CrotonecB.] CLI. EUPHOKBIACEJS. 331; 



genere longe differt disco hypogyno evoluto ovario 4-loculari et stylo filiformi apieo mtegerrimo 

 subulato. 



175. Mabea, Aubl. PL Gui. 867, t. 334. — Flores monoici, apetali. Discus 0. Fl. ^ : 

 Calyx parvus, membranacens, prima jnventute globosns subclansns, longo ante arithe'sin 

 apertus, 3-5-lobiis. Stamina go (12-50), receptaculo couvexo v. conico affixa, filaiuentis 

 brevissimis ; antlierarum locnli subintrorsum adnati, paralleli v. divergentes, longitu- 

 dinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl. $ : Calyx 5-6-partitus, segmentis 

 imbricatis stepe valde infeqiialibiis. Ovarium 3-loculare ; styli iu columnam lougam 

 coaliti, superne liberi tenues indivisi ; o\Ti]a in loculi.s sqlitaria. Capsula globosa v. 

 tridyma, in coccos 2-valves dissiliens, endocarpio dure. Semina ovoidea, strophiolata, 

 testa Crustacea ; albumen carnosum ; cotyledones planre, latse, — Arbores coma diffusa v. 

 ssepius frutices sarmentosi v. alte scandentes. Folia altema, oblonga v. angusta, integer- 

 rima v. denticulata, pennivonia. Racemi terminales, floribundi, ssepe compositi, singuli 

 V. plurcs ill paniculam dispositi. Bractea) stepius glaudulis 2 magnis stipatse. Flores <^ 

 uumerosi, antlieris supra calycem dense confertis globulosi, sub quaque bractea 

 ssepius plures fasciculati, v. in racemulum secundarium ebracteatum dispositi; $ ad 

 basin racemi pauci, sub quaque bractea solitarii, pediccllati. 



Species enumeratse 16, plures inter se simillimse, AmericEe tropiose imprimis Brasiliae ct Guiana; 

 incolie. Mticll. Arg, hi DC. Frod. xa'. ii. 1H8, et in Mart. FJ. Bras. xi. ii. 51?, t. 73, 74. iJailL 

 Etitd, Euph iJ. 13. 



176. Bomalantlius, A. Jnss, Etipli. Tent. 50, t. 16 (Omalanthus). (Duania, Noroiili. ex 

 Hassk, Hort. Bogor. 233, nomen tauUnn. Carumbium, Reinw, in Syll. PL Soc. Patisb. 

 ii. 6, prms in Blume, Cat. Sort. Buitenz. 105, iiomen tantum.) — Flores monoici, apetali. 

 Discus 0. Fl. ^ : Calyx compressus, brevis, latus, 2-partitus, segmentis planis sibimet 

 appressis margine leviter imbricatis. Stamina co (6-50), filamentis brevissimis ; antherje 

 calycem superantes, loculis brevibus v. subglobosis, dorso contiguis divaricatis vertice 

 2-valvatim dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl. $ : Calyx 2-3-fidus, baud com- 

 pressus. Ovarium 2- v. rarius 3-loculare ; styli lineares, divergentes, indivisi ; ovula in 

 loculis solitaria. Capsula didyma, carnosa, indehiscens v. vix in coccos dorso 2-valvcs 

 secedens. Semina ovoidea, strophiola carnosa interdum semen semitegente, 'testa 

 Crustacea ; albumen carnosum ; cotyledones planse, latse. — Arbores fruticesve glabri. 

 Folia alterna, petiolata, lata, spepius subtriangularia v. rhomboidea, integerrinia, subtus 

 sfepius glauca v. canescentia, pennivenia v. vix basi 3~5-plinervia. Racemi terminales, 

 floribus (? numerosis sub quaque bractea pluribus parvis, $ sub quaque bractea solitariis 

 ad basin racemi paucis v. rarius ad apices ramorum absque racemo (^ . 



Species 7 V. 8, Arcliipel.igi Malayani Australise et insularum maris Pacificl incolse. BailL Eiud. 

 Euph, t. 8, MuelL Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. li. 1143 {Carwmbium, exol. sect. Pimekodendroft), 

 Benth. FL AustraL vi. 149 (Carumlmim), Bot. Mag. f. 2780. 



DiBBACmOM, EegeL Gartenfi. xr. (1866) 100, t. 504. species ex ins. Philippinarum a nobis non 

 visa, foUis peltatis distinctissima, ox icone tamen et descriptione aufttotis rite a Muellero ad 

 Carumbium. {Homalanthuin) refertur, et huic generi restituenda est "Wartmannia, MneU. Artt. hi 

 lAnnaa xxxiv. 218, c^wt DC. Prod. xv. ii. 1147, ab anctore ob soininnm strophiolam parvam'^separjitn, 

 de cujus nafxira cfr. Baill. Adans. vi. 348. Embryo H. populifoUi in icone Bot. Mag. 1. c. minimus 

 deliueatur, in seminibus tamon a nobis exaniinatis dimidium albumiuis longe superat. 



\ii. •BiuxeleodenATon.flJassk. Hort. Bogor. Descr. 68. (Stomatocalyx et Carumbii sect, 

 Pimeleodendron, MudL Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 1142, 1143.)— Flores dioici ? apetali, $ 

 ignoti. Fl. ^ : Calyx compressus, bre^-is, latua, lobis 2 brevissimis planis sibimet appressis. 

 Discus 0. Stamina go (12-15), intra marginem periantliii sorie simplici disposita (ob 

 calycis formam 2-3erialia apparent), filauiontis brevissimis ; antherio terminales, lat;«, 

 truncatae, loculis extrorsum adnatis divergentibus longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarii 

 rudimentum 0. — Arbores fruticesve glabri. Folia altema v. ad apices ramorum conferta 

 petiolis valde injequalibus apice tumidis, ovata v. oblonga, integerrima, coriacea, penni- 



