeaqeo@d260>—. dat; 2582)5— nee.

KalshovennrLs, Grek: .6¢c= gpelppel.; a79n—— asin,: | 80 pee;

81 = pel.-pel. — Kanehira, R.: 5, 887, 1304, 1555, 1754, 1776,

1783 & 2218 = lat.; 2504 & 2551 = sti.; 4092 = lon. — Kanehira

& Hatusima: 11414 = coral.; 11908 = pel.-pel..; 13360 = coral.;

14211 = rac. — Karta: 12 = sin.; 14 & 19 = sti. — Kartodi-

hardjo: 2040 = sti.; 2062 = sin. — Kaudern, W.: 21 = sti. —

Keith: 289 = sti. — Kere, F.: BSIP. 4928 & 5008 = lat. —

Kern, J. Hi’ 8527°= sto] Ker, A. FG’ 150F-]"shn.~ aoa.

6422 & 6641 = sin.; 7811 & 11807 = sti; 12157 = sin.; 12553

= sti; 15590 = sin.; 16058, 17168, 18367 & 20799 = sti. —

Kiah: SFN. 23958 = sti. — King’s coll.: 5593, 7142 & 8565 =

sti. — Kjellberg, G.: 1041 = cel.; 2258 = kje.; 2345 = mic.; 2730

= amp. — Kloss, C. B.: SFN. 6829 & 18657 = sti. — Kochumen,

K. M.: 75989 = sti. — Koens, A. J.: 338 & 365 = sti. — Kondo

& Edano: PNH. 36806 = mey.-sub.; 39000 = sti. — Koorders,

S. H.: 3215 = sti. — 9467 = pel.-pel.; 9468 & 9469 = sin.; 9470

= pel.-pel.; 9471 = sin.; 9472 = pel.-pel.; 9473 = sti.; 9474 =

mic.; 9475 to 9484 = pel.-pel.; 9485, 9488, 9489 & 9490 = sin.;

9491 to 9500 ="sti.; 95017 =“sin; 9502 & 9503 ="stii> 95a =

sin | “OS03 0 207 = St. 9508 =" si. S509 a S10 St; oe

to 9573 "=", 9914 & 9515 = “stl, 9910 10.9920, = iii, ee

=i pel.-pel:' W0se3," 11007 & ‘TTIST “= "str, “11607 “Ac> Thea

sin.;’ 12372 2 Si. TOTS =* pelApe oizels =e. ee

14799) S30 Slee Stt.; 19309 tee = «6, ee

mic,; 20163" ="Stl-7" 20022 = pel.-per, 20js0.—— sie., aa

pel.-pel.; 20859 = sin.; 20953 = pel.-pel.; 21343 = mic.; 21344

=|, sin.:), 21345 «= -pelepel.; ; 213460 amic:; 21344,'=..) pel.-pen;

21349; = paic.; 21350)=.sin.; 21351.&:29352 = apel_-pel; 21354

= sin,; 21355 =, sti.; 22425 =.mic.; 22426 & 22666;—)pel--pel:

22773 .=,; sti; 23028,= pel.-pel.; 2323)1,c& 233991. sti; (23706

W.—L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 101

& 23760 = pel.-pel.; 24624 & 25769 = sti.; 26102 = sin.; 28020:

= sti.; 28026, 28832 & 29442 = pel.-pel.; 29445 = sti.; 29454,

29456 & 29819 = pel.-pel.; 30029 & 30148 = mic.; 30884 =

sin.; 33667, 34197, 34702, 35773 & 36240 = sti.; 36782 = sin.;

38338 = mic.; 38340, 38352, 38368 & 38369 = pel.-pel.; 38452

& 38478 = sin.; 38492 & 38498 = pel.-pel.; 38554 = mic.; 38819

& 38820 = pel.-pel.; 38849 = sin.; 39333 = sti.; 39906 = sin.;

oe) ==. pel.-pel.; 39926.— sin.; 39927 =mic.; 39962.= sin.;

40042 = mic.; 40057, 40062 & 40066 = pel.-pel.; 40256 & 40459

= sti; 41022 = pel.-pel.; 41910, 41974, 43979, 44081, 44121,

44266, 44559 to 44561 = sti. — Koster, Ch.; BW. 317 = ter.;

320, 7097, 7138 & 7177 = pel.-pel.; 10817 = coral. — Koster-

mans, A.; 59| = rec.; 1346.& 1678, = lon.;'2723 & 2915 = coral.;

4877 = ell.; 5338, 6206, 6238, 13454 & 13855 = sti.; 18359 =

mic.; 21302 = ell.; 21521 = sti.; 21756 = obl. — Kostermans et

al; KKSS. 125 & 127 = sti:;,129 = car..— Kunstler, H.: 4027

= sti. — Kuntz, R. E.: 063 = mey.-mey. — Kuntze, O.: 4911 &

wid, =: sti.;, 6983, =. sin.

Peace, J. H.2"5555 *=" Sin) —*Lajangah, ‘J. “K's SAN) 33122 &

aes == Si amy rd; SU0T —"'tla.. 3025 = lon? FIT) =

sch. — Lane-Poole, C.: 633 = coral. — Langlasse, E.: 58 = cra.;

94 = sub. — Lanjouw, L. R.: 184 = sti. — Larsen, K.: 9420 =

bas, — Lan.s. K.°.28363. = sin. —- Lauterbach, C.: TI53"=

ter.; 2554 = coral. — Lei, C. I: 584 = sti. — Leichardt: 26 =

pho. — Lesger, B.: 150 = sin. — Lipageto, Z.: BSIP. 3363,

3447 & 3466 = lat. — Loher, A.: 5008 = mey.-mey.; 5009 =

mey.-sub.; 6892 = mey.-mey.; 6933 = sub. — Lorzing, J. A.:

521 & 649 = sin.; 795, 1711 & 2887 = sti.; 3805 = sin.; 4198

= sti.; 4213 = sin.; 4298 = sti.; 4654 = sin.; 5398 & 14946 =

sti. — Lorzing & Jochems: 7452 = sti. — Ludlow et al.; 7282.

= sin. — Lutjeharms, W. J.: 3603 & 4941 = sti.

Maenu’u, L.: BSIP. 6073 & 6461 = lat. — Maingkom: bb.

7540 = mic. — Mair, K.: NGF. 1861 = sch. — Martellino &

Edano: 35387 = mey.-sub.; 35732 & 35760 = sti. — McClure,

F, A.: 7747 = sin. — McGregor, R. C.: 11256 = mey.-mey.;

19765;= ven.; 22906..= sub..— McKee,.H. S.: 3014 = vit. +

Mearns & Hutchinson: 4586 = den. — Meebold, A.: 5843 &

13011 = sin.; 16512 = har. — Meijer, W.: 2109, 5811 & 5812

= sti; 26442 = ell.; 29242 = sti.; 49826 = obl. — Mendoza,

D.: PNH. 18555 = mey.-mey. — Mendoza & Convocar: PNH.

10653 = mey.-sub. — Mendoza & Steiner: PNH. 41368 = luz.-

luz. — Merrill, E. D.: 988 & 998 = mey.-mey.; 1818 & 4838 =

sti.; 6290 = sub.; 8148 = sti.; 11649 = ven.; Ph. Pl. 294 = ©

sub.; Sp. Bl. 401 = mey.-mey. — Merritt, M. L.: 11379 = sti.

— Meyer, R.: 2631 = luz.-luz.; 2850 = sti. — Mikil, G.: 35755

= obl.; 41833, 46720 & 56298 = sti. — Millar, A. N.: NGF.

9288 = lon.; 14510 = ner. — Moran, R.: 4454 & 4535 = lat. —

Motley, J.: 346 = sti. — Mousset, J. P.: 280 = sti. — Muin-Chai:

Sees 15586, = ‘ell,;.31633. =» sti.

102 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV _ (1969)

Native coll.; 51 = sti. — Neth. Ind. For. Ser.: bb. 27110 =

car. — Nielsen, E.: 1159 = sti. — Nieuwenhuis, A. W.: 293 =

sti. — Nur, Md.: -7201'= sti.;°7408 =sin!; 41193’ ="stu

Parks, “H. (E./ "T6002, "=" Nar,, 20991 =" Vil, -—- "Feary, 1 ee

870A = sin. — Persieh: 257 & 492 = moroi. — Petelot, A::

6689 = ure. — Pierre, L.: 4708 = sin. — Pijl: 435 = pel.-pel. —

Pleyte, D. R.: 105 = lon. — Poilane: 8930 & 12505 = ure. —

Popta, S.: 1540 = sti. — Posthumus: 925 = sti. — Powell, Th.:

205 & 329 = har. — Prain’s coll.; 367 & 756 = sin. — Pringgo-

Atmodjo, R. M.: 407 = sin.; 411 = sti.; 487 = sin. — Puasa:

7662 = ell. — Pulle: 3098 = sti. — Pullen, R.: 526 & 569 =

morob.; 1078 = sch.; 1219 & 1706 = ter.; 1784 = cord.; 4065

= ORG

Quisumbing, E.: 7995 = mey.-mey.

Rahim Ismail: 98867 = sti. — Rahmat-si-Toroes: 1229, 3222,

4638 & 4941 = sti.; 5309 = sin.; 6925 & 7851 = sti. — Ramos,

M.: 438 = mey.-mey.; 1247 = obl.; 12142 = mey.-mey.; 14677

= mey.-sub.;.’17559 = ,sti.; 19462 =. ven.; 24061 = Juz.-luz.;

24274 & 24406 = mey.-sub.; 30229 = sub.; 33001 = mey.-sub.;

33175 = luz.-luz.; 43180 = sti.; 80306, 80461 & 80591 = mey.-

sub. — Ramos & Edano: 26362 = mey.-sub.; 26493 = mey.-

mey.; 30876 = sub.; 31101 = mey.-sub.; 36649 = sti.; 44364

= mey.-sub.; 49080 = mey.-mey.; 49285 = sti.; 49361 = cra.;

49413 = sti.; 75581 = mey.-sub.; 84935, 84936 & 84941 = sti.

— Rant, A.: 847 = lon. — Reillo, J.: 16446 = den. — Reinecke:

Sl) = vit 96 har. oe ie Reinwardt, C.: 539 = amp.

— Rensch, I.: 313 = car.; 704 = mic. — Richards, J.: NSW.

77929 = moroi. — Richards, P. W.: 1088 = sti. — Ridley, H. N.:

157 =~ pel-“mur.:- 158/ 159 °Sc "160 = "sin $8527 1494 SS

— Robinson, C. B.: 9731 = sub.; Pl. R. Amb. 310 = lon.; 311,

312 & 313 = amp* Rel? Robi 1920 =" ampi*== Reck,- #4

2040 = bas. — Rodway, F. A.: 1803 & NSW. 75174 = exc. —

Royen, P.: NGF. 20067 = lon. — Rudolph: 19 = cord. — Rutten:

427 =) tee 1718, = amps -1399.— ster.

Saanan (exp. Hulstyn): 103 = amp. — Sablaya, M.: 20 =

mey.-sub. — Saint-John, H.: 18228 = har.; 18255 = vit. —

Sandkuhl, H.: 298 = ven. — Santos, J. V.: 4156 = sti.; 4889

= mey.-mey.; 5232 = mey.-sub. — Santos, P.: 4156 = sti. —

Sarasin, F.: 466 & 814 = Jat. — Sarip: 108 = pel.-pel.; 133 =

sin. — Saunders, J. C.: 213, 323 & 385 = ter.; 462 & 557 =

ner. — Sayers, C. D.: NGF. 19509 = sch. — Scheffer, R. H.: C.

17 = sti. — Schlechter, R.: 13840 = coral.; 14385 = tor.; 16615

= sch.; 16885 = ner.; 16894 = coral.; 18377 = ner. — Schmid;

M.: 318 to 320 = lat. — Schram, F. A. W.: 2784 = ter.; 7858

& 7892 = pel.-pel. — Scortechini: 643 = sti; 1817 = sin. —

Seemann, B.: 426 = har.; 427 = vit. — Shanesy, J. O.: 24 =

pho. — Sidek b. Kiah: S. 36 = obl. — Sijde, H. A.: BW. 5534

= coral. — Sinclair, J.: 10727 = sti. — Sinclair & Edano: 9605

= sti. — Sinclair et al.: 9253 = ell. — Singh, J.: SAN. 28271

W.—L. Chew — Monograph of Dendrocnide 103:

= obl. — Singh et al.: 48869 = sti. — Sinnangul, H. T.: SAN.

39973, 56172, 57262, 57314 & 57334 = sti. — Smith, A. C.: 45

= thar; 359,985 .& 1595,=—. wit.;,4428 = whar.; 4450, 5033 &

2) a= ile 262 = har. S42 =_vit,; 5626 =.har.; 6313 =

Vit.;:722). = har.; 7835, 8315. é& 8658. .= vit. — Smith, E.:- 181

= sti..— Smith, L. S.;-10132, = cord.; 10175. = moroi; 10540

= exc. — Smitinand, T.: 1046 & 5257 = sti. — Snan: 669 =

sti. — Soegandiredjo: 79 & 174 = sti. — Soegeng-Reksodihardjo,

W.: 171 = sin. — Sow et al.: A. 1682 = obl. — Steenis, C. G. G.

Pere et St LOG0 = pel-pel." 25/5 35192" sti’; S297 -&

3431 = sin.; 7691 = mic.; 8088, 8304, 9433 & 10830 = sti. —

Stern, W. L.: 2175 = sti. — Stone, B. C.: 2387, 4138 & 5096

=Jaty — Story; R:: 7174-= exc. — Streimann &, Kairo: NGF.

21174 & 21177 = ner. — Strugnell, E. J.: 12670 = sti. — Sulit,

M. D.: PNH. 6924 = sti.; 8363 = mey.-mey.; 9864 = sti.; 11692

= mey.-mey. — Sulit & Conklin: PNH. 16861 = mey.-mey. —

Swain: 202 = pho. — Swinhoe, R.: 37 = mey.-mey. — Syming-

ton, C. F.: 22821, 22972 & 23013 = sti. — Synge, P. M.: 1088

='su:

Tabot de Matalban: 157 = sti. — Tabualewa, A.: 15640 =

vit. — Tanaka, T.: 10406 = mey.-sub. — Teo, L. E.: TP. 49

= sti. — Teona, R.: BSIP. 4861 & 6304 = lat. — Teysmann:

On? pra omne 3/5185 e—oter.375939°0— mic; 6756 = coral; /1171lt &

13794 = mic.; 16371 = sin. — Thorel: 3487 = sti. — Thorenaar,

A.: 70 = sti. — Thozet, A.: 408 = pho. — Thwaites: 2200 =

sin. — Tjokrosoendjojo: 1662 = sti. — Tothill, J. D.: 785 =

har. — Toxopeus, L. J.: 248 = mic.; 550 = sti. — Treutler: 802

= sin. — Tsang, W. T.: 17487 = sti.

Uliee: $,= tmic.esiibimesco: 73..=. sin;

Vaupel: 295 = vit. — Verhoef: 32 = pel.-pel. — Verreaux:

559 = exc. — Versteeg, G. M.: 1401 & 1547 = ter. — Versteegh,

Chr.: BW. 7519 = pel.-pel. — Vesterdal, A.: 22 = sti. — Vickery,

or Naw. 77918 to 77920 = exc.: 77931, 779348 7294 = pho.

— Vidal: 3879 & 3880 = sti.; 3881 = mey.-mey.; 3884 & 3885

= luz.-luz. — Vieillard: 2161 = lat. — Volck & Dansie: 1470

= cord.; 1471 = moroi. — de Vriese: 6 = pel.-pel.; 40 & 153

=, "MIC,

Wagiman: 4087 = sti. — Walangitang: 57 = mic, — Wall.

Cat.: 4611 = sin. — Walsh, M. E.: 84 = moroi. — Wang, C. W.:

78665 & 79201 =°bas:; 79495 = sin.; 79935 = bas.; 80006 =

ure.; 80794 & 81058 = sin. — Warburg, O.: 14702 = mey.-sub.;

Pore = su. —-* Waternouse, J. TH Ls °Y.'155'. =‘ rec.; 322 =

lon. — Waturandang, A. G.: 2, 187, 406 & 492 = mic. — White,

ot eas ee. ae = er.’ SoU = pho.; 6059, 9145 .&

cae) -—— Onc, taico = ple, 12728 &°12/8l = exc., 12995 =

pho. — White et al.: NGF. 1530 & 1655 = ner.; 1662 = cord.;

1675 = lon. — White, K. J.: NGF. 10477 = ner. — Whitmee,

S. J.: 271 = har. —- Whitmore, T. C.: BSIP. 798 & 2288 = rec.;

2857, 2863, 2956, 4752 & 5409 = lat.; 5684 = ner.; FRI. 3399

104 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore— XXV (1969)

= sti.; RSS. 6048 & 6130 = lat. — Whitmore & Womersley:

BSIP. 709 = rec. — Wight, R.: 459 = sin. — Williams, J. B.:

J. 41 = pho. — Williams, R. S.: 991 = rig.; 1548 & 2058 =

mey.-mey,;..2706 =, Juz.-ana.: “2ol0- _sti. Wilson, E. H.:

11015 = mey.-sub. — Winckel, W. F.: 1610 = sti. — Wind, R.:

2510 = sti. — Winkler, Hub.: 2983, 3330 & 3352 = sti.; 3478

= ell. — Wirawan, N.: 34 & 326 = sti. — Witkamp, H.: 1 &

2) =) sth: 3,.=.510,; 3.= Stow Womersiey. 2 &.. NGF. S0lg

ner.; 13383 = lon.; 19422 = ner.; 24558 = morob. — Womersley

-& Royen: 5896 = morob. — Wood, D. D.: 676 = obl. — Wood,

G. H. S.: SAN. 17168 = ell. — Wullen: bb. 14136 = mic.

Yates, H.’ S:: 603, 1029; 1360'& 2526 = sti) 25532 = ve

Yuncker, "T. G.:' 9927 & 15329" = War.

Zain, M.: 61307 = sti. — Zollinger: 510 & 1312 = sti.; 3007

= sin.; 3136 = pel.-pel.; 3807 = sin. — Zwickery, A. L.: 547

<= icra!

Index to Dendrocnide species

kajewskii, 94. stimulans, 11.

. kjellbergii, 86.

. latifolia, 71.

. longifolia, 79.

. luzonensis, 40.

. Meyeniana, 21.

. microstigma, 82.

subclausa, 28.

. ternatensis, 47.

. torricellensis, 51.

. urentissima, 32.

. venosa, 30.

D. amplissima, 84. CLC. mirabilis, 90.

D. basirotunda, 34. D. morobensis, 67.

D. carriana, 45. LC. moroides, 55.

D. celebica, 92. D. nervosa. 69.

D. contracta, 95. D. oblanceolata, 14.

D. corallodesme, 53. D. peltata, 42.

D. conden, JS: D. photinophylla, 60.

D. ciassmial 18. D. rechingeri, 74.

eae Taeiditolia ta

ee D. schlechteri, 76

D. excelsa, 64. ; ke =o

Deusipadiza. 95) D. sessiliflora, 95.

D: haiveyi, 88. D. sinuata, 36.

D. D.

D D.

D D

CD D

D D

Cc D

. vitiensis, 62.

A new genus and new species of Malesian Orchids:

R. E. HOLTTUM

Recently I have received specimens and photographs of orchids

from Mr. K. C. Cheang (Penang) and Mr. A. G. Alphonso:

(Singapore). These indicate that corrections should be made to

some statements in my book Orchids of Malaya (3rd edition, 1965),.

and involve the recognition of a new genus and a new species.

From Singapore I have also received specimens of a further new

species originating in Sabah. The new genus and new species are:

described in the present paper, with appropriate name-changes.

Smitinandia, a new genus of Sarcanthine Orchids

Smitinandia, genus novum, habitu. Sarcantho Lindl. simile;

inflorescentia horizontale vel nutans, simplex vel ramosa; flores

parvi, carnosi, diu persistentes; labellum calcaratum, trilobum,

lobis lateralibus parvis, carnosis, lobo intermedio fere quadran-.

gulari, carnoso, antice tenui et rotundato, ore calcaris callo e basi

lobi intermedii nascente occluso; pollinia 4, in paribus valde

inaequalibus disposita, stipite brevi sursum dilatato suffulta.

Species typica: Saccolabium micranthum Lindl.

In Orchids of Malaya (\st ed. p.731, 3rd ed. p.735) I included

Saccolabium micranthum Lindl. with doubt in the genus Ascocen-

trum Schltr, remarking that I knew of no other genus to which it

could be referred. In recent years several plants of this species have

been sent to Kew from Thailand and have flowered; I have also:

received flowering material in alcohol, and photographs, from

plants in cultivation at the Botanic Gardens at Singapore and

Penang.

This new material shows the pollinia clearly. They are not, as I

had supposed, like those of Ascocentrum, which has two pollinia,

each with a small cleft; the species micranthum has four pollinia,

in two pairs, the two in each pair very unequal, as they are in

Sarcanthus and Thrixspermum. Viewed from the front, the smaller

members of each pair are hidden, and so are not shown in

Pantling’s drawing, on which I largely based my description, as

I had no fresh material when I prepared the book. The shape

of the labellum differs greatly from that of Sarcanthus, and the

callus which closes the entrance to the spur is an outgrowth from

the base of the midlobe of the lip, not from the back of the spur

as in Sarcanthus. As pointed out by Seidenfaden and Smitinand,

Saccolabium humile Ridl., agrees exactly in floral structure with

S. micranthum, and I unite the two species in a new genus, as these

authors suggest, naming it in recognition of their excellent work on

the orchids of Thailand.

106 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore— XXV (1969)

Key to the species of Smitinandia

Inflorescence unbranched, scape much shorter than rachis; dorsal

sepal 3 mm. long. S. micrantha

Inficrescence branched, scape as long as one of the branches:

dorsal sepal hardly 2 mm. long. S. humilis

Smitinandia micrantha (Lindl.) Holttum, com nov. — Saccola-

-bium micranthum Lindl., Gen. et Sp. Orch. (1833) 220. — S. fissum

Ridl., Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 32 (1896) 361; Flora Mal. Penin. 4

(1924) 173. — Cleisostoma micranihum (Lindl.) King & Pantl.,

Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 8 (1898) 234, t.312. — Ascocentrum

micranthum (Lindl.) Holtt., Rev. Fl. Malaya 1 (1953) 731; Seiden-

faden & Smitinand, Orch. Thailand pt. IV, 1 (1963) 595, fig. 446. —

Cleisostoma tixieri Guillaum., Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, ser. 2,

32 (1959) 369; Seidenfaden & Smitinand, Orch. Thailand Pt. IV,

2 (1964) 826.

Type specimen: Wallich 7300, Sylhet and Nepal (K).

Distribution: Sikkim Himalaya southwards through Tenasserim,

Laos, Cambodia and Thailand to Langkawi and Kedah.

As noted in Holttum 1953, the distribution of purple markings

in the flowers varies somewhat, those from northern Malaya having

least purple, but the shape of the flowers varies little. The scape of

the inflorescence is often very short (under 1 cm.) and is much

thicker than that of S. humilis. Old inflorescences bearing fruits are

sometimes longer than the leaves, but usually they do not exceed

the leaves.

Smitinandia humilis (Ridl.) Holttum, comb. nov. — Saccolabium

humile Ridl., Journ. Str. Br. R. Asiatic Soc. no. 59 (1911) 198:

Seidenfaden & Smitinand, Orch. Thailand pt. IV, 1 (1963) 616,

617, fig. 465 A, B.

Type specimen: Curtis 3028, Poongah (Phang-nga), Thailand

(S. dupl. K).

Distribution: Eastern and Peninsular Thailand, Laos.

Seidenfaden and Smitinand publish good illustrations, and (p.

616) point out the relationship of this species to S. micrantha. I

have not seen a specimen of Cleisostoma poilanei Gagnep. (Bull.

Soc. Bot. France 79: 34, 1932) but from the description it seems

likely to be synonymous with S. humilis, rather than with S.

micrantha as suggested by Seidenfaden and Smitinand (p. 595).

A new species of Hylophila Lindley

Hylophila cheangii Holttum, sp. nov. — AH. lanceolata sensu

Holttum, Rev. Fl. Malaya 1 (1953) 119, p.p.

Hylophila habitu H. lanceolata (BI.) Miquel similis, sed ab ea

inflorescentia omnino hirsuta atque aurantiaca, appendiculis

stigmatis nullis, distincta.

Stem 25 cm or more long, basal part creeping and rooting at the

nodes, internodes 2.5-3.5 cm long: leaf-blade 9-11 x 2.5-3.0 cm,

widest in the middle, narrowed to base and slightly acuminate apex,

Holttum — Malesian Orchids 107

sheath and petiole 2.5 cm long (closed sheath 8 mm). Inflorescence

terminal, scape to 3 cm; rachis 2.5-4.5 cm long, hairy, reddish

orange: bracts 12 mm. long, narrowed to a slender tip. hairy as

rachis and of same colour; dorsal sepal orange, 10 mm long, 4 mm

wide near base when flattened, gradually narrowed to apex, hairy

on outer surface; lateral sepals 10 mm long, 5 mm wide near

base; petals as long as sepals, 3 mm wide, widest in middle, hair-

less, clear yellow; labellum saccate, 6 mm long, orange yellow,

its base joined to the sides of the column, with a very small

aperture in front of the column, its blade very narrow, 5 mm long.

a deeper orange; column less than 2 mm long, bearing a distinctly

bilobed swollen stigma in an arc across its front, the two halves

together forming a crescent with ascending arms just beneath the

rostellum; anther elongate and bent forwards almost at right

angles to the column; pollinarium 7 mm long, the narrow viscisium

5 mm long; rostellum deeply lobed.

Type: coll. K. C. Cheang, s.n., terrestrial by streamside, Fraser’s

Hill, Pahang, 27 June 1968 (K). The following specimen in Herb.

Kew also agrees: Moulton 6694, Gunong Temabok, Upper Baram

Valley, Sarawak, 3,000 ft. (distributed as Dicerostylis lanceolata

BI.).

I believe Mr. Cheang’s specimens to be identical with those few

others from Malaya which have passed as Hylophila lanceolata

and are so described in my book on the orchids of Malaya. When

preparing my description for the book, I saw no fresh material, and

accepted J. D. Hooker’s identification of Malayan specimens with

Blume’s Java species (see Hook. fil. in Fl. Brit. India 6: 110). I

took details of colour from J. J. Smith’s revised description of the

Java species, made from fresh specimens in 1921. Ridley’s previous

description of the same old Malayan specimens available to me

(he never found any himself) included the statement “flowers

white”, which he probably copied from Blume. My description, as

regards dimensions of flowers and their parts, was evidently taken

from dried Malayan specimens, and agrees well with the new

specimen found by Mr. Cheang. The only discrepancy is the

absence of stigmatic appendages on Mr. Cheang’s specimen; I

suspect that I took these on trust, copying Hooker’s statement.

Hooker saw only a single specimen, collected in Perak by Scor-

techini about 1885, and the Kew sheet bears sketches of floral

details, made by Hooker. The sketches show two appendages at

the base of the column, but comparison with the floral fragments

left after Hooker’s dissection inclines me to think they may have

been parts of the lip remaining attached to the column. I tried

to dissect two further flowers-buds from Scortechini’s specimen, but

both had been so damaged by an insect that details could not

be seen. Whatever may be the truth about this Scortechini speci-

men, I have no doubt that Mr. Cheang’s is quite distinct from

Blume’s species Dicerostylis lanceolata which was illustrated by

him in Coll. Orch. (1859) 116, pl. 38, fig. 1.

108 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1969)

So far as I know, the only other record of this species from

Malaya is a specimen (in Herb. SING.) collected by Curtis on

Bujong Malacca in the 1890s. Thus Mr. Cheang’s specimen is the

first known to have been found for about 70 years.

It may be that Hylophila and Dicerostylis should be distinguish-

-ed by the shape of the stigma itself rather than by the two appen-

dages on the coiumn which are not part of the stigma and which

were regarded as distinctive of Dicerostylis by Blume. The type

species of Hylophila is H. mollis Lindl. When preparing my book

I saw fresh material of this, and described the stigma as “large,

convex”; I have tried to check this from dried specimens but

find it very difficult to see details clearly on them. If a bilobed

stigma is regarded as characteristic of Dicerostylis and a simple

‘one of Hylophila, then H. cheangii would belong to Dicerostylis;

but in view of the close similarity of all other parts of the flower

I think it not unnatura in any case to unite the two genera, as was

‘done by Miquel.

A new species of Trichoglottis from Sabah.

Trichoglottis appendiculifera Holttum, sp. nov.

Caulis ad 40 cm vel ultra longus; folia 4-6 cm longa, 11-16 mm

lata, apice sat profunde inaeaualiter biloba, lobis rotundatis, costis

subtus (praesertim basin versus) carinatis, carina in vaginam decur-

rente et illic alam 1 mm latam translucentem efficiente, varginis

leviter imbricatis. Inflorescentia per vaginam erumpens, uniflora.

‘Flores pallide viridelutei, sepalis petalisque fasciis transversalibus

‘subro-aurantiacis irregulariter ornatis. Sepala petalaque 13 mm

longa, sepalum dorsale 34} mm, sepala lateralia 44 mm, petala 24

mm lata. Labellum 9 mm longum; lobi laterales pallide brunnei,

erecti, fere oblongi basi 24 mm longi, 14 mm alti, intus breviter

pilosi; lobus intermedius labus, striis pallide violaceis ornatus, 64

mm longus, e basi sensim ampliatus, ambitu anguste triangularis

desuper visus, carina tenui alta antice abrupta declivi praeditus et

supra apicem appendiculam angustam tenue fere 2 mm longam

oblique ascendente gerens, carina omnino pilis horizontaliter paten-

tibus ac basi pilis ascendentibus ornata. Gynostemium 3 mm altum,

minute papillosum; pes gynostemii vix 2 mm longus; ligula as basin

-gynostemii enata 2 mm longa, angusta, apicem leviter bilobatam

versus ampliata, marginibus ciliata.

Type: cult. Hort. Bot. Singap., origin Sook Plain, Sabah, coll.

A. G. Alphonso, no 1/110/66 (Singapore Introd.), specimen in

Herb. Kew.

The peculiar complex structure of the labellum of this species

:seems to be auite distinctive.

Calostoma sarasinii from Malaya

G. LIM

Botany Department,

University of Singapore,

Singapore

The genus Calostoma Desv. comprises a small group of puff-

balls (Gasteromycetes) that are not familiar to many. Although the

genus is widely distributed, the species may be divided into two

natural groups characterised by the form of the spores: an eastern

group with globose spores, and a western group with elliptical

‘spores (Massee, 1888-89). Massee (1888-89) distinguished these

species with their areas of distribution as follows — six eastern

species: C. berkeleyi Massee, Ceylon, C. insignis (Berk.) Massee,

Ceylon, C. junghuhnii (Schlechtend. et Miiller) Massee, Ceylon,

Java, Sikkim Himalayas, Sumatra, C. orirubra Cooke (orirubrum),

Larut in Perak, Malaya Peninsula, C. pachystelis (Ces.) Massee,

Borneo, Ceylon, and C. viridis (Berk.) Massee, Sikkim Himalayas,

Sinchal, Tonglo; four western species: C. cinnabarinum Desv.,

Massachusetts to Carolina, New Granada, C. fusca (Berk.) Massee,

S. Australia, Tasmania, C. lurida (Berk.) Massee, Australia, and

C. ravenelii (Berk.) Massee, mountains of Carolina. Burnap (1897)

and Webster (1899) described three species found in America, C.

cinnabarinum, C. lutescens (Schw.) Burnap and C. ravenelii, and

of these, C. lutescens is the only western species described as

having globose spores.

Boedijn (1938) who studied the Malaysian materials in the

herbarium at Buitenzorg, distinguished six species: C. berkeleyi, C.

insignis, C. junghuhnii, C. orirubra, C. retisporum Boedijn and C.

sarasinii (Henn.) van Overeem. These were recorded from the

following regions — Borneo, Celebes, Java, Moluccas, New Guinea

and Sumatra. All six species posses globose spores.

Thus, among the species mentioned in literature, only C. oriru-

bra was recorded from the Malay Peninsula and was included in

Saccardo’s compilations (1891). The description given for this

species does not fit the specimens collected recently from Max-

well’s Hills, Perak, Malaya. However, the collection in external

morphology and spore size and form matches closely the excellent

account and drawings given by Boedijn (1938) for C. sarasinii.

The only slight difference lies in the spore warts which were

described by Boedijn as ‘strongly truncate at the apex’ but which

in the recently found specimens, did not appear quite as truncate.

Since in all other details the fungus resembles the material studied

by Boedijn, it is suggested that the recent Malayan collection

belongs to C. sarasinii. This is a new record of the species for

Malaya.

110 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

The specimens were found growing on the ground in primary

jungle, at 4,000 ft. altitude, in Maxwell’s Hills, Perak, in August

1967. Nine fruiting bodies of varying ages and sizes, occurred in a

clump. This appears to be an uncommon fungus and has not been

observed again in spite of several return visits.

It is of interest that with this report, only two species of

Calostoma are thus recorded for Malaya and both were collected

from the same district, Larut, in the State of Perak.

REFERENCES

BoEDUN, K. B. (1938). The genus Calostoma in the Netherlands

Indies. Bul. du Jardin Bot. de Buitenzorg. ser. III. 16, 64—75.

BurnaP, C. E. (1897). Note on the genus Calostoma. Bot. Gaz.

23, 180-192.

MASSEE, G. (1888-89). A monograph of the genus Calostoma

Desv. (Miiremyces Nees). Ann. Bot. 2, 25-45.

SACCARDO, P. A. (1891). Sylloge Fungorum. 9, 270-271.

WEBSTER, H. (1899). Notes on Calostoma. Rhodora. 1, 30-33.

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A Monograph of Laportea (Urticaceae)

W.-L. CHEW (CHEW WEE-LEK)

Laportea was large and mixed. It defied definition and could

only be identified by a system of elimination.

Now, with the ligneous species removed and Fleurya and

Sceptrocnide added to it, it is more natural, and can be defined

thus: (a) herbs, rarely shrubs, with irritant hairs, (b) leaves

petiolate, simple, alternate: lamina generally chartaceous with

margin variously toothed; (c) stipules partially connate, bifid at the

apex, intrapetiolar, (d) flowers unisexual, 4- or 5-merous, free or

in loose glomerules, perianth not fleshy at maturity, (e) female

pedicels winged, (f) achenes usually reflexed, often stipitate and

sometimes on small gynophores, with ligulate stigmas, dispersed

usually with the perianth attached.

A total of 22 species are accounted for in this genus which has

two sections: sect. Laportea and sect. Fleurya. The former section,

which contains 10 species, distinguishes itself from the latter,

with 12 species, in the female pedicels being winged laterally.

Essentially African, this genus of weedy herbs has a few species

almost pan-tropical in distribution while two others have extremely

wide ranges of climatic tolerance.

This work is based on the materials of the following herbaria

supplemented by some field studies in South-East Asia:

Amsterdam, Holland (AMD). Lisboa, Portugal (LISC, LISJC &

Arnold Arboretum, U.S.A. (A).

Bangkok, Thailand (BKF).

Berkeley, California (UC).

Berlin, Germany (B).

Bogor, Indonesia (BO).

Brisbane, Australia (BRI).

British Museum, U.K. (BM).

Brussels, Belgium (BR).

Cambridge, U.K. (CGE).

Cape Town, S. Africa (NBG &

SAM).

Chicago, U.S.A. (F).

Claremont, U.S.A. (POM & RSA).

Copenhagen, Denmark (C).

Edinburgh, U.K. (E).

Florence, Italy (FI).

Geneva, Switzerland (G).

Kepong, Malaysia (KEP).:

Kew, U.K. (IK).

Kuching, Sarawak (SAR).

Lae, New Guinea (LAE).

Leiden, Holland (L).

LISU).

Lund, Sweden (LD).

Madrid, Spain (MA).

_Manila, Philippines (PNH).

Melbourne, Australia (MEL).

Michigan, U.S.A. (MICH).

Missouri, U.S.A. (MO).

Munich, Germany (M).

Noumea, N. Caledonia (NOU).

New York, U.S.A. (NY).

Paris, France (P).

Praha, Czechoslovakia (PRC).

Sandakan, Sabah (SAN).

Singapore (SING).

Stockholm, Sweden (S).

Sydney, Australia (NSW).

Uppsala, Sweden (UPS).

Utrecht, Holland (VU).

Washington D.C. U.S.A. (US).

Wrocklaw, Polland (WRSL).

Zurich, Switzerland (Z).

112 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1969)

I am grateful to the directors of these herbaria for their genero-

sity in making their valuable collections available for my work.

I am also grateful to the following botanists for their general

assistance at various times on many matters: Prof. E. J. H. Corner

(Cambridge), Dr. C. X. Furtado (Singapore), Prof. J. Leandri and

Prof. R. Letouzey (both of Paris), Prof. C. G. G. J. van Steenis

(Leiden) and Sir George Taylor (Kew).

My gratitude is also extended to the Royal Society of London

for their generosity in granting me a Royal Society — Nuffield

Foundation Commonwealth Bursary which enabled me in 1964

to visit. and consult the rich collections in the herbaria in London,

Paris, Geneva, Leiden and Utrecht.

Lastly, I would like to thank my wife, Sigrid, for her translations

of the French and German works consulted and for her general

assistance in the listing of the collections.

Part 1 — General

Habit. Most species are well branched annual herbs less than

2 metres high. The stem is usually weak and often woody only at

the base. L. ruderalis, L. cuneata and L. caffra are the smallest in

the genus. At the other end of the scale, we have L. decumana a

species of tall perennial shrubs with woody stems. Generally

erect, L. peduncularis and L. ovalifolia occasionally send out

repent shoots which are claimed to be capable of scrambling over

fairly great distances. Laportea therefore contrasts quite clearly

from Dendrocnide a genus of perennial woody trees up to 35 metres

high.

Leaves. Generally, they are simple, petiolate, dorsiventral, pen-

ninerved, chartaceous, spirally or alternately arranged and with

variously toothed margin. Overall, the similarity is with the leaves

of Urtica rather than the other genera of the family.

The lamina offers good characteristics for the discrimination

of the species. In some cases the form and dentition of the lamina

are very specific as in L. perrieri, which has teeth 7—20 cm. in

length, L. ruderalis whose very small lamina is completely glabrous

and devoid of irritant hairs and L. macrostachya with an ovate

lamina which is caudate-emarginate at the apex. In L. decumana

and L. floribunda, the lamina is bullate and densely covered with

erect irritant hairs, and the margins very finely denticulate. Only

in one species is the lamina polymorphic i.e. in L. cuneata where

its margin varies from almost entire to doubly serrated at different

stages of its life.

Petioles. Only the vestiture of these is used to separate some

species. In L. grossa and L. mooreana, they are covered with long

mounted irritant hairs. In others, these hairs are not mounted but

are either erect or appressed.

Stipules. These differ fundamentally from those of Dendrocnide.

Here they are intrapetiolar but only partially connate. As a result,

all are bifid at the apex. In L. ovalifolia the bifid portion is as

long as the lower connate part. Most species have them to about

1 cm. in length, but L. violacea has stipules less than 0.3 cm. in

length while in L. decumana they reach 2 cm.

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea ges

Inflorescences. They are more variable here than in Dendrocnide.

{In most species, they are unisexual, paniculate and fairly well

branched. The females are usually borne in the upper axils and

are often more widespread than the males. L. canadensis, L. bulbi-

fera, L. alatipes etc. illustrate this type of inflorescence well. In the.

Madagascar species as in L. amberana or L. perrieri this general

pattern is slightly modified: branching occurs mainly at the top

of the inflorescence and then weakly so. This reduction in the

lateral branches is greatest in the L. macrostachya — ovalifolia

group of species where they become somewhat elongated with

the flowers glomerulated at intervals along the seemingly un-

branched peduncle. Such ‘‘interrupted”’ inflorescences can be either

unisexual as in L. macrostachya or bisexual as in L. interrupta.

In L. caffra the inflorescence is very small, branched once at the

top and usually bears less than 10 flowers. The most distinctive

inflorescence is in L. cuneata. Here the males are apedunculate

and are borne at the base of the corymbose female inflorescences.

Male flowers. These are somewhat similar not only to those of

Dendrocnide but also to others in the tribe Urereae. They are

small, 4- or 5-merous, sessile or pedicellate. Stamens are equal in

number to the tepals and are always borne opposite to them on

rather long reflexed filaments. The pistillode is always present as

a thin often hyaline structure in the centre of the floral cavity.

The tepals are of two sorts — corniculate or non-corniculate.

This characteristic is extremely useful in the delimitation of the

species if it is considered together with the other characteristics

like number of tepals and presence or absence of the pedicel.

Female flowers. These are very important for the delimitation

not only of the species but also of the two sections as well as of

the genus as a whole. Basically they are 4-tepalled, with the lateral

tepals much larger than the dorsi-ventrals, and pedicellate. The

evary is simple, asymmetrically ovoid, compressed and has a

ligulate or somewhat linear stigma. Staminodes are absent. The

“wings” on the pedicels distinguish this genus from Dendrocnide.

Within the genus, the two sections differ from each other in the

nature of these “wings”. In section Laportea, the pedicels are

winged laterally and symmetrically; whereas in sect. Fleurya, they

are winged dorsi-ventrally and therefore somewhat asymmetrically.

On the specific level, the nature of the dorsal tepal and stigma is

found to be quite useful in distinguishing some species. L. inter-

rupta and L. ovalifolia for example, are the only species with

3-fid stigmas. In length, the stigma is shortest in L. cuneata and

ruderalis where it seldom exceeds (0.2 mm. and is consequently

brush-like. At the other extreme is L. decumana whose stigma

may reach 3-4 mm. The dorsal tepal may be greatly geniculate

as in L. mooreana, L. cuneata and many others or non-geniculate

as in L. ovalifolia in which case it is often only slightly shorter

than the lateral tepals. In all species, the ventral tepal tends to be

the smallest and in L. mooreana it is often absent.

114 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore —XXV (1969)

Achenes. These are small, ranging from | to 5 mm. in length

compressed, often greatly asymmetrical with the stigma displaced

to one side. In sect. Laportea, they are somewhat larger, always

stipitate and usually borne on gynophores. They are thus dis-

persed without the perianth. L. perrieri has the largest achenes

up to 5 mm. in length and 3-4 mm. across. L. disepala has the

shortest stipe being less than 0.2 mm. long. The longest pedicel

(at fruit) is found in L. amberana where it reaches 10 mm. In

shape, they are somewhat semi-circular in the canadensis — alatipes

group of species and variously ellipsoid, obovate and almost

-circular as in L. amberana.

In sect. Fleurya, on the other hand, the achenes are slightly

smaller, mostly sessile and not borne on gynophores. They are

usually dispersed with the perianth attached. Excepting L. ovali-

folia which has achenes to 4 mm. long, the rest of the species have

them up to 2 mm. in length. In the stipitate species, L. cuneata

and L. ruderalis, the stipes vary between 0.2 and 0.4 mm. In shape,

they are generally ovoid excepting L. floribunda where they are

obovoid. Despite the exceptions, the achene does provide good

characters for the discrimination of the two sections generally.

Distribution. This genus is Africa-Madagascar centred. Of a

total of 22 species, 12 are confined to this region (five being

endemics of Madagascar). The north American continent has one

species confined to that region i.e. L. canadensis which has been

recorded from as far south as Mexico. The West Indies, broadly

speaking, have also one species peculiar to these islands viz. L.

cuneata which has so far been recorded from Cuba and His-

paniola. Continental Asia has three species endemic in that region

viz. L. disepala, L. violacea and L. macrostachya. Malesia has one

endemic species viz. L. decumana and another which it shares with

the Pacific islands i.e. L. ruderalis.

The remaining 3 are about the widest distributed species in the

genus: these are L. aestuans, L. interrupta and L. bulbifera.

The first two are entirely tropical; and together they encircle the

tropics! The last, L. bulbifera, has about the greatest climatic

tolerance in the genus. It extends from the cold temperate regions

of Manchuria and North Korea through South-east Asia to the

hot tropics of Sumatra and Java, although in the latter countries

they prefer the highlands above the 1,000-metre contour.

Affinities. Also a member of the Urereae tribe, Laportea was

thought to be closest to Sceptrocnide, an Asiatic genus of herbs.

After further study, the latter has now been found to be actually

congeneric with the present genus. The phenomenon of the stamens

being adnate to the tepals in Sceptrocnide has now been found to

be an exception rather than a rule. Similarly, the stipules have been

observed to be also intrapetiolar and partially connate as in

Laportea and not free and lateral. This leaves Nanocnide (an

Asiatic genus of small herbs) as the nearest relative of Laporiea.

This genus is similar to Laportea in almost all respects except that

its achenes are erect (and not reflexed as in Laportea) and the

stipules free and lateral.

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 115

Part 2 — Systematic

LAPORTEA, nom. cons.

Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. Monde Bot. 498 “1826” (1830). — Urti-

castrum Heist. ex Fabric. En. Pl. Helmst. 204 (1759), nom. rej.;

O.K. Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 635 (1891), p. p. — Oblixilis Rafin. Fl. Tell.

3: 49 (1837). — Laportea sect. Sclepsion Wedd. in Arch. Mus.

Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 123 (1856) et in DC. Prodr. 16 (1): 78 (1869),

D. Pp.

Monoecious,. very rarely dioecious, herbs or shrubs with irritant

hairs. Leaves petiolate alternate, simple, chartaceous with variously

toothed margin. Stipules intra-petiolar, incompletely connate, bifid

at the apex. Inflorescences generally paniculate, pedunculate, axil-

lary, with unisexual flowers in loose glomerules; peduncular bracts

very small. Male flowers 4- or 5-tepalled, with an equal number

of stamens opposite the tepals; filaments reflexed; pistillode pre-

sent, small. Female flowers 4 tepalled, the lateral tepals equal-

sized, the dorsi-ventral ones greatly unequal-sized, much smaller

than the laterals, devoid of staminodes; ovary ovoid; style generally

linear, rarely very short & brush-like. Achenes generally com-

pressed, ovoid to semi-circular, sessile or stipitate, 1 to 4 mm.

long, usually reflexed upon either dorsi-ventrally or laterally winged

pedicels.

Distribution: Pan-Tropical.

Lectotype species: Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd.

sect. Laportea

This section distinguishes itself by the pedicels of the female

flowers being winged laterally and symmetrically; and the achenes

articulated on pedicels.

Type species: Laportea canadensis. (.) Wedd.

Species are: nos. 1 to 10.

sect. Fleurya

(Gaud.) Chew in Gard. Bull. Sing. 21: 199 (1965). — Fleurya

Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. Monde, Bot. 497 ‘1826’ (1830). —

Schychowskia Endl. in Ann. Wien Mus. 1: 187 (1836). —

Fleuryopsis Opiz in Lotos 3: 240 (1853). — Sceptrocnide Maxim.

in Bull. Acad. Petersb. 22: 230 (1877).

This section differs from sect. Laportea in (a) pedicels of female

flowers winged dorsi-ventrally and asymmetrically, rarely simple,

(5) achenes not articulated on pedicels.

Lectotype species: Fleurya spicata Gaud. |= Laportea interrupta

(L.) Chew].

Species are: nos. 11 to 22.

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5—a

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9—a

10 —a.

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Key to the Species of Laportea

. Stigma 3-fid, the central branch longer than the lower two:

inflorescences appear unbranched due to great reduction of lateral

branchéstt.:,. Sa7.ja20.57.. AS, PRONE ONE + ONSET, Vie fs

. Stigma simple, without branches; inflorescences variable ......... 3

. Plant without stolons; inflorescences bisexual, axillary; stigmas

less than 1 m.m. long; male perianth with 4 corniculate tepals

(Central & East Africa to Australia & Pacific) ...... L. interrupta

. Plant with stolons; inflorescences unisexual, often produced from

stolons; stigmas 2-3 mm. long; male perianth with 5 non-

comiculate tepals (tropical Africa). ~.....,.-c<-..-.- L. ovalifolia

. Plant less than 60 cm. high, completely glabrous and quite without

irritant hairs; inflorescence paniculate, well branched, shorter than

leaves; male flowers 4-merous, tepals corniculate; stigma almost

brush-like, less than 0.2 mm. long (East Malesia & Pacific

Islands), 4.2 ).3..h. . Ceo Bete Clete ee eee L. ruderalis

Not this. combrmation) of. characters: <c200 20. do See, bees 4

. Inflorescences unisexual; the females corymbose, axillary; the

males apedunculate, at the base of the female inflorescence; small

herbs less than 60 cm. high dense with long hyaline irritant hairs;

stigma brush-like less than 0.2 mm. long. (Cuba & Hispaniola)

L. cuneata

+Net thiss combination of charasters)1io.ii0a4. col. iow.. tees 5

. Lamina rugose, densely covered with erect irritant hairs, with

lipelly denticulgte migrg@in ....5 0). 2.cr.. -.-<eeeeteaesy +: aoe eens oe 6

. Lamina smooth, with appressed irritant hairs, margin serrate or

dentate, sometimes coarsely to profoundly ©..)....2..0.2.2..0220". 7

. Lamina elliptic; male flowers sessile, 5-merous; stigma less than

0.5 mm. long; female pedicel not winged laterally (Madagascar)

L. floribunda

. Lamina ovate, rhombic to trullate; male flowers pedicellate,

4-merous; stigma 2 to 3 mm. long; female pedicel winged laterally

(Borneo: &' HastoMalesia) ¢.. :20)4,, 9 ea... oe L. decumana

. Lamina almost rotund, base cordate, margin very profoundly

dentate with few teeth each to at least 7 cm. long and 3 cm. broad

at the base; female inflorescences with very stout peduncle, much

longer than the leaves (Madagascar) ........................ L. perrieri

. Not this combination of Charactess!. 2)... ..acin..:a2e. See 8

. Teeth of lamina ca. 3 cm. long, 2 cm. broad at the base, the apex

of lamina often profoundly emarginate, with a long narrow cauda;

female inflorescences elongated, spike-like, mainly in the upper

axes (Jaoan, China; Buta). 2: 2.9:05.0..20s. Oe. 2s L. macrostachya

. Teeth of lamina smaller, the apex of lamina acuminate. sometimes

acute but not caudate-emarginate; if unisexual, female inflore-

seences not elongated’ and, Spike-like. |. .!....tig.2.-hAt een 9

. Teeth of 'amina small very numerous, not exceeding 0.5 cm. long;

anmial Nerds. ........ 04.» aes doee ss hac Dae ee 10

. Teeth of lamina larger, fewer in number, usually between 0.7 cm

& 2 cm. long; annual herbs or perennial shrubs ..................... 18

Femaie inflorescences 2 to 3 times longer than the leaves (inclusive

of petioles), with a stout elongated peduncle branched sparsely

towards the apex; margin of lamina irregularly toothed

(Niddeeaséar) ..i0..: 2... 2s..R0 See. eee L. septentrionalis

. Female inflorescences shorter to at most slightly longer than leaves,

well branched panicles; margin of lamina regularly toothed ... 11

11 —a.

42—a.

15 —a.

16 —a.

| 17 —a.

19 —a.

20 —a.

‘21 —a.

. Not this combination of characters

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 117

Herbs with glandular hairs (tropical America, Africa, India to

CS ee eee ee ee L. aestuans

Peres Witt MiAMGMar GNA coe. | aco en come wget a> oa sees mn- 12

Herbs less than 50 cm. high; inflorescences very small, frail,

branched once at the apex bearing very few flowers; lamina ovate

fess than 3 ‘cm-‘long (South Arica) el A e.. L. caffra

. Herbs more than 60 cm. high; inflorescences much larger, with

stout branches, bearing numerous flowers; lamina variously shaped,

ER TENN NINE ns a 3 ok Ge Ps ah pga vcnggig ses 13

Plant often creeping or scrambling; female pedicel winged dorsi-

ventrally, especially at fruit; achene sessile not borne on gyno-

hores, (East South-East & South Africa) ..........4 L. peduncularis

. Plant erect; female pedicel winged laterally; achene stipitate, borne

EN AACE ND I as car SLES isos bins Sc Aiashers deere as fers. SOR spy tdyiie o vy 14

. Male flowers with 4 non-corniculate tepals; achene ovoid, the

lateral sides depressed and warted (Thailand & Indo-China)

eT ek eee. 5 8 OAL eR A SY L. disepala

. Male flowers 5-tepalled, or if 4-tepalled, then tepals corniculate;

achene often semi-circular in shape, the lateral sides not warted,

ME VAR RE. TE Clea Whee, 8. OR Recs ete cee ede np ecee Bde ceese 15

Male flowers sessile to subsessile, with 5 non-corniculate tepals;

base of lamina truncate; achene warted at the sides (China,

Whratlaind Gemini) 1 Bao. dao dew ce ses cee ceeeeeeens L. violacea

D, Gen erential, - { lmorpetta’ Setegte: 16

Woody bulbils often present in the axils of leaves; male flowers

Wwith-S<non-cormculare tepals Gistay: 2 Pe kl). L. bulbifera

. Woody bulbils absent; male flowers with corniculate tepals ... 17

Male flowers with 5 tepals; achenes semicircular (North America)

Bs AS Ld a Ed id Mae ete OV IIIROTCL. | L. canadensis

. Male flowers with 4 tepals; achenes somewhat pyriform (Africa)

— ee P a S Ae: F a n ee e L. alatipes

Achenes completely covered by lateral tepals at maturity, very

slightly reflexed; the dorsi-ventral tepals equal-sized; female

pedicels not winged laterally; lamina narrowly ovate to elliptic

(Contra! .6c~ Hast.) Adsica) fics cen... vaeriesh. seein 2.8. L. lanceolata

. Achenes not completely covered by lateral tenals at maturity,

strongly reflexed; the dorsi-ventral tepals greatly unequai-sized;

female pedicels winged laterally; lamina triangular to ovate, rarely

UE a, Oa: en oe eee ee a eS 2 ee rane a 19

Lamina generally triangular, base truncate; petioles armed with

long mounted irritant hairs; female pedicels winged dorsi-

ventrally 20

. Lamina ovate to very broadly so; base rounded or profoundly

cordate; irritant hairs of petioles not mounted, female pedicels

I kn nan eeds

Inflorescences usually longer than leaves; male flowers with 4

corniculate tepals; lamina with marginal teeth ca. 1.5 cm. long,

0.5 cm. broad at the base: intercostals numerous, closeiy set,

rather prominent (East, Central & West Africa)... L. mooreana

. Inflorescences usually shorter than leaves; male flowers with 5

non-corniculate tepals; lamina with marginal teeth ca. 1 cm. long,

1 cm. broad at the base; intercostals few, anastomosing, not

prominent (South-East & South Africa) ................... L. grossa

Lamina very broadly ovate; base profoundly cordate; margin very

irregularly toothed (Madagascar) .....................0.. L. amberana

Lamina ovate; base rounded; margin rather regularly toothed

gaclneaee cet ng IP. egy septal l a da L. weddellii

118 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1969)

(1) Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. 4. 1: 181

(1854), in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 123. tab. 2c, fig. 24

(1856) & in DC. Prodr. 16 (1): 78 (1869). — Urtica canadensis

L. Sp. Pl. 985 (1753).'— U. divaricata L: op. cit. (1753). —

Fleurya canadensis (L.) Benth. in Hk. Niger. Fl. 517 (1849). —

U. pustulata Liebm. in Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 5 (2): 294 (1851).

— L. pustulata (Liebm.) Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris

9: 140 (1856). — Urticastrum divaricatum (L.) O. K. Rev. Gen.

Pl. 2: 635 (1891). — L. divaricata (L.) Lunell in Amer. Midl.

Nat. 4 (7): 301 (1916).

Diagnosis: Annual monoecious herbs with tuberous roots: the

female inflorescences mainly subterminal, the males at the lower

axils; flowers pedicellate, the males 5-tepalled, strongly corniculate.

the females with 4 free tepals, a linear unbranched stigma and

glabrous laterally winged pedicels; the achenes semi-circular, sti-

pitate, on gynophores, smooth, without wings.

Distribution: Canada, U.S.A. (temperate parts) and Mexico

(highlands).

Monoecious annual herb, 1 to 2 m. high, with tuberous roots.

Stem slightly woody at the base, rarely branched, usually covered

with long white irritant hairs, especially on the apex, without

glandular hairs; stipular scars inconspicuous, petiolar scars con-

spicuous. Lamina (7—) 10-15 (—20) cm. long, (3—) 7-9 (12) cm.

broad, ovate to broadly ovate, rarely elliptic, chartaceous, without

glandular hairs; irritant hairs of the upper surface very short.

appressed, scattered, those of the lower surface mainly on midrib,

especially the basal part; cystoliths of both surfaces minute puncti-

form; base generally rounded to slightly cuneate; apex acuminate,

often sharply, 1-2 cm. long; margin dentate, rarely serrate, teeth

to 0.5 cm. long with base to 0.5 cm. broad; lateral veins 6-8 pairs,

prominent, the basal pair reaching to about half the length of

lamina; intercostals numerous, straight, rarely very prominent.

Petiole (3—) 5-10 (-15) cm. long, usually covered with fairly long

irritant hairs, especially the distal half. Stipule to 0.6 cm. long,

connate, intrapetiolar, bifid, the two tips as long as the lower

connate part, triangular, chartaceous, with very few short irritant

hairs, very rarely caducous. /nflorescence unisexual, paniculate,

well branched, axillary, usually solitary, without bulbils, with

minute peduncular bracts, with peduncle usually densely covered

with irritant hairs; the male (5—) 9-10 cm. long, 5—7 cm. broad,

usually in the lower axils; the female 10-15 cm. long, 5—7 cm.

broad, usually in the upper axils or subterminal; the male usually

wide spread, the female narrower and longer. Male flower pedicel-

late; perianth ca. 1 mm. long and broad, glabrous to well covered

with irritant hairs at the apex; tepals 5, strongly corniculate,

cymbiform; stamens 5, with slightly reflexed filaments to 1.5 mm.

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 119

JURAIMI DEL.

pedicel.

EB;

Fig. 1. L. canadensis: A, twig; B, male flower; C, female flower; D, achene;

120 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV_ (1969)

long; pistillode ca. 0.5 mm. long, as broad at the apex, obpyrami-.

dal; interfloral bracts numerous, minute, narrowly triangular;

pedicel to 1 mm. long, articulated at about midpoint, glabrous.

Female flower pedicellate; perianth with 4 free tepals, the two

lateral tepals ca. 1 mm. long and broad, asymmetrical, enclosing

the ovary, glabrous; the dorsal one ca. 0.3 mm. long and broad,

strongly geniculate, often with few short irritant hairs; the ventral

ca. 0.25 mm. long, narrow; ovary ca. 1 mm. long and broad,

asymmetrically ovoid; stigma linear, unbranched, slightly kinked

at the base, to 2 mm. long; interfloral bracts minute, numerous,

narrowly elliptic; pedicel ca. 1 mm. long, winged laterally, usually

glabrous. Achene 2.5 mm. long and broad, stipitate, with stipe to

0.5 mm. long, on gynophore ca. 0.4 mm. long and broad, semi-

circular in shape, smooth, without wing, ridge nor depression,

one third covered by the lateral tepals, greatly reflexed; pedicel

to 3 mm. long; strongly winged laterally, glabrous; dispersed free

from the perianth.

A fairly common weed in rich Beech-Maple-Hemlock woods.

Vernacular names are Wood Nettle or Canadian Nettle (English);

Ortega (Mexican).

As I have not seen the types of canadensis and divaricata, I

base my interpretation of this species on that of Weddell. A native

of the cold temperate regions of North America, it extends to the

tropics in the south, only as highland plants, occurring/in Mexico:

at an altitude of about 2,200 metres.

This and the following two form a very closely allied group

of species which differ from each other in rather minor characters.

CANADA:—Manitoba Prov.: Marshall 21, July 1940 (UC).—Ontario

Prov.: Bruce Peninsula: Stokes Bay: Krotkov 8976, Aug. 1934 (A).—

Quebec Prov.: Gatineau Co.: Gatineau Park: Groh 1631, Sept. 1941 (S).

—New Brunswick :Restigouche & Malapedia rivers: Rousseau & Bovin:

32033, July 1929 (A).—Nova Scotia: Hants Co.: Five-mile River: Pease

& Long 21040, July 1920 (A).

UNITED STATES:—Alabama State: Clay Co.: Earle 892, Aug. 1828

(NY).—Arkansas State: Desha Co.: McDaniel 1401, Sept. 1959 (NY).—

Connecticut State: Bridgeport: Emes J, Sept. i895 (A).—Distr. of

Columbia: Potomac River: Morris 3lla, Sept. 1899 (F).—Indiana State:

Jenings Co.: Friesner 21785, Aug. 1947 (BR, MICH & S).—Kansas State:

Woodson Co.: Lathrop 1780, Sept. 1955( NY).—Louisiana State: St.

Landry: Correll 9472, July 1938 (A).—Massachusetts State: Hampden Co. :

Brookside: Seymour 17, Sept. 1913 (A, MO & NY).—Michingan State:

Bernien Co.: Benton: Voss 7551, July 1958 (MICH).—Nebraska State:

Niobrana River Valley: Tosted 652, Aug. 1936 (A).—North Carolina State:

Alamance Co.: Bowner 60, Sept. 1957 (MEL).—North Dakota State:

McHenry Co.: Boivin & Dore 8149, July 1961 (NY).—Oklahama State >

Comanche Co.: Stevens 1361], June 1913 (POM).—Washington State:

Falcon Valley: Suksdorf s.n. (L). :

MEXICO :—Nuevo Leon State: Sierra Madre Oriental: Meyer & Rogers

2824, July 1948 (MO, U & UPS)—Tamaulipas State: Gomez Farias

Region: Martin H.32, May 1953 (MICH).

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 12]

(2) Laportea bulbifera (Sieb. & Zucc.) Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist.

Nat. Paris 9: 139 (1856) et in DC. Prodr. 16 (1); 82 (1869.—

Urtica evitata Wall. Cat. 4588 (1832), nom. nud. — U. bulbifera

Sieb. & Zucc. in Abhandl. Math.-Phys. Kl. Baier. Akad. 4 (3):

214 (1846). — Laportea terminalis Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. or. 6: 9.

tab. 1972 (1853). — L. oleracea Wedd. in op. cit. 141 (1856) et

87 (1869). — Fleurya bulbifera (Sieb. & Zucc.) Bl. ex Miq.

Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 3: 132 (1867). — L. evitata Wedd.

in op. cit. 79 (1869). — Urticastrum bulbiferum (Sieb. & ZUCC.)

O. K., evitatum (Wedd.) O. K., oleraceum (Wedd.) O.K. Rev.

Gen. Pl. 2: 635 (1891). — L. sinensis Wright in J. Linn. Soc.

26: 474 (1899). — L. dielsii Pampan. in Nuov. G. Bot. Ital.

17: 255 (1910). — Boehmeria bodinieri Leveille in Fedde,

Renert,.F)9 2550 (1913).

Diagnosis: Closely related to L. canadensis from which it differs

in the male flowers with non-corniculate tepals, the axils of leaves

normally with woody bulbils and the roots seldom tuberous.

Distribution: Japan, Korea, Manchuria, China, Tibet, Nepal,

Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, India, Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam,

Sumatra and Java.

Monoecious annual herb to 2 m. high, occasionally with tuber-

ous roots. Stem slightly woody at the base, rarely branched,

sparsely to densely covered with long white rigid irritant hairs,

especially at the nodes and apex, old parts becoming glabrous

without glandular hairs; stipular scars inconspicuous, petiolar scars

conspicuous; often with woody bulbils at the leaf axils. Lamina

(5—) 10-15 (—23) cm. long, (3—) 5—8 (—12) cm. broad, usually ovate

to broad ovate, chartaceous, without glandular hairs; irritant hairs

of the upper surface well distributed, slightly more on midrib

and veins, those of the lower surface mainly on midrib and veins,

especially the basal; cystoliths very minutely punctiform, numerous

on the upper surface, often absent from the lower surface; base

rounded to slightly cuneate, rarely cordate; apex acuminate, 1—2

cm. long; margin serrate to dentate, teeth to 0.5 cm. long, with

base to 0.5 cm. broad; lateral veins 4-6 pairs, prominent, the basal

pair reaching to more than half the length of the lamina; inter-

costals numerous, usually anastomosing, often rather faint. Petiole

(2-) 4-8 (-10) cm. long, sparsely to densely covered with irritant

hairs sometimes to 3 mm. long. Stipule 0.5—-1 cm. long, connate,

intrapetiolar, bifid, the two tips about half the length of the lower

connate part, often even shorter, ovate cymbiform, chartaceous,

often with short appressed irritant hairs, early caducous. /nflores-

cence unisexual, paniculate, well branched, axillary, solitary, very

rarely paired, with or without bulbils, with peduncular bracts to

1 mm. long, peduncle very sparsely covered with short appressed

irritant hairs to densely armed with long rigid ones; the male

4-6 (-10) cm. long, 3-9 cm. broad, usually in the lower axils; the

JURAIMI DEL.

Fig. 2. L. bulbifera: A, twig B, tuberous roots; C, male flower; D, female

flower: E, female perianth; F, achene.

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 1823

female (7—) 10-20 (—30) cm. long, (2—) 5-10 (—15) cm. broad,

usually in the upper axils or subterminal; the male usually wide

spread, the female usually narrower and longer. Male flower pedi-

cellate; perianth ca. 1 mm. long and broad, almost glabrous to

densely pubescent with irritant hairs; tepals 5, non-corniculate,

cymbiform; stamens 5, with reflexed filaments to 1.5 mm. ‘ong;

pistillode ca. 0.5 mm. long, as broad at the apex, obpyramidal;

interfloral bracts to 1 mm. long, irregular in number, narrowly

elliptic; pedicel to 1 mm. long, articulated near the apex, glabrous

to light pubescent. Female flower pedicellate; perianth with 4 free

tepals, the two lateral tepals ca. 1 mm. long and broad, asymmetri-

cal, enclosing the ovary, with short appressed irritant hairs, the

dorsal one ca. 0.4 mm. long and broad, strongly geniculate. with

short irritant hairs, the ventral ca. 0.25 mm. long, narrow cymbi-

form; ovary ca. | mm. long and broad, asymmetrically ovoid;

stigma linear, unbranched, reflexed, to 3 mm. long; interfloral

bracts minute, irregular in number: pedicel ca. | mm. long, slightly

winged laterally, often glabrous. Achene to 3 mm. long and broad,

Stipitate, stipe 0.5 mm. Jong, on gynophore to 0.3 mm. long and

broad, semi-circular in shape, smooth, without wing, ridge nor

depression, one quarter covered by the lateral tepals, greatly

reflexed; pedicel to 2.5 mm. long, strongly winged laterally, gla-

brous; dispersed free from perianth.

This species is indeed very close to L. canadensis. Both have

somewhat the same habit of growth, leaf-form, inflorescence and

in fact similarly shaped achenes. The main difference between them

is in the male flowers whose tepals are not corniculate in this

species.

Again as in the preceding species, L. bulbifera has also a very

great latitudinal distribution, extending from cold temperate Man-

churia right into the hot tropics in Java, although in the tropical

countries it occurs as montane plants.

The types of sinensis, dielsii and bodinieri have been examined

and found to be conspecific and referable to this species.

The following are a small selection of well over 100 collections

studied. | }

JAPAN :—Hokkaido: near Nopporo: Dorsett & Morse 1043, Sept.

1929 (NY).—Hondo: Mt. Gaki-dake: Furuse 18966, July 1951 (S).—

Yokohama: Maximowicz s.n. (BM, FI, M & US).—Nagasaki: Maxmowicz

un (BM, BO, C, K & S).—sine loc.: Siebold s.n. 1842 (type of U. bulbifera:

KOREA :—North: Kirin Prov.: Komarov 514, Aug. 1896 (A, BM,

FI, K, LD, NY & P).—South: Mt. Odae Chung 2970, July 1946 (F &

MICH). .

MANCHURIA :—near Kyaolinzy: Litvinov 2162, Aug. 1902 (A & NY).

CHINA :—Kweichow Prov.: Bodinier 1748, Aug. 1897 (type of B.

bodinieri: E).—Hupei Prov.: Silvestri 409, Oct. 1906 (types of L. dielsii:

Fl).—West Szechuan: Pratt J/] (syntypes of L. sinensis: BM & K).—

Yunnan: Henry 11198 (E, K, MO & NY).

TIBET :—Konbo Prov.: Ludlow et al. 5289 & 5738, July 1938 (BM & EB).

SSM :—sine loc.: Hooker f. s.n. (type of L. oleracea: A, BM, G-DC

& P).

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INDIA :—Avalangy: Wight herb. 2681, Oct. 1852 (type of L. terminalis:

C, K, L, M & MEL).—Kodaikanal: Fischer 3079 (K).

CEYLON :—sine loc.: Thwaites 3336 (BM, CGE, G-DC & K).

BURMA:—Shan States: MacGregor 713, Sept. 1909 (E).

THAILAND :—Chiengmai: Garrett 1100, Oct. 1938 (A, BO, K & L).

—Doi Sutep: Kerr 2729, Oct. 1912 (BM. & K).

VIETNAM :—Tonkin: Poilane 12797 (P).

ete a al, Kerintji: Bunnemeyer 8812, March 1920 (B, BO &

JAVA:—Pasoeroean: van Steenis 7312, June 1935 (A, BO, BRI, L &

SING).—Mt. Malabar: Hochreutiner 1308, July 1904 (L & Z).

(3) Laportea alatipes Hk. f. in J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 7: 215 (1864);

Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16 (1): 79 (1869); Letouzey, in FI.

Cameroun, 8: 117. pl. 18 (1968). — Urticastrum alatipes (Hk.

f.) O.K. Rev. Gen. Pl. 635 (1891). — Fleurya urticoides Engl.

in Bot. Jahrb. 33: 122 (1902): var. glabrata Rendle in Prain,

Fl. Trop. Afr. 6 (2): 248 (1917). — Girardinia marginata Engl.

in op. cit. 123 (1902). — F. alatipes (Hk. f.) Brown in Dyer, FI.

Cap. 5 (2): 547 (1925).

Diagnosis: It distinguishes itself from the preceding species by

the following characters: (a) male flowers 4-tepalled, (b) the

achenes somewhat pear-shaped and not semi-circular, (c) stipe of

the achene up to 1 mm. long.

Distribution: Kenya, Tanganyika, Nyasaland, Southern Rhodesia,

South Africa, Belgium Congo and Cameroun.

Monoecious annual (?) herb to 1.5 m. high, very rarely with ©

stolons. Stem slightly woody at the base, usually unbranched

covered with rather long irritant hairs, without glandular hairs;

stipular scars fairly conspicuous, petiolar scars quite conspicuous.

Lamina (4-) 8-15 (—20) cm. long, (2—) 4-8 (—13) cm. broad, ovate,

rarely narrowly, chartaceous, without glandular hairs; irritant hairs

of the upper surface dispersed, those of the lower surface mainly

on midrib and veins; cystoliths of both surfaces punctiform; base

generally rounded, sometimes slightly cordate, very rarely cuneate;

apex acuminate, often sharply, usually less than 1.5 cm. long;

margin serrate, very rarely serrulate or dentate, teeth to 0.5 cm.

long, with base to 0.5 cm. broad; lateral veins 5—7 pairs, pro-

minent, the basal pair reaching to more than half the length of

lamina; intercostals numerous, fairly straight and prominent.

Petiole (2.5—) 5-12 (—16) cm. long, usually well covered with irritant

hairs. Stipule to 1.5 cm. long, connate, intrapetiolar, bifid, the two

tips shorter than the lower connate part, triangular, chartaceous,

almost glabrous. /nflorescence unisexual, paniculate, well branched,

axillary, solitary, without bulbils, with minute peduncular bracts,

peduncle usually well armed with irritant hairs; the male 3-10 cm.

long, 2-6 cm. broad, usually in the lower axils; the female 10-20

cm. long, 5-10 cm. broad, usually in the upper axils or subter-

minal; the male very small compared to the female. Male flower

pedicellate; perianth to 1 mm. long and broad, rarely without

irritant hairs at the apex, usually lightly pubescent; tepals 4,

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usually corniculate; stamens 4, with reflexed filaments to 1.6 mm.

long; pistillode ca. 0.4 mm. long, ca. 0.3 mm. broad, obconical;

interfloral bracts to 0.8 mm. long, ca. 0.2 mm. broad, narrow ~

ovate, irregular in number, fringed with short irritant hairs; pedicel —

to 1 mm. long, articulated near the apex, glabrous. Female flower —

pedicellate; perianth with 4 free fringed tepals, the two laterals

tepals to 1 mm. long, ca. 0.4 mm. broad, enclosing the ovary,

very light pubescent with few short irritant hairs, the dorsal

one up to 0.5 mm. long, geniculate, with a few long irritant hairs,

the ventral ca. 0.4 mm. long and broad, broadly ovate; ovary ca.

0.7 mm. long, ca. 0.6 mm. broad, asymmetrically ovoid; stigma

linear, unbranched, slightly reflexed, up to 2 mm. long; interfloral

bracts ca. 0.6 mm. long, ca. 0.3 mm. broad, narrow ovate, irre-

gular in number, glabrescent; pedicel ca. 1 mm. long, winged

laterally, usually glabrous. Achene ca. 1.6 mm. long, ca. 1 mm.

broad, stipitate, with stipe to 1 mm. long, on gynophore 0.4 mm.

long and 0.3 mm. broad, somewhat pyriform, often smooth, with

a very narrow wing, the lateral sides often raised, with tepals at

the base, greatly reflexed; pedicel to 1.5 mm. long, strongly winged

laterally, with few very long irritant hairs, otherwise glabrous;

dispersed free from the perianth.

A highland or montane species occurring above the 1,500 m.

contour, this is said to be very common in clearings in Podocarpus

forests. Cooper recorded its use to punish naughty boys in the

Congo!

Native names: Kwisa (Nyasaland), Itusa & Hou (Congo) and

Kenjie (Cameroun).

KENYA :—Aberdare Mt.: Fries & Fries 708, Jan. 1922 (BR, S, UPS &

Z).—Kakamega Forest: Drummond & Hemsley 4757, Oct. 1953 (BR, FI

& S).—Nakuru Distr.: Maas Geesteranus 5904, Aug. 1949 (BR, F, G, L,

MO, Sed UIC),

TANGANYIKA :—Kilimanjaro Mt.: Schlieben 4906 (BR, G & Z).—

Proto Mts.: Richards 9707, May 1957 (BR).—Kwegoka: Drummond &

Hemsley 2711, May 1953 (BR, LISC & S).

NYASALAND:—Mlanje Distr.: Mt. Mlanje: Brass 16572, July 1946

(MO, NY & US).

te RHODESIA :—sine loc.: Wild 4437, March 1954 (MO &

PS).

SOUTH AFRICA :—Griqualand east: Zuurberg: Tyson 1772, Feb. 1884

(SAM).—Mt. Curie: DFO. 579 (Z).

BELGIUM CONGO :—Olbert National Park: Lebrun 8715, Nov. 1937

(BR).—Mikeno Mt.: Linder 2390, March 1927 (A).—Ruwenzori: Bequaert

4258, May 1914 (BR).

CAMEROUN :~—-sine loc.: Mann 1973 (type of L. alatipes: K); Preuss

‘916 (type of F. urticoides: K).

(4) Laportea disepala (Gagn.) Chew in Gard. Bull. Sing. 21: 200

(1965). — Fleurya disepala Gagn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 75: 556

(1928).

Diagnosis: This differs from all others of sect. Laportea in the

following characters: (a) the lateral sides of the achene with a

slightly raised ridge enclosing a warty depression, (b) the lateral

tepals displaced to one side at the base of the achene.

Distribution: Thailand, Cambodia and South Vietnam.

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Monoecious annual herb to 60 cm. high. Stem slightly woody

at the base, unbranched, well covered with long and short irritant

hairs especially at the apex, without glandular hairs; petiolar scars

conspicuous, stipular scars not so. Lamina 5-14 cm. long, 5-11

‘cm. broad, broad ovate, chartaceous, without glandular hairs;

irritant hairs of the upper surface fairly dense, those of the lower

surface mainly on midrib, veins and veinlets; cystoliths punctiform,

‘often very minute, more on the upper surface; base cordate; apex

acuminate, to 1 cm. long; margin serrate, teeth to 0.5 cm. long,

with base to 0.5 cm. broad; lateral veins 4-5 pairs, the basal pair

reaching to more than half the length of the lamina; intercostals

numerous, fairly straight, not very prominent. Petiole to 15 cm.

long, often longer than the lamina, well covered with irritant hairs.

Stipule ca. 0.5 cm. long, connate, intra-petiolar, bifid, the two tips

longer than the lower connate part, narrowly triangular, charta-

ceous, glabrous, early caducous. Inflorescence usually unisexual,

paniculate, well branched, axillary, solitary, very rarely paired, with

few very minute peduncular bracts, peduncle well covered with

rather long irritant hairs; the male ca. 7 cm. long, 3 cm. broad, at

the lower axils; the female to 16 cm. long, 10 cm. broad, in the

upper axils or subterminal; the male much smaller than the female.

Male flower pedicellate; perianth ca. 1 mm. long and broad,

densely covered with short to very long irritant hairs; tepals 4,

non-corniculate, broad cymbiform; stamens 4, with reflexed

filaments to 1.5 mm. long; pistillode ca. 0.4 mm. long. ca. 0.2 mm.

broad at the apex, obpyramidal; interfloral bracts narrow elliptic,

up to 0.5 mm. long, 2-3 to each flower, with few irritant hairs;

pedicel to 1 mm. long, articulated at the apex, glabrescent. Female

flower pedicellate; perianth with 4 free tepals, the two lateral tepals

ca. 0.8 mm. long and ca. 0.4 mm. broad, almost symmetrically

ovate, enclosing the ovary, with 2-4 irritant hairs on the midrib,

with elongated cystoliths; the dorsal one ca. 0.4 mm. long, ca.

0.2 mm. broad, fairly strongly geniculate, with long irritant hairs:

the ventral ca. 0.2 mm. long, 0.1 mm. broad, lightly pubescent:

ovary ca. 0.4 mm. long, ca. 0.3 mm. broad, slightly asymmetrically

ovoid, stigma linear, unbranched, bent, ca. 0.5 mm. long; interfloral

bracts to 0.4 mm. long, narrowly ovate, ca. 2 to each flower; pedicel

ca. 0.4 mm. long, slightly winged laterally, glabrescent. Achene ca.

1.5 mm. long, ca. 1.2 mm. broad, stipitate, with stipe to 0.2 mm.

long, on gynophore ca. 0.2 mm. long and broad, ovoid, without

wing, on each lateral side a slightly raised ovate ridge enclosing a

warted depression, with the lateral tepals at the base and displaced

to one side, reflexed; pedicel to 3.5 mm. long, strongly winged

laterally at the apex, glabrous; dispersed free from the perianth.

This rare species, confined to the limestones in the countries

enumerated, bears some superficial resemblance to L. aestuans of

sect. Fleurya. Gagnepain’s comment that this is related to Fleurya

cordata is therefore not surprising. In my preliminary list in 1965,

this was erroneously referred to sect. Fleurya to which it does not

belong. The species closest to this is L. violacea (see notes there).

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The specific epithet disepala is a misnomer. The female perianth

has 4-tepals, not 2; but as in the other species, the medial ones are

so small that they are not readily visible to the hurried observer.

Thailand:—Loei: Pha Nuk Khao: Shimizu et al. 7.8702, Sept. 1967

(SING).—Raohasima: Pak Chawng: Smitinand 4836, Sept. 1958 (BKF).—

Saraburi: Mak Lek: Smitinand & Sleumer 1324, Oct. 1963 (L & SING).

CAMBODIA:—Mt. Kereer: Pierre 4655, April 1870 (type of F.

disepala: A & P).

SOUTH VIETNAM :—Cochinchina: Pierre 4806 (A & P).

(5) Laportea violacea Gagn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 75: 4 (1928). —

L. vitifolia Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sinic. 7: 117 (1929).

Diagnosis: Monoecious herb or subshrub less than 2 metres;

the lamina broad ovate, 6-12 cm. long, truncate at the base; the

male flowers sessile, 5-merous, with non-corniculate tepals.

Distribution: China, Vietnam (North & South) & Thailand.

Monoecious herb or subshrub, usually ess than 2 m. high. Stem

woody at the base, well branched, glabrous to glabrescent, irritant

hairs often absent, without glandular hairs; petiolar scars conspi-

cuous, stipular scars not so. Lamina 6-12 cm. long, 4-10 cm.

broad, broadly ovate, chartaceous to sub-coriaceous, without

glandular hairs; irritant hairs of both surfaces short, appressed and

dispersed, very rarely dense; cystoliths of both surfaces punctiform:

base usually truncate, smooth, rarely slightly cordate; apex

acuminate, usually sharply, ca. 1 cm. long; margin serrate, teeth to

0.4 cm. long, with base to 0.6 cm. broad; lateral veins 4—5 pairs,

prominent, the basal pair most prominent and reaching to more

than half the length of the lamina; intercostals rather straight and

prominent. Petiole (3—) 6—9 cm. long, well covered with minute irri-

tant hairs. Stipule to 0.2 cm. long, connate, intrapetiolar, bifid,

the two tips very short, narrow ovate, chartaceous, light pubescent.

Inflorescence unisexual, paniculate, fairly well branched, axillary,

solitary, with minute peduncular bracts, peduncle densely covered

with short irritant hairs; the male up to 6 cm. long, ca. 3 cm.

broad, usually much smaller, mainly:at the lower axils; the female

15—20 (-30) cm. long: 5-8 cm. broad, usually at the upper axils or

subterminal: the male generally much smaller than the female.

Male flower sessile to subsessile; perianth ca. | mm. long and

broad, densely covered with short irritant hairs; tepals 5, non-

corniculate, cymbiform; stamens 5, with reflexed filaments to 1.5

mm. long; pistillode ca. 0.2 mm. long and broad, obpyramidal:

interfloral bracts ca. 0.2 mm. long and broad, 4—5 to each flower.

densely covered with short irritant hairs. Female flower pedicellate:

perianth with 4 free tepals covered with elongated cystoliths; the

two lateral tepals to 0.8 mm. long, ca. 0.4 mm. broad, almost

enclosing the ovary, with a few short irritant hairs, otherwise

glabrous, the dorsal one ca. 0.2 mm. long, slightly geniculate, with

a few irritant hairs, the ventral ca. 0.3 mm. long, glabrous: ovary

ca. 0.8 mm. long, ca. 0.4 mm. broad, ellipsoid; stigma Iinear, un-

branched, reflexed, up to 2.5 mm. long; interfloral bracts to 0.3

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E, pedicel.

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mm. long and broad, 3-5 to each flower, often with irritant hairs:

pedicel to 0.4 mm. long, winged laterally, somewhat glabrous.

Achene ca. 2 mm. long, ca. 1.5 mm. broad, stipitate, stipe ca.

0.4 mm. long, on gynophore ca. 0.2 mm. long and broad, asymme-

trically ellipsoid, the lateral sides warted, often raised, surrounded

by a very narrow wing, greatly reflexed; pedicel up to 6 mm. long,

strongly winged laterally, glabrous; dispersed free from the

perianth.

This species has quite a lot in common with the preceding one

with which it is obviously closely related. Both have somewhat

the same habit of growth, shape of lamina and inflorescence and

are both found in the same habitat. They are, however, easily told

apart as in this species the lamina base is truncate, the male flowers.

5-merous and the achene without a depression on the lateral sides.

CHINA :—Lungchcow: Pan Wang Hills: Morse 218 (type of L. vitifolia:

K).—Kwangsi Prov.: Lan Lon: Ching 6640, Aug. 1928 (NY).

VIETNAM :—Tonkin: Lecomte & Finet 260 (P); Bon 2269 (lectotype

of L. violacea: P)— Annam: Bon 5724 (P).

THHAILAND:—Chumphae: Smitinand 4910, Nov. 1958 (BKF);.

Sorensen et al. 6103, Feb. 1958 (SING).

(6) Laportea amberana (Baker) Leandri in Ann. Mus. Col. Mars.

ser. 6. 7-8: 18 (1950) et in Humbert, Fl. Madagascar, 56: 11.

fig. 2 (1965); Chew in Gard. Bull. Sing. 21: 198 (1965). —

Urera amberana Baker in J. Bot. 20: 267 (1882). — L. humbertii

Leandri in op. cit. 19 (1950) & 11 (1965); Chew in op. cit. 199

(1965). — L. manombensis Leandri in op. cit. 21 (1950); Chew in

op. cit. 199 (1965).

Diagnosis: (a) monoecious shrubs with cordate, coarsely, irregu-

larly and shallowly dentate lamina, (b) irritant hairs appressed, (c)

male flowers dense with irritant hairs, sessile, 5-merous, with non-

corniculate tepals, (d) female flowers pedicellate, with ribbed lateral

tepals, (e) achenes almost circular, stipitate, on strongly winged

pedicels to 10 mm. long.

Distribution: Madagascar (endemic!). .

Moncecious shrubs to 1.5 metres high. Twigs somewhat thick,

subglabrous. Lamina 12-20 cm. long, 9-18 cm. broad, very broad

ovate, chartaceous, both surfaces well covered with appressed irri-

tant hairs and punctiform cystoliths; base profound cordate, the

two lobes sometimes touching; apex acuminate, acumen 1-1.5 cm.

long; margin coarsely, irregularly and shallowly dentate, teeth at

most | cm. long, 0.5 cm. broad at the base; lateral veins 5S—6 pairs,

the basal pair very prominent, reaching to half the length of the

lamina; intercostals numerous, somewhat anastomosing, rather

faint. Petioles to 10 cm. long, lightly covered with appressed irri-

tant hairs. Stipules less than 5 mm. long, caducous. Inflorescences

unisexual, paniculate with very short lateral branches, axillary,

usually in the upper axils; peduncle dense with somewhat erect

irritant hairs. Male flowers sessile; perianth ca. 2 mm. long and

broad, dense with irritant hairs, with 5 non-corniculate tepals, 5

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del.

Fig. 6. L. amberana: A, leaf; B, male inflorescence; C, female inflores-

cence; D, achene with pedicel.

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Stamens on reflexed filaments; pistillode small. Female flowers

pedicellate; the perianth 4-tepalled covered with irritant hairs, the

laterals ca. 1 mm. long, 0.5 mm. broad, ribbed in the centre.

enclosing the ovary, the dorsal one ca. 0.5 mm. long, slightly

geniculate and the ventral ca. 0.6 mm. long; ovary ca. 1 mm. long,

ellipsoid: stigma linear, ca. 0.75 mm. long, simple. reflexed;

pedicel ca. 1 mm. long, slightly winged laterally, dense with

irritant hairs. Achenes ca. 3 mm. long and broad, almost circular,

stipitate, with stipe to 0.75 mm. long, on a very short gynophore,

lateral sides minutely tuberculate, with the tepals covering the lower

portion of the achene, greatly reflexed; pedicel to 10 mm. long,

strongly winged laterally especially at the apex. well armed with

irritant hairs; dispersed free from the perianth.

I do not agree with Leandri that L. humbertii is distinct from

this species. The differences pointed out by him are, in my opinion

(when viewed from a monographic angle), insufficient to warrant

their separation. The species L. manombensis was reduced by

Leandri to this in 1965 but the name was inadvertently omitted

from the synonymy.

This and the following three form a related group of species

entirely endemic in Madagascar. Though they differ from each

other rather conspicuously in vegetative characters, they possess

many other fundamental characters in common. Their female

inflorescences, for instance, are usually much longer than the

leaves and are furnished with rather stout peduncles. Their closest

ally outside Madagascar is perhaps L. alatipes of East Africa with

which this group is linked by L. weddellii.

L. amberana grows in rather dry forests on sandstones or lime-

stones. Its specific epithet is a direct derivation from the Mada-

gascan native name “amberana”’.

MADAGASCAR :—West: Manombo: Humbert 19991, Jan.. 1947 (type

of L. manombensis: P). Analavelono: Humbert 14234, March 1934 (type

of L. humbertii: P & SING).—Centre: Betsileo: Baron 321 (type of U.

amberana: P & SING). ;

(7) Laportea septentrionalis Leandri in op. cit. 19 (1950) et 12

(1965); Chew in op. cit. 199 (1965).

Diagnosis: It distinguishes itself thus (a) herbs with very few,

small, cordate, irregularly and coarsely-toothed leaves, (b) both

surfaces of the lamina densely covered with irritant hairs and

punctiform cystoliths, (c) inflorescence about 3 times as long as

leaves. (d) stigma about 3 times as long as flower.

Distribution: Madagascar (endemic! ).

Herbs less than 50 cm. high with few leaves. Lamina ca. 5 cm.

long and broad, very broad ovate, chartaceous, both surfaces dense

with appressed irritant hairs and punctiform cystoliths; base cor-

date; apex acute; margin irregularly, coarsely and bluntly dentate,

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Fig. 7. L. septentrionalis: fruiting twig.

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teeth at most 3 mm. long, 5 mm. broad; lateral veins ca. 4 pairs,

the basal pair more prominent, reaching to more than half the

length of lamina: intercostals anastomosing, faint. Petioles to 10

cm. long, well covered with appressed irritant hairs. Stipules mem-

braneous, caducous. /nflorescences unisexual, paniculate, branched

weakly near the apex, axillary, 15 to 25 cm. long, peduncle well

covered with minute irritant hairs. Male flowers sessile, to 2 mm.

long and broad, with irritant hairs, with 5 non-corniculate tepals

and 5 stamens. Female flowers pedicellate; stigma filiform to 4

mm. long, longer than ovary. Achenes ovate, to orbicular, flatten-

ed, ca. 2.5 mm. long, warted on broadly winged pedicels 6-7 mm.

long.

This species comes very near to L. humbertii (= L. amberana) in

lamina shape, venation and even dentition of the margin. Their

female inflorescences are also somewhat similar in shape. They

differ, however, in the habit of growth, lamina size and the number

of achenes in the inflorescence.

It is recorded to be a very rare species of limestones.

MADAGASCAR :—Diego-Suarez Proyv.: Ankarana: Humbert 19004,

Dec. 1937—Jan. 1938 (holotype in P).

(8) Laportea perrieri Leandri in Ann. Mus. Col. Mars. ser. 6.

7-8: 20 (1950) et in Humbert, Fl. Madagascar, 56: 12 (1965):

Chew in Gard. Bull. Sing. 21: 199 (1965).

Diagnosis: (a) monoecious shrubs with cordate, very pro-

foundly dentate lamina, (b) irritant hairs minute, appressed, (c)

inflorescences unisexual, branched racemes (d) male flowers sub-

sessile, 5-merous, with non-corniculate tepals.

Distribution: Madagascar (endemic! ).

Monoecious shrubs to 3 mertes high. Twigs thick and fleshy,

well armed with short irritant hairs. Lamina to 20-65 cm. long

and broad, somewhat circular, chartaceous, with short appressed

irritant hairs mainly on the lower surface and punctiform cystoliths

mainly on the upper; base cordate; apex long acuminate, acumen

to 6 cm. long; margin very profoundly dentate, teeth 7-20 cm.

long, 3-10 cm. broad at the base: lateral veins 4—S pairs, the basal

pair most prominent, rising to about half the length of the lamina;

intercostals numerous. rather faint. Petioles 20-60 cm. long, dense

with short appressed irritant hairs. Stipules to 5 mm. long. Inflore-

scences unisexual, paniculate, axillary, solitary, rarely paired; the

females in the upper axils, the males in the lower, both wide-

spreading and long; peduncle well covered with short appressed

irritant hairs. Male flowers subsessile; perianth ca. 2 mm. long and

broad, lightly covered with short appressed irritant hairs and punc-

tiform cystoliths, with 5 non-corniculate tepals, 5 stamens on

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4cm

Fig. 8. L. perrieri: A, leaf; B, male inflorescence; C, female inflorescence.

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slightly reflexed filaments; pistillode small, ca. 1 mm. long, obco-

nical; interfloral bracts minute; pedicel extremely short. Female

flowers pedicellate; the perianth 4-tepalled, the laterals ca. 0.75

mm. long, ca. 0.5 mm. broad, almost enclosing the ovary, with

few erect irritant hairs, the dorsal one ca. 0.4 mm. long, geniculate

and the ventral ca. 0.3 mm. long; ovary ca. 0.75 mm. long, 0.5

mm. broad, ovoid; stigma linear, ca. 0.75 mm. long, simple, reflex-

ed; interfloral bracts minute; pedicel ca. 0.75 mm. long, winged

laterally, with erect fairly long irritant hairs. Achenes ca. 3 (-5)

mm. long, 3-4 mm. broad, often asymmetrically elliptic, stipitate,

with stipe to ca. 0.5 mm. long, on a very short gynophore, lateral

sides very minutely tuberculate with the tepals covering the stipe,

greatly reflexed; pedicel to 4 mm. long, strongly winged laterally,

well armed with long erect irritant hairs; dispersed free from the

perianth.

Related to L. amberana (see notes there).

MADAGASCAR :—near Marovato: G. Cours 5449, Jan. 1960 (K & P).

— Namoroka (Ambongo): Perrier de la Bathie 475 (type: K & P).

(9) Laportea weddellii Leandri in op. cit. 22 (1950) et 14 (1965);

Chew in op. cit. 199 (1965).

Diagnosis: (a) monoecious shrubs to 1.5 metres, (b) lamina

longer than petioles, elliptic to slightly ovate, with erect irritant

hairs, (c) teeth of lamina ca. 7-8 mm. long & broad, (d) female

inflorescences slightly longer than lamina, (e) stigma 3-4 mm.

long.

Distribution: Madagascar (endemic! ).

Monoecious shrubs 1-5 metres high. Twigs bright red, with

leaves crowded near the apices. Lamina 10-15 cm. long, 6—7 cm.

broad, elliptic to slightly ovate, chartaceous, subglabrous on both

surfaces, sparse with erect irritant hairs; base truncate to rounded;

apex shortly acuminate; margin grossly dentate, teeth ca. 7-8 mm.

long and broad at the base; lateral veins 4 pairs, rather prominent,

the basal pair reaching to half the length of lamina. Petioles 5—6

cm. long, well armed with erect irritant hairs to 2 mm. long.

Stipules minute, early caducous. Inflorescences unisexual, panicu-

late, to 15-20 cm. long, axillary, the females slightly larger than

the males. Male flowers subsessile, ca. 2 mm. Jong and broad.

Female flowers with small lateral tepals to 0.5 mm. long, on

pedicels 5-6 mm. long; stigma linear., 3-4 mm. long. Achene 3-4

mm. long, 2.5-3 mm. broad.

This description is based on that of Leandri as I have seen only

a single leaf of the only collection known of this species. As in L.

septenirionalis numerous floral details are not available due to

paucity of collections.

MADAGASCAR :—Manambolo Valley: Humbert 13221 (holotype in P).

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410) Laportea decumana (Roxb.) Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat.

Paris 9: 127 (1856) et in DC. Prodr. 16 (1): 80 (1869). — Urtica

decumana Rumph. Herb. Amb. 6: 47, tab. 20, fig. 1 (1750), ante

Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3: 587 (1832). — U. rumphii Kostel. in

Allg. Med. Pharm. FI. 2: 400 (1833). — Boehmeria macrothyrsa

Mig. in Zoll. Syst. Verz. Ind. 100, 103 (1854). — Laportea

armata Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. 13: 293 (1891). — Urticastrum

decumanum (Roxb.) O.K. op. cit. 635 (1891). — Laportea pedun-

culata K. Sch. & Laut. Fl. Deutsch. Sudsee 290 (1901). — L.

humilis Laut. in K. Sch. & Laut. Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Sud. 251

(1905).

Diagnosis: Easily distinguished thus: (a) perennial shrubs, sub-

‘shrubs or tall herbs, (b) leaves rugose, dense with long irritant hairs

young ones dense wooly, (c) margin of lamina serrulate to denti-

culate; (d) stipules to 2 cm. long, subcoriaceous, lightly bifid, (e)

stigma to 3 mm. long, (f) male interfloral bracts longer than male

flowers.

Distribution: South Borneo, Celebes to New Guinea.

Monoecious perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs to 2 m. high.

Stem woody, wood soft, brittle, well branched, densely armed with

long rigid irritant hairs, especially at the apices, without glandular

hairs; stipular and petiolar scars fairly conspicuous. Lamina (17-)

20-30 (-35) cm. long, (6—) 12-18 cm. broad, ovate, rhombic to trul-

late, rarely elliptic, subcoriaceous, usually strongly rugose, dense

woolly, especially on the lower surface of young leaves, usually

light pubescent to almost glabrous on the upper surface; stiff long

irritant hairs present on both surfaces, more on the lower; cystoliths

-of the upper surface minute punctiform, those of the lower surface

elongated; base round to cordate; apex long acuminate, often sharp-

ly, up to 2 cm. long; margin serrulate to denticulate, teeth rarely

exceed 0.3 cm. long with 0.3 cm. broad base, very often only 0.1

cm. long; lateral veins 7-9 (—11) pairs, prominent, basal pair

reaching to a third the length of lamina, usually less prominent

than the others; intercostals numerous, slightly straight to anasto-

mosing, prominent. Petioles (2—) 5-8 (—10) cm. long, usually with

long rigid irritant hairs, young ones often dense woolly. Stipules

to 2 cm. long, connate, intrapetiolar, very slightly bifid at the apex,

cymbiform, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, with short irritant hairs,

quite persistent. Jnflorescences unisexual, paniculate, well branched,

well branched, axillary, usually solitary, without bulbils, with

peduncular bracts to 0.5 cm. long, with peduncle usually densely

covered with irritant hairs; the male (10—) 16—20 (—25) cm. long,

(4-) 6-10 (-15) cm. broad, usually in the lower axils; female

(20-) 30-40 (-55) cm. long, (4-) 8-15 (—20) cm. broad, usually in

the upper axils or subterminal, the female usually larger than the

male. Male flowers pedicellate; perianth to 2 mm. long and broad,

with long irritant hairs at the apex, otherwise glabrous, with elon-

gated cystoliths; tepals 4, non-corniculate, cymbiform; stamens 4,

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with reflexed filaments to 2 mm. long; pistillode ca. 0.75 mm. long,

ca. 0.5 mm. broad at the apex, obpyramidal; interflora bracts

narrow lanceolate, almost as long as flower, sparsely covered with

irritant hairs; pedicel to 2 mm. long, articulated near the apex,

glabrous. Female flowers pedicellate; perianth with 4 free tepals,

the two lateral tepals ca. 1 mm. long and 0.75 mm. broad,

slightly asymmetrical, usually enclosing the ovary, with 2 to 4

long irritant hairs at the base, with elongated cystoliths; the dorsal

one ca. 0.75 mm. long, ca. 0.3 mm. broad, often slightly geniculate,

usually fully armed with long irritant hairs; the ventral ca. 0.5 mm.

long, narrow, almost glabrous; ovary ca. 1 mm. long, ca. 0.75

mm. broad, asymmetrically ovoid; stigma linear, unbranched,

slightly bent, to 3 mm. long; interfloral bracts to 1 mm. long,

narrow ovate to lanceolate, numercus; pedicel ca. 0.5 mm. long,

slightly winged laterally, usually with long irritant hairs. Achenes

to 2.5 mm. long and broad, stipitate, with stipe to 0.75 mm. long,

on gynophore to 0.75 mm. long, pyriform, smooth, without wing,

ridge nor depression, with lateral tepals at the base, greatly reflex-

ed; pedicel to 1.5 mm. long, slightly to strongly winged laterally.

with long irritant hairs at the margin; dispersed free from the

perianth.

I find no difficulty in distinguishing this species from the others

in the genus. The habit of growth, leaf-form, texture and vestiture

and numerous other characters make this easily the most distinc-

tive.

Its affinity is not entirely clear to me. On growth habit, I would

consider this a close relative of the Madagascan group of species!

I see in L. decumana a link, though not a very strong one, between

this genus and Dendrocnide. Its stipules are certainly rather simi-

lar in size and texture to those of the latter genus.

Winkler’s concept of this species is too restricted. Having

examined a vast quantity of collections from various locations, I

decide to stretch it to cover not only L. humilis but also B. macro-

thyrsa which was described from a plant introduced into cultivation

in Java from Amboina. .

I select as a neotype for this species a collection of Roxburgh,

reference Wallich Cat. 4620 in Kew Herbarium.

BORNEO :—South-East: sine loc.: Korthals s.n. (L. herb. 906—-171-31 &

908-188-3265).

CELEBES:—sine loc.: de Vriese s.n. (L. herb. 908-188-3268 & 3278).

MOLUCCAS:—Amboina: Robinson, Pl. Rumph. Amb. 316, July—Nov.

1913 (BO, K, L & US).—Ceram: Eyma 1804, Oct. 1937 (BO, K, L, PNH

& SING).—Tanimbar Islands: Borssum-Waalkes 3366, April 1956 (L).

NEW GUINEA :—North-East: Morobe Distr.: Womersley & van Royen

5884, June 1954 (A, BRI, L & LAE). Sattelberg: Warburg 20764, April

1889 (type of L. armata: BM).—West Manokwari: Kostermans 2703 Aug.

1948 (BO & L).—Papua: Boridi: Carr 12995 & 13012, Oct. 1935 (A, BM,

K & L).

Cultivated :—India: Roxburgh, Wall. Cat. 4620 (neotype in K).—Java:

Zollinger HZ. 1149 (type of B. macrothyrsa: UV).

142 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV_ (1969)

(11) Laportea macrostachya (Maxim.) Ohwi in J. Jap. Bot. 12:

331 (1936). — Sceptrocnide macrostachya Maxim. in Bull. Acad.

Petersb. 22: 238 (1877). — L. grossedentata Wright in J. Linn.

Soc. 26: 474 (1899). — L. giraldiana Pritz. in Bot. Jahrb. 29:

301 (1901). — L. longispica Pampan. in Nuov. G. Bot. Ital. 17:

256 (1901). — L. forrestii Diels in Notes Bot. Gard. Edin. 5:

292: (1912).

Diagnosis: (a) lamina grossly dentate, strongly caudate, with

the long tip arising from the broadly emarginate to truncate apex,

(6) female inflorescences elongated, unbranched, (c) achenes

smooth, without ridge nor wing, totally enclosed by the lateral

tepals strangly ribbed on the outside.

Distribution: Japan, China and Burma.

Monoecious annual herbs, usually less than 2 m. high,

occasionally with tuberous roots. Stem woody at the base, usually

unbranched, often well armed with long mounted irritant hairs,

especially at the nodes and apex, old parts usually glabrous,

without glandular hairs; petiolar scars very prominent, stipular

scars not so; rarely with woody bulbils at the leaf axils. Lamina

(7-) 10-20 (—28) cm. long, (5—) 8-18 (-28) cm. broad, ovate,

broadly to very broadly so, chartaceous, without glandular hairs;

irritant hairs more on the lower than on the upper surface,

frequently sparse on matured leaves; cystoliths very minutely

punctiform, numerous on the upper surface, fewer on the lower

surface; base cordate, often very broadly; apex broadly emarginate

to truncate between the ultimate pair of teeth, surmounted

by a narrowly ovate cauda to 8 cm. long constricted at the base;

margin grossly dentate, teeth up to 3 cm. long, with base to

2 cm. broad, the cauda occasionally with serrate margin; lateral

veins 4-5 pairs, very prominent, the basal pair reaching up to

more than half the length of the lamina; intercostals numerous,

straight to somewhat anastomosing, rather prominent. Pefioles

(4-) 7-15 (-18) cm. long, usually sparsely covered with mounted

irritant hairs. Stipules to 0.4 cm long, connate, intrapetiolar, bifid,

the two tips often as long as the lower connate part, often greatly

split by the developing female inflorescence, triangular,

chartaceous, glabrous, caducous. Inflorescences unisexual, axillary,

solitary, very rarely with woody bulbils, with minute peduncular

bracts; peduncle densely covered with very short irritant hairs

as well as long mounted ones, especially when young; the male

7-16 cm. long, 4-8 cm. broad, paniculate, well branched, in the

lower axils mainly; the female up to 32 cm. long, spike-like,

with the flowers fasciculate at intervals along the usually

unbranched peduncle, mainly in the upper axils or subterminal.

Male flowers pedicellate; perianth ca. 1 mm. long and broad,

with few to numerous short irritant hairs; tepals 5, non-corniculate,

cymbiform; stamens 5, with refiexed filaments to 2 mm. long;

pistillode ca. 0.4 mm. long and broad, obconical; interfloral bracts

up to 4.0 mm. long, triangular, irregular in number; pedicel to

0.5 mm. long, articulated at about the middle, glabrous. Female

flowers pedicellate; perianth with 4 free tepals; the two lateral

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 143

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D, pedicel and perianth opened; E, achene.

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tepals to 0.8 mm. long and broad, very broadly ovate, cordate

based, enclosing the ovary, sparse to dense with short irritant

hairs especially on the prominent rib; the dorsal one to 0.6 mm.

long, ca. 0.4 mm. broad, strongly geniculate, with numerous

short irritant hairs; the ventral ca. 0.5 mm. long, ca. 0.4 mm.

broad, slightly keeled; ovary ca. 0.8 mm. long, ca. 0.6 mm. broad,

asymmetrically ovoid; stigma linear, unbranched, slightly reflexed,

to 1.5 mm. long, interfloral bracts to 0.5 mm. long, irregular

in number; pedicel to 0.6 mm. long, simple, pubescent only

at the base. Achenes ca. 2 mm. long, ca. 1.5 mm. broad, stipitate;

stipe ca. 0.4 mm. long, on gynophore to 0.5 mm. long, ca. 0.2 mm.

broad; broadly asymmetrically ovoid, smooth, without wing,

ridge nor depression, usually entirely enclosed by the lateral tepals,

reflexed, often greatly so; pedicel up to 1.5 mm. long, simple,

not winged, fairly densely covered with very short appressed

irritant hairs; dispersed with the perianth and the greater portion

of the pedicel attached.

The four species, noted in the synonymy above, are being

assigned to this with confidence. I have seen their types and

have found them to be mere individual variants of one species.

This is probably the linking species between the two sections

of Laportea. In its habit of growth, it comes near to L. bulbifera

of sect. Laportea; but it has female inflorescences very similar

to those of L. interrupta of sect. Fleurya.

JAPAN :—Hakodate: Mohidji: Maximowicz s.n. (type of S.

macrostachya: BM & K).—Hondo: Shinano Prov.: Furuse 19740, Sept.

1951 (A)—Honshu: Mt. Tanigawa: Suzuki 398004, July 1949 (K).—

Yamagata Pref.: Atsumi village: Walker 7356, Sept. 1951 (US).

CHINA:—Hunan: Mt. Yun-schan: Handel-Mazzetti 11,135, July 1918

(C & US).—Hupei: Mt. Ku-tien: Silvestri 410 & 410A, July-Aug. 1906

(syntypes of L. longispica: FI); sine loc.: Henry 6066 & 6077 (syntypes

of L. grossedentata: BM, K & US)—Shansi: Ping Chan: Serre A.53/,

July 1929 (UPS).—Shensi: Kia-po: Giraldi 1349 (type of L. giraldiana:

FI).—Szechuan: Pao-hsing-hsien: Chu 2927, June.1936 (BM & E).—

Yunnan: Valleys of Mekong & Yangtze: Forrest 520, Sept. 1904 (type of

L. forrestii: K. & E).

BURMA:—Nam Tamai Valley: Kingdon-Ward 13259 (BM).

(12) Laportea interrupta (L.) Chew in op. cit. 200 (1965):

Letouzey in op. cit. — Urtica interrupta L. Sp. Pl. 985 (1753).

— Boehmeria interrupta (L.) Willd. Sp. Pl. 4 (1): 342 (1805).

— U. javanica Bl. Bijdr. 503 (1825). — Fleurya spicata Gaud

in Freyc. Voy. Uraine Bot. 497 (1830). — F. glomerata Gaud.

in op. cit. 498 (1830). — B. spicata (Gaud.) Endl. in Ann.

Wien Mus. 1: 165; 864 (1836). — U. sessiliflora Blco. FI.

Filip. 696 (1837), non Sw. (1785). — U. gaudichaudii Steud.

Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 2: 734 (1841). — U. spicigera Steud. op. cit.

736 (1841). — U. affinis Hk. & W.-Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. 69

(1841). — B. javanica (Bl.) Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bog. Alt. 79

(1844). — U. capitata Bocl. Fl. Filip. ed. 2: 483 (1845). —

U. lomatocarpa Hochst. ex Steud. in Flora 33: 260 (1850). —

F. interrupta (L.) R. Wight, Ic. 6: 10, tab. 1975 (1853). —

Schychowskia interrupta (L.) Wight in Safford, Contr. U.S.

Nat. Herb. 9: 371 (1905).

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Diagnosis: (a) female flowers with 3-fid stigmas, (b) inflorescences

bisexual, the lateral branches greatly reduced with flowers

fasciculate at intervals along the elongated peduncle.

Distribution: Portuguese Guinea (?), Congo, East and South

Africa, Abyssinia, India, Ceylon, Japan, China through South-East

Asia and Malesia to Queensland (Australia) and the Pacific

Islands.

Monoecious annual herbs, 1 to 2 m. high. Stem woody at

the base, with few to many branches, light pubescent, with

irritant hairs towards the apex, without glandular hairs, green

with reddish-chocolate streaks near the apex, reddish-chocolate

at the base; stipular scars inconspicuous, petiolar scars conspicuous.

Lamina (5—) 8-12 (—18) cm. long, (3—) 5-7 (-12) cm. broad,

ovate to broadly ovate, chartaceous, without glandular hairs;

irritant hairs of the upper surface short, appressed, scattered,

not mounted, those of the lower surface mainly on the midrib

and veins; cystoliths elongated, those of the upper surface

scattered, those of the lower surface mainly along midrib,

veins and veinlets; base obtuse, rounded, truncate to slightly

cordate; apex acuminate, 1-1.5 cm. long; margin serrate, teeth

ca. 0.5 cm. long, with base 0.5 cm. broad; lateral veins 3-6 pairs,

prominent, the basal pair reaching to more than half the length

of lamina; intercostals numerous, quite prominent, often straight.

Petiole (3—) 5-8 (-—12) cm. long, rather densely covered with

elongated cystoliths, with evenly distributed irritant hairs,

pubescent when young, later almost glabrous. Stipules 3-5 mm.

long, connate, intrapetiolar, bifid, the two tips shorter than the

hairs on the spines, otherwise glabrous. Inflorescences bisexual,

paniculate, up to 30 cm. long, with flowers fasciculate at intervals

along elongated peduncle consequent upon great reduction of

the lateral peduncular branches, axillary, sometimes borne at

the base of the stem just above soil level, solitary; peduncular

bracts narrow triangular, ca. 1 mm. long, on the side of each

floral agglomeration; peduncle very light pubescent to glabrous,

very sparsely armed with irritant hairs. Male flowers pedicellate;

perianth 1-1.5 mm. long and broad, with few irritant hairs at

the apex; tepals 3 or 4, corniculate, triangular to cymbiform;

stamens 3 or 4, with reflexed filaments ca. 1.5 mm. long; pistillode

ca. 0.5 mm. long, as broad at the apex, obpyramidal; interfloral

bracts lanceolate, ca. 1 mm. long, variable in number; pedicel

to 1 mm. long, articulated near the apex, glabrous. Female

flowers pedicellate; perianth with 4 free tepals, the two lateral

tepals ca. 0.5 mm. long, almost enclosing the ovary, the dorsal

and ventral ones ca. 0.3 mm. long, straight, slightly geniculate,

often with few irritant hairs, otherwise glabrous; ovary ca. 0.75

mm. long, asymmetrically ovoid; stigma linear, trifid, greatly

reflexed, the central branch to 0.5 mm. long, the lateral branches

to 0.25 mm. long; interfloral bracts minute. numerous, narrowly

lanceolate; pedicel to 0.5 mm. long, slightly winged dorsi-ventrally,

articulated near the apex, with few irritant hairs at the apical half,

otherwise glabrous. Achenes ca. 1.25 mm. long and_ broad,

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 147

Fig. 12. L. interrupta: A, twig; B, male flower; C, female flower; D, achene;

E, female perianth.

148 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV ( 1969)

sessile, without gynophore, asymmetrically ovoid, completely

surrounded by a narrow membraneous wing, on each lateral side

a triangular ridge enclosing a warty depression, the tepals forming

a small cup at the base, reflexed; pedicel to 1.5 mm. long,

slightly or not winged dorsi-ventrally, with few irritant hairs:

dispersed with perianth and upper portion of pedicel attached.

A species of herbaceous weeds under partial shade in abandoned

gardens, plantations and roadsides, this is the most widely

distributed one in the genus. Yet, throughout its entire range

it remains remarkably constant in its morphological attributes.

No discontinuities of any taxonomic significance can be found

between the various populations from the different parts of its

range.

The only record from Portuguese Guinea cannot be taken

seriously. There is no doubt that the specimen belongs to this

species; but as the collection is a nixtum compositum, 1 doubt

very much of our specimen belongs to the label attached.

It is likely to be a Mozambique material inadvertently mounted

with a Guinean label. I have not seen Letouzey’s record from

the Cameroun.

The nearest relative is no doubt L. ovalifolia of Africa with

which it has many characters in common (see notes there).

The specimens cited here represent but a very small proportion

of a large quantity of collections studied.

PORTUGUESE GUINEA:—Bissau: Pussube: Santo 2403 (Sheet 1),

Sept. 1947 (LISC).

CONGO :—sine loc.: Coomans s.n., March 1906 (Z).

TANGANYIKA :—Lake Nyasa: Stolz 727 (B, BM, C, G, K, S, SAM,

UPS & Z).

KENYA:—Nyika Territory: Wakefield s.n. (K).

MOZAMBIQUE:—Tuhamitonga: Torre 4085, May 1942 (LISC).

SOUTH AFRICA:—Natal: Durban: Schlechter 2791, June 1893 (BM).

ABYSSINIA:—Schimper 1471 (type of U. lomatocarpa: A, BM, G-—DC,

K, PRC & S).

INDIA:—sine loc.: Wight herb. 2680 (A, C, L, NY & S).

CEYLON:—sine loc.: Hermann s.n. (type of U. interrupta: herb.

Hermann in BM).

JAPAN :—Tokyo: Faurie 6425, Aug. 1890 (K).

CHINA:—Yunnan: Che-li Hsien: Wang 77747, Aug. 1936 (A).

BURMA :—Golden-Valley: Thein-Lwin 67, Aug. 1947 (K).

THAILAND:—North Chiengmai: Sorensen et al. 4064, July 1958

(SING).

VIETNAM:—Hue: Squires 45 (BO, BRI, E, MEL & UC).

FORMOSA :—Bankinsing: Henry 386 (K & MO).

MALAYA:—Trengganu: Yapp 344, Oct. 1899 (CGE & K).

PHILIPPINES:—Mindanao: Butuan subprov.: Weber 1090 (A, F,

NSW, UC & US).

BORNEO:—South-Borneo: Banjermassing: Motley 269 (CGE).

SUMATRA:—Bila: Rahmat-si-Toroes 2843 (MICH, NY, UC & US).

JAVA:—sine loc.: Zollinger 563 (L).—Bogor: unknwon coll. herb.

L.908-188-2807 (type of U. javanica).

LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS:—Bali: van Steenis 7743, April 1936 (A,

BO & L).

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CELEBES:—Menado: Kolonedale: Eyma 34/8, Aug. 1938 (BO, L.

PNH & U).

MOLUCCAS :—Pisang: Gaudichaud s.n. (types of F. glomerata & F.

spicata: G).

NEW GUINEA:—North-East New Guinea: Weinland 38/ (BO, BRI,

L, NSW & WRSL).

BISMARK ARCHIPELAGO :—New Britain: Talasea subdistrict: White

NGF. 10959, April 1959 (LAE).

SOLOMON ISLANDS:—sine loc. Milne 473 (K).

QUEENSLAND (AUSTRALIA):—Baron River: Bich s.n. (NSW.

77914).

NEW HEBRIDES:—Malekula: Atchin: Layard 59 (NSW).

NEW CALEDONIA :—sine loc.: Franc s.n. (herb. US. 390576).

CAROLINE ISLANDS:—Ponape Isl.: Metaranium: Kanehira 789,

Aug. 1929 (NY).

MARSHALL ISLANDS:—Jaluit: Schnee s.n. (NSW).

SAMOA :—Tau: Wray-Harris 2373-320 (BO, K & P).

FIJI:—Ovalau: Lovoni Village: Smith 7480 (US).

TONGA:—Tafahi: Hurlimann 561, Dec. 1951 (Z).

SOCIETY ISLANDS:—Tahiti: Hillebrand 162 (K).

COOK ISLANDS :—Rarotonga: Cheeseman 120.669 (K).

CORAL ISLANDS:—sine loc.: Capt Beechy s.n. (type of U. affinis:

G & K).

HAWAII :—Honolulu: Anderson s.n. 1852 (S).

(13) Laportea ovalifolia (Schumach.) Chew in op. cit. 201 (1965);

Letouzey in op. cit. 131 (1968). — Haynea ovalifolia Schumach.

Beskr. Guin. Pl. 406 (1827). — Fleurya podocarpa Wedd. in

DC. Prodr. 16 (1): 76 (1869). — F. ovalifolia (Schumach.)

Dandy in Andrews, Fl. Pl. Angl-Egypt. Sudan, 2: 277 (1952).

Diagnosis: (a)plants stoloniferous, (b) inflorescences often

directly from stolons, (c) males long, with flowers glomerulate

at intervals along the seemingly unbranched peduncle, (d) females

very small and frail (e) achenes very large, rarely reflexed, often

geocarpic.

Distribution: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, through

equatorial Africa to East Africa.

Monoecious annual stoloniferous herbs, often repent; erect

shoots up to 2 m. high. Stem slightly woody at the base, with

few branches, densely to lightly covered with short often appressed

irritant hairs, without glandular hairs; stipular scars inconspicuous,

petiolar scars conspicuous. Lamina (3—) 8-10 (—13) cm. long,

(2-) 4-6 (—8) cm. broad, ovate, chartaceous, without glandular

hairs: irritant hairs of the upper surface short, scattered, some-

times absent, those of the lower surface on midrib and veins;

cystoliths of the uper surface punctiform, scattered, those of

the lower surface on veins; base usually rounded; apex sharp

acuminate to slightly caudate, ca. 1 cm. long; margin crenate,

dentate to serrate, teeth ca. 0.5 cm. long, with base ca. 0.5 cm.

broad; lateral veins 4~7 pairs, prominent, the basal pair reaching

up to more than half the length of lamina; intercostals numerous,

straight. Petioles 5-10 (—16) cm. long, glabrous to lightly

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“inmm 2 JURAIMI DEL.

Fig. 13. L. ovalifolia: A, twig; B, male inflorescence; C, male flower; D,

female flower; E, achene; F, female perianth.

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 151

covered with short appressed irritant hairs. Stipules usually 1 cm.

long, connate, intrapetiolar, bifid, the two tips often as long as

the connate part, triangular, chartaceous, with few appressed

irritant hairs, otherwise glabrous. /nflorescences unisexual, the

male paniculate, up to 50 cm. long, the lateral branches very

greatly reduced with flowers faciculate at intervals along

seemingly unbranched peduncle, axillary, usually shooting from

stolons, solitary, with minute caducous peduncular bracts; peduncle

subglabrous to densely canescent, especially the floriferous part,

with minute appressed irritant hairs; the female a simple raceme

to a sparsely branched panicle, rarely longer than5S cm., axillary,

usually produced from stolons, solitary or paired, with peduncular

bracts ca. 1 mm. long; peduncle thin and frail, glabrous to light

pubescent, with very few irritant hairs. Male flowers pedicellate;

perianth to 2 mm. long and broad; with few irritant hairsffi tepals

5, non-corniculate, narrow; stamens 5, with reflexed filaments ca.

3 mm. long; pistillode ca. 1 mm. long, as broad at the apex,

obpyramidal; interfloral bracts numerous, minute; pidecel to 3 mm.

long, articulated near the apex, glabrous. Female flowers pedi-

cellate; perianth with 4 tepals joined at the base; the two lateral

tepals to ca. 1.5 mm. long, enclosing the ovary, glabrous, the dorsal

one ca. 1.5 mm. long, not geniculate, with few irritant hairs,

Otherwise glabrous, the ventral ca. 0.6 mm: long; ovary 1.5-2

mm. long, slightly asymmetrically ovoid; stigma finear, trifid, the

upright one 2-3 mm. long, the other two ca. 2 mm. long, usually

slightly directed downward; interfloral bracts minute, narrowly

triangular; pedicel 0.5 mm. long, articulated at midpoint, almost

glabrous. Achenes to 4 mm. long, 2-3 mm. broad, substipitate to

sessile, without gynophore, very slightly asymmetrically ovoid,

almost completely surrounded by a narrow membraneous wing, on

each lateral side an ovate or elliptic ridge enclosing a warty

depression, with the tepals forming a minute cup at the base, not

or slightly reflexed, often geocarpic; pedicel to 2 mm. long, winged

dorsi-ventrally, with few irritant hairs; dispersed with perianth and

upper portion of pedicel attached.

This equatorial African species is unique in that the

inflorescences often arise from underground stolons and the

achenes often geocarpic. Add to these the characteristics of the

occasional repent habit and the large size of the achenes and

one finds this the most distinctive species in the genus.

The preceding species is its closest ally with which it has

the following characters in common: (a) lamina almost similar

in shape, size and venation, (b) the inflorescences are of the

“interrupted’’ type although the sexuality differs in the different

species, (c) stigma 3-fid, ligulate.

The varieties and subspecies maintained by various authors

are not upheld here. I find too much intergradations between

them. Well over a hundred collections have been studied,

particularly from the Republic of Congo. The following therefore

represent only a small proportion of them.

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SIERRA LEONE:—Southern Prov.: Mandu: Deighton 1992, July

1931 (K).

LIBERIA :—Weleo Distr.: Nyaaka: Baldwin 6205, Pune 1947 (K).

IVORY COAST:—Mt. Momy: Chevalier 21356 (K).

GHANA:—sine loc.: Thonning s.n. (—holotype of H. ovalifolia: C). —

TOGO :—Warnecke 438 (K). :

NIGERIA :—Angiana: Barter 92 (type of F. podocarpa: K).

CAMEROON :—Efulen: Bates 424, Oct. 1895 (BR, G, K & Z).

FERNANDO PO:—Moka: Boughey 24, Dec. 1951 (K).

GABON :—sine loc.: Druklage 580, Feb. 1890 (K).

CONGO :—Albert National Park: Kalonge: de Witte 8256, Oct. 1952

(BR).—Eala: Corbissier-Baland 977, March 1931 (A, B, K, MO & S).

ANGOLA :—Cazengo: Ndalatando: Gossweiler 4568B, May 1946 (B,

BM & US).—Golungo Alto: Welwitsch 6265 & 6266, Feb. 1879 (BM,

G & K).

SUDAN :—Azza Forest: Andrews A.1405, May 1939 (K).

UGANDA:—Masaka Distr.: Malabigambo Forest: Drummond &

Hemsley 4539, Oct. 1953 (BR & K).

KENYA:—Mt. Kenya: Verdcourt 2051, Dec. 1957 (UPS).

TANGANYIKA:—Mahenge Station: Schlieben 1814, Feb. 1932 (BR).

(14) Laportea peduncularis (Wedd.) Chew in op. cit. 201 (1965).

— Urtica mitis E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pfl. Doc. 127, 143

& 228 (1843), nom. nud., non Vell. (1835). — U. peduncularis

E. Meyer in Drege, op. cit. 143 & 228 (1843), nom. nud. —

Fleurya capensis Wedd. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 117,

tab. 1, fig. A, 7-8 (1856), exclu. spec. typ., non (Thunb.) Wedd.

(1854). — F. mitis Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 4. 1: 183

(1854), nom. nud. — F. peduncularis Wedd. in DC. Prodr.

16 (1): 75 (1869).

Diagnosis: It distinguishes itself in the following characters:

(a) an annual herb, often creeping or scrambling, (5) inflorescences

well branched, with slender peduncles, (c) male flowers 5-tepalled,

strongly corniculate, (d) achene sessile, without wings, with a

simple stigma; (e) lamina ovate, margin serrate.

Distribution: East, South-east and South Africa.

Monoecious annual herbs, often creeping or scrambling,

generally 1.5 m. high. Stem woody at the base, rarely branched,

young parts covered with short appressed often slightly mounted

irritant hairs, without glandular hairs, glabrous when old; stipular

scars inconspicuous petiolar scars conspicuous. Lamina (5—) 9-

10 (-12) cm. long, (3—) 6-7 (—8) cm. broad, ovate, rarely trian-

gular, chartaceous, without glandular hairs; irritant hairs of upper

surface short, appressed, sparse, those of the lower surface on

midrib and veins, very rarely mounted; cystoliths of the upper

surface very minutely punctiform, often not visible, those on the

lower surface mainly elongated, intermixed with few punctiform

ones; base generally rounded, rarely cordate or truncate; apex

acuminate, 1-1.5 cm .long; margin serrate to dentate, very rarely

grossly, teeth up to 0.5 cm. long, with base to 0.5 cm. broad;

lateral veins 6-8 pairs, prominent, basal pair reaching up to half

the length of lamina; intercostals numerous, straight, prominent.

: W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 153

‘5mm JURAIMI DEL.

Fig. 14. L. peduncularis: A, twig; B, male flower; C, female flower: D,

achene; E, female perianth.

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Petioles (3—) 5-6 (-10) cm. long, very sparsely covered with

mounted irritant hairs to glabrous. Stipules up to 0.7 cm. long,

connate, intrapetiolar, bifid, the two tips shorter than the connate

part. triangular, chartaceous, with few short appressed irritant

hairs on the spines. /nflorescences unisexual, paniculate, sparingly

branched, axillary, solitary, with minute peduncular bracts, with

peduncle sparsely covered with short appressed irritant hairs, —

often glabrous; the male (3—) 4-6 (-9) cm. long, (2—) 3—5 (-6) —

cm. broad: the female 4-6 (-8) cm. long, (1—) 2-3 (—5) cm. broad,

with very thin peduncle i.e. smaller and thinner than the male. —

Male flowers shortly pedicellate; perianth 1—1.5 mm. long and —

broad, with few very short irritant hairs at the base, otherwise —

glabrous; tepals 5, strongly corniculate, cymbiform; stamens 5,

with reflexed filaments ca. 1.5 mm. long; pistillode ca. 0.75 mm. —

long, as broad at the apex, obpyramidal; interfloral bracts nume-

rous, minute, triangular; pedicel up to 1 mm. long, articulated

near the apex, glabrous. Female flowers pedicellate; perianth with

4 free tepals, the two lateral tepals ca. 0.75 mm. long, enclosing

the ovary, gkabrous, the dorsal one half the length of the laterals,

very slightly geniculate, glabrous, the ventral very minute; ovary

0.75-1.00 mm. long, asymmetrically ovoid; stigma linear, un-

branched, rather straight, 0.5-1 mm. long; interfloral bracts

minute, numerous; pedicel to 0.5 mm. long, strongly winged

dorsiventrally, articulated near the base, lightly covered with

minute irritant hairs. Achenes ca. 1.5 mm. long, ca. 1 mm. broad,

sessile, without gynophore, asymmetrically ovoid, only the apex

with a narrow membraneous wing, on each lateral side a triangular

ridge enclosing a warted depression, half or less covered by the

lateral tepals, reflexed; pedicel up to 2 mm. long, strongly dorsi-

ventrally winged, glabrous; dispersed with perianth and upper

portion of pedicel attached.

This species has the lamina form of L. interrupta and occa-

sionally exhibits the repent habit characteristic of L. ovalifolia.

It is, however, quite distinct from them on other essential cha-

racters. Together with the following two species, it forms a very

natural group.

Over a hundred collections of this species have been studied,

I cite here merely a small selection.

TANGANYIKA:—Morogoro Distr.: Mgeta River: Drummond &

Hemsley 1593, March 1953 (BR, K & S).—Mt. Kilimanjaro: Schlieben

4507, Jan. 1934 (B, S & Z)—Usambara: Holst 9019, Aug. 1893 (K & Z).

NYASALAND:—Cholo Distr.: Mt. Cholo: Brass 17733, Sept. 1946

(BR, K, MO, NY, UC & US). )

MOZAMBIQUE:—Lourenzo Marques: Gaza: Torre 7287, Feb. 1948

(LISC).—Chimorio: Serva de Garuzo: Barbosa 1243, March 1948 (LISC).

SOUTHERN RHODESIA:—Chirinda Distr.: Gazaland: Swynnerton

793, May 1906 (K & Z).—Umtali Distr.: Range Hill: Chase 7259, Feb.

1960 (LISC & MO).

SOUTH AFRICA:—Cape: Somerset: Burchell 3231] (A, K & L).—

Natal: Griqualand East: Tyson 768, March 1886 (A, K, SAM, UPS &

Z).—Port Natal: Drege s.n. (lectotype of F. peduncularis: G).

SWAZILAND: Mbabane District: Compton 25881, April 1956 (NBG)

& 28689, March 1959 (NBG).

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 155:

(15) Laportea caffra Chew, spec. nov.

Diagnosis: L. pedunculari affinis, a qua multo pusillioribus,

inflorescentiis brevioribus cum floribus perpaucis, tepalis masculis.

haud corniculatis differt.

Distribution: South Africa.

Monoecious annual herbs less than 50 cm. tall. Stem woody

at the base, branching rather broadly, well armed with irritant

hairs, otherwise quite glabrous. Lamina ca. 2 cm. long, 1-2 cm.

broad, broad ovate to triangular, chartaceous, well armed with

irritant hairs, the upper surface with punctiform cystoliths, the

lower with elongated ones; base rounded to truncate; apex acute;

margin serrate, teeth to 2 mm. long; lateral veins ca. 4 pairs, the

basal pair reaching to half the length of the lamina; intercostals.

few, inconspicuous. Petioles to 1 cm. long, armed with irritant

hairs. Stipules minute, puberulous, caducous. /nflorescences uni-

sexual, poorly branched dichasia, axillary, solitary to paired, to

5 cm. long, 1 cm. broad at the most peduncle sparse with irritant

hairs. Male flowers pedicellate; perianth ca. 1.5 mm. long and

broad, subglabrous; tepals 5, non-corniculate; stamens 5, with

slightly reflexed filaments; pistillode small; pedicels ca. 1 mm.

long, glabrous. Female flowers pedicellate; perianth ca. 0.75 mm.

long, 0.6 mm. broad, enclosing the ovary, with few irritant hairs,

the dorsal one not geniculate; ovary ca. 0.7 mm. long, ovoid;

stigma linear, unbranched, 0.6 mm. long; interfloral bracts minute;

pedicel ca. 0.4 mm. long, slightly winged dorsiventrally, articulated

near the base, subglabrous. Achenes ca. 1.5 mm. long, 1.25 mm.

broad, sessile, without gynophore, asymmetrically ovoid, without

wings, on each lateral side a triangular ring enclosing a warted

depression, half covered by the lateral tepals, slightly reflexed;

pedicel to 1 mm. long, dorsiventrally winged, glabrous; dispersed

with perianth and upper portion of pedicel attached.

In size and habit of growth, this species recalls L. ruderalis

of the Pacific Islands. Both are small low branching herbs. How-

ever, here the superficial similarity ends.

The natural alliance of this species seems to be the pedun-

cularis-mooreana group, also of Africa. As mentioned in the

diagnosis above, my new species is closest to L. peduncularis

from which it differs in three points. The specific epithet is derived

from the adjective caffer which means South African.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE:—Outeniekwaberge Distr.: near George:

R. Schlechter 2331, 14-III-1893 (holotype in Z, isotypes in A, BR, PRC,

S, SAM & UPS).

NATAL:—near Durban: A. Hapstroem s.n., August 1938 (S).

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Fig. 15. L. caffra: A, twig; B, achene; C, female inflorescence.

| W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 157

(16) Laportea mooreana (Hiern) Chew in op. cit. 201 (1965);

Letouzey in op. cit. 127 (1968). — Adicea mooreana Hiern,

Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1 (4): 991 (1900). — Pilea mooreana

(Hiern) K. Sch. in Just, Jahresber. 28 (1): 463 (1900). —

Fleurya mooreana (Hiern) Rendle in Prain, Fl. Trop. Afr. 6

(2): 250 (1917). — F. funigera Mildbr. in Notizbl. Bot. Gard.

Berlin 8: 278 (1923). — F. urophylla Mildbr. in op. cit. 279

(1923).

Diagnosis: It distinguishes itself in (a) male perianth 4-tepalled,

strongly corniculate. (5) dorsal tepal of female flowers strongly

geniculate and greatly separated from the other tepals at fruit,

cm. long.

Distribution: East, Central and West Africa.

Monoecious annual herbs, generally 1 to 2 m. high. Stem woody

at the base, with few branches, usually covered with long mounted

irritant hairs, otherwise glabrous, without glandular hairs; stipular

scars inconspicuous, petiolar scars conspicuous. Lamina (5—) 8

15 (-19) cm. long, (3—) 7-12 (—15) cm. broad, triangular, broadly

triangular to deltate, chartaceous, without glandular hairs; irritant

hairs of upper surface short, rarely mounted, scattered, those of

the lower surface on midrib and veins, often strongly mounted;

both surfaces fairly densely covered with minutely punctiform

cystoliths; base generally truncate; apex caudate, (I—) 1.5-3 (-4)

cm. long; margin grossly dentate, teeth to 1.5 cm. long with base

to 0.5 cm. broad: lateral veins 5-8 pairs, prominent, the basal

pair reaching up to more than half the length of lamina; inter-

costals numerous, straight, fairly conspicuous. Petioles (3—) 5-15

(-17) cm. long, the distal part usually densely covered with long

mounted irritant hairs, otherwise glabrous. Stipules to 1 cm. long,

connate, intrapetiolar, bifid, the two tips shorter than the lower

connate part, triangular, chartaceous, with few short appressed

irritant hairs on the spines. /nflorescences bisexual, paniculate, to

44 cm. long and 10 cm. broad, axillary, solitary; peduncular

bracts minute, caducous; peduncle sparsely covered with mounted

irritant hairs, otherwise glabrous. Male flowers pedicellate; perianth

1 to 1.5 mm. long and broad, with few irritant hairs at the apex;

tepals 4, strongly corniculate, cymbiform; stamens 4, with reflexed

filaments ca. 1.5 mm. long; pistillode ca. 0.5 mm. long, as broad

at the apex, obpyramidal; interfloral bracts numerous, minute,

narrowly triangular; pedicel to | mm. long, articulated near the

apex, glabrous. Female flowers pedicellate; perianth with 3 or 4

free tepals, the two lateral tepals to 0.75 mm. long, enclosing

the ovary, glabrous, the dorsal one to 0.7 mm. long, geniculate,

with 1 or 2 mounted irritant hairs, the ventral ca. 0.25 mm. or

less in length, often absent; ovary ca. 0.5 mm. long. asymmetrically

ovoid; stigma linear, unbranched, slightly reflexed, ca. 0.3 mm.

long; interfloral bracts minute, numerous, narrowly triangular,

pedicel to 0.5 mm. long, slightly winged dorsi-ventrally, articulated

near the apex, lightly covered with minute irritant hairs. Achenes

1-1.5 mm. long, ca. | mm. broad, substipitate to sessile, on

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Fig. 16. L. mooreana: A, twig; B, mounted irritant hair; C, male flower;

, achene.

D, achene with perianth; E, female flower;

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 159

minute gynophore, asymmetrically ovoid, partly surrounded by

a narrow membraneous wing, on each lateral side a triangular

ridge enclosing a warty depression, more than half covered by

the lateral tepals, reflexed; pedicel up to 2 mm. long, slightly

winged dorsi-ventrally. lightly covered with minute irritant hairs;

dispersed with perianth and upper portion of pedicel attached.

Though closely related to the two preceding species, L.

mooreana approaches L. grossa in a few characters. In both, the

lamina are triangular and borne on petioles armed with rather

long mounted irritant hairs, although in the latter, the teeth of

the lamina are much larger and fewer in number. Also, the dorsal

tepal of the female perianth are rather strongly geniculate in

both species.

This species is reported to be common at about the 1,500

metre-contour.

UGANDA :—Western Prov.: Toro Distr. Taylor 2486, Dec. 1934 (BM

& MO).—Budongo Forest: Loveridge 121, Nov. 1938(A, K& MO).

TANGANYIKA :—Mahenge: Umebung: Schlieben 1856 (BR, K, S

& Z).

MOZAMBIQUE:—Zambezia: Torre 5179, April 1934 (LISC).—

Chipende: Lemos 8035, 8401 & 19881] (K).

NIGERIA :—Northern Div.: H.V.L.P. 739, Sept. 1930 (K).

BELGIUM CONGO:—Albert National Park: de Witte 7844, 7984 &

12084 (BR).—Beni & Irumu: Louis 5534, Aug. 1937 (BR, C, MO & NSW).

ANGOLA :—Androngo: Welwitsch 6256, 6273, 6276 & 6295 (BM &

K).—Capir: Gossweiler 9998 Jan. 1933 (US) & 9999, Jan. 1933 (LISJC).

(17) Laportea grossa (Wedd.) Chew in op. cit. 200 (1965). —

Fleurya grossa Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 4. 1: 183 (1854),

nom. nud., et in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 119, tab. 1A,

fig. 1-3 (1856), basionym, et in DC. Prodr. 16 (1): 76 (1869);

Brown in Th.-Dyer, Fl. Cap. 5 (2): 545 (1925).

Diagnosis: Close to L. mooreana and L. peduncularis. From

the former, it differs in the male flowers being 5-merous and the

tepals non-corniculate. From the latter it is distinguishable by

the grossly toothed lamina, the smaller inflorescences and the

dorsal tepal of the female flower being strongly geniculate.

Distribution: South-east and South Africa.

Monoecious annual herbs less than 1 metre high. Stem slightly

woody at the base, very rarely branched, young parts sparsely

covered with long mounted irritant hairs, otherwise quite glabrous,

petiolar scars quite prominent. Lamina (4-) 5-8 (—10) cm. long

and broad, triangular, chartaceous, without glandular hairs, both

surfaces sparsely armed with long mounted irritant hairs, and

covered with minutely punctiform cystoliths; base truncate; apex

long acuminate, acumen 1-—1.5 cm. long; margin grossly toothed,

teeth to 1 cm. long and equally broad at the base; lateral veins

3 to 4 pairs, the basal pair reaching to half the length of the

lamina; intercostals few, somewhat anastomosing. Petioles (3-)

4-7 (-10) cm. long, sparsely covered with long mounted irritant

hairs, otherwise quite glabrous. Stipules minute, connate, intra-

petiolar, caducous. /nflorescences unisexual, paniculate, fairly well

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JURAIMI DEL.

Fig. 17. L. grossa: A, twig; B, matured female flower.

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 161

branched, axillary solitary usually; the females up to 10 cm. long,

5 cm. broad, usually borne in the upper axils; the males shorter

and narrower, borne in the lower axils; peduncle subglabrous,

with few mounted irritant hairs. Male flowers shortly pedicellate;

perianth to 2 mm. long and broad, glabrous; tepals 5, very rarely

4, non-corniculate, dense with minute punctiform cystoliths, cym-

biform; stamens 5, very rarely 4, with reflexed filaments up to

2 mm. long; pistillode ca. 1 mm. long, ca. 0.75 mm. broad at

the apex, obconical; interfloral bracts ca. 0.3 mm. long, triangular,

2-3 to each flower; pedicel ca. 0.6 mm. long, articulated near

the apex, glabrous. Female flowers pedicellate; perianth with 4

free tepals, the two lateral tepals to 1 mm. long and 0.6 mm.

broad, completely enclosing the ovary, glabrous, the dorsal one

ca. 0.6 mm. long, strongly geniculate, glabrous, the ventral ca.

0.4 mm. long, somewhat triangular; ovary ca. 0.8 mm. long, ca.

0.5 mm. broad, asymmetrically ovoid; stigma linear, unbranched,

reflexed, to 0.4 mm. long; interfloral bracts minute, not numerous;

pedicel to 1 mm. long, slightly winged dorsi-ventrally, articulated

near the apex, glabrous. Achenes ca. 1.75 mm. long, ca. 1.5 mm.

broad, sessile, without gynophore, asymmetrically ovoid to slightly

semi-circular, without wings, smooth and without warts, half

covered by the lateral tepals, reflexed; pedicel to 2 mm. long,

curved and thickened at the apex.

The shape of lamina and the form of irritant hairs in this

species recall those of L. mooreana with which it has some rela-

tionship. In both, the lamina is triangular but in this species, the

marginal teeth are larger and fewer in number and there are fewer

lateral veins. Also the lamina as a whole is much smaller than

that of L. mooreana.

MOZAMBIQUE:—Niassa Distr.:—Cabo Delgado: Torre & Paiva

11723, April 1964 (LISC).—Mt. Chicungulo: Torre & Paiva 10967, March

1964 (LISC).

SOUTH AFRICA:—Cape Prov.: Nahoon River: Galpin 5681, April

1900 (K). Pondoland: Drege 9839 (K). Uitenhage: Zeyher 3865 (lectotype

in P; diplicates in FI & SAM).—Natal Prov.: Inanda: Wood 1236 (K &

SAM). Oribi Gorge: McClean 465, April 1937 (MO) & 28475 (K).

(18) Laportea lanceolata (Engl.) Chew in op. cit. 201 (1965). —

Fleurya lanceolata Engl. Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 37 (1894) &

Pflanzenw. Ost.-Afr. 100: 163 (1895).

Diagnosis: It distinguishes itself from all the species of sect.

Fleurya in (a) plants mainly dioecious rarely monoecious, (5) the

pedicel of the female flower not elongating at fruit, (c) achenes

slightly reflexed, at the lateral sides on ovate ridge enclosing

a smooth depression, (d) male flowers 5-tepalled, smooth, (e) in-

florescence at most as long as petiole.

Distribution: Central and East Africa.

Dioecious, rarely monoecious, annual herbs to 1 m. high. Stem

slightly woody at the base, sparingly branched, glabrescent to

well armed with fairly long thin irritant hairs, especially at the

apex, Old parts becoming glabrous, without glandular hairs:

petiolar scars very conspicuous, stipular scars not so. Lamina

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JURAIMI DEL.

Fig. 18. L. lanceolata: A, twig; B, male flower; C, female flower; D,

achene.

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 163°

(5-) 8-15 (-20) cm. long, (2-) 3-6 (-7.5) cm. broad, narrowly’

ovate to elliptic, chartaceous, without glandular hairs; irritant hairs:

of the upper surface evenly distributed, those of the lower surface:

more numerous, mainly on midrib and veins, especially the basal;

cystoliths of the upper surface dense, minutely punctiform, those

of the lower surface somewhat elongated, also dense; base cuneate

to rounded; apex long acute to acuminate, 0.5—-2.5 cm. long;

margin fairly broadly serrate, teeth to 0.75 cm. long, with base to:

1 cm. broad; lateral veins 4-7 pairs, prominent, the basal pair

more prominent, reaching to slightly more than half the length.

of lamina, usually straighter than the other veins; intercostals

numerous, not straight, not very prominent. Pefioles (2—-) 4-6 (-9):

cm. long, with irritant hairs mainly at the apex. Stipules to 0.3 cm..

long, connate, intrapetiolar, deeply bifid, the two parts joined

only at the base, chartaceous, glabrous, with elongated cystoliths,

early caducous. /nflorescences unisexual, short paniculate, branched

fairly equally, axillary, solitary or paired, with minute early cadu-

cous peduncular bracts, peduncle well armed with short irritant

hairs; the male rarely more than 2 cm. long and broad, the female

to 6 cm. long and 4 cm. broad. Male flowers pedicellate; perianth

ca. 2 mm. long and broad, glabrous; tepals 5, non-corniculate,

broad cymbiform; stamens 5, with reflexed filaments to 3 mm.

long; pistillode up to 1 mm. long and broad, obconical; interfloral

bracts minute, not numerous; pedicel to 2 mm. long, articulated

near the apex, usually with short irritant hairs. Female flowers

pedicellate; perianth with 4 free tepals, well armed with fine

irritant hairs; the two lateral tepals to 1 mm. long, 0.6 mm. broad.,,.

broadly ovate, enclosing the ovary, fringed; the dorsal and the

ventral ones ca. 0.4 mm. long and broad, very broad ovate, not

geniculate; ovary ca. 1 mm. long. 0.6 mm. broad, asymmetrically

ovoid; stigma linear, unbranched, to 1 mm. long, slightly bent;

interfloral bracts to 0.3 mm. long, triangular, very few; pedicel

to 0.4 mm. long, articulated at about midpoint, frequently gla-

brous. Achenes ca. 1.4 mm. long, ca. 1 mm. broad, substipitate to:

sessile, without gynophore, asymmetrically ovoid, only the bottom

corner with a very narrow membraneous wing, on each lateral

side an ovate ridge enclosing a smooth depression, completely

covered by the lateral tepals, slightly reflexed; pedicel ca. 0.5 mm.

long, often 0.4 mm., simple, not winged, glabrous to very slightly

armed with fine irritant hairs; dispersed with only the perianth

attached.

This very distinctive species is perhaps a remote relative of

L. aestuans with which it has a few points in common such as

lamina shape and margin. The erect nature of the female flowers.

brings this species also close to L. ovalifolia.

CONGO :—Semliki Valley: Ituri: Humbert 9001], July 1929 (B & BR).

KENYA:—Marengi Forest Reserve: Mrima Hill: Verdcourt 1940,

Sept. 1957 (BR).

TANGANYIKA :—Kaogwe Distr.: Faulkner 1033 (BR, K & S).—

Kimboso Distr.: Bruce 1030 (BM, BR & K).—Lushoto Distr.:

Drummond & Hemsley 3187, July 1953 (BR, K, LISC & S)—Mahenge

Station: Schlieben 1546 & 1547, Dec. 1931 (BM, K, S & Z).—Morogoro:

Haarer 1859, June 1930 (K); Cchlieben 3802 & 3904, May 1933 (B, BR,

S & Z)—Usambara: Holst 8833, Aug. 1898 isotype of F. lanceolata: K)

164 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1969)

(19) Laportea aestuans (L.) Chew in op. cit. 200 (1965); Letouzey

in op. cit. 121 (1968). — Urtica aestuans L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2. 1397

(1763). — U. divaricata Forssk. Fl. Aegypt. Arab. 160 (1775),

non L. (1753). — U. hirsuta Vahl, Symb. Bot. Pl. 1: 77 (1790).

— U. latifolia Rich. Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 113 (1792). —

U. nemorosa Kunth in Bonpl. & Humb. Nov. Gen. & Sp. PI.

2: 42 (1817). — U. divergens Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseg. 264 (1818).

— U. caravellana Schrank, Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac., tab. 82

(1819). — Fleurya cordata Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. Uraine Bot.

498 (1830). — F. petiolata Decne. in Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist.

Nat. Paris, ser. 3. 3: 490 (1834) & Herb. Timor. 162 (1835). —

U. cordata (Gaud.) Steud. & U. petiolata (Decne.) Steud. Nom.

Bot. ed. 2. 2: 734, 735 (1841). — U. schimperiana Hochst. ex

Steud. in Flora, 33: 259 (1850). — F. caravellana (Schrank)

Wedd. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3. 18: 204 (1852). — F. glandulosa

~ Wedd. in op. cit. 205 (1852). — F. aestuans (L.) Mig. in Martius,

Fl. Braz. 4 (1): 196 (1853). — F. ingrata Mig. in Zoll. Syst.

Verz. Ind. Archip. 103, 106 (1854). —- U. tuberculata Anderss.

in Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. 1853: 159 (1855). — F. lurida

Bl. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 2: fig. 21 (1856). — F. perrieri

Leandri in Ann. Mus. Col. Marseille, ser. 6. 7-8: 16, fig. HI

(1950). — L. bathiei Leandri in Fl. Madagascar, 56: 10 (1965).

Diagnosis: Easily distinguished by the following combination of

characters: (a) monoecious annual herbs with glandular hairs,

‘((b) lamina ovate, chartaceous, the margin dentate, teeth ca. 0.5 cm.

long, (c) inflorescences bisexual, widely branched racemes, (d)

male perianth 4 or 5 tepalled, with few long glandular hairs.

Distribution: ‘Tropical America, West Indies, Tropical Africa,

Madagascar, Arabia, India, Sumatra, Java and Lesser Sunda

Islands.

Monoecious annual herbs, generally 1 m. high, rarely to 2 m.

Stem usually fleshy, slightly woody at the base, with few branches,

glabrescent to densely covered with simple irritant hairs and long

glandular hairs; stipular scars inconspicuous, petiolar scars usually

quite conspicuous. Lamina (3—) 10-15 (—30) cm. long, (2-) 8-12

(—22) cm. broad, ovate to very broad ovate, chartaceous, usually

without glandular hairs; irritant hairs scattered on upper surface,

more and mainly on veins of the lower surface; cystoliths of the

upper surface punctiform, densely and well dispersed over the

surface, those of the lower surface elongated and concentrated

on veins;.base rounded, truncate to cordate; apex acuminate, often

sharply, 1—-1.5 cm. long; margin dentate, the teeth less than 0.5 cm.

long with base ca. 0.5 cm. broad; lateral veins 5—8 pairs, rather

prominent, the basal pair reaching up to more than half the length

of lamina; intercostals numerous, rather straight. Petioles (2-) 5-15

(—20) cm. long, usually densely covered with irritant as well as

long glandular hairs, very rarely glabrescent. Stipules up to 1 cm.

long, connate, intrapetiolar, bifid, the two tips usually as long as

the lower connate part, triangular, chartaceous, with few short

irritant hairs on the spines. /nflorescences bisexual, paniculate, up

165

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea

Fig. 19. L. aestuans: A, twig; B, male flower; C, matured female flower;

D, perianth; E, achene.

166 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1969)

to 20 cm. long, 10 cm. broad, axillary, those of lower axils very

rarely all-male, solitary, rarely paired; peduncular bracts absent;

peduncle usually well covered with irritant hairs and long to very

long glandular hairs. Male flowers pedicellate; perianth up to

1.5 mm. long and broad, with few long glandular hairs at the

apex, at most with very few irritant hairs; tepals 4 or 5, slightly

corniculate, cymbiform; stamens 4 or 5, with reflexed filaments up

to 1.5 mm. long; pistillode ca. 0.25 mm. long, as broad at the

apex, obpyramidal; interfloral bracts very numerous, minute, nar-

rowly ovate; pedicel up to 1 mm. long, articulated near the apex,

glabrous. Female flowers pedicellate; perianth with 4 free tepals,

the two lateral tepals ca. 0.5 mm. long, enclosing the ovary,

glabrescent, the dorsal one ca. 0.25 mm. long, geniculate, bearing

3-5 glandular hairs, the ventral very minute; ovary ca. 0.5 mm.

long, asymmetrically ovoid; stigma linear, unbranched, slightly

reflexed, ca. 0.3 mm. long; interfloral bracts minute, numerous,

narrowly triangular; pedicel up to 0.5 mm. long, usually slightly

winged dorsiventrally, articulated near the apex, glabrous. Achenes

1-2 mm. long and broad, shortly stipitate, on very small gyno-

phore, asymmetrically ovoid, partly surrounded by a narrow

membraneous wing, on each lateral side a triangular ridge en-

closing a warty depression, more than half covered by the lateral

tepals, reflexed; pedicel up to 2 mm. long, often winged dorsi-

ventrally, glabrous; dispersed with perianth and upper portion of

pedicei attached.

This occurs as herbaceous weeds prefering semi-shaded areas

along roads, in abandoned gardens and in plantations and is

almost as widely distributed as ZL. interrupta, another weedy

species. Unlike this species, however, L. aestuans varies quite

considerably in lamina form and size throughout its range. Never-

theless, intergradations between the various populations are so

numerous that it is impossible to recognise any infra-specific groups.

In so far as the inflorescence structure is concerned, this species

approaches L. ruderalis of the Pacific Islands; but these two differ

in floral details.

I have examined an enormous quantity of collections of this

species. The following is but a very small fraction of the total

dealt with.

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS :—Abingdon Island: Stewart 1172, Sept. 1905

(A, MO & US).

MEXICO :—Sinaloa State: La Noria: Mexia 317, Oct. 1925 (MO & UC).

GUATEMALA :—Izabal Dept.: Standley 73090 (F).

PANAMA:—Canal Zone: Ancon: Pittier 2751, Feb. 1911 (US).

CUBA:—St. Elena: Poeppig s.n. (PRC).

JAMAICA :—Burlington: Harris 5981, Nov. 1895 (Z).—New Market:

Britton 1415, Sept. 1907 (NY).

HISPANIOLA :—Haiti: Ekman 2667, Nov. 1924 (K & S).—Dominican

Repub.: Ekman 15919, Aug. 1930 (B, S & US).

COLOMBIA:—Bolivar Div.: Turbaco: Killip & Smith 14346, Nov. 1926

(A, NY & US).

PERU :—Iquitos: Asplund 14147, Oct. 1940 (US); Williams 1340, July

1929 (A, F & US).

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 167

VENEZUELA :—Caracas: Bailey & Bailey 375, Dec. 1920 (US).—

Merida State: Fendler 1242 (K).

BRAZIL :—Para: Belem: Dahlgren & Sella 259, March 1929 (F).—

Bahia: Barra: Spruce 1507, May 1851 (CGE & K).

LIBERIA :—Central Prov.: Gbarnga: Traub 258, Aug. 1951 (BM, BR,

‘C, F, MO, UPS & US).

NIBERIA :—Southern: Lagos: Dalziel 1173, Oct. 1917 (C & K).

BELGIAN CONGO :—Equateur Prov.: Bikoro: Goosens 2315, Dec.

(BR).—Orientale Prov.: Yambuya: Louis 11334 & 12334, Nov. 1938

MOZAMBIQUE :—Niassa Distr.: Malema: Torre & Paiva 10562, Feb.

1964 (LISC.)

ar toto inne Prov.: Virunga Mts.: Taylor 1943, Nov. 1934

MADAGASCAR :—Ankarana: Humbert & Cours 32498 & 32519,

Jan.-Feb. 1960 (P & SING).

ARABIA :—Agara: Schweinfurth 1017, Feb. 1889 (P).

INDIA :—Shevaroi Hills: Perrottet 93 (K).

SUMATRA:-—Batang Baroes: Teysmann H.B. 747 (BO).—wNorth:

Siberie Island: Docters van Leeuwen 5327, April 1921 (BO).

JAVA :—West Java: P. Maeira: van Steenis 11247, June 1939 (BO).—

Batavia: Backer 31729, 31730, 31731 & 31732 (BO).

LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS:—Timor: Baumata: Bloembergen 3552,

March 1939 (L).

(20) Laportea ruderalis (Forst. f.) Chew in op. cit. 201 (1965). —

Urtica ruderalis Forst. f. Fl. Ins. Austr. Prodr. 66 (1786). —

Fleurya paniculata Gaud. in Frey. Voy. Uraine Bot. 497 (1830).

— Boehmeria paniculata (Gaud.) Endl. in Ann. Wien Mus. 1:

165. no. 863 (1836). — Schychowskia ruderalis (Forst. f.) Endl.

in op. cit. 187. tab. 13 (1836). — U. paniculata (Gaud.) Steud.

Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 2: 735 (1841). — F. ruderalis (Forst. f.) Wedd.

in Ann. Sc.. Nat. ser. 4. 1: 182 (1854); Wedd. in DC. Prodr.

16 (1): 74 (1869); St. John & Mason in Pacific Sci. 7: 166 (1953).

Diagnosis: It distinguishes itself in (a) plants completely glabrous

and quite without irritant hairs, (b) pedicels of female flowers not

winged, (c) stigma somewhat brush-like, not ligulate.

Distribution: Christmas Island, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands

through East Malesia to Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

Monoecious annual herbs, usually less than 60 cm. high, com-

pletely glabrous and quite without irritant or glandular hairs. Stem

slightly woody at the base, with few to many branches, especially

the small plants on coral rocks, almost completely covered with

elongated cystoliths, often reddish chocolate in colour; stipular and

petiolar scars usually very inconspicuous. Lamina (1.5—) 4-7 (—10)

cm. long, (0.9—-) 2-5 (-6) cm. broad, ovate, very rarely broadly

ovate, chartaceous; cystoliths of the upper surface very minutely

punctiform, dense, those of the lower surface elongated, mainly

on the veins and veinlets; base cuneate to rounded, very rarely

cordate; apex acute, rarely acuminate, usually less than 0.75 cm.

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Imm JURAIMI DEL.

Fig. 20. L. ruderalis: A, twig; B, male flower; C, female flower; D, achene;

E, female pedicel and perianth.

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 169

long; margin usually crenate, teeth ca. 0.3 cm. long, with base 0.4.

cm. broad; lateral veins 3—7 pairs, often rather faint, the basal pair

reaching to more than half the length of lamina; intercostals

numerous, faint, rarely straight. Petioles (0.5—) 3-6 (—9) cm. long,

usually densely covered with elongated cystoliths. Stipules 1-2 mm.

long, connate, intrapetiolar, bifid, the two tips shorter than the

connate part, cymbiform, chartaceous, very caducous. Inflore-

scences unisexual, rarely bisexual, paniculate, well branched,.

axillary, solitary, rarely paired, with minute caducous peduncular

bracts, with peduncle completely covered with elongated cystoliths;

male up to 7 cm. long and 3 cm. broad, female to 10 cm. long and

3.5 cm. broad. Male flowers pedicellate; perianth 1-1.5 mm. long

and bread; tepals 4, often strongly corniculate, cymbiform; stamens

4, with reflexed filaments ca. 1.5 mm. long; pistillode ca. 0.5 mm.

long, as broad at the apex, obconical; interfloral bracts few, very

minute; pedicel to 1.5 mm. long, articulated near the apex, glabrous.

Female flowers pedicellate; perianth with 4 free tepals, the two

lateral tepals less than 0.4 mm. long, enclosing the ovary, glabrous;

the dorsal one ca. 0.4 mm. long, very strongly geniculate, glabrous;

the ventral very minute, less than 0.25 mm. long; ovary ca. 0.3

mm. long, asymmetrically ellipsoid; stigma somewhat capitate or

brush-like, not linear, unbranched, slightly reflexed, ca. 0.1 mm.

long; interfloral bracts numerous, to 0.4 mm. long; pedicel ca.

0.3-0.5 mm. long, not winged, articulated near the apex. Achenes

1.25 mm. long, ca. 1 mm. broad, stipitate, with stipe 0.2 mm. or

less, on gynophore ca. 0.5 mm. long asymmetrically ovoid, half

surrounded by a narrow membraneous wing, on each lateral side

an ovate ridge enclosing a warty depression, more than half

covered by the lateral tepals, greatly reflexed; pedicel to 2 mm.

long, simple, not winged; dispersed with the perianth and upper

portion of pedicel attached.

A small herb completely devoid of irritant hairs, this has the

inflorescence of L. aestuans but the female flowers of L. cuneata

with which our species is closely related.

I have seen the holotype of F. paniculata and am quite satisfied

that it belongs here.

CHRISTMAS ISLAND (Indian Oceon):—Flying Fish Cove: Andrews

134 (K); Ridley 155 (K & SING).

PHILIPPINES :—Cavilli Island: Merrill 402, Sept. 1910 (FI, K, M, NY,

U, WRSL & Z)—Luzon: Bulacan Prov.: Angat: Ramos 21725, Sept.

1913 (L).

LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS:—Kangean Archip.: Sepandjang: Backer

29013, April 1919 (BO).

CELEBES:—Boetan: Boer bb. 2235, March 1921 (BO).—Kajoedi:

Docters van Leeuwen 1327, May 1913 (BO & UV).

MOLUCCAS :—Aroe Isl.: Buwalda 4878, May 1938 (A, BO, K & L).

Babar Isl.: Borssum Waalkes 3108, March 1956 (L).

NEW GUINEA:—Jappen: Biak: Aet & Idjan 894, Sept. 1939 (A, BO,.

K & L).—Papua: Misima Island: Brass 27604, Aug. 1956 (L, LAE & US)..

170 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1969)

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO :—Mussau: Uni: Koie & Olsen 1282,

Jan. 1962 (C & SING).

MELANESIA :—Solomon Islands: Owa Riki Island: Brass 3076, Oct.

1932 (A, BO, BRI & L).

MICRONESIA :—Caroline Islands: Nama Island: Anderson 907, Dec.

1949 (L & US).—Marshall Islands: Likiep Atoll: Fosberg 27004, Aug.

1946 (L & NY).—Marianas: Rota: Gaudichaud 20 (type of F. paniculata:

‘G & P)—Gilbert Islands: Onotoa: Moul 8336, Aug. 1951 (A & UC).

POLYNESIA :—Line Islands: Fanning Isl.: Arundel 8 (A & K); Ball

10, July 1922 (BO, BRI & K).—Society Island: Forster s.n. (type of

U. ruderalis: BM, C & P)—Samoa: Powell 40, Sept. 1877 (K).—Tuamotu:

Raroia Atoll: Doty & Newhouse 11005, June 1952 (US).

(21) Laportea cuneata (A. Rich.) Chew in op. cit. 200 (1965). —

Urtica cuneata A. Rich. in Ramon de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Isla

Cuba II. Bot. 11: 224 (1850). — Fleurya umbellata Wedd. in

Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3. 18: 204 (1852). — F. glomerata Griseb.

Cat. Pl. Cuba 58 (1866), non Gaud. (1830). — F. cuneata (A.

Rich.) Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16 (1): 73 (1869).

Diagnosis: It distinguishes itself from all the other species by the

following unique characters (a) the male infforescence apedun-

culate, with the flowers at the base of the female inflorescence, (b)

the female inflorescence a simple or compound corymb, (c) lamina

often trilobed with strongly serrated margin, (d) branches often

opposite, arising near the base of the stem.

Distribution: Cuba & Hispaniola.

Monoecious annual herbs to ca. 60 cm. high, rarely repent. Stem

‘slightly woody at the base, with few branches often opposite and

arising near the base, the apex with numerous short appressed

irritant hairs, the rest with fewer but long rigid ones, otherwise

glabrous, quite densely covered with elongated cystoliths, without

glandular hairs, stipular and petiolar scars not conspicuous.

Lamina (0.5—) 1.5—-3.5 (—5.5) cm. long, (0.3—) 1-3 (-5) cm. broad,

‘usually broadly ovate, rarely narrowly ovate or rhombic, often

trilobed, thinly chartaceous, without glandular hairs; irritant hairs

very short, minute and appressed to as long as 3 mm., evenly

distributed on the upper surface of lamina, on the lower surface

mainly on the midrib and veins; cystoliths dense on both surfaces,

those of the upper surface punctiform, often very shortly elongated,

rarely visible, those of the other surface elongated, easily visible;

base narrowly to broadly cuneate to rounded; apex acute to

acuminate, very rarely caudate, up to 0.5 cm. long; margin usually

serrate, rarely smooth or grossly serrate, teeth up to 0.6 cm. long

with base ca. 0.5 cm. broad; lateral veins usually less than 5

pairs, usually faint, the basal pair reaching to slightly more than

half length of lamina; intercostals numerous, anastomosing, very

faint. Peiioles (0.3—) 1-3 (—7) cm. long, usually lightly armed with

long irritant hairs, densely covered with elongated cystoliths.

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 171

JURAIMI DEL.

Fig. 21. L. cuneata: A, twig; B to P, different leaf-forms; Q, female flower;

R, achene; S, female pedicel and perianth.

172 Gardens Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1969)

Stipules less than 0.1 cm. long, connate, intrapetiolar, bifid, the

two tips shorter than the connate part, broadly triangular, very

thin chartaceous, glabrous, usually very inconspicuous, very cadu-

cous. Inflorescences unisexual; male apedunculate, axillary, with

flowers fasciculate at the base of the female inflorescence; female

up to 2 cm. long and broad, corymbose, axillary, solitary or paired,.

without peduncular bracts, with peduncle lightly armed with long

irritant hairs, multi-flowered, very rarely one-flowered. Male

flowers very shortly pedicellate; perianth ca. 1 mm. long and broad;

tepals 4, non-corniculate, cymbiform, densely covered with minute

irritant hairs; stamens 4, with reflexed filaments to 1.5 mm. long;

pistillode ca. 0.5 mm. long, as broad at the apex, obconical; inter-

floral bracts absent; pedicel to 0.5 mm. long, articulated near the

apex, glabrous. Female fiowers pedicellate; perianth with 4 free

tepals, the two lateral tepals ca. 0.4 mm. long, enclosing the ovary,

glabrous; the dorsal one ca. 0.3 mm. long, geniculate, often slightly,

with one or two rather long irritant hairs; the ventral less than

0.2 mm. long, glabrous; ovary ca. 0.3 mm. long, ellipsoid, asymme-

trical at the apex; stigma capitate or brush-like, not linear, un-

branched, refiexed, to 0.2 mm. long; interfloral bracts absent;

pedicel ca. 0.6 mm. long, slightly winged dorsi-ventrally, articulated

near the apex. Achenes ca. 1-1.5 mm. long, ca. 0.8-1.2 mm. broad,

stipitate, with stipe to 0.4 mm. long, on gynophore ca. 0.4 mm.

long asymmetrically ovoid or pyriform, almost entirely surround-

ed by a very narrow membraneous wing, on each lateral side a

triangular ridge enclosing a warty depression, at most half covered

by the lateral tepals, greatly reflexed; pedicel of lowermost flower

longest, up to 4 mm. long, progressively shorter towards apex of

corymb, slightly winged dorsi-ventrally; dispersed with perianth

and upper portion of pedicel attached.

The uniqueness of the inflorescence, both male and female, has

no parallel in the genus. This so impressed Weddell that he noted

it 98.2... species optima, characteribus essentialibus constantis-

simis. He was quite correct in placing this next to L. ruderalis of

the Pacific Islands with which it has close affinities. Both have

very similar female flowers and achenes. Besides, they seem to

prefer limestone habitats.

~ CUBA:—Guanimar: Ramon de la Sagra s.n. (holotype of U. cuneata:

P).—Havana: Curtiss 609, Jan. 1905 (BM, C, F, K, L, MO, NY, PRC &

US).—Isla de Pinos: Ekman 12333, Nov. 1920 (F, K, NY & S).—Santa

Clara Prov. Combs 277 (F, K & MO); Howard 6272, Aug. 1941 (F, GH,

MICH, MO, NY, UC & US).—-sine loc.: Wright 2228 (type of F.

glomerata: BM, GH, K, MO, NY & US); Poeppig s.n. (type of F.

umbellata: L & PRC).

HISPANIOLA: Haiti:—Gonaives: Nash & Taylor 1501(NY).—Hinche :

Ekman 6156, May 1926 (S).—Morne Calumnette: Ekman 7321, Nov.

1926 (S & US).

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 173.

(22) Laportea floribunda (Baker) Leandri in Ann. Mus. Col. Mar-

seille, ser. 6. 7-8: 24 (1950) & in Humbert, Fl. Madagascar, 56:

15. fig. 3 (1965): Chew in Gard. Bull. Sing. 21: 199 (1965). —

Pilea floribunda Baker in Kew Bull. 280 (1897).

Diagnosis: It distinguishes itself from all the species of sect.

Fleurya by the following characters: (a) dioecious shrubs densely

covered with short erect irritant hairs, (6) lamina elliptic, finely

dentate, slightly bullate, (c) female flowers somewhat flabellately

arranged.

Distribution: Madagascar (endemic! ).

Dioecious shrubs. Stem dense with short irritant hairs. Lamina

to 22 cm. long, 10 cm. broad, elliptic, subcoriaceous, lightly bullate,

both surfaces densely covered with short erect irritant hairs; base

cuneate; apex acuminate, acumen to ca. 1.5 cm. long; margin rather

finely dentate; lateral veins ca. 8 pairs, the basal pair slightly more

prominent, reaching to a third the length of the lamina; intercostals

numerous, somewhat anastomosing. Petioles to 7 cm. long, densely

covered with short irritant hairs. Stipules 1.5 cm. long, 0.5 cm.

broad, pubescent. Inflerescences unisexual, narrowly paniculate,

axillary, solitary, to 20 cm. long, 5—7 cm. broad; peduncle densely

covered with short irritant hairs. Male flowers sessile, ca. 2 mm.

long and broad with 5 tepals; stamens 5, some occasionally rudi-

mentary, filaments slightly reflexed: pistillode slightly peltate with

a hollow at the apex. Female flowers pedicellate; perianth ca. 0.75

mm. long, 0.5 mm. broad, with few irritant hairs, the dorsal tepal

strongly geniculate, the laterals broad, enclosing the ovary, the

ventral! thin, minute; ovary ca. 0.75 mm. long, ca. 0.5 mm. broad,

ellipsoid; stigma linear, very short, unbranched; interfloral bracts

minute; pedicel to 1 mm. long, simple, articulated near the apex,

subglabrous. Achenes ca. 1.5 mm. long, 1.25 mm. broad, shortly

stipitate, on a gynophore to 0.4 mm. long, asymmetrically obovoid,

withcut wings, smooth, half covered by the lateral tepals, greatly

reflexed; pedicel up to 4 mm. long, simple, subglabrous; dispersed

with the perianth attached usually.

I have not seen the type of this species; and my interpretation

of it is necessarily based on that of Professor Leandri.

This is the only species of sect. Fleurya to have bullate leaves

which recall those of L. decumana of Malesia. In fact, not a few

collections of the latter species from New Guinea have been found

to have leaves almost similar to those of this species in shape and

size etc. However, this similarity is entirely superficial because

these two species belong to two different sections of the genus.

The relationship of this species to those of section Fleurya is

very obscure.

MADAGASCAR :—South-East: Valley of Maloto: Humbert 6279

Oct.-Nov. 1928 (K & P).

174 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1969)

aww Ny

A jucaimt

At} lel.

0-5mm

Fig. 22. L. floribunda: A, twig; B, female flower; C, achene.

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea 175:

Qe 52 ee Ga ee ES

Species Excludendae

Laportea agusanensis Elm.

L. amplissima (Bl.) Miq.

L. anacardioides C.B. Rob.

L. annamica Gagn.

L. ardens (Bl.) Smith

L. basirotunda Wu

L. batanensis C.B. Rob.

L. brunnea Merr.

. carruthersiana (Hiern)

K. Sch.

. chingiana Hand.-Mazz.

conduplicata Elm.

. contracta (B1.) Miq.

corallodesme Laut.

cordata Warb. ex Winkl.

. cordatifolia Smith

. costata (Miq.) Miq.

. crassifolia C.B. Rob.

. crenulata Wedd.

. crenulata var.

luzonensis Wedd.

Sill oil oil oil all ofl oll ail ails

. crenulata var.

nervosa Winkl.

. densiflora C.B. Rob.

. diffusa C.B. Rob.

. elliptica Merr.

. gaudichaudiana K. Sch.

gaudichaudiana Wedd.

. gigas Wedd.

. glabra Rid.

. gracilipes Elm.

hainanensis Merr. & Metc.

. harveyi Seem.

. integrifolia Wu.

. kotoensis Yamam.

. kusaiana Kaneh.

. lanaensis C.B. Rob.

. latifolia Gaud.

. latilanceolata Elm.

. laxiflora Wedd.

. leytensis C.B. Rob.

. longifolia Hemsl.

. luzonensis (Warb.) Wedd.

aS eee Perr rrrrrrerrrere

. crenulata var. nitida Winkl.

Pewee repre oe eee eee Boe 2 oe ee Cee

Dendrocnide luzonensis var.

luzonensis.

. amplissima.

. luzonensis var. anacardioides..

D. stimulans.

D. sinuata.

D. basirotunda

D. meyeniana f. subglabra.

D. stimulans.

Obetia carruthersiana.

. urentissima.

venosa.

. contracta.

. corallodesme.

cordata.

stimulans.

. crassifolia.

. sinuata.

luzonensis var. luzonensis..

nervosa.

ternatensis.

. densiflora.

. Meyeniana f. meyeniana.

elliptica.

. cordata.

meyeniana f. meyeniana.

excelsa.

ternatensis.

stimulans.

. stimulans.

harveyi.

sinuata.

meyeniana f. subglabra.

latifolia.

stimulans.

latifolia.

luzonensis var. luzonensis.

peltata var. peltata.

. Meyeniana f. meyeniana.

. longifolia.

. luzonensis.

176

42,

43.

44.

4S.

46.

AT.

48.

49.

50.

51.

52.

53.

54.

55.

56.

57.

58.

59.

60.

61.

62.

63.

64.

65.

66.

67.

68.

69.

70.

“ae

73.

74,

75:

16.

TT,

78.

79.

80.

81.

82.

83.

84.

85.

86.

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mammosisetosa Winkl.

. meyeniana (Walp.) Warb.

. microstigma Wedd.

. milnei Seem.

. mindanaensis Warb.

. mirabilis Rech.

. monticola Merr.

. moroides Wedd.

murrayana Rendle.

_ oblanceolata Merr.

. oblongata Mig.

papangensis Leandri.

peltata sensu Wedd.

peltata Gaud. ex Decne.

. peltata sensu Merr.

. pendula Merr.

. photinophylla (Kth.) Wedd.

. platyphylla Merr.

. pterostigma Wedd.

. pterostigma f. subglabra.

. pustulosa Ridl.

. rechingeri Winkl.

. repens Wedd.

. Tigidifolia C.B. Rob.

saipanensis Kaneh.

salomonensis Rech.

. schlechteri Winkl.

. sessiliflora Warb.

. sinuata (B1.) Mig.

. stenophylla Quis.

. Stimulans (L.f.) Miq.

. subclausa C.B. Rob.

. subglabra Hay.

. subpeltata C.B. Rob.

. Sumatrana Merr.

. ternatensis Miq.

. thorelii Gagn.

. torricellensis Laut.

. triplinervia Merr.

. urentissima Gagn.

. venosa Elm.

. ventricosa Gagn.

. Vitiensis Seem.

. vrieseiana Wedd.

. warburghii Wink].

CoOoUSDUoToeVUS

. ternatensis.

meyeniana.

. Microstigma.

harveyi.

meyeniana f. subglabra.

mirabilis.

venosa.

moroides.

peltata var. murrayana.

. oblanceolata.

Villebrunea sp.

Urera cligloba var. papangensis.

eltata.

. moroides.

. elliptica.

subclausa.

. photinophylla.

meyeniana f. subglabra.

. mMeyeniana f. meyeniana.

. meyeniana f. subglabra.

sinuata.

COUDUUUOTeeeS

rechingeri.

Urera repens.

. rigidifolia.

. latifolia.

. longifolia.

. schlechteri.

. sessiliflora.

. sinuata. —

. Stimulans.

. subclausa.

D. meyeniana f. subglabra.

D. densiflora.

D. stimulans.

D. ternatensis.

D. -stimulans.

D. torricellensis.

D. venosa.

D. urentissima.

D. venosa.

Pouzolzia sp.

D. vitiensis.

D. peltata var. peltata.

D. longifolia.

W.-L. Chew — Monograph of Laportea . 177

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Index to Laportea species

. aestuans, 164.

. alatipes, 124.

. amberana, 131.

. bulbifera, 121.

, Calira, “155.

canadensis, 118.

. cuneata, 170.

decumana, 139.

. disepala, 126.

. floribunda, 173.

. Brossa; 159:

ck ane

. interrupta, 145.

. lanceolata, 161.

. macrostachya, 142.

. mooreana, 157.

. Ovalifolia, 149.

. peduncularis, 152.

. perrieri, 135.

. ruderalis, 167.

. septentrionalis, 133.

. violacea, 129.

. weddellii, 137.

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A Species List of Freshwater Algae from the

Taiping Lakes, Perak, Malaysia

By GERALD A. PROWSE* and M. RATNASABAPATHYT

Introduction

A need for data on the occurrence and distribution of the fresh-

water algae of Malaysia exists. Such information would be of value

particularly to the fisheries biologist, hydrobiologist, ecologist and

plant geographer.

The Taiping Lakes area is situated at the foot of the heavily

forest clad Maxwell’s Hill, the summit of which is about 1243

meters (4,076 feet) above mean sea level. The Hill and Taiping

district generally are noted for their frequent and heavy rains, about

414 to 495 centimeters (163-195 inches) annually. Thus there is a

constant source of water and the lakes never dry out completely.

However their water level may be controlled by means of wooden

sluice gates. The Taiping Lakes consist of about a dozen lakes and

ponds of various sizes, the biggest being West Lake, approximately

805 meters (880 yards) long and 225 meters (246 yards) wide.

Though few of the lakes are completely enclosed, most of them

receive overflow water from the adjacent stream, drainage canals

and lakes. Most of the lakes sampled were those at the south,

south-east and central area (Fig. 1). Their waters were clearly acid,

the pH ranging from 4 to 6; the colour of the water may be bluish

where still and deep, brownish where there is suspended or dis-

solved humic and detrital material, or, rarely green with a ‘bloom’

of euglenoids. The limit of visibility varied from several centi-

meters to a meter or two. The substratum was mostly of soft mud,

clay and silt; in a few instances, especially in the smaller ponds

there was a thick layer of mowed grass, fallen leaves and twigs,

and other decaying vegetation. Among the variety of animals

encountered were Hydra sp., collected here for the first time in

the Malaysian peninsula in December 1954, and subsequently in

1956-58 (Ratnasabapathy, M., unpublished data); Amoeba sp.,

Arcella sp., Paramecium sp., Coleps sp., Halteria sp., nematodes,

rotifers, aquatic insects including Ranatra sp. and nymphs of

Odonata; Cyclops, shrimps and crabs, Aplocheilus panchax,

Rasbora trilineata, Ophiocephalus sp., half-beaks, catfishes; and

tadpoles of frogs and toads. The lake area and surrounding lands

were at one time mined for tin and the lakes are an outcome

of this. The algae listed in this paper were collected during the

* Tropical Fish Culture Research Institute, Batu Berendam, Malacca,

Malaysia.

+ School of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia.

180 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

period 22nd September 1957 to 11th January 1958. At that time

the lake area was fairly well stabilised and beautifully landscaped

with grass slopes, lawns, flower beds and a golf course for recrea-

tional purposes. In recent years the central jungle has been turned

into a Zoo with introduced as well as native mammals and birds.

Changes in the algal flora are thus expected and future follow-up

collections should be interesting. The senior author has described

earlier (1958, 1960, 1962a, 1962b) several of the Euglenineae and

Bacillariophyta listed here for the Taiping Lakes, and, is currently

working on a monograph of the Malaysian Desmidiaceae where

the species from the Taiping Lakes will be described.

Species List of Algae

BACILLARIOPHYTA

COSCINODISCACEAE

Melosira granulata (Ehrenberg) Ralfs.

Melosira italica (Ehrenberg) Kuetzing.

EUNOTIACEAE

Eunotia maior (W. Smith) Rabenhorst var. emarginata A. Cleve.

Desmogonium rabenhorstianum Grunow.

NAVICULACEAE

Frustulia rhomboides (Ehrenberg) de Toni.

Navicula radiosa Keutzing var. minutissima (Grunow) P. T. Cleve.

Pinnularia braunii (Grunow) P.T. Cleve.

Pinnularia braunii (Grunow) P.T. Cleve var. amphicephala (Mayer)

Hustedt.

Pinnularia brebissonii (Kuetzing) P.T. Cleve var. hybrida (Grunow)

A. Cleve.

Pinnularia brevicostata P.T. Cleve.

Pinnularia gibba W. Smith var. interrupta A. Cleve-Euler.

Pinnularia hemiptera (Kuetzing) Rabenhorst.

Pinnularia legumen Ehrenberg.

Pinnularia mesolepta (Ehrenberg) W. Smith.

Pinnularia parva (Gregory) P.T. Cleve var. parvula (Ralfs) A.

Cleve-Euler.

Pinnularia stauroptera (Grunow) P.T. Cleve var. subparallela

Mayer.

Pinnularia stomatophoroides Mayer var. nuda A. Cleve-Euler.

Pinnularia tabellaria Ehrenberg.

Prowse and Ratnasabapathy — Algae, Taiping Lakes 181

MILES

0 100 200 So WA

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182 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1970)

GOMPHONEMATACEAE

‘Gomphonema subtile Ehrenberg.

NITZSCHIACEAE

Nitzschia palea (Kuetzing) W. Smith.

EUGLENOPHYTA

Euglena fusca (Klebs) Lemmermann.

Euglena gracilis Klebs.

Euglena splendens Dangeard.

Phacus curvicauda Swirenko.

Phacus hamatus Pochmann.

Phacus pseudo-nordstedtii Pochmann.

Phacus trifacialis Prowse.

Trachelomonas hispida (Perty) Stein emend. Déflandre.

Trachelomonas similis Stokes var. hyalina Skvortzow.

Trachelomonas superba Swirenko emend. Déflandre.

‘Trachelomonas volzii Lemmermann var. cylindracea Playfair.

CHLOROPHYTA

PALMELLACEAE

Sphaerocystis schroeteri Chodat.

HYDRODICTY ACEAE

Pediastrum duplex Meyen.

Pediastrum tetras (Ehrenberg) Ralfs.

Tetraedron sp.

OOCYSTACEAE

Nephrocytium agardhianum Naegeli.

COELASTRACEAE

Coelastrum microporum Naegeli.

SELENASTRACEAE

Ankistrodesmus falcatus (Corda) Ralfs.

Closteriopsis longissima Lemmermann var. tropica West & West.

Selenastrum bibraianum Reinch.

ee 2

Prowse and Ratnasabapathy — Algae, Taiping Lakes

DICTYOPHAERIACEAE

Dictyosphaerium pulchellum Wood.

Dimorphococcus lunatus A. Braun.

SCENEDESMACEAE

Scenedesmus brasiliensis Bohlin.

Scenedesmus perforatus Lemmermann.

Tetrallantos lagerheimii Teiling.

ULOTRICHACEAE

Hormidium sp.

OEDOGONIACEAE

Oedogonium sp.

ZY GNEMATACEAE

Spirogyra 2 spp.

MESOTAENIACEAE

Netrium digitus (Ehrenberg) Itzigsohn & Roth.

DESMIDIACEAE

Closterium dianae Ehrenberg.

Closterium juncidum Ralfs.

Closterium libellula Focke.

Closterium liebleinii Kuetzing.

Closterium navicula (Brébisson) Luetkemuller.

Closterium toxon West.

Closterium venus Kuetzing.

Pleurotaenium kayei (Archer) Rabenhorst.

183

Pleurotaenium minutum (Ralfs) Delp. var excavatum Scott &

Gronblad.

Pleurotaenium ovatum Nordstedt.

Pleurotaenium nodosum (Bailey) Lundell var. gutwinskii Krieger.

Pleurotaenium verrucosum (Bailey) Lundell.

Euastrum denticulatum (Kirchner) Gay var. quadrifarium Krieger.

Euastrum gnathophorum West & West.

Euastrum longicolle Nordstedt var. capitatum West & West.

184 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

Euastrum moebii (Borge) Scott & Prescott.

Euastrum moebii (Borge) Scott & Prescott var. burmense West &

West.

Euastrum pulcherrimum West & West var. menggalense Scott &

Prescott.

Euastrum serratum Joshua.

Euastrum sinuosum Lenorm.

Micrasterias lux Joshua fa.

Micrasterias mahabuleshwarensis Hobson.

Micrasterias pinnatifida (Kuetzing) Ralfs.

Micrasterias radians Turner.

Micrasterias tropica Nordstedt var. polonica Eichler & Raciborski.

Cosmarium askenasyi Schmidle.

Cosmarium obsoletum (Hantzsch) Reinsch var. sitvense Gutwinski.

Cosmarium pseudoconnatum Nordstedt.

Xanthidium urniforme (West & West) Scott & Croasdale.

Arthrodesmus curvatus Turner.

Arthrodesmus octocornis Ehrenberg.

Staurastrum connatum (Lundell) Roy & Biss.

Staurastrum freemanii West & West var. triquetrum West & West.

Staurastrum pinnatum Turner.

Staurastrum pinnatum Turner var. subpinnatum (Schmidle) West

& West.

Staurastrum sexangulare Lundell.

Staurastrum tohopekalagense Wolle.

Staurastrum wildemanii Gutwinski.

Spondylosium planum (Wolle) West & West.

Spondylosium tetragonum W. West.

CYANOPHYTA

Dactylococcopsis sp.

Merismopedia sp.

Spirulina gomontii Gutwinski.

Oscillatoria sp.

Anabaena sp.

Prowse and Ratnasabapathy — Algae, Taiping Lakes 185

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Some Freshwater Algae from Arnhem

Land in Northern Territory of Aus-

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Arnhem Land 3: 9-136.

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IV. Concerning Euastrum moebii

(Borge) Scott & Prescott comb. nov.

and Euastrum turgidum Wallich.

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Materials for a Monograph of Freycinetia Gaud.

(Pandanaceae) V. Singapore, Malaya and Thailand

By BENJAMIN C. STONE

School of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract

Eight species of Freycinetia Gaud. are reported from the Malayan

Peninsula and adjacent Thailand and Singapore. This number is not any

Peninsula and adjacent Thailand and Singapore. This number is hardly

different from that given by Ridley (8) in his Flora of the Malay Peninsula;

however he considered 7 of these as endemic species, while after consider-

able comparative study, it now appears that only one of his species is

endemic, and that rather doubtfully. Hence, most of the binomial species

names used in Ridley’s Flora have had to be changed. In this paper keys,

description, and synonymy are indicated; and one new species, and two

new varietal taxa are proposed.

Introduction

There are only eight species of Freycinetia Gaud. (1824) in the

Malayan peninsula, Singapore, and the narrow Kra Peninsula of

Thailand; thus the area stands in considerable contrast to regions

to the east. Borneo has at least 24 species, the Philippines at least

as many, and New Guinea more than 40 species. Furthermore,

only one of the Malayan species is endemic, and that only tenta-

tively. This is also in marked contrast tc the three regions just

mentioned, each of which has a concentration of endemic species.

The Malayan species show the following distribution:

F. javanica— Malaya and the Kra Peninsula of Thailand;

Sumatra; Borneo; Java.

F. angustifolia — Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines.

F. corneri — South Malaya (Johore), Singapore, Borneo.

F. sumatrana— Malaya and the Kra Peninsula of Thailand;

Cambodia; Vietnam; Andaman Islands; Sumatra; Borneo; Java;

Philippines.

F. confusa — Malaya; tentatively considered endemic, but ex-

tremely similar to F. distigmata of Sumatra; to be further studied.

F. imbricata — Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Java.

F. rigidifolia— Malaya, Andaman Islands, Borneo.

F. kamiana — Malaya, Sumatra.

The names used above, it will be seen, are nearly all different

from those used by Ridley in the ‘‘Flora of the Malaya Peninsula”’

(Vol. 5, 1925). Ridley credited Malaya with eight species of

Freycinetia, seven of which he considered endemic. But this

190 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV_ (1970)

optimistic conclusion has not fared well, and in the light of mono-

graphic studies all but one of these species has turned out to

be previously known and described from different regions. The

synonymy in brief is as follows:

F. javanica B1. (F. lucens Ridl.; F. montana Ridl.).

F. angustifolia B1. (F. angustifolia B1. sensu Ridl.; F. malaccen-

sis Ridl.).

F. corneri Stone (not known to Ridley).

F. sumatrana Hemsl. ((F. valida Ridl.).

F. confusa Ridl. (endemic).

F. imbricata Bl. (F. kingiana Ridl.).

F. rigidifolia Hemsl. (F. acuminata Rid].).

F. kamiana Stone (not known to Ridley).

In this paper a revision of the Malayan species, including those

of adjacent Thailand and Singapore, is presented, with keys, brief

descriptions, citations of specimens, field notes, and illustrations.

Based upon three years of field work in Malaya and a tour of

several European and American herbaria, it forms the fifth in a

series antecedent to a monograph of the genus. I would like to

express my thanks to the curators and directors of the museums

and herbaria mentioned below for their cordial assistance.

A The Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Cam-

bridge, Mass., U.S.A.

BISH B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii.

BM British Museum (Natural History), London.

CAL Indian Botanic Gardens’ Herbarium, Howrah, Calcutta,

India.

E Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland.

FI Istituto Botanica, University of Florence, Florence,

Italy.

K Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, England.

KLU University of Malaya Herbarium, Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia.

KEP Herbarium, Forest Research Institute, Kepong, Malaysia.

L Rijksherbarium, Leiden, Netherlands.

SING Botanic Gardens, Singapore.

U University of Utrecht Herbarium, Utrecht, Netherlands.

I should also like to express my thanks to the Chairman of the

School of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya for much

assistance, and to a former student, Miss Tan Poey Keng, who

undertook a very useful preliminary study of Malayan Freycinetiae.

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V) 19]

Systematic Treatment

Freycinetia Gaudichaud

Ann. Sci. Nat. I, 3: 509. 1824. Solms-Laubach, Linnaea 1878-9.

Warburg, in Engler, Pflanzenreich IV. 9, 1900.

Ridley, Mat. Fl. Malay Penin. 2: 232-5. 1907; Fl. Malay Penin.

5: 82-84, 1925.

Lectotype species: Freycinetia arborea Gaud. 1824 (see Stone

1967).

Woody climbers with clasping adventitious roots. Leaves simple,

arranged in 3 spiralled ranks, linear, oblong, elliptic, lanceolate or

oblanceolate, commonly serrate-dentate along the margins and on

the midrib dorsally. Leaf-base sheathing the stem, usually with

membranous and caducous, or sometimes more or less permanent

but fragile auricles. Inflorescence terminal on a main or a lateral

branch, bracteate, and pedunculate, of 1 or more cephalia arranged

umbellately or sometimes racemosely, often ternate, sometimes

with up to 7 (very rarely more) unisexual cephalia; plants dioe-

cious. Staminate spadix of crowded simple stamens, pistillodia

sometimes present; anthers subglobose. Pistillate spadix of crowded

gynoecia, baccate when ripe, with usually a rigid or coriaceous

pileus; stigma single or up to 12 (rarely more) per berry, minute,

microscopically papillate, often within a low rim. Seeds numerous

on vertical placentae corresponding to each stigma, usually elliptic

or hemi-elliptic to falcate, with a noticeable translucent raphe with

some silvery raphidophorous cells, and sometimes a similar and

opposite strophiole. Embryo minute, within endosperm.

Distribution: Asiatic and Pacific Tropics; west to Ceylon (not

in India proper); Andaman Islands; Malayan Peninsula and

Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Java; the Philippine Islands; Viet-

nam; Formosa (Taiwan); Ryukyu Islands; Bonin Islands; Micro-

nesia; Melanesia; New Guinea; Australia (north Queensland);

Norfolk Island; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Polynesia, including

Hawaii, but not Easter Island.

The greatest concentration of species is in the regions of Borneo,

Philippines, and New Guinea (including the Solomon Islands).

A genus of perhaps 150 species (estimated; there are far more

binomials). The name commemorates Captain Louis de Freycinet,

commander of the vessels ““L’Uranie’”’ and ‘‘Physicienne”’ of the

French Exploring Expedition of 1816-1818.

192 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV _ (1970)

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f — F. confusa. (All from cited specimens). To same scale.

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V ) 193

KEYS TO MALAYAN SPECIES OF FREYCINETIA

I. Field Key for Sterile or Staminate Plants Based

Principally on Vegetative Characters

(1) Auricles caducous, relatively short and broad, not or rarely

more than 6 cm long, tapered or rounded at apex, without a free

apical lobe, entire or minutely and sparsely weakly denticulate;

leaves to about 30 cm long.

(2) Leaves elliptic, to oblong or oblanceolate, definitely narrowed

at base, acute-acuminate, not drawn out to a filiform-flagellate

tip, to 30-40 cm long and 3-5-8 cm wide, though usually smaller;

spadices umbellate.

(3) Pedicels 4+ as thick as long; leaves elliptic, hardly or not

Nt? GAVE cURL ld iid. . A ce Qe 1. F. javanica

(3) Pedicels much more slender; leaves oblong, caudate

NR Se RARE nln ico o .o:s i ae & F. kamiana

(2) Leaves narrowly linear, up to 30 cm long but rarely more

than 1 cm wide, apex gradually attenuate-filiform, base not

or scarcely narrowed; spadices racemose ...... 2 F. angustifolia

(1) Auricles subpersistent but fragmenting and eventually lost,

usually more than 3 cm long, sometimes much more (18 cm),

sometimes with a free apical lobe, otherwise with a truncate apex,

usually slightly to manifestly denticulate on the margins and/or

apex; leaves sometimes over | m long.

(4) Robust plants, stems (adults) often exceeding 15 mm dia-

meter, leaves commonly over 50 cm long, up to 1 m (or more);

auricles mostly more than 5 cm long, up to 15-18 cm long,

with a distinct apical lobe to 1 cm long (in F. sumatrana) or a

blunt truncate apex.

(5) Leaf apex acute, not drawn out; auricles to 9 cm long and

1-2 cm wide, truncate or slightly rounded dat apex. Teeth of

basal leaf-margin broadly deltoid (to 2 mm long and 2 mm

wide), rather distinct (c. 1 cm apart). Pistillate cephalia sub-

globose, on glabrous pedicels, berry with 3-8 stigmas .........

cos BRR) OSS ee ee > ee 3 F. corneri

(5) Leaf apex gradually attenuate, subflagellate; auricles to 10

(or to 18) cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide, apex with a narrow free

ascending lobe, usually denticulate on margin; teeth of basal

leaf margin slender, antrorse, usually less than 2 mm long and

1 mm wide. Pistillate cephalia cylindric, on minutely scabrid

pedicels; berry with 2 (rarely 1 or 3) stigmas ..................

a felons Catlett Webasto)! SOS 4 F. sumatrana

(4) Small to medium plants, stems (adults) rarely over 11 mm

diameter, leaves rarely over 40 cm long; auricles rarely over 5

cm long, usually less than 1 cm wide, truncate, and denticulate

or spinulose at apex but never with a free apical lobe.

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Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

(6) Median portion of leaf margin denticulate; leaves narrowly

linear, commonly about 30 cm x 5 mm. Auricles narrow,

truncate, denticulate at apex; blade not narrowed at base

5 F. confusa

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(6) Median portion of leaf margin unarmed; leaves mostly

over 6 mm (and up to 15 mm or more) in width. Auricles

entire or spinulose-fimbriate. Leaf blade slightly narrowed at

base.

(7) Auricles entire or with few, small inconspicuous teeth.

Leaves commonly about 30 x 1—1.5 cm, mostly flat, rather

lax. Pedicels of pistillate cephalia smooth or very slightly

scabrid. Berry with 2-5 stigmas ............... 6 F. imbricata

(7) Auriciels deeply fimbriate-spinulose at apex (spinules to

5 mm long), margins denticulate; leaves commonly about

20 cm x 9 mm, stiff, the margins often revolute: abruptly

narrowed at base. Pedicels of pistillate cephalia hispidulous.

Derry with 1-2 stisineee a, 42.) seiccsecee oe 7 F. rigidifolia

II. Key to Fertile Specimens

Based on Pistillate Inflorescences and Fruits

(1) Inflorescences (both ¢ and 9) racemose, the 3-5 spadices clearly

distinct, well-separated, pedicellate .................. 2 F. angustifolia

(1) Inflorescences umbellate, usually of 3 crowded pedicellate

spadices.

(2) Stigmas usually 2 per berry, sometimes 1 or 3.

(3) Pedicels stout, minutely roughened (like sandpaper to

touch) commonly 50 x 5-6 mm. Cephalia to 15 cm long;

bracts white. Robust plamts <...:.:.-:..-....-.- 4 F. sumatrana

(3) Pedicels slender, 10-40 x 3-4 mn, scabridulous chiefly

on the angles. Cephalia 14-35 mm long. Rather small plants.

(4) Auricles deeply fimbriate-spinulose at apex, with spinules

to 5 mm long. Bracts red-orange. Leaves stoutly denticulate

on basal margins, and abruptly narrowed at top of sheath;

up te" 10 mm wid 2°. Aaa cag .. 7 F. rigidifolia

(4) Auricles slightly denticulate; spinules not over 2 mm

long. Bracts purplish. Leaves with small teeth; blades about

47am wide: ...........0. oe B.h6!.eeel- ers 5 F. confusa

(2) Stigmas usually 3-5 (8) per berry, very rarely 2.

(5) Pistillate cephalia oblong. Auricles caducous, sparsely and

weakly denticulate or entire.

(6) Leaves oblong, caudate; pedicels slender, 12-16 x 2-3

8 F. kamiana

(6) Leaves elliptic-oblong, commonly 10-30 cm long and

12-30 mm wide, nearly entire, only at apex with weakly

serrulate-denticulate margins and midribs. Pedicels short

and stocky [UO X 3.5—40 Mime ees cer esscet neers I F. javanica

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V) 195

(5) Pistillate cephalia subglobose or short-oblong. Auricles

_ subpersistent but fragmenting, entire to weakly or strongly

denticulate. Leaves not as above. |

(7) Robust plants; stems to 2 cm diameter, leaves to 1 m

long and 3.5 cm wide; auricles denticulate, truncate-rounded

a ie So. ne a 3 F. corneri

(7) Smallish plants, stems to 12 mm diameter, leaves less

than 40 cm long, usually 10-15 mm wide: auricles tapered

and entire to weakly denticulate. Stigmas 3-5 ...............

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Enumeration of Species

(1) Freycinetia javanica Blume in Rumphia |: 156, t. 41 (1835).

Figure 1, a—b. | |

Synonymy: F, lucens Ridl. in Mat. Fl. Malay Penin. 2: 232

(1907) in Fl. Malay Penin. 5: 80 (1925). F. montana Ridl. in Mat.

Fl. Malay Penin. 2: 232 (1907) in Fl. Malay Penin. 5: 82 (1925).

Type localities and typification: F. javanica: Java (Blume, L).

F. montana: Perak (Ridley 5194, lectotype, SING). F. lucens:

Singapore (Ridley 3703, lectotype, SING).

Distribution: Malaya (including lower Kra Peninsula), Singa-

pore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo.

Stems to 11 mm diameter. Leaves elliptic or somewhat lanceolate

to oblanceolate, abruptly acute, not or scarcely acuminate, nar-

rowed at base, slightly thick-coriaceous, nearly unarmed (only the

apex and rarely a short part of the basal margin denticulate);

auricles membranous, when fresh colorless and translucent, cadu-

cous, tapered or rounded to the apex, entire or weakly and sparsely

denticulate, mostly 3-6.5 cm long, ‘and 1 cm wide. /nflorescence

terminal, umbellate, usually ternate; pistillate pedicels slightly

scabridulous on the angles, about 1 cm long, 3.5-4.5 mm thick.

Cephalia oblong, mostly 2.5-5 cm long. Berry 1—1.5 mm long.

Stigmas 4-8, usually 4-6. Bracts orange-salmon color or ‘“‘Flesh-

color” often yellowish. Staminate cephalia with whitish stamens,

filaments 0.35 mm long, anthers 0.30 mm long.

Habitat: in humid forests, commonly montane, ascending to

6,000 ft., but also lower, to 1,000 ft. or even lower especially in

the south, as in Singapore (similarly in Sarawak) in well-protected

forested humid valleys and along waterfalls. (Low-altitude plants

often have unusually wide leaves, while mountain populations

mostly show rather short and narrow leaves. Two widely different

auricle forms are found, extremes of a continuous series, which

correspond to the situations men‘ ied; see illustrations).

196 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — xXx V (1970)

Ridley’s distinction between F. lucens and F. montana appears

to be purely imaginary; and he did not distinguish either of these

from F. javanica. Perhaps Ridley was unfamiliar with Blume’s

work, although he admitted one of Blume’s species of Freycinetia

(F. angustifolia) in the Malayan flora, despite the clear occurrence

of three of them (originally described from Java) in the Malayan

peninsula.

Malayan specimens:

THAILAND: Pattani, Kao Katakini, Sept. 1923, Kerr 778I

(BM, K, L). Kao Nam Sao, 900 m., Feb. 1927, Kerr 12053 (BM,

K). Kao Luang, N. Sritamarat, 1,200 m., April 1928, Kerr 15488

(BM).

MALAYA: PERAK: Maxwell’s Hill, June 1893, Ridley 5194

(lectotype of F. montana) FI, SING. Same loc., 1892, Ridley

(SING). Larut, Dec. 1881, King’s collector (i.e. Kunstler) 2619

(FI, SING); 4003 (FI, SING); 4091 (FI, SING); May 1883, 4194

FI, SING). Thaiping, Feb. 1886, Kunstler 8523 (FI); May 1885,

Kunstler 7578 (FI, SING); April 1890, Wray 3950 (FI); Pelan

Tujer, April 1888, Wray 1871] (FI). Larut, Fr. Scortechini (FI, &

sheets). Maxwell’s Hill, 3,700 ft., coll.? SFN. 72557 (SING).

Gunong Hijau, 1892, Ridley (SING).

TRENGGANU: Bukit Kajang, Kemaman, Nov. 1935, Corner

(SING).

PENANG: Sungei Telek Bahang, Feb. 1919 (or 1929) Burkill

4555 (CALC).

PAHANG: Lubok Tamang, 3,500 ft., June 1923, Robinson

11009 (SING). Cameron Highlands, Robinson’s Falls, April 1930,

4,400 ft., Henderson SFN. 23454 (CALC, K, SING); April 1934,

Jaamat & Sow CF. 36165 (KEP); May 1965, Stone 5623 (KLU).

Gunong Benom, main NE ridge, 3,200 ft., March 1967, Whitmore

FRI. 3205 (KEP). Fraser’s Hill, 4,000 ft, Aug. 1923, Nur SFN.

10550 (SING); Aug. 1937, Holttum 33162 (K); near Richmond

Bungalow, 1959, Md. Shah 6048 (K); Aug. 1937, Corner SFN.

33162 (SING); Sept. 1922, Burkill & Holttum 8546 (SING); April

1966, Stone 6273 (KLU); July 1966, Stone 6427 (KLU). Sungai

Kuantan, June 1934, Symington & Kiah SFN. 28771 (K, SING).

Gunong Ulu Kali, 1967, Stone s.n. (KLU).

SELANGOR: “The Gap” at 3,000 ft, May 1902, Curtis

(SING). Bukit Hitam, May 1896, Ridley 7657 (FI, SING). Templer

Park, Kanching 1967, Stone s.n. (KLU). Gunong Nuang, Ulu

Langat, May 1940, Symington 51813 (KEP).

NEGRI SEMBILAN: Seremban, April 1892, Edgerton (SING).

MALACCA: no location, 1867-8, Maingay 3274 (K).

JOHORE: Kukut, Easter 1907, Ridley (SING). Mawai, March

1934, Corner (SING). Sungei Sedili, Feb. 1938, Corner (SING).

Pontian, April 1952, Santiago (SING).

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V) 197

SINGAPORE: Kranji, Ridley in 1890 (SING); Bukit Mandai,

1890, Ridley 4618 (FI, K, SING). Bukit Timah, 1892, Ridley 3703

(lectotype of F. lucens) FI, K, SING. Seletar, May 1953, Sinclair

SFN. 39616 (SING, K).

MALAYA, without locality: Griffith 6374 (FI); Maingay’

1537 (K).

(2) Freycinetia angustifolia Blume in Rumphia 1: 157, t. 40 (1835)..

Ridley, Fl. Malay Penin. 5: 82 (1925).

Synonymy: F. malaccensis Ridley in Mat. Fl. Malay Penin. 2:

233 (1907); in Fl. Malay Penin. 5: 81 (1925). F. brunoniana

Wallich (nom. nud.) List, n. 3660 (1828-32). F. debregeasiana:

Gaudich. in Bot. Voy. Bonite, Atlas, t. 37, f. 1-11 (1843).

Type localities and typification: F. angustifolia: Java (Blume,.

L). F. malaccensis: Malacca (lectotype, Derry 406, SING). F.

debregeasiana: not stated, but possibly Singapore (Gaudichaud in.

1837; P? fragment in FI). |

Distribution: Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines.

Vernacular name: “selingseng akar’’ (Malay; Johore, Corner:

28074).

Stems 6-12 mm diameter. Leaves linear, slender, thin, 17—20:

cm long, 5—12 mm wide, gradually attenuate, very slightly acumi--

nate, unarmed except at extreme apex. Auricles 15-20 mm long,.

caducous, entire, fragile. Inflorescences racemose, rachis some--

times somewhat zig-zag, pedicels well-separated; bracts dark to

pale yellow or yellow-range, sometimes flecked with red on inner

surfaces, innermost bracts creamy, outermost with green tips; pistil-.

late cephalia on pedicels 9-11 x 1.5-2 mm, glabrous, whitish;.

cephalia shortly cylindric, 23-33 mm long, at first cream-colored;

berry 1 mm long. Stigmas 1-3, rarely 4, very rarely 5. Staminate:

spadix 1-2 cm long, white. Seed with broad raphe and no strophiole.

Habitat: low hill forest, chiefly in the southern and western

parts of the peninsula; also in lowland swamp forest; also on

offshore islands.

Ridley’s F. malaccensis was characterised by its relatively broad’

leaves, but examination of numerous specimens shows that con-

tinuous variation, within the limits given above, occurs; and there:

are no other distinguishing features.

MALAYA: PENANG: George Porter in 1823 (““F. brunoniana.

Wall.” n. 3660) Fl. “‘Coast’? March 1887, Curtis 1181-bis (SING),

1171 (K); Dec. 1886, Curtis 1143 (SING). Penang Hill, Dec. 1895,

Ridley (SING). Telok Bahang, Feb. 1919, Burkill 4555-bis (CALC,.

SING).

PERAK: Sonkai, May 1882, Kunstler 3052 (FI, SING). Kele-

dang Saiong, April 1937, Symington 25557 (KEP).

SELANGOR: Klang, Telok Reserve, June 1921, Burkill 6518

(SING).

198 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore —- xXx V (1970)

NEGRI SEMBILAN: Pulau Rembia (Sembilan Islands), along

streambed 100 ft. Jan. 1953,: Wyatt-Smith 76493 (KEP). Bukit

Kandong, March 1885, Omabius (? sphalm.) 1117 (SING).

MALACCA: Mt. Ophir, 1892, Ridley 3895 (FI, K, SING).

Bukit Bruang, Feb. 1890, Derry 406 (lectotype of F. malaccensis

Ridley; miscited by Ridley as “‘Ridley 406’’, FI, SING); March

1893, Derry 1197 (FI, SING; det. by Ridley as F. angustifolia).

Merlimau, 1892, Derry 1046 (FI — as “Ridley 1046’’; SING).

JOHORE: Sungei Tebrau, March 1908, Ridley 13212 (SING).

Pengabong May 1908, Foxworthy CF 1200 (KEP, SING). Kangka

Sedili Kechil, June 1924, Corner SFN 28617 (CALC, K, SING).

Sungei Sedili, April 1934, Corner SFN 28074 (K, SING). Kota

‘Tinggi riverbank Dec. 1892, Ridley 4142 (K, SING). Mawai Road

— Kota Tinggi, March 1936, Corner SFN 30784 (SING). Sungei

Sedili between Mawai and Bukit Tiga, March 1937, Corner SFN

32435 (SING). Sungei Kaipu, March 1937, Kiah SFN 32354 (L,

‘SING). Sungei Sedili, March 1940, Corner (SING). Gunong Panti,

1,500 ft., Jan. 1937, Corner SFN 32216 (L, SING). Kuala Sedili

Road in freshwater swamp forest, May 1961, H.M. Burkill 2667

(L).

SINGAPORE: Bukit Mandai, 1890, Ridley 1643 (SING). April

1921, Burkill 6507 (SING). Bukit Timah, 1893, Ridley 5120

(SING). Sungei Buloh, Nov. 1889, J.S. Gamble (SING). Kranji,

1909, Ridley 14176 (CALC, K, SING). Seletar Reservoir, Feb.

1943, Corner (SING); Jan. 1949, Sinclair (L). Without locality,

‘Gaudichaud, in 1837 (Herb. Delessert, Geneva; fragm. FI; P; am

of F. debregeasiana Gaud.).

MALAYA, without definite locality, Maingay 1537/2 (FI, K,

Lz.

(3) Freycinetia corneri B. C. Stone, Brittonia 20 (1968) 198-202.

Plate II.

Type locality: Singapore (Corner).

Distribution: Malaya (Johore, Selangor), Singapore, and Borneo.

Robust climber, stems to 20 mm diameter; Jeaves to more than

1 m long, 2-3.5 cm wide, linear, apex acute, sheathing base 9-10

cm long, blades coriaceous; auricles to 9 cm long (at least), 1-2

cm wide, the apex abruptly truncate-rounded (rarely almost lobate),

the sides usually entire but the apex ciliate-spinulose. Leaf-margin

-stoutly and rather remote dentate, the teeth deltoid and spreading

at right angles to the margin, the lowermost ones nearly 2 mm long,

up to 1.9 mm wide, about 1 cm apart, distally the teeth smaller.

Midrib denticulate from the middle beyond, the teeth at most

up to 1.9 mm wide, about 1 cm apart. distally the teeth smaller.

2 mm long, smaller toward the apex. /nflorescence terminal, ter-

nate, umbellate, the pedicels (9) about 60 x 5-7 mm, plano-convex,

Freycinetia sumatrana in the Ginting Highlands, Pahang.

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subtrigonal, smooth. Bracts deltoid, to 6 cm wide or more, probably

reddish. Pistillate cephalia about 45 x 40 mm, subglobose. Berry

oblong, about 14 x 3 mm, the pileus 4 mm long, narrowly

pyramidal, apex truncate. Stigmas usually 4-8 (very rarely 3),.

minute, hippocrepiform. Staminate spadix on pedicels to 60 mm

long, spikes ternate or quaternate, cylindric, the floriferous part.

about 30 x 8 mm, filaments 1.5 mm long, anthers 0.75 mm long.

Habitat: lowland forests. A species of restricted range, only

discovered among Bornean specimens after being described from

the Singaporean material (see citation of Borneo specimen below)..

MALAYA: JOHORE: near Kota Tinggi, Feb. 1938, Corner

SFN 34672 (K, PNH, SING). Mawai-Jemaluang Rd. 14th mile,

April 1938, Corner SFN 34938 (SING). Gunong Panti, 1780 ft.,.

June 1963, Stone 4834 (L).

SELANGOR: Sungei Lallang F. R., Y. K. Kam s.n. in 1967

(KLU).

SINGAPORE: | Seletar forest, behind vegetable gardens, Nee:

Soon, Jan. 1949, Sinclair (K). Seletar Reservoir, Feb. 1943, Corner

(SING, type! ). |

BORNEO: Central East Indonesian Borneo, W. Koetai, n. 39,.

Mt. Kemoel, 1800 m., 21 Oct. 1925, Endert 4453 (L.). (New distri--

bution record).

To date the species is known only from the specimens cited.

(4) Freycinetia sumatrana Hemsley in Kew Bulletin, 167 (1896)..

Plate I; figures 1, c-d; 2; 3, a—b.

Synonymy: F. valida Ridley in Mat. Fl. Malay Penin. 2: 233:

(1907); in Fl. Malay Penin. 5: 83 (1925). Winkler in Engl. Bot.

Jahrb. 48: 87 (1912); Merrill, Bibl. Enum. Bornean Pl. 34 (1921)..

Type localities and typification: F. sumatrana: Sumatra (Beccari,

K). F. valida: Singapore (lectotype: Ridley 3937, SING).

Distribution: Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo, Philippines, Andaman

Is.

Robust climbers with stems to 18 mm diameter (or more);

leaves linear, gradually attenuate, commonly 45-110 cm _ long,

1-3 cm wide, margins denticulate nearly all along their length

with relatively slender usually antrorse teeth. Auricles purplish,

subpersistent but fragmenting, 4-8 (-18) cm long, 1-2 cm wide,

with a distinct erect-spreading denticulate apical lobe to 1 cm

long; auricle margins entire to denticulate. Inflorescence terminal,

umbellate, ternate; bracts creamy to pure white, outermost ones.

sometimes tinged pinkish dorsally; pistillate cephalia cylindric, up

to 15 x 4 cm, more often 5-10 x 2-3 cm, dull red when ripe, on

pedicels about 40-55 x 46 mm, costulate, finely roughened-

scabridulous. Berry very slender, to 20 mm long. Stigmas as a.

rule 2 per berry, very rarely 1 or 3. Staminate spadix creamy--

_white, spikes 6—7.5 cm long, 1.35 cm wide.

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phylls and leaves in numbered sequence; Ist prophyll, no. 1;

prophylls 2 through 8 all unarmed; intermediate prophylls 9-11

with denticulate apex; foliage leaves 12-et seq. Leaf bases of leaves

13, 14, 15, and 45, and leaf apex of leaf 45, show

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Right, above: segment of fruiting pedicel; profile of immature

carpels; top view of same. Below, pistillate inflorescence, with one

cephalium in longisection.

202 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

Habitat: In Malaya, in forests from the lowlands to about 6,000

ft., the high montane forms are smaller, and often have leading

shoots of a deep purplish color throughout. Younger plants and

lowlands plants are often sterile for long periods. Montane plants

may produce fruit of a normal color but devoid of seed.

THAILAND: Kao Katakini, Pattani, Sept. 1923, Kerr 7792

(BM) Kao Katakuan, 200 m. March 1930, Kerr 18510 (B M).

MALAYA: KEDAH: Turton, Nov. 1889, Curtis (SING).

PERAK: Thaiping Hill, Feb. 1904, Ridley 11891 (SING);

Wray 2170 (Fl). Batu Togoh, 300 ft.. Wray (71082) (SING).

Birch’s Hill, March 1924, Burkill & Haniff SFN 12674 (SING).

PENANG: Penang Hill, 2,400 ft., 1901, Curtis 3538 (SING):

Feb. 1892, Ridley (SING).

PAHANG: Cameron Highlands, Lubok Tamang, 3,000 ft.,

April 1937. Nur SFN 32953 (KEP, K, SING). May 1965, Stone

5625 (KLU). Oct. 1966, Md. Kassim (KLU). Fraser’s Hill, Aug.

1937, Corner (SING). April 1966, Stone 6289 (KLU).

SELANGOR: April 1890, Ridley (SING). Ginting Highlands,

3,200 ft., Nov. 1966, Stone 6568 (KLU).

NEGRI SEMBILAN: Pulau Rembia, Sembilan Islands, Jan.

1953, Wyatt-Smith 76442 (KEP). Port Dickson, Sungei Menyala,

1957, Whitmore 300 (K).

MALACCA: Gunong Ledang, 1892, Ridley (SING).

JOHORE: Mukub, 1908, Ridley (SING). Gunong Belumut,

May 1923, Holttum SFN 10822 (K, SING). Kluang, Gunong

Belumut, 3,300 ft., Feb. 1966, Francis Ng, 98059 (KEP). Mt. Ophir,

May 1890, Derry 627 (SING).

SINGAPORE: Bukit Mandai, Aug. 1899, Ridley 10439 (SING).

Gardens’ Jungle, Chua Chu Kang, 1892, Ridley 3937 (F. valida,

lectotype, SING). No locality, 1905, Ridley (SING).

F. sumatrana Hemsl. var. penangiana B. C. Stone, var. nov. Figures

Lad: 2. |

Ab var. typica in auriculis angustioribus attenuatis minute

truncatis nec lobatis differt.

Holotype: SELANGOR: Templer Park, Kanching, June 1965,

Stone 5809 (KLU). ‘

Type locality; Stone 6040 (KLU).

PENANG: Penang Hill, Jan. 1901, Curtis 3538 (SING). Upper

Tunnel Station, 2,000 ft., Feb. 1966, Stone 6/38 (KLU).

KEDAH: Turton, Nov. 1889, Curtis (SING, in part).

ANDAMAN ISLANDS: 1875, Kurz (FI).

This variety may be a local form, or merely a state of growth.

The narrow auricles, commonly 8-10 cm long, but sometimes to

18 cm long, with a long taper but an abrupt though very brief

truncation at the apex, without a lobe, and with minutely denticu-

late margins and a purplish color, seem to be very characteristic.

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V ) 203:

(5) Freycinetia confusa Ridley in Mat. Fl. Malay Penin. 2: 234

(1907); in Fl. Malay Penin. 5: 82 (1925). Figure 1, f.

Not F. confusa Elmer 1907 (renamed by Elmer as F. villarii

1908). |

Type locality: Singapore (lectotype, Ridley 4757, SING).

Distribution: Singapore and Malaya, apparently endemic, but

very similar to and possibly not distinct from F’. distigmata Stone

of Sumatra, which is however a later name than F. confusa.

Slender climber with stems to about 5 mm diameter, leaves

linear, gradually attenuate, 30-33 cm long, 4-5 mm wide, the

margins denticulate. Auricles 25-32 mm long, 4 mm wide, slightly

tapered, the apex briefly truncate, minutely spinulose-ciliate; sides.

entire. Inflorescence terminal, umbe!late, usually ternate; pedicels.

of pistillate cephalia scabridulous, 11 x 4 mm; pistillate cephalia.

(immature) 14 mm long. Berry (immature) 1 mm long; stigmas.

1 or 2 per berry. Staminate inflorescence unknown.

Habitat: Lowland forests.

In his original description, Ridley cited Wray 2151 as a syntype

of F’. confusa, but this specimen is actually F. rigidifolia (see under

that species). Because of this Martelli confused the species and in

FI almost all specimens of F. rigidifolia were marked F. confusd.

Ridley cited Wray 215] as 2157, by mistake,

MALAYA: SELANGOR: Changgang Klang, Oct. 1937, Nur

SFN 33982 (SING).

JOHORE: Pengkalan Raja, July 1939, Ngadiman (SING).

Mawai, April 1936, Corner SFN 30886 (SING).

SINGAPORE: Seletar, Feb. 1893, Ridley 4757 (lectotype,,.

SING). Kranji, 1894, Ridley (SING).

(6) Freycinetia imbricata Blume in Rumphia 1: 157, t. 40 (1835).

Synonymy: F. schefferi Solms-Laubach in Linnaea 42: 98.

(1879). F. kingiana Ridl. in Mat. Fl. Malay Penin. 2: 234 (1907);

in Fl. Malay Penin. 5: 82 (1925).

Type localities and typification: F. imbricata: Java (Blume

2066, L). F. schefferi: Java (Scheffer; Korthals). F.. kingiana:

Perak, Malaya (Kunstler 4654, SING).

Distribution: Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo.

Smallish to medium climbers, stems to 12 mm diameter, leaves

mostly 20-35 cm long, 6-15 (-17) mm wide, rarely to 24 mm wide,

narrowly elliptic-oblong to nearly linear-lanceolate, usually slightly

narrowed at base, acuminate-acute at apex; margin denticulate near

base and apex, otherwise entire. Auricles more or less persistent

and clasping the stem, tapered-rounded at apex, membranous,

entire or weakly and sparsely denticulate, usually 2-5 (—7) cm

long, 4-6 (-9) mm wide. /nflorescence terminal or pseudolateral

(i.e. On short side branches with a few reduced leaves intercalated.

204 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1970)

below the bracts). Bracts yellow to creamy. Pistillate cephalia

globose or broadly short-ellipsoid, 25-45 mm long or rarely more,

bright orange when ripe; on pedicels 9-10 x 3.5 mm, glabrous or

(in var. hispidula) minutely hispidulous. Berry to 10 mm long,

pileus 1.5-2 mm long, dome-shaped or low-conic, briefly or not

rostrate, areola less than 1 mm wide; stigmas 1-5, usually 3 or 4.

Seeds about 1.3 mm long, falcate-ellipsoid, raphe with shining

raph:dophorous cells, usually broader than the narrow strophiole.

‘Staminate spadix . .

Habitat: lowland forests, sometimes on rocks.

MALAYA: PERAK: Gopeng, Larut, July 1883, Kunstler

4654 (lectotype of F. kingiana, SING; FI). 1880, Kunstler 1056

(FI, SING). June 1886, 400-600 ft., Kunstler 10/65 (FI).

F. imbricata var. hispidula B. C. Stone, var. nov.

Ab var. typica in pedicellis foemineis hispidulis differt.

Holotype: MALAYA: SELANGOR: Genting Sempah, 1,500

ft., on rock, July 1966, Stone 5847-a (KLU).

SELANGOR: Same as type locality, June 1965, Stone 5&47

(KLU). Ginting Highlands, 3,000 ft., Nov. 1966, Stone 6535

(KLU). Ulu Langat, Jan. 1959, Gadoh (for Millard) 1327 (SING).

PAHANG: Fraser’s Hill, 4,000 ft.. Nov. 1965, Stone 6078

(KLU).

JOHORE: Mawai, Sept. 1934, Corner SFN 28181 (K, SING).

Sungei Kayu, March 1937, Kiah SFN 32380 (KK, SING).

I believe that this variety with hispidulous pedicels and perhaps

mostly somewhat broader leaves, is the same as F. schefferi Solms.

It is not possible to keep the taxa as distinct species however.

47) Freycinetia rigidifolia Hemsley in Kew Bulletin, 166 (1896).

Piswre 1, "€.

Synonymy: F. acuminata Ridley in Mat. Fl. Malay Penin. 2:

233 (1907); in Fl. Malay Penin. 5: 82 (1925). F.. bennettii Miq. as

misapplied in Hort. Bogor., in part, excluding ref. to spms. of F.

javanica.

Type localities and typification: F. rigidifolia: Borneo (Havi-

Jand, K). F. acuminata: Malaya, Selangor (Ridley 7656, SING).

Distribution: Borneo, Malaya, Andaman Islands; cult. in Hort.

Bogor.

Slender climber, with stems “‘to 80 ft. long” (fide Kunstler), to

6 mm diameter or more; leaves stiff, 16-24 cm long, 8-10 mm

wide (Malayan specimens), elliptic-lanceolate, acute-acuminate,

narrowed rather abruptly at base just at apex of auricles, margins

often revolute, blades rather stiffly erect. Auricles abruptly rounded-

truncate, deeply fimbriate with spinules 5 mm long or more at apex,

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V) 205

the sides with shorter teeth; auricles 25 x 5 mm. Blade margin

at base stoutly denticulate; median part unarmed; apex finely

denticulate. Dorsal surface somewhat glaucous. J/nflorescence

terminal, umbellate, ternate; bracts red or red-orange. Pistillate

cephalia greenish-yellow (immature), cylindric, to 35 mm long;

pedicels scabridulous on the angles, about 30-40 x 4 mm. Berry

(immature) 1 mm long; stigmas | or 2.

Habitat: lowland or hill forest (in Borneo on Mt. Kinabalu to

5,000 ft. or higher).

A very distinct and easily recognised species.

ANDAMAN ISLANDS: South Andaman, 1909, Rogers (FI).

Same locality, Kurz (in part; mixed with some specimens of F.

sumatrana; FI).

MALAYA: PERAK: Batu Tugoh, 200 ft., June 1888, Wray

215] (cited — in error as 2/57 — by Ridley as a syntype of F.

confusa Ridl.) (SING). Same locality, 300-800 ft., Nov. 1885,

Kunstler 8300 (FI).

TRENGGANU: Bukit Kajang, Kemaman, Nov. 1935, Corner

SFN 30406 (SING).

PAHANG: Fraser’s Hill, Aug. 1937, Corner (SING).

SELANGOR: Kuang, May 1892, Ridley 7656 (lectotype of F.

acuminata) (SING). Sungei Buloh, April 1929, Sow and Taehan

SEN. 16447 (SING); same locality, March 1919, Long CF 3307

(SING). Bukit Lagong, July 1965, Kochuninen 93141 (KEP).

JOHORE: Mawai-Jemaiuang Road 13.5 miles, May 1935,

‘Corner SFN 29738 (SING).

(8) Freycinetia kamiana B. C. Stone, sp. nov. Figure 3, c; plate Lf.

Holotype: Y. K. Kam s.n., Bukit Lagong, Selangor, Malaya

{KLU).

Stipite erecta ad 2-2.5 m alta et 18 mm diametro, internodts

ad 4 cm longis, simplex vel sparse ramificata, ramis horizontalibus

vel laxe subpendulis vel decumbentis, ad 5-8 mm diametro, inter-

nodiis 5-20 mm longis, nodis vetustioribus cicatricosis. Folia

juvenilia magna ad 40 cm longa et 6 cm lata, oblonga vel oblonge-

lanceolata, basi 3 cm lato, apice abrupte rotundata caudato, caudo

15-28 mm longo; auriculis ad 35 mm longis et 10 mm latis,

rotundato-attenuatis margine minute distaliter denticulato, mem-

branaceis. Folia vetustiora simillima sed parviora ad 18-30 cm

longa et 2-4 cm lata, marginibus (apicem versus in caudo excepta)

inermis. /nflorescentia foeminea terminalis, ternatis, pedicellis 5,

ad 12-16 mm longis et 2-3 mm crassis, supra minute sparseque

hispidulis. Cephalia oblonga vel cylindric ad 5 cm longa, 1 cm

lata, curvata, baccis immaturis congestis 5—6—angulosis, circiter

5-6 mm longis, 1—-1.5 mm crassis, pileo depresso-pyramidato coro-

natis; stigmatibus 3—5-(7). Cetera ignota.

206 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

Stems erect and un- or few-branched (at least at first), later with

longish rambling branches; finally (? perhaps) climbing; stems

reddish to yellowish-brown, up to 18 mm diam. with internodes

as much as 4 cm long, or on younger branch-tips much shorter

(5-20 mm); nodes with conspicuous leaf-scars. Leaves oblong or

oblanceolate-oblong; vigorous young shoots with large leaves up

to 40 x 6 cm, at base narrowed to 3 cm (just above the sheath-

auricles), at apex abruptly rounded-caudate, cauda 15-28 mm

long, denticulate on margins and midrib with minute prickles,

the leaf otherwise quite unarmed. Auricles up to 35 x 10 mm,

rounded or rounded-attenuate to almost deltoid, pale to translu-

cent (in life), with about 5—6 well-spaced slender nerves; margins

‘thin membranous, minutely and weakly serrulate-denticulate to-

ward the distal end with tiny prickles less than 0.5 mm long.

Blade with about 48 prominulent longitudinal nerves, when dry

with numerous manifest tertiary reticulations (forming rectangles);

midrib entire and slightly carinate beneath. Older branches (or

plants) with considerably smaller leaves mostly 18-30 cm long

and 2-4 cm wide, of the same shape etc. but with smaller auricles

12-22 mm long. Pistillate inflorescence terminal, ternate, pedicels.

about 12-16 mm long, 2-3 mm thick, smooth below but towards

apex sparsely and minutely hispidulous. Young cephalia oblong

to cylindric, more or less curved, up to 5 cm long, about 1 cm

thick, with (immature) berries rather crowded, about 2.5 mm

long, only the extreme apex free; pileus polygonal, about 1-1.5

mm wide, shallow, bearing 3-7, usually 4—6 stigmas. Spathes and

staminate plants unknown.

Habitat: known so far only from lowland hills in forest.

Distribution: Malaya and Sumatra.

Specimens examined:

MALAYA: SELANGOR: Bukit Lagong, behind Kepong,

hillside forest, 13 April 1969, Yee Kiew Kam s.n. (Type; KLU,

and distrib.). — Same locality and same group of plants, Jan. 1967,

J. Dransfield s.n. (KLU, and distrib.).

SUMATRA: Cultivated plant from Sumatra, said to be from

“Bukit Tinggi’, now in the Hortus Bogoriensis, Java, no. XI-

B-V-128.

This unexpected new species seems to be very rare in Malaya

at least, and John Dransfield’s collection is the first known. This

was made at a time when no fruits were seen, and the large leaves

and short auricles suggested F. javanica, but could not really be

satisfactory as such because of the great size and unusual shape.

When mv student. Miss Kam, revisited the same locality later on

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V) 207

she was fortunate to find young syncarps which have permitted

the recognition and description of this species. Because of this,

and because of her valuable work in elucidating the systematic

anatomy of the Pandanaceae, it is a pleasure to dedicate this

interesting Freycinetia to her.

The plants cultivated in the Botanic Gardens in Bogor were

observed on a recent study visit there. They seem to be precisely

this species. However, no fruiting or flowering materials were seen.

There seems no doubt about the source, so that it can be asserted

that the species is a native of both Malaya and Sumatra.

The habit of this species is unusual in the genus, since the

appearance is distinctly that of an erect shrub. The plants have

not, as yet, been seen as climbers. The branches, however, are

rather straggling, and it is quite possible that in due course the

plants will become topheavy and may eventually undertake the

ordinary climbing behaviour of Freycinetiae. The main stems are

however, at least up to 2.5 m high, perfectly straight and relatively

rigid.

References

GAUDICHAUD, C. B. 1824. Descriptions des quelques nouveaux

genres des plantes Ann. Sci. Nat. I, 3: 508-512.

RipLey, H. N. 1925. Flora of the Malay Peninsula. Vol. 5.

London, L. Reeve & Co. (reprint, 1967).

Stone, B. C. 1967. Materials for a Monograph of Freycinetia

(Pandanaceae), I. Gard. Bull. Sing. 22 (2): 129-152.

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Materials for a Monograph of Freycinetia Gaud.

(Pandanaceae)

VI. Species of Borneo

By BENJAMIN C, STONE

School of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract

Twenty-four species of Freycinetia Gaud. (Pandanaceae) are reported

from Borneo, more than twice as many as previously known. Four species

are new to science: F. parviaculeata, F. biloba, F. kalimantanica, and

F. kinabaluana. The following new infraspecific taxa are also proposed:

F. confusa var. minima, F. javanica var. expansa, F. robinsonii var.

meijeri, and F. palawanensis var. andcrsoniana: A brief phytogeographic

discussion is included.

No account of the Bornean species of Freycinetia has appeared

since that of Merrill (1921), which listed 11 species. Since that

time two further species have been described by Martelli (1929).

The accumulation of specimens in various herbaria has not been

accompanied by investigations into the taxonomy of the genus in

Borneo, although other regions, in particular New Guinea and the

Solomon Islands, have been the subject of study by Martelli and

Perry (1939, 1940). Through the generosity of the Forest Depart-

ment Herbaria in Sandakan (Sabah) and Kuching (Sarawak), as

well as that of the Botanic Gardens (Singapore) and the Forest

Research Institute (Kepong), most of the material collected in

Borneo in recent years has been available to me for study. During

academic leave from the University of Malaya in 1968 studies

were undertaken of materials preserved in the herbaria of the

University of Firenze (where both the Beccari collections and the

Martelli Herbarium are kept), in the Rijksherbarium, Leiden, in

the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and also Edinburgh, and in the

British Museum (Natural History). From these studies it has been

possible to gain a much better understanding of the genus and in

particular of the species occurring in Borneo. In this paper, twenty-

four species are reported, many for the first time, and four new

species are proposed. The species are, wherever possible, referred to

sections of the genus. These sections have been described in Part

IV of this series.

Phytogeographic considerations. The relationships of the Bornean

species rest chiefly with the rest of Malesia (i.e. Sumatra, Java,

Malayan Peninsula, and the Philippines) and only to a slight extent

with Eastern Indonesia (Celebes, Halmaheira, Sunda Islands, etc.).

As far as is presently known, there is no species shared by New

Guinea and Borneo. Three species, at least (probably some other

examples will be discovered) occur both in Borneo and in the

Philippines but not elsewhere (F. discoidea, F. gitingiana, and

F. palawanensis). Two species occur in the Philippines, Borneo,

210 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

and eastward, in Java, Sumatra, and Malaya. These are F. sumat-

rana and F. angustifolia. (These species are herein first reported

for the Philippines). If, as seems possible, F. imbricata occurs in

the Philippines under another name (possibly F. montalbanica

Martelli) it could be added to the list. There are five species (F.

sumatrana, F.. angustifolia, F. javanica, F. imbricata, and F. rigidi-

folia) which occur in Borneo, in Malaya, and additionally in

Sumatra, Java, or both, or (as to the first and last only) in the

Andaman Islands, or (as to the first and third only) in southern

Thailand.

This means that thirteen species appear to be endemic to Borneo.

On the other hand it is entirely possible that further species will

come to light as the exploration of the rich Bornean vegetation

continues.

Taxonomic characters, with some advice to collectors. As is also

true of Pandanus as represented in herbaria, there is a great pre-

ponderance of pistillate specimens of Freycinetia. There are perhaps

two main reasons for this, one being the fact that the male inflores-

cences are ephemeral, while the developing fruits persist on the

plants over a period of months; and the other reason being that

since the classification of the genus has been based so heavily on

pistillate materials there is little likelihood of staminate collections

being properly identified unless accompanied by pistillate material

of the same species. As will be noticed in the key and descriptions

to follow, the value of certain vegetative characters has proved to

be great, and attention by collectors to the securing of good

vegetative material, especially the delicate leaf-base auricles, will

greatly facilitate the identification of all specimens and in particular

the males. Further distinctive characteristics, such as the color of

the floral bracts and of the auricles, the presence of glaucousness,

and the differences between leaf size and shape in adult and

juvenile plants, should be borne in mind by the collectors and

noted down. At present it is not possible to determine very young

juvenile and seedling plants. The importance of ripe fruit with

mature seeds is also great, and these are generally to be preferred

to the immature fruits or flowers of pistillate plants if the floral

bracts are lacking. The prophylls of developing young shoots are

also of value, at least potentially, in the process of identification.

A cautionary word should be said of the external features of the

pedicels. At present, no species known produces the staminate

spadices on anything but smooth and glabrous pedicels. However,

the presence of epidermal appendages (spine-like processes, aculeate

or straight, or other scale-like structures which give to the pedicel

a scabrid “feel’’ and appearance) is a useful and important diag-

nostic feature, although present only on pistillate inflorescence

pedicels.

The following key to species is of necessity based on the features

of pistillate specimens, since at least 14 of our species are known

only from pistillate collections. It is hoped that careful attention

will be paid to the desirability of obtaining material of the staminate

inflorescences in future collections.

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V1) 211

Key to Borneo Species of Freycinetia

1. Leaf apex rather abruptly acuminate-caudate or cuspidate (but

see also F. gitingiana). Leaves mostly relatively short, rarely

much over 40 cm long.

2. Berry with one stigma (rarely 2). Leaves small, mostly 7—9

cm long, 2-3 cm wide, and elliptic 1 F. tenuis

2. Berry with 2 or more stigmas. Leaves mostly larger.

3. Berry with 2 or 3 stigmas.

4. Blades elliptic, proportionally very wide, 7.5 x 2.5 cm

up to 22.5 x 7.5 cm, apex caudate, cauda slightly

acuminate 17 F. hemsleyi

4. Blades oblanceolate, proportionally narrower, about

16 x 1-3 cm, apex abruptly caudate /2 F. borneensis

3. Berry with usually 3—7 stigmas (very rarely only 2).

5. Fem. pedicels glabrous. Leaves about 40 x 2.4 cm.

Stigmas mostly 4-6 per berry

10 F. palawanensis var. andersoniana

5. Fem. pedicels spinulose-hispidulous or glabrous. Auri-

cles denticulate to long-ciliate.

6. Auricles pectinate long-ciliate. Leaves 12-20 cm

long, 2-3 cm wide, the margins at base and apex

ciliate I3 ¥-Cihars

6. Auricles minutely denticulate on margins. Leaves

about 30 cm long, 2.5-3.5 cm wide, nearly entire

except at extreme apex and base where margins bear

few very minute denticulations © Il F, biloba

1. Leaf apex gradually and narrowly.attenuate, subulate, or acute;

leaves sometimes well over 1 m long.

7. Auricles lobed (i.e. upper end of auricle extended upward-

outward like a lobe).

7a. Robust plants; leaves to 120 cm long, 4-6 cm wide.

Cephalia long-cylindric. Stigmas usually 2 (rarely 3) per

berry; pedicels stout, minutely scabrous 5 F. sumatrana

7a. Smaller plants; leaves c. 50 x 1 cm. Cephalia cylindric;

stigmas 2; pedicels slender, distally spinulose 6 F. lucida

7. Auricles entire, at apex rounded, truncate, or tapered.

8. Cephalia usually 4-7 together, spirally crowded. Robust

plants with leaves 80-100 cm long, 2.5 cm wide

7 F. kinabaluana

8. Cephalia usually ternate (3 together in an umbel), rarely

4, sometimes only 2 or solitary.

212 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV _ (1970)

9. Auricles deeply pectinate-spinulose; leaves rigidly ensi-

form, narrow, abruptly narrowed at the auricle and

with revolute margins 9 F. rigidifolia

9. Auricles, etc., not as above.

10. Inflorescences lateral (i.e. below the main cluster of

leaves, produced at the apex of a short lateral

branch bearing prophylls and floral bracts but no

ordinary foliage); or sometimes both lateral and

terminal.

11. Leaves mostly 15-35 cm long, 0.6-1.5 cm wide;

fem. pedicels glabrous or (in one variety) slightly

hispidulous. Cephalia subglobose or nearly short-

oblong, ternate, binate or solitary 4 F. imbricata

11. Leaves mostly 40-60 cm long, 0.6 cm wide, cepha-

lia subglobose, solitary or two 3 F. sarawakensis

10. Inflorescences invariably terminal (except in F.

imbricata)

12. Inflorescence a raceme of small oblong well-

spaced short-pedicellate cephalia. Leaves linear,

less than 1 cm wide 2 F. angustifolia

12. Inflorescence umbellate (or solitary).

13. Robust plants with leaves 60-100 cm long, up

to 3.3 cm wide, thickly coriaceous.

14. Stigmas invariably 2 per berry; berries ex-

tremely long and slender, filiform. Cephalia

oblong-cylindric, borne on minutely but

; densely aculeolate pedicels

8 F. parviaculeata

14. Stigmas usually 4-8 per berry; berries broader

than filiform. Cephalia subglobose, borne on

glabrous pedicels 15 F. corneri

13. Leaves shorter, or narrower, or both.

15. Pedicels of pistillate inflorescences quite

glabrous.

16. Stigmas 3-7 per berry. Leaves commonly

2 cm wide or wider.

17. Leaves mostly (20-) 40-50 cm long,

about 2 cm wide.

18. Leaves acute, unarmed or nearly so;

stigmas mostly 3-5 (—7)

J4 F. concinna

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V1) 213

18. Leaves acuminate, conspicuosly

prickly on basal margins; auricles purp-

lish; stigmas usually 2, rarely 3-4

16 F. discoidea

17. Leaves mostly 12-25 cm long, 1-3 cm

wide; in juvenile plants these dimensions

somewhat exceeded. Auricles not purp-

lish. I8 F. javanica

16. Stigmas 3-4 per berry; leaves 40-60 cm

long, 0.6 cm wide 3 F. sarawakensis

15. Pistillate pedicels scabrid or hispidulous.

19. Stigmas usually 2 per berry. Leaves 45-70

cm long, about 1 cm wide, rather stiffly

linear-ensiform and attenuate-subulate.

Auricles purplish-brown, subtruncate, en-

tire. Floral bracts purple

21 F. winkleriana

19. Stigmas 2—5 (—8) per berry. Auricles entire

or somewhat denticulate on margin.

20. Leaves less than 15 mm wide,

21. Leaves 4-10 mm wide, lanceolate or

linear.

22. Leaves linear, 4 mm wide

24 F. confusa var. minima

22. Leaves 7-10 mm wide

4 F. imbricata var. kuchinensis

21. Leaves 10-13 mm wide, long-lanceo-

late, gradually attenuate. Cephalia

cylindric 19 F. robinsonii var.

: meijeri

20. Leaves 18-30+ mm wide.

23. Stigmas usually 2; cephalia slender

cylindric, 4-6+ cm long, yellowish;

leaves with short conspicuous prickles

on margins near apex and base

22 F. gitingiana

23. Stigmas usually 4-8.

24. Stigmas most commonly 4 (but 3-6):

cephalia about 25 mm long; leaves

virtually unarmed, apex acute

20 F. creaghii

24. Stigmas most commonly 6 (but 5-8);

cephalia about 35 mm long; leaves

almost unarmed, apex attenuate

23 F. kalimantanica

214 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore —X XV _ (1970)

Enumeration of species

Sect. Oligostigma Warb. em. B. C. Stone

(1) Freycinetia tenuis Solms, Linnaea 42: 87, 1879.

Liana pumila montana silvatica in saxibus occurrens, caulis ad

4-5 mm diametro, internodiis 12-15 mm longis, foliis ellipticis

acuminatis breve-caudatis basi angustatis 7-9 cm longis, 2-2.8 cm

latis, auriculis brevibus ad 8 mm longis (delapsis); marginibus

foliorum et costa, apicem versus excepta, inermibus caudis breve-

denticulatis. Inflorescentia foeminea terminalis ternata pedicellis

gracilis semiteretibus laevibus 16-18 mm longis, 1.5-1.8 mm

crassis. Cephalia subglobosa vel breviter oblongata 1-1.8 cm

longa, 8-10 mm lata. Baccae maturitate ad apicem succulentae,

stigma unicum. Apex baccae rotundatus. /nflorescentia mascula

subterminalis, bracteis ovatis acutis ad 23 x 16 mm. Spadix ad

1 cm longus, parte floriferis 4 x 2 mm.

Type: SUMATRA: Korthals 23 (L!), staminate.

BORNEO: E. Sabah; Tambunan District, Koingaran, creeper

in mountain forest in rocky soil, fruit green, Oct. 1962, G. Mikil

SAN 31851 (SAN! ). Mt. Kinabalu, Dallas, alt. 3,000 ft., Aug.—Sep.

1932, J. & M. S. Clemens 26210 (= 26734) (L!); Penibukan,

4,000-5,000 ft., Jan. 1933, Clemens 31038 (L!), 50137, 32135

(BM!).

This species is easily recognized among the Bornean Freycinetiae

by its small size and unistigmatic gynoecia. The small globose

cephalia and the berries with rounded, succulent apices, place the

species in the Sect. Oligostigma as recently delimited. It is very

similar to F. beccarii Solms, the lectotype species of this section.

The type specimen was staminate; these collections permit, for the

first time, the description of the pistilate characters.

Sect. Racemosiflorae B. C. Stone

(2) Freycinetia angustifolia Blume, Rumphia 1: 149, t. 43. 1835.

Merrill, 1.c. 19721.

Type from Java. Previously reported from Borneo by Merrill

(Foxworthy 91, from Sarawak; Motley 1128, Kalimantan).

SARAWAK: Lundu, unknown collector (but probably a

duplicate of Foxworthy 91), staminate (SAR!). Simanggang

District, Trisa P.F., small climber reaching 5 ft. high, in peat-swamp

forest, Jan 1958, J. A. R. Anderson 14545 (SAR! ).

INDONESIAN BORNEO (KALIMANTAN): Bandjermasin,

Motley 1128 (K!).

This highly characteristic species can now be confirmed from

the Philippines for the first time:

PHILIPPINES: Sibuyan; Mt. Giting-giting, Prov. Capiz, May

1910, Elmer 12426 (labelled with MS name “‘F. baganot Martelli’

— ined.) (L! EDINB!). — Same location, March 1910, Elmer

12071 (det. as F. elmeri Martelli) (K! EDINB! ).

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V1) 215

Sect. Sarawakenses B. C. Stone

(3) Freycinetia sarawakensis Martelli, Webbia 3; 179, 1910. Merrill

(1921) p. 34.

Type from Sarawak (Beccari 1829). Also recorded from Kali-

mantan (Jaheri 1017). Hallier 3188 was also listed; there are two

species under this number in Hallier’s collections. Hallier 3188-bis

represents this species, while 3/88 proper represents (and is the

type of) F. lucida Martelli.

KALIMANTAN: C. E. part at W. Koetai n. 40, on Kiau R. in

riverbank forest, alt. 700 m., fairly common, Oct. 1925, F. H.

Endert 4582 (L!). SARAWAK: Sibu, Lassa, 10 ft. alt. May 1961,

Anderson R-19 & (SAR! ).

This unusual species is the type of Sect. Sarawakenses. No

staminate collections are known so far, but in its curious

lateral and solitary cephalia, and its elongated (50-60 cm long)

leaves, only 6-8 mm wide, it is a striking species. The leaf auricles

are about 25 x 3 mm. The pistillate cephalia are subglobose,

about 30 x 25 mm, and are borne on a stout short pedicel

10 x 4 mm. So far this plant has not been found outside Borneo.

(4) Freycinetia imbricata Blume, Rumphia 1: 157, t. 40. 1835.

Figure 1.

F. kingiana Ridl. Mat. Fl. Mal.’ Pen. 2: 232, 1907.

Type from Java (Blume). Type of Ridley’s F. kingiana is

Kunstler 4654 from Perak, Malaya.

var. hispidula B. C. Stone, Gard. Bull. Sing. 25: 204, 1970.

In pedicellis hispidulis et foliis latioribus differt.

F. schefferi Solms, Linnaea 42: 98, 1879.

Holotypus: MALAYA: Selangor; Ginting Sempah, 22nd mile,

alt. 1,500 ft., climber on rock, July 1966, Stone 5847a (KLU! ).

Exsiccatae: MALAYA: Selangor, type locality, Stone 5847

(KLU! ). Ginting Highlands, 3,000 ft. alt.. Nov. 1966, Stone 6535

(KLU! ).

BORNEO: Sarawak; Kuching, Oct. 1905, Hewitt (SAR! ). Siol,

Apr. 1906, Hewitt (SAR!). Puak, bushes by river, Sep. 1903,

Ridley (SING 026534! ). Simanggang, Triso P.F., alt. 10 ft., small

climber, Sept. 1958, Anderson SAR 14549 (SAR! ). Lundu, Sungei

Rengas, small climber in peat-swamp forest, fruit bright orange,

15 ft. alt., Oct. 1961, Anderson et al. SAR 15421 (SAR! ). Without

locality, Ridley in 1915 (L!). Without locality (but perhaps

Labuan), Mr. (Hugh) Lowe (K!). Sabah; Madai, Governor

Creagh (K! ).

var. kuchinensis (Martelli) B. C. Stone, comb. et stat. nov.

F. kuchinensis Martelli, Webbia 3: 167, 1910. (as Kutchinensis,

p. 316). Merrill (1921) 34.

Type from Sarawak (Beccari P. B. 782-bis). Reported also from

Indonesian Borneo (Jaheri 528).

BORNEO: Sarawak: Gat, upper Rejang River, fruit bright

yellow, 1929, J. & M. S. Clemens 21902 (FI! ).

216 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore— XXV (1970)

Fig. 1. Freycinetia imbricata Bl. Java, Korthals (L. 908164).

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V1) 217

Sect. Auriculifoliae B. C. Stone

(5) Freycinetia sumatrana Hemsley, Kew Bull. 1896: 158.

F. valida Rid]. Mat. Fl. Mal. Pen. 2: 233, 1907.

Winkler, Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 48: 87, 1912. Merrill (1921) 34.

Type from Sumatra (Beccari). Type of F. valida from Malaya

(Ridley).

BORNEO: Sarawak; Simanggang Distr., Triso P.F., Jan. 1958,

Anderson 14544 (SAR!). Sabah; Tawau Distr., Apas Rd. 12.5

miles, epiphyte in primary forest, fruit dark brown smelling of

meat, Jun. 1959, Meijer SAN 19371 (SAN! K! L! SING! SAR!).

Sepilok Forest Reserve, swamp forest, Mar. 1967. Stone & Meijer

6731 (KLU!).

PHILIPPINES: Basilan Island; Zamboanga Prov., Isobela de

Basilan, Land grant of Univ. Philipp., Liborio Ela Ebalo 988

(PNH! distrib. as F. banahaensis Elm.). Vernacular name, ‘‘kaya-

kan” in Yakan (Jan. 1941).

The cited specimen from Basilan extends this species for the

first time into the Philippines. It is certain that the plants referred

to F. auriculata Merr. are of the same species as this.

(6) Freycinetia lucida Martelli, Webbia 3: 168, 1910. Merrill (1921)

34. Figure 2.

Type from Indonesian Borneo (Hallier 3188) in BO!

Liana scandens; caulibus vetustioribus ramuligeris ad 12-15 mm

diametro, internodiis 15-20 mm longis, radicibus aereis emittenti-

bus, junioribus c. 8 mm diametro, internodiis 10-15 mm longis,

foliosis. Folia longe lineari-attenuata, 45-50 cm longa, 9-13 mm

lata, sensim attenuata, marginibus denticulatis, in sicco revolutis;

parte vaginantia c. 4.5 cm longo; auriculis castaneis 4-5 cm longis

4-5 mm latis apice unilobulatis integris vel ciliatis. nflorescentia

terminalis binatis. Cephalia foeminea cylindracea, immatura

48-50 mm longa, 12 mm crassa; pedunculis angustis 25-27

mm longis 2.5 mm latis distaliter minute et subsparse scabridulosis.

Bacca (immatura) 4 mm longa, 1 mm lata; pileus vix 1 mm altus,

late pyramidatus vertice plano. Stigmata 2 (rare 3, rarissime 4).

Staminodia, minutissima, cetera ignota.

BORNEO: East Indonesian Borneo, Kutei, G. Beratus [Summit,

Piek van Balikpapan] alt. 1,200 m, 19 July 1952, W. Meijer 904

(BO! L!).

This very interesting species is known so far only from the type

collection and the recent one cited made by Willy Meijer.

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Fig. 2. Freycinetia lucida Martelli. Borneo. Meijer 904.

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V1) 219

In its lobed auricles, tapered leaves, terminal inflorescence,

cylindric pistillate heads, and berries with usually 2 stigmas, F.

lucida corresponds well with the characters of Sect. Auriculifoliae.

From F. sumatrana Hemsl., it differs in its smaller overall dimen-

sions and entire auricles, and in the different form of spinules

which occur at the distal end of the peduncles. From F’.. ceramensis

Martelli, which is undoubtedly its closest relative, the present

species differs in its slightly smaller yet more strongly denticulate

leaves, more slender pedicels with their distal ends, just below the

cephalium, spinulose rather than smooth or minutely scabrous, and

somewhat fewer and less crowded berries.

Sect. Polystachya B. C. Stone

(7) Freycinetia kinabaluana B. C. Stone, sp. nov.

Liana robusta caulis ad 2 cm diametro, foliis anguste attenuato-

subulatis coriaceis 80-100 cm longis 2.5 cm latis, basi vaginantibus,

auriculis 7-9 (-10) cm longis et 7-10 mm latis, marginibus foliorum

basin versus minime et distanter paucidenticulatis (dentibus vix

0.7 mm longis), apicem versus dorso simillime denticulatis, cetera

laevibus. /nflorescentia foeminea terminalis cephaliis pluribus

plerumque 4~7 spiraliter congestis pedicellis 5 cm longis 4-7 mm

crassis subtrigonatis vel semiteretibus ad angulis et in lineis dor-

salibus scabridulis (papillis 0.2 mm longis) in sicco fuscoatris.

Cephalia breve oblongata vei obscure ellipsoidea juventute breviter

cylindracea, ad 5 vel 6 cm longa et 3.5—5 cm lata. Baccae nume-

rosae maturitate flavidae, ad 20-24 mm longae et 3-3.5 mm latae,

clavatae, pileis 5 mm longis anguste pyramidatis, areola stigmatica

c. 1 x 1 vel 1 x 2 mm, stigmatibus (4-) 5—7 (-9); semenibus ad

1.2 mm longis angustis lineari-ellipticis raphe inconspicuis et

strophiolo nullo.

Holotypus: BORNEO: W. Sabah: Mt. Kinabalu, 5,000 ft.,

Mesilau River, Apr 1964, W. L. Chew & E. J. H. Corner (1964

Royal Society Expedition) RSNB 70/3 (K!). Isotypes (SING!

SAR! SAN! ).

Exciccatae: BORNEO: W. Sabah: Mt. Kinabalu, 5,200 ft.,

below Lumu-Lumu, Apr 1933, C. E. Carr SFN 27104 (SING! ).

Bembangan River, 5,000 ft., Feb 1964, Chew & Corner RSNB

4405 (K! SING! SAN! SAR!). Mt. Kinabalu, Tenompok, 5,000

ft., Mar 1932, J. & M.S. Clemens 28711 (=29550) (L!). Mesilau

River, 5,000 ft., Jan 1964, Chew & Corner RSNB 4177 (K!); Feb

1964, Chew & Corner RSNB 4306 (K! ).

A distinctive large species apparently related to F. corneri

B. C. Stone, F. philippinensis Hemsl. and F. multiflora Merr., and

perhaps also to F. whitmorei B. C. Stone of the Solomon Islands.

In its numerous spirally crowded cylindric cephalia this species

appears to belong in Sect. Polystachyae. In a very superficial

way it also resembles F. sumatrana Hemsl. but differs in many

characters. |

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Sect. Filiformicarpae B. C. Stone

(8) Freycinetia parviaculeata B. C. Stone, sp. nov. Figure 3.

F. valde proxime F. tessellata et F. ponapensis sed pedicellis

omnino dense scabridulis et foliorum marginibus conspicue late

denticulatis.

Scandens, robusta, caulis ad 15 mm diametro. Folia erecto-

patentia basi amplectentia coriacea ad 60 cm longa et 3.3 cm

lata, apice acuto, margine e basi ad apicem denticulata, dentibus

antrorsibus fere 1 mm longis et 3-7 mm separatis; costa media

dorso apicem versus simillime denticulata, cetera laevia; auriculis

ad 10-12 cm longis et 1-1.5 cm latis, membranaceis, margine ut

videtur integris (sed fragmentatis). /nflorescentia foeminea termi-

nalis breve pedunculata, cephaliis oblongo-cylindraceis ad 7 cm

longis et 3 cm latis, pedicellis 20-24 mm longis et 5 mm crassis,

obscure trigonatis, in toto dense aculeatissimis. Baccae 13-15 mm

longae, 2-3 mm latae (in sicco) apice coriaceo pileo angusto elon-

gato 5-6 x 1-2 mm truncato, parte basilari succulenti seminiferosi

rubri, areola stigmatica elliptico c. 1 mm lato annulo brunneo

nitente cincta, stigmatibus 2 rarissime 3 discretis, seminibus falcato-

lunatis c. 1 mm longis rubro-miniatis, raphe alba angusta, strophiolo

nullo.

Holotypus: BORNEO: Sarawak; Miri District, Sungei Dalam,

low altitude, on tree by stream in swamp forest, fruit bright red,

June 1961,Dan bin Haji Bakar SAR 4502 (SAR!). Isotypes in

This species is the first of Sect. Filiformicarpae to be reported

from Borneo, and indeed is the first known west of Wallace’s Line.

It is distinguished from its congeners by the broad and conspicuous

marginal leaf-prickles and the densely aculeate pedicels (see illus-

tration), to which the specific epithet refers.

BORNEO: Sarawak: Rejang Mangrove Reserve, Nov. 1968,

Anderson §. 26572 (SAR! ).

Sect. Hemsleyella B. C. Stone

(9) Freycinetia rigidifolia Hemsley, Kew Bull. 1896: 166. Merrill

(1921) 34. Figure 4.

F. acuminata Ridl. Mat. Fl. Mal. Pen. 2: 233, 1907.

Type of Hemsley’s species was from Sarawak (Haviland 436);

that of Ridley’s from Malaya (Ridley 7656).

The species has been reported from Indonesian Borneo (Jaheri

1017).

Recent collections disclose that this is evidently quite a common

species in Borneo. and that it also occurs in the Anambas Islands

and in the Andaman Islands.

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V1) 221

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Fig. 3. Freycinetia parviaculeata B. C. Stone. Holotype. Right: leaf

apex. Center: part of fruit pedicel, showing spinules; below,

enlarged view of spinules. Left, above: berry in profile and top

view, with seed in profile to same scale; below, seed enlarged.

222 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV _ (1970)

BORNEO: Sabah: Mt. Kinabalu; Tenompok, 5,000 ft., March

1932, Clemens 26075 (K!); 26378 (K!); 28750 (L!); 29331 (K!):;

30175 (K! L!). Penibukan, 4,000 ft., Sep 1932, Clemens 40510

(L!). Marai Parai, 9,000 ft., Mai 1933, Clemens 32385 (L!).

Mesilau River, 5,000 ft., Feb 1964, Chew & Corner RSNB 4269

(SAN! SING! ). Ranau Distr. along Kambarango Rd, Aug 1963,

Mikil SAN 38635 (K! SAN!). Sandakan Distr. 25 mi SW of

Sandakan, Lungmanis, Mar 1955, G. H. S. Wood SAN A-2922

(SAN! ). Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve, Mai 1961, Patrick Ping

Sam SAN 24845 (SAN! ). Ranau, Mesilau trail, on tree NT-980,

4,500 ft., Feb 1965, Sadau SAN 42888 (K! SAN! ). Sarawak; Bau,

limestone hills, 1893, Ridley 11712 (K!). Same location, Jul 1963.

Quisumbing PNH &7630 (PNH!). Bidi cliff, C. J. Brooks (K! ).

Gunong Subis, Niah, 400 ft., on ‘mor’ layer at summit of limestone

hill, bracts bright orange, June 1962, Anderson S. 16426 (K!

SAR! ). Bau District, 700 ft. Aug 1963, Chew 56] (K!). Near

Kuching, Dec, 1892, Haviland 3132 (K! SAR!). Near Long Kapa

Mt. Dulit, Ulu Tinjar, 700-900 m, bracts scarlet, P. W. Richards

1964 (L!) KALIMANTAN: W. Koetai, n. 39, nr. Mt. Kemoel,

1,600 m., Oct. 1925, Endert 4374 (L!); 4136 (L! ).

ANAMBAS ISLANDS: Boengoeran, east side of Gunong

Ranai, Apr 1928, van Steenis 1200 (L!).

ANDAMAN ISLANDS: S. Andaman, Kurz (FI! ).

This very well characterized species seems to be one of the most

common species in Borneo. It is also in Malaya, where it has been

known by the name F. acuminata Ridl. Its closest relative, and the

only other member of Sect. Hemsleyella, is F. pectinata Merr. &

Perry of the Solomon Islands.

Of the specimens cited, a few deserve particular mention. Several

of the Clemens collections, particularly 40510, 40452 and 40453,

all from Mt. Kinabalu, are somewhat unusual in their narrower

leaves (about 17 cm long and 5.5 mm wide) and the short auricular

spinules, differences which however noticeable appear to grade

continuously into those of larger plants. The extreme of size

increase is afforded by the Richards 1964 specimen, which has

leaves 44 cm long and 18 mm wide.

Freycinetiae Imperfectae vel Incertae Sedis

(10) Freycinetia palawanensis Elmer, Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 1: 216,

1907, var. andersoniana B. C. Stone var. nov.

Liana scandens, caulis ad 1 cm diametro, internodiis ad 2 cm

longis, foliis anguste lanceolatis ad 42 (vel ultra?) cm _longis

et 2-2.5 cm latis apice acuminato-caudato, basem versus leviter

angustatis, marginibus inermibus apicem versus excepta; cauda

minute denticulata; auriculis delapsis ad 3 cm longis. /nflorescentia

terminalis breve-pedunculatis binis vel ternis pedicellis brevis c.

9 x 5 mm laevibus. Cephalia foeminea cylindracea ad 9 cm longa

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V1)

Fig. 4. Freycinetia rigidifolia Hemsley. Habit (SAN. 59284).

224 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV _ (1970)

et 1.8 cm crassa. Baccae immaturae 6 mm longae lageniformatae

in pileo abrupte angustato 2 mm longo terminatae, areola stigma-

tica 1 mm lato subtruncato, stigmatibus 4-6, parte basilari semini-

feri semenibus 1.5 mm longis angustis sublinearis raphe perangusto

strophiolo nullo.

Holotypus: BORNEO: Sarawak; Baram District, Ulu Sungei

Melinau Paku, 400 ft., climber on riparian hill, Jun 1961, J. A. R.

Anderson SAR 4076 (SAR! unicate).

Exsiccatae: PHILIPPINES: Mindanao; Bukidnon Province,

Mt. Katanglad, Mar 1949, M. D. Sulit PNH 10082 (PNH! ).

This is a very distinct species. The new variety is named in

honor of the Conservator of Forests for Sarawak, who collected

the type specimen. It differs from the commoner Philippine variety

in its broader, longer Jeaves and larger fruiting heads.

(11) Freycinetia biloba B. C. Stone, sp. nov.

Liana scandens caulis ad 8 mm diametro trigonatis, internodiis

1-2 cm longis, foliis erecto-patentibus 23-34 cm longis, 2.5—3.6

cm latis oblanceolatis acuminatis cuspidato-caudatis, fere inermibus

caudo (3-4 cm longo) et marginibus basalibus per brevem spatiam

(1-2 cm) excepta, dentibus minutis 0.1—-0.2 mm longis obtusatis

1-5 mm separatis, costa media cariniformato laeve sed apicem

versus minutissime denticulato. Auriculae ad 25 mm longae et

6-7 mm latae, membranaceae mox caducae leniter rotundata

marginibus creberrima minutissimeque ciliato-denticulatis. Inflores-

centia ternata terminalis, pedunculis communis 20-25 mm longis

ad angulas dense hispidulis, pedicellis 15-20 mm longis 2.5 mm

crassis subteretibus omnino (basem extremam excepta) stramineo-

hispidulis (setis ad 0.5 mm longis antrorsis congestis aciculari-

ventricosis). Cephalia cylindracea immatura ad 30 x 8 mm.

Baccae numerosae, pileis ad 1 mm latis, stigmatibus (3-) 4-8

(-10) vulgo 4-6.

Holotypus: BORNEO: W. Sabah, Beaufort District, Beaufort

Hill, in primary forest, Mar 1961, Meijer SAN 24834 (SAN! ).

Exsiccatae: BORNEO: Sarawak; Sungei Belaga, hillside with

mixed dipterocarp forest, inflorescence chrome yellow, Apr 1963,

P. S. Ashton S. 18229 (K!). — Mt. Mattang, primary forest, fruit

red-orange, 5 April 1968, J. Dransfield 763 (KLU! ).

This species appears similar to F’. ciliaris Martelli, despite the

major difference in facies caused by the much longer and more

numerous spinule-like cilia on the leaf of the latter. F. biloba also

somewhat resembles F. jaheriana Martelli (of New Guinea) but

has berries with more numerous stigmas and considerably narrower

Jeave. However the nearest relative is F. kamiana Stone of

Malaya. The specific epithet is in reference to the two short con-

spicuous auricles.

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V1) 225

(12) Freycinetia borneensis Martelli, Webbia 3: 167, 1910. (as

bornensis; corrected, 1.c. 310). Merrill (1921) 34.

Type from Indonesian Borneo (Jaheri 925) at Leleboelan Tepoetz

(1896-97). A fragment in the Martelli Herbarium in Firenze has a

leaf 16 x 2.8 cm, abruptly cuspidate-caudate, with the cauda 2

cm long; basal auricles 24 x 4-5 mm, apparently rounded; imma-

ture berries 5 x 2.5 mm, pileus narrowed abruptly below the short

stigmatic areola; and stigmas 2 or 3 per berry.

BORNEO: Central E. part, W. Koetai, n. 26, L. Temelin, low

riverbank forest, 200 m. common climber, Aug. 1925. Endert

2918 (L!). Z. en O. Afd. Borneo, km. 14, tusschen Bandjermassin-

Martapoera, Oct. 1939, Polak 513 (L!). — Sarawak; G. Matang,

800 ft. alt., primary forest, clay-loam, bracts orange-pink, spikes

pale pink, April 1966, Anderson S. 25102 (SAR! ).

(13) Freycinetia ciliaris Martelli ex Merrill, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot.

tb te id of ok

Type from Tawao, Sabah (Elmer 21632).

Stems to 5-8 mm thick; leaves oblanceolate, 12-20 cm long,

(1.3-) 2-3 cm wide, caudate-acuminate, acurnen 2-3 cm long,

spinulose; margins (except medially) spinulose; auricles 11—14

mm long, 4-5 mm wide, inarched at apex, pectinate-spinulose

with setae 1-1.5 (or more) mm long, caducous. /nflorescence

ternate, terminal, the pedicels hispidulous, berry with 3-7 stigmas

on a dome-like pileus.

BORNEO: Sabah; Sandakan District, Paitan Forest Reserve,

50 ft., primary forest nr. swamp, Feb. 1963, Ampuria SAN 32085

(K! L! SAN! ). Sepilok Forest Reserve, lowland swamp, uncom-

mon low climber, bracts greenish-white, male spadices 3, oblong,

1 cm long, March 1967, Stone & Meijer 6713 (KLU! ).

One of the most characteristic of the Borneo species, and indeed

very distinct in the genus.

(14) Freycinetia concinna Martelli ex Merrill, Univ. Calif. Publ.

Bot. 15: 16, 1929.

Type from Tawao, Sabah (Elmer 2/596).

BORNEO: Sarawak; Tatau District, Kakus-Pandan Forest

Reserve, on exposed rocky ridge in ‘‘kerangas’”’ forest, inflorescence

vellowish-green, 1,300 ft., Oct. 1959, E. F. Brunig S. 11954 (SAR!).

(15) Freycinetia corneri B. C. Stone, Brittonia 20 (3): 199, 1968.

Type from Singapore (Corner).

BORNEO: Central E. pt., W. Koetai, n. 39, Mt. Kemoel, alt.

1,800 m, mountains in forest, big climber, Oct. 1925, Endert 4453

(L! ).

226 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore —XXV (1970)

This species hitherto known only from Singapore and Johore

now appears in Borneo. Among the large robust species it is

quickly distinguished by its smooth pedicels, subglobose cephalia,

4—8-stigmatic berries, and broad acute leaves with the subtruncate

auricles slightly denticulate at the apex.

(16) Freycinetia discoidea Martelli, Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 111 (Art.

60): 1113, 1911. Figure 5.

Type from Sibuyan Island, P.I. (Elmer 12197).

BORNEO: Sabah; Sandakan District, Leila Forest Reserve,

300 ft., Oct. 1951, Patrick Ping Sam SAN 27822 (SAN! ). Sepilok

Forest Reserve, Sepilok Besar, in swamp with Pandanus corneri

Kaneh., March 1967, Stone & Meijer 6733 (KLU! both stam. and

pistill. plants). Happy Valley, near Leila, Apr 1965, Meijer

4828] (K!).

This is a striking species here first reported tentatively from

Borneo. The leaves are markedly glaucous on their undersurface.

about 38 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, broadly linear, with auricles

50 x 5 mm having entire margins though a very few spinules

occur at the truncate apex. The floral bracts are pinkish-orange;

pedicels are smooth, 15—20 mm long; cephalia about 50 x 14 mm;

and the berries have 2—5, but commonly 2-3, stigmas. One dis-

cordant feature is the indication of scabrid pedicels in the original

description, while our specimens have quite glabrous pedicels.

Conceivably this is an important difference.

(17) Freycinetia hemsleyi Warburg, Pflanzenr. IV. 9: 36, 1900.

Merrill (1921) 34.

F. beccarii Hemsl. Kew Bull. 1896: 166, not of Solms 1879.

Type from Sarawak (Beccari P. B. 3598).

This plant has not appeared again in more recent collections.

It is probably a close relative of F. javanica Bl. and perhaps with

that species should form a section. It has however much broader

leaves of more oblanceolate form, and fewer stigmas per berry.

The following brief description, improving somewhat on Hemsley’s

and Warburg’s, is added, with the hope that the species may be

again collected:

Stems to 5-6 mm _ diameter; leaves _ elliptico-oblanceolate,

broadest beyond the middle, about 3 times longer than wide, up

to 22.5 x 7.5 cm, more often about 16 x 4.5—5 cm, slightly cus-

pidate; auricles short, about 11 x 4.5 mm, denticulate along their

margins and abruptly rounded at apex; Jeaf-veins widely spaced,

20-25 per leaf-half, from 1-1.9 mm apart; inflorescence terminal

and ternate, the pedicels about 20 x 3 mm, scabridulous on the

angles, and all around distally; immature cephalia about 15 x 7

mm; berry with 2-4, or rarely 5, stigmas.

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V1) 227

Fig. 5. Freycinetia discoidea Martelli. Habit (P. P. Sam 27822).

228 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

(18) Freycinetia javanica Blume, Rumphia 1: 156, t. 41. 1835.

Merrill (1921) 34.

Type from Java (Blume).

var. javanica

BORNEO: Eastern pt., Nunukan, N. of Tarakan, inner forests

at low altitude, with dipterocarps, a climber on Oncosperma, Nov.

1953, Meijer 2100 (L!).

var. expansa B. C. Stone, var. nov.

Ab var. typica in foliis valde latioribus differt.

Holotypus: BORNEO: Sarawak; Stepok Forest Reserve, nr.

Kuching, peat-swamp forest, Apr 1967, Stone, Anderson, & Chai

6773 (KLU! ).

Exsiccatae: BORNEO: Sarawak; Near Kuching, Nov. 1892,

Haviland 1970 (K!); Quop, Apr 1907, Hewitt (K! SAR). Kuching,

Mar 1893, Haviland 3131 (SAR!).

These plants cannot be specifically segregated from Blume’s

F.. javanica, yet they differ from most of the Javan, Malayan, and

Sumatran collections I have seen in their broader leaves. However

it is somewhat doubtful that this feature is maintained throughout

Sarawak; certainly the Meijer specimen from East Borneo appears

to be the typical variety.

(19) Freycinetia robinsonii Merrill, Philipp. J. Sci. Bot. 3: 311,

1908.

Type from Luzon, P.I. (Forestry Bureau 3037, Borden).

Represented in Borneo only by the following variety.

var. meijeri B. C. Stone, var. nov.

Liana scandens, caulis ad 7 mm diametro. Folia anguste lanceo-

lata attenuata 27-41 cm longa 9-13 mm lata, tenuiter coriacea,

basi amplectentia, marginibus, basem apicemque, minute et sub-

sparse denticulata, tenuiter coriacea, dentibus ad 0.4 mm longis,

1-2 mm separatis; auriculis 28-45 mm longis, basem versus 5-6

mm latis, chartaceis, brunneis, attenuatis, integerrimis, lateraliter

fragmentatis. /nflorescentia foeminea terminalis, ternatis, pedicellis

23-28 mm longis, 2—2.3 mm crassis, distaliter ad angulas hispidulo-

scabridis; cephaliis cylindraceis 25-40 mm longis, 7-9 mm crassis

(immaturis), baccis numerosis, pileo sulcato pyramidato areola

stigmatica 1 mm lato, stigmatibus 2-3, plerumque 2. Inflorescentia

mascula simillima sed parviora ternata, pedicellis c. 24 mm longis,

1-1.5 mm crassis, laevibus, spicibus c. 15 x 3 mm staminibus

numerosis filamentis c. 1 mm longis, antheris subgloboso-oblongis,

0.2 mm longis; bracteis Janceolatis.

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V1) 229

Holotype: BORNEO: Sabah; Penampang District, Sangai-

sangai, Babagon Rd., c. 4,000 ft. alt., primary forest, near riverside,

fruit green, 17 March 1965, J. K. Laiangah SAN 44362 (L!).

Isotype SAN!

This species is very close to F. vidalii Hemsl. of the Philippines,

differing in the shorter and slightly wider leaves; and also super-

ficially resembles F’. apayaoensis Merr., another Philippine species,

which however has stiffer, more evidently denticulate, lineate,

ensiform leaves. But F. robinsonii is closest to F. multiflora Merr.

BORNEO: Sabah; Tamu Darat, 7 miles on Kota Belud —

Ranau Rd., 200 ft., by river in shade, flowers deep salmon with

yellow anthers, Jan. 1954, S. Darnton 77 (BM! L! Staminate

paratype). — Diwata River 10 mi. WSW of Lahad Datu, “‘porum-

pung” (Dusun Kinabatangan dialect), Feb. 1954, Rapag SAN

A-i816 (SAN). Sandakan District, Sungei Meliau near Kiabau,

50 ft. alt., inflor. orange-red, May 1965, Meijer SAN 49834 (SAN).

This new variety is dedicated to Willy Meijer, formerly Forest

Botanist at Sandakan, who provided much help in the field on the

author’s excursions in 1967.

(20) Freycinetia creaghii Hemsley, Kew Bulletin 1896: 167. Merrill

(1921) 34.

Liana scandens, caulis ad 12 mm diametro. Folia erecto-patentia

tenue coriacea basi amplectenia vaginata, ad 45 cm longa et 3 cm

lata, late linearia sed basim versus paullulo angustata apicem

versus subabrupte acutata non acuminata, marginibus inermibus.

(in base apiceque per brevem spatiam excepta dein perminute

persparse denticulatis); auriculis ad 4 cm longis et 4 mm (vel

ultra?) latis, ut videtur fragmentatis. /nflorescentia foeminea ter-

minalis breve-pedunculata cephaliis ternis subellipsoideis 2.5 cm

longis et 1.5 cm latis, pedicellis 16 mm longis et 2 mm crassis,

minute spinuloso-scabridis. Baccae immaturae 6 mm longae, pileo

anguste obconico 2.5 mm alto in sicco leviter costulato. Areola

stigmatica 0.5-0.8 mm lata stigmatibus 3-5 vulgo 3 bene distincta.

Type: BORNEO: Sabah: Madai, Governor Creagh (K!)

staminate.

BORNEO: Sarawak; Kuching District, 300 ft., Semengoh Forest

Reserve, lowland primary dipterocarp forest, May 1961, Ghazalli

S. 13676 (SAR! ).

The type is a staminate specimen, which may account for the

fact that no other collections have ever been identified as this

species. The above collection permits fuller description and shows

the characters of the pistillate form.

230 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore— XXV (1970)

(21) Freycinetia winkleriana Martelli, Webbia 2: 168, 1919.

Winkler, Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 48: 87. 1912. Merrill (1912) 34.

Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 48: 87. 1912. Merrill (1921) 34.

Type from Indonesian Borneo (Winkler 3313).

Stems to 5 mm diameter; leaves slender, linear, rather stiffly

erect, up to 70 cm long, 10 9-11 mm wide, apex long attenuate-

subulate and subflagellate, triquete, leaf-base marginal teeth (just

above auricles) c. 0.5 mm long; median margins unarmed: apex

denticulate, teeth 1-2 mm apart; midrib distally dorsally spinulose.

Auricles slender, up to 45 x 3 mm, entire, slightly rounded to

subtruncate at apex, often brownish-purplish. Inflorescence ter-

minal, cephalia usually 3 but occasionally 4, on pedicels about

20 x 2 mm, closely and finely hispidulous at distal ends; immature

pistillate cephalia cylindric, about 20 x 4.5 mm. Berries usuaily

with 2, sometimes with 3, rarely with 4 stigmas.

BORNEO: Sarawak; Bintulu District, Bukit Urang, common

climber, spathes purple, Apr 1960, Brunig S. 12033 (K! SAR!).

Kuching, 1911, Salub (SING-026532!). Kuching, “‘native collector,”

475 (PNH!). KALIMANTAN; near Mempawa, peat forest

behind Kampong Sungei Koenjit, Oct. 1940, Polak 704 (L!).

SUMATRA: Indragiri uplands, Berapit, primary forest, Apr

1939, Buwalda 6354 (L! ).

The above specimen first extends the range to Sumatra.

(22) Freycinetia gitingiana Martelli, ex Elmer, Leafl. Philipp. Bot.

Sari, Toit.

BORNEO: Sabah; Mt. Kinabalu, Kokolitan, 2,500 ft., Mai

1953, C. E. Carr SEN. 27342 (SiG }. |

This plant seems probably to be of Philippine affinity, and in

particular resembles F. gitingiana Martelli. Because of this, and in

view of the imperfect state of our knowledge of the Philippine

Freycinetiae, I equate it with that species tentatively. The field

notes indicate that it is a species with “‘golden yellow fruits” which

seems to be a rather rare color.

(23) Freycinetia kalimantanica B. C. Stone, sp. nov. Figure 6.

Liana scandens, caulis ad 1 cm crassis; foliis c. 50-60 cm longis,

c. 18 mm latis, attenuatis, paene inermis, marginibus base perpauce

minuteque denticulatis (dentibus 2-3), apice extremam minute

denticulato; nervis c. 40-44; auriculis subpersistentibus, usque ad

12 cm longis, attenuatis, inermibus, brunneis subnitentibus, sectilis

ve] fissis in segmentibus, ultime caducis, base 12-13 mm latis.

Inflorescentia terminalis ternatis, cephaliis oblonge-cylindraceis,

pedicellis 12-15 mm longis, 5 mm crassis, dense minuteque aureo-

brunneo-hispido-scabridis; cephaliis 3.5-4 cm longis, 1.5-1.8 cm

crassis; braccis plurimis immaturis 4.5 mm longis, pileo plano 0.5

mm alto, stigmatibus plerumque 5-8. Cetera ignota.

231

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V1)

Fig. 6. Freycinetia kalimatanica B. C. Stone, Holotype, Endert 4184.

232 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1970)

Holotype: BORNEO: W. Koetai no 38, 1,500 m alt., 15 Oct.

1925, F. H. Endert 4184 (BO! ).

Very distinct among the Borneo species by the broad, rather

shining brown auricles, which fragment into segments by lateral

splits, and are evidently entire. The leaves are virtually unarmed.

The name is based on the Indonesian name for Borneo, Kali-

mantan.

This species is evidently closely allied to F. corneri Stone but

differs in the densely scabrid 9 pedicels and smaller leaves and

fruits.

(24) Freycinetia confusa Ridley, Mat. Fl. Malay. Pen. 2: 234,

1907. |

Not F.. confusa Elmer 1907 (renamed by Elmer F. villarii 1908).

Type from Singapore (Ridley 4757, lectotype, SING! ).

Represented in Borneo by the following variety.

var. minima B. C. Stone, var. nov.

Foliis brevioribus plerumque 12-16 cm longis.

Holotype: BORNEO: Sarawak; Nanga Balang, extreme head-

waters of Batang Balleh, Kapit District, 950 ft. alt., 20 yds. from

riverbank, dense root-climber to about 20 ft., bracts green tinged

purple at tips, 29 June 1969, J. A. R. Anderson S. 29301 (KLU!

isotypes SAR, K).

The species proper is known from Malaya and Sumatra; this is

its first report in Borneo, but the specimens cited all agree in the

shorter leaves (only about half as long as in Malayan and

Sumatran specimens seen) and a varietal status is thus proposed.

In its very narrow leaves it cannot be confused with other

species except perhaps F. sarawakensis, which has much longer

leaves and lateral inflorescences usually of only one cephalium;

or F. winkleriana, which has longer, slightly wider, more rigid,

and basally purple-tinged leaves with much narrower auricles

(those in F. confusa are pale or stramineous, reach 2-3 mm width,

and are sometimes truncate at apex and minutely ciliolate, while

those of F. winkleriana are only 1 mm wide at apex, entire, and

often purplish). Another similar plant is F. imbricata var.

kuchinensis, but it has somewhat wider, more lanceolate leaves,

with the margins sometimes recurved.

An additional specimen:

BORNEO: Sarawak; ridge between Sungei Balang and Sg.

Balleh in extreme headwaters of Balleh, Kapit District, 1,200 ft.

alt., sandstone-derived soils, small root-climber, 30 June 1969,

Anderson & Ilias Paie §. 28334 (KLU, L, SAR).

Stone — Freycinetia (Pandanaceae V1) 233

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Further Observations on Ancistrocladus tectorius

(Ancistrocladaceae)

By HsuaN KENG

Department of Botany

University of Singapore, Singapore

In a previous paper (Keng 1967), the general habit, flower, fruit,

seed and seedling of Ancistrocladus tectorius (Lour.) Merr.

(Ancistrocladaceae) were described. No explanation was

given to the nature of its hooked branches (see Fig. 1, b and c),

from which the generic name is derived.

In a recent trip (September, 1968) to Batu Limbang, southern

Johore, Malaya, the present writer observed that the sympodial

cirrhate branches of Ancistrocladus tectorius, during that time of

the year, often bear an enlarged tip on the lower segment or

segments. A close examination reveals that each of these enlarged

tips actually represents a reduced flower (see Plate 1, A and B),

with purple perianth and aborted androecium and gynoecium.

Some of these reduced flowers were fully unfolded, but were all

closed and mostly dropped off after bringing back from the field.

A completely developed inflorescence of Ancistrocladus is a

profusely branched dichasium (fig. 1 a). It is likely, therefore, that

the sympodial cirrhate branches represents the modified peduncles

and pedicels of a partially developed inflorescence. Further evi-

dence is found in a rather unusual specimen collected by the

present writer during a still recent (November, 1968) trip to Pulau

Langkawi, Kedah, Malaya. In this specimen (Plate 1, C), the

cirrhate branches are much excessively ramified, comparable closely

to a fully developed inflorescence.

Another well-known example which possesses somewhat similar

structure is Artabotrys (including A. suaveolens Bl. and other

species) of the Annonaceae (Sinclair 1955). In Artabotrys, the

flattened and hooked peduncles bear flowers on the outer surface

of the curved hooks. Although Annonaceae and Ancistrocladaceae

are both characterized by the possession of ruminate endosperm

in their seeds, their flowers, however, are so vastly different. It is

rather difficult to conceive that these two families are closely

related. The more plausible alternative explanation would be that

the modification of peduncles into hook-like structures in these

two groups is a result of convergent evolution. (The presence of

ruminate endosperm in the seed is, however, probably due to the

maintenance of an ancient character).

236 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1970)

Figure I. Ancistrocladus tectorius (Lour.) Merr.

a: spurred branches with dichasial inflorescence; b & c: sympodial

cirrhate branches; from the axils of hooks, the foliaged spurred

branches arise; d: flower, note the outer sepals with large glands;

e: half-flower, showing the cone-shaped stylar bases and the inferior

ovary; f: two stamens of different length, the one opposite sepals is

slightly longer; g: samaroid fruit, winged by persistent accrescent

calyx.

LOETRIRY LO. Saris

Sranennnnnnnnntinnnneineoeey

Plate 1. Ancistrocladus tectorius (Lour.) Merr.

A. Terminal portion of an actively growing plant, showing several

sympodial cirrhate branches. In one branch the lower hook (marked

with an arrow) bears an enlarged tip.

B. Portion of A, enlarged (scales in mm), showing the enlarged

tip which is an aborted flower, with normal but smaller perianth and

reduced androecium and gynoecium.

C. Herbarium specimen, the cirrhate branches are excessively

ramified, comparable closely to a fully developed inflorescence.

Keng — Ancistrocladus tectorius 237

Incidentally, a further note on phylogenetic consideration of the

family Ancistrocladaceae could be made here. The diplostemonous

androecium in Ancistrocladus (Keng 1967, fig. 1) is probably

fundamentally different from that of Linaceae-Hugoniaceae — the

androecium of the latter group is mostly ob-diplostemonous

(Melchior 1964). Based on their comparative studies of wood,

Gottwald and Parameswaran (1968) suggested a possible relation-

ship between Ancistrocladaceae and Dioncophyllaceae.

Line drawings and photographs, based on and taken from the

fresh and herbarium materials, are presented as Figure 1 and Plate

1. To Mrs. R. S. Keng who prepared the drawings and to Mr.

D. Teow, who took the photographs, the author is indebted.

Literature cited

1. Gottwald H. and N. Parameswaran, 1968

Das sekundare Xylem und die systematische Stellung der

Ancistrocladaceae und Dioncophyilaceae. Bot. Jahrb. 88:

4-69.

2. Keng; H:, 1967

Observations on Ancistrocladus tectorius. Gard. Bull.

Sing: 22: 9113=121.

3. Melchior, H., 1964

A. Engler’s Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien, 12 Aufl. Berlin:

Gebruder Borntraeger.

4. Sinclair, J., 1955

A revision of the Malayan Annonaceae. Gard. Bull. Sing.

14: 149-516.

The Genus Orchidantha (Lowiaceae)

By R. E. HOLTTUM

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K.

1. Historical Account

This genus was based on the species Orchidantha borneensis,

described by N. E. Brown in 1886, from a cultivated plant. Only

two days later appeared Scortechini’s description of Lowia

longiflora, a new genus and species from Perak. The two species

are quite distinct, but certainly congeneric. In 1893 Ridley pub-

lished another generic name Protamomum for a third species, P.

maxillarioides, which he found in Pahang. When describing the

latter, and knowing of Scortechini’s species (though apparently

not that of N. E. Brown) Ridley recognized that Lowia and

Protamomum should belong to a distinct family, which he named

Lowiaceae, but no formal description was given. The family is

near Musaceae, agreeing with Musa in having five stamens with a

distinctive large petal on the same radius as the missing stamen,

but in other ways is very different from Musa. In his monograph

of Musaceae K. Schumann (1900) formally established a subfamily

Lowioideae. The family name Lowiaceae did not receive a latin

description until Nakai published one in his conspectus of

Scitamineae (Nakai 1941); his description is based on Ridley, and

is in part inaccurate, in part very vague, and is quite inadequate

to characterize the family though it formally validates the name.

In 1924 appeared the fourth volume of Ridley’s Flora of the

Malay Peninsula, in which two species of Orchidantha are des-

cribed. One of these was called O. longiflora, but the species

described was different from Scortechini’s. Henderson found

Scortechini’s species again in Perak and published a description

of it as a new species O. calcarea in 1933, recognizing that it was

distinct from Ridley’s description and not having seen Scortechini’s

original one.

In 1944 I studied plants of all three Malayan species in cultiva-

tion in the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, and wrote descriptions,

discovering the confusion about the name OQ. longiflora; I also

examined the branching of the inflorescence in these plants, which

had not previously been described. My observations were however

not published.

240 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore —XXV (1970)

In 1955 Irwin Lane published a paper in which he discussed

the distinctions between genera in Musaceae (in Schumann’s broad

sense of the family) and gave reasons for the family status of

Lowiaceae. In this paper he published the first description of the

branching of the inflorescence in Orchidantha, agreeing with my

own observations. He also noted that the extension of the ovary,

to which the floral parts are attached, is solid, not tubular as

described by Ridley (N. E. Brown had also noted this in 1886).

In 1959 Tomlinson published detailed observations on the

anatomy of Musaceae and allied families, giving new evidence for

the distinctness of Lowiaceae, and in 1962 a discussion on the

inter-relationships of all the families of Scitamineae (or Zingi-

berales). These observations were the basis of his account of the

group of families (and others) in 1969. Both Lane and Tomlinson

referred to Nakai’s publication above-mentioned, but cited it

inaccurately.

In 1961 Larsen published descriptions of two new species of

Orchidantha, from Thailand and Laos, with illustrations. His

diagram of the branching of the inflorescence of O. laotica does

not agree with my observations and those of Lane.

In 1969 Dr. Hsuan Keng published observations on plants of

O. longiflora in cultivation in Singapore, with drawings and a

photograph. He stated that the labellum remained rigid for only

6-8 hours, “then turned yellow and curled up and withered

immediately afterwards’. My observations on plants of O. fimbriata

and O. maxillarioides (which had flowers on longer inflorescences

than shown by Dr. Keng) were that the flowers lasted two days

in an expanded condition, though they were limp on the second

day. There is an inaccuracy in Dr. Keng’s floral diagram (fig. 1 g)

which shows the missing stamen on the radius of the dorsal sepal:

it should be on the radius of the labellum, its position thus agree-

ing with the missing stamen in Musa.

The following account of the general morphology of Orchidantha

is based on my own observations of living plants in Singapore.

Following it is a key to all known species, based partly on Larsen’s

observations, and a cescription of each species, those of Malaya

being dealt with in detail, the rest more briefly. At least one more

species exists in Borneo; a specimen of this (Keith 10013, Kabili

Forest Reserve; Sandakan) bearing a fruit but no flowers, is in

the Singapore herbarium.

Literature cited above

Brown, N. E. 1886 (23 October). — Orchidantha borneensis, a

new genus of Scitamineae. Gard. Chron. N.S. 26: 519.

HENDERSON, M. R. 1933. — Additions to the Flora of the Malay

Peninsula. Gard. Bull. Str. Settl. 7: 87-128.

° = .

Holttum — Orchidantha 241

Kena, H. 1969. — Notes on the flowers of Orchidantha longiflora

(Lowiaceae). Gard. Bull. Sing. 24: 347-349.

Lang, I. E. 1955. — Genera and Generic Relationships in Musa-

ceae. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. Miinchen 13: 114-141.

LARSEN, K. 1961. — New species of Veratrum and Orchidantha

from Thailand and Laos. Bot. Tidsskr. 56: 345-350.

NaKAlI, T. 1941. — Notae ad Plantas Asiae Orientalis (XVI). J.

Jap. Bot. 17: 189-210 (Lowiaceae on p. 201).

RIp.ey, H. N. 1893. — On the Flora of the eastern coast of the

Malay Peninsula. Trans. Linn. Soc. Il Bot. 3: 267-408

(Lowiaceae p. 383).

1924. — Lowiaceae, in Flora of the Malay Peninsula

4: 291-293.

SCHUMANN, K. 1900. — Musaceae, in Engler, Das Pflanzenreich

IV, 45: 1-42.

SCORTECHINI, B. 1886 (25 October). — Descrizione di nuove

Scitamineae trovate nella Peninsula Malese. Nuov. Giorn.

Bot. Ital. 18: 308-311.

TOMLINSON, P. B. 1959. — An anatomical approach to the classi-

fication of the Musaceae. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 55:

779-809.

TOMLINSON, P. B. 1962. — Phylogeny of the Scitamineae —

Morphological and Anatomical considerations. Evolution

16: 192-213.

——— 1969. — Anatomy of the Monocotyledons (ed. C. R.

Metcalfe) vol. If11 Commelinales —- Zingiberales. Claren-

don Press, Oxford.

2. Description of the genus

Leaf-bearing stems are short, erect or suberect, often bearing

lateral branches so that the plants are tufted; each branch bears

first a short 2-keeled prophyll backing the axis from which it

arises. Roots are relatively thick; air-canals are present, but not

conspicuous as they are in Musa. Leaves are 2-ranked, their

petioles rather long with sheathing bases which are very close

together on the stem; leaf-blades are long-elliptic, smooth, often

with crisped edges, the lateral veins at a very small angle to the

midrib so that they appear to run longitudinally, joined across by

close rather regular fine cross-veins which are conspicuous in

dried leaves but not in living ones.

242 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV _ (1970)

Inflorescences are terminal on short leafy branches of the stem:

they persist for a long time, sometimes after the leaves below them

have died. There is no main inflorescence-axis bearing primary

bracts, as in all other Scitamineae; the whole inflorescence is a

series of monochasial cymes. The basic unit of branching has at

its base a 2-keeled prophyll and then three bracts and a terminal

flower-bud; the distal bract enfolds the flower-bud and has no bud

in its axil; the next lower bract encloses a bud which will produce

the next branch of the monochasial cyme; the basal bract encloses

a bud which does not immediately develop but may later form

the beginning of a new branch-system of the inflorescence. An

old inflorescence shows a succession of scars where the flowers

have fallen, with two bract-scars between each (the scar of the

basal 2-keeled prophyll is not very distinct). The flower-scars are

in two longitudinal rows not far apart; thus the cyme is near to

being a cincinnus. The bracts are all tubular at the base, and

their exact orientation is not easy to establish.

Flower-structure. Flowers last one or two days after opening. The

inferior ovary has an apical prolongation which bears the floral

parts. This prolongation was called a calyx-tube by Ridley but is

solid; in its centre is a small strand of delicate tissue connecting

the base of the style with the axis of the ovary. The three sepals

are narrow, with almost parallel sides and short tips; they are

slightly fleshy and become limp on the second day. The pezvals

are arranged as in an orchid, two small lateral ones and a much

larger labellum at the base of the flower. The lateral petals are

little longer than the stamens and form with the base of the

labellum (which overlaps them but is not joined to them) a short

tube around the stamens. The labellum is usually about as long

as the sepals, the basal apart (claw) being narrow and the apical

part (blade) being much wider than the sepals; it is at first firm

and slightly fleshy with a slimy surface, on the second day putres-

cent except for the base. The five stamens are of simple structure,

opening inwards, in a close semicircle around the style and facing

the labellum. (Larsen mentions a staminode replacing the sixth

stamen, but I did not note this, nor does it appear in Ridley’s or

Larsen’s drawings). The style is slender, about as long as the

stamens; the concave 3-lobed stigma faces the labellum, its lobes

variously toothed or fringed and joined at the base to form a

shallow cup with raised tumid edges, open towards the labellum:

the backs of the stigmatic lobes (which show in a front view of

the flower) are polished, not receptive.

The ovary, sheathed by the floral bract, is trilocular with axile

placentation and many small ovules. The fruit is a loculicidal

capsule which bears at its tip the shrivelled basal part of the pro-

longation of the ovary. Lane states that there is a joint between

the sterile tip of the ovary proper and the extension bearing the

floral parts, but I did not notice this. The seeds are hairy, much

as in the genus Globba (Zingiberaceae) and have a lacerate aril

consisting of a few long lobes (not mentioned nor figured by Ridley

though present in his specimen now at Kew).

Holttum — Orchidantha 243

3. Species, Key and Descriptions

Style with stigmas 23-44 cm long; stigmas

fimbriate, fimbriae 5-6 mm long

Labellum 10-12 cm long, its blade 5 cm wide;

sepals 11-14 cm long

1. O. fimbriata

Labellum 6 cm long, its blade 2.2 cm wide;

sepals 6-64 cm long

2. O. siamensis

Style with stigmas not over 1.6 cm long; stigmas

with short teeth or trilobed

Ovary with extension 8-12 cm long;

sepals 6-10 cm long

3. O. longiflora

Ovary with extension 2-54 cm long;

sepals 24-3 cm long

Stigma-lobes bilobed with a small tooth

in the sinus; ovary with extension

54 cm long

4. O. maxillarioides

Stigma-lobes finely toothed; ovary with

extension 2—24 cm long

Sepals greenish white; petals 10 x 4 mm;

labellum brown with yellow lines

5. O. laotica

Sepals pale yellow at base to dull

purple at apex; petals 84 x 14 mm;

labellum blackish violet

6. O. borneensis

1. Orchidantha fimbriata Holttum, sp. nov.

O. longiflora sensu Ridley, Fl. Mal. Penin. 4 (1924) 292; M.T.M.

in Gard. Chron. Ser. III, 20 (1896) 658, with fig; not Lowia

longiflora Scort.

A Lowia longiflora Scort. differt: stylo cum stigmatibus triplo

longioribus; stigmatibus longe fimbriatis; lebello duplo longiori et

latiori.

Leaf-blade light green, to 100 x 15 cm, base narrowly decurrent,

edges undulate; petiole with sheath to 30 cm long. Inflorescence

little branched; 2-keeled bracts 18 mm long; intermediate bracts

to 7 cm long, green; floral bract to 15 cm long, dull purple. Ovary

with extension 12—20 cm long, purple, distal part 4 mm diameter.

Sepals reflexed, 11-14 cm long, 2 cm wide when flattened, narrowed

very gradually to the mucronate apex, edges strongly recurved

when flower first expands, flattening later, dark dull purple

throughout or green with a dark purple base. Petals at first rolled

back, cream with dark purple tip and base, 27 mm long, 6 mm

wide near base, narrowly triangular, apex filiform. Labellum 10-

12 cm long, 5 cm wide when flattened, base dark purple-brown,

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narrow, with inflexed sides, widening abruptly beyond the stigma

to a creamy white irregularly grooved and folded blade, towards

apex usually 3-lobed, lateral lobes reflexed, middle lobe smaller

and straight, texture rather fleshy, surface smooth and somewhat

mucilaginous. Stamens 24 mm long in all, filament 3 mm, flushed

with purple, anther cream. Style 2 cm long, purplish, wiry, stigma

2.4 cm long, white at base beneath (receptive surface) divided

almost to the base into 3 narrow dark purple shining lobes arranged

near together almost in a horizontal plane like a trident, their

distal edges bearing many curved fimbriae 5-6 mm long. Fruit

84 cm long including neck; seeds as in O. maxillarioides, 1 cm

long, aril-lobes to 15 mm long.

TYPE: Haniff 3957 (Ridley’s no. 16313), Perak, G. Kerbau,

S. Batu (SING). Other specimens in SING. PERAK. Ridley s.n.

1898, Tambun. Curtis s.n. Aug. 1898, Ipoh. SELANGOR. Ridley

8169, Gua Batu. Goodenough s.n. 1896, Ulu Langat. PAHANG.

Burkill & Haniff 16445, Benus valley, Bentong. TRENGGANU.

Corner s.n, 20.11.1935, Sungei Nipa, Kemaman ‘“‘abundant on the

hillsides in the stream valleys”. CULT. Hort. Bot. Singap. Sappan

s.n. 4.11.1926 (fig).

In addition to the above, there is in Kew Herbarium a specimen

collected by Scortechini in Perak (the name not in his handwriting)

presumably distributed after his death from Calcutta. There are

also flowers from a plant cultivated in the Botanic Garden at

Calcutta.

The flowers have at first an unpleasant odour, described by

Corner (on the label of his Kemaman specimen) as “smelling of

bugs and coconut oil’. On the second day the lip is putrescent,

the sepals become flat, and the odour is more like that of a

fungus. Such odours usually attract flies, but I did not observe

any flies visiting the flowers on cultivated plants at Singapore, nor

any fruits produced by those plants.

In addition to the Kemaman specimen recorded above, Corner

also collected another Orchidantha in Ulu Ayam swamp (S.F.N.

30353). He reports this as smaller than O. fimbriata as found at

S. Nipa, the flowers apparently similar but without scent (unfor-

tunately no complete flower was preserved). He records the Malay

name Lobor and that the leaves are used for wrapping bras pulut

in cooking. He also noted a smell of bananas when the plant was

crushed.

After the manuscript was submitted for publication, Dr. Hsuan

Keng of the Botany Department (University of Singapore) informed

me that Professor A. N. Rao collected a clump of this plant on

Gunong Panti in South Johore in 1969 and grew it in the Depart-

ment. Late September 1970, the plant produced flowers which

were photographed (see Plate 1).

2. Orchidantha siamensis Larsen, Bot. Tidsskr. 56 (1961) 347, 348,

igt2}¢3:

Leaf-blade 35 x 6~-7 cm, cuspidate; petiole with sheath 28 cm.

Ovary with extension 10-14 cm long; sepals 6-63 cm x 8-10 mm,

dull purple; petals 15-20 x 2 mm; labellum, narrow basal part 3

cm long, purple, blade 3 x 2.2 cm, white, emarginate; stamens

Holttum — Orchidantha 245

10 mm long; style 10-15 mm long, stigma 15 mm, lobes laciniate,

laciniae to 6 mm long; fruit 24-3 cm long, seeds 7 mm long, arill-

lobes 10 mm.

TYPE: Kerr 7148, Bachaw, Pattani, S. Thailand (K). Also

collected at some locality by Kiah, S.F.N. 24292 (SING).

3. Orchidantha longiflora (Scort.) Ridl., Flora Mal. Penin. 4 (1924)

292, nomen tantum. H. Keng, Gard. Bull. Sing. 24 (1969) 347-

349. — Lowia longiflora Scort., Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 18 (1886)

308, t. 11. K. Schum. in Engler Pflanzenreich IV, 45 (1900) 40,

fig. 1OA. — Orchidantha calcarea Hend., Gard. Bull. Str. Settl.

T (1935) to.

Leaf-blade to 55 x 6 cm, somewhat recurved with raised un-

dulate edges, base long-decurrent and not sharply distinct from

the broadly grooved petiole; petiole with sheath to 20 cm long.

Ovary with extension 8-12 cm long, tinged with pink. Sepals

6-10 cm long, to 15 mm wide, oblong, shortly narrowed to apiculate

tip, edges more or less revolute, dark brown-purple towards apex,

olive green with brown veins towards base. Petals 2.8 cm long,

3 mm wide at the base, with long slender tip, nearly white.

Labellum 5-6 cm long, 2.2-2.5 cm wide, base dark purple with

overlapping edges quite enclosing sepals and petals, blade ovate,

creamy white, strongly rugose with raised veins, tip (always?)

with a triangular sinus 14 mm deep, the raised midrib ending in

a point in the sinus, a little longer than the lobes. Stamens in all

12 mm long, filaments short, widened and purplish brown at the

base. Style 1 cm long; stigma-lobes purple, with truncate apices

finely and irregularly toothed, midlobe 6 mm long, laterals shorter.

TYPE. The type of this species has not been found, but the

agreement of Scortechini’s descriptions and figure with Henderson’s

specimen, especially in dimensions and shape of stigmas and

labellum, leave no doubt that Henderson had re-discovered Scor-

techini’s species (the discrepancies are that Scortechini gave 10

cm as length of sepals, Henderson 6 cm, and Scortechini 12 cm

for length of “‘calyx-tube’’, Henderson 8-10 cm). In the Singapore

Herbarium is a specimen collected by Wray, no 3366, from Upper

Perak, labelled Lowia longiflora Scort. in an unknown hand, which

is clearly this species; Henderson evidently did not notice it. The

type of O. calcarea Hend. is Henderson 26023, Lenggong, Upper

Perak. No other specimens are known.

4. Orchidantha maxillarioides (Ridl.) K. Schum. in Engler, Pflan-

zenreich, Musaceae (1900) 42. Rid]. Flora Mal. Penin. 4 (1924)

293. — Protamomum maxillarioides Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. II

Bot. 3 (1893) 383, t. 66. — Lowia maxillarioides (Ridl.) Baker,

Bot. Mag. (1894) t. 7351.

Leaf-blade to 33 x 8.5 cm, concave with broadly waved edge,

base rather broadly cuneate and sharply distinct from the petiole;

petiole narrowly grooved, 20-40 cm long, slender; sheath 10-20

cm long. Inflorescence often with several branches close together,

246 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

branches sometimes branched again; floral bract 3.5 cm long, dark

purple. Ovary with extension 20 mm longer than bract, purplish.

Dorsal sepal hardly 3 cm long, 44 mm wide, edges a little reflexed;

lateral sepals 3.2 cm x 54 mm, slightly concave, edges not reflexed,

all sepals translucent purplish, greenish towards apex, oblong, the

apical quarter narrowed to acute tip. Petals 7 mm long, less than

2 mm wide, oblong with short abrupt tip, straight, dull purplish

with pale veins. Labellum 21 x 10 mm, elliptic, apex rounded,

basal 3-4 mm with sides upcurved, meeting but not overlapping

the petals, cream with faint dull purple mottling especially towards

the apex, base entirely flushed with dark purple, surface with about

3 longitudinal folds on either side of a broad plane median band.

Stamens hardly 5 mm long, filaments shorter than anther, whitish.

Style white, 4 mm long; stigma dull dark violet, base hollow, each

of the three lobes 2 mm long and wide, bilobed, with a small

tooth in the sinus. Fruit purple, 3 cm long, 1.7 cm wide, 3-angled,

narrowed at apex to a stiff appendage 15 mm long; seeds 7 mm

long, 5 mm wide, short-hairy, spherical above a narrow base; aril

of c. 6 stiff narrow lobes longer than seed.

TYPE. Ridley 2399, Pulau Tawar, Pahang. Other specimens:

Henderson 21864, Tembeling, Pahang. Cult. Bot. Gard. Singapore,

Md Nur s.n. 4.10.1926.

The origin of the plants cultivated at Singapore is not recorded.

They do not usually bear fruits, but there is a ripe capsule on

Ridley’s original collection. The flowers have no perceptible odour.

5. Orchidantha laotica Larsen, Bot. Tidsskr. 56 (1961) 349, fig.

Leaf-blade 35-50 x 10-15 cm; petiole with sheath 45 cm.

Ovary with extension 2.5 cm long. Sepals 3 cm x 5 mm, greenish

white; petals 10 x 4 mm; labellum 2-2.5 cm long, brown with

yellow lines; stamens 5-6 mm long; style 5 mm, stigma 3 mm,

lobes shortly laciniate.

TYPE. Kerr 21284, Muang Baw near Wieng Chan, Laos (K).

6. Orchidantha borneensis N. E. Brown, Gard. Chron. N.S. 26

(1886) 519.

Leaf-blade 15-25 x 6-9 cm; petiole 10-25 cm. Ovary with

extension 1.8 cm. Sepals 2.5—2.8 cm long, base pale yellowish, apex

dull purple; petals 8 x 14 mm, truncate with a fine bristle at apex;

labellum 2 cm long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, blackish violet

(as petals); stamens 5 mm long; style “as long as the stamens,

slender, terete, whitish, terminating in a blackish violet 3-parted

fimbriate crest with a V-shaped stigma below it facing the

labellum’’.

TYPE. Cult. Compagnie Continentale d’Horticulture, Gand, 23

June 1885, origin Borneo (K). A letter from Florence attached

to the type sheet at Kew confirms that this species was published

two days before Lowia longiflora Scort.

Plate 1. Orchidantha fimbriata Holttum.

Photographs of plant from Gunong Panti. Divisions in cm.

Left: Habit of flowers. Right: Close-up of one to show fimbriate stigmas.

(Photographs by Mr. D. Teow),

The Arborescent Naucleae of New Guinea and

Solomon Islands (Rubiaceae)

By C. E. RIDSDALE*

Department of Botany,

The University, Bristol, U.K.

Rubiaceae of the New Guinea region were the principal

interest of Th. Valeton in the early part of this century. The

Naucleae were considered in his treatise on the Rubiaceae (Bot.

Jahr. 60, 1925). More recent collections have revealed the

presence of additional species in the area which are referable

to the genus Neonauclea Merrill. The present paper considers

this group in detail in an attempt to integrate the earlier

information with a study of the more numerous later collections,

and reassesses the taxonomy of the genus Neonauclea and its

relationship to other arborescent Naucleae. The complex generic

synonymy is not considered in detail as this is the subject of

a detailed review being prepared by Bakhuizen van den Brink

(personal communication).

The Linnean genus Nauclea was based on _ heterogenous

material; that which remains has been located by Bakhuizen

van den Brink and found to be congeneric with Adina Salisb.

Merrill’s homonym excludes Nauclea L. and is a circumscription

based on Sarcocephalus Afz. ex Sabine. Nauclea L. is not in

current usage and is not conserved. Bakhuizen van den Brink

suggests conservation of Nauclea Merrill against Nauclea L. and

Sarcocephalus Afz. ex Sabine and conservation of Adina Salisb.

against heterotypic Nauclea L. Whilst this would avoid emenda-

tion of binomials to some extent and conserve the current usage

of the genera, it can hardly be said that reversion from Adina

Salisb. to Nauclea L. and from Nauclea Merrill to Sarcocephalus

Afz. ex Sabine is a less satisfactory solution. Sarcocephalus Afz.

ex Sabine was in use up to 1915 and persisted in some areas

until 1963. Adina Salisb., on the other hand, has some 170 years

of use but most of its thirty or so members were originally

ascribed to Nauclea L. Furthermore, the Malesian representatives

of Adina are not congeneric with Nauclea L. and Bakhuizen

van den Brink suggests that they should be accommodated in

a new genus, Metadina. Thus the alternative to the proposal,

to conserve Nauclea Merrill and Adina Salisb., would, in most

cases, require only reversion to earlier names. Later taxa would

require recombination.

* Formerly of Division of Botany, Lae, New Guinea.

248 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

Valeton (Bot. Jahr. 60, 1925) severely criticised Merrill's

concept of Nauclea and Neonauclea but preferred the Nauclea

concept of Korthals. There is a clear case, however, for the

retention of Neonauclea and the erection of Metadina as

morphologically and geographically well defined genera.

The description is based on material from the region under

discussion and field notes are included, being compiled from

personal observation or from data supplied by reliable foresters.

Frequently the material preserved on herbarium sheets is not

sufficient to identify the collection as the plants are relatively

rarely collected in the vegetative condition where the characters

of the stipules may be observed. Combined keys are included

so that it should be possible to identify the material in any

condition.

Key to Genera of Naucleae

Climbers. Inflorescence modified into hooks; corolla imbricate;

calyx lobes short, inappendiculate; seeds winged Uncaria

(not considered further)

Trees.

Lobes of corolla valvate; calyx short, truncate; stigma mitriform;

fruit dehiscing from the apex and remaining attached at the

base only; leaves close veined with 10-12 pairs of veins. Plants

of riverine swamp forests Mitragyna

Lobes of the corolla imbricate; calyx distinctly lobed; stigma

and fruit otherwise;

Flowers axillary; stigma subglobose; on dehiscing fruit axis

crowned by the calyx remains; stipules small, less than 5 mm

Metadina

Flowers terminal; stigma various; fruit not as above; stipules

greater than 5 mm;

Fruit a fused syncarp or a concrescent aggregate of capsules;

Calyces fused; fruit a fused syncarp; stigma lanceolate;

stipules obtuse Sarcoce phalus

Calyces concrescent: fruit a loose aggregate of capsules;

stigma lanceolate; stipules long sepuhinate. Trees of wet,

poor, swamp forest Anthocephalus

Fruit at maturity composed of numerous free cocci, initially

a pseudosyncarp: calyces completely free Neonauclea

Mitragyna Korthals

Mitragyna speciosa Korthals Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. tome 35 (1840).

M. speciosa Korth. Obs. de Naucl. Ind. 19 (1939), nomen nudum.

Stephygyne speciosa Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 160 (1840).

S. parvifolia K. Schum. Fl. Kaiser-Wilhelmsland 127 (1889).

Nauclea speciosa Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. ii: 140 (1856).

Ridsdale — Arborescent Naucleae 249

Tree attaining 30 m (190 ft) commonly 11-25 m (60-81 ft),

bole 12-15 m (40-50 ft), sometimes flanged. Other bark greyish

green, shallowly sculptured, and with pustular lenticels; under

bark green; inner bark straw turning brown on exposure. Wood

straw, sapwood ill defined. Young branches dark brown,

internodes 2.5-6 cm, nodes pubescent. Stipules elliptic 7-15 mm

long x 4-5 mm wide, sparsely pubescent. Leaves ovate (7-)

10-14 x 3-5 cm, apex obtuse, abruptly acuminate; base obtuse,

slightly decurrent in the petiole; glabrous above, pubescent on

the veins below or sub-glabrous with tufts of hairs in the axils

of the veins. Lateral veins (9—) 11-15. Petiole 2.4 cm. /nflorescence

solitary; peduncle 6-10 mm to bract scar. Capitulum including

styles c. 3cm diameter, subtended by a pair of reduced leaves

(c. 4.5 x 1.5-2 cm) immediately below a pair of ovate pubescent

bracts. Calyx cupuliform c. 2 mm, shallowly lobed. Bracteoles

4 mm with slightly expanded apex. Corolla tube c. 5 mm, lobes

filiform 2.5—3 mm, valvate in bud. Style c. 5 mm, mitrate portion

c. 2 mm. Fruiting capitulum c. 20 mm diameter, individual

cocci 7 mm dehiscing from the apex but remaining attached

at the base.

Widespread tree of swamp forest expecially on riverine flood

plains.

TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA. Sepik: NGF 3758;

Hollrung 674; Ledermann 6880. PAPUA. NGF. 4586, 33409;

Brass 8689; Hoogland 4217; Saunders 98. IRIAN BARAT.

Valeton 195; bb 25670 (Ned. Ind. Forest. Service).

?-MOLUCCAS; PHILIPPINES, BORNEO.

Metadina Bakkuizen van den Brink

Ab Adina Salisb (typus A. globiflora Salisb.) differt ovulis in

loculis numerosissimis, alabastris terminalibus conicis, habitu

arboris.

Type Nauclea trichotoma Z. & M. in Moritzi, Syst. Verz. 61, 1864.

Syn. Adina trichotoma (Z. & M.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hook. f.

& Jacks., Ind. Kew. 1: 43, 1895.

The genus as erected above was proposed and delimited by

Bakhuizen van den Brink (Taxon 19: 472 (1970) ) to contain the

Malesian taxa previously referred to Adina Salisb. It is

characterized by the small acuminate stipules, presence of

bracteoles in the capitulum, and small obtuse-truncate calyx lobes.

The calyx and ovary easily detach from the basal portion which

is immersed in the tissue of the capitulum. The spathulate

bracteoles arise from this basal portion and are interspersed

between dense hairs. The genus occurs throughout the Phillipine

and Indonesian Islands but only just reaches the extreme western

part of New Guinea.

250 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore —X XV _ (1970)

Metadina multifolia (Hav.) Ridsdale comb. nov.

Adina multifolia Haviland Journ. Linn. Soc. 33: 45 (1897).

Tree attaining 25 m (81 ft), bole c. 13 m (42 ft). Outer bark

greyish purple, slightly flaky; inner bark creamish white. Sapwood

white, heartwood straw yellow-orange. Young twigs rusty brown

with scattered lenticels; internodes 1-2.5 cm. Stipules small

acuminate c. 4.5 x 2 mm, glabrous. Leaves elliptic (5—) 7-15 x

(2-) 3-6 cm, base cuneate, slightly decurrent into the petiole,

glabrous. Lateral veins 7-8 prominent; petiole 5-15 mm.

Inflorescence axillary, solitary; peduncle from the first leaf to

the bract scar 2.5-4.5 cm, bract scar to capitulum c. 1 cm;

bract small, coronate-dentate, usually persistent. Capitulum

including styles 12-20 mm diameter. Calyx 1.5 mm overall,

upper portion 0.5 mm, slightly papillose, lobes small, elliptic,

obtuse, margin ciliate; columnar base densely pubescent and

surrounded by bracteolar portion, apex of ovary slightly raised

at margin bearing a ring of hairs and 5 bracteolae; bracteolae

spathulate, ciliate hairy at margin. Corolla 4-5 mm papillose,

lobes 1 mm. Style exserted c. 4 mm. Fruiting capitulum c. 10 mm

diameter, remains of the calyx (bracteolae bearing portion)

persistent on the axis after dehiscence. Fig. 1 B-—E.

IRIAN BARAT. bd 32711 (Ned. Ind. Forest. Service).

Kostermans 109 (=bb 33341); BW. 956, 3705, 3887, 5767;

P. v. Royen 3511. MOLUCCAS. Ambon: Buwalda 6140; bb

25933 Morotoai. Kostermans 827, 1650; Tangkilisam 213

(=bb 33886).

Sarcocephalus Afz. ex Sabine

Mature leaves generally ovate to orbicular, greater than 12 cm;

stipules greater than 1 cm; flowering capitulum greater than 35 mm

S. coadunata

Mature leaves elliptic, less than 12 cm long; stipules less than 1

cm; flowering capitulum less than 35 mm

S tenuiflorus

Sarcocephalus coadunata (Roxb. ex Smith) Druce (as Sarcocephalis)

Rep .Bot. Exch. Club Brit. Isles, 4: 644, 1916 (1917).

Nauclea coadunata Roxb. ex Smith in Rees, Cycl. xxiv n. 6 (1813).

Medium tree attaining 25 m (81 ft.), usually smaller, branches

more or less horizontal, not buttressed, bole stout. Outer bark

dark brown, thick, deeply and flaky fissured; inner bark straw.

Wood yellow. Young twigs rugose; internodes 2-5 cm. Stipules

broadly ovate to orbicular, 3-4 cm long. Leaves broadly ovate

15-30 x 7.5-15 cm, sometimes larger, apex obtuse, base obtuse

or cordate sometimes decurrent in the petiole; glabrous to pubes-

cent on the undersurface. /nflorescence usually a solitary capitulum;

peduncle 2-5 cm. Bracts, large ovate, deciduous. Capitulum in-

cluding styles 4 cm diameter, without flowers 1 cm. Calyces fused

Ridsdale — Arborescent Naucleae 251

Fig. 1. Sarcocephalus tenuiflorus & Metadina multifolia: A, S. tenuiflorus:

Corolla and stigma; B-E, M. multifolia: B, Complete flower; C, Calyx;

D-E, Basal bracteoles.

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lobes deciduous, clavate c. 3 mm, vestigial lobes triangular, slightly

pubescent. Corolla cream to yellow, tube 7 mm, lobes 4-5 mm,

glabrous. Style exserted c. 7 mm, stigma spindle-shaped. Syncarp

c. 2.5-3 cm; seeds ovoid, not winged.

Widespread tree of secondary regrowth, grasslands and savannah.

Throughout S.E. Asia.

Sarcocephalus tenuiflorus Hav., Journ. Linn. Soc. 33: 32 (1897).

Nauclea tenuiflora (Hav.) Merrill, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 337

(1915).

Medium tree attaining 25 m (81 ft.). Outer bark reddish brown;

inner bark straw. Branchlets smooth, internodes 2-4 cm. Stipules

ovate to orbicular, 6-8 mm, slightly keeled. Leaves elliptic to

narrowly obovate 7-12 x 3-6 cm; apex acuminate, base cuneate;

glabrous. Lateral veins 6-8. Inflorescence solitary. Bracts ovate,

caducous. Capitulum including styles 25-30 mm diameter. Calyces

fused, lobes spathulate 1 mm. Corolla white, tube 16 mm, lobes

4-5 mm. Style 8-10 mm, stigma lanceolate 3 mm. Syncarp 10-20

mm diameter. Seeds ovoid, not winged. Fig. 1A.

Scattered in wet swamp forest frequently associated with Metro-

xylon swamps.

TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA. NGF 3829, 9963,

14192, 19144, 22886, 35132; Hollrung 829 (Type). PAPUA.

Saunders 68; Schodde 2385. IRIAN BARAT. BW /31/1.

Further investigation will probably show that this species is only

part of a variable complex of N. subditus (Miq.) Merrill to which

the type was referred by K. Schumann.

| Anthocephalus A. Rich.

Anthocephalus chinensis (Lamk.) A. Rich. ex. Walp.

Tree attaining 30 m (100 ft.), bole straight, often buttressed.

Outer bark grey, pustular, finely furrowed; inner bark straw. Wood

white, soft, grading to orange heartwood. Branchlets glabrous;

internodes 1-4 cm. Stipules lanceolate-acuminate 1.5—2 cm, glab-

rous. Leaves elliptic (rarely elliptic-orbicular) 15-50 x 8-25 cm;

apex slightly acuminate, base obtuse to rotundate; glabrous above,

pubescent on the undersurface. Lateral veins (7—) 10-15, prominent

below. Petiole c. 2.5 cm. /nflorescence solitary, peduncle 2.54

cm. Bracts small c. 2 mm. Capitulum including styles 3-5 cm

diameter. Calyx 5-8 mm, linear-elliptic, sub-glabrous. Corolla tube

8 mm, lobes 2-3 mm. Style exserted c. 10 mm. Fruiting capitulum

20-45 mm diameter, individual cocci c. 6 mm.

Widespread in regrowth communities and wet lowland swamp

forest.

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Neonauclea Merrill

This is the most diverse and widespread genus of the Naucleae;

in the New Guinea region it is represented by some thirteen species

which are to be found from the lowlands to mid-montane altitudes.

It is frequently difficult to separate the species both in the her-

barium and in the field using the available literature. The characters

which have been found to be useful are considered below.

VEGETATIVE CHARACTERS

It is possible to identify the species by means of vegetative

characters which are frequently ignored in keys constructed from

herbarium material. Thus two keys are included which should

serve the field botanist and also for the identification of herbarium

material. The most distinctive feature of the genus is the stipules

(fig. 2); characters of shape and pubescence are distinctive to the

level of species groups. Bakhuizen van den Brink has independ-

ently drawn attention to the stipular characters and has used them

in the delimitation of the genus. The New Guinea species do not

agree with this proposed delimitation as those with acuminate

stipules would be excluded from Neonauclea and would appear

nearer to Metadina, reference to the calyx immediately confirms

their position in Neonauclea where they are placed in the present

work. Experience has shown that in the majority of species these

characters are constant. Some variation has been noted during

the period of shoot expansion, especially in N. obversifolia and

N. hagenii. During this period some degree of elongation of the

stipules has been observed but this is readily recognisable and the

general shape of the stipule is still maintained. Pubescence is

usually characteristic to the species level but may vary to a small

degree with maturity and locality. The keel found in some species

occasionally shows some variation in the degree of development,

e.g. N. gordoniana generally is without a keel but sometimes has

a slight keel developed which somewhat alters the shape. This

situation does not arise in species which have a pronounced keel,

such species are generally acuminate. It is probable that this

variation is a reflexion of the structure and shape of the shoot apex.

Collectors often ignore the vegetative parts as flowering is

terminal on lateral shoots and hence the vegetative phase is

frequently not represented in herbarium collections.

FLORAL CHARACTERS

The lateral shoots in the reproductive phase have several charac-

ters which vary with the degree of maturation. In the early stages

the capitulum is completely surrounded by a pair of bracts, typi-

cally broadly ovate; these are early caducous. The first pair of

leaves below the capitulum is usually highly reduced and caducous

in some species (fig. 3).

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254

Fig. 2. Stipules of Neonauclea: A, N. acuminata; B, N. perspicuinervia;

C, N. hagenii; D, N. gordoniana; E, N. lanceolata; F, N. chalmersii;

G, N. obversifolia; H, N. brassii; 1, N. solomonensis; J, N. maluensis;

K, N. forsteri; L, N. versteeghii; M, N. clemensii.

Ridsdale — Arborescent Naucleae 255

Fig. 3. Neonauclea forsteri: showing relationships between foliar leaves,

reduced leaves below the capitulum, stipules and the bracts.

256 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1970)

The appearance of the calyx changes with the degree of maturity.

There are five lobes which surround and overtop the immature

corolla, these being attached to the basal part by a thin shaft; as

the corolla expands the calyx lobes gradually break across the

narrow base of the shaft. It is apparent that in some species there

is a change in the general morphology of the lobes at this time

due to shrinkage and contortion of the different areas (fig. 6). At

maturity the calyx consists of a cylindrical base with the remains

of the five shafts appearing as vestigial lobes. These appendiculate

lobes are characterisic of the genus. In the fruiting stage the calyx

becomes further contorted and caps the individual cocci. The size,

morphological form, and type of pubescence of the lobes are

characteristic to the species groups.

Within the genus the corolla is of limited variability which is

expressed in the shape of the tube and in the size of the lobes. In

the fruiting stage the size of the whole capitulum and of the indi-

vidual cocci is the only general character of taxonomic value.

ECOLOGY

The genus reflects a family characteristic of being commonly

found in transition zones and seral communities. The trees are

occasional as components of the canopy layer under primary

forest conditions but more frequently occur in the subcanopy.

Many species are found in advanced regrowth communities.

The genus appears to have undergone a degree of ecological

evolution from forest types, showing relic pachycaul construction,

to types found in transient communities which may be small

leptocaul shrubs. This change has resulted in some degree of

parallelism with species outside New Guinea.

HERBARIUM KEY TO SPECIES OF NEONAUCLEA

Leaves pubescent, at least on the veins below

Leaves sub-auriculate, sessile or slightly

petiolate N. clemensii

Leaves not sub-auriculate, distinctly

petiolate

Leaves cuneate at the base or sub-

orbicular, obtuse N. versteeghii

Leaves truncate, obtuse, or cordate at

the base N. forsteri

Leaves glabrous

Calyx lobes with persistent acicular pro-

cessess and leaves linear to narrowly

elliptic, c. 5x as long as wide N. chalmersii

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Calyx and leaves otherwise

Corolla pubescent

Corolla 5-6 mm; capitulum 20-35

mm diameter; fruit cocci 4 mm

Corolla 10-12 mm; capitulum 55-70

mm diameter; fruit cocci 10 mm

Corolla glabrous

Corolla < 10 mm; capitulum

35 mm (without fls. <12 mm);

fr. capitulum < 20 mm

Stipules narrowly linear, obtuse,

generally more than 3 x as

wide

Stipules glabrous

Stipules finely pubescent

Stipules obovate-spathulate, less

than 3x as long as wide

Corolla > 10 mm; capitulum

40 mm (without fls.> 15 mm);

fr. capitulum > 20 mm

Corolla less than 13 mm

Stipules and petioles glabrous;

stipules spathulate-ovate,

keeled; corolla narrowly

campanulate, lobes c. 1 mm;

style exserted c. 8 mm

Calyx lobes c. 5.5 mm,

apiculate

Calyx lobes c. 3 mm, obtuse

Stipules and petioles finely

pubescent; stipules acute, not

keeled; corolla broadly cam-

panulate, lobes 2-2.5 mm;

style exserted c. 12-15 mm

Corolla greater than 13 mm

Stipules acute

Stipules ovate, elliptic or

obovate

Peduncles and nodes pubes-

cent; stipules broadly

ovate to obovate; pubes-

cent; corolla lobes c. 6 mm;

stamens exserted

Peduncles and nodes glab-

rous; stipules elliptic to

elliptic ovate, glabrous

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N. lanceolata

N. hagenii

ssp. papuana

N. gordoniana

N. obversifolia

N. solomonensis

N. brassii

N. maluensis

N. hagenii

N. acuminata

N. forsteri

N. perspicuinervia

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FIELD KEY TO SPECIES OF NEONAUCLEA

Leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, c. 5x as

long as wide; calyx lobes with long acicular

appendages at apex

Leaves and calyx appendages otherwise

Stipules acute at apex

Stipules pubescent

Stipules linear oblong; capitulum 25—

35 mm; style exserted c. 5 mm;

leaves elliptic, generally apiculate,

usually less than 11 cm

Stipules trigonal lanceolate; capitulum

exceeding 50 mm; style exserted

c. 12 mm; leaves broadly elliptic to

ovate, not apiculate, usually exceed-

ing 11 cm

Stipules glabrous

Stipules strictly acute, spathulate,

keeled (lower 2/3 with + parallel

sides)

Stipules acuminate, not keeled

Stipules long acuminate, c. 15 mm;

mature leaves large, usually ex-

ceeding 15 cm

Stipules trigonal to trigonal lanceo-

late, usually less than 12 mm;

mature leaves less than 15 cm.

(Riverine trees)

Corolla glabrous

Corolla papillose

Stipules obtuse at the apex

Leaves pubescent

Leaves sub-auriculate,

slightly petiolate

Leaves not sub-auriculate, distinctly

petiolate

Leaves cuneate at the base, or sub-

orbicular obtuse

Leaves truncate, obtuse or cordate

at the base, never suborbicular

sessile or

Leaves more or less glabrous

Corolla densely pubescent; stipules

ovate; leaves usually with a pro-

nounced acumen

N. chalmersii

N. obversifolia

N. hagenii

N. brassii

N. acuminata

N. hagenii

ssp. papuana

N. clemensii

N. versteeghii

N. forsteri

N. lanceolata

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Corolla glabrous; stipules not ovate(some-

times ovate-spathulate); leaves without

pronounced acumen

Stipules narrowly linear obtuse; |

less than 4 mm wide N. gordoniana

Stipules ovate-spathulate, broadly

elliptic or obovate; greater than

4 mm wide

Mature leaves usually exceeding

18 cm; stipules exceeding

IS x 8 mm

Peduncles and nodes pubescent N. forsteri

Peduncles and nodes glabrous N. perspicuinervia

Mature leaves usually less than

18 cm; stipules smaller than

1S x18 mm

Stipules spathulate ovate, base

distinctly narrow N. solomonensis

Stipules not spathulate, base

not distinctly narrow

Leaves generally exceeding

10 cm N. brassii

Leaves smaller than 10 cm WN. maluensis

DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES

Neonauclea clemensif Merrill & Perry, J. Arnold Arb. 29: 164

(1948).

Large tree attaining 30 m (100 ft); bole to 15 m (50 ft),

frequently 9-12 m (30-40 ft), rarely buttressed. Crown large,

4-4 total height. Outer bark pale grey-brown, vertically

fissured, flaking vertically into pieces c. 2.5-10 cm (1 x 4 in);

under bark brown; inner bark straw to very pale brown, fibrous.

Sapwood straw to pale brown; heartwood deep salmon pink.

Young twigs somewhat rugose; internodes c. 5 cm, stem broadening

at the nodes which are rugose to hairy. Stipules obovate,

obtuse, 20-25 mm x 10-12 mm, keeled; densely hairy on the

keels, hairs ferruginous; other portions of the stipule finely

pubescent. Leaves obovate 18-26 cm x 12-18 cm; apex obtuse

or slightly sub-apiculate; glabrous above, densely hairy on the

under surface, especially on the veins. Main vein broad at the

base, c. 5 mm, canaliculate above; lateral veins 10-12, obliquely

ascending and anastomosing at the margin. Petiole short (to 6 mm)

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or absent. Inflorescence with 3 capitula; peduncle from the

bract scar to the first leaf scar c. 4 cm. Bracts early caducous,

ovate, 8 mm x 7 mm, outside finely pubescent, inside glabrous.

Capitulum including styles 30-45 mm diameter, without flowers

attached 10 mm. Calyx lobes deciduous, 5 mm, spathulate

rotund-ovoid, sub-apiculate when young, densely hairy; swollen

apex c. 1.5 mm at maturity; part of calyx persisting with ovary

2 mm, exceedingly hairy on the vestigial lobes and with a ring

of hairs on the cylindrical base. Corolla 11 mm, glabrous, dirty

white; lobes 3-4 mm, reflexed at maturity. Style 16-20 mm

long, exserted for c. 7 mm. Fruiting capitulum without fruit

attached 25 mm diameter, individual cocci c. 8 mm long. Figs. 4

and 2 M.

TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA. Markham Valley:

NFG 1607, 2513, 3169, 3271, 3309, 7373, 7539, 9402, 9831;

Macintosh s.n. Bulolo. Hartley 10921. Kui: NGF 22500.

PAPUA. Iawarere: Brass 687.

Neonauclea versteeghii Merrill & Perry, J. Arnold Arb. 25: 188

(1944).

Tree attaining 23 m (75 ft); bole 12-19 m (40-60 ft), buttresses

unrecorded. Outer bark brown, sometimes with shallow vertical

fissures, peeling into small flakes; inner bark brownish, turning

yellow near the cambium. Sapwood yellow; heartwood pink to

salmon red. Young twigs with thin pale brown bark, slightly

furrowed; internodes c. 2 cm on mature stems, nodes glabrous.

Stipules obtuse, ovate to obovate 20-25 x 7-15 mm, pubescent

especially at base; faintly keeled. Leaves sub-orbicular to broadly

obovate 24-34 x 18-25 cm; apex obtuse; base cuneate (rarely

truncate and decurrent); chartaceous to subcoriaceous, glabrous

above, pubescent below on the costa. Lateral veins 8-10, distinct,

hairy, anastomosing at the margin. Petiole 15—-SO mm, faintly

pubescent when young, glabrous at maturity. Inflorescence with

one or three capitula, peduncle 35-50 mm to bract scar. Bracts

caduous (not seen). Capitulum including styles c. 50 mm diameter.

Calyx lobes deciduous 4-4.5 mm, golden sericeous, swollen apex

of the lobe obtrigonal, densely hairy on the edges of the faces;

part persisting with the ovary 2.5 mm with short hairs on the

vestigial lobes and a ring of long hairs on the cylindrical base.

Corolla 14 mm, glabrous, pale yellow; lobes 2-3 mm. Style

exserted for c. 9 mm. Fruiting capitulum without fruit attached

25 mm diameter, individual cocci 8 mm. Figs. 5 and 2 N.

IRIAN BARAT. Brass & Versteegh 13509 (TYPE):

BW 2972, 10769, 11780, 12196; van Royen & Sleumer 7538.

The type has large suborbicular leaves slightly decurrent into

the petiole; the other material has distinct cuneate leaf bases

which seem more typical of species.

Ridsdale — Arborescent Naucleae 261

Fig. 4. Neonauclea clemensii: A, Mature corolla; B, Calyx surrounding

| immature corolla; C, Calyx at maturity; D, Individual fruit coccus.

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Fig. 5. Neonauclea versteeghii: A, Mature corolla; B, Calyx surrounding

immature corolla; C, Calyx from mature corolla; D, Individual calyx

appendage at maturity; E, Individual fruit coccus.

Ridsdale — Arborescent Naucleae 263

Neonauclea forsteri (Seem. ex Hav). Merr. J. Wash. Acad. Sci.

5: 540 (1915).

N. cardiophylla Merr. & Perry, J. Arnold Arb. 25: 189 (1944).

Nauclea forsteri Seem. Fl. Vit. 121 (1866). Nomen nudum.

N. Forsterii Haviland J. Linn. Soc. 33: 56 (1897).

N. orientalis Forst. f. Prodr. n. 85; p. 15 (1786).

N. rotundifolia Guill. Ann. Nat. Sci. 7: (1837).

Tree attaining 12 m (40 ft): bole frequently crooked; buttresses

thick, spreading, c. 61 cm (2 ft) high. Outer bark light brown

to grey, fissured: inner bark yellow. Wood pale yellow. Young

twigs somewhat rugose, internodes 2-4 cm, stems broadening

at the nodes to c. 8 mm, nodes ferruginously hairy. Stipules

ovate, c. 25 x 15 mm, pubescent, slightly keeled at the base.

Leaves broadly obovate to ovate (14-) 18-22 x 10-15 cm,

apex obtusely acuminate, base truncate to obtuse, glabrous or

pubescent. Main vein broad c. 2.5-3.5 mm at base, lateral veins

5-9, oblique, prominent, faintly anastomosing at the margin.

Inflorescence a single capitulum. Peduncle c. 2 cm, ferruginously

pubescent. Bracts broadly ovate, densely ferruginously hairy at

the base and lower 4. First pair of leaves below the bracts

much reduced, c. 5 x 3 cm, caducous. Capitulum including

style 50-70 mm diameter. Calyx lobes caducous, in the bud

c. 7 mm long, oblong, densely hairy, hairs pale brown, apex very

dark brown black, in the young flowers calyx lobes 10 mm long,

rotund-ovoid, densely hairy on the angles of the faces, shaft thin:

part persisting with the ovary 4 mm, pubescent. Corolla 8-12 mm

to the base of the lobes; lobes 2-4 (—6) mm long, narrow,

irregular, white, scented. Stamens exserted from corolla, style

exserted 10-12 mm. Fruiting capitulum 25-35 mm _ diameter,

individual cocci c. 10 mm. Figs. 3 and 6.

FIJI, SOCIETY IS., BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS.

BSIP 1442, 2919, 3119, 4229, 4750, 5392, 5665, 5803, 5089,

7584, 8433, 8465, 8651, 8690, 8822, 8830, 9020, 9306.

BOUGAINVILLE. Craven (& Schodde) 115; Waterhouse

25 (TYPE N. cardiophylla).

This species is based on a specimen in the Forster herbarium.

Seeman’s name occurs only in observation and is invalid;

Haviland clearly considered Forster’s specimen as the basis of

the name and so I designate as lectotype Forster’s specimen

from Society Is. (K.). The species shows varying degree of

pubescence of the leaves from more or less glabrous, to hairs

on the veins, to densely pubescent. Haviland’s conception of

the species is very broad and the material from the Philippines

needs to be re-examined as to specific status; also the material

from the Pacific Islands with large foliaceous stipules may be

separable from the species as typified above.

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Fig. 6. Neonauclea forsteri: A, Mature corolla; B, Calyx surrounding

immature corolla; C, Calyx at maturity; D, Calyx from mature

corolla; E, Individual fruit coccus.

Ridsdale — Arborescent Naucleae 265

Neonauclea chalmersii (F. v. Muel.) Merrill, J. Wash. Acad. Sci.

a, S29 41915).

Nauclea chalmersii F. v. Mueller, Notes on Papuan Plants 8: 44

(1886).

Shrub or small horizontally spreading tree, attaining 8-11 m

(25-35 ft), usually less than 4 m (13 ft). Outer bark pale grey

brown, thin, 1-2 mm, smooth or flaky, longitudinally cracked;

under bark greenish to pale straw; inner bark straw to pinkish

brown, fibrous. Wood straw coloured. Young twigs smooth, old

twigs with bark longitudinally ridged; internodes on mature

stems 1 cm or less; stems expanded at the nodes, glabrous.

Stipules oblong to oblong-ovate up to 22 mm. finely pubescent.

Leaves linear to narrowly elliptic, 8-16 x 2-4 cm; young

leaves sparsely pubescent soon becoming glabrous; more or

less sessile (occasionally with a petiole to 6 mm). Lateral veins

7-9 (-11) arising at an acute angle to the main vein, anas-

tomosing at the margin, somewhat prominent above. Inflorescence

generally a solitary capitulum, peduncle to bract scar 15-40 mm.

Bracts caducous, ovate c. 22 x 15 mm. First leaf below the

capitulum reduced, c. 4 x 2 cm. Capitulum including styles 45-55

mm diameter, without flowers attached 10 mm. Calyx lobe deci-

duous, 2.5 mm, with a setaceous appendage 5-6 mm, shaft 2.5-3

mm: part persisting with ovary 1.7-2 mm with aristate vestigial

lobes. Corolla 11 mm, glabrous, pale purple; lobes 4 mm. Stamens

half exserted. Style exserted 9 mm. Fruiting capitulum c. 30-35

mm diameter, individual cocci c. 10 mm long. Figs. 7 and 2 F.

Leptocaul tree on river banks and flood bars.

TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA. NGF 3127, 22681.

PAPUA. NGF 5830, 5858, 7147, 14265, 17000, 31727;

Brass 553, 1381, 5584, 28892; Carr 16533; Crutwell 597, 692;

Forbes 191; Hartley 10630; Hoogland 48684; van Royen 4255

Saunders 137; Schodde 2580, 2970; White 357.

Neonauclea lanceolata (BI.) Merrill, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 504

(1915).

N. schlechteri (Val.) Merrill & Perry, J. Arnold Arb. 25: 187

(1944).

Nauclea lanceolata Blume, Bijdr. 1010 (1827).

N. affinis Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. ii: 137 (1856).

. gracilis Vidal, Phan. Cuming, Philip., 176 (1885).

. philippinensis Haviland, J. Linn. Soc. 33: 52 (1897).

. tenuis Haviland, l.c. 33: 55 (1897).

. schlechteri Valeton, Bot. Jahr. 60: 50 (1925)

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266 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

Fig. 7. Neonauclea chalmersii: A, Mature corolla; B, Calyx surrounding

immature corolla; C, Calyx from mature corolla; D, Individual fruit

coccus; E, Seed.

Ridsdale — Arborescent Naucleae 267

Tree attaining 25 m (81 ft), frequently 12-19 m (40-60 fb),

crown large, about one third of total height. Outer bark grey

brown, flaky with vertical cracking; under bark pink; inner bark

pink to pinkish white. Sapwood cream, turning pink to orange

at the heartwood. Young twigs smooth, but sometimes with ridges

on the bark; internodes on the mature parts of the stem c. 10

mm, stems broadening at the nodes. Stipules ovate 6 (-9) x 4-5

mm, faintly keeled, minutely pubescent. Leaves elliptic 12 (—-15)

x 6-8 cm, apex caudate-acuminate (10 mm); base cuneate,

attenuate into petiole; glabrous. Lateral veins 5-7, oblique,

anastomosing at the margin, not prominent above. Inflorescence

generally a single capitulum; peduncle to bract scar 12-15 mm;

first foliar leaves sometimes reduced to 4-4 normal leaf size.

Bracts caducous. Capitulum including styles 20-35 mm diameter,

without flowers attached 10 mm. Calyx lobes deciduous, 4 mm,

spathulate oblong, obtuse, hairy; part persisting with the ovary

1.5 mm, exceedingly hairy on the vestigial lobes, scattered hairs

on the cylindrical basal part. Corolla 5-6 mm broadly campanu-

late, cream, densely hairy, expecially at the base of the corolla

_ lobes. Style exserted 4 mm. Fruiting capitulum (8-) 10-15 mm

diameter, individual cocci c. 4 mm long. Figs. 8 and 2 E.

TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA. Schlechter 16925 (TYPE

N. schlechteri); NGF 3029, 3829, 5952, 7307, 11200, 12796,

13611, 21196, 21696, 27457, 29926; Brass 31903, 32440;

Darbishire 404; Hartley 10007710420, 10512, 11404; McAdam

270. PAPUA. Forbes 535 (TYPE N. tenuis); Brass 23671; Carr

15445, 15461, 15565, 15785, 15885; Pullen 5439; Schodde

2184. IRIAN BARAT. Brass 12595, 13534; Drs. van Leeuwen

10652. PHILIPPINES, CELEBES, BORNEO.

| Neonanclea hagenii (Laut. & K. Schum.) Merrill, J. Wash. Acad.

Sci. 6: 540 (1915).

N. dahlii (Val.) Merrill & Perry, J. Arnold Arb. 25: 188 (1944).

Nauclea hagenii Laut. & K. Schum. FI. Deutsch. Siidsee, 577 (1901).

N. dahlii Valeton, Bot. Jahr. 60: 51 (1925).

Small tree attaining 15-19 m (50-60 ft), bole to 8 m (25 ft).

Outer bark blackish grey with small slightly raised lenticels; under

bark pale silver brown; inner bark yellow, fibrous. Wood cream.

Young twigs smooth, or with some longitudinal ridges; internodes

on the mature stem 20-25 mm. Stipules trigonal lanceolate, 10-15

. mm, densely fine pubescent (rarely glabrous). Leaves broadly

elliptic to ovate elliptic, 8-16 (-18) x 4-9 cm, apex acuminate,

base shortly angustate, petiole faintly pubescent. Lateral veins

6-10, slightly oblique, faintly anastomosing at the margin; main

vein broad at base (2-3 mm), prominent; lateral veins prominent

268 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV_ (1970)

Fig. 8. Neonauclea lanceolata: A, Mature corolla; B, Calyx at maturity:

C, Calyx from mature corolla; D, Individual fruit coccus; E, Seed.

Ridsdale — Arborescent Naucleae 269

Fig. 9. Neonauclea hagenii: A-D, N. hagenii subsp. hagenii: A, Mature

corolla; B, Individual calyx appendage at maturity; C, Calyx sur-

rounding immature corolla; D, Individual fruit coccus. E-F, N. hagenii

subsp. papuana: E, Mature corolla; F, Individual calyx appendage at

maturity.

270 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1970)

for # of length. Inflorescence generally a single capitulum, rarely

with three capitula. Peduncle to bract scar (2—) 3-5 cm. First leaf

sometimes reduced to 4 normal leaf size. Bracts caducous, ovate,

acuminate. Capitulum including styles 50-65 (—70) mm diameter,

without flowers attached 15-20 mm. Calyx lobes deciduous, 6-7

mm, densely sericeous, shaft 2—2.5 mm, lobes swollen, cylindrical

elongate, apex acuminate; part persisting with the ovary 2-2.5

mm, pubescent. Corolla 10-12 mm, broadly campanulate, pale

green; lobes 2-2.5 mm. Stamens exserted. Style exserted 12-15

mm, cream. Fruiting capitulum 25-30 mm diameter, individual

cocci c. 10 mm. Figs. 9 A-D and 2 C.

Small tree always associated with riverine vegetation or seral

forest on flood plains.

TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA. Lauterbach 175 (TYPE

N. hagenti); NGF 944, 3136, 5602, 9552, 13893, 14344, 14717,

18772, 18831, 22500, 24654; Brass 32519; Darbishire 8163;

Hartley 10165, 10226, 10948; Hoogland 4977, 5065. BIS-

MARCK ARCHIPELAGO. NGF 24148; Waterhouse 955-B.

IRIAN BARAT.

Neonauclea hagenii (Laut. & K. Schum.) Merr. subsp. papuana

(Val.) Ridsdale stat. nov.

N. papuana (Val.) Merrill & Perry, J. Arnold Arb. 25: 187 (1944).

Nauclea papuana Valeton, Lorentz’s Nova Guinea 8: 449 (1911).

It does not seem possible to separate N. papuana (Val.) M. & P.

from N. hagenii (Laut. & K. Schum.) Merr. by characters of

specific nature. The plants here included are separated by the

papillose pubescence of the corolla and by the glabrous nature of

the stipules. The subspecies occupies a similar ecological situation

to N. hagenii being found in seral flood plain forest along rivers.

It seems to replace N. hagenii in the drier monsoon areas of New

Guinea and the Moluccas. Fig. 9 E-F.

MOLUCCAS; Morotai: Kostermans 866, 1350. Aru

Islands: Buwalda 2592; bb 25423 (Ned. Ind. Forest Service).

IRIAN BARAT. Versteegh 1032 (Type); BW 1115, 1194,

7467, PAPUA. Brass 6955.

Neonauclea moluccana (Mig.) Merr. (?Nauclea glabra Roxb.)

appears to be closely related. It was described from, and is

represented by, fruiting material; the size of the fruiting capitulum

(12-15 mm diameter) and of the individual cocci (3-4 mm) is

smaller than in the N. hagenii group. The shape of the leaves

and of the acuminate stipules are similar to subsp. papuana.

Ridsdale — Arborescent Naucleae 271

Fig. 10. Neonauclea gordoniana: A, Mature corolla: B, Calyx surrounding

immature corolla; C, Calyx from mature corolla; D, Individual fruit

coccus.

272 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

Neonauclea gordoniana (F. M. Bailey) Rids., comb. nov.

Nauclea gordoniana F. M. Bailey. Bot. Bull. Dept. Aegric.,

Brisbane 10: 22 (1895).

Large tree attaining 30-37 m (100-120 ft), crown dense. Outer

bark pale grey brown, flaky: inner bark cream to pink, fibrous,

turning grey brown on exposure. Sapwood straw to creamy brown;

heartwood red-brown. Young twigs pale grey brown with numerous

lenticels; internodes on the mature stems 2-4 cm, stems broadening

at the nodes. Stipules linear obtuse, 10-18 x 2-3 (4) mm, rarely

keeled, glabrous. Leaves elliptic to broadly elliptic, 10-17 (—22)

x 4-9 (-11) cm, apex slightly acuminate, base obtuse; glabrous.

Lateral veins 6-9, prominent above, raised below; main vein broad

(2-3.5 mm), canaliculate; lateral veins obliquely ascending, anasto-

mosing at the margin. /nflorescence with 1-3 capitula; peduncle

10-15 mm. Bracts early caducous (not seen). Capitulum including

styles 20-35 mm diamenter, without flowers attached 10 mm. Calyx

lobes deciduous 2.5 mm. shaft 1.5 mm, swollen lobes 1 mm, apex

clavate to clavate-turbinate with hairs strongly developed on one

side at maturity; part persisting with the ovary 1.5-2 mm, pubes-

cent on vestigial lobes and with scattered hairs on cylindrical base.

Corolla 5-8 mm, lobes 2.5 mm. Style exserted c. 5 mm. Fruiting

capitulum 12-15 mm diameter, individual fruit cocci c. 4 mm.

Figs. 10 and 2 D.

AUSTRALIA. Cowley, Baron River (Type). Fletcher

13431; Brass 19066. TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA.

NGF 8463. PAPUA. NGF &608, 10436, 33405; Brass 22061,

25477; Schodde 2501, 2592; Carr 15381.

Neonauclea obversifolia (Val.) Merrill & Perry, J. Arnold Arb.

25: 188 (1944).

Nauclea obversifolia Valeton, Bot. Jahr. 60: 52 (1926).

Large tree attaining 46 m (150 ft), bole to 21 m (70 ft), usually

buttressed to 1-2 m (3-6 ft). Outer bark grey brown, flaky, with

a few scattered pustular lenticels and longitudinal fissures, fibrous;

inner bark yellow brown to straw. Sapwood pale straw brown;

heartwood orange brown. Young twigs smooth; internodes on the

mature stems 1-2 cm, stems expanded at the nodes. Stipules linear

or rarely linear ovate (ensiform) 6-10 x 1.5 mm, finely pubescent

(usually greyish on dried specimens, sometimes ochre). Leaves

elliptic 7-11 (-16) x 3-6 cm, apex apiculate, base cuneate;

lateral veins 6-8, slightly oblique, faintly anastomosing at the

margin. Inflorescence with 1-3 capitula; peduncle to bract scar

15-40 mm, first foliar leaves often reduced to 4 normal leaf size.

Bracts caducous. Capitulum including styles 25-35 mm diameter,

without flowers attached 6-9 mm. Calyx lobes deciduous 2.5 mm,

turbinate to deltoid, sometimes clavate when young, hairy. Corolla

5-7 mm, glabrous; cream, lobes small c. 1 mm (in dry specimens

corolla abruptly funnel-shaped). Style exserted 4-6 mm. Fruiting

capitulum 12-15 mm diameter, individual cocci 3-4 mm. Figs.

11 and 2 G.

Ridsdale — Arborescent Naucleae 273

’ Fig. 11. Neonauclea obversifolia: A, Mature corolla; B, Calyx surround-

| ing immature corolla; C, Calyx from mature corolla.

274 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

IRIAN BARAT. BW 28990; TERRITORY OF NEW

GUINEA. Schlechter 16785 (tTyPE); NGF 510, 1175, 1201,

3412, 12373, 24764, 27484; Hartley 10834= 11048, 12196

Hoogland 4979, Hoogland & Craven 10207. PAPUA? Forbes

368. NEW BRITAIN. NGF 3412, 32644.

Neonauclea solomonensis Ridsdale sp. nov.

Arbor magna ad 30 m, ramulis laevibus, internodiis ramulorum

maturis 10-15 (-20) mm. Stipulae spathulatae-obovatae 10-14

mm longae, 5-7 mm latae (ad basim 3 mm latae), carinatae,

glabrae. Folia obovata vel obovata-elliptica 10-20 cm longa, 4-7

cm lata, apice acuminata, basi cuneata vel obtusa, glabra; nervorum

Jateralium primatiorum paria 7-9 oblique ascendentium, ante

Marginem anastomosantium (in siccitate atro-brunneis per duos

longitudinis trientes), subtus prominentium. Pedunculi 20-45 mm

longi, pedunculi laterales pedunculos medios superantes; foliorum

primum par infra capitulum ad tertiam partem foliorum normalium .

amplitudinis. Capitula (stylis inclusis) 30-40 mm diametro. Calyx

44.5 mm, lobis deciduis 2.5 mm, clavatis-ellipsoideis, apice-

brunneo, dense pubescentibus; parte persistente cum ovario 1.5

mm. Corolla 8 mm longa. Stylus 4 mm corollam superans. Capitula

fructifera c. 20 mm diametro, coccis individuis 6 mm longis.

TYPE BSIP 8739 (K)

Large tree attaining 30 m (100 ft); bole straight, buttresses thick,

plank-like, spreading, to height of 2.5 m (8 ft.); crown deep and

large. Outer bark grey brown, finely scaly fissured; under bark

dull yellow; inner bark sulphurous yellow turning khaki on expo-

sure, fibrous. Wood yellow brown, hard. Young twigs smooth,

slightly lenticellate; internodes on mature stem 10-15 (—20) mm.

Stipules spathulate-obovate, c. 10-14 mm X5-7 mm (3 mm at

base), keeled glabrous. Leaves obovate elliptic, 10-20 x 4-7 cm

(incl. petiole), apex acuminate, base cuneate to obtuse; glabrous.

Lateral veins 7—9, obliquely ascending, anastomosing at the margin

(drying dark brown for % their length), prominent beneath. /nflore-

scence with 1-3 capitula; pedunucle 20-45 mm, lateral peduncles

often long than the median. First pair of leaves persistent, some-

time reduced to c. 4+ normal size. Bracts early caducous, broadly

ovate. Capitulum including styles 3-4 cm diameter. Calyx lobes

deciduous c. 2.5 mm, swollen expanded portion clavate-ellipsoid,

apex dark, pubescent; part persisting with the ovary 1.5 mm.

Corolla c. 8 mm. Style exserted 4 mm. Fruiting capitulum c. 20

mm diameter, individual cocci c. 6 mm. Figs. 12 D-F and 2 I.

BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS. BSIP 96, 1505, 3740,

3888, 4100, 5864, 6347, 7526, 7623, 8739, 8985, 9161, 9373.

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, NGF 593, 815, 2857.

Ridsdale — Arborescent Naucleae PF ie

Fig. 12. Neonauclea acuminata & N. solomonensis: A-C, N. acuminata:

A, Mature corolla; B, Calyx surrounding immature corolla; C, Calyx

from mature corolla. D-F, N. solomonensis: D, Mature corolla; E,

Individual calyx appendage at maturity; F, Calyx surrounding imma-

ture corolla.

276 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

Neonauclea brassii S. Moore, J. Bot. 65: 241 (1927).

Slender tree, bole straight, crown narrow. Outer bark pale

brown, finely scaly. Young twigs with lenticels; internodes 15—25

mm, stem broadening at the nodes. Stipules strictly acute, lower

2 with ‘+ parallel sides, sometimes elliptic — spathulate 8-10 x

3-4 mm, keeled, glabrous. Leaves broadly elliptic, 10-17 x 5-7 cm

(including petiole 10-14 mm) apex obtuse slightly apiculate, base

cuneate; glabrous. Lateral veins 8-10, obliguely ascending. Inflores-

cence generally a single capitulum; peduncle to bract scar 40 mm.

First leaf often reduced to % normal leaf size. Bracts caducous

(not seen), Capitulum including styles 40 mm diameter. Calyx

lobes deciduous, 5.5 mm, swollen lobes clavate, apex slightly

acicular, pubescent; part persisting with the ‘ovary 3.5 mm,

densely hirsute on the vestigial lobes and with scattered hairs

on the cylindrical base. Corolla 10 mm, narrowly campanulate;

lobes c. 2 mm. Style exserted c. 8 mm. Individual fruit cocci

c. 6 mm. Fig. 13 A-C.

TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA. NGF 10579; Cult. Lae

Bot. Gdn. PAPUA. Brass 658 (TyPE); Carr 16486; Hoogland

3446.

Neonauclea maluensis (Val.) S. Moore, J. Bot. 65: 242 (1927).

Tree c. 25 m (81 ft). Stems smooth with scattered lenticels,

slightly broadening at the nodes; internodes 6-15 mm. Stipules

spathulate, apex acute to slightly obtuse (4-) 6-10 x 24 mm,

slightly keeled. Leaves obovate 7-8.5 x 3-4 cm, apex obtuse

abruptly acuminate, base cuneate slightly decurrent in the petiole;

Lateral veins 7-9, slightly oblique arching and anastomosing

at the margin. Inflorescence a solitary capitulum; peduncle to

bract scar 2—3.5 cm. Bracts caducous (not seen). First leaf some-

times reduced to c. 2-3.5 x 1.5-2 cm. Capitulum including styles

30-35 mm diameter. Calyx in the bud stage 4.5 mm overall,

lobes 2.5 mm (elongating in the flowering stage to 3.5 mm),

ellipsoidal, silvery pubescent; part persisting with the ovary

1.5—2 mm. Corolla 6-7 mm, cream; lobes short 1.5 mm. Style

exserted for 7-8 mm. Fruiting capitulum 20-25 mm diameter,

individual cocci 7.5 mm long. Figs. 13 D-F and 2 I.

IRIAN BARAT. BW 2147, 3688, Drs. van Leeuwen 11092.

Brass 11922. TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA. Robbins

2503.

There is a great deal of variation in these specimens upon

which the description is based. The species was described from

Ledermann 7872 and 10570, collected in the Sepik basin and

the original description suggests that the leaves are larger. The

species probably occurs throughout the coastal and foothill forest

from Irian Barat to the Sepik and Ramu drainage areas as I

have seen sterile material growing in this area which could

probably be referred to this species. Further exploration and

collections will help to clarify this rather ambiguous species.

Ridsdale — Arborescent Naucleae 277

2mm

Fig. 13 Neonauclea brassii & N. maluensis: A-C, N. brassii: A, Mature

corolla; B, Individual calyx appendage at maturity; C, Calyx from

mature corolla. D-F, N. maluensis: D, Mature corolla; E, Individual

calyx appendage at maturity; F, Calyx from mature corolla.

278 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

Fig. 14. Neonauclea acuminata

Ridsdale — Arborescent Naucleae 279

Neonauclea acuminata Ridsdale sp. nov.

Abor magna ad 30 m alta, ramulis rugosis vel fissuratis;

internodiis ramulorum maturorum 25-40 mm, nodis_glabris..,.

Stipulae lanceolatae-acuminatae, 16-25 mm longae, glabrae. Folia

late elliptica vel aliquantum obovata 8-18 cm longa, 6-12 cm

lata, apice abrupte acuminato (vel cuspidato), basi truncata,

glabra; nervorum lateralium primariorum paria 8-10, oblique:

ascendentium, ante marginem anastomosantium. Pedunculi robusti.

15-25 mm longi, ad apicem bracteati, bracteis caducis non visis;

foliorum primum par infra capitulum saepe minus amplum.

Capitula (stylis inclusis) 50-70 mm diametro. Calyx c. 9 mm,.

lobis deciduis 6-7 mm longis, spathulatis vel trigonis-spathulatis,.

dense puberulis; parte persistente cum ovario 4 mm; _lobis.

vestigialibus truncatis, pubescentibus. Corolla campanulata 13-16.

mm longa, sordida-albida vel purpuralbida; lobis 3 mm. Stylus.

8-12 mm corollam superans. Capitula fructifera 40 mm diametro,,

coccis individuis 12 mm longis.

TYPE NGF 24952 (K)

Large tree attaining 30 m (100 ft). Young branchlets rugose:

to fissured, internodes of mature branchlets 25-40 mm, nodes

glabrous. Stipules lanceolate-acuminate 16-25 mm, glabrous.

Leaves broadly elliptic to slightly obovate 8-18 x 6-12 cm,.

apex abruptly acuminate, base truncate. Peduncles robust 15—25

mm. Capitulum (including styles) 50-70 mm diameter, Calyx

c. 9 mm, lobes deciduous 6-7 mm, densely puberulous, part

persisting with ovary 4 mm. Corolla 13-16 mm, dirty white to:

purple-white. Style exerted 8-12 mm. Fruiting capitulum 40 mm

diameter.

This species is immediately distinguished by the large leaves,

which have a similar appearance to N. perspicuinervia Merrill

& Perry, the long acuminate glabrous stipules and by the large

size of the flowering capitulum and its various parts. The higher

montane, over 2,000 m (6,500 ft), trees have a tendency towards.

smaller more obovate leaves. Figs. 12 A-C, 14 and 2 A.

TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA. NGF 3218, 3351],.

6212, 9104, 10208, 10470, 12790, 21139, 24952, 42130.

Hartley 12330, 12477.

Neonauclea perspicuinervia Merrill & Perry, J. Arnold Arb.

25: 188 (1944). |

Large tree c. 30 m (100 ft), bole c. 12 m (40 ft), crown broad..

Outer bark grey thinly flaky; under bark orange-yellow; inner

bark straw sapwood straw; heartwood yellow-brown. Young

' branches with deeply ridged pale scaly bark; internodes 1.5-2.5

cm. Stipules ovate-elliptic to broadly spathulate 1.5-2 x 1 cm,

slight obscure keel, glabrous. Leaves elliptic (9-) 15-25 (-36) x

8-15 (—25) cm (including petiole 2.5-3 cm), apex obtuse abruptly

acuminate, base obtuse to rotundate, slightly decurrent in the:

280 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1970)

4mm

Fig. 15. Neonauclea perspicuinervia: A, Mature corolla; B, Calyx from

mature corolla with single appendage attached; C, Individual fruit

coccus.

Ridsdale — Arborescent Naucleae 281

petiole. Lateral veins 9-11, prominent beneath arching and

anastomosing at the margin, leaf margin slightly crenulate.

Inflorescence a single capitulum, peduncle to bract scar 3-4 cm.

Bracts ovate c. 2 cm x 2 cm caducous. Capitulum including

styles c. 7 cm diameter. Calyx c. 15 mm overall, shaft c. 3.5 mm,

swollen apex c. 5 mm, densely white sericeous; part persistent

with the ovary 6 mm pubescent. Corolla 15 mm creamy white;

lobes 2—3.5 mm. Style exserted for 10 mm. Individual fruit cocci

c. 35 mm. Figs. 15 and 2 B.

IRIAN BARAT. Kanehira & Hatusima 12387 (TYPE);

Brass 13557; BW 569/; Drs. van Leeuwen 10769. TERRI-

TORY OF NEW GUINEA. NGF 24737.

Acknowledgments

I acknowledge with thanks the Directors of the following

institutes for placing their facilities at my disposal during my

visits: Herbarium Bogoriense, The British Museum and the

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. I also thank Professor A. J. Willis,

Dr. D. Gledhill and Mr. D. A. Campbell, who read the manu-

script and offered valuable criticism, and Dr. Bakhuizen van

den Brink for making his paper on the nomenclature of the

Naucleae freely available to me before publication. I am indebted

to Mr. J. S. Womersley, Chief, Division of Botany, Lae for

the use of facilities during my employment with Department of

Forests, New Guinea and for freedom to pursue studies in the

herbarium and on field expeditions. Finally I thank my colleagues

Mr. M. J. E. Coode and Mr. E. Henty for their constant

encouragement.

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The Identity of Hyphaene natalensis Kuntze

By C. X. FURTADO*

Botanic Gardens, Singapore

SYNOPSIS

Hyphaene natalensis Kuntze (1847) was misidentified with

H. crinita Gaertn. (1791) by Martius (1849) apparently on the

supposition that the types of both these species had come from

South East Africa, where both the Dutch and the British had

settlements. This view of Martius was widely accepted in the

Floras of the regions, even though, contrary to Martius’ view,

Kirk (1863) had stated that H. crinita is an inland species. This.

was apparently due to Kirk’s misidentification of the taxon named

by Kuntze as H. natalensis and by Martius as H. crinita. According

to Kirk’s specimens in Kew, it is obvious that he had confused the

species partly with a form of H. coriacea and partly with H.

turbinata (mistaking the latter and H. schatan as forms of true

H. coriacea). Since the species (H. natalensis) from Kaffraria and

Natal was left unnamed by Kirk, Drude (1895) referred this

species to a form of H. coriacea (on vegetative characters given

by Kirk).

Since then more than one species of East Africa have been

referred to H. crinita. In 1924 Beccari showed that no fruit from

Fast Africa would agree with H. crinita as depicted by its author,

Gaertner. However, South African botanists themselves were not

certain where Hyphaene species are found in the region; and

relying on the information of a South African botanist who had

worked on the palms for the flora of the region, Beccari was

convinced that the type of H. natalensis was not from Natal and

so he typified the species on a specimen from Mozambique.

However, it is shown here that H. natalensis is found in

coastal regions of East Africa from Kaffraria to Mozambique and

the species has been retypified on Natal plant.

The fact that Kuntze (1847) had given a detailed description

of H. natalensis has generally been overlooked, probably because

this description is separated from its diagnosis and placed in the

discussion where Kuntze gives the reasons for keeping separate

H. thebaica and H. crinita (united by Martius, 1838). This original

description, given by Kuntze, is reprinted here and a new description

based on new material is given.

In the summer of 1967, while on vacation in Portugal, I under-

took to determine, among other things, the unnamed specimens

of Hyphaene in the Herbarium of the Overseas Botanical Institute

(Centro de Botanica) in Lisbon. Being then wholly unfamiliar

with the systematics of the genus, I did not foresee the great

difficulties with which I would be confronted in this enterprise.

* Retired botanist.

284 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV _ (1970)

Fig. 1. Translation of the label of Gaertner’s type:

Hyphaene crinita of Mr. Gaertner [Synonym] H. natalensis Kuntze

[in] Linn[aea]. (Amsterdam Garden probably brought from Kaffra-

ria and sent to Gaertner). H. thebaica is different. I have united to

this Kuntze’s species. (sg.) Martius.

Furtado — Hyphaene natalensis 285

The two binomials widely employed in the accounts of Hyphaene

species of East Africa are Hyphaene coriacea Gaertner (1788) —

the type species of the genus — and H. crinita Gaertner (1791) —

the second species instated under the genus. Yet the fruits of

the species identified as such do not agree with Gaertner’s drawings

of the types.

In his monograph Beccari (Borasseae: 29 and 30 (1924))

undertook to clarify this problem. He showed that there was no

species of Hyphaene in East Africa which would match with

Gaertner’s drawing of H. crinita and that the only specimen that

would agree in a great measure with Gaertner’s drawing of H.

coriacea was from the regions around the Red Sea. Beccari had

examined a large number of specimens from Central, North and

West Africa but he made no attempt to see if any of these could

fit with the type drawing of H. crinita. Further, Beccari’s identifi-

cation of H. coriacea represented a species quite different from

that shown by Gaertner’s drawing and he also ignored the geogra-

phical particulars which Brown (Tuckey, Exp. River Zaire,

Appendix, 5: 457 (1818)) had apparently himself obtained from

the collector of the type specimen. But, what is most important for

our purpose here is Beccari’s contention that the binomial H.

natalensis Kuntze has priority for the species from South East

Africa, the same that is commonly called H. crinita (op. cit.: 39

(1924) ). Either because of the defects indicated above or because

the mongraph was wholly in Italian, Beccari’s views have generally

been ignored by botanists so that even in recent literature these

two binomials have been employed in the erroneous sense given

- them by Martius (Hist. Palm, 3, ed 2: 226 (1849)) and by Kirk

(Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9: 234 and 235 (1867) ).

Fortunately my studies in Lisbon enabled me to show that

H. crinita is identical with H. togoensis Becc. (1924) from North

Tropical West Africa and that H. coriacea is a species probably

common in North Mozambique and Kenya, with no resemblance

to any species from South East Africa and the regions along the

Red Sea. More recently, when my paper was in the advanced stage

of print, the Biological Institute of the University of Tuebingen,

Germany, loaned me the holotypes of Gaertner’s two species and

enabled me to confirm my identifications (Furtado in Rev. Garcia

da Orta 15: 459 t.19 (1970) ).

The identification of Gaertner’s species raised the problem of

identifying the species from East Africa erroneously referred to

Gaertner’s binomials. Already H. coriacea sensu Becc. (1924)

has named as H. beccariana Furtado (op. cit.: 44 Ic. 5 A and B

(1970) ); but the South African species misidentified as H. crinita

by Martius (1849) and Kirk (1867) and as H. coriacea var. minor

by Drude (Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 21: 126 (1895) ) and correctly referred

to as H. natalensis by Beccari (op. cit.: 39 (1924)) has not been

properly typified. Through Mr. Hein Wicht, F.R.G.S., of Durban,

fresh specimens of fruits and leaf-hastulas from South East Africa

were obtained. These enabled me to re-typify the species and clear

its nomenclature. The results of this inquiry are given here.

286 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

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Plate 1 Hyphaene crinita sec Kirk in Kew

Apparently these specimens collected by Kirk at Kongoni, Nyasaland

(= Malawi) are the basis of Kirk’s statement that H. crinita sec

Mart. (= H. natalensis) is an inland species, and not a coastal one.

Three obovate fruits are forms of H. coriacea, and the third with a

campanulate outline is H. schatan. The date given on the specimen

is 1859, which might indicate the one when the specimen was studied

and incorporated in the Kew herbarium. (Photo published by

permission of the Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Furtado — Hyphaene natalensis 287

History of H. natalensis

In 1847, Kuntze (Linnaea 20: 15) described Hyphaene natalensis

based on fruits obtained from the Port of Natal by one Geinzius

in 1843. Since previously Martius (Hist. Palm, 3, ed 1: 227 (1839) )

had accepted only two species of the genus, H. thebaica with H.

crinita as a synonym, and H. coriacea, Kuntze gave reasons for

recognising H. crinita as quite distinct from H. thebaica stating

that the fruits of the former resembled more those of his new

species (H. natalensis) though in no way identical. (Fig. 1)

Kuntze’s remarks on the shape of the fruit of H. crinita appearing

more like that of H. natalensis, and the fact that the Dutch had

long established settlements in South East Africa have apparently

misled Martius (Hist. Palm. 3, ed. 2: 225 (1849) ) into making an

assumption that the type fruit of H. crinita had probably come

from Kaffraria.

It is on this geographical assumption alone that Martius reduced

to H. crinita not only H. natalensis but also the specimens sub-

mitted to him from Kaffraria by one Drege. Martius described

the fruits of the species being subobliquely obovate-pyriform,

convex at the vertex, a description that is applicable to the fruit

of H. crinita but not to that of H. natalensis which was described

as “‘obovate depressed at both the ends”’.

In 1867 Kirk (Journ. Linn. Soc. 9: 235) having studied the

Hyphaene species from the Zambesi region and its neighbourhood

changed completely the sense of H. crinita, perhaps basing his

conclusions on vegetative characters of the stem and the ligule. He

described the fruit as oblong and stem as “cylindrical’’, meaning

perhaps that the stem is solitary and neither ventricose (as in

H. ventricosa) nor branched (as in H. coriacea as_ interpreted by

him). Now, H. natalensis was said to be from the seacoast, but

Kirk stated that it is an inland species from the Zambesi and the

Nyassa regions and stressed that it is “‘not found on the seacoast’.

Kirk’s view was adopted by Wendland (Bot. Zeit. 39: 92 (1881) ).*

In 1895, Drude (Bot. Jahrb. 21: 176) modified somewhat the

sense by excluding a synonym given by Kirk but preserved Kirk’s

general interpretation. Drude at once saw that Kirk had left

nameless the Kaffraria species represented in the Berlin Herbarium.

On particulars given by Kirk of the ligule and the ecology of H.

coriacea, Drude identified Bachmann’s specimens from Kaffraria

in the Herbarium of Berlin as a dwarf form of H. coriacea from

Mozambique and called it doubtfully H. coriacea var. minor Kirk,

although Kirk had indicated his two varieties without naming

them. However, contrary to the views of Kirk, Drude applied

H. crinita also to the maritime specimens from Tanzania and

Madagascar.

Now, Kirk characterized H. coriacea as a species having a

dichotomous branched stem, and perhaps Drude was unaware that

the species from Kaffraria was normally non-branching and

cespitose. Nevertheless, it is surprising that neither Kirk nor

* Plate 1.

288 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore —X XV _ (1970).

Wendland nor even Drude followed Martius, and that all adopted’

H. crinita to the plant from Kaffraria whence the type of the.

species was supposed to have come, giving instead entirely a new

interpretation to the taxon.

Ignoring all these differences, Wright (Fl. Cap. 7: 30 (1897) &

Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 121 (1901)) combined the views of Martius,

Kirk and Drude, and included under H. crinita both H. natalensis

and H. petersiana, thereby regarding the species as widely distri-.

buted both inland and along the seacoast from Kaffraria in the-

south to Tanzania and Madagascar in the north.

Marloth (Fl. S. Africa 4: 47 & 50 (1915) ) credited two species

to South East Africa, namely, H. crinita and H. ventricosa. The

former, according to him, remained dwarf in the southern coast-.

district of Natal, though it reached 30 ft. in height on the Limpopo

and the Zambesi. The other, Marloth stated, occurred in the north.

He gave a photograph on plate 12 of the same work with the

caption: ‘“‘Hyphaene crinita Gaertn. in the Northern Transvaal

near Zoutpansberg.”’

From the facts that Marloth could not loan to Beccari any

fruiting specimens from South East Africa and that he considered

highly doubtful the records of the occurrence of Hyphaene species.

anywhere in Natal and its southern district or even in its immediate

north (cf. Beccari: 40 (1924)), it seems obvious that Marloth

had not seen any specimens of Hyphaene either in a herbarium

or live excepting the one from the Northern Transvaal the habit

of which he illustrated. It is not easy to identify the species as

more than one species have similar habit. Whatever information

he had given in the Flora on the habit and distribution of the

plant was evidently reproduced from the previous books. For the

same reason it is not easy to determine what Marloth meant by

H. ventricosa, since this species was then known only from the

Zambesi region, and not from South East Africa.

In all these systematic treatments no attempt was made on

taxonomic grounds to discover a species that would agree either -

with the types of H. crinita and H. natalensis or with their original

descriptions. As a result, these binomials have been equivocally

used, although H. natalensis has been regarded often as a synonym

H. crinita. As said above, Beccari was the first to make a systematic

survey to identify these two species. In his monograph on Borasseae

(1924) he indicated that true H. crinita Gaertn. could not be found

anywhere in East Africa and that its description varied so much

from that of H. natalensis that these two species could not be

identical.

In order to determine the exact identity of H. natalensis,

Beccari approached Marloth who had elaborated palms for Flora

of South Africa (1915) for fruiting specimens of the two palms,

Hf. crinita and H. ventricosa mentioned by him in the Flora. In

reply to this, Marloth maintained that the occurrence of a

Hyphaene species in Natal was highly doubtful, admitting that it

occurred more to the North (Beccari op. cit.: 40 observ. (1924) )..

Furtado — Hyphaene natalensis 289

From this information Beccari concluded that the type fruits of

H. natalensis were probably brought to Natal from elsewhere so

that Geinzius could acquire them in Natal from where he could

post them to Loddiges in England. Hence Beccari typified the

species on a specimen collected by Schinz at Pisini near Delagoa

Bay. He could not however ignore the facts that Martius had

received specimens from one Drege from two localities in Kaffraria

and that Drude had Bachmann’s collections from Pondoland also

in Kaffraria. Without seeing any specimen from these collections

Beccari included them in H. natalensis. Even in studying the fruit

collected by Schinz, Beccari saw only Kuntze’s diagnosis. He

complained that this was too brief for the correct identification of

the species. He had overlooked an extensive description of the

fruit and its internal structures provided by Kuntze on the next

page following the diagnosis of H. crinita.

As said above, Beccari’s conclusion regarding the non-occurrence

of H. crinita in East Africa and the priority of H. natalensis has

been overlooked or ignored by botanists even today.

Phillips (Genera S. Afr. Flow. Pl.: 126 (1926) ) credited only

one species of Hyphaene for South East Africa, found in Natal

and the northern Transvaal. He did not name the species but it

is obvious that he meant the species to be H. crinita, a binomial

widely adopted then as it is now by South African botanists for

naming the species from the region. Evidently, like Marloth, he

was unaware of the Hyphaene specimens that grew in the Kaffraria

region.

Recent travellers in East Africa have had some of their specimens

from Mozambique and Tanzania named as H. crinita. In ‘“‘Prin-

cipes’’, journal of the Palm Society of America, this binomial is

frequently applied equivocally to specimens that in no way

represent H. natalensis. Brenan (Check List of Forest Trees &

Shrubs, Tanganyika: 399 (1949) ), who utilized Beccari’s mono-

graph on Borasseae, stated that the record of H. crinita in the

region is doubtful and suggested, for some unspecified reasons,

that the taxon from the region referred to H. crinita might be a

form of H. ventricosa. Brenan mentioned a specimen (Stuhlman 24)

which Drude had identified as H. crinita, a name used by Drude

to a species akin to H. schatan.

Provenance of the Type of H. natalensis

Since Beccari was misled to believe that no Hyphaene species

occurs in Natal, it is imperative that H. natalensis be typified on

the specimens from the region.

An inquiry into the specimens preserved in different herbaria

was not of much help in the identification of this species, and I

could not locate Kuntze’s types. A note published in ‘‘Principes,”’

a journal already mentioned above, put me in touch with Mr.

Hein Wicht of Durban, a keen observer of palms in South Africa,

and whose familiarity with the Hyphaene species of South East

Africa has enabled me not only to dissipate many false conceptions

290 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV _ (1970)

made by current botanical workers on the Hyphaene species of

the region, but also to typify H. natalensis.

Now, Durban is a new name for the former Port of Natal. Fruits

of Hyphaene species occurring not only along the coast but also

in the reserve of Kruger National Park were sent to me. It was

obvious that there were at least three distinct forms or species in

South East Africa, and Wicht agreed that they appeared distinct,

but botanists in South East Africa insist that only one species

exists in the region. The most important contribution for my

purpose was Wicht’s familiarity with the exact places where the

coastal species occurred in the north and the south of Durban,

i.e. from Kaffraria in the south to Mozambique a little beyond

the Tropic of Capricorn in the north. Unfortunately, the scope of

this inquiry had to be limited to South East Africa only.

Now, from the specimens received from Wicht it was evident

that Marloth had no proper basis for belittling the record of

the provenance of the type of H. natalensis, nor did Phillips (1926)

for ignoring the Hyphaene palms that were stated to exist in

Kaffraria by Martius (1849) and Drude (1895). The specimens can

be collected even now. Wicht assures me that he had seen a view

of “the Port of Natal in 1840” with a Hyphaene species in the

background. The type fruit of H. natalensis was collected only in

1843! Wicht recalled that a little south of Durban, at Amazintoti,

there used to be cespitose Hyphaene palms growing wild in a

property that belonged to him, though now they have disappeared,

owing to the impact of cultivating more economic plants.

In 1890, Wood, Curator of Botanic Gardens, Durban (Gard.

‘Chron. 8: 381) stated that in the Gardens there were male plants

which he suspected were sown by a former Curator Mcken; he

also noted that solitary plants of this palm are found on the sandy

plains in close proximity to the coast throughout the whole length

of the colony.

There is also evidence in the Kew Herbarium to show that

Marloth was wholly mistaken as to the occurrence of a Hyphaene

species in the Port of Natal, for, in 1859, only 15 years after

the collection of the type specimen of H. natalensis, one Sanderson

sent a leaf and male spadix of a Hyphaene species from Natal to

Kew where it was labelled H. crinita. It has to be recalled that

unlike Hyphaene nuts which German industrialists then sought

from any part of Africa in order to test the suitabilty of their

kernel as a substitute for vegetable ivory, leaves and male flowers

were not in such a demand. Therefore Sandersons’ specimens must

be accepted as having been collected from plants growing in or

near the Port of Natal then generally known as Natal. Kew has

also fruits collected in Natal by the Curator of the Durban

Gardens( Mcken) in 1869. These came apparently from the Port.

Wood (1890) reported that a collection of palms growing at the

neglected part of the Gardens was from seeds sown apparently by

Mcken. This would suggest that the orignal palms were becoming

a nuisance and had to be removed to a “neglected part of the

Gardens”, and it might not have been the first occasion for

eliminating the palms from important places in the city.

Furtado — Hyphaene natalensis

Hy Pn AEME CRIMITA

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Plate 2 Hyphaene natalensis Kuntze (Neotopotype in Kew).

Collected by Mcken in Natal in 1869. Top: Twin fruits. Bottom left:

entire fruit. Right: Longitudinal section. (Photo published by per-

mission of the Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

292 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

Now, by the phrase ‘“‘fructibus ex portu Natalensi misit

Geinzius’’ found in the protologue of H. natalensis, Kuntze

obviously wished to say that Geinzius had collected the fruits from

the plants growing in the port city of Natal and not that Geinzius

had acquired them there or posted them from that city. Geinzius

usually gave details of fruits, seeds, bulbs, etc. sent by him from

Africa to be grown in the gardens in England and Germany. Thus

many new species were described on material (or its progeny)

sent by Geinzius and some were even named after him. If he

did not know the provenance of the fruits, he would have informed

the recipient, and so Kuntze would probably have noted the fact

with such words as “‘patria ignota’’ (or incerta). Walpers (Annales

1: 751 (1848) ), who was in contact with Kuntze, also understood

that the palm grew (“‘crescit’’) at the Port of Natal.

The type could not have been derived from a palm introduced

and cultivated in Natal; for, in the very early stages of the

development of the Port, the authorities would have been con- ©

centrating on improving the aesthetic aspects of the surroundings.

This would mean ridding the place of as many native trees as

feasible and planting instead exotic trees chosen for their beauty

or shade; and, when there was a native Hyphaene, one would not

take the trouble to bring in a similar plant from another place of

the same country. Probably this work of eliminating native trees

led to the existence of male adult plants of the species in 1859

and 1890.

In view of this, it is evident that the type fruits of H. natalensis

must have been taken from a palm growing spontaneously in or

near the Port of Natal. As no species of Hyphaene is found growing

now in this locality, one has to explore its vicinity to see if any

is found to agree with the original description of the species.

The Protologue of H. natalensis

As said above, the protologue of H. natalensis is divided into

two parts. The first contains: (1) a brief diagnosis of the fruit;

(2) a brief description of a juvenile leaf since the nuts sown in

England in 1843 had not produced normal leaves till December

1846; and (3) the information that (a) the palm was listed by

Loddiges in his list of palms issued in 1845 and (5) the fruit was

from the Port of Natal received from Geinzius in 1843.

The second part of the protologue contains Kuntze’s reasons

for excluding H. crinita from the synonymy of H. thebaica, and

for recognizing these two species as distinct, in addition to H.

natalensis (newly described) and H. coriacea. It is in the latter

part that Kuntze gave a comprehensive description of the fruit

of H. natalensis. As this description has generally been overlooked

by botanists including Walpers (Annales 1: 751 (1848)) who

Furtado — Hyphaene natalensis 293

usually reproduced full descriptions of the species listed, and also

by Beccari (1924), both the diagnosis and the detailed description

are reprinted here as found in Linnaea 20: 15 (1847):

Hyphaene natalensis Kze

‘“Fructibus obovatis, utrinque depressis, laevibus, putamine sub-

globoso, breviter pedicellatis.

Loddiges palmae 1845 p. 7 No. 64.

Fructus ex portu Natalensi misit Geinzius a. 1843.”

(The descrpition of the juvenile leaf is not transcribed here.)

The detailed description of H. natalensis given under H. crinita

is as follows:

‘“Hujus fructum paucis describamus. Insidet pedicello 4-5 lin.

longo, 3-34 lin. crasso. Est 24 pollices longus, basi 14, ante apicem

rotundato-depressum 21 poll. diametro, lateribus levissime

depressus, subangulatus, epidermide laevi, castaneo-fusca, tenui

et fragili obductus. Sarcocarpium 14-2 lin. crassum, rubellum;

mesocarpium 2-3 lin. crassum, lignosum, ratione ad pedicellum

habita, obliquum (in H. thebaica sarcocarp. 3 lin. crass. pallidum;

mesocarpium | lin. crass.). Putamen 12 lin. longum, 15 latum, basi

attenuatum, obtusum, apice late truncatum s. depressum, laeve,

extus fibris rigidis fuscis mesocarpii cavitati partim, imprimis basi

et apice adnatum. (In H. thebaica putamen oviforme a basi latiore

obliqua apicem versus attenuatum, in apice ipso truncato-

umbonatum). Cavitas albumins (ut in H. thebaica) putamini con-

formis. Cavitas embryonis in specimine examinato non

reperiebatur.”’

Apparently Kuntze did not have a very normal fruit, for not

only did it lack the embryo but its putamen was much broader than

long, attenuate and obtuse at the base, and broadly truncate or

depressed a the apex. In the specimens (from the district of Natal)

recently examined, the putamen is nearly as long as it is broad,

somewhat truncately rounded at the base, and curvedly attenuate

from the upper third, forming almost an angle at the apex above

the embryo in the albumen. The absence of the embryo might

have been the cause of some disorganization in the structure of the

fruit such that the latter became somewhat flat or depressed at

the vertex.

Re-typification of H. natalensis

Now, there are four considerations which make the re-typification

of the species an easy task. In the first place the original description

is extensive giving the size and the shape of the fruit ;secondly, there

is Only one species of Hyphaene extensively distributed in the sandy

regions between the coast and the mountains of South East Asia

from Pondoland in Kaffraria in the South to the north in

Zululand; thirdly, there is no other species of Hyphaene found

294 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore —XXV (1970)

growing in the region having even a limited distribution; and

fourthly, the description agrees with the fruit of this Hyphaene

even though there are some minor variations not known to Kuntze

who probably based his description on one fruit or two of the

same plant. Therefore the coastal species of South East Africa

must be Kuntze’s species of which the type fruit had been

collected by Geinzius in 1843. A new description of the species

is therefore given here with its synonymy:

Hyphaene natalensis Kuntze in Linnaea 20: 15 (1847); Walpers,

Ann. 1: 751 (1848); Becc., Borass: 39 (1924) p.p. Figures 1-2,

Plate 2.

H. coriacea sec. Wendl. in Bot. Zeit. 39: 93 (1881).

H. coriacea var. minor Kirk ex Drude in Engl. Jahrb. 21: 126

(1899) 126 quoad specimina pondolandensia.

H. crinita sec. Mart., Hist. Palm. 3, ed 2: 227 (1849); Wendl.

in op. cit. 39: 92 (1881); Salom., Palm. Gatt. in Arten: 43 (1887);

Drude in op. cit. 21: 123 (1895); Wright, Fl. Cap. 7: 30 (1897)

et Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 121 (1901); Marloth, Fl. S. Afr. 4: 50 (1915):

Omnino pro parte.

Caulis caespitosus, simplex vel rarissime bifurcatus, socialis,

1-4 m, interdum usque ad 6 m altus. Folia costapalmata, in lamina

petioloque nigropunctulata vel lepidota, deciduo pruinosa; ligula

in folio juvenili in petiolum oblique transversa, folii adulti

bilateralis, dimensione variabilis, in latere altiore ad usque 18 cm

longa, in altero tertio-brevior, margine plus minusve aculeata,

aculeis inaequalibus robustis praedita, apice sensim in costam

exeuns, interdum oblique transversa ut in folio juvenili. Pedicellus

12-15 mm longus, supra medium constrictulus, inde basin versus

incrassatus. Fructus 5.5-6.5 cm altus, apice circa 5.2 cm in diam.,

ad stigma depressum 3-3.5 cm crassus, oblique obovatus, basin

versus attenuatus, imo latere dorsali truncato rotundatus, ventrali

supra stigma curvato-ventricosus; apice oblique convexiusculus,

latere dorsali altior quam ventrali, vertice obsolete trigonus et in

perimetro stigmatico-pedicellari saepisse longitudinaliter promi-

nulus; infra apicem obscure angulatus; epidermide fusco brunneo,

nitido, iregulariter depresso-punctulato, tenui et fragili, obductus.

Sarcocarpium in parte ossea vertice oblique truncatum, basi rotun-

dato-truncatum. Putamen circa 3 x 3 cm, ovoideum, apicem versus

paulo attenuatum, basi late truncatum, extus fibris fuscis endocarpii

cavitati, imprimis basi et apice, adnatum. Albumen durum, album,

cum embryone apicali.

AFRICA AUSTRO-ORIENTALIS: in campis sabulosis siccis

inter litus et montes, ad usque 150 in altus. Provincia Natal in

Horto vel in Portu natalensis (Mcken — Neotopotype, K); in

subprov. Zululand, Mtunzini (Wicht 1); in vico Hibberdone

prope urbem Skottsberg (Wicht 3); Margate (Wicht 4).

Provincia Kaffraria, Portus Edward (Wicht 5).

A male spadix, collected in Natal in 1859 by Sanderson, is

preserved in Kew.

295

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A: Entire fruit (lateral view). B: Idem, dorsal view. C: Top view. D

Fruit, longitudinal section. E: Hastula. F: Hastula of an undeveloped

leaf.

296 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore —XXV (1970)

Plate 3 Hyphaene natalensis

Photographs by H. Wicht ;

A: Shows the cespitose character of the palm.

B: Cespitose character of the palm is often suppressed by

who utilize the leaves for making ropes and baskets.

C: Male plant cut off to extract Gemaan (toddy).

D: The palm occasionally branches in some places more often than in

others. Injury caused by fires is suspected to induce branching.

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Acknowledgements

My thanks are due to Mr. Hein Wicht from Durban for

obtaining specimens from different parts of South East Africa; to

the Chief, Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria, Republic of

South Africa, for obtaining a photocopy of Kuntze’s original des-

cription of H. natalensis; to the Keeper of Herbarium, University

of Tuebingen, Germany, for loaning the holotype of H. crinita

Gaertner; to the Director, Botanic Gardens, Kew, for obtaining

for me photographs of some East African specimens preserved in

the Herbarium, and to the Director, Botanic Gardens, Singapore,

for putting the library and the herbarium facilities at my disposal

during the course of this study.

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Asian Species of Hyphaene

By C. X. Furtapo*

Botanic Gardens, Singapore

ABSTRACT

In this study two species of Hyphaene are described as new:

one from Israel (H. sinaitica) and the other from Ceylon (H.

taprobanica); both these are referred in previous literature as

H. thebaica. The correct name of the third species, H. indica, is

shown to be H. dichotoma (White) Furtado: this is common in

the north west coast of India. A fourth species (H. reptans) has

been recorded from the mountains of Arabia and has a flat,

trailing stem which branches but the fruits are unknown.

It was generally believed that the genus Hyphaene was exclu-

sively African so that any species found in Arabia and in other

parts of Asia were regarded as introduced from Africa and

acclimatized in Asia. Since all the adult species from the regions

outside Africa had branched stems, they were all referred to as

H. thebaica, a name that is still being widely but erroneously

used to denote also any African species that has a branched stem.

Thus about the year 1883 Haeckel (A Visit to Ceylon, ed. Engl.:

180 (1883)) noticed a species of Hyphaene growing in the Botanic

Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon and found that both its vegetative

characters and the flowers and fruits were so remarkably different

that it should not be called H. thebaica. The palm however pro-

duced a branched stem and information obtained at the Gardens

showed that attempts had been made to introduce H. thebaica

from Egypt, though apparently there was nothing to show that

the palm growing at Peradeniya was actually from the seed

obtained from Egypt. The extant records are not of any value to

determine this now. From an analogy, I might cite a case from

the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. Here, too, attempts were made

to acclimatize Hyphaene nuts from Egypt and India; but the

branched Hyphaene growing in the Gardens, though labelled

“H. thebaica — Egypt’, is actually H. dichotoma (H. indica).

To return to the Peradeniya plant, Haeckel wrote such a glowing

account on the ability of H. thebaica to alter its materially

important characteristics in response to changes in the environ-

ments or climate so as to discourage any systematic inquiry. No

doubt Beccari (Engl. Jahrb. 38: 8 (1906) & Agric. Colon. 2 (3):

15 et seg (1908) & Borasseae 23 et seq (1924)) had shown that,

besides H. thebaica, there are several other species which have

dichotomously branched stems, and that true H. thebaica is a

species restricted in its distribution from the mountains of the

Sudan where the Nile originates to the lower regions along the

* Retired botanist.

300 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV _ (1970)

Nile up to 27° Lat. N. and not to the seashore of the Mediterra-

nean or the Gulf of Suez or the Red Sea, where there are many

other branched species which cannot be said to be in any way

closely related to H. thebaica.* Similarly Beccari reported other

branched-stemmed species from the regions of North West Africa

and the Gulf of Guinea. Nevertheless, Haeckel’s view on the

fantastic ability of H. thebaica to change fundamental characters

in response to the changes in environments has become current

even in modern books (e.g. Taeckholm & Drar, Fl. Egypt 2: 279

(1950) & McCurrah, Palms of the World: 104 (1963)). To get a

precise idea of Haeckel’s views, the following particulars are taken

of “‘H. thebaica’” as given by Blatter (Palms Brit. Ind. & Ceyl.:

157 (1926) ), with a proviso that so far I have not found any true

H. thebaica grown in India or Ceylon.

CULTIVATION IN INDIA: — Old specimens of the Egyptian Doum

Palms may be seen in many a garden in India and Ceylon, and, as a

rule, they are much better developed than the tree growing in Egypt.

The climate seems, indeed, to exercise a great influence upon the

development of this palm. When Haeckel (1883) saw the Doum Palm

in Ceylon he was surprised to find it there under an aspect so altered

that he could scarcely recognize.

“Adaptation,” he says, ‘‘to perfectly different conditions of existence

have made the Doum Palm of Egypt quite another tree in Ceylon.

The trunk is developed to at least double the thickness, much larger

than in its native land; the forked branches are more numerous but

shorter and more closely grown; the enormous fan-leaves are much

larger, more abundant and more solid; and even the flowers and

fruit, so far as my memory served me, seemed to be finer and more

abundant. At any rate, the whole habit of the tree had so greatly

changed in the hot-house climate of Ceylon that the inherited physiog-

nomy of the tree had lost many of its most characteristic features.

And all this was the result of a change of external conditions and

consequent adaptation, more particularly of the greater supply of

moisture which had been brought to bear, from its earliest youth, on

a plant accustomed to the dry desert climate of North Africa. These

splendid trees had been raised from Egyptian seed, and in twenty

years had grown to a height of thirty feet.”

Since H. thebaica has a very limited distribution in nature even

in Egypt itself, the identity of the species reported from Arabia

and elsewhere outside Africa as referred to the Egyptian species

becomes a problem of first importance. Beccari (1908 & 1924) made

an attempt to identify them but was handicapped for lack of fruit-

ing specimens. However, he was able to determine one species

growing in the island of Diu on the north west coast of India;

he named it H. indica. The situation has not improved very much,

except that here two more new species from Asia are added. The

three species recorded here appear to be allied to a group of

African species or subspecies classified by Beccari under H. multi-

formis, but generally the epidermis in the fruits of the latter taxa

seem to be wrinkled and not discoloured into a network of lines

nor partly rimulose as in the Asian ones.

*Mahmood Ahmad Abu-Alula reports recently the occurrence of

individual trees (parts of Saudi Arabia) and pure stands (Sudan and The

United Arab Republic).

Furtado — Asian Species of Hyphaene 301

Enumeration of the Species

1. Hyphaene dichotoma (White) Furtado comb. nov.

Borassus dichotoma (dichotomus) White in Graham, Cat. PI.

Bombay: 226 (1839); Mart., Hist. Palm 3 ed 2: 318 (1850):

basinym. Figure 1.

B. flabellifer sec. in Hk. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 482 (1893) quoad

syn B. dichotoma.

H. coriacea sec. Dalziel & Gibs., Bomb. Fl. Suppl.: 95 p.p.

(1861).

H. indica Becc. in Agric. Colon. 2, fasc. 3: 173 t.3 fig. (1908)

et Borass.: 30 t.20 figs. 3-3’ & t.28 (1924): Blatter, Palms.

Brit. Ind. & Ceyl.: 187 tt. 33 & 34 & fig. 24: (1926):

syn. nov.

1. thebaica sec. Cooke, Fl. Bomb. 2: 811 p.p. (1907).

Beccari (1908) gave details of this species under H. indica

describing the fruit as obovate-pyriform and giving an illustration

of its longitudinal section; it could not therefore be allied to H.

thebaica though it was long regarded to be that species introduced

in Cutch in Gujarat. If the species is not really an indigenous

but an introduced palm in India, Beccari suggested searching for

its original parent in Arabia especially in Oman where, according

to reports noticed by Martius, similar palms were seen growing by

ancient travellers. Later Beccari (1924) showed that the Indian

species is allied to H. macrocarpa (Becc.) Furtado (=H. multiformis

subsp. H. macrocarpa Becc.) from infra-equatorial east Africa.

INDIA: Island of Diu and Ahmedabad in Gujerat.

The protologue of H. dichotoma given under Borassus dicho-

tomus is as follows:

“Oka-mundel, covers the whole of Diu Island and is also

found in various parts of Goozerat. Mr. Vaupel.

A solitary tree grows on a Hill at Mazagon [Bombay], and it

is branched like the Doum Palm. The fructifications have not

been examined. See a sketch of the tree, Madras Journal of

Science. N.”’

Now, Hooker (1893) and others regarded this species to have

been based on an abnormal branching of Borassus flabellifer;

he therefore reduced the former to a synonym of the latter. How-

ever, the phrase “it is branched like the Doum Palm” should be

taken to mean that the palm produces (perhaps repeatedly) dicho-

tomous branches as in the Doum and one should not expect ab-

normal branching (if such were really the case) to occur uniformly

in all the palms from the Diu Island and from the various parts

of Gujarat. Martius (1850) who accepted the species as new

remarked that the palm in Bombay was brought by Parsis from

‘Gujarat and could easily be distinguished from B. flabellifer.

Besides, monstrous branching in the latter species, he stressed, was

irregular and is rare even on the Coromandel of India, where the

302 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore —X XV (1970)

species is common, Martius added a new locality, Admedabad

(also in Gujarat) where Baron von Hugel (Car. = a misprint for

Bar.) had collected the specimens.

Gammie (fide Beccari) suggested that this species occurred as

far south as Goa and Blatter 1926 published a plate of a palm

growing at Bassein north of Bombay.

2. Hyphaene taprobanica Furtado spec. nov.

H. thebacia sec. Haeckel, A Visit to Ceylon, ed Engel.: 180

(1883); Becc., Borasseae: 24 t 13 (1924); Macmillan, Trop. Plant. &

Gardening: 161 t. (1935); Blatter, Palms Brit. Ind. & Ceyl.: 165

(1926); Taeckholm & Drar, Fl. Egypt 2: 279 (1950); McCurrah,

Palms of the World: 104 (1960): omnino pro parte zeylanica.

Figure 2, Plate 1.

Ab H. dichotoma cui affinissima, fructibus obovato-oblongis,

dorso paulo ventricosis cum sarcocarpio osseoso multo tenuiore

quam putamen paulo majore, ovoideo-oblongum vel ovatum, in

uno latere magis convexum apice rotundatum, basi fere truncatum

Sat distincta.

Caulis iterum iterumque dichotomus, cum ramis primis a basi

ejusdem modice remotis. Fructus obovate oblongus, dorso magis

convexus, vertice in perimetro stigmatico-pedunculari depressius-

culus, ventre obscure carinatus ad basin carpellis duobus steri-

libus plerumque conspicue tuberculatus, circa7 cm. altus, 5.5

cm. latus, 4-4.5 cm. crassus, epidermide nitidus, obscure tessel-

latus, partim irregulariter rimulosus. Sarcocarpium in parte fibrosa

4.5-7 mm. crassum, in parte osseosa 2-3 mm. crassum. Putamen

ovoideo-oblongum vel ovatum, basi rotundato-truncatum uno latere

magis convexum, vertice late rotundatum. Albumen conforme,

pariete 7-8 mm. crassum, embroyone carens.

ZEYLONA: probabiliter indigena, in locis supralittoreis. Cult.

in Horto Botanico, Peradeniya, feminea tantum (Tissera: June

1969, K, holotypus).

All the fruits, even the very young ones, have the same shape,

being much ventricose on the dorsal side and slightly carinate on

the ventral side which is taller at the apex and bears two knobs

of the vestigial carpels at the base. The epidermis is at first nitid

and partly dark brown, but later it is almost dark and opaque,

tessellately marbled all over and cracked in parts. Like H. sinaitica

and H. dichotoma, this appears to be a coastal species and so the

external characters regarding the colour of the fruit might be

abnormal and the effects of the cold mountainous climate of

Peradeniya.

Beccari’s t.11 attributed to H. thebaica shows a very variable

habit as in the members of the “H. multiformis’ group. Some

plants are branched at the ground level, others higher up. There is

one that has not branched at the base but instead has a very thick

stem and a few short and stout branches higher up—a phenomenon

also noticed in the Ceylon plants, though this is totally different

303

See

Tings”

Furtado — Asian Species of Hyphaene

phaene dichotoma (White) Furtado (H. indica Becc.)

(Ex Ic. Beccariana in Borass. t. 20 figs. 3 & 3%).

Fig. 1.

304 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

from the Egyptian species as illustrated by Beccari. In the absence

of fruits I have assumed that all Ceylon plants are specifically

identical. The solitary plant from the Peradeniya Gardens has

not branched at the base but has bifurcated several times higher up.

When Dr. J. C. Willis, former director of the Botanic Gardens,

Peradeniya, provided in 1908 a male specimen from Jaffna to

Beccari in Italy with the information that the species was intro-

duced by the Peradeniya Gardens from Egypt but that it had then

become diffused on the island; he was obviously acting on the

long current belief of the staff of the Gardens that the species

is H. thebaica introduced into the Gardens from Egypt (cf. also

Haeckel op. cit. 1883), but the species is in no way related to the

Egyptian plant. I am inclined to believe that the species is a

native of the sea-coast of Ceylon, and is introduced into Pera-

deniya. The fact that Peradeniya in all these years has only one

female palm which, being dioecious, has not produced nuts with

an embryo hence are not viable, and that formerly the species

seems to have been widely distributed along the sea-coast of

Ceylon (e.g. Jaffna, Galle, Colombo, Batticaloa, etc.) favour my

view. As noted in the introduction there might have been unsuc-

cessful atempts to acclimatize the Egyptian species in Ceylon.

Due to the mistaken identity of the Ceylon species as H. thebaica,

Haeckel (1883) wrote, as said above, a glowing account to show

that this species readily evokes numerous changes in the habit,

shape and size of flowers and fruits. Though as early as 1908 &

1924 Beccari had shown that H. thebaica is a misnomer applied

to several species from Egypt and elsewhere and had described a

new Hyphaene from India, the fantastic adaptability of H. thebaica

has, as shown above, been quoted even in modern books.

Beccari ( Agric. Colon. 2, (3), 177 (1908) ), who had examined

the leaves of both H. dichotoma and H. taprobanica (the latter

from a male specimen from Jaffna) noted that the leaf of the

Ceylon plant had a greater number of segments which were also

much shorter, the lamina being less deeply divided and very much

lepidote on both the surfaces. Further, the male spadix was more

robust and longer than 1 m., but the spathes were glabrous in

the lower parts and fugaciously furfuraceous above (not densely

tomentose as in H. dichotoma), their tips broadly triangular and

longer than the respective axillary branch, the spikelets being

inserted at the mouth of the spathe, and each branch bearing

generally five spikelets (in H. dichotoma, the spikelet-bearing

branch is very much longer than its axillant spathe). Apparently

the same spadix was later mistaken by Beccari as having come

from the Botanic Gardens in Peradeniya and was described and

illustrated as of H. thebaica in Borasseae 24 t.13 (1924).

Since fruits were lacking in the specimen, Beccari could not

decide whether the Ceylon Hyphaene represented a new species

quite distinct from the region of Cutch or another i.e. one already

known.

Furtado — Asian Species of Hyphaene 305

——

Fig. 2. Hyphaene taprobanica Furtado (ex collectione fructuum holo-

typica)

A: Fructus latere visus. B: Idem ventre visus. C & D: Sectiones

verticales duorum fructuum.

306 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

3. Hyphaene sinaitica Furtado spec. nov.

H. thebaica sec. Mart. Hist, Palm. 3: 22 (1849); Hart. Fauna &

Flora of Sina, Petra & Wady ‘Arabah’: 9, 28 & 111 (1891);

Zohary, Arb. Flor. Israel & Transj. in Imp. For. Inst., Oxford,

Paper 26: 12 (1951); Tomlinson, Anat. Mon. 2 Palmae: 158

(1961) omino pro parte. Figure 3.

H. coriacea ? sec. Busse in Karst. et Schenck, Veget. Bildr. 5

ser. fasc 7 t.44 (1907) quoad palmas austro arabicas.

Ab H. dichotoma, cui affinissima, fructibus dimidio minoribus,

ambitu irregulariter obovato-oblongis et in sectione transversa

tetragonoideis, vel apicem versus compressis fere bifacialibus am-

bitu obovatis, cum epidermide fragili partim discolore lineata,

paulo rimulosa, et sarcocarpio osseoso multo tenuiore differt.

Caulis dichotomus. Fructus circa 5 cm. altus, 4.5 cm. latus,

4-4.5 cm. crassus, nitidus, atro-bodius, obovato-oblongus, ventre

obscure carinatus et plus minusve porcatus, interdum apicem versus

sensim angustatus, sectione transversa tetragonoideus vel tetra-

gonoideo-bifacialis, cum epidermide partim fracta et retiforme

marmorata aut delapsa, etiam profunde rimulosa. Sarcocarpium

in parte fibroso 6-8 mm. crassum; in parte Osseosa circa 2 mm.

orassum. Putamen ovatum, basi oblique truncatum, circa 3 cm.

altum, 2.5 cm. in diam. cum pariete 1.5—2 mm. crasso. Albumen

conforme, cum pariete 5-7 mm. crasso; embryo apicalis.

PALESTINA: Wadi Tabba, ad versus meridiem a Eileth

(Goldring — sn. 15-5.69, holotypus, K).

This palm was first reported by Hart (1891) from Aqaba, but

Zohary (1951) found the species near the road between Aqaba

and Um Rashrash. Later he noted several trees of different ages

at 8 km north of Aqaba and remarked: “This is the northernmost

station of a tree so widely distributed in tropical regions. Here

it grows at approximately sea-level, on alluvial, somewhat saline

soil and ripens normal fruits.”

Here again there is a faint echo of Haeckel’s view regarding

mercurial changeability of the characters of H. thebaica in response

to climatic conditions, although the climate in Aqaba could not

have been very much different from that in some parts of Lower

Egypt where the species has a restricted distribution. The fruit of

H. thebaica is always conspicuously carinate, broadly truncate

at the base and much narrowed towards the apex. Its epidermis is

light brown or spadiceous and remains intact. In H. sinaitica, on

the other hand, the fruit is obovate and obscurely carinate, with

its epidermis dark brown and partly discoloured in lines so as to

give it a net-like appearance. In addition it cracks in parts rather

deeply in dry sarcocarp.

Martius, relying on the reports of several travellers, remarked

that H. thebaica occurred in several parts of Arabia in Sinai, along

the West coast Arabia (Yambu, Medina, etc.) and also in Oman.

Blatter recorded the species from Shaik Othman in Aden, and

Busse suspected the species from South Arabia to be H. coriacea.

Furtado — Asian Species of Hyphaene 307

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Fig. 3. Hyphaene sinaitica Furtado (ex collectione fructuum holotypica)

Fructus diversi, forma variabiles, omnes obovoidei, basin versus

tetragonoidei, apicem versus plus minusve plerumque compressi,

parte compressa nunc dorso, nunc ventre, nunc latere, vel rarius

dorso ventrique obscure sita.

308 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1970) :

Plate 1 Hyphaene taprobanica Furtado

Plants growing at Batticaloa, Ceylon.

(Photographed by Mr. I. Balachandran of St. Michael’s College,

Batticaloa).

Furtado — Asian Species of Hyphaene 309

Though from geographical considerations these records may be for

H. sinaitica, the possibility of the existence of more than one

species* should not be excluded; for unless the species is widely

distributed through the ocean currents, isolation in habitat tends

to produce local forms in Hyphaene species. There is a need there-

fore to study the specimens from different places on the coast of

Arabia.

4. Hyphaene reptans Becc. in Agric. Col. 2 (3): 151 (1908) &

Borasseae: 49 t.45 fig 6 (1924).

SOUTH ARABIA: Wadi Hadiea, Hadramaut, alt. 400 m.

(Lundt — K); Abrail, alt. 650 m. (Lundt — K).

The palm is said to have a trailing stem which is flat on two

sides and branches. From the ligule (hastula) the illustrated leaf

which is thought to be of an adult plant appears to be juvenile.

Fruit is not known.

However. H. dankaliensis var haycockensis Becc. (Borass: 29

(1924) ) is from the Haycock island in the Red Sea on the side of

South Arabia. Its stem is reported to be 4—5 cm. high. H. reptans

might be allied to this, but the nature of the stem of the latter is

not known.

Acknowledgements

It is my pleasant duty here to thank the Director, Botanic

Gardens, Kew, England, for the loan of the specimens from the

herbarium and for the photocopy of the original description of

Borassus dichotomus — the basinym of H. dichotoma (White)

Furtado; to Dr. C. C. Heyn, Botanist of the Jerusalem University,

Israel, for obtaining Hyphaene fruits from Wadi Tabba in the

Gulf of Aqaba, the type of H. sinaitica; to Mr. Maxwell Tissera,

a student at the University of Ceylon, for obtaining nuts of the

Peradeniya palm, the type of H. taprobanica, and also photographs

and information of the same and other palms recorded here; to

Mr. Mahmood Ahmad Abu-Alula, Director of The Technical

Office of The Agricultural Affairs in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) for

fruit specimens, photographs and notes of H. thebaica: and to the

Director, Botanic Gardens, Singapore. for providing me library

and herbarium facilities to make these studies.

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A New Search for Hyphaene guineensis Thonn.

By C. X. FuRTADO*

Botanic Gardens, Singapore

Synopsis

Hyphaene guineensis Thonn. was described by Thonning him-

self who had visited the lower regions of Ghana towards the end

of the 18th century, but the species was published posthumously

in 1829, over twenty years after the destruction of the type in the

Copenhagen Herbarium during a bombardment of the city by a

gunboat. Since then no duplicates have been located and a great

deal of confusion had arisen over the precise identity of the

species. Sometimes it has been regarded only an infra-equatorial

species of West Africa, the fact being overlooked that the type

was from the supra-equatorial region. However, those who attri-

bute it to the latter region, have identified it with different montane

species, as if none is found in the lower regions. |

The account of a German expedition effected along the west

coast of Africa in 1873-76 shows that a single, unbranched

stemmed species, identified by them as H. guineensis, was quite

common on the coastal lands from the Cape Palmas eastward to

Ghana and Nigeria and southwards as far as Angola. Attempts

were therefore made to locate specimens in the herbaria of the

coastal states of supra-equatorial regions and to obtain nuts from

living trees. No specimens were available of any coastal species

and botanists did not seem to have seen any species in the coastal

region. But the Keeper of the Herbarium of the University of

Ghana and his associates visited the places on the coast near

Accra and on the banks of the Lower Volta (regions apparently

studied by Thonning) and obtained specimens which represent

some forms of H. guineensis.

This induced me to study the specimens in the Kew Herbarium

collected in Upper Guinea. They could not be located previously

when a search was made during my earlier attempt to identify

the species in Lisbon. The result of my study shows that this

species varies a great deal in Ghana, probably because of the

ocean winds (referred to also by the German explorers of 1873-

76). Some forms agree precisely with what I had described earlier

as H. doreyi from Angola but others are quite different. However,

a specimen from the Kew Herbarium, collected in Ghana in 1886

and labelled as H. thebaica, has been chosen as the neotopotype

of H. guineensis because it agrees most closely with the original

description of the species. The wide distribution of the species is

explained on the assumption that the species has originated in

Angola and subsequently spread to the north through the Benguela

Ocean currents.

* Retired hotanict

312 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore —XXV (1970)

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A: Fructus latere visus. B: Aspectus ejusdem vertice visus. C: Sectio

ejusdem verticalis.

Furtado — Hyphaene guineensis 313

The Kew specimens also revealed the misleading nature of

figures of H. macrosperma in Beccari’s Borasseae (1924). As a

result, the three forms which I had referred to H. crinita have

been separated as H. crinita Gaertn., H. baikieana Furtado sp.

nov. and H. togoensis Becc. Other species confused with H.

guineensis are H. macrosperma Wendl. (H. dahomeensis Becc.)

and H. tuleyana Furtado sp. nov. The last is apparently the same

taxon which Drude had identified as H. thebaica and which

Tomlinson had referred together with H. togoensis to H. guineensis.

Since H. thebaica has been widely confused, three forms of this

species have been illustrated.

Probable Origin of Confusion

One of the most misapplied binomials of the genus Hyphaene

is H. thebaica (.) Mart.; it seems to be a handy name to indicate

any branched species of Hyphaene that one is not able to identify

with certainty, be it a native of northern Egypt, the western coast

of India, or from anywhere in Arabia, Madagascar, Kenya,

Mozambique, Angola, Upper Guinea or found cultivated in any

of the Gardens of Asia or America. A recent case of such mis-

application is by Menninger (Fantastic Trees: 72 (1967) ) who has

given under that name photographs of a palm that obviously

belongs to the group of H. hbaronii Becc. if not identical with it.

When this practice is adopted in authoritative Floras without

attempts being made to distinguish any peculiar systematic forms

found in the region dealt with from those growing outside that

region, students of the genus get generally discouraged. This may

be one of the main reasons for the confusion that exists in the

nomenclature of the species of the genus.

In my own case, though I had pertinent Floras, Check- Lists,

many journals and popular books, I soon found myself confronted

with so many contradictions and equivocal use of binomials that

I had to give up my intention of making myself familiar with the

genus Hyphaene and of determining its few specimens that were

available in the herbaria in Lisbon. It was only when a copy of

Beccari’s revision of Hyphaenes (Borasseae, 1924) was obtained

that I was able to carry out my undertaking.

Thus H. guineensis, to quote an example that concerns this

paper, was credited to Upper Guinea in the region of the Niger

by Drude, (Engl. Jahrb. 21: 110 & 123 footnote 3, (1895)) who

based his conclusion on Pechuel-Loesche’s report on Die Loango

Expedition, 1882, (quoted here below) and on the specimen from

Dr. Baikie’s Niger Expedition which has been described here as

H. baikieana, Drude, who wished to adopt H. congensis Kirk

nom. nud. in Salomon’s list of palms (1887) for the taxon in

Lower Guinea, overlooked the fact that H. guineensis identified

by Pechuel-Loesche was an unbranched coastal palm. Rendle

(Cat. Welw. 2: 82 (1899) ) re-adopted H. guineensis for an Angolan

palm, while Wright (FI. Trop. Africa 8: 120 (1901)) recorded the

314 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV _ (1970)

species as though from Lower Guinea only. But Hutchinson

(Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 132 (1936)) treated the

species as if of Upper Guinea only (i.e. Ghana, Togoland and

the neighbouring regions) and made no remarks about other

senses given to the same binomial, nor did he state whether there

was any reason to accept or reject the species as interpreted by

Rendle, Wright and others, or even by Beccari. Irvine, who had

worked for a number of years as a professor of biology in the

Gold Coast Colony (now the independent state of Ghana), credited

only one species to the country, the one that produced a branched

stem; he called it H. thebaica and remarked that it was not an

uncommon species in the drier regions of Ghana and Togoland

(Plants from Gold Coast: 235 (1930) ). Later he recorded the same

species also from Nigeria and Sierra Leone (West African Botany

1931: 176 & 188 (1941, reprint)). In 1961 (Woody Plants of

Ghana: 780-781 pl. 34a) Irvine followed the practice of Wright,

Hutchinson and others, and so extended the distribution of H.

thebaica also to Tanganyika, Somaliland and Arabia. Obviously

he did not agree with or consult Beccari (1924). The latter had

restricted the use of the binomial to a taxon native only of the

Sudan and Egypt, had adopted H. togoensis, H. dahomeensis and

H. macrosperma (with H. guineensis as yet doubtful) for the

species from the supra-equatorial region of tropical West Africa,

and other names for the species of other regions of North and

East Africa and India.

In an authoritative Flora like that of Hutchinson and Dalziel

(1936) one expects that the authors would accept or reject with

justification the previous interpretations by Irvine and others of

H. thebaica as found in Ghana and the neighbouring countries

and from which Beccari had excluded the three or four species

mentioned above. Hutchinson, however, followed an unusual

procedure. He did not credit H. thebaica to Ghana and the neigh-

bouring regions; instead of identifying the species discussed by

Beccari and Irvine, he exonerated himself on the plea that he had

not seen from the region any authentic specimens of these taxa.

So he merely listed H. guineensis, H. togoensis and H. dahomeensis

and, despite greater systematic differences recorded by Beccari

between the last two, he expressed his suspicion that the last two

were probably only synonyms of the first! For some unknown

reason Hutchinson ignored H. macrosperma Wendl. founded on

a specimen collected by Baikie apparently during his Niger

Expedition. He referred the reader to the Appendix of the Flora

which had probably been already prepared although issued only

in 1937 (and reprinted also in 1955). In this Appendix, Dalziel,

its compiler, disregarded Hutchinson’s opinion and quoted the

vernacular names of all Hyphaene species including that of H.

guineensis from the region under H. thebaica as if he regarded

merely as synonyms the different species recorded by Beccari

from Upper Guinea and North Africa. Dalziel’s statement that

Hyphaene is a monoecious palm is probably a misprint for

dioecious. (As to the word Sokuti auoted by Dalziel, it can

Fig. 2. Hyphaene crinita Gaertnet

Three views of the type fruit preserved in Gaertner’s Herbarium

at the University of Tuebingen, Germany.

316 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV _ (1970)

apparently be applied to any palm tree in the Ewe language of

Ghana, for according to information obtained by Dr. Hossain,

Soku means a “‘palm fruit’ and Sokuti a ‘‘palm tree’’).

Yet Beccari, Irvine and even Hutchinson and Dalziel were con-

temporaries who were dealing with the objects seen growing in

the regions. Excepting the types of H. guineensis which are lost,

specimens in herbaria could have been consulted. Beccari not

only had described the different species but also given illustrations

of the fruits (mostly types) for the guidance of systematists. Under

these circumstances failure of making a systematic survey of the

species recorded from Ghana and the neighbouring countries on

the plea that no authentic specimens were seen constitutes a

lacuna that is hardly excusable in a Flora that claims to be

authoritative. Besides, Kew Herbarium had some specimens from

Ghana and the neighbouring regions.

Tomlinson, interested in the anatomy of palms, and while

attached at one stage to the University of Ghana, noticed only

one Hyphaene species indigenous in Ghana and Nigeria, the same

that for fifty years or more previously was mistaken for H.

thebaica. As the types of H. guineensis were collected in Ghana

more than 150 years earlier and only one species had definitely

been recorded since that time from the territory, Tomlinson felt

justified in adopting the binomial H. guineensis for the only

Ghanaian species known to him, and, according to him, this taxon

was wholly different from the true H. thebaica from Egypt (Anat.

Mon. II. Palmae, 158 (1961))*. Besides. in the absence of the

types and any other specimen from the type region, Thonning’s

data of H. guineensis were, until recently, considered too inade-

quate to identify the species precisely. The procedure adopted by

Tomlinson seemed then to be the most logical. for it did not leave

the Ghanaian species unnamed, nor did it permit either of the

two binomials i.e. H. guineensis and H. thebaica to be used

equivocally for the same species of West Tropical Africa, nor H.

guineensis to be excluded from Ghana where the type of the

species was collected.

However, in the second edition of the Flora of W. Trop. Africa

3: 169 (1968), Russell stressed that lack of adequate herbarium

material was the reason for disregarding both Beccari’s and

Hutchinson’s treatment of the different species from West Tropical

Africa and for following Dalziel in adopting for all of them the

name H. thebaica. Russell seems to have some doubt as to H.

guineensis Thonn. being from Upper Guinea. He was probably

unaware that Thonning himself had collected the type of his

species in a former Danish settlement in Ghana, and not in Lower

Guinea as Wright (F/. Trop. Afr. 8: 121 (1901)) had erroneously

recorded.

Now, Beccari had received from several parts of the Gulf of

Guinea fruits which were not identical with H. togoensis. Further,

*In comparing the anatomy of the leaves Tomlinson mistook H

sinaitica from Israel for H. thebaica—q.v.

Furtado — Hyphaene guineensis 317

H. togoensis was a palm that normally branched dichotomously

while H. guineensis is taken to be a palm that normally does not

branch, a reason why Beccari placed it in his Section Ventricosae.

Beccari (1924) who had vast experience with the genus Hyphaene

was of the opinion that its species produced very localized forms.

This led him to believe that the taxon identified as H. guineensis

from Lower Guinea by Rendle, Wright and others could not be

the species so named from Upper Guinea. This was also the

opinion of Drude (1895) who wished to distinguish the species

from Lower Guinea as H. congensis. As the Angolan species did

not produce a ventricose stem and had moreover thickly lepidote

leaves, it could not belong to the Ventricosae of Beccari. In addi-

tion, the Angolan fruits, being capitate and somewhat constricted

below the apex, could not be described as sub-rounded turbinate

(turbinato-subrotunda) as noted in the protologue of H. guineensis.

H. congensis was a nomen nudum. The species was therefore

named H. doreyi by me in honour of the collector who had pro-

cured for me a most complete specimen of the species and also

many details of the plant’s early and later growth. Besides this.

there were from the same region two more species which obviously

did not belong to the Ventricosae.

I was also fortunate enough to receive from Tomlinson speci-

mens from Ghana and so was able to verify that what he had

named as H. guineensis was identical with H. togoensis. In view

of this I included H. guineensis sec. Tomlinson and H. togoensis

Becc. in the synonymy of H. crinita Gaertn. as newly typified by

me but excluded from it H. dahomeensis and H. macrosperma

(Furtado in Rev. Garcia de Orta 15, 1967: 449 & 459 (1970)).

A Search for Literature

When I was trying to determine the origin of a specimen in a

Lisbon herbarium, a British systematist, who had widely explored

the regions along the Niger and the neighbouring countries,

informed me that Hyphaene spp. are never found in low, humid

regions, and that in Ghana, Nigeria, etc. they are found only in

the upper reaches of the river Niger where it passes through arid

country. He therefore rejected my suggestion that the specimen in

question could have been from any of the collectors who had

visited only the lower regions of the Congo, Nigeria, Ghana or

any of the islands in the Gulf of Guinea i.e. the collectors who

could have sent the specimen to Lisbon.

This surprised me indeed, for most Hyphaene specimens with

which I was acquainted in the Lisbon Herbaria were from the

lower regions, often from the sea-coast of Mozambique, Angola

and the Congo, and Drude (Engl. Jahrb. 21: 123 (1895)) had

recorded at least one species from the coastal region of Loango.

Consulting again Schumacher’s account (Kong. Danske Vidensk.

Selsk. Nat. Math. 3: 25-26 (1828)) of Thonning’s exploration,

it became obvious that the latter had botanized generally in the

low regions around Accra and other places as far east as the

318 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

Lower Volta i.e. in the territory that constituted the then Danish

Guinea. Now, Tomlinson’s field notes on the specimens he pre-

sented to me state that the species he had recorded for Ghana

was from the higher regions only and was common in North

Nigeria. This was also true according to Irvine (1930 & 1961)

who had identified it as H. thebaica. It was evident therefore that

H. guineensis sec. ‘Tomlinson could not be Thonning’s species,

though it was the same as Irvine’s H. thebaica.

Chipp’s A List of Trees, Shrubs and Climbers of the Gold Coast

(1913) and The Gold Coast Forest: A Study in Synecology (1927),

did not list any Hyphaene species from Ghana though the latter

work recorded the results of careful sample surveys of a large

area Of Lower Ghana. However, an inquiry into the account of

Die Loango Expedition 1873-1876 made under the patronage of

Die Deutschen Gesellschaft Zur Erforschung Aequatorial-Africas,

published in three parts 1879-1882 & 1907, furnished very interest-

ing data. Guessfeldt (Abth 1: 46 (1879)) stated that.H. guineensis

occurred either isolated or more frequently singly in open groves

in narrow strips of sandy ground parallel to the sea-coast. The

frontispiece plate, drawn by one of the artists of the Expedition,

shows palms with separate, non-cespitose and unbranched stems,

few with two stems growing together. Apparently this is the same

species which Smith had identified from its outward appearance

as a Hyphaene species, but Brown thought that this was a species

of Corypha (= Borassus) because the branching of the stem was

not mentioned, overlooking the fact that Smith had already iden-

tified another fan-leafed species as Corypha (Tuckey, Exped. Zaire

App. 5, 456-457 (1818)). If all Hyphaene species were taken to

produce branched stems as Brown and others then considered,

it need not be stressed when naming the genus, even though a

species would fail to bifurcate occasionally.

Unfortunately Wright (1901) consulted only a drawing of the

palm on the frontispiece of the first part of Guessfeldt (1879) who

had observed the palm in Cabinda on the Loango Coast, north of

the River Congo (Zaire). But in the first half of the third part

of the Report (1882), Pechuel-Loesche mentions the occurrence

of ‘‘this erect (unbranched), sea-loving, fan-leafed, forest-shy”

non-cespitose palm, either alone or in open rows, or in extensive

groves on sandy places along the sea-coast from the eastern part

of Liberia near Cape Palmas eastwards to the Ivory and the Gold

Coasts, and the Niger delta and southwards to Angola a little

south of 7° L.S., near Ambrizette. Further south a repeatedly

divided species identified as H. coriacea* and H. benguellensis are

reported to occur.

The maritime species of the north as well as of the south was

idéntified as H. guineensis because it bore an undivided, solitary

stem, and because it grew along the sea-coast. According to

Pechuel-Loesche, humid winds seem to make the Ivory and the

Gold Coasts less favourable to vegetation and apparently also to

H. guineensis which was less common here than on the western

* H. coriacea is native of East Africa.

Furtado — Hyphaene guineensis 319

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Fig. 3. Hyphaene guineensis Thonn. (Neotopotypus — K)

A and D: duo fructus similiformes sed magnitudine dispares. B: Apex

fructus vertice visus. C: Aspectus ejusdem ab imo magis versus

carinam.

320 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore-—X XV (1970)

side of Cape Palmas. However, he could not determine whether

this sparseness of the palm was due to natural influence or to

human interference as the places wherein this Hyphaene should

have thrived were utilized by the local villagers to grow coconuts.

Elsewhere in the east both coconuts and H. guineensis were found

erowing together.

A New Search for the Palms

From the observations made by Mr. J. D. Sampayo d’Orey in

whose honour H. doreyi was named, the palm remains stem-

less even for a number of years, and the same fact has been

recorded by Welwitsch (on herbarium labels of specimens not

definitely associated with any fruits) who stated that vast tracts

might be noticed along the sea-coast covered with stemless palms

which from time to time grow tall individually and produce flowers

and fruits. If such a phenomenon occurred also in Ghana, botanical

collectors would generally have ignored the plants. Further, modern

botanical explorers in Upper Guinea seemed to hold the view that

the species of Hyphaene grow only in the higher regions. But, as

we have seen from Schumacher’s information quoted above, the

holotype of H. guineensis must have come from the lowlands.

This and the remarks of Pechuel-Loesche that an unbranched form

of H. guineensis was widely distributed along the sea-coast from

Cape Palmas eastwards to the Gulf of Guinea and southwards to

Angola suggested the need of exploring the low regions of Upper

Guinea for an unbranched species of Hyphaene.

Accordingly, I wrote to several institutions in Liberia, the Ivory

Coast, Ghana and the neighbouring regions, to see if any species

of Hyphaene could be located in the lowlands especially along

the sea-coast. Unfortunately, the institutions that replied had no

specimens of such a palm in their herbaria, nor were they aware

of the existence of any living specimens in the region. The Her-

barium of the University of Ghana had no specimens, but Mr.

LL. M. Quartey, Curator of the University Gardens, Legon, Ghana,

and Dr. M. Hossain, Botanist at the University and Curator of the

University Herbarium, together obtained for me specimens of

‘“‘Hyphaene guineensis sec Tomlinson” cultivated at the University

Gardens. They informed me that these plants were probably a

progeny of the plants so labelled at the Achimota School Arbore-

tum. Obviously these were the plants which Irvine had identified

as H. thebaica in his books, but the change in nomenclature was

made by Tomlinson* long after Irvine’s retirement from the

Achimota School.

Since this plant did not represent a species of the lowlands, both

Dr. Hossain and Mr. Quartey were encouraged to visit some of

the possible sites where Thonning might have found his H.

euineensis. They were successful in locating unbranched Hyphaene

*On a specimen he sent me from the Achimota School Gardens,

Tomlinson remarked: “Apparently introduced but wild in North Nigeria.”

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A: Fructus. B: Fructus geminatus. C: Sectio fructus verticalis. D:

Aspectus ejusdem vertice visus.

322 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

palms along the sea-coast near Accra and along the Lower Volta

region. The fruits varied a great deal but there is no doubt that

the specimens represented H. doreyi. Geographically this could

be readily accepted as Thonning’s H. guineensis, but as there were

important differences in the fruit, a further inquiry was necessary.

Elderly people of the locality informed Dr. Hossain that the palm

generally grows along the sea-coast though it has now disappeared

from many places.

Thonning’s Description of the Fruit

Thonning gave an extensive description of the leaves and male

flowers. He did not see the female flowers, and gave a meagre

description of the fruit. From the fact that he did not mention

that the stem was branched or cespitose, it can be inferred that

the palm was solitary and had an unbranched stem. The most

important part of the long description is ‘‘drupa turbinato-

subrotunda, obtusissima, obsolete trigona’’ which may be trans-

lated as follows: ‘‘fruit turbinately sub-rounded, very obtuse at

the top, obsoletely trigonous.”’

Wendland (Bot. Zeit. 39: 92 (1881)) described the fruit as

“‘obliquely depressed, obovate, flattened at the vertex, rounded

or obtusely trigonous, 6 cm tall, 60 x 65 mm in diam. The seed

obliquely roundish, hardly 3 cm high, 37-40 mm in diam. From

West Coast of Central Africa.”

The fact that Wendland was a keen collector of palm fruits and

that his description of the fruit of H. guineensis agrees well with

that given by Thonning suggest that he might have had access to

one of the isotypes distributed by Thonning to several botanists

in Europe. Moreover Wendland gave the dimensions of the fruit

and the seed and stated that the fruit came from ‘‘West Coast of

Central Africa’’, particulars he could not have known except from

herbarium specimens because no one had mentioned them before.

In fact subsequent workers on the species have ignored these

particulars. Neither Thonning nor Wendland described the fruits

as being abruptly capitate and somewhat constricted below the

apex or in the middle, characteristics of H. doreyi both in Angola

and in Ghana. However it has to be recalled that Pechuel-Loesche

mentioned that the sea winds seemed to affect unfavourably the

growth of vegetation in the Ivory and the Gold Coasts in general,

including also H. guineensis. Variations in the fruit could have

been one of the responses, or else there could be another lowland

species in Ghana. Hence Dr. Hossain and his associate were

requested to make a further survey of the areas, while all the

specimens preserved in the Kew Herbarium from Upper Guinea

were obtained on loan for study.

The subsequent explorations in Ghana were restricted to the

previous localities in former Danish Guinea where Thonning was

a Danish official; the newer specimens were again more akin to

those from Angola. However the Kew Herbarium has from an

indefinite place in Ghana fruits which, though representing H.

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A: Fructus latere visus. B: Sectio ejusdem verticalis. C: Aspectus

ejusdem vertice visus.

324 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV _ (1970)

doreyi, agree generally with Thonning’s and Wendland’s descrip-

tions of H. guineensis. Since the fruits have a dark brown epidermis

which cracked in the parts exposed to the sun (“‘cortice fragili’’

according to Thonning), there is no doubt that the specimen is

from the lowland, and the name H. thebaica given in the Her-

barium is a misnomer, for the latter species grows on highlands

and produces fruits with yellowish brown epidermis which does

not crack even on drying. Hence the specimen in the Kew Her-

barium is chosen as the neotype of H. guineensis with H. doreyi

as a synonym.

As said above, Beccari, relying on his vast experience with the

genus which shows a great tendency to differentiate into localized

forms, discounted the idea that the distribution of one and the

same species or variety could occur in such wide areas as the

sea-coast of Angola south of the equator near the River Quanza

and in Upper Guinea above the equator. However H. guineensis

seems to have originated in Angola and is distributed to the north

by the Benguela Ocean currents — a factor which Beccari had

not taken into account. Another peculiarity generally observed in

Angola but so far not in Ghana is that the species form stemless

colonies as mentioned above, sometimes occupying vast tracts of

land. But, after some months or even years, the specimens grow

stems individually and produce flowers and fruits.

Hyphaene crinita Gaertn.

In trying to identify H. guineensis Thonn. I stumbled on the

problem of the identity of H. crinita rather unexpectedly, because

H. crinita was generally regarded as a species from South East

Africa and H. guineensis was described as from North West Africa.

When I was working in Lisbon, my first conclusions as to the

identity of H. crinita were drawn and later published in the Review

Garcia de Orta (15 (4), 1967: 449 (1970)). These were based

entirely on the study of the figures published by Gaertner (1891)

and Beccari (1924). Subsequently I have had opportunities to

examine the actual type fruits of H. crinita and H. baikieana

Furtado (= H. macrosperma sec Becc.), and good fruits of H.

togoensis from the palms cultivated in Ghana. As a result I found

that the figures of H. macrosperma sec Becc. are partly misleading

and that these taxa had better be kept separate.

The probable reasons why Martius was misled to confuse H.

crinita with H. natalensis are given in a paper on the identity of

the latter species, published in this Bulletin (pp 283-287).

However, it is often overlooked that the Dutch had a “factory”

(comptoir) in Ghana and also some plantations, so that nuts from

this region could have easily found a place in the seed collection

of the Botanic Garden at Amsterdam where the type fruit of H.

crinita was found. It is true that Lawson and Price (Bot. Journ.

Linn. Soc. Lond. 62 (3): 321 (1969)) have ignored this fact and

quoted Junghans to show that the former Danish Guinea is the

Furtado — Hyphaene guineensis 325

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Fig. 6. Hyphaene macrosperma Wendl. (ex Beccari t. 18 figs. 7 and 71).

A: Entire fruit; B: Longitudinal section.

326 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore —XXV (1970)

area represented by Ghana. But Jeppesen (Danish Plantations on

the Gold Coast in Geogr. Tidskrift 65: 73-88 (1966) shows that

the Danes had only small plantations and defence posts dotted

in the eastern parts of Ghana especially towards the Lower Delta,

and Lasegue (Musee Bot. Delessert: 70 (1845)) notes that Palisot

de Beauvais from Lisbon had reached Chamah, a Dutch “‘factory”’

(comptoir) on the Gold Coast lying between the Cape of Three

Points and Cape Corse (modern Cape Coast) and thence to Koto,

a Danish ‘“‘comptoir’ on the same coast on the River Volta.

Therefore the type of H. crinita in Amsterdam could have been

sent from Ghana by a Dutch planter.

The fact that H. crinita is closely allied to H. togoensis and

H. baikieana, both of which are based on the types collected in

Upper Guinea supports the view that the type of H. crinita had

also come from that region. All three species have fruits which

are broad at the apex and narrowed at the base and which are

slightly longer than broad. The fruits of H. crinita and H. baikieana

are on the dorsal side almost vertically straight though the base

is slightly rotundate in the former, broad and cordulate in the

latter. In H. togoensis the fruit is dorsally convex. The broadest

diameter is below the middle in this species, in the middle or

slightly above in H. crinita, and near the apex in the third. In

both H. crinita and H. baikieana fruits are laterally compressed

so that it appears somewhat triangular in cross-section. Though

the available fruit specimens of H. baikieana have only embryonic

seed, that of H. crinita is half-developed (known only from one

fruit), and those of H. togoensis are fully developed. The distinc-

tions shown above seem to justify recognition of the three taxa as

distinct species. On the other hand, none of these three species

are allied either to H. thebaica or to H. natalensis.

The Species form Upper Guinea

Since H. guineensis has been definitely identified, advantage is

taken here to enumerate the species that have been found in the

region and to give their synonyms.

1. Hyphaene baikieana Furtado spec. nov

H. crinita sec. Furtado in Rev. Garcia Hort. 15, 1967: 449 Ic. 2

fig. A tantum (1970) quoad synonymum H. macrosperma sec.

Becc. p.p. Figure 1.

H. guineensis sec. Drude in Engl. Jahrb. 21: 124 (1895) in nota.

H. macrosperma sec. Drude op. cit.: 123; Becc., Borass: 27 t. 19

fig. 6 (1924) p.p.

H. crinita valde affinis, sed fructibus bilateraliter compressis,

in sectione transversa trigonoideis, supra stigma abrupte ventricosis,

dorso gibbosis, apice oblique truncatis haec species sat distincta.

Furtado — Hyphaene guineensis 327

Fig. 7. Hyphaene tuleyana Furtado (Holotypus — K).

A: Fructus latere visus. B: Aspectus ejusdem ab imo. C: Aspectus

ejusdem dorsalis. D: Fructus verticaliter sectus ut partis interiores

et earum dispositio appareant.

328 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1970)

Fructus omnes immaturi visi, unusquisque cum semine vix

evoluto, ambitu obovato pyriformes, ex dorso latiores ventrem

versus angustati, autem lateraliter compressi, dorso ad basin gib-

bosi vel sub-cordulati et ad apicem rotundati, ventre supra stigma

abrupte carinati, vertice oblique truncati, centro depressiusculi, ad

apicem carinae altiores, epidermide non fragili, flavescente minute

punctato, 7-8 cm alti, 5—6 cm lati, 44.5 cm crassi. Infructescentiae

rami duo visi, usque ad 15 cm longi, uterque amenta tres, 8-11

cm longa, 1 cm diam. ferens.

AFRICA BOREO-OCCIDENTALIS: Regio ad Fluvium Niger

(Baikie leg. circa 1859 — K, holotypus).

Since this specimen belonged to ‘‘Dr. Baikie’s Niger Expedition’,

both Drude and Beccari separately mistook it to be the type of

H. macrosperma, a species described to have an “ovate” fruit as

in A. thebaica but rounder in cross-section, and not obovate-

pyriform and triangular. Geographical considerations misled Drude

to identify this species as H. guineensis.

The peculiar facets shown in the entire fruits photographed by

Martelli for illustrating Beccari’s monograph are somewhat mis-

leading and the fruit represented in Furtado figure 1, B, (copied

from Beccari) is not found in the collection at Kew, though it is

the one that had made me identify Beccari’s H. macrosperma

with H. crinita.

Because the fruit is yellow and ventricose and shows no cracks

in the epidermis, I surmise that, like H. crinita, this species is an

inland one and of higher and drier regions and that it has a stem

that branches dichotomously.

The specimen was originally named as ‘“‘Hyphaene macrocarpa

Wendl.?”” but later named by Martelli as ““H. macrosperma

Wendl.”’ on grounds that it is so named by Beccari in his manu-

script on “‘Borasseae’”’. Wendland did not describe any species

called H. macrocarpa and so this might have been an error for

“H. macrosperma Wendl.?’’.

The holotype is indicated as if it was collected by Barter in

Jan. 1860. However, Barter had died in July 1859 (Hutchinson

& Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 71 (1927)). The specimen is also

indicated as being from “Dr. Baikie’s Niger Expedition”, with

which Barter seems to have been associated only in 1857, though

all the collections from Dr. Baikie’s Niger Expedition (1854-59)

are attributed erroneously to Barter. I have therefore not cited

the name of Barter. Further, the date “Jan. 1860” seems to be

the date when the specimens were received at Kew or when they

were sorted out and incorporated into the Kew Herbarium. A

duplicate of this specimen was donated to Drude in Berlin and

was similarly labelled (op. cit. p. 124 footnote).

2. Hyphaene crinita Gaertn., Fruct. 2: 13 t. 82 fig. 4 (1791);

Mart. Palm. 3 ed 2: 225 (1949) pro parte typica; Becc. in

Agric. Col. 2: 157 (1908) 157 p.p. Borasseae: 29 fig. 13 (1924):

Furtado in Rev. Garcia de Orta 15 (4), 1967: 449 t. Ic. 2 excl.

A & B, excl. syn. et addenda: 459 t, 19 fig. infra (holotypus)

(1970). Figure 2,

Furtado — Hyphaene guineensis 329

Fig. 8. Hyphaene thebaica (Ethiopia — K).

A: Lateral view of the fruit. B: Its dorsal views. C: The basal view.

D: Nut vertically dissected.

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Fig. 9. Hyphaene thebaica (cult. University Garden, Cairo, Egypt, leg.

Dr. Vivi Tackholm).

A: Fruiting spikelet with the topmost fruit as seen dorsally. B: Fruit

as seen laterally. C: The basal view of the fruit. D: Vertical section

of the fruit. EZ: Hastula.

Furtado — Hyphaene guineensis 331

H. thebaica sec Mart., Palm. 3: 227 (1839) quoad synon H.

crinita Hutch. & Dalz., Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: Appendix: 507

(1955) p.p.

AFRICA: Holotypus in Herb. University of Tiibingen, Germany.

3. Hyphaene guineensis Thonn. apud Schum. in Kong. Dansk.

Vid. Natur. Math. Afhand. 4: 219 (1829); Guessfeldt, Die

Loango Exped. 1873-76, Abt. 1:46 (1879) & Titelbild; Wendl.

in Bot. Zeit. 39: 92 (1881); Pechuel-Loesche, Die Loango Exped.

Abt. 3 (1): 76 & 121 (1882); Drude in Engl. Jahrb. 21: 110 &

123 (1895) p.p.; Rendle, Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 2: 83 (1899); Wright

in Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 121 (1901); Becc., Borasseae: 47 (1924);

Faber in Schimp., Pflanzengeogr. ed. 2, 1: 533 fig. 166 (1935);

non Hutchinson in Hutch. & Dalz., Fl. West Trop. Afr. 2:

392 (1936) & Tomlinson, Anat. Mon. II. Palmae: 158 (1961).

Figures 3-5.

H. congensis Kirk kin Salom.,Die Palm. Gewachse: 43 (1887);

Drude op. cit.: 124 nota; Becc. op. cit.; 49: nomen nudum.

H. doreyi Furtado in Rev. Garcia de Orta 15, 1967: 450, tt.

5 & 6 (1970) syn. nov. |

H. thebaica sensu Dalziel in Appendix: 508: (1955) p.p.; Russell

in Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 3 (1), ed. 2: 169 (1968) p.p.

WEST AFRICA: Ghana loc. incert. (Colonial & Indian Exhi-

bition of 1886 No. 92 — K, neotype); Tema Paradise Beach

(Hossain GC 37,578 & GC 38,675); Lower Volta Agbozume

District, at Sonuto near Keta Lagoon (Quartey & Ayittey; GC

37,579, & Hossain & Enti GC 38,668. :

Several specimens of this species in the Herbaria of Kew, BM

& Lisbon have been named by me as H. doreyi.

This species seems to have originated in Angola in the region

of Quanza and become widely distributed further to the northern

regions of Upper and Lower Guinea by the Benguela Ocean

currents.

In view of the great many variations noted in the collections

made by Dr. M. Hossain of Ghana and his assistants, H.

gossweileri Furtado (1970) might, on further studies, prove to be

a form of H. guineensis.

4. Hyphaene macrosperma Wendl. in Bot. Zeit. 31: 92 (1881);

Drude in Engl. Jahrb. 21: 123 (1895) non in nota; Becc.,

Borass.: 27 (1924) parte typica; Furtado in Rev. Garcia de Orta

15 (4), 1967: 453 Ic. 4 figs. A & B (1970). Figure 6.

H. dahomeensis Becc., Borass.: 48 tt. 18 fig. 7 & 42 figs. 14

(1924).

AFRICA BOREO-OCCIDENTALIS: Dahomey (Paisson-

Herb. Becc. holotypus).

Beccari & Drude identified this with H. haikieana.

332 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV_ (1970)

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A: Lateral view of the fruit. B: Fruit as seen from below. C: The

dorsal view of the fruit. D: Fruit as seen from the top. E: Vertical

section of the fruit.

Furtado — Hyphaene guineensis 333

5. Hyphaene tuleyana Furtado spec. nov. Figure 7.

H. thebaicae arcte affinis sed fructibus fere tertia parte minori-

bus, ambitu laterali quadratis vel obovoideo quadratis, apice

curvatis, ventre carinatis, carina etiam apicem versus valde dilatata

haec species admodum diversa. Ab H. occidentali, quacum propter

magnitudinem fructus facile confusa, fructibus conspicue carinatis

in sectione transversa ovoideo-trullatis, ambitu laterali obovato

quadratis et dorsali rotundato-quadratis haec species sat distincta.

Caulis basi solitarius, circa ad 3 m. altitudinem semel bifurcatus,

ramis 7-9 m. longis. Amenta duo visa, parte fertili 18-20 cm.

longa, 2 cm. in diam., parte basali sterilia, 4-5 cm. longa. Fructus

circa 5 cm. altus, 6—6.25 cm. latus, 5 cm. in diam., in perimetro

stigmatico pedicellari ambitu obovoideo-apice arcuatus, dorso

curvatus, supra stigma carinatus, carina valde dilatata, basi inflexa,

imo sulcata, utrinsecus paulo depressa, apice altiore quam dorsum

vel eo aequa, ambitu dorsali quadrangulari-oblongus, in angulis

rotundatus, basin versus paululo dilatatus vel non, medio vel

supra cinctulus, apice recurvus; vertice in linea dorso-carinali

sulcatus, sulco ante apicem carinae terminato; sectione transversa

late ovoideo-trullatus, epidermide non friabili, luteo brunnescente

vel cinnamomeo.

AFRICA BOREO-OCCIDENTALIS: Nigeria borealis (Tuley

in 1964 — K, holotypus).

A very close ally of H. thebaica, from which this species is

readily distinguished by its much smaller fruits which are obovate-

quadrangular on the broadest side with arcuate apex, and almost

quadrangular on the dorsal side, sometimes a little broader at the

base and often constricted above the middle. The carina is dilated

above and its tip is often the highest point in the fruit. The dent

at the apex is more towards the carina than in the centre of the

vertex which is the case in H. thebaica.

The fruit is more or less the size of that of H. occidentalis but

differing from it in being obovate in the broadest side and having

a well-developed carina making the species ovoid-trullate in cross-

section.

A photograph taken by Tuley (apparently in 1964) shows that

the palm does not divide underground but only when the stem is

about 3 metres high. The tree was branched only once.

The specimen and the photographs were apparently made in

1964 and probably Russell (Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 3 (1) ed. 2: 169

(1968)), included also this species under H. thebaica.

Tomlinson identified the specimen of H. togoensis growing in

the Achimota Gardens as H. guineensis and referred in the note

at the herbarium to the wild North Nigerian species which may

be H. tuleyana. This may also be partly the species from Bornu

in North Nigeria which Drude had referred to as H. thebaica

(Engl. Jahrb, 21: 110 (1896)).

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Hyphaene thebaica (L.) Mart. Figures 8-10.

Since this binomial has often been misapplied to several un-

related species, advantage is taken here to illustrate three of its

forms. The species has to be typified on t. 133 of Martius (Palm.

1838-49), while Beccari’s t. 20 (Borasseae, 1924) has to be ex-

cluded, being apparently a member of the group referred by

Beccari as “Hyphaene multiformis’” (Borasseae: 32 (1924)).

The fruit of H. thebaica varies a great deal in size, depending

mostly upon ecological conditions. It is always ovate or ovoid

in shape, being almost truncate at the base where it is more or

less grooved on the sides of the keel. This last is broadly ventricose

in the lower half and gradually narrowed towards the obtuse or

slightly retuse apex. The dorsal side is arcuate, broad towards the

base, slightly narrowed towards the apex.

Acknowledgements

This study has been made possible through the generous co-

operation of several persons and institutions to whom I am very

grateful. In particular I should like to thank the following: The

Director, British Museum (Science), London, for the photocopies

of the pertinent parts of the Die Loango Expedition, 1873-1882,

by Guessfeldt & Pechuel-Loesche; the Director, Royal Botanic

Gardens, Kew, for the loan of the herbarium specimens from

Upper Guinea and Egypt and for the photocopy of the treatment

of Hyphaene by Russell in Flora of West Tropical Africa, 1968;

the Curator, Botanical Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark, for the

photocopy of Jeppesen’s account of Danish Plantations in the

Gold Coast (Geogr. Tidskr. 65 (1966)); the Curator, the Rijksher-

barium, Leiden, the Netherlands, for photocopies of Wendland’s

papers on Hyphaene; the Keeper of Herbarium, University of

Tuebingen, Germany, for the loan of Gaertner’s type of H. crinita;

the Centro de Botanica, Lisbon, Portugal, for the copies of the

pertinent parts of Schumacher’s paper on Thonning’s journey in

the Gold Coast; Dr. Vivi Tackholm, Faculty of Science, Cairo

University, Giza, Egypt, for the specimens of H. thebaica grown

in the University Garden in Giza; Dr. M. Hossain of the University

of Ghana and his assistants for obtaining good specimens of H.

togoensis and for visiting some localities where Thonning had

worked, and collecting from there specimens of H. guineensis:

and the Director of Botanic Gardens, Singapore, for providing

me the library and herbarium facilities to carry out my work.

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A Contribution to the Bryological Knowledge of

Fraser’s Hill Station (Malaysia)

By P. TIrxier*

SUMMARY

The author gives the list of his own collections from Fraser’s Hill

(Pahang). It indexes 78 species of Mosses and 67 of Liverworts and four

are new to Science: Syrrhopodon fraserianus, Trichosteleum fruticolum,

Cololejeunea pahangiana and Lejeunea pilifera.

In the course of my monographic studies of the Liverwort genus

Cololejeuna, I was struck by the paucity of herbarium collections

and the small number of localities visited in Malaya. In the work

of Benedix (1947) only 14 species were listed while the localities

were confined to the Southern part of the Malayan Peninsula such

as Mt. Ophir and to Singapore. His publication drew attention at

once to Fraser’s Hill as a hill station for the collection of

Liverworts. As for the Malayan Mosses, the last publication is by

Dixon and dates as far back as 1926. Subsequently few data has

been published.

Fraser’s Hill is a station situated 112 km from Kuala Lumpur,

at an altitude of about 1,400 m on a ridge (of the Main Range)

near the water parting between Pahang and Selangor, and has an

annual rainfall between 3,000 and 4,000 mm. Discovered in 1916,

the site was surveyed in 1919 and was soon developed by the

Governments of Pahang and the Federated Malay States. The

location and the vegetation resemble those observed in Bach Ma

(Central Vietnam) in that Fraser’s Hill also lies on top of a ridge

and the vegetation is similarly an oak mountain forest. As is also

the case in Bach Ma, Cyathea reaches 5-6 m high and also many

palms such as Caryota, Licuala, and Pinanga occur. The Northern

side may be wetter than the Southern, but nowhere was the elfin-

woodland forest seen. The vegetation remains relatively disturbed

and bushes of ferns represent the secondary vegetation. It was

observed that practically all the collections in windy and sunny

localities were made on the very various coniferous trees planted

along the roads of the station and in the garden of Fraser’s Hill

Hotel. For the Mosses in my list, new species for Fraser’s Hill are

marked ‘“*” and those for Malaya marked “**”,

The author wishes to thank Dr. C. X. Furtado, Botanist in

Singapore, for kindly correcting the Latin diagnosis in this paper.

*Laboratoire de Cryptogamie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle

(Paris); and, Faculté des Sciences, Phnom Penh (République Khmére)

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Mosses

Dicranoloma braunii (C. Muell.) Par.

On coniferous barks, 25/XII/1969, nos 4611, 4763, 4762.

Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Pacific

Islands.

Leucoloma molle (C. Muell.) Mitt.

On trunks in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4756.

Indochina, Malesia.

Campylopus caudatus (C. Muell.) Mont.

On trunks, 28/XII/1969, no 4858.

Himalaya, Ceylon, Sumatra, Borneo, Moluccas, Luzon,

Mindanao.

Campylopus hemitrichus (C. Muell.) Jaeg.

On trunks and rocks, 26/XII/1969, no 4764.

Luzon, Borneo, Sumatra.

Leucobryum aduncum Doz. & Molk.

On rotten logs in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4750.

From Himalaya to New Caledonia.

Leucobryum bowringii Mitt.

On bark in evergreen forest, 28/XII/1969, no 4838.

Ceylon, Malesia, Indochina, China, Formosa, Japan.

* Leucobryum javense (Brid.) Mitt.

Very common on trunks, grounds and banks, 25/XII/1969,

no 4610.

India, Ceylon, Indochina, Malesia, China, New Guinea.

Octoblepharum albidum Hedw.

On trunks of coniferous trees, 25/XII/1969, no 4608.

Pantropical.

Exodictyon blumii (C. Muell.) Fleisch.

On trunks, in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4739.

Java, Borneo, Luzon, Negros, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam.

Syrrhopodon albidus Thw. & Mitt.

On trunks, in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4760.

Ceylon, Malaya.

Syrrhopodon fraserianus sp. nov.

On bark, in sunny position, 26/XII/1969, no 4769.

Syrrhopodon tristichus Nees

On bark in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4740.

Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Ambon, Borneo, Thailand, Luzon,

Negros.

Thyridium fasciculatum (Hook. & Grev.) Mitt.

On twigs in sunny position, 25/XII/1969, nos 4719, 4775.

Nepal, Ceylon, Malaya, Thailand, Cambodia, Java, Sumatra,

Moluccas, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Louisiade, Palau,

Carolines, Samoa, Pitcairn.

Thyridium undulatum (Broth. & Ged.) Fleisch.

On trunks, in sunny station, 26/XII/1969, no 4757.

Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Borneo, New Guinea, Singapore.

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Calymperopsis langbianensis P. Tixier

On twigs of coniferous trees, 25/XI1I/1969, no 4721.

Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam.

Calymperes nietnerii C. Muell.

On trunks in evergreen forest, 26/XI1I/1969, no 4792.

Java, Ceylon, Thailand.

Calymperes serratum A. Braun

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4789.

Indochina, China, Malesia, New Caledonia, Micronesia.

Hyophila involuta (Hook.) Jaeg.

On wet banks, 26/XII/1969, no 4780.

Ceylon, Malesia, Indochina.

Hydrogonium consanguineum (Thw. & Mitt.) Hilp.

On wet banks, 28/XII/1969, no 4843.

Ceylon, Luzon, Singapore, Java.

Brachymenium exile (Doz. & Molk.) Bosch. & Lac.

On wet banks, 26/ XII/ 1969, no 4793.

India, Japan, Formosa, Korea, Ceylon, Java, Sumatra, Hawaii,

Vietnam.

Brachymenium nepalense Hook.

Very common, on trunks, roofs etc., 28/XII/1969, no 4853.

Indochina, India, Malesia.

Rhodobryum giganteum (Schwaegr.) Par.

On banks, 25/XII/ 1969, no 4606.

Mascarhenas, India, Ceylon, Malesia, Indochina, China,

Japan.

Rhizogonium spiniforme (Hedw.) Bruch.

Very common, but weakly developed, 26/ XII / 1969, no 4773.

Pantropical.

Mniodendron divaricatum (Reinw. & Hornsch.) Lindb.

On ground in wet evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4796.

Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, Luzon, Negros, Mindanao,

Mindoro, Malaya. | |

Philonotis hastata (Duby) Wijk & Marg.

On wet banks, 27/ XII/1969, nos 4821, 4823.

Madagascar, Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Malaya, Borneo, Luzon,

Laos, Hawaii.

Macromitrium cumingii C. Muell.

On coniferous bark, 26/XII/1969, no 4771.

Thailand, Java, Philippines, New Guinea, Carolines, Marshall,

Vietnam.

Macromitrium reinwardtii Schwaegr.

On coniferous barks, in sunny position, 28/XII/1969, no 4836.

Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, Tahiti, Tasmania, Cambodia.

Groutiella goniorrhyncha (Doz. & Molk.) Wijk. & Marg.

On bark and branches of coniferous trees, 25/XII/ 1969,

no 4735.

India, Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea.

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Desmotheca apiculata (Doz. & Molk.) Lindb.

On branches in sunny positions, 27/XII/1969, nos 4817,

4833.

Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Ambon, Vietnam.

Racopilum schmidii (C. Muell.) Mitt.

On trunks in evergreen forest, 27/XII/1969, no 4816.

Nilghiris, Philippines, Indochina.

Endotrichella elegans (Doz. & Molk.) Fleisch.

On banks mixed with Aerobryopsis longissima, 28 / XIT/ 1969,

no 4851.

Sumatra, Java, Malesia, Vietnam, Formosa, Philippines,

Carolines.

Garovaglia plicata (Brid.) Bosch & Lac.

On coniferous bark, 28/XII/1969, no 4837.

Sikkim, Sumatra, Java, Ceram, Luzon, Mindanao.

Pterobryopsis crassicaulis (C. Muell.) Fleisch.

On trunk of Podocarpus sp., 25/XII/1969, 4603, 4728.

Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Philippines, Vietnam.

Pterobryopsis gedehensis Fleisch.

On trunk in evergreen forest mixed with Homaliodendron

flabellatum, 27/XII/1969, no 4801.

Java, Cambodia, Mindanao.

Symphysodontella cylindracea (Mont.) Fleisch.

On trunk in evergreen forest, 27/XII/1969, no 4824.

Sumatra, Java, Mindanao, Ambon, New Caledonia, Samoa,

Tahiti, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Thailand, Fiji, Vietnam.

Papillaria fuscescens (Hook.) Jaeg.

On trunks and twigs in sunny stations, 25/ XII/ 1969, no 4732.

Himalaya, India, Ceylon, Indochina, China, Malesia.

Aerobryidium filamentosum (Hook.) Fleisch.

Pendulous on twigs in sunny stations, 26/ XII/ 1969, no 4786.

India, Himalaya, China, Ceylon, Indochina, Malesia.

Aerobryopsis longissima (Doz. & Molk.) Fleisch.

On banks and on twigs in sunny stations, 25/ XII/1969, nos

4605, 4718, 4737.

From Himalaya till Pacific Islands.

Floribundaria floribunda (Doz. & Molk.) Fleisch.

Common -on twigs in sunny stations, 25/XII/ 1969, no 4720.

Madagascar, India, Himalaya, Indochina, Ceylon, Japan, New

Guinea, Pacific Islands.

Floribundaria pseudofloribunda Fleisch.

On branches in evergreen forest, 27/XII/1969, no 4815.

Northern Vietnam, Java, Luzon, New Guinea, New Hebrides,

Queensland.

Trachyloma indicum Mitt.

On coniferous trunks in sunny station, 27/ XII/ 1969, no 4803.

Ceylon, Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea.

Tixier — Bryophytes, Fraser’s Hill 339:

Homaliodendron flabellatum (Smith) Fleisch.

On trunks in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4752.

From India to Pacific Islands.

Pinnatella kuehliana (Bosch & Lac.) Fleisch.

On trunks in evergreen forest, 27/XII/1969, no 4814.

Sulawesi, Sumatra, Java, Malaya, Ceram, New Guinea.

Pinnatella microptera Fleisch.

On coniferous trunks in sunny stations, 28/XII/1969, no

4839. ;

Luzon, Borneo, Thailand, Singapore.

Ephemeropsis tjibodensis Goeb.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 28/XII/1969, no 4666.

South East Asia from Laos to New Guinea.

Distichophyllum mittenii Bosch & Lac.

On rotten logs in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4785.

Ceylon, Malaya, Java, Palawan, Cambodia, Formosa,.

Aneityum, New Caledonia.

Chaetomitrium torquescens Bosch & Lac.

On twigs in sunny positions, 27/ XII/1969, no 4809.

From Java to New Guinea.

Lopidium trichocladon (Bosch & Lac.) Fleisch.

On trunks in forest and sunny positions, 27/XII/1969, no

4825.

Java, Moluccas, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia.

Cyathophorella tenera (Bosch & Lac.) Fleisch.

On trunks in evergreen forest and in sunny positions, 27/XII/

1969, no 4827.

Sumatra, Sumbawa.

Thuidium meyenianum (Hpe.) Doz. & Molk.

On ground mixed with Pogonatum, 26/ XII/1969, no 4784.

Himalaya, Ceylon, Malesia, New Guinea, Melanesia.

Rhynchostegium celebicum (Lac.) Jaeg.

On trunks in evergreen forest, 25/XII/1969, no 4615.

Luzon, Thailand, Vietnam, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Hawaii.

Campylodontium flavescens (Hook.) Bosch & Lac.

(Syn.: Cribrodontium wernerii Herz.)

At the base of tree in sunny positions, c. fr., 27/XII/1969, no

4826.

From Himalaya to Luzon.

Clastobryella asperrima Dix.

On twigs, 25/XII/1969, nos 4722, 4800; 27/XII/1969, no

4835.

Malaya, New Caledonia, Aneityum.

Acanthocladium alboalare P. Tixier.

On trunk in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4772.

Vietnam.

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Trismegistia calderensis (Sull.) Broth.

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, nos 4738,

4768.

Sumatra, Java, Malaya.

Trismegistia rigida (Mitt.) Broth.

Same station, 26/XII/1969, nos 4739, 4741.

Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia.

Meiothecium hamatum (C. Muell.) Broth.

On twigs of coniferous trees, 25/XII/1969, no 4731. (cf)

Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Fiji, Panay, Samoa, Vietnam,

Cambodia.

Acroporium aciphyllum Dix.

On banks, 28/XIT/1969, no 4848.

Malaya.

Acroporium albidissimum : Dix.

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 26/ XII/ 1969, no 4751.

Thailand, Malaya.

Acroporium diminutum (Brid.)) Fleisch.

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 28/XII/1969, no 4855.

Java, Philippines, Moluccas, Malaya, Vietnam.

Acroporium falcifolium (Fleisch.) Fleisch.

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 27/XII/1969, no 4799.

Sumatra, Java, Malaya, Sulawesi, Philippines.

Acroportum hamulatum (Fleisch.) Fleisch.

On trunks in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, nos 4732. 4770,

4781, 4782: 28/XII/1969, nos 4846, 4847.

Java, Luzon, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaya.

Acroporium longicuspis Dix.

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 27/ XII/ 1969, no 4842.

Malaya.

Acroporium secundum (Reinw. & Hornsch.) Fleisch.

‘On banks, 28/XII/ 1969, nos 4837, 4847, 4776.

Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, Ceram.

Acroporium cf vincensianum (Thér.) Broth.

Common on rotten logs in evergreen forest, c.fr., 26/XII/ 1969,

nos 4738, 4758, 4798.

Vietnam, Cambodia.

Trichosteleum boschii (Doz. & Molk.) Jaeg.

On trunk in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969. no 4769.

Indochina, Malesia.

Trichosteleum fruticolum sp. nov.

Small collections on twigs, 28/XII/1969, no 4852.

Known from Bokor in Cambodia.

Trichosteleam hamatum (Doz. & Molk.) Jaeg.

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4787.

From South East Asia to the Pacific Islands.

Acanthorrhynchium. papillatum (Harv.) Fleisch.

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4742.

From South East Asia and Nepal to the Pacific Islands.

Tixier — Bryophytes, Fraser's Hill 341

* Taxithelium kerianum (Broth.) Broth.

On trunks in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4765.

Australia, Malesia, Indochina, New Guinea.

* Taxithelium vernierii (Duby) Besch.

On twigs in evergreen forest, 27/XII/1969, no 4819.

Indochina, Malesia.

** Glossadelphus zollingerii (C. Muell.) Fleisch.

On twigs, 27/XII/1969, no 4834.

Java, Sulawesi, Luzon, Fiji, Hawaii.

Ectropothecium buitenzorgii (Bel.) Mitt.

Very common, banks, base of trunks, twigs, 25/XII/1969,.

nos 4725, 4774.

Indochina, Malesia.

* Etcropothecium ichnotocladum (C. Muell.) Jaeg.

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 27/ XII/ 1969, no 4813.

Luzon, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, Ambon, Vietnam.

Isopterygium albescens (Hook) Jaeg.

On wood near the ground in evergreen forest, 25/XII/ 1969,

no 4736; 26/XII/1969, no 4745; 27/ XII/ 1969, no 4831.

From Nepal to Pacific Islands.

Isopterygium bancanum (Lac.) Jaeg.

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 28/ XII/ 1969, no 4839.

Java, Malaya, Banka, Luzon.

Pogonatum junghuhnianum (Doz. & Molk.) Doz. & Molk.

On banks in forest, 27/XI1/1969, no 4830.

Java, Nilghiri, Indochina, Philippines.

Pogonatum macrophyllum Doz. & Molk.

On banks in forest, 26/XII/1969, nos 4790, 4791; 25/XIIL/

1969, no 4604; 27/XII/1969, no 4829; 28/XII/1969, no:

4857.

Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Moluccas, Sulawesi, Luzon, Negros,.

Mindanao, Cambodia.

Liverworts

Anthoceros glandulosus Lem. & Lindb.

On stones in the garden of the hotel, 27/ XII/ 1969, no 4820:

Common in South East Asia.

Marchantia acaulis St.

On wet bank, 26/XII/1969, no 4794.

Perak.

Metzgeria furcata (L.) Dum.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 27/ XII/ 1969, no 4703.

Cosmopolitan.

Chiloscyphus argutus (Reinw. Blum Nees) Nees

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 27/XII/1969, no 4849.

From Tropical Asia to Australia.

* Species new for Fraser's Hill. Die Ww lied 1 bat) Lo

** Species new for Malaya.

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Chiloscyphus communis St.

On rotten wood in wet ground, 26/XII/1969, no 4776;

28/XI11/1969, no 4849.

Himalaya, Indochina, Malesia, Japan, Queensland.

Bazzania calcarata comb. nov. ( = Mastigobryum calcaratum

Sande Lacoste, Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. 1863 in Stephani

Spec. Hep. III, 1908, 498).

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 26/ XII/ 1969, no 4766.

Java, Malaya, Borneo.

Bazzania caudata comb. nov. ( = Mastigobryum caudatum

St., Spec. Hep. III, 1908, p. 947).

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 26/ XII/ 1969.

Pulau Penang.

Bazzania commutata comb. nov. ( = Mastigobryum commuta-

tum L. & G., Spec. Hep. 1839-1851, p. 97 et in Stephani,

Spec. Hep. III], 1908, p. 509).

On bark, 25/ XII/1969, nos 4609, 4612.

Java.

Bazzania intermedia (G.) Lellorg.

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4783.

Ambon, Banda, Samoa, Philippines, Tonkin, Nilghiri, Ryu

Kiu.

Bazzania malaccensis comb. nov. ( = Mastigobryum malac-

cense St., Species Hepaticarum, III, 1908, p. 494).

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969. no 4768.

Perak.

Bazzania pectinata comb. nov. ( = Mastigobryum pectinatum

L. & G., Spec. Hep., p. 84 et Stephani, Spec. Hep., IIL,

1908, p. 445).

On bark in forest, 26/XII/1969, nos 4743, 4759.

Bazzania spiralis (Reinw. Bl. Nees) Meijer.

On rotten wood in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4755.

Thailand, Malaya, Banka, Sumatra, Borneo, Cambodia.

Lepidozia cf quadridens (N. & E.) Lindb.

On rotten log in forest, 26/XII/1969, nos 4749, 4779.

Java, Indo Malesia, Brazil.

Herberta cf parisii (St.) Miller.

In low situation on trunk, 28/XII/1969, no 4859.

Plant between H. parisii and H. ceylanica. This genus seems

new for Malaya.

Mastigophora diclados (Brid.) Nees.

In clusters along the banks of the roads, 26/XII/1969, no

4767. On wood, in clear forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4754.

Pantropical.

Radula nymanij St.

On trunks, in sunny situations, 27/XI1/1969, no 4810.

Epiphyllous on Araucaria leaves, 26/XI1I/ 1969, nos 4718, 4680.

Java, Samoa, Philippines, Vietnam, New Guinea.

Tixier — Bryophytes, Fraser's Hill 343

Caudalejeunea stephanii (Spr.) St.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4718.

From Mascarenhas to Tropical Oceania.

Cheilolejeunea (X enolejeunea) meyeniana Kachroo & Schuster

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4664.

South East Asia.

Cheilolejeunea (Xenolejeunea) imbricata Schuster & Kachroo.

Bark of coniferous trees, 25/XII/1969, no 4729. Epiphyllous

in evergreen forest, very common, 26/XII/1969, nos 4620,

4671; 27/XII/1969, nos 4685, 4716, 4718.

Tropical Asia and Oceania.

Cololejeunea (Cryptolejeunea) ciliatilobula Schifin.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/ XII/1969, nos 4647, 4670.

Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaya, Java, Sumatra, Moluccas.

Cololejeunea (Taeniolejeunea) fioccosa (L. & L.) St.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 27/ XII/1968, nos 4688. 4704.

Formosa, Japan, China, Philippines, Borneo, Java, Sumatra,

Chittagong, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Sierra

Leone.

Cololejeunea (Taeniolejeunea) faicatoides Benedix.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 27/XII/1969, nos 4692,

4699, 4703, 4686; 26/XII/1969, nos 4673, 4668.

Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Thailand, Cambodia, Sulawesi,

Philippines.

Cololejeunea (Taeniolejeunea) gynophthalma Benedix.

Epiphyllous on Araucaria leaves, 26/XII/1969, nos 4618,

4635, 4636, 4670.

Sumatra, Java, Vietnam, Thailand, Luzon, Cambodia.

Cololejeunea (Lasiolejeunea) jelinekii (St.) Benedix.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, nos 4632,

4635, 4636, 4657: 27/XI11/1969, no 4705.

Sumatra, Java, Nicobar.

Cololejeunea (Lasiolejeunea) karstenii (St.) Benedix.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/XI1/1969, no 4646;

27/XI1/ 1969, no 4708.

Java, Vietnam (?).

Cololejeunea (Taeniolejeunea) leonidens Benedix.

Very common, epiphyllous on palms, 26/XII/1969, nos

4620, 4621, 4622, 4623, 4624, 4625, 4626, 4627, 4628. 4679,

4678; 27/XII/1969, nos 4680, 4692, 4698, 4700, 4718.

Sabah, Malaya, Java.

Cololejeunea pusilla P. Tixier.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 27/XII/1969, no 4683.

Thailand, Cambodia.

Cololejeunea (Pedinolejeunea) pahangiana sp. nov.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 27/XII/1969, no 4703.

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Cololejeunea (Taeniolejeunea) oshimensis (Horik.) Benedix.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, nos 4653,

4654, 4656, 4670, 4671, 4688, 4699; 27/XII/1969, nos

4703, 4714, 4715, 4716, 4718.

Japan, Formosa, Foukkien, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand,

Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Laos.

Cololejeunea (Pedinolejeunea) triapiculata comb. nov.

(= Leptolejeunea triapiculata Herz. Ann. Bryol. 1932, 5, 95)

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4646,

27/XI1/1969, no 4703.

Java, Sumatra.

Cololejeunea (Chlorocolea) sigmoidea S. Jovet-Ast & P. Tixier.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/ XII/ 1969, no 4620.

Java, Sabah, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam. -

Cololejeunea wightii St.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 27/XII/1969, no 4708.

Malaya, Thailand, Cambodia, Micronesia.

Colura acroloba (Mont.) S. Jovet-Ast .

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, nos 4648,

4655, 4658, 4663; 27/XII/1969, nos 4689, 4715, 4716,

4718.

Ceylon, Cambodia, Sumatra, Java, Vietnam, Borneo,

Philippines, New Caledonia.

Diplasiolejeunea brachyclada Ev.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4665;

27/XII/ 1969, no 4689.

Caribbean area and South East Asia.

Drepanolejeunea laevicornua St. .

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/ XII/ 1969, nos 4653, 4660.

Java.

Drepanolejeunea tenera Goeb., forma goebelij Herz.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4674;

27/XI1/1969, nos 4699, 4705.

Sumatra, Java, Borneo.

Drepanolejeunea tenuis (Nees) Schiffn.

On twigs of coniferous trees, 25/XII/1969, no 4612.

Sumatra, Java, Philippines, Vietnam.

Drepanolejeunea thwaitesiana (Mitt.) St.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, very common, 26/ XII/ 1969,

nos 4658, 4688; 27/XII/1969, nos 4706, 4718.

Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea,

Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia.

Lejeunea pilifera sp. nov.

On trunks and twigs in sunny positions, 27 / XII/ 1969, no 4811.

Lopholejeunea subfusca St.

On wood in evergreen forest, 27/XII/1969, nos 4802, 4828.

Ceylon, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaya, Sumatra,

Krakatau, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Formosa, Ryu Kiu,

New Guinea, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tahiti.

Tixier — Bryophytes, Fraser's Hill 345

Leptolejeunea massartiana Herz. ex. Schiffn.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 27/X1I/1969, no 4714.

Java, Sumatra.

Leptolejeunea foliicola St.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 27/XII/1969, no 4716.

Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines.

Leptolejeunea subacuta St.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 27/XII/1969, no 4716.

Ryu Kiu, Vietnam, Cambodia, Bonins, Japan, Malaya,

Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Botel Tobago.

Leptolejeunea vitrea (Nees) L.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/ XII/1969, no 4718.

Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Malaya, Moluccas, Laos,

Cambodia, Vietnam.

Leucolejeunea xanthocarpa (L. & L.) Ev.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4665.

Pantropical.

Microlejeunea cucullata (Nees) St.

Bark of coniferous trees, 25/XII/1969, no 4724; epiphyllous

in evergreen forest, very common, 27/XII/1969, nos 4699,

4718.

Tropical Asia and Oceania.

Pycnolejeunea excisula St.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4665.

Java.

Pycnolejeunea cf gigantea St. .

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, no 4620.

Species between Pycnolejeunea gigantea St. (with smaller

lobuli) and P. grandistipulata (Gott.) St., South American

taxon with leaves slightly acuminate at the apex.

Pycnolejeunea cf. punctata St.

On bark of coniferous trees, 25/XII/1969, nos 4726, 4846.

Bismarck Archipelago.

Ptychantus striatus (L. & L.) St.

On bark, 28/XII/1969, no 4850.

Japan, Ryu Kiu, Formosa, Ambon, Malesia, Burma, Assam

India, Madagascar, Africa.

Stenolejeunea apiculata (Gott.) Schuster.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 26/XII/1969, nos 4646,

4665, 4682: 27/XII/1969, nos 4702, 4705.

Java, Philippines, Formosa, Malaya, Cambodia, Vietnam,

New Caledonia.

Taxilejeunea compressiuscula (St.) Eifrig

On sunny bark, 28/XII/1969, no 4845.

Johore, Sumatra, Java, Philippines.

Taxilejeunea luteola (St.) Eifrig

On twigs of Podocarpus, 25/X11/1969, no 4607.

Java.

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Thysananthus spathulistipus (Reinw. Bl. Nees) St.

On twigs, 26/XII/1969, no 4753.

Southern Africa, Madagascar, India, Ceylon, Malesia,

Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos.

Tuyamaella angulistipa (St.) Hattori

Corticolous on twigs of coniferous trees, 25/XII/1969, no

4612, 4723

Epiphyllous 26/XII/1969, nos 4628, 4678: 27/XII/1969,

no 4716.

Java, Perak, Borneo, Vietnam, Cambodia.

Frullania apiculata Auct. var. goebelii Schiffn.

Epiphyllous in evergreen forest, 27/XII/1969, nos 4685,

4718; corticolous 28/XII/1969, no 4841. -

Ceylon, Vietnam, Malesia, Moluccas.

Frullania cf. cochleata St.

On trunk, 25/XII/1969, no 4734.

New Guinea.

Frullania grandistipula Lindenb.

On twigs, 28/XII/1969, no 4854.

Ceylon, Sumatra, Java.

Frullania meyeniana Lindenb.

On trunk in sunny station, 25/XII/1969, no 4733.

Java, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos,

Hawai.

Frullania ternatensis Gott.

Pendulous, on trunks, 25/XII/1969, no 4730, 28/ XIT/ 1969,

no 4818.

Malaya, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi. Ternate,

Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia.

New Species

Syrrhopodon fraserianum sp. nov. Fig. 1

Planta parva, corticola, brevis, pallide viridis. Folia usque

3.5-4.0 mm longa, 0.4 mm lata ad partem vaginalem. Cancellinae

1.4 mm longae cum 5 ordinibus cellularum. Cellulis parietum

crassis, 7-8 u in diametro, unipapillosis. Apex folii cum margine

denticulato, innervoque spinosus. Alia desunt.

Small corticolous plant, light green, stem short. Leaves 3.54.0

mm long, 0.4 mm wide near the sheath. Lattices 1.4 mm long,

with 5 rows of cells. Cells of the lamina 7-8 » in diameter, with

thick walls and a papilla on both sides of the leaf. Apex with

some teeth on the margin and spiniferous on the back of the

nerve.

This little species is between Syrrhopodon larminatii Broth &

Par. by the ornament of the cells, and, S. leucophanoides Card.

& P. Vard. and S. calymperoides Card. & P. Vard. by the form

of the leaf.

Tixier — Bryophytes, Fraser’s Hill 347

4mm

4769

Fig. 1. Syrrhopodon fraserianum:

a, Leaves; b, Cancellinae; c, Top of the leaf; d, Cells.

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Trichosteleum fruticolum sp. nov. Fig. 2

Similis T. subcucullifolio; haec planta ramicola, breviter ramosa.

Folia obtusa, in apice, marginibus recurvis, 1.8-2.0 mm _ longa,

1.2 mm lata. Cellulis alaribus, inflatis, pariete incrassatis, cellulis

laminae 70 » longis, 7 » latis cum papillis crassis, 5 » in diametro.

Apex leviter crenulatus, brevis cum cellulis scutulatis. Cetera

desunt.

In habit similar to T. subcucullifolium, on twigs. Leaves obtuse,

apex tubulate, 1.8-2.0 mm long, 1.2 mm wide. Cells of lamina

thick walled, elongated, 70 » long, 7 » wide. Papillae 5 » in

diameter. Apex lightly crenulated. Margin cells 70 » long and

De wide.

This species is near the following: 7. chaetomitriopsis Dix.

from Thailand, 7. montanum P. Tix. and T. subcucullifolium

Par. & Broth from Vietnam, 7. everettii Dix. from Borneo and,

finally T. brongsermae Zant. of New Guinea.

It is also known from Mount Bokor in Cambodia.

Cololejeunea pahangiana sp. nov. Fig. 3

Planta magna, pallide viridis, affixa substrato. Caules 1-2 cm

longi, 0.06 mm crassi, leviter sinuosi, cum foliis 2.2 mm lati.

Rhizoidea hyalina multa. Folia inter se 0.7 mm dissita. Lobus

‘margine hyalinus cauli non continguus, uno ordine cellularum

lato, adnatus ad caulem, 1.2 mm longus, 0.9 mm latus. Cuticula

cellularum papillosa, parietibus earum incrassatis intermedo.

‘Cellulae hyalinae rectangulares 25-40 x 15-20 uw: marginales

15-20 x 15-20 yw; basales 40-60 x 15-25 yw. Lobulus planus

erectus, margine semi hyalinus, divergens, lobo parallelus, 0.4 mm

Jongus, 0.15 mm latus. Papilla hyalina ad partem proximam dentis

medii. Androecia axiales vel lateralia, 0.6 mm alta, bracteis

2-jugis. Capitula feminea lateralis. Bracteae florales marginatae.

cum lobo 0.8 mm longo, 0.8 mm lato, et lobulo 0.4 mm longo,

0.15 mm lato. apice denticulatus. Perianthium plano-obrotundatum,

0.9 mm altum, 0.8 mm latum, valide rostratum.

Large plant, light green, autoicous applied to the substratum.

‘Stem up to 1-2 cm long, 0.06 mm thick, lightly sinuous, width

including leaves 2.2 mm. Numerous hyaline rhizoids. Leaves 0.7

mm apart. Lobe oval, with a hyaline margin, adnate to the stem,

1.2 mm long, 0.9 mm wide. Leaf cells with papillous cuticle and

intermediary thickenings. Hyaline cells: 25-40 x 15-20 u; cells of

the edge: 15-20 x 15-20 wp; basal cells 40-60 x 15 x 25 u.

Lobule 0.4 mm long, 0.15 mm wide, divergent, erect, plane, parallel

to the lobe; its distal edge has a row of semi hyaline cells.

Male inflorescence lateral or axial, with 2 tiers of fertile bracts.

Female inflorescence lateral, female bracts with a lobe of 0.8

mm long and 0.8 mm wide, lobule 0.4 mm high and 0.15 mm

wide. Perianth plane, almost globoid, 0.9 mm high and 0.8 mm

wide, with a strong beak.

Tixier — Bryophytes, Fraser's Hili 349

Fig. 2. Trichosteleum fruticolum:

I, Leaves; 2, Apex of the leaf; 3, Auricle: 4, Cells of

the margin; 5, Cells of the lamina.

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EF olejeunea pal lana:

I, Stem; 2, Leaf; 3, Base of the lobe; 4, Cells of the apex;

5, End of the hyal margin; 6, Lobule; 7, Perianth; 8, Lobule

of bract leaf; 9, Male inflorescence.

Tixier — Bryophytes, Fraser's Hill . 351

Lejeunea (?) pilifera sp. nov. Fig. 4

Planta parva, luteo virens, corticola foliicolaque. Caules usque

ad 5 cm longi, 0.06 mm crassi cum foliis 0.8 mm lati. Folia

inter se 0.4 mm dissita. Lobus rotundatus 0.4 mm longus, 0.3

mm latus; lobulus 100 » x 100 ». Amphigastrium bifidum usque

ad mediam partem. Cellulae lobi lobulique, pariete tenuae,

isodiametricae 30 x 40 wu. Cellulae amphigastrii similes. Rhizoides

ex cellulis marginalibus lobi.

Small plant, yellowish, corticolous or epiphyllous. Stems to

5 cm long 0.06 mm thick, width with leaves 0.8 mm. Leaves

spaced at 0.4 mm; lobe rounded, 0.4 mm long, 0.3 mm wide.

Under-leaves divided to the middle of the organ. Cells of lobe,

lobule, and underleaf isodiametric with thin walls. Rhizoids

Springing up of the cells in the leaf margin. The prescence of

such organs is not reported for the genus Lejeunea in the paper

of W. Degenkolbe (Britorgane bei beblatterten Lebermoose. —

Ann .Bryol., 1937, X, pp. 43-96).

Conclusions

1. Interest of the collections

The object is to find out if these gatherings bring an interesting

contribution to the knowledge of Bryology in Malaya. In my

lists most of the Liverworts are practically new for the region

and for Mosses 31 species are now for Fraser’s Hill, 25 for

Malaya and 2 for Science.

2. Biogeographical connections

For the mosses, the community floristic coefficients between

Fraser’s Hill and the different countries are as follows:

Malesia (*) cre oo

Indochina es 10

Ceylon . 2 3U

New Guinea n 20

Northern India ss 20

Pacific Islands - 14

Southern India, New Caledonia = 10

China, Micronesia, Formose, Japan PA under 10

We can see that the affinities of our bryological population go

to the rest of Malesia, Indochina and Ceylon (between 90 and 30).

From 20 to 10 we have India, New Guinea and New Caledonia.

Few connections appear with the Northern Bryofloras. Fraser’s

Hill is found to have a good many Javanese species (Tjibodas)

hitherto unknown for Malaya. Thus these collections establish a

bridge between the Southern Indochina bryoflora and the Javanese.

Yet, the Malayan Peninsula remains a “center of distribution”

for species of the Sematophyllaceae and particularly of the genus

(*) Malesia as in Flora Malesiana.

Tixier — Bryophytes, Fraser’s Hill 353

Acroporium, Dixon, in 1926, gave 35 species of Acroporium for

Malaya, let us remind ourselves that one can find only 12 species

in Thailand and 9 in New Caledonia, for example.

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Benedix, E. H. 1953. Indomalayische Cololejeuneen. Feddes

Rep. 134: 1-88.

Dixon, H. N. 1924. New Species of Mosses from Malay Peninsula.

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club: 51, p. 225-229,

— 1926. A List of Mosses of the Malay Peninsula.

Gard, Bull. Str. Settle. 4: 1-46.

Froelich J. 1955. Die von Prof. Dr. V. Schiffner i, den Jahren 1893-

94 in Ceylon, Penang, Singapore, Sumatra und Java gesammelten

Laub und Torfmoose. Ann. Nat. Mus. Wien, 59; pp. 66-116.

Johnson A, 1959. The Genus Sphagnum in Malaysia. Gard. Bull.

Singapore, 17, 2: p 312-324.

Merulioid Fungi in Malaysia

by E. J. H. CORNER

Botany School, Cambridge, U.K.

Meiorganum (1 sp.), Merulius (8 sp.) and Phaeophlebia (1 sp.) are

recognised. New species are Merulius agathidis, M. irpicoides, M.

luridochraceus, M. purpurascens and M. rubrotremellosus. Serpula

and Gyrodontium are placed under Merulius. A list of specific

names in Merulius is supplied.

In preparing an account of Malaysian boleti I met the problem

of Meiorganum. Heim considered it to represent a new family

Meiorganaceae intermediate between Boletaceae and Polyporaceae.

I have known the fungus for many years, for it is not uncommon

in Southeast Asia, and I have always regarded it as a species of

Merulius. Hence I have been lead to investigate the problem.

In recent years Merulius has been whittled down to an insigni-

ficant group of species about M. tremellosus with or without the

small alliance of M. corium (Donk 1964, Parmasto 1967). The

brown-spored species are separated as Serpula in Coniophoraceae

(Cooke 1957, Donk 1964), and the remainder has been submerged

in Corticiaceae. The evidence is not convincing. There are inter-

mediates between Serpula and Merulius and, besides Meiorganum,

there are other merulioid species in Southeast Asia with very much

more complicated construction than occurs in other Coniophora-

ceae and Corticiaceae. The merulioid character is the continuous

unthickened hymenium with gelatinous subhymenium, raised on

folds, pores or spines the trama of which is also gelatinous or

muciaginous. That merulioid fungi may degenerate into corticioid

states in the same way as clavarioid, stereoid and hydnoid fungi

is clear. This state is generally assumed to be primitive because

it is simple but to me the evidence points to the derivation of the

corticioid by simplification (Corner 1968, 1970). The problem,

therefore, is from what ancestry the more complicated merulioid

fungi may have been derived. It is likely that yet others of more

demonstrative nature may be found in the tropics, and the points

needs development.

Merulius and Serpula

The main distinction is white spores for Merulius s. str. (Corti-

ciaceae) and brown spores for Serpula (Coniophoraceae). Other

details lie in the construction of the hymenium and subhymenium

and in the cyanophilous character of the spores in cotton blue.

The distinction in spore-colour is so obvious in many species that

the generic separation has become customary. Yet, some species

have spores that are described as white or yellowish, e.g. M.

byssoideus, MM. crassus, M. fuscescens, M. molluscus, M. mon-

tanus and M. pseudomolluscus. Of these M. byssoideus has been

356 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1971)

considered to be very near to M. ftignicolus with ferruginous

spores, if not identical (Ginns 1968). Allied with M. byssoideus

is the species described here as M. luridochraceus and its spores,

under the microscope, vary from very pale yellowish to pale

brownish ochraceous, and they are cyanophilous as in Serpula.

M. molluscus has been transferred to Serpula independently by

Karsten and Donk (1964 p. 209), though the spores have been

described as white in the mass (Bourdot et Galzin 1927). Leucogy-

rophana Pouz. has been made for this species because of its

white or yellowish cyanophilous spores, turning brown in Melzer’s

iodine; four other species have been added by Parmasto (1967).

Donk reduces Leucogyrophana to Serpula and Ginns finds the

amyloid reaction uncertain (as I find for M. agathidis p. 365).

The hymenium and subhymenium in all three genera are exactly

alike and in strong contrast with the dry and often loose hymenium

with large projecting basidia of Coniophora (Lentz 1957). The

distinction in spore-colour between Merulius s. str. and Serpula

breaks down; they have the same general construction; only the

uncertain significance of cyanophily remains. I find that the white

spores of M. rufus, close to M. tremellosus, are slightly cyanophi-

tous. Hence I prefer to use Merulius in the wide Friesian sense

to include Serpula, and this fulfils the cogent need, often expressed

by plant-pathologists, to preserve the name Merulius lacrimans as

one of the most widely employed in practice (Harmsen 1956,

i960). There is an excessive tendency now to split up the genera

of basidiomycetes on characters the universal applicability of which

has not been established from world monographs. From the point

of view of the general structure of the fruit-body I can see no

difference between Merulius and Serpula; that they are related to

Coniophora is conjecture. Specialists, of course, employ subgeneric

categories as if they were genera, but botany requires the main

ideas. It seems to me that, as with clavarioid, thelephoroid, boletoid

and polyporoid fungi, the white spore is derived from the coloured

which in the case of Mertilius is not necessarily ferruginous; it

may be olivaceous or pinkish (Meiorganum).

Gyrodontium

This genus was made for the common brown-spored Merulius

with hydnoid spines, previously called Hydnum henningsii Bres.,

but with H. versicolor B. et Br. as an earlier name, as shown by

Maas-Geesteranus. Instead of folds or pores covered by the

hymenium, this species has long spines which, if occasionally con-

nate, are never poroid. It certainly proves that Serpula, at least,

is much more complicated than Coniophoraceae. The hyphae in

the spines are longitudinal with mucilaginous walls, as in the gills

of Paxillus but not inflated, and this direction indicates a positively

geotropic growth of the spine as a special emergence of the meru-

lioid hymenium. However, the brown-spored M. irpicoides (p. 367)

has spines or irpiciform plates which are free or shortly connected

at the base, and M. (Serpula) pinastri has pores which may

become strongly irpiciform (Cooke 1957). Thus this hydnoid dis-

tinction fails and I treat Gyrodontium as part of Merulius s.l.

Corner — Merulioid F ungi in Malaysia 357

Meiorganum and Boletaceae

Meiorganum has the appearance of an upside-down boletus.

The fruit-bodies grow from tree-trunks or branches, living or

dead, and develop the pileus at the end of a shortly descending,

but expanding stem; the pileus then flattens horizontally into a

circular or spathulate form and develops tubes on the underside,

The hyphae inflate and the tubes have a phylloporoid trama of

Strictly longitudinal, mucilaginous and scarcely inflated hyphae.

Heim compared the one known species M. neocaledonicum with

Gyrodon merulioides which, though erect, may be lignicolous

with lateral pilei, but it has a bilateral boletoid trama, cyanes-

cent flesh, ochraceous brown spores and, evidently, a very differ-

ent struct to the surface of the pileus and stem (Singer 1945); to

this one may add the African G. intermedius (Singer and Grinling

1967). On the other hand, the spores, hymenium, minutely lacunose

flesh with short branching fascicles of hyphae, and the colouration

of Meiorganum are typical of brown-spored Merulius. If Serpula is

recognised, Meiorganum differs merely in the shape of the fruit-

body, which is bridged by the pleuropodal M. agathidis, and in

the colour of the spore-print which is dull vinaceous pink to fawn

brown.

The pores of Meiorganum develop from the centre of the young

discoid hymenium as fine reticulate wrinkles. Dried specimens

collected in this state, which is fertile, pass exactly for blackened

Merulius. Heim emphasized the fact that the tubes of Meiorganum

are not separable from the flesh; they have a distinct mucilaginous

construction, as in phylloporoid boleti, but the finely lacunose

flesh breaks away with them and is the cause of the apparent

difference.

I retain Meiorganum distinct from Merulius chiefly for con-

venience because it appears to be exactly intermediate between

Gyrodon or Paxillus (as P. panuoides) and Meruliaceae and shows

that the ancestry of this family must be sought in the origin of

Boletaceae, not in Coniophoraceae or Corticiaceae. This is borne

out by the spore-basidium relation d = 0.48 w, as in many boleti.

This relation reveals the pink-brown spore as an endospore in a

mucilage sheath, developed through compression of the spore-

circles (Corner 1971).

Meiorganum is the most elaborate merulioid fungus yet found.

Its boletaceous affinity is clear. It shows how the resupinate meru-

lioid fungi could have been derived by loss of form-factors in

the development of the tubes and in loss of colour of the spore;

if a young dorsifixed Meiorganum became resupinate with rudi-

mentary tubes it would be Serpula. Thus it shows how the boletoid

fruit-body, primitively terricolous, has become adapted to the

lignicolous habitat and, in using the lignin as support, economised

in construction. So many advanced merulioid fungi thrive all over

358 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore —XXV (1971)

the world. On the upgrade theory from resupinate forms, Meior-

ganum must be the peak of evolution in Coniophoraceae, yet it is

about the most uncommon. The upgrade theory has no biological

support and, lacking this, will die of its own sterility.

The problem shifts to what may be the difference between

Meruliaceae and Boletaceae. There is no difference in basidia and

spores because Boletus xylophilus Petch, for instance, has as small

structures (basidia 18-24 x 6~-7.5u, spores 4.5-6.7 x 3.3-4.3y). It

does not lie in the fertile edge to the pore, for many boleti have

this character as well as Paxillus. It does not lie in the tramal

structure of the tubes, the inflation of the hyphae or in the

incurved margin of the pileus, for all these boletoid points occur

in Meiorganum. It does not lie in the structure of the surface of

the pileus because this is most variable in Boletus and Paxi!lus.

It lies simply in the loss of the stem and the resupinate tendency

which substitutes this; it lies, that is, in those major characters of

the fruit-body over which the present attitude is to gloss.

Merulius agathidis and Hygrophoropsis

M. agathidis has sessile imbricate pilei with dichotomous meru-

lioid gills the sides of which become strongly ribbed, making the

gills appear phylloporoid, though they are not poroid-reticulate.

It resembles Paxillus panuoides Fr. but the gill-trama of M.

agathidis is composed of uninflated and laxly interwoven hyphae.

In this respect it resembles Hygrophoropsis flabelliformis (B. et C.)

Corner, which has white and slightly cyanophilous spores and

dichotomous gills without ribbing. It is difficult to exclude H.

flabelliformis from Hygrophoropsis and it is as difficult to exclude

it from Merulius. I have discovered a second collection of mine

from Singapore with pilei up to 6 cm wide, otherwise identical

with H. flabellijormis, and I had placed it under Merulius. lf

tubes, spines and branching folds are admitted into Merulius

because there are intermediates, then radial direction of the

branching folds will give the dichotomous merulioid gill with its

mucilaginous hymenium and subhymenium, as in Hygrophoropsis,

the construction of which is as close to that of Merulius as to

Paxillus with which it is placed in classification; and none of these

has close affinity with Coniophora. Indeed, they have not the

hymenium of Coniophora which comes like a red herring across

the trail of Merulius. Loss of gills would result in Podoserpula

Reid (Kew Bull. 1963, 437), which offers merely a stem as a

distinction from Merulius, though it seemed to me that it had a

thickening hymenium (Corner 1966, 6. 79, as Cantharellus pusio

in error). Again there is little affinity with Coniophora though

Podoserpula is placed in Coniophoraceae by Reid and Donk. If

Hygrophoropsis and Podoserpula belong with Merulius s. str. with

white spores, then there is evidence for the ancestral diversifica-

tion of Merulius s.1. into species with coloured and colourless

Corner -— Merulioid Fungi in Malaysia 359

spores, and this supposition supports the idea of the family

Meruliaceae, divergent from Boletaceae and convergent in sim-

plification with Coniophoraceae and Corticiaceae.

Phaeophlebia

This genus differs from white-spored Merulius in the absence of

a compact, exposed layer of basidia. It is based on the single,

almost cosmopolitan species first described as Merulius strigoso-

zonatus. In other respects it is typical Merulius with the rufous

orange, rugulose and mucilaginous hymenium, but the basidia are

separated by and immersed among very narrow lobulate hyphal

ends which build an epihymenium through which the maturing

basidia project; it is the kind of hymenium that occurs in Acan-

thophysium (Cunningham 1963) and has been called a catahy-

menium (Lemke 1964). Cooke described the spores as yellowish

to pale brown but, as observed by Cunningham and myself, the

mature spores are hyaline and white in the mass; possibly the

action of potash on dried specimens, which give then a brown

solution, colours the spores. Cooke described, also, gloeocystidia

which neither Cunningham nor I have observed; I suspect that

they are the immature and immersed basidia.

Cunningham placed the species in Stereum where it is even

more out of place than in Merulius. He seems not to have appre-

ciated the mucilaginous structure of the flesh and hymenium; his

illustration is rather diagrammatic and shows closely septate,

branched but not lobulate, hyphal ends in the hymenium.

Donk has followed Talbot in considering Phaeophlebia as

synonymous with Punctularia. They appear to have the same

general construction but the very small and discrete fructifications

of Punctularia seem different from the effuso-reflexed masses of

Phaeophlebia with imbricate and tomentose pilei. Moreover,

neither Cunningham nor I have seen the dark brown swollen

dendrophyses or the fissured hymenium which Talbot described

for Punctularia. Unless a fungus is discovered to bridge these

differences, I prefer to distinguish the two genera. Nevertheless,

if Acanthophysium can be reduced to Aleurodiscus and retained

in Corticiaceae (Donk 1964), then Phaeophlebia goes back to

Merulius.

Byssomerulius Parm. and Meruliopsis Bond

The white-spored species of Merulius without clamps in the

hyphae of the fruit-body have been separated as Byssomerulius,

based on M. corium Fr. (Parmasto 1967). It is difficult to see how

it differs from Meruliopsis which has been reduced to Merulius

s. str. (Donk 1964, p. 262), with the name M. taxicolus (Pers.)

Duby for the type of Meruliopsis. I agree with Donk, and cite M.

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purpurascens (p. 370) as a species intermediate between Bysso-

merulius and Meruliopsis. 1 have also collected in Venezuela a

pileate ally of M. corium with short spines or papillae, instead of

pores, and slightly cyanophilous spores; it has probably been

described as a Hydnum, but it shows how much there is still to

learn about merulioid fungi. Donk has shown, too, the uncertainty

that may attend the definition on the absence of clamps. From a

tropical viewpoint I regard these genera as merely series in the

complex of Merulius.

Byssomerulius raises, also, the problems of Caloporus and

Gloeoporus as transfers from Polyporaceae (Donk 1960, p. 192;

1962, p. 227); many other tropical species assigned to Poria

become involved and I am unable to comment on them at present.

The merulioid hymenium

Thin resupinate species of Merulius, similar to Corticium, have

such slight hymenial folds or reticulations that they suggest mere

physical buckling under tangential stress. This effect hardly suits

Phaeophlebia the excessive tangential growth of which throws the

margin of the pileus into undulations with little or no effect on

the underlying hymenium. It does not explain the long and narrow

tubes (up to 6 x 0.5 mm) in M. eurocephalus with longitudinal

hyphae in the dissepiments, or the phylloporoid trama of Meior-

ganum developing beneath merulioid wrinkles, or the long and

discrete spines of M. versicolor with their longitudinal hyphae.

These outgrowths are organised in a marginal pore-field (Corner

1932). They differ from the polyporoid in being covered from the

first by the fertile hymenium. It seems that they develop by con-

tinual sympodial outgrowth of hyphae into the hymenium along

the edges of the pores or at the tips of the spines; thus they have

longitudinal tramal hyphae. Generalised intercalation of basidia

may stretch the internal hyphae but not direct them because inter-

calation alone merely pulls hyphae apart as in the cantharelloid

gill-fold (Corner 1966). Lines of feeble outgrowth, dichotomising

as they radiate with marginal growth, produce the gill-folds of

M. agathidis, but massive intercalary growth on the sides of the

gills disaligns the internal hyphae. The exact method of contruc-

tion remains to be discovered but there must be some lamellate,

poroid or hydnoid motivation that raises the merulioid fungi far

above the corticioid level. Apart from Meiorganum, Merulius

agathidis, M. eurocephalus and M. versicolor appear to me as

descendants of the stock of Paxillus and Boletus which, in losing

agaricoid form-factors, have become aphyllophoralean with unin-

flating hyphae.

This view of the descent of Meruliaceae from the boletoid stock

differs widely from the current. I trust that mycologists who have

so kindly sent me their papers on resupinate fungi will pardon

the disagreement which arises from the effort to assimilate the

merulioid fungi of the tropics.

Corner — Merulioid Fungi in Malaysia 361

Key to the merulioid fungi in Malaysia

1. Spores coloured, pinkish, olivaceous or yellow brown.

2. Hymenium with spines or irpicoid plates -7mm long.

3. Forming large thick brackets with or without a resupinate part;

flesh 3-14mm thick, spongy-floccose. Sp. 3.5-4.7 x 2.5-7, fuscous

olivaceous. Cystidia none. Hyphae without clamps .....................

M. versicolor p. 373

3. Resupinate on dead Poria; flesh 0.3mm thick. Sp. 44.7 x 3-3.5 y.

Cheilocystidia fusiform, thin-walled. Hyphae with clamps .........

M. irpicoides p. 367

2. Hymenium lamellate or poroid.

4. Hymenium lamellate with ridges on the sides of the dichotomous,

yellow to orange gills —3mm wide, spuriously poroid. Pilei —7cm

radius, imbricate, tomentose. Flesh 3—6mm thick. Sp. 3.3-4.2 x

\.J-2Zy. Hyphae clamped. On wood of Agathis ..............:.secneses

M. agathidis p. 365

4. Hymenium poroid or gyroso-plicate.

5. Pendent, subungulate, then applanate and dorsifixed, —20cm

wide. All parts turning pink or vinaceous, then fuliginous on

bruising. Tubes —9mm long; pores 1-3mm wide, dull orange

yellow, then fuscous or cinnamon. Flesh 3—5cm thick, minutely

lacunose. Smell strong. Sp. 3.7-4.3. x 2.7-3yu, pinkish to

vinaceous brown. Hyphae clamped, inflated ........................

Meiorganum p. 362

5. Not so. Pores yellow to ferruginous, -0.S5mm wide.

6. Effuso-reflexed with pilei —18cm radius. Flesh 5—20mm thick.

Tubes —6mm long. Sp. 4--5.5 x 3-4y. ferruginous ochraceous.

Hyphae clamped; with many fine fibre-hyphae ..................

M., eurocephalus p. 366

6. Resupinate, very thin. Tubes -2mm long. Sp. 3.5-4.5 x

2-2.7u, pale ochraceous s.m. Hyphae clamped; without fibre-

Se. i ee ns a ne M. luridochraceus p. 369

1. Spores white.

7. Effuso-reflexed with imbricate tomentose pilei -4cm radius, rufous

sepia to purplish brown, thin, pliant. Hymenium rugulose, rufous

orange, then umber to blackish. Sp. 5-7 x 3-4y. Basidia immersed,

then protruding singly through a layer of 1-2 lobulate hyphae ......

Phaeophlebia p. 374

7. Not so. Hymenium usually poroid. Basidia in a compact superficial

layer.

8. Hyphae without clamps in the fruit-body. Resupinate with narrow

flange-like pilei. Sp. 3-3.5 x 1.2-1.5y ....... M. purpurascens p. 370

8. Hyphae with clamps.

9. Floccoso-subcoriaceous, thin, resupinate. Hymenium lurid yellow

to cinnamon ochre. Sp 3.3-4.2 x 2.3-2.74, pale ochraceous ......

M_ luridochraceaus p. 369

9. Waxy subcoriaceous, subgelatinous. Sp. 3.5-5 x 2-2.5u.

10. Effuso-reflexed, wholly rose-red, -15mm_ radius. Without

Shee MA beie 8.532. aiveegei.-. M. rubrotremellosus P. 371

10. Resupinate. Hymenium ochraceous drab then brownish,

pinkish or pale orange. Gloeocystidia frequent, clavate ......

M. rufus p. 372

362 Gardens’ Bu_letin, Singapore — XXV (1971)

Meiorganum

Heim, Rev. mycol. Paris 31 (1966) 157 (diagnosis); id. 30 (1965)

307 (illustrated).

Fruit-bodies lignicolous, substipitate, dorsifixed, descending,

conical then ungulate to applanate, spathulate to flabelliform or

eccentric, fleshy, putrescent; margin incurved. Tubes more or less

inseparable, becoming compound with wide angular merulioid

pores, waxy mucilaginous with phylloporoid trama, developing

centrifugally from a small smooth hymenial disc at the apex of

the primordium; pore-edges fertile; hymenium merulioid, not

thickening. Flesh finely lacunose. Spores dull vinaceous pink to

fawn brown, small, smooth. Cystidia present. Hyphae monomitic,

thin-walled, inflating, clamped, minutely fasciculate-reticulate in

the flesh. Sp. 1.

M. neocaledonicum Heim l.c.

Fig. 1, Plate I

Sessile or substipiate, descending, subungulate, usually eccentric,

then applanate with the horizontal limb -13 cm radius and

21 cm wide, with incurved margin and poroid hymenium on the

underside, finally undulate or lobed, solitary to subcaespitose and

imbricate, putrescent, all parts turning dingy pink or vinaceous,

then fuliginous, on cutting or bruising, drying blackish. Upperside

sterile, uniformly pallid fawn bistre to light fulvous fawn or rufous

fawn, smooth or matt, somewhat appressedly inoderm-fibrillose

towards the margin, somewhat ruguiose when old, not zoned or

sulcate, ferruginous fawn villous at the basal attachment; margin

incurved, entire, pallid white to pallid yellowish, pruinoso-veluti-

nate. Tubes -9 mm long, waxy subgelatinous, dingy fawn orange

or fuscous orange; pores becoming 1-3 mm wide, at first small

and developing in more or less radial rows at the margin, angular,

compound, with uneven entire edge, dull orange yellow, becoming

fuscous orange or cinnamon fawn. Flesh 3—5 cm thick in the

centre, spongy floccose, more or less finely lacunose but often

minutely (especia‘ly near the surface and in the subhymenium over

the tubes), pallid dingy white to dingy buff or pallid vinaceous.

Smell strong of gas-tar and fenugreek, resembling Hymenogaster.

On stumps and fallen rotting trunks, also on living trees, in the

forest. Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, New Caledonia.

Spores 3.7-4.3. x 2.7-3 p, dingy pinkish to dull vinaceous drab

or fawn brown in the mass, smooth, broadly ellipsoid, with a thin

mucilage sheath, with a small gutta 1.5 » wide, cinnamon brown

under the microscope, darkening to fuscous ferruginous in potash,

the apiculus 0.2 »; possibly slightly cyanophilous in cotton blue.

Basidia 18-28 x 5.5-6.5 », clamped; sterigmata 4, 2.5-3.5 » long.

Cystidia 35-75 x 5-7 u, narrowly fusoid, the obtuse to subacute

apex 2-4 » wide, thin-walled, colourless, projecting —-40 pu, gen-

erally rather thickly granular encrusted in the immersed part,

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Fig. 1. Meiorganum neocaledonicum. Developing fruit-bodies in Ls.,

showing the lacunar flesh, x 1; spores, x 1000; part of the

hymenium, x 500.

364 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV _ (1971)

internally somewhat oleaginous, abundant, not forming a sterile

edge. Hyphae 2.5-15 (—23) » wide, clamped, the cells 60-220 »

long in the flesh, the walls thin or slightly thickened (subdiffluent

in potash), more or less concrescent in short anastomosing micro-

fibrils, branching at a wide angle, often with oleiferous hyphae

—-11 » wide; in the tube-trama 2-6 » wide, with thickened mucila-

ginous walls, strictly longitudinal, very compact, clamped; sub-

hymenium 15-20 » thick, compact, with hyphae 2-3 » wide. Surface

of the pileus with more or less appressed or slightly divergent

hyphae 3-5 p» wide, with obtuse ends, thin-walled, the cells 13-38 »

long, not organised into a palisade. Colour caused by orange yellow

granules on the outside of the hyphae, especially in the hymenium

and subhymenium, the tissue turning dark brown in potash and

giving a yellow solution; in alcohol-formalin, giving out a dingy

purplish colour.

Coll. Singapore, Bukit Timah, Corner s.n. 24 Jan. 1936, 19 Nov.

1939.—Sumatra, Brastagi, 1500 m alt., Corner s.n. Sept. 1931.—

Borneo, Kinabalu, east ridge, 1300 m alt., RSNB 592, 14 June

1961; RSNB 8228, Mesilau, 1600 m alt., 10 April 1964.

Development gymnocarpic, beginning with conical primordia

growing directly or obliquely downwards, becoming cylindric or

cigar-shaped, the obtuse apex then forming a minute hymenial

disc in its centre and widening by marginal growth into the centric

or eccentric pileus; hymenium fertile almost from the first, smooth,

then developing fine reticulate wrinkles from the centre outwards,

the wrinkles gradually deepening by marginal. and intercalary

growth and widening into the tubes.

This description is taken from Malaysian material. Except for

the presence of clamps, there are merely slight differences from

that given by Heim. The New Caledonian fungus grew on wood

of Agathis, the Malaysian on dicotyledonous wood, even from the

trunks (? dead heartwood) of living trees. The New Caledonian

specimens were slightly blackish scaly, but I think this was only

the consequence of bruising as all the tissue is rufescent-nigrescent.

There are slight differences in colour which is, in any case, hard

to describe, and I found that the Bornean specimens were more

richly coloured than those from Singapore. The cystidia in the

Malaysian specimens were encrusted in their immersed parts, but

the incrustation dissolves in potash. The smell of the New Cale-

donian fungus was said to be ‘fine odeur suave’, whereas that of

the Malaysian fungi was to me exceptionally noiseme. With

regard to the clamps, present in all the Malaysian material, Heim

reported their absence from the New Caledonian, but I think that

an error has crept in because in the centre of his. Fig. 11 (Rev.

mycol. 30, p. 316) a clamp is shown on an uninflated hypha.

and the oblique septa that he emphasized are the septa of inflated

clamps.

It is possible that this striking fungus reached Lloyd and might

have been described by him, though I have not detected it in his

publications.

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Plate 1. Meiorganum neocaledonicum. Fruit-bodies, north Borneo, mt. Kinabalu.

Plate 2. Merulius agathidis. Fruit-bodies, north Borneo, mt. Kinabalu.

Corner — Merulioid Fungi in Malaysia 365

Merulius

Fr., Syst. Myc. 1 (1821) 326.—Boninohydnum Ito et Imai, Trans.

Sapporo nat. Hist. Soc. 16 (1940) 127—Byssomerulius Parmasto,

Eesti NSV Tead. Akad. Toim. Biol. 16 (1967) 383.—Gyrodontium

Pat., Ess. Tax. Hym. (1900) 117; Cooke, Gen. Homobas. (1953)

42; Donk, Taxon 5 (1956) 79.—Gyrophora Pat.. Hym. Eur. (1887)

143.—Gyrophana Pat., Cat. rais. Pl. cell. Tunis (1897) 53.—

Leucogyrophana Pouz., Ceska Mykol. 12 (1958) 32; Parmasto,

Consp. Syst. Corticiacearum (1968) 77.—Serpula S. F. Gray, Nat.

Arr. Brit. Pl. 1 (1821) 637; Cooke, Mycologia 49 (1957) 197.—

Trabecularia Bonord., Bot. Ztg. 15 (1857) 211.—Xylomizon Pers.,

Mycol. europ. 2 (1825) 26.—Xylophagus Murr., Torreya 3

(1903) 7.

M. agathidis sp. nov. Plate 2.

Pilei —7cm applanati sessiles horizontales caespitosi imbricati, spathulati

dein suborbiculares, aetate lobato-sinuati, villoso-tomentosi, flavidi dein

cinnamomeo-olivacei, basim versus aurantio-brunnei; margine incurvato

villosulo. Lamellae -3.5mm_ latae, confertae dichotomae rugosae (ut

videtur poroideae sed non reticulatae), ceraceo-mucilaginosae obtusae

integrae, luride flavae dein aurantiaceae, aetate fusco-cinnamomeae. Caro

3-6mm crassa, floccosa, mollis aquosa, fusco-brunneo-ochracea, tomento

—lmm crasso. Odor fortis acidus. Sporae 3.3-4.2 x 1.7—2,,, pallide ochraceae

leves. Hyphae fibulatae. Ad lignum Agathidis in silva. Borneo, Malaya

(typus RSNB 8123, CGE).

Pilei -7 cm radius, sessile, applanate, horizontal, imbricate,

forming masses -12 x 10 cm from a common trunk, semicircular,

finally lobed and undulate, villous-tomentose, pale chrome yellow

then cinnamon olivaceous, at the base dull orange brown; margin

incurved, finely vilious. Gills -3.5 mm wide, radiating, rather

crowded, repeatedly dichotomous, developing vertical ridges on

the sides and appearing subporoid (but not reticulate), rather waxy

mucilaginous, the edge obtuse and entire, bright chrome yellow

then bright orange, finally clouded fuscous cinnamon. Flesh 3-6

mm thick, softly floccose, watery, not gelatinous, fuscous brownish

ochraceous, with a thick tomentum —1 mm. Smell sour, strong,

rather fruity on drying.

On dead trunks of Agathis in the forest. Malaya, Borneo.

Spores 3.3-4.2 x 1.7—2 », pale ochraceous under the microscope,

slightly darker in potash, smooth, subcylindric, straight with obtuse

ends or suballantoid, the slightly thickened wall cyanophilous in

cotton blue and often, but not in all cases, red-brown in Melzer’s

iodine. Basidia 15-17 x 4 wu; sterigmata 4. Cystidia none; gill-edge

fertile. Hyphae 2-7 (-10) » wide, clamped, scarcely inflated,

radiating and much interwoven, branched at a wide angle, the

walls thin or slightly thickened (0.5-1.5 » and subdiffluent in

potash); 2-3.5 « wide in the gill-trama, laxly interwoven; 2-3.5 yu

wide in the tomentum on the pileus, projecting irregularly. Colour

evidently caused by a fine granular excretion in scattered patches

on the hyphal walls, more or less soluble in potash.

Coll. Malaya, Negri Sembilan, Gunong Angsi, 700 m_ alt.

Corner s.n. 3 July 1930.—Borneo. Kinabalu, Mesilau, 1600 m

alt., 6 April 1964, RSNB 8123.

366 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1971)

This is one of the few basidiomycetes that I have found on

dead wood of Agathis. It recalls the north temperate Paxillus

panuoides of coniferous wood and the tropical Hygrophoropsis

flabelliformis. It is probably not uncommon and opportunity should

be taken to obtain a spore-print. Old specimens of the Malayan

collection had the older parts of the gill puberulous with excurrent

cystidium-like hyphae -80 x 3-5 un, aseptate, slightly tapering,

with thin brownish walls; it seemed that they belonged to some

mould but it was not possible to trace them.

M. eurocephalus (B. et Br.) Petch, Ann. r. bot. Gdn Peradeniya 4

(1910) 408.

Polyporus eurocephalus B. et Br., J. Linn Soc. Bot. 14 (1875)

48.—Serpula eurocephala (B. et Br.) W. B. Cooke, Mycologia 49

(1957) 212 (with full synonymy); Cunningham, Thelephoraceae

of Australia and New Zealand (1963) 329.—M. pseudolacrymans

P. Henn. (1901).—Gyrophana pseudolacrymans (P. Henn.) S. C.

Teng, Fungi of China (1964) 761.—M. insignis Wakefield, Kew

Bull. (1917) 107—M. consimilis Lloyd, Myc. Writ. 7 (1922)

1122; Ginns, Mycologia 61 (1969) 363.

Sessile, applanate, often imbricate, effuso-reflexed varying resu-

pinate, spreading laterally - 40 cm in extent, the pileate brackets

-18 cm radius and 32 cm wide, slightly convex; upperside

appressedly cottony fibrillose, nearly smooth, dry, soft, white or

pale yellowish white, becoming golden ferruginous from the spores;

margin entire, thick. obtuse, becoming subacute, white, the resu-

pinate part with white villous-tomentose border; attached with

white or yellowish mycelial strands. Hymenium polyporoid; tubes

— 6 mm long, often of unequal length, soft, waxy, subdeliquescent,

separable from the flesh. yellow then lurid ferruginous yellow,

often tinged greenish; pores 0.2-0.5 mm wide, round or elongate,

often 2-3 confluent, uneven with obtuse waxy edges, often toothed

in the ascending parts of the fruit-body, concolorous. Flesh 5—20

mim thick at the base of the pilei, 2-10 mm at 5 mm from the

margin, spongy, soft floccose, dry, white or pale yellowish. Smell

slight, sour.

On dead fallen and standing trunks of trees, bamboos and

palms, also on dead roots, in the forest. Pantropical; frequent in

Malaya and Singapore, lowland.

Spores 4-5.5 x3-3.7 (-4.2) pw, bright ferruginous ochraceous

in the mass, broadly ellipsoid to ovoid or even subglobose, smooth,

with slightly thickened walls and thin mucilaginous sheath (0.3 1),

aguttate, contents oleaginous. Basidia 30-40 x 6-8 », clamped:

sterigmata 4, 3-6 » long. Cystidia none. Hymenium not thickening,

continuous over the pore-edges; subhymenium with mucilaginous

hyphae 1.5-2.5 » wide. Hyphae 2—6.5 » wide, thin-walled, clamped,

often branched from the clamp, rather loosely interwoven without

conspicuous radiating hyphae (except at the margin), colourless,

not encrusted, accompanied by copious slightly thick-walled olea-

ginous hyphae 1-3 mm long or more, —6 mu wide, occasionally

Corner — Merulioid Fungi in Malaysia 367

branched, apparently aseptate, tapering to long filiform tips. 0.5—-1

wide, permeating the flesh in all directions as elastic fibrils, also in

the tube-trama, and very abundant in the mycelium and rhizo-

morphs; hyphae in the tube-trama 2-4 » wide, more or less longi-

tudinal with mucilaginous walls.

Coll. Singapore, Gardens Jungle, Reservoir Jungle.—Malaya,

Pahang, Tembeling, Kuala Tekai.—Borneo, Brunei.

This is a rather common, striking and omnivorous fungus. The

Malayan fungus was described as M. insignis and it may be a

variety. Petch said for the Ceylon fungus that the pileus turned

red or purple when bruised or cut, which I have not noticed in

the Malayan; he also gave the spores as 5-8 x 3-4 p», which is

larger than the Malayan.Cooke’s description appears to have been

drawn from dried specimens and he cites collections from Malaya,

but he seems to have overlooked with others the very abundant

oleiferous fibre-hyphae which are readily seen as long fibrils on

teasing out the tissue of the pileus. These hyphae are the basis of

the dimitic character assigned to the tissue by Ginns. The exact

nature of these hyphae, similar to the fibre-hyphae of M. lacry-

mans, needs enquiry from young living primordia.

M. irpicoides sp. nov. Fig. 2

Resupinatus separabilis, subtus tomentosus, margine flavido-albo villoso;

contextu 0.2-0.3mm crasso, flavido-albo. Hymenium irpicoideum, haud

poroideum, ceraceo-subgelatinosum, luride ochraceo-flavum dein brunneo-

aurantiacum; spinulis -7 x 0.5—1.5mm, subcylindricis obtusis liberis v.

plus minus connexis, saepe applanatis, longitudinaliter rugosis. Sporae

4-47 x 3-3.5y, brunneo-ochraceae s.m., leves, Hyphae fibulatae. Ad

receptaculum Poriae emortuum. Borneo (typus RSNB 84/8, Kinabalu,

Mesilau, 1650m alt., 22 April 1964, CGE).

Resupinate with thin flesh 0.2-0.3 mm thick, tomentose on

the underside, separable, yellowish white, margin villous. Spines

—~7 x 0.5-1.5 mm, odontioid-irpicoid, subcylindric or joined into

flattened, often longitudinally ridged, plates, not poroid-anasto-

mosing, obtuse, waxy subgelatinous, lurid ochre-yellow then brow-

nish orange.

On the dead fructifications of Poria in the forest. Borneo,

Kinabalu.

Spores 4-4.7 x 3-3.5 », brownish ochraceous under the micro-

scope, ellipsoid, smooth, obtuse, with a thin mucilage sheath (0.3 »).

Basidia 26-32 x 5.5-6.5 », clamped; sterigmata 4, 5 « long. Cheilo-

cystidia -90 x 5-8 pn, projecting —40 », sometimes immersed, scat-

tered along the fertile edge of the plates, fusiform, subacute or

obtuse, thin-walled, often with a fine thin granular incrustation on

the projecting part: pleurocystidia none. Hymenium not thickening,

not encrusted, continuous over the spine-tips; subhymenium c. 30

thick, composed of mucilaginous hyphae 1-2.5 » wide. Hyphae

clamped, but some secondary septa without clamps; in the flesh

and spines 3-12 (—18) » wide with the cells —1000 » long or more,

with mucilaginous walls, not encrusted, fairly compact, regularly

longitudinal in the spines; in the tomentum (0.5-0.6 mm thick)

2-3.5 » wide, much interwoven, clamped, thin-walled, with a dark

brown incrustation, often in annuli, soluble in potash.

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This may be near to the New Caledonian M. chlorina Pat.,

which also grew on a polypore, but its hymenium was olivaceous

and shortly poroid; no cystidia were recorded for it; there is no

mention of a tomentose undersurface; the spores, 3-4 x 2.5-3 p,

were described as white by Patouillard and yellow brown by Cooke.

M. irpicoides may also be related to M. castaneus Lloyd on

Chamaecyparis and Pinus in Japan, but that species has thick-

walled encrusted cystidia (Ginns 1969). For M. castaneus the genus

Cystidiophorus Bond. et Ljub. has been proposed (Imazeki and

Hongo, Fungi of Japan II, 1965, 125 n. 244); such generic distinc-

tion hardly applies to M. irpicoides.

M. luridochraceus sp. nov.

Resupinatus —12cm latus, floccoso-firmus separabilis; contextu 0.2-0.5mm

crasso, albido; margine angusto albo-villoso. Hymenium mox gyroso-

plicatum, demum irregulariter poroideum, tubulis -2mm_ longis, poris

0.2-0.5mm latis, ceraceo-gelatinosum, laete flavum, dein luride ochraceum,

aetate fulvoferruginosum, sicco fusco-olivaceum nigricans. Sporae 4-4.5 x

2.2-2.7 v. 3.3-4.2 x 2.3-2.7u, pallide ochraceae s.m., leves. Hyphae

fibulatae. Ad lignum putridum. Borneo (typus RSNB 5837, CGE).

Resupinate —12 cm in extent, floccose-firm, separable; context

0.2-0.5 mm thick, whitish; margin narrow, white villous. Hymen-

ium soon gyrose-plicate, then irregularly poroid with tubes -2 mm

long, pores 0.2—-0.5 mm wide, waxy gelatinous, bright yellow then

lurid ochraceous, in age fulvous ferruginous, drying fuscous oliva-

ceous and blackening.

On rotten wood in the forest. Borneo, Kinabalu.

Spores 44.5 x 2.2-2.7 » or 3.3-4.2 x 2.3-2.7 u (RSNB 5837),

pale ochraceous or brownish under the microscope, slightly darker

in potash, smooth, ellipsoid, the wall slightly thickened, with a

thin mucilage sheath, not amyloid, or merely slightly brownish,

cyanophilous in cotton blue. Basidia 20-30 x 5-7 m; sterigmata

4, 4-6 » long. Cystidia none. Hymenium not thickening, continuous.

Hyphae 1.5—5 p. wide, clamped, thin-walled or slightly thick-walled,

scarcely encrusted, often branched from the clamp, more or less

interwoven, subparallel in the basal part of the flesh, compact; in

the tube-trama 1.5-3 » wide, mucilaginous.

Coll. RSNB 5837, Pinosuk Plateau 1700 m alt., 17 March 1964;

RSNB 8489, Mesilau 24 April 1964; Corner s.n., Mesilau, 1600

m alt., 5 Feb. 1964.

This appears to be frequent on Mt. Kinabalu and always resu-

pinate. It seems to be near to M. byssoideus Burt with darker

brown, wider spores 4.5-6 x 3.5-4.5 ». The spores in the type,

RSNB 5837, were so pale that I took them at first to be colourless,

but re-examination and comparison with the other collections

showed that they were slightly ochraceous. A spore-print is needed,

for the species seems exactly intermediate between Serpula and

Merulius s. str.

370 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore —X XV (1971)

M.. purpurascens sp. nov.

Resupinatus, 0.4mm -crassus, subcoriaceus, margine saepe anguste reflexo

pileiformi -5mm lato; superne flavidus, ochraceus v. subaurantiacus,

anguste sulcatus, tomentosus v. subvillosus. Hymenium mucilaginosum

rugulosum, poroideum v. gyroso-irpicoideum, poris 0.2-0.5mm latis, 0.5mm

altis, aurantiacum dein cinnamomeum, vinaceum v. fuscum. Sporae 3-3.7

x 1.2-1.5y, albae subarcuatae inamyloideae. Hyphae sine fibulis. Ad

ramulos emortuos in silva. Borneo, Malaya, Solomon Isl. (typus Corner

sn. 29 Nov. 1930, Pahang, CGE).

v. flavido-albus var. nov.

Differt hymenio pallide flavido-albo, sicco incarnato, gloeocystidiis

sparsis 20-35 x 6.5-9.5,. Ad ramulos in silva. Malaya (typus Corner s.n.

8 Nov. 1930, Pahang, CGE).

Resupinate, rather closely adnate but separable, widely effused.

often with narrow flange-like reflexed margin or pileus —-5 mm

wide; upperside pale yellow, ochraceous or orange buff, narrowly

sulcate, tomentose or subvillous; margin yellow to pale buff. dis-

tinct, narrow. Hymenium mucilaginous, rugulose, poroid or gyrose-

irpicoid with projections —0.5 mm high, pores 0.2—0.5 mm wide,

Orange then more or less cinnamon, vinaceous or fawn. Flesh

—0.4 mm thick, felted, subcoriaceous, dry, pallid buff. Dried mate-

rial with pale pinkish buff to vinaceous rose or fuscous purple

hymenium; material in alcohol-formalin turning deep purple

magenta.

On dead branches and twigs in the forest, chiefly montane.

Borneo, Malaya, Solomon Isl. (? Australia, New Zealand).

Spores 3-3.7 x 1.2-1.5 p, white, smooth, subcylindric or sub-

allantoid, not amyloid, 2-guttulate. Basidia 15-18 x 354 u,

without clamps; sterigmata 4, 34 long. Hymenium continuous;

subhymenium 20-25 yp thick, mucilaginous, with hyphae 1.5-2.5 »

wide. Cystidia none, but ? small subfusiform basidioles 4-6 uu

wide. Hyphae 2-5.5 » wide, without clamps, long-celled, the

branches often constricted at origin, cells —200 p» long, closely

interwoven, the walls becoming 0.5—1.5 » thick, smooth or thinly

encrusted (RSS 585), often brownish; with abundant irregular

small crystals and amorphous purplish brown matter in the

hymenium and subhymenium, insoluble in potash but more or less

soluble in Melzer’s iodine.

Coll. Malaya, Pahang, Fraser’s Hill, 1100 m alt., Corner s.n.

29 Nov. 1930.—Borneo, Kinabalu, 1650 m alt., 22 April 1964,

RSNB 8422.—Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Gallego, 1000 m alt.,

7 July 1965, RSS 585; Popomanasiu, 2200 m alt., 26 Oct. 1965,

RSS 1623.

v. flavido-albus var. nov.

Differs in the pallid yellowish white hymenium, drying pinkish,

and in the presence of very sparse gloeocystidia 20-35 x 6.5-9.5 nu,

clavate, immersed or in the hymenium.

On sticks in the forest. Malaya, Pahang, Tembeling, Corner s.n.

8 Nov. 1930.

This species without clamps in the fruit-body is close to the

almost cosmopolitan M. corium (Pers.) Fr., from which it differs

in the more richly coloured hymenium, the smaller spores and

Corner — Merulioid Fungi in Malaysia 371

basidia (spores 5-8 x 2.5-4 py, basidia 16-24 x 46 » in M.

corium), and perhaps in the way in which the whole tissue becomes

deep purple in alcohol-formalin. The Australasian species des-

cribed by Cunningham (1963) as M. ravenelii Berk. seems identical,

though it has entirely resupinate fruit-bodies (as may happen in

the Malaysian) and slightly longer and narrower spores 4-5. x 0.8-1

u. Other exotic species without clamps, placed in Byssomerulius

Parmasto, which seem very similar are these: —

M. glaucinus Bourd. et Galz., on pine-wood in France, pellicular

with sparse cystidium-like organs.

M. hirtellus Burt, on dicotyledonous wood in North America,

with cylindric cystidia (Ginns 1968).

M. rubicundus Litsch., on wood of Alnus in Siberia, with cylin-

dric cystidia; described as M. glaucinus. v. lutescens Pilat (Bull.

Soc. mycol. Fr. 49, 1933, 293).

Whether any of these show the purple colour in alcohol-formalin

is not known. The very sparse gloeocystidia of M. purpurascens

v. flavio-albus resemble those of M. rufus and are not comparable

with the hymenial cystidia of the other species.

M. ravenelii Berk. is now interpreted as a synonym of Poria

taxicola (Pers.) Bres., which has been given its own genus Meru-

liopsis. M. purpurascens differs in the less regularly poroid under-

surface, the yellow to orange hymenium (pink to brownish in P.

taxicola), and the narrower hyphae with long cells. I note also in

specimens of P. taxicola that there are sterile, fusiform, obtuse

basidioles frequently in the hymenium, which I have not seen for

certain in M. purpurascens. Dried specimens, however, are very

similar.

M. rubrotremellosus sp. nov.

Effuso-reflexus, pileis -18mm in radio flabelliformibus 1—2mm crassis,

roseo-ruber, ceraceo-gelatinosus. Hymenium minute poroideo-reticulatum,

alveolis 0.3-0.6mm latis, etiam 1—2mm radiatim elongatis, concolore. Sporae

4-5 x 2-2.3y, albae suballantoideae inamyloideae. Hyphae fibulatae. Ad

lignum putridum in silva. Borneo (typus RSNB 2834, CGE).

Effuso-reflexed; pilei -18 mm radius, flabelliform, 1-2 mm thick,

wholly rose-red, waxy subgelatinous. Hymenium minutely poroid-

reticulate with meshes 0.3-0.6 mm wide, sometimes elongate

radially 1-2 mm, concolorous.

On a rotten branch in the forest. Borneo, Kinabalu, Tenompok,

1650 m alt., 6 Sept. 1961, RSNB 2834.

Spores 4-5 x 2-2.3 u, white. smooth, ellipsoid-cylindric to sub-

allantoid, not amyloid. Basidia 25-30 4.5-5 mw; sterigmata 4,

4-5 u« long. Cystidia none, the pore-edges becoming fertile but

apparently with narrow, closely set, excrescent hyphae at first.

Hymenium not thickening, ? not mucilaginous; subhymenium ?

not mucilaginous, the hyphae 1.5-2.5 » wide. Hyphae of the flesh

2-4 » wide, clamped, thin-walled, rather long-celled, radiating and

372 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — X XV (1971)

interwoven, on the surface of the pileus compact and appressed;

with pinkish amorphous granular matter among the hyphae, es-

pecially towards the upperside of the fruit-body; the tissue slightly

pinkish in potash with the cytoplasm of the hyphae turning pinkish,

scarcely changing colour in alcohol-formalin.

This seems at first to be an ally of M. tremellosus Fr., the

tissue Of which turns bright pink in alcohol-formalin, but neither

hymenium nor subhymenium appear to be mucilaginous, and, as

the edges of the hymenial outgrowths may be sterile at first, it is

possible that this is not a Merulius but a poroid ally of the rose-red

Hydnum roseomaculatum P. Henn. et Nym., which is not un-

common on Mt. Kinabalu; yet the hyphae of this Hydnum may

lack clamps (Maas-Geesteranus, Proc. Kon. Nederl. Ak. Wet.

Amsterdam, ser. C, 70, 1967, 63.).

M. rufus Fr., Syst. Myc. 1 (1821) 327: Bourd. et Galz., Hym. Fr.

(1927) 349.

M. pilosus Burt, Mycologia 14 (1922) 184; Ginns, Mycologia 60

(1968) 1229, f.11.— Phlebia merulioides Lloyd, Myc. Writ. 4 (1915)

537; Ginns, Mycologia 61 (1969) 369.—P. castanea Lloyd, Myc.

Writ. 7 (1922) 1108; Ginns, Mycologia 61 (1969) 361.— P. rufa

(Fr.) Christiansen, Dansk Bot. Ark. 19 (1959-60) 164.—? M.

nothofagi G.H. Cunningham, N. Z. Plant Diseases Div. Bull. 83

(1950) 7; Thel. Austral. N. Z. (1963) 324, f. 199.

Resupinate, separable, waxy coriaceous; flesh 0.3-0.7mm thick,

tough, pallid white; margin determinate, white, minutely fimbriate

or byssoid. Hymenium irregularly irpicoid-poroid, the irregular

tubes —1 x 0.2-0.5 mm, with blunt fertile edges, white then pale

ochraceous drab tinged brownish or pinkish, often pale pinkish

orange when young. Smell rather fragrant.

On fallen trunks, branches and twigs, mainly of Fagaceae.

North temperate, Borneo, (? Australia, New Zealand).

Spores 3.5-4.5 (-5) x 2-2.5 uw, white, subcylindric, obtuse,

straight, smooth, not amyloid, slightly cyanophilous in cotton blue.

Basidia 20-28 x 3.7-4.5 yw; sterigmata 4, 3 » long. Hymenium not

thickening; subhymenium —50 u thick, the hyphae 1.5—-2.5 » wide.

Gloeocystidia 28-45 x 6-8 » in the hymenium, 28-75 x 6.5-15 »

when immersed, clavate, thin-walled, smooth, with dense oleaginous

guttulate contents, sparse or frequent, immersed or slightly pro-

jecting, abundant at the margin before the development of the

tubes. Hyphae clamped, often branching from the clamp; in the

flesh 3-6 » wide, radiating, longitudinal, compact, the walls some-

what thickened (toughly subgelatinous in potash), the tissue rather

toughly waxy gelatinous; in the tube-trama 2-4 » wide, with sub-

gelatinous walls and oily contents, interwoven and longitudinal,

fairly compact; basal hyphae 4-8 » wide, the walls 1-2 » thick. All

the tissue, except the middle part of the flesh, turning bright red

pink in alcohol-formalin, only slightly pinkish in potash, the pink

colour caused by the slight reddening of the hyphal cytoplasm.

Coll. Borneo, Kinabalu, Mesilau, Pinosuk Plateau, Bembangan

River, 1300-1800 m alt.; RSNB 1763, 1831, 2635, 2643, 5786.

Corner — Merulioid Fungi in Malaysia 373

The presence of gloeocystidia in this species has been noted

by Ginns, but they seem to have escaped others. The Bornean

material is identical with that which I have collected in Great

Britain. I cannot detect any distinction in M. nothofagi. M. rufus

is near to M. tremellosus but the fruit-bodies are much thinner,

entirely resupinate, and with smaller spores.

M. versicolor (B. et Br.) comb. nov.

Hydnum versicolor B. et Br., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 14 (1873)

59.— Gyrodontium versicolor (B. et Br.) Maas G., Persoonia 3

(1964) 190; Proc. Kon. Nederl. Ak. Wet. Amsterdam ser. C, 69

(1966) 323.— Hydnum henningsii Bres., Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 6

(1890) xlviii, pl. 9, f.2— G. henningsii (Bres.) Pat., Ess. Tax.

(1900) 117.— Hydnum flavidum Lloyd, Myc. Writ. 6 (1920) 957.—

G. flavidum (Lloyd) Reid, Kew Bull. 17 (1963) 268.— G. ser-

puloides (P. Henn.) Reid, 1.c. 268.—Boninohydnum pini Ito et

Imai, Trans. Sapporo nat. Hist. Soc. 16 (1940) 127.—? Hydnum

boveanum Mont., Ann. Sci. nat. Bot. Ser. 2, 4 (1835) 194: Maas

Geesteranus, Persoonia 3 (1964) 157, 191 ut G. boveanum (Mont.)

Maas G.

Sessile or effuso-reflexed, commonly with imbricate brackets,

sometimes solitary or entirely resupinate. Pileus —12cm radius,

2lcm wide, often much smaller, cottony subfloccose to nearly

smooth, pale yellowish white to pale clear primrose yellow; margin

obtuse, then subacute, entire, white. Spines 3—7 x 0.5-Imm, crow-

ded, conical, subacute or obtuse, even subtruncate, discrete, often

angular or somewhat longitudinally rugulose, waxy, brittle, clear

primrose yellow then mustard yellow to fuscous olive or olivaceous

cinnamon. Flesh 3—14mm thick at the base of the pileus, 0.5-6mm

at 5mm from the margin, soft, spongy, floccose, not gelatinous,

pale yellowish to bright primrose yellow. Smell aromatic, some-

what of caramel, slightly pungent, not sour.

On dead standing or fallen trunks, bamboos and palms in

primary and secondary forest, frequent -—1300m alt. Malaya,

Singapore, Africa, Asia.

Spores 3.5—4.7(-S) x 2.5—2.7(-3)u fuscous olivaceous in the

mass (not ferruginous), ellipsoid, obtuse, smooth, with a fine

mucilage sheath. Basidia 15-20 x 4-5; sterigmata 4, 2.5—3, long.

Cystidia none. Hymenium not thickening, continuous over the tips

of the spines from the outset. Hyphae monomitic, without clamps,

not or scarcely inflating long-celled; in the flesh 4-84 wide, thin-

walled, flexuous, longitudinal, without oleiferous or fibre-hyphae;

in the spines 3—Sy wide, mucilaginous, longitudinal; in the sub-

hymenium 2-3.5y, mucilaginous.

This is the common bracket hydnum with yellow to olive brown

spines that at once reveals itself as a Merulius. It is as omnivorous

as M. eurocephalus and the two often cannot be distinguished

from the upperside. Gyrodontium capense Reid seems to differ

only in the slightly larger spores 4.8-5.8 x 3-3.8p.

374 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore —X XV (1971)

Phaeophlebia

W.B. Cooke, Mycologia 48 (1956) 401 (with full synonymy of

28 names); Donk, Taxon 6 (1957) 107; Lentz, Sydowia 14 (1960)

127.— Auricula Lloyd, Myc. Writ. 7 (1922) 1152 (non O.K. 1891);

Donk l.c. 21.—? Punctularia Pat., Bull.. Herb. Boiss: 3 (1895) 57:

Talbot, Bothalia 7 (1958) 140, 164; Donk, Persoonia 3 (1964) 287.

P. strigosozonata (Schw.) W.B. Cooke L.c.

Merulius strigosozonatus Schw., Trans. Am. phil. Soc..n.s. 4 (1832)

460. Fie aire ae |

At first conchate or pezizaeform and dorsifixed, then through

marginal growth widely effuso-reflexed with the horizontal pileate

part 14cm radius, spathulate-semicircular or joining in flanges,

sometimes imbricate, becoming undulate and plicate from excessive

tangential growth; upperside closely tomentose, zoned, subsulcate,

dark rufous sepia, madder brown, purplish. brown, bay brown

or umber, with darker fuscous brown to blackish zones, finally

wholly blackish umber and fuscous drab; margin yellowish or

white, tomentose. Hymenium subgelatinous, closely and narrowly

radiating rugulose with shallow obtuse folds, becoming very

crowded in the central part of the hymenium but not poroid,

bright orange near the margin, becoming rufous orange, then

vinaceous umber, somewhat rufous on bruising, drying black.

Flesh pliant coriaceous, in two layers; upper tomentose layer

0.8-1.2mm thick, dark brown; lower subgelatinous layer 0.5—-0.8mm

thick, paler. Smell sour, rank.

On fallen logs in the forest. Singapore, Malaya, New Guinea,

Solomon Isl. Cosmopolitan (? Africa).

Spores 5-7 x 3-4 (6-84 long, Cunningham), white, smooth,

ellipsoid to subcylindric, not amyloid, slightly cyanophilous in

cotton blue. Basidia 28-34 x 5-5.5u (30-S0u long, Cunningham),

clavate; sterigmata 4, 4-5y long. Cystidia none. Hymenium with

the basidia in a more or less discontinuous layer separated by

narrow, 1—2u wide, profusely and irregularly branched, often

lobulate, mucilage hyphae, overtopping the immature basidia as

a mucilage layer —20u thick, the mature basidia protruding through

this layer; subhymenium —30y thick, mucilaginous. Hyphae mono-

mitic, clamped, not inflating; in the lower layer of the flesh 24u

wide, more or less radiating, rather compact, with mucilaginous

walls, colourless, long-celled; in the tomentum 3-5, wide, at first

perpendicular to the surface then interwoven, with smooth brown

walls —1.5, thick, sparsely branched, the growing tips colourless

and thin-walled, very dense and almost agglutinated in a thin layer

c. 20u thick at the junction with the gelatinous layer of the flesh.

Hymenium and tomentum turning dark brown in potash, scarcely

changing colour in alcohol- formalin.

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pileus in Ls., x 25; hymenium, x 1000.

376 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV _ (1971)

Coll. Singapore, Bukit Timah, Corner s.n. April 1929, 29 March

1931.— Malaya, Johore, Corner s.n. Mawai-Jemaluang Rd., 30

March 1941; Pahang, Tembeling, Corner s.n. 6 June 1931; Kelan-

tan, Sungei Ketil, Corner s.n. 1 June 1931.—New Guinea, Woitapi,

2000m_ alt., Corner s.n. 23 Aug. 1960.— Solomon Isl., Small

Malaita, RSS 18/0, 27 Nov. 1965.

This fungus resembles superficially Stereum spadiceum but is

easily distinguished by the irregularly rugulose, miucilaginous

hymenium. Though I obtained spore-prints from the Malaysian

material, I failed to find any fertile basidia until I examined my

collection from the Solomon Islands; even then I saw few among

the many that were immature. The hymenium does not form a

discrete layer. The young fruit-bodies are dorsifixed as in

Meiorganum. '

In October 1931, I grew six fruit-bodies on a dead branch taken

from the forest on Bukit Timah in Singapore. The largest took

19 days to reach its full size (semicircular pileus 27mm in radius,

44mm wide) and then persisted and spored for twenty days, when

it became mouldy. It had a rate of marginal growth of 1—-1.5mm

in 24 hours, but this increased to 1.5—-2mm in 24 hours when the

fruit-bodies were c. 7mm in radius; this rate declined to 1-1.5mm

after a few days and then increased to 2mm on the 14th day before

declining again. The other fruit-bodies grew in much the same

manner but stopped at various sizes from 7—22mm in radius.

However, when radial growth stopped, vigorous tangential growth

began and caused the margin to become undulate and folded.

The zonation of the pileus corresponded with the 24 hour in-

crements in growth, which were mainly, if not entirely, nocturnal.

Dry weather impeded marginal growth but did not stop sporing

which continued throughout the life of the fruit-body after the

first 3-4 days. The growing margin was white but the new tissue

on either side quickly coloured.

Corner — Merulioid Fungi in Malaysia 377

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378 Gardens’ Bulletin, Singapore — XXV (1971)

Index of species attributed to Merulius

Merulius Fr. (1821)

Merulius St.-Am. (1821) =

Cantharellus Fr.

Merulius S. F. Gray (1821) =

Hygrophoropsis Maire

affinis Jungh. (1838)

affinis Vel. (1922)

agathidis Corner

albidus Pers. (1825)

albostramineus Torrend (1913) = ?

M. porinoides Fr.

albus Burt (1917) = Poria cocos

(Schw.) Wolf

alveolaris Pers. (1925) = Favolus

ambiguus Berk. (1872)

americanus Burt (1917) = M.

himantioides Fr.

armeniacus Berk. (1872)

atropurpureus W. B. Cooke (1943) =

?. M. taxicolus (Pers.) Duby

atrovirens Burt (1917) = M. pinastri

(Fr.) Burt

aurantiacus §. F. Gray (1821) =

Hygrophoropsis aurantiacus (Fr.)

Maire

aurantiacus Kl. (1836) = ? M.

molluscus Fr.

aurantiacus Pers. (1822)

aurantius Lloyd (1922) = M.corium

(Pers.) Fr.

aureus Fr. (1828)

qauroreus Pers. (1825) = Cantharellus

lutescens Fr. f. Donk (1969)

baileyi B. et Br. (1883) = an agaric

f. Cunningham (1963)

bellus B. et C. (1872)

binominatus Mass. (1913) = M.

eurocephalus (B. et Br.) Petch

borealis Rom. (1911) = Athelia f.

Parmasto

brassicaefolius Schw. (1822) = M.

lacrimans Fr.

bryophilus Pollini (1824) =

Leptoglossum bryophilum (Fr.)

Ricken

byssoideus Burt (1917)

byssinus Pers. (1825)

canaliculatus Pers. (1825)

candicans Pers. (1825) =

Leptoglossum muscigenum (Fr.)

Karst.

candicans Roum. (1886) = M.

pinastri (Fr.) Burt

candidus Lloyd (1923) = Poria

calcicolor Sacc. et Syd.

cantharelloides Pers. (1825) =

Cantharellus tubaeformis Fr. f.

Donk (1969)

cantharellus Pers. (1825) =

Cantharellus cibarius Fr.

carbonarius Lloyd (1920) = M.

lacrimans Fr. v. carbonarius

(Lloyd) W. B. Cooke

carbonarius Pers. (1825) =

Geopetalum carbonarium (Fr.) Pat.

carmichaelianus Berk. (1860)

castaneus Lloyd (1916) =

Cystidiophora castanea (Lloyd)

Imazeki

ceracellus B. et C. 1872)

cervinus Pers. (1825) = Cantharellus

lutescens Fr. f. Donk (1969)

chilensis Speg. (1920)

chlorina Pat. (1908)

cinereus Pers. (1825) = Cantharellus

cinereus Fr.

cladopus Pers. (1825)

clavatus Secr. (1833) = Gomphus

clavatus S. F. Gray

collariatus Pers. (1825)

conchoides Lloyd (1922) = M.

corium (Pers.) Fr.

confluens Schw. (1822) = M. corium

(Pers.) Fr.

consimilis Lloyd (1922) = M.

eurocephalus (B. et Br.) Petch

corium (Pers.) Fr. (1828)

cornucopioides Pers. (1825)

crassus Lloyd (1925)

crispatus Fr. (1821)

crispus Pers. (1825) = Plicatura

croceus Duby (1830) = M. aureus

Fr.

crocicreas Ces. (1878)

crucibulum Pers. (1825)

cubensis Burt (1917) = M. corium

(Pers.) Fr.

cupressi Schw. (1822) = a gall.

cupularis Pers. (1825)

cuticularis Lév. (1855)

cyatheus Vel. (1922)

debriscola Lloyd (1924) = not a

fungus (Ginns 1969)

deliciosus Brig. jun. (1878) =

Cantherellus deliciosus (Brig. jun.)

Sacc.

demissus (Berk.) Pat. (1908)

densus Rick (1960)

destruens Pers. (1825) = M.

lacrimans Fr.

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dilatatus Pers. (1825) = Cantharellus

tubaeformis Fr. f. Donk (1969)

diobensis Beeli (1929)

domesticus (Pers.) Falck (1907) =

M. lacrimans Fr.

dubiosus Bres. (?)

dubius Burt (1917) = Poria

sanguinolenta (Fr.) Cke.

elegans Pers. (1825)

elliottii Mass. (1892)

epiphyllus Pers. (1825)

erectus Lloyd (1921) = ? a

clavarioid fungus (Ginns 1969)

eurocephalus (B. et Br.) Petch (1910)

fagineus Pers. (1825) = Plicatura

farlowii Burt (1917) = M. serpens

Fr. (Byssomerulius Parmasto)

fissus Pers. (1825)

fiavescens Bres. (1920)

foetidus Pers. (1825)

foliaceus Pers. (1825)

fugax Fr. (1821) = M. molluscus Fr.

fuligineus Pers. (1825) =

Cantharellus infundibuliformis Fr.

fulvus Lasch (1829) = Phlebia

radiata Fr.

fuscescens Bres. (1920)

fuscus Lloyd (1925)

fuscus Pers. (1828)

fusisporus Rom. (1911) =

Parmasto

gelatinosus Lloyd (1922) =

himantioides Fr.

gelatinosus Petch (1925)

giganteus Saut. (1877) =

lacrimans Fr.

_ glaucinus Bourd. et Galz. (1923)

gloeoporus Rick (1960)

— gossypinus Rick (1960)

_ guillemotii Boud. (1894) =

lacrimans Fr.

_gyrosus Burt (1917) =

Rom.

_haedinus B. et C. (1872) =

corium (Pers.) Fr.

helvelloides Pers. (1825)

_hexagonoides Burt (1917)

himantioides Fr. (1821)

_hirsutus Burt (1917) = M. corium

(Pers.) Fr.

hirtellus Burt (1917) = ? M. bellus

= Byssomerulius

Athelia f.

M. borealis

T ee.

Parmasto)

hispidulus O. K. (1898)

hydnoides P. Henn. (1904)

379

hydrolips Merat (1821) =

Cantharellus cinereus Fr.

imbricatus Balfour-Browne (1955)

incarnatus Schw. (1822)

incrassatus B. et C. (1849) =

Meruliporia incrassata (B. et C.)

Murr.

infundibuliformis Cke. et Mass.

(1888) = Rodwaya

infundibuliformis (Cke. et Mass.)

Syd.

insignis Wakef. (1917) = M.

eurocephalus (B. et Br.) Petch

interruptus Bres. (1925)

irpicinus Pk. (1894) =

(Fr.) Burt

irpicoides Corner

lacrimans Fr. (1821)

lacrymans Pers. (1825)

laeticolor B. et Br. (1878) =

molluscus Fr.

lamellosus Pers. (1825)

lepidus Rom. (1911)

leucophaeus Pers. (1825) =

Geopetalum carbonarium (Fr.) Pat.

lichenicola Burt (1917) =

mollusca (Fr.) Cke.

lignosus Berk. (1854)

lividus Bourd. et Galz. (1923) =

Phlebia f. Parmasto

lobatus Pers. (1825) = Leptoglossum

lobatum (Fr.) Ricken

luridochraceus Corner

luteolus O. K. (1891)

macedonicus Pilat (1938)

melanoceras Mont. (1859)

miniatus Wakef. (1931)

minor Falck (1912) =

(Harmsen 1952)

moelleri Bres. et P. Henn. (1896)

molluscus Fr. (1821) =

Leucogyrophana Pouz.

molluscus Pers. (1825)

montanus Burt (1917)

muscigenus Pers. (1822) =

Leptoglossum

muscigenus St.-Am. (1821) = =

Leptoglossum muscigenum (Fr.)

Karst.

muscorum Pers. (1825)

M. pinastri

Poria

? nom. nud:

nigripes Pers. (1825) =

Hygrophoropsis aurantiacus (Fr.)

Maire

niveus Fr. (1828) = ? Plicatura (f.

Pilat, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 49,

1933, 292)

nothofagi G. H. Cunningham (1950)

380

ochraceus Lloyd (1921) =

(Pers.). PF;

odoratus Schw. (1822) =

Cantharellus odoratus (Schw.) Fr.

ottonis Pers. (1825)

pallens Berk. (1841) = M. rufus Fr.

pallens Schw. (1832) = M. corium

(Pers.) Fr.

papyraceus Fr. (1828) = M.

himantioides Fr.

M. corium

papyrinus Quel. (1888) = M. corium

(Pers.) Fr.

patellaeformis B. et C. (1872)

pelliculosus Cke (1891) = M. corium

(Pers.) Fr.

petropolitanus Fr. (1838) =

niveus Fr. f. Pilat (1933)

pezizoideus Speg. (1881)

phlebioides Bourd. et Galz. (1923)

pilosus Burt (1922) = M. rufus Fr.

pinastri (Fr.) Burt (1917)

pinorum Britz. (1909) = M. pinastri

(Fr.) Burt

polychromus Petch (1917) =

himantioides Fr. (2? M.

eurocephalus)

porinoides Fr. (1821)

pruinatus Secr. (1833) Cantharellus

tubaeformis Fr.

pruni Pk. (1906) = M. rufus Fr.

pseudocantharellus Pers. (1825)

pseudolacrymans P. Henn. (1901) =

M. eurocephalus (B. et Br.) Petch

pseudomolluscus Parmasto (1962) =

Leucogyrophana t. Parmasto

puiggarii Speg. (1919) = ? M.

eurocephalus (B. et Br.) Petch

pulverulentus Fr. (1828) = M.

pinastri (Fr.) Burt v. M. umbrinus

Fr. f. Parmasto

purpurascens Corner

purpureus Pers. (1825) =

violaceus Fr.

purpureus Rick (1938)

quéletii Schulz. (1885)

radiatus Pers. (1822)

ravenelii Berk. (1872) =

(Pers.) Duby

retirugis Pers. (1825) =

Leptoglossum retirugum (Fr.)

Ricken

rimosus Berk. (1891)

roseus Schw. (1822) = Cantharellus

roseus (Schw.) Fr.

rubellus Pk. (1882) = M. incarnatus

Schw.

Craterellus

M. taxicolus

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rubicundus Litsch. (1934) =

Byssomerulius Parmasto

rubrotremellosus Corner

rufus Fr. (1821)

rugulosus B. et C. (1867)

sartilaginosus Wettst. (1885)

sclerotiorum A. Moell. (1907)

serotinus Pers. (1825) =

Leptoglossum muscigenum (Fr.)

Karst.

serpens Fr. (1821 = Byssomerulius

Parmasto

sesia Pers. (1828)

sessilis B. et Br. (?)

silvester Falck (1907) = ? M.

himantioides Fr.

similis B. et Br. (1875) = M.

eurocephalus (B. et Br.) Petch

sinuosus Pers. (1825) = :

Pseudocraterellus

sodiroi (Pat.) Rick (1960)

sordidus B. et C. (1891) = M. :

pinastri (Fr.) Burt

sororius Burt (1917)

spadiceus B. et C. (1867)

spathularius Schw. (1822) =

Dacryopinax Martin

spissus Berk. (1872) = Meruliporia

incrassata (B. et C.) Murr.

squalidus Fr. (1828) =

himantioides Fr.

squamula Pers. (1825)

stereoides P. Henn. (1900)

stratosus Pilat (1936)

strigosozonatus Schw. (1832) =

Phaeophlebia

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eurocephalus (B. et Br.) Petch

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molluscus Fr.

succineus Lloyd (1924) =

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dubium (Ginns 1970)

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sulphureus Vel. (1922)

taxicolus (Pers.) Duby (1830)

tenellus Pers. (1825)

tenuis Pk. (1894) =

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tortilis Pers. (1825)

torulosus Pers. (1825)

tremellosus Fr. (1821)

tubaeformis Secr. (1833) =

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tubiformis Pers. (1825) =

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umbonatus Pers. (1825) =

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violaceus (Fr.) Pat. (1900)

violaceus Pers. (1825)

wrightii Berk. (1872)

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REVIEW

Grasses of Malaya

GILLILAND, H. B., Grasses of Malaya, V1+319 pages, with 67

figures, 22 partially coloured plates, and 36 photo plates. Singapore

Government Printer (P.O. Box 485, Singapore); 1971. S$$30.

At last a highly useful and beautifully bound botanical treatise

on Malayan grasses is available.

H. N. Ridley’s monumental work, Flora of the Malay Peninsula,

was published in 5 volumes nearly half a century ago. Since then

much has been added to the knowledge of the Malayan flora. A

project of writing a revised Flora of Malaya initiated in early

1950’s, of which only the first two volumes, namely, Orchids of

Malaya (1953) and Ferns of Malaya (1954), both by R. E. Holttum,

came out many years ago and has gone through several editions.

The present book, Grasses of Malaya, is listed as the third volume

of this distinguished series.

Before the late Professor Gilliland left Singapore in 1965, a

manuscript “composed of Keys and species descriptions...” was

handed over to Mr. H. M. Burkill, former director of the

Singapore Botanic Gardens. Professor Gilliland then returned to

S. Africa where he passed away shortly afterwards. For several

years, Mr. Burkill, besides performing his official duties as Director

of the Gardens, took up the painstaking job of editing and revising

the manuscript and brought it into the present form.

In the original Malayan flora, the grasses occurred only on the

fringe of the tropical rain forests, and naturally they were rather

poorly represented. After the opening and destruction of the forests,

there followed the introduction (both intentionally and unintention-

ally) of new grasses into this part of the world. Thus it is justifiable

and necessary to include a good many naturalized and cultivated

grasses in the account.

Besides an informative introduction, this book consists of two

parts. The first part, dealing with the bamboos, is mainly based on

Dr. Holttum’s work on Malayan bamboos; the second part, or the

main part, dealing with grasses, follows the pattern set up by

Dr. Bor’s work on grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan.

Since economically the grasses are probably of greater importance

than any other family of plants, a brief summation of economic

uses Of many grass species contained in the work, mainly taken

from I. H. Burkill’s well-known Dictionary, adds much to the

practical value of this book. All these are clearly acknowledged by

the editor.

The main body of the book — The generic and species descrip-

tions and the keys — is admirable. The descriptions are, in general.

brief but to the point. And because of the careful selection of the

most obvious characters, the keys are specially easy to work with.

The present writer, however, would like to suggest a few minor

points for consideration of improvement in future editions.

384

1. Professor J. L. Audus’ excellent drawings, 22 in all, partially

coloured, certainly add much beauty and value to the book.

It would, however, bring harmony and uniformity to the

book if the scales of measurement of the drawings could

be converted into the metric system.

2. Most of the text-figures are very good; only a few of them

e.g. Fig. 31, on p. 161 and Fig. 51, on p. 233, probably

should have been improved.

3. It should be better to indicate clearly the fresh material or

herbarium specimens of which photographs were taken

as reproduced in the plates at the end of the book, especially

with regard to the collector and the collecting numbers where

herbarium specimens were used.

4. In some cases (e.g. on pp. 18, 19 etc.), vernacular names

are given immediately below the basinyms and synonyms

and also in the same lettering. This could be very confusing.

It would probably be better to transpose all vernacular

names to the end of the description as is the practice of

most authors.

5. Preferably, the reference on the grasses of Java by Backer

(on p. 10) should be replaced by the excellent chapter on

grasses (as “‘Poaceae’’) in the 3rd volume of Flora of Java

(Pp. 495-641, 1968) by Backer and Bakhuizen. This was

based on Backer’s original manuscript and elaborated by

Ch. Monod de Froideville.

This book will be a welcome and useful addition to any botanist’s |

or agriculturist’s working library.

(HSUAN KENG; Assoc. Professor of Botany,

Department of Botany, University of Singapore.)-

Obituary

Juraimi bin Samsuri

It is with great regret that we have to record the sad demise

of Juraimi bin Samsuri, who was the artist of the Singapore Botanic

Gardens. Juraimi, as usual, reported for duty on 30.6.71 but just

before noon asked to be excused from work for the rest of the day,

as he was not feeling well. He returned home, and at about

2.00 p.m. collapsed suddenly and passed away. He leaves behind

a widow and five children.

Of simple taste and quiet disposition, Juraimi was born in

Singapore on 14th April, 1923. He was educated at the Tanglin

Besar Malay School and Victoria School, where he excelled in art.

He had no specialised training, but through perseverance and

hardwork mastered the technique in line drawing and painting.

He joined the Botanic Gardens service in 1942 as a Label

Printer and because of his talents in the field of art he was subse-

quently appointed as the Gardens’ artist. He served under many

prominent botanists and horticulturists including Holttum, Corner,

Henderson, Furtado, Ewart, Addison, Purseglove, the late Sinclair,

H. M. Burkill, Chew and others. His drawings and paintings in

their publications bear testimony to his skill as an artist. In the

last three years before his death he showed a great interest in

photography and was responsible for taking many of the pictures

which were required, especially for horticultural work in the

Department; but it is as an artist of botanical drawings that he

will be well remembered. He did not confine his interest only to

his work as an artist, but also assisted wholeheartedly in the

diverse extension work of the Department.

He is sadly missed by his many colleagues and friends. To his

widow and children, we extend our deepest sympathy. A.G.A.

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INDEX, VOL. XXV

Basionyms and synonyms appear in italics, new taxa, namcs

and status in boldface. Page numbers in boldface refer to taxonomic

treatments, in italics to illustrative matter on the same, preceding

or following page(s).

Acanthocladium alboalare, 339.

Acanthophysium, 359.

Acanthorrynchium papillatum, 340.

Acroporium, spp. listed, 340.

Adicea mooreana, 157.

Adina, 247, 249.

globiflora, 249.

multifolia, 250.

trichotoma, 249.

Aerobryidium filamentosum, 338.

Aerobryopsis longissima, 338.

Aleurodiscus, 359.

Anabaena sp., 184.

Ancistrocladus, 235, 237.

tectorius, 235, 236.

Ankistrodesmus falcatus, 182.

Anthocephalus, 248.

chinensis, 252.

Anthoceros glandulosus, 341.

Artabotrys, 235.

suaveolens, 235.

Arthrodesmus, spp. listed, 184.

Ascocentrum, 105.

micranthum, 106.

Auricula, 374.

Bazzania, spp. listed, 342.

Boletaceae, 357.

Boletus. 358, 360.

xylophilus, 358.

Boninohydnum, 365.

pini, 373.

Borassus dichotoma, 301.

flabellifer, 301.

Brachymenium, spp. listed, 337.

Byssomerulius, 359, 365, 360,

371.

Calopus, 360.

Calostoma, 109.

berkeleyi, 109.

cinnabarinum, 109.

fusca, 109.

insignis, 109.

junghuhnil, 109.

lurida, 109.

lutescens, 109.

orirubra, 109.

pachystelis, 109.

ravenelti, 109.

retisporum, 109.

sarsinil, 109, 7/0, //1.

viridis, 109.

Calymperes, spp. listed, 337.

Campylodontium flavescens, 339.

Campylopus, spp. listed, 336.

Caudalejeunea stephanii, 343.

Chaetomitrium torquescens, 339.

Cheilolejeunea, spp. listed, 343.

Chiloscyphus, 342.

argutus, 341.

Clastobryella asperrima, 339.

Cleisostoma micranthum, 106.

poilanei, 106.

tixieri, 106.

Closteriopsis longissima var.

tropica, 182.

Closterium, spp. listed, 183.

Coelastrum microporum, 182.

Cololejeunea, spp. listed, 343-344.

pahangiana, 343, 348, 350.

Colura acroloba, 344.

Coniophora, 356, 358.

Coniophoraceae, 355, 356, 357,

358,..359.

Corticaceae, 355, 357, 359.

Corticium, 360.

Corypha, 318.

Cosmarium, spp. listed, 184.

Cyathophorella tenera, 339.

Cystidiophorus, 369.

388

Dactylococcopsis sp., 184.

Dendrocnide, 1, 7, 112, 113, 141.

index to collections studied, 97—

104.

index to taxonomic descriptions,

104.

species excluded, 96.

species unidentified, 95.

sect. DENDROCNIDE, 3, 4, 7,

8, 34.

SARCOPUS, 3, 4, 7, 8,

sect.

34.

amplissima, 4, 9, 81, 82, 84,

85, 86, 88.

anacardioides, 42.

basirotunda, 4, 10, 34, 35.

batanensis, 22.

carriana, 4, 10, 45, 46.

celebica, 9, 92, 93.

chingiana, 32.

coerulea, 96.

contracta, 53, 95.

corallodesme, 10, 51. 53, 54.

cordata, 10, 56, 58, 59.

costata, 7, 11.

crassifolia, 8, 18, 20.

densiflora, 8, 24, 25.

diffusa, 21.

elliptica, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17.

excelsa, 2, 7, 10, 64, 65.

gigantea, 95.

harveyi, 3, 9, 88, 89, 90.

kajewskii, 2, 9, 94.

kjelbergii, 2, 8, 86, 87.

kusaiana, 71.

latifolia, 10, 71, 73, 76, 95S.

longifolia, 3, 9, 78, 79, 80, 86,

94.

luzonensis, 2, 9, 40.

var. anacardiodes, 42.

var. luzonensis, 40, 4/.

meyeniana, 4, 8, 21, 22, 24.

forma meyeniana, 21, 23, 24.

forma subglabra, 22, 24.

microstigma, 4, 9, 53, 82, 83,

86, 95.

milnei, 88, 90.

mirabilis, 2, 8, 90, 9/.

morobensis, 10, 62, 67, 68.

moroides, 2, 4, 9, 44, 55, 56, 57.

nervosa, 10, 69, 70.

nitida, 47, 50.

oblanceolata, 2, 4, 8, 14, 75, 16.

peltata, 2, 4, 9, 18, 42, 45, 47.

var. murrayana, 45.

var. peltata, 42, 43.

photinophylla, 3, 10, 60, 6/,

62, 64, 66, 67.

platyphylla, 22.

pulus, 36.

rechingeri, 3, 9, 74, 75, 76, 78.

rigidifolia, 8, 26, 27, 92, 94.

saipanensis, 71.

salomonensis, 79.

schlechteri, 9, 71, 72, 76, 76,

77, 88

sessiliflora, 95.

sinuata, 3, 4, 9, 36, 37, 38, 40,

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stenophylla, 11, 12.

stimulans, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14,

32.

subclausa, 3, 8, 26, 28, 29.

subglabra, 22.

subpeltata, 24.

ternatensis, 3, 10, 47, 48, 49,

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torricellensis, 3, 10, 51, 52.

urentissima, 3, 4, 8, 32, 33, 34.

venosa, 8, 30, 3/.

vitiensis, 3, 10, 62, 62, 63.

warburghii, 79.

Desmogonium rabenhorstianum,

180.

Desmotheca apiculata, 338.

Dicerostylis, 108.

lanceolata, 107.

Dicranoloma braunui, 336.

Dictyosphaerium pulchellum, 183.

Dimorphococcus lunatus, 183.

Diplasiolejeunea brachyclada, 344.

Distichophyllum mittenii, 339.

Drepanolejeunea, spp. listed, 344.

Ectropothecium, spp. listed, 341.

Endotrichella elegans, 338.

Ephemeropsis tjibodensis, 339.

Euastrum, spp. listed, 183-184.

Euglenia, spp. listed, 182.

Eunotia maior var. emarginata, 180.

Exodictyon blumii, 336.

Ficus, 2.

Fleurya, 111, 115.

aestuans, 164.

alatipes, 124.

bulbifera, 121.

canadensis, 118.

capensis, 152.

caravellana, 164.

cordata, 128, 164.

cuneata, 170.

disepala, 126, 129.

funigera, 157.

glandulosa, 164.

glomerata Gaud., 145, 149.

glomerata Griseb., 170, 172.

grossa, 159.

ingrata, 164.

interrupta, 145.

lanceolata, 161, 163.

lurida, 164.

mitis, 152.

mooreana, 157.

ovalifolia, 149.

paniculata, 167, 170.

peduncularis, 152, 154.

Index

Fleurya (cont.)

perrieri, 164.

petiolata, 164.

photinophylla, 60.

podocarpa, 149, 152.

ruderalis, 170.

spicata, 115, 145, 149.

umbellata, 170, 172.

urophylla, 157.

urticoides, 124, 126.

var. glabrata, 124.

Fleuryopsis, 115.

Floribundaria, spp. listed, 338.

Freycinetia, 189, 209.

enumeration of species, 195.

keys to Malayan species, 193-195.

species of uncertain position, 222.

sect. AURICULIFOLIAE, 217.

sect. FILIFORMICARPAE, 220.

sect. HEMSLEYELLA, 230.

sect. POLYSTACHY, 219.

sect. RACEMOSIFLORAE, 214.

sect. SARAWAKENSES, 215.

acuminata, 190, 204.

angustifolia, 189, 190, 193, 194,

196, 197, 199, 210, 212, 214.

arborea, 191.

bennettii, 204.

biloba, 209, 211, 224.

borneensis, 211, 225.

brunoniana, 197.

confusa, 189, 190, 191, 192,

193, 194, 203, 232.

var. minima, 209, 213, 232.

concinna, 212, 225.

corneri, 189, 190, 193, 195,

198, 198, 212, 225.

ciliaris, 211, 225.

creaghii, 213, 229.

debregeasiana, 197.

discoidea, 209, 213, 226, 227.

distigmata, 189, 203

gitingiana, 209, 211, 213, 230.

hemsleyi, 211, 226.

imbricata, 189-195, 203, 210,

Zils, 21 ole

var. hispidula, 204, 215.

var. kuchinensis, 213, 215.

javanica, 189-191, 792, 193,

194, 195, 196, 207, 204, 206,

210, 205.

var. expansa, 209, 228.

var. javanica, 228.

kalimantanica, 209, 213, 230,

aad.

kamiana, 189-194, 198, 201],

205.

kinabaluana, 209, 211, 219.

kingiana, 203.

lucens, 190, 195, 196.

lucida, 211, 217, 2/8.

malaccensis, 190, 197.

montalbanica, 210.

montana, 190, 195, 196.

palawanensis, 209.

var. andersoniana, 209, 211,

222.

parviaculeata 209, 212, 220,

221.

rigidifolia, 189-191, 192, 193,

194, 203, 204, 210, 212,

220, 223.

robinsonii, 228.

var. meijeri, 209, 213, 228.

sarawakensis, 212, 213, 215.

schefferi, 203, 204.

sumatrana, 189, 190, 192, 193,

194, 198, 199, 201, 210, 211,

ZiT.

var. penangiana, 192, 199,

200, 201, 202.

tenuis, 211, 214.

valida, 190, 199.

villarii, 203.

winkleriana, 213, 230.

Frullania, spp. listed, 346.

Frustulia rhomboides, 180.

Garovaglia plicata 338.

Girardinia marginata, 124.

Globba, 242.

Gloeoporus, 360.

Glossadelphus zollingerii, 341.

Gomphonema subtile, 182.

Groutiella goniorrhyncha, 337.

Gyrodon, 357.

intermedius, 357.

merulioides, 357.

Gyrondontium 365, 356.

boveanum, 373.

capense, 373.

flavidum, 373.

henningsii, 373.

serpuloides, 373.

versicolor, 373.

Gyrophana, 365.

pseudolacrymans, 366.

Gyrophora, 365.

Haynea ovalifolia, 149, 152.

Herbertia cf. parisii 342.

389

Homaliodendron flabellatum, 339.

Hormidium sp., 183.

Hydnum, 360.

boveanum, 373.

flavidum, 373.

henningsii, 356, 373.

roseomaculatum, 372.

versicolor, 356, 373.

Hydrogonium consanguineum, 337.

Hygrophoropsis, 358.

flabelliformis, 358, 366,

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Hylophila, 106, 108.

cheangii 106.

lanceolata, 106.

mollis, 108.

Hyophila involuta, 337.

Hyphaene, species from upper

Guinea, 326.

baikieana, 3/2, 313, 324, 326,

331.

baronii, 313.

beccariana, 285.

benguellensis, 318.

congensis, 313, 317, 331.

coriacea, 283, 285, 287, 292,

301, 306,, 318.

var. minor, 285, 287.

crinita, 283, 284, 285, 286,

287-294, 313, 315, 317, 324,

326,328; 331,

dahomeensis, 313, 314, 317, 331.

dankaliensis var. haycockensis,

309.

dichotoma, 299, 301, 302, 303,

304, 306.

doreyi, 311, 317, 320, 322, 324,

331

gossweileri, 331.

guineensis, 311-318 passim,

319, 320. 324. 322,323, 324,

326, 328, 331, 333.

indica, 300, 301, 303.

macrocarpa 301, 328.

macrosperma, 313, 314, 317,

324,..925,;0 3205 e826, oa.

multiformis, 300, 301, 302, 334.

natalensis, 283-290 passim, 291,

292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 324,

326.

occidentalis, 333.

petersiana, 288.

reptans. 299, 309.

schatan, 283, 289.

sinaitica, 299, 302, 306, 307,

309, 316.

taprobanica, 299, 302, 304, 305,

308.

thebaica, 283-328 passim, 329,

330, 331, 332, 3a 324.

togoensis, 285, 313, 314, 316, 317,

324, 326, 333.

tuleyana, 313, 327, 333.

turbinata, 283.

ventricosa, 287, 288, 289.

Isopterygium, spp. listed, 341.

Laportea, by 2o93n4 185 115.

species, excluded, 175, 176.

TRIBUS Urereae, 114.

sect. FLEURYA, 111, 113, 114,

1150126. Wa5, fot aaa:

sect. LAPORTEA, 111, 114,

115, 145.

sect. SCLEPSION, 115.

aestuans, 114, 117, 128, 163, 164,

165.

agusanensis, 40, 42.

alatipes, 113, 114, 117; 124, 725,

526, °T33:

amberana, 11340814, 113, 431,

132, 135,137.

amplissima, 84,

anacardioides, 42.

annamica, 11, 12.

ardens, 36, 39.

armata, 139, 141.

basirotunda, 34.

batanensis, 22.

bathiei, 164.

brunnea, 11, 12.

bulbifera, 113, 114, 117, 121,

122, 145.

caffra, 112, 113, 117, 155, 156.

canadensis, 113, 114, 115, 117,

118, 719, 120, 121, 123.

_chingiana, 32, 34.

conduplicata, 30, 32.

contracta, 95.

corallodesme, 53.

cordata, 58, 60.

cordatifolia, 58, 60.

costata, 11.

var. contracta, 95,

crassifolia, 18.

crenulata, 36, 71.

var. luzonensis, 40, 42.

var. nervosa, 69.

var. nitida, 47, 50, 51.

cuneata, 112, 113, 114, 116,

170, /71.

decumana, 112, 113, 114, 116,

139, 1/40.

densiflora, 22, 24.

dielsii, 121, 123.

diffusa, .21,. 22.

disepala, 114, 117, 126, 127.

divaricata, 118, 120.

elliptica, 16.

evitata, 121.

floribunda, 112, 114, 116, 173,

174.

forrestri, 142, 145.

gaudichaudiana auct., 58.

gaudichaudiana Wedd., 21, 22.

gigantea, 39.

gigas, 7, 64, 66.

giraldiana, 142, 145.

glabra, 47, 50, 51.

gracilipes, 11, 12.

grossa, 112, 117, 159, 159, 160.

grossedentata, 142, 145.

hainanensis, 11, 12.

harveyi, 88, 90.

humbertii, 131, 133, 135.

humilis, 139, 141.

integrifolia, 36, 39.

interrupta, 113-116, 145, 145,

147, 154, 166.

kotoensis, 22.

kusaiana, 71.

lanaensis, 11, 12.

lanceolata, 117, 161, /62.

latifolia, 39, 71, 72.

latilanceolata, 40, 42.

laxiflora, 42, 45.

leytensis, 21, 22.

longifolia, 79, 81.

longispica, 142, 145.

luzonensis, 40, 42.

macrostachya, 112, 113, 114, 116,

142, 143, 144.

mammosisetosa, 47, 50, 51.

Index

Laportea (cont.)

manombensis, 131, 133.

meyeniana, 21.

microstigma, 82, 84.

milnei, 88, 90.

mindanaensis, 22.

mirabilis, 90.

monticola, 30, 32.

mooreana, 112, 113, 117, 157,

158,.159, 161.

moroides, 55, 56.

murrayana, 45.

oblanceolata, 14.

oleracea, 121, 123.

ovalifolia, 112, 113, 114,

148, 149, 150, 154, 163.

peduncularis, 112, 117, 152,

E53, 155, 159.

pedunculata, 139.

peltata auct., 42.

peltata Gaud. ex Decne., 44,

55, q

pendula, 28, 30.

Hermernt, 12, dia: 114. 116, 135,

136.

photinophylla, 60.

platyphylla, 22.

pterostigma, 21, 22.

forma subglabra, 22.

pustulosa, 36, 39, 40.

rechingeri, 74.

rigidifolia, 26.

ruderalis, 112, 113, 114, 116.

166, 167, 168, 172.

saipanensis, 71, 74.

salomonensis, 79, 81.

schlechteri, 76, 79.

schomburgkii var. vesicolor,

110,

septentrionalis, 116, 133, 134.

sessiliflora, 95.

sinensis, 121, 123.

sinuata, 36.

stimulans, 11.

var. contracta, 95.

subclausa, 28.

subglabra, 22.

subpeltata, 24.

sumatrana, 11, 12.

terminalis, 121, 124.

ternatensis, 47, 50, 51.

thorelii, 11, 12.

torricellensis, 51.

triplinervia, 30, 32.

urentissima, 32, 34.

venosa, 30, 32.

violacea. 112, 114, 117, 128, 129,

130, 131.

vitiensis, 62, 64.

vitifolia, 129, 131.

vriesiana, 42, 45.

warburghii, 79, 81.

weddellii, 117, 133, 137, 138.

Lejeunea (?) pilifera, 344, 351, 352.

Lepidozia cf. quadridens, 342.

Leptolejeunea, spp. listed, 345.

Leucobryum, spp. listed, 336.

Leucogyrophana, 356, 365.

391

Leucolejeunea xanthocarpa, 345.

Leucoloma molle, 336.

Liverworts, new spp., 346-353.

Lopholejeunea subfusca, 344.

Lopidium trichocladon, 339.

Lowia, 239.

longiflora, 239, 243, 245, 246.

maxillarioides, 245.

Lowiaceae, 239, 240.

Lowioideae, 239.

Macromitrium cumingii, 337.

reinwardtii, 337.

Marchantia acaulis, 341.

Mastigophora diclados, 342.

Meiorganaceae, 355.

Meiorganum, 355, 356, 357, 358,

360, 362, 376.

neocaledonicum, 357, 362, 363,

364.

Meiothecium hamatum, 340.

Melosira, spp. listed, 180.

Merismopedia sp., 184.

Meruliaceae, 359.

Merulioid fungi in Malaysia, key

to, 355-361.

Meruliopsis, 359, 360, 371.

Merulius, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359,

360.

Merulius, 355-360, 365.

index of species attributed to,

378-381.

agathidis, 356, 357, 358, 360,

364, 365.

byssoideus, 355, 356, 369.

castaneus, 369.

chlorina, 369.

consimilis, 366.

corium, 355, 359, 360, 370.

crassus, 355.

eurocephalus, 360, 366, 373.

fuscescens, 355.

glaucinus, 371.

var. lutescens, 371.

hirtellus, 371.

insignis, 366, 367.

irpicoides, 356, 367, 368, 369.

lacrymans, 356, 367.

luridochraceus, 356, 369.

molluscus, 355, 356.

montanus, 355.

nothofagi, 372, 373.

pilosus, 372.

pinastri, 356.

pseudolacrymans, 366.

pseudomolluscus, 355.

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Merulius (cont.)

purpurascens, 360, 370, 371.

var. flavido-albus, 360, 370.

ravenelii, 371.

rubicundus, 371.

rubrotremellosus, 371.

rufus, 356, 371, 372, 373.

strigosozonatus, 359, 374.

taxicolus, 359.

tignicolus, 356.

tremellosus, 355, 356, 372, 373.

versicolor, 360, 373.

Metadina, 247, 248, 249, 253.

multifolia, 250, 25/.

Metzgeria furcata, 341.

Micrasterias, spp. listed, 184.

Microlejeunea culcullata, 345.

Mitragyna, 248.

speciosa, 248.

Mniodendron divaricatum, 337.

Mosses, Fraser’s Hill, 336-341.

Musa, 239, 240, 241, 242.

Musaceae, 239, 240.

Nanocnide, 114.

Nauclea, 247.

affinis, 265.

chalmersii, 265.

coadunata, 250.

dahlii, 267.

forsteri Seem, 263.

Forsterii Hav., 263.

glabra, 270.

gordoniana, 272.

gracilis, 265.

hagenii, 267, 270.

lanceolata, 265.

obversifolia, 272.

orientalis, 263.

papuana, 270.

philippinensis, 265.

rotundifolia, 263.

schlechteri, 265.

speciosa, 248.

subditus, 252.

tenuiflora, 252.

tenuis, 265.

trichotoma, 2A9.

Naucleae, 247.

key to genera, 248.

Navicula radiosa var. minutis-

sima, 180,

Neonauclea, 247, 248, 253.

species, key to, 256-259.

acuminata, 254, 257, 258, 275,

278, 279.

brassii, 254, 257, 258, 259, 276,

277.

cardiophylla, 263.

chalmersii, 254, 256, 257, 258,

265, 266, 267.

clemensii, 254, 256, 258, 259,

261.

dahlii, 267.

forsteri, 254, 255, 256-259,

263, 264.

gordoniana, 253, 254, 257, 259,

271, 272.

hagenii, 253, 254, 257, 258, 267,

269, 270.

spp. hagenii, 269.

spp. papuana, 257, 258, 269,

270.

lanceolata, 254, 257, 258, 265,

268.

maluensis, 254, 257, 259, 276,

277.

moluccana, 270.

obversifolia, 253, 254, 257, 258,

Biz, 2273.

papuana, 270.

perspicuinervia, 254, 257, 259,

279, 280.

schlechteri, 265.

solomonensis, 254, 257, 259,

274, 275. |

versteeghii, 254, 256, 258, 260,

262.

Nephrocytium agardhianum, 182.

Netrium digitus, 183.

Nitzschia palea, 182.

Oblixilis, 115.

Octoblepharum albidum, 336.

Oedogonium sp., 183.

Orchidantha, 239, 240, 241.

species, key to, 243.

borneensis, 239, 243, 246.

calcarea, 239, 245.

fimbriata, 240, 243, 244, 246.

laotica, 240, 243, 246.

longiflora, 239, 240, 243, 245.

maxillarioides, 240, 243, 244,

245.

siamensis, 243, 244.

Oscillatoria sp., 184.

Index

Papillaria fuscescens, 338.

Paxillus, 356, 357, 358, 360.

panuoides, 357, 358, 366.

Pediastrum, spp. listed, 182.

Phacus, spp. listed, 182.

Phaeophlebia, 359, 360, 374.

strigosozonata, 374, 375.

Philonotis hastata, 337.

Phlebia castanea, 372.

merulioides, 372.

rufa, 372.

Pinnatella, spp. listed, 339.

Pinnularia, spp. listed, 180.

Pleurotaenium, spp. listed, 183.

Protamomum, 239.

maxillarioides, 239, 24S.

Pilea mooreana, 157.

Podoserpula, 358.

Poikilospermum, 3, 78.

Pogonatum, spp. listed, 341.

Polyporus eurocephalus, 366.

Poria, 360.

taxicoloa, 371.

Pterobryopsis, spp. listed, 338.

Ptychanthus striatus, 345.

Punctularia, 359, 374.

Pycnolejeunea, spp. listed, 345.

Racopilum schmidii, 338.

Radula nymanii, 342.

Rhizogonium spiniforme, 337.

Rhodobryum giganteum, 337.

Rynchostegium celebicum, 339.

Saccolabium micranthum, 10S,

106.

fissum, 106.

humile, 105, 106.

Sarcanthus, 105.

Sarcocephalus, 247, 248, 250.

coadunata, 250.

tenuiflorus, 250, 25/, 252.

Scenedesmus, spp. listed, 183.

Sceptrocnide, 111, 114, 115.

Schychowskia, 115.

393

Scitamineae, 239, 240, 242.

Selenastrum bibraianum, 182.

Serpula, 355, 356, 357, 365, 369.

eurocephala, 366.

Smitinanda, 105.

micrantha, 106.

humilis, 106.

Sphaerocystis schroeteri, 182.

Spirogyra sp., 183.

Spirulina gomontii, 184.

Spondylosium, spp. listed, 184.

Staurastrum, spp. listed, 184.

Stenolejeunea apiculata, 345.

Stephygyne parvifolia, 248.

speciosa, 248.

Stereum spadiceum, 376.

Symphysodontella cylindracea,

338.

Syrrhopodon, spp. listed, 336.

fraserianum, 346, 347.

Taxilejeunea, spp. listed, 345.

Taxithelium, spp. listed, 341.

Tetraedron sp. 182.

Tetrallantos lagerheimii, 183.

Thrixspermum, 105.

Thuidium meyenianum, 339.

Thyridium, spp. listed, 336.

Thysananthus spathulistipus, 346.

Trabecularia, 365.

Trachelomonas, spp. listed, 182.

Trachyloma indicum, 338.

Trichoglottis appendiculifera, 108.

Trichostelium, spp. listed, 340.

fruticolum, 348, 349.

Trismegistia, spp. listed, 340.

Tuyamaella angulistipa, 346.

Uncaria, 248.

Urera, 1, 6.

amberana, 131.

amplissima, 84, 86.

commersoniana, 95.

excelsa, 64, 66.

leichardiana, 60, 62.

rotundifolia, 64, 66.

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Urtica, 112.

aestuans, 164.

affinis, 145, 149.

ardens, 36, 40.

bulbifera, 121, 123.

canadensis, 118.

capitata, 145.

caravellana, 164.

coerulea, 96.

contracta, 95.

cordata, 164.

crenulata, 36.

cuneata, 170, 172.

decumana, 139.

divaricata, 118, 164.

divergens, 164.

evitata, 121.

ferox? * 2.

fruticosa, 11, 12.

gaudichaudii, 145.

gigantia, 95.

hirsuta, 164.

interrupta, 145, 148.

javanica, 145, 148.

latifolia, 164.

lomatocarpa, 145.

mitis, 152.

nemorosa, 164.

obnoxia, 36.

ovalifolia, 84, 86.

paniculata, 167.

peduncularis, 152.

peltata, 42, 45, 56.

petiolata, 164.

pulus, 36.

pustulata, 118.

ruderalis, 167.

rumphii, 139.

schimperiana, 164.

sessiliflora, 145.

sinuata, 36, 40.

spicigera, 145.

stimulans, 11, 12.

var. obtusa, 11.

tuberculata, 164.

umbellata, 21.

Urticaceae, 1, 111.

TRIBUS Urereae, 6, 114.

Urticastrum, 7, 115.

alatipes, 124.

amplissimum, 84.

bulbiferum, 121.

costatum, 11.

decumanum, 139.

divaricatum, 118.

evitatum, 121.

gaudichaudianum, 21.

gigas, 64.

harveyi, 88.

laxiflorum, 42.

microstigma, 82.

milnei, 88.

moroides, 55.

oleraceum, 121.

peltatum, 42.

Photinophyllum, 60.

pterostigma, 21.

sinuatum, 36.

stimulans, 11.

vriesianum, 42.

Xanthidium urniforme, 184.

Xylomizon, 365. —

Xylophagus, 365.

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