ARcYnorgAumNiA.. EUPH.. ACALYPHE/E (avucr. MULLER). 733 
ligere. Semina ecarunculatà. — Plante Americze calidioris, una in China 
crescens, vulgo circiter bipedales v. paucipedales v. etiam vix pedales, 
argyreo-cinerascentes v. argyreo-virides. Caules erecti, parce v. densius 
ramosi, teretes v. subangulosi, striolati, medullosi, inferne v. fere tota 
longitudine lignescentes v. lignosi, superne longiuscule subherbacei, 
raro arborei. Folia stpulis predita, alterna, petiolata v. subsessilia, 
nunc tripli-quintuplinervia, nunc penninervia, serrata, serrulata v. in- 
tegra, firme membranacea, glandulosa. Indumenti pili szepissimi bipar- 
titi, submalpighiacei, adpressi, raro simplices aut stellati. Flores szpis- 
sime monoici, racemosi. Racemi terminales v. axillares, simplices, 
inferne nudi, tenues v. subtenues, sepius laxiflori, bisexuales inferne 
feminei. Bractez 1-3-floree. Calyces utriusque sexus 5-partiti, v. masculi 
rarius 3-partiti; lacini& masculorum margine szpe distincte reduplica- 
tiva. Petala florum fom. lànceolata, masculorum ambitu obverse del- 
toideo-rhombea, integra, subintegra, palmatim lobata v. rarius suppressa. 
Stamina 5-15, univerticillata v. alternatim 2-3-verticillata, centralia 
haud raro sterilia, sc. ad filamenta ananthera reducta. Antheree introrse, 
longitrorsum birimosz, utrinque emarginatz, subglobosz v. ellipsoideze. 
Ovarium 3-loculare. Styli 2, inferne connati, semel v. bis v. ter dicho- 
tome divisi. Capsularum cocca bivalvia. Semina globosa, exarillata. — 
Aqua partes emolliens ut in pluribus Crozophoris et Mercurialibus pur- 
pureo colore tingitur. 
Sect. I. PuiLvna Müll. Arg. in Linnza, vol. 35. p. 144. — Genus Philyrà 
Klotzsch in Erichs. Archiv 1841. p. 199; Bail. Etud. gén. Euphorb. 
p. 297. t. 12. fig. 16-22. — Phylera Endl. Gen. plant. Suppl. 2. p. 91. 
, — Tritaxeos sect. Philyra Ball. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 4. p. 369. 
Petala integra ; ungues liberi, lati. Glandule florum masc. breves, arcte cum 
basi columnae staminalis connate. Antherz 2-3-verticillate ; verticilli duo infe- 
riores 5-andri, tertius diander cum rudimentis staminum,tribus, v. omnino ad 
rudimenta 5 cylindrica s. filamenta ananthera reductus. — Bractec bracteo- 
lzeque et lacinie calycis scariose, substraminec. Stipule mox in spinas elon- 
gatas rectas graciles mutate. — A congeneribus consistentia bractearum et 
calycum nec non indole stipularum recedit. Ludit caeterum spinis nunc mino- 
ribus, nunc omnino (ex cl. Baill.) abortivis. — Calyces masc. non sunt quincun- 
ciales, nec semina carunculata. — Frutex v. arbor brasiliensis. 
]. A. BRASILIENSIS (Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 34. p. 144), ramis spinosis, 
spinis rectis, foliis penninerviis, racemulis masc. densifloris foemineis elon- 
gatis laxifloris, bracteis bracteolisque stramineo-scariosis albidis anguste 
ovatis concavis, laciniis calycis lineari-lanceolatis, petalis masc. linearl-obo- 
vatis calycem superantibus, columna staminali et gynophoro elongatis, semi- 
nibus subglobosis levibus. j v. 5 In collibus apricis circa Rio de Janeiro. 
(Riedel! Sellow! in hb. berol.). Philyra Brasiliensis Klotzsch in Erichs. Ar- 
chiv 1841. p. 199; Baill. Etud. gén. Euphorb. p. 298. t. 12. fig. 16-22. Ditaxis 
Brasiliensis Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. vol. 4. p. 269. Frutex (Riedel) omnibus 
partibus, si excipias inflorescentiam et capsulas minutissime puberulas gla- 
ber. Rami ramulique teretes, albidi. Spine stipulares gemince, patule, vulgo 
5-2 cm. longe, subulato-acuminate, apice infuscate, inferne circ. 1 4 mm. 
diametro :equantes. Petioli 3-5 mm. longi. Foliorum limbus 8-12 cm. longus, 
3-4 cm. latus, obovato-lanceolatus, acuminatus, basi angustatus v. subacutus, 
integer, coriaceo-membranaceus, supra cinereo-viridis, subtus lutescenti-viri- 
dis. Racemuli masc. abbreviati, foliis multoties breviores. Flores bibracteolati. 
Bractee 21-3 mm. longe. Pedicelli masc. breves, feminei elongati. Calycis 
fructigeri lacini& 34 mm. longe. Capsule 9 mm. latze, 6 mm. longe. Flores 
fem. non vidi. — Inflorescentiz et flores masc. primo intuitu monstrositatem 
simulant. (v. s.) 
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