EUPHORBIACEES AFRICANS. 981 



Boucan-Launay ; Riviere des Galets. — {3. Comrnertori, n. 65/i, Bourbon 

 (h. Mus. et Juss.). 



k. GLAOXYLON LINOSTACHYS. 



0. foliis oblongo-obovatis ad basin attenuatis, ima basi oblu- 

 sata, apice plerumque rotundato, subintegris scabrellis ; floribus 

 maseulis 15-20 andris ; glandulis bypogynis pctaloideis depresso- 

 cordatis ; seminibus crustaceis purpurascentibus punetulatis. 



Acalypha spicifloha? Dup.-Th., mss., in suopt. herb. 



Arbor? ramis teretibus glabris striatis, ramulis allernis conformibus. 

 Folia alterna breviter petiolata oblongo-obovala ad basin attenuate, ima 

 basi obtusa, apice plerumque rotundato vel rarius obtuse angulato 

 (majora 15 cent, longa, 6 cent, lata), membra nacea subintegra v. repanda 

 penninervia scabrella. Petioli teretes (I cent, longi). Stipul.e ferme in- 

 conspicuajpunctiformes glandulosa^caducissimas. Flores diceci racemosi, 

 racemis filiformibus foliis longioribus (10-15 cent, longis). In singulis 

 cymi numerosi pauciflori alterni masculorum ; (lores foeminei autem 

 ssepius in axilla bractearum singularum solitarii rarius 2-3 cymosi. Flos 

 masculus: Pedicellus gracillimus brevis. ALABASTRUMglobosum obtuse 

 apiculatum. Calyx 3-partilus, lac-inis ovato-acutis glabris v. parcc pu- 

 berulis; festivatione valvata. Stamina 15-20, filamentis brevibus erectis 

 receptaculo glanduloso insertis ; anlherarum loculis erectis distinctissi- 

 mis obovatis flavidis. Flos foemineus : pedicellus brevis teres basi arti- 

 culatus. Calyx 3-partitus, laciniis depresso-ovatis. Glandule 3 alternae 

 depresso-cordatse integerrimae petaloidese. Germen 3-gonum conicum. 

 Stylus fere a basi 3-partitus, laciniis brevibus integerrimis reflexis intus 

 stigmatosis. Fructls pedicellatus capsularis 3-coccus, coccisloculicidis 

 glabriusculis griseis. Semina insumniis funiculis persistentia pisiformia, 

 testa Crustacea purpurea, epidermide albida punctulata (nostrisin spieci- 

 minibus effceta). 



Exs. Commerson, Maurice, n. 654 (h. Mus.). — Dupetit - Thouars 

 (herb.). 



5. CLAOXYLON GLANDULOSUM. 



C. foliis obovatis v. oblongo-obovatis, basi attenuatis, apice 

 rotundato v. breviter abrupte acuminata, crenatis serratisve, ser- 



