CroionecB.] CLt. EUrHORBtACE^-. 337 



189. Excoecaria, l/wtn. Gen. n. 1102. (Cummia, Lour. Fl. Cochindi. 605.)— Flores 

 dioici V. rarius monoici, apetali. Discus 0. Fl. c? : Calycis segmenta 3 rarius 2, parva, 

 distincta, subsequalia, angusta v. latiora et imbricata. Stamina 2-3, filamentis liberis ; 

 antherariim loculi distincti, ovoidei, iDaralleli, contigui, longitudinal iter dehiscentes. 

 Ovarii rudiraentum 0. Fl. $ : Calyx 3-fidus v. 3-partitus. Ovarium 3-locuIare ; styli 

 basi breviter connati, recur vo-patentes, indivisi ; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula 

 tridyma, in coccos 2-valves a columella persistente dissiliens, endocai'pio crustaceo parum 

 indurato. Semina globosa, estropliiolata, testa Crustacea ; albumen carnosum ; cotyle- 

 dones plan^, latte. — Arbores fruticesve glabri. Folia altema v. opposita, breviter 

 V. longiuscule petiolata, integerrima v. parce dentata, spepe coriacea, pennivenia, ampla 

 V. mediocria. Racemi axillares laterales v. intcrdum siuml subterminales, in axillis 

 hand raro fasciculati, rarius fere omnes terniinales. Flores ^ sub quaque bractea 

 solitarii v. rarius terni, snepius breviter pedicellati, pedicello basi 2-bracteolato, $ ad 

 basin racemi <? 1-2 v. ssepius in racemis distinctis pauci. Bracte^e parv^e, in spica <? 

 juniore siepe dense imbricatse. 



Species descriptr^ fere 30 sed plnrimsp reducendpe \'identur, Asiae et Afriese tropiwe et subtropicse, 

 ins. Mapcarensium et Australise incolae. MuclL Arg. hi DC. Prod. xv. ii. 1213 {sect. 6 ad 7). 

 Bciith. Fl. Austral vi. 152. Ktcrz, For. Fl. Brit. Bitrm. ii. 413. Wight, Ic. t. 1865. Klotzsch in 

 Pr. Waldem. Rci^e, Bot. t. 21 {Stillingta). 



SpiiiosTACHYS, Sond. in Liumpa xxui. 106 (Exco^ccria africam et E. melafwsticta, TSluell. Arg.), 

 nobis videtur ipsissima E. Agallocha, Linn., species typica dioica, foliis alternis, inflorescenlia axillari, 

 calycis S segmentis angustis, et ab hac Stillingia lincatu var. de^mfiora. Baker, non nisi foliis 

 differt. In E. oppositifolia et in E. cochinchinensi, Lour, ex Muell. Arg., a qua E. quadrangular is, 

 Muell. Arg., non differre videlur, folia alterna, spiose axillares simulque subterminales et flores ? 

 interdum adsunt ad basin spicse ^. In E. japonica, Muell. Arg., E. aceri/olia, F. Didrichs. (sect. 

 ProfaxantJius, Didrichs. in Vidensk. Meddel. Nat. For. Kjobeuh. 1857, 129), et E. reticuUta, 

 Muell. Arg. (Sclerocroton, Hochst. in Flora 1845,85), folia alterna, spicse pler*que subterminales, 

 et prtesertim in E.japomca, calycis segmenta latiora sed a basi distincla ioibricataque et capsula 



in coccos dissiliens omuino Exccecaria nee Sapii. 

 / Species Americanas a Muelloro in Fl. Bras, ad Eitexcaecariam relatas in herbariis nostris baud 



agnovimus. E. jXitamophila ex ic. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xi. ii. t. 80, vix non Schcu^fian(£ species est. 



T^xosAPiUM, Muell. Arg. i)i DC. Prod. xv. ii. 1200, est species Madagascarimsis, a nobis non visa, 

 prius ab auctore in Excoecaria inclusa et iterum ad hoc gtnus a Baillouo relata, a cseteris Exccecarii'i 

 separata ob stylos ut in Conosapio a latere valde corapressis- Fructu ignoto genus adhuc dubium 

 remanet. 



190. Oymnanthes, Sw. Prod. Fl. Itid. Ocdd. 95. (Exccecaria, Griacb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 

 60; Cat. PI. C^ih. 20, excl sect. Gymnosopsis.)— Flores monoici v. rarius dioicL Peri- 

 antHum rudimentariuni v. 0. Discus 0. Fl. ^ : Stamina 2, rarius 3, filamentis liberis v. basi 

 breviter connatis ; antherse erectji;, ovoideae, loculis parallelis contiguis longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentibus. Ovarii mdimentum 0. Fl. $ : Ovarium 3-loctilare ; styli liberi v. baai 

 brevissime connati, recurvi, indivisi ; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula tridyma, in 

 coccos 2-valves a columella persistente dissiliens. Semina globosa, strophiolata v. rarius 

 nuda, testa crustacea ; albumen carnosum; cotyledones planse, latre.— Frutices glabri. 

 Folia altema, petiolata, integerrima, coriacea, pcnnivenia. Racemi axilhires v. ad nodos 

 vetustos, rarius aimul terminates, solitarii v. fasciculati. Bractea^ parvie, nunc minutse 

 V. obsoletfe, ssepc basi introrsum prresertim sub fl. ^ bracteolis v. glandulis 2 comitata;. 

 Flotes (? Siiopius 1-3-ni, intra bracteam pedicellati, bractea rarius pedicello adnata ; ? ad 

 basin racemi 1-2 v. in racemo distincto cc^ sub tiuanue bractea sulitarii. 



pecies ad 10, Indise ocvidentalis incoisp, quarum 1 v. 2 etiam in America australi tropica inveni- 

 untur, plera^que a Grisebachio I.e. in ErrrtTffn'fl, aMnell. Arg. in DC.Prod. xv. ii. 117''>, in Scba}<fifT7iia 

 fnelusse, ab utroque genere satis distinctse videntur calyee ^ omnino deficiente v. rarius ad squa- 

 niellam rajnutissimam reducto. In fl. ? interdum vix certum eat an equnmella^ 3 niimitae ingequales 

 pro bractea cum bracteolis ut in Gynawstlliingla, Muell. Arg., v. pro ptriaiitliio rudimeutario 



habendse. 



Exccecaria [Bartglostemon) polgandra, Griseb . ft Muellero ex ordine rejecta ob florem herma- 



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