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cingente; stylis in columnam ovario dimidio longiorem connatis. 



Frutex ; folia nervis prominulis; racemus masculinus usque ad 8 cm. 

 longus ; flores fasciculatae ; racemus femininus usque ad 12 cm. longus ; HUP - 

 solitariae ; fructus usque 8 mm. in diam. 



Karkidaaki, Lokki-lokki. Plate IV. 



Curagao: Calcareous hills near Mahoema (4822); Slope of the 

 Hieronymusberg (5121a); Road near Antonyberg (5141) ; Road near 

 Wacao (5252); Calcareous soil near San Pedro (5279) (type); Cal- 

 careous hills and plateau Kleine Berg (5456). Went, - - Britton 

 & Shafer 3108. 



Aruba: Hills near Fontein (6442). 



Bonaire: Rincon (7167); Road from Slagbaai to the Brandaris. 



On Curasao 25 finding places noted outside the lime region, 10 in it : 

 on Aruba 19 finding places ; on Bonaire 11. 



Phyllanthus niruri Linn. Spec. (1753) 981; Gris. Fl. 34. 



Curasao: (6545). 



Margarita. (Johnston). 



In almost all warmer countries of both hemisph. (Symb.). 



Phyllanthus polycladus Urb. Symb. I (1899) 333. var. 7 curas- 

 savicus Urb. Symb. V (1908) 384. 



Curacao: Pek (5283); Hk (5313). Suringar, Britton & 

 Shafer 2948. 



Bonaire: Rk (7052); Rk (7053); Tolkz (7278); Zkr (7388). 



In Curasao on the higher calcareous table-lands 3 finding places were 

 noted, on Bonaire 10, mostly on the higher calcareous table-lands ; not observed 

 on Aruba. 



Ph. polycladus: Portorico, Guadeloupe. (Symb.). 



4348. Croton Linn. 



Croton curassavicus Boldingh. (n. sp.) monoecus, ramis, petiolis, 

 foliis subtus, pedunculis pilis patentibus obsolete villosis; foliis 

 0,53,5 cm. longe petiolatis, ovato cordatis, apice acutis, margine 

 grossodentatis, 2,58 cm. longis 1,55 cm. latis, supra glabrutis. 

 vel minute villosis; inflorescentibus cr. 5 cm. longis, interne 

 femineis, superne masculis; floribus solitariis, pedicellis 0,1 cm. 

 longis; alabastris masculis 0,20,3 cm. longis; staminilm^ 

 810; sepalis floribus femineis lanceolatis; stylis fere usqu- i 

 basin quadripartitis, ramis filiformibus ; capsulis globul' 



Frutex 0,10,5 m. altus. Folia petiolis subteretibus, glatululis basulibus 



