330 CLI. EUPHORBTACE^. [Crotone^e. 



173. Cnesmone, Blumey Bijdr. 630 (err. typ. Cnesmosa), et in FL Jav. Tvmf. 6.— 

 Flores monoici, apetali. Diacua 0. Fl. ^ : Calyx in alabastro globos^i3, clausus, 

 per anthesin vaivatim 3-fidus, tubo depresso ore subcontracto, lobis latis. Stamina in 

 fundo calycis 3, lobis alterna, vix e tubo exserta, filamentis liberis crassis ; antherae 

 prope basin dorsifixee, connectivo crasso ultra loculos iu appendicem linearem supra 

 antheram reflexam producto, loculis discretis subparallelis subextrorsum longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentnm v. obscurum. Fl. $ : Sepala 3, demum aucta, integer- 

 rima. Ovarium breve, 3-loculare ; styli carnosi, basi in massam brevem latam connati, 

 pro maxima^, parte liberi, incurvo-erecti, crassi, margiue introrsum processibus sen 

 papillis crassis fimbriati fere pinnatifidi ; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula tridyma, in 

 C0CCO3 2-valves dissiliens. Semina globosa ; testa Crustacea (extus in vivo pulpoaa quasi 

 arillata ?) ; albumen carnosum ; cotyledones latse, planse. — Frutex alte scandens, undique 

 plus minus fulvo-villosus, habitu Traykc at rudis* Folia alterna, petiolata, denticulata, 

 pennivenia, basi sftjpe cordata. Stipulae latae^ persistentes. Racemi terminales v. oppo- 

 sitifolii, lioribiis sub quaqiie bractea solitariis brevissime pedicellatis, superiores <? ebrac- 

 teolati, inferiores 1-co $ , bracteolis 2 stipati. 



Species 1, Iiidiae orientalis et ArchipeUigi "Malayan! incolH. Muell. Arg, in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 926.- 

 Bail. Etud. Euph. f^.' 



174, Saieobampla, Linn. Gen. n. 1081. — Flores monoici, apetali. Discus 0. Fl. <? :' 

 Calyx membranaceus, in alabastro globosus, per anthesin vaivatim 4-6-partitus. Stamina 

 CO (sfepius 20-30, rarius plura v. pauciora), filamentis in receptaculo convexo v. plus minus 

 in columnam crasaam elevato breviter liberis v. alte in columnam tenuiorem coalitis ; 

 antherre erectse, loculis contiguis parallelis ssepe didymis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. 

 Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl. $ : Calyx 5-12-partitus, segmentis imbricatis saepe linearibus 

 pinnatifidis fimbriatisve, rarius lanceolatis integerrimis. Ovarium 3-4-loculare ; styli in 

 columnam longam ssepe carnosam apice obtusam v. dilatatam oblique v. sequaliter 

 excavatam integram v. breviter radiato-lobatam connati ; ovula in loculis solitaria. 

 Capsula 3-4-dyma v. angulata, in coccos 2-valves dissiliens, endocarpio crustaceo v. 

 indurate. Semina globosa v. ellipsoidea, estrophiolata ; albumen carnosum ; cotyledones 

 planae, latas. — Frutices suiFniticesve, sfepius volubiles et interdum alte scandentes, glabri 

 V. pilis simplicibus liirsuti v. tomentosi. Folia alterna, petiolata, integra 3-5-loba 

 V. digitatim 3-5-foliolata, pennivenia basique saepius 3-7-nervia. Racemi ssepius in 

 capitula contracti, ad axillas sessiles v. pedunculati, bracteis 2 maximis ssepe coloratis 

 venosiaque integris v, 3-lobis involuorati, rarius laxibres bracteis hand v. vix auctis. 

 Flores in capitulo sessiles v. breviter pedicellati, exteriores v. inferiores $ , sub quaque 

 bractea ssepe 3-ni, interiores v. supei-iores ^ aub quat^ue bractea 3-ac. A daunt etiam 

 interdum in capitulo massfe 2-3 carnoso-ceraceae multicristatse, quae flores steriles nun- 

 cupantur. Capsulje variant parvre globoso-3-dymie, v, magnre durre angulatfe, calyco 

 axicto saepe stipatse. 



Species ad QQ^ per regiones calidiores utriusque orbis late dispersie, plerseque tauieu Americanse. 

 Miiell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 1233, et in Mart. FL Bras. xi. ii. 635, t. 88 ad 91. BalU. Eiud. 

 Eupk. t. 3, 4. Endl. Atakta, t, 20, 21. Wight, Ic. t 1881, 1882. Wawra in Pr. Maxim. Reise, 

 Bot t.G. 



Ceemophyllum, Scheidw. iti Bull. Acad. Sc. Brux. ix. i. 23, est planta humilis iu horto Bruxellensi 

 e seminibus Mexicanis enata (nee ErasiUana ut perperam a Muell. Arg, citatur), evidenter D. 

 BoezleancB, Muell. Arg. (Bot. Mag. t. .5640, Rogel Gartenfl. t. 532) valde affiiiis et forte forma 

 depauperata, caule ereoto, foliis longis fore sessilibus penniveniis. His evidenter affinis est D. 

 ^nagnoli<sfolia, Mart., e Brasilia. Praeter habitum characteribus nullis defiuitis a cseteris separandsc 

 videntur, etsi plantEe Mexicanfe insignes sunt massis cristatis in capitulo valde evolutis. lUis 

 portinere videtur ppecimen Mesicanum e Teapa, IJnden, n. 1614. 



Rhopalostyus, Klofzsch in hcrh, phtr. est D. micraniha, Pcepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. 19, 

 t, 222, species inflorcscentia laxa insignis, bracteis vacuis non auctis nee flores involucrantibus. 



2). HouUettiana, Baill. Etud. Euph. 480, t. 3, f. 31, 32, species Brasiliuna nobis ignota, ex icone a 



