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petiolis eglandulosis, penninervia, nervo medio supra subimpresso, lateralibus 
supra inconspicuis, subtus utringue 2—3 tenuibus arcuatis v. obsoletis, 
crenis antice minute nigrescenti-apiculatis, glandulis marginis inferioris 
utrinque 0 — 2 parvis nigrescentibus medio concaviusculis sessilibus, margine 
plana v. recurva, coriacea rigida, supra viridi-olivacea nitida, subtus palli- 
diora. Spicae terminales- vel axillares, pleraeque autem ad basin dichoto- 
miae spinarum juxta basin folii (delapsi) obviae, 5—10 mm, longae, 8—12- 
florae, nunc ad florem unicum femineum reductae; rhachis glabra sub- 
tortuosa; bracteae minutae triangulares v. truncatae vix 0,4 mm. longae, 
_superiores utrinque, infimae latere altero tantum glandula crassa semilunari 
0,6— 0,8 mm. lata ca. 0,5 mm. longa instructae. Flores arcte sessiles, 
masculi: Sepala 3 in aestivatione valvata, membranacea, antica ovato- 
lanceolata, fere 1 mm. longa, posticum brevius subtriangulare, omnia mar- 
gine ciliata. Stamina 3 cum sepalis alterna; filamenta 0,8 mm. longa 
erecta; antherae basifixae reniformes, loculis ovatis apice contiguis, inferne 
divergentibus, ab apice oblique usque supra medium lateraliter, sed per- 
paullo magis intus, rima dehiscentibus, apice subconfluentibus, Ovarii 
rudimentum nullum. Flores feminei: Sepala 3 basi vix v. brevissime 
eoalita, 0,5 —1 mm. longa, basi v. ad commissuram hinc illine lobulum 
minutum gerentia. Styli basi ca. 0,2—-0,3 mm. longe connati, erassiuscule 
lineares, crassiores quam latiores, inferne horizontales, dein recurvi et ovario 
subaccumbentes eique longitudine aequales, 0,8 mm. longi. Ovarium 
globulosum v. sphaeroideum, obtuse trigonum glabrum 3-loculare; ovula in 
quoque loculo solitaria, sub apice affıxa, ovata. Capsula globulosa olivacea | 
3-cocca; cocci columellam subtrialatam relinquentes usque ad basin 2-partiti. 
Semina ovata, 3 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, basi truncata v. concaviuscula 
medio obsolete apiculata, ventre linea subimpressa notata, chalaza basilari, 
apice caruncula scutelliformi parva flavida coronata, olivaceo-brunescentia, 
laevia nitida. Embryo? 
Hab. in Haiti prope Port-au-Prince in Plateau du Morne de 
’Höpital ca. 1050 m. alt., m. Jul. fl., Nov. fl. et fruct.: Picarda n. 842. 
Obs. Nulli alii arctius affınis et aegre seetioni ulli subjungenda nisi 
Adenogyne (sensu Benthamiano). 
Sapium hippomane 6. F. W. Mey. petiolis 2,5—0,7, em. longis, 
sub apice glandulas binas 1—2 mm. longas lineari-cylindraceas gerenti- 
bus, foliis obovatis, anguste ovatis v. plerumque ovalibus v. ellipticis, 
basi rotundata v. obtusissima brevissime in petiolum productis, apice 
(plerumque abrupte) brevissime acuminatis, acumine cucullato-inflexo, 
?—15 cm. longis, 3,5 —7 cm. latis, margine subintegris v. leviter erenu- 
latis, saepius glandulas pro latere 1--3 manifestas vario loco e margine 
prodeuntes praebentibus, nervis sub angulo 70—80° e medio abeunti- 
bus ad marginem versus subarcuatis; inflorescentiis terminalibus plerum- . 
que masculis, interdum 1-2 lateralibus adjectis, in parte tertia v. 
dimidia inlriore femineis, 7—12 cm. v. ultra longis, folia superantibus, 
glandulis bractearum vald abbreviatarum ovalibus v. suborbicularibus 
planis; sepalis masculis 2 pallide purpurascentibus, vix usque ad medium 
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