AucHoRNEA. |. EUPH. ACALYPHE/E (Avcr. MULLER. — 907 
lata triangulari-cuspidatis, calyce masc. depresso-globoso, calycis foem. laci- 
niis oblongo-triangularibus acuminatis, ovario levi glabro. 5 In Nova Hol- 
landia orientali prope Moreton-Bay (Cunningh.! Ferd. Mueller!), ad Keppel 
Bay (R. Br.), prope Kiama (W. H. Harvey !). Celebogyne ilicifolia J. Smith 
in Transact. of the Linn. soc. vol. 18. p. 512. t. 36; Al. Braun Parthenog. 
p. 329 et seq. cum ic.; Radlkof. Befrucht. p. 17 et in Bull. soc. bot. de France, 
1851. p. 220; Decaisne in Bull. soc. bot. de France 1857. p. 789. Sapium 
aquifolium J. Smith ol. ex ipso l. c. (nomen). Sapium berherifolium Hortor. 
ex Regel Parthenogen. p. 15 (nomen). Fruticulus diffuse irregulariter ra- 
mosus, haud lactescens. Ramuli brevissime puberuli, mox glabrati. Stipule 
subulate. Petioli circ. 4-7 mm. longi, rarius | cm. attingentes. Limbus folio- 
rum 3-10 cm. longus, circiter triente longior quam latus, elliptico-rhombeus, 
utrinqüe acutus, subtus prope basin utrinque maculato-1-2-glandulosus v. 
subeglandulosus, reticulato-venosus, glaber, tenuiter coriaceus. Coste secun- 
daric fere horizontales. Flores dioici, feminei spicato-racemosi, masculi glo- 
merato-spicati. Racemi foem. demum folia zequantes, circiter 8-15-flori, fulvo- 
puberuli, ramulos terminantes. Spicz masc. juniores amentiformes, bracteis 
imbricatis plurifloris densiflorze, dein laxiores, satis similes iis congenerum. 
Bractec basi extus utroque latere grosse uniglandulose. Stipule bractearum 
subulatz, elongato. Pedicelli bibracteolati. Calyx fcem. 1$ mm. longus, 5-6-v. 
rarius A-partitus; laciniarum margines astivatione exteriores v. ommes v. 
nonnulli grosse uniglandulosi. Stamina 8; filamenta basi omnino more 
Alchornee in urceolum nanum membranaceum connata; anthere norma- 
liter evolutze introrsum birimosze, omnino similes iis Alchornez, utrinque 
emarginatze. Ovarium 3-loculare ; loculus unus anterior, duo postico-laterales. 
Stigmata 14 mm. cquantia, in fructu paulo longiora. Capsule 8 mm. late, 
6 mm. longa, ambitu subgloboszm, tridym:s, inermes, glabri. Semina 5 mm. 
longa, globoso-ellipsoidea, subtrigona, apice cristulata, raphe tota longitudine 
percursa. Cotyledones plans. (Embryones in eodem àlbumine geminos plus 
minusve connatos observavit ill. Al. Braun. 1. c.).— De insigni polymorphis- 
mo florum fcem. conf. ad Al. Braun in Annal. des 8c. nat. 1862. p. 7T. — 
Flores foem. interdum stamen unicum (rarius 2) modice evolutum subdifforme 
sed polliniferum olim prztervisum gerunt, cujus polline ovaria fecundantur. 
Tales flores incomplete hermaphroditos factos in speciminibus herbariorum 
quidem ipse non observavi, nec forte quoque anno à speciminibus proferun- 
tur, sed similes omnino saepius oligandros in multis aliis generibus Euphor- 
biacearum haud raro occurrunt et Parthenogenesin celebratissimam hujus 
fruticuli. ad modum naturalem: feecundationis evidenter reducunt. (v..s.) 
Sect. X. EUALCHORNEA Müll. Arg. in Linnza, vol. 3&. p. 170. — Alchor- 
nea Swartz Prodr. p. 96. e Flor. [nd. occid. 2. p. 1153. t. 25; Adr. 
Juss. Tent. Euphorb. p. 42.1. 13. fig. &1; Endl. Gen. plant. n. 5196; 
Baill. Etud. gén. EuphorÜ. p. &à5. t. 20. fig. 8-19, sect. A. et B. — 
Hermesia Willd. Spec. pl. vol. &. p. 809; Kunth in Humb. et Bonpl. 
Nov. gen. e sp. plant. vol. 2. p. 91. — Schousbea Schum. Beskr. — 
Antidesmz sp. Spreng. 
Calyx feem. 4 (-5)-partitus. Discus.0. Stamina 8. Antherz introrsum aperien- 
tes. Ovarium 2-loculare. Styli integri. — Species nonnulle incomplete notae, in- 
deque hodie. hinc inde non satisfacter coordinate.. | 
S 1. Foliorum limbus. triplinervius. 
1* Limbus foliorum rigide coriaceus. Styli 6-9 mm. longi. 
19. A4. GRANDIFLORA (Müll Arg. in Linnza, vol. 34. p. 170), petiolis limbo 
circiter duplo brevioribus, glomerulis masc. multifloris , antheris apice leviter 
emarginatis, ovario tomentello, stylis capsulam parvulam sesqui sequantibus. 
2 In Venezuela, in colonia Tovar (Fendler n. 1272! Moritz n. 1497. a!), in 
Costa Rica (C. Hoffm. n. 530!): Arbor 30-40-pedalis, magnitudine formaque 
eL consistentia: foliorum nec non spicarum. feeminearum similis A. latifolize. 
