288 CLI. EUPHORBIACE^. \_Gaharie^, 



Species "bene notse 2, altera 5-andra Africee tropicne, altera 10-andra Asise tropicae a Zeylania usque 

 ad Arcliipelagum et Chinam extensa. Muell. Arg. in BC. Prod, sv, ii. 1041. Fructus bene matiirus 

 in specie Asiatiea sola rite obeervatus, cui verisimiljter addenda species tertia Borneensis, Beceari n. 

 3713, cujus flores pauci tantum S in specimine nostro adsunt, et Pextabrachion-, Miiell. Arg. in 

 Flora, 1864, 532, et inBC. Prod. xv. ii. 223, ex Africa tropica, cujus specimina i^" sola adhuc nota, 

 in habitu omnibusque cbaracteribus Microdesmi conyenit, exceptis petulis calyce paullo brevioribus. 



71. Pogonopiiora, Miers ; Benth. in Hook. Kew Jowm. vi. 372. — Flores dioici, petali- 

 feri. Fl. $: Calyx parvus, 5-partitus, segmentis imbricatis. Petala 5, calyce longiora, 

 inibricata, intiis medio barbata. Stamina 5, calycis segmentis opposita, sub disco crasso 

 depresso affixa, filamentis brevibus liberis ; antherse lineares, apiculat^e, loculis adnatis 

 parallelis longitudinal iter dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum lineare, 3-fidum. Fl. $ : 

 Periantliiuni maris. Discus breviter cupulatus. Ovarium 3-loculare ; styli basi breviter 

 connati, supenie patentes, apice stigmatoso dilatato 2-lobo v. fimbriate ; ovula in loculis 

 solitaria. Capsula ovoidea, in coccos 2-valveB dissiliens, endocarpio duro. Semina 

 ovoidea, testa Crustacea nitida ; albumen carnosum ; cotyledones plana;, latie. — Frutex v. 

 arbor debilis, inflorescentia excei:>ta glaber. Folia alterna, petiolata, integerrima, coriacea, 

 pennivcnia. Flores parvuli, in racemulis compositis seu paniculis parvis axillaribus, secus 

 rhachin in glomerulos breviter pedunculatos dispositi, ^ in glomerulis sessiles, % breviter 

 pedicellati. Capsulje parvulas. 



Species 1, Brasilise et Guianse incolse. Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 1040, et iji Mart. Fl. Bras. 

 xi. ii. 435, t. 62. Balll. Etud. Ewph. t, 19. 



72. Vetrorchidinm, Tcepp, et Endl. jVov. Gen. et Sp. Hi. 23, t. 227.~FIores dioici v. 

 monoici, apetali. Fl. c? : Calyx parvus, 3-partitus, segmentis latis levitor imbricatis. 

 Discus 0, Stamina 3, calycis segmentis opposita, filamentis brevissimis, in alabastro in 

 massam subglobosam connata, demum vix libera ; antlieric subsessiles, erectte, latm, 

 introrsum subtequaUter 4-locellata), 4-valves. Ovarii rudimentum clavatum antheris 

 requHongum v. minutum (v. ?). Fl. ? : Calyx maris. Discus cyathiformis v. in ligulas 

 3 petaloideas divisus. Ovarium 2-3-loculare ; styli breves, plani, crassi, 2-fidi, stellatim 

 patentes, nunc fere in orbem connati ; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula 2-3-dyma, in 

 coccos 2-valTes dissiliens, endocarpio tenuiter crustaceo. Semina globosa, testa Crustacea 

 duriuscula extus camosa ; albumen carnosum, hand crassum ; cotyledones plana?, latre — 

 Arbores fruticesve glabri v. pubescentes. Folia alterna, petiolata, ampla v. mediocria, 

 integerrima v. dentata, pennivenia, petiolo apice s^pe 2-glanduloso. Racemi axillares, 

 temies, floribus dissitis, ^ elongati, simplices v. breviter raraosi, floribus parvis sub- 

 sessilibus ; $ et androgyni ssBpius breviores, simplioes, nunc brevissimi v. ad florom 

 unicum pedunculatum reducti. 



Species 4. Americie tropica incolse. MuelL Arg. in BC. Prod. xv. ii. 1133, et in Mart. Fl. Bras, xi 

 Ji. 511, t, 71. Genus valde anomalum, quoad affinitates adlmc dubium. Antliera3 fere Clcidiiy 

 Endospermi, sed staminum situs, ovarii rudimentum, etc., ab illis abhorrent. T. parmdum Muell* 

 Arg., a caeteris habitu differt; pedunculi in specimine nostro Riedeliano omnes breves tenues flore 

 unico $, m speciminibus Glaziovianis plures adsunt paullo longiorea 2-3-flori, flore terminal] 2 

 inferioribus 1-2 (?, ' ' ' 



TKiBtis yi. Crotoxe^. 



73. Elateriospermum, J??itmc, ^yt^r. 620. — Flores monoici, apetali. Fl. (? : Calyx 

 subglobosus, scpalis 4-5 latis valde imbricatis. Stamina oo (10-18), receptaculo villoso 

 crassiusculo imposita, filamentis brevibus liberis; antherfe oblongfo, erectre, loculis 

 adnatis parallelis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, connectivo apice glanduliformi coronata'. 

 Ovarii rudimentum v. minutum. Fl. $ : Sepala imbricata, caduca. Discus margine 

 elevatus, pubescens, subinteger. Staminodia siepius oo, parva, disco introrsum affixa. 

 Ovanum 3-bculare ; styli crassi, primum brevissime erecti subconnati, demum parnm 

 elongati, apice in stigmata crassa brevia patentia sublobata dilatati ; ovula in loculis 



