puyLLANTHUS. EUPH. PHYLLANTHE/E (aucr. MULLER). 411 
inter Chili et Brasiliam apud Chiquitos (d'Orbigny n. 734! in hb. DC. 
specim. ó). In hoc specimine masculo vix dubie conspecifico sunt sti- 
pule 1 mm. longa, flores subgemini aut solitarii, fere omnino sessiles. 
Calyx demum 14 mm. longus; lacinie late marginatz, glanduloso-punc- 
ticulate,, subtruncatee, infra apicem subdilatatee. Glandulz extrastamina- 
les libere, orbiculares, valide tuberculate. Columna staminalis integra, 
crassiuscula, fusca. Antherze subtransversim dehiscentes. (v. s.) 
2» Styli bipartiti. — Urceolus hypogynus subinteger. 
368. P. LEPTOPRYLLUS, floribus dioicis foem. in axillis foliorum solitariis graciliter 
pedicellatis, calycis fem. laciniis late ovatis obtusis capsule cquilongis, disco 
hypogyno crassiusculo, ovario levi, stylis bipartitis gracilibus, cruribus apice 
capitatis, seminibus minute verruculoso-punctatis. 74 In Brasilia meridionali 
in Serra do Lapa (Riedel! in hb. berol.). Caules gracillimi, teretes, inferne 
lignosi, nigrescentes, diametro tantum 14 mm. squantes, subsecundo-ramu- 
ligeri, glaberrimi. Ramuli virgati, filiformes, virides. Stipulee exiguz, subu- 
lato-lanceolate, erecto-patule, integra. Foliorum limbus subsessilis, parvus, 
tantum 3-4 mm. longus, 1-11 mm. latus, elliptico-lanceolatus, breviter acuta- 
tus, basi obliquus, tenellus. Pedicelli fructigeri 5-6 mm. longi, i. e. folia ex- 
cedentes, capillacei. Calyx fructiger apertus 31-44 mm. latus, pallidus. Urceo- 
lus hypogynus integer. Capsule fere 3 mm. late, 2mm. longa. Flores masc. 
ignoti. — Fere perfecte similis P. diffuso 8 oblongifolio, sed dioicus, calyx 
fructiger major, stylorum rami apice d ut in P. lathyroide, et caules in- 
signiter tenues. A P. microphyllo dein differt stylis et stipulis. (v. 5.) 
369. P. FAsTIGIATUS (Müll. Arg. in Linnea, v. 32. p. 45), foliis margine sub- 
incurvis, floribus dioicis subgeminis breviter pedicellatis, urceolo hypogyno 
crasso, ovario levi, stylis bipartitis rigidis, seminibus dorso verruculoso-punc- 
tatis. 4^ In Brasilia meridionali, in monte Itacolumi (Riedel! Sellow !), ad 
Itabira (Lund !). Planta circ. semipedalis v. pedalis, e basi multicaulis. Caules 
firmi, superne dense fastigiato-dendroidei, nigricantes. Ramuli asperi, fusci, 
microphyllini. Stipulae lineari-subulate, patulae. Foliorum limbus 31-5 mm. 
longus, 11-21 rarius usque 3 mm. latus, ellipticus, rotundato-obtusus, basi 
obtusus v. acutiusculus, subcoriaceus, evenius, junior convoluto-incurvus, 
dein margine incurvus, supra pallidior et puncticulatus. Pedicelli masc. breves, 
feminei calyce multo breviores. Calycis fructigeri lacini; obovatze, albido- 
marginatz. Glandule florum masc. libera, orbiculares; urceolus hypogynus 
crenulatus. Columna staminalis integra. Anthera vulgo 2, horizontaliter biri- 
mosa. Styli subhorizontaliter patuli. Capsule 3 mm. late, depresso-globoss. 
— Characteribus valde accedit ad P. microphyllum, sed ramis ramulisque 
minute papillosis, ramificatione fastigiata et presertim vernatione foliorum 
ab eo affinibusque simul bene distinctus. (v. s.) 
3* Styli bifidi. — Urceolus hypogynus usque ad medium et ultra divisus. 
310. P. JuNCEUS, stipulis triangulari-lanceolatis, floribus dioicis feem. solita- 
riis breviter pedicellatis, calycis foem. laciniis obovatis obtusis dorso late viri- 
di-fasciatis, urceolo hypogyno 6-lobo v. 6-fido, stylis bifidis abbreviatis cruribus 
obtusis, capsulis depresso-globosis, seminibus dorso obiter longitrorsum sub- 
costatis in costulis vix prominulis dense transversum. striolatis. 2 In insula 
Cuba (C. Wright n. 1937!). Caules circ. pedales, e caudice lignescente nume- 
rosi, inferne ramos consimiles paucos e basi deflexo-patula adscendenti-erectos 
emittentes, dein longiusculo tractu simplices, junceo-denudati, distanter sti- 
pulari-semiannulati, superne pauciramulosi, undique tenues, teretes, glau- 
cescentes. Ramuli subteretes, circ. 12-20-phylli, patuli, inferne longiuscule 
aphylli, tenues. Stipule triangulari-lanceolate, fere integre, subscariosa&, 
fusca. Foliorum limbus brevissime petiolatus, 45-6 mm. longus, 21-34 mm. 
latus, oblongo-obovatus, rotundato-obtusus, basi subacutus, rigidulus, mar- 
gine incrassatus et recurvus, glauco-viridis, subtus pallidior. Pedicelli fem. 
calycem fere bis dquantes, apicem versus sensim incrassati, cum omnibus 
reliquis partibus glabri. Lacini, calycis foem. juniores concolores, virides, 
dein margine lato pallidiores. Ovarium lave. Styli suberecti. Capsulze 3 mm. 
