226 J. J. SMITH. EUPHORBIACEAE. 



Glochidion sp. 



Niederl. Neii-Guinea: Merauke-Fluss [Mantri Jaheri, ohne Nummer, fr. im April 1901]. 

 Die Zweige sind in Frucht. 



Glochidion sp. 



Niederl. Neu-Guinea: Merauke-Fluss (Mantri Jaheri, ohne Nummer, fr. im April 1901]. 

 Nur Friichte wurden gesammelt. 



Breynia Forst. 



Breynia cernua (Poir.) Mnell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV, 2, 439; etc. 



Niederl. Neu-Guinea: Merauke in /OT/c;-<7/(rfeldern [G. M. Versteeg n. 1882, bl im November 

 1907; B. Branderhorst n. 306, bl. im Marz 1908]; Etna-Bai [J. W. R. Koch n. 61, 62, 

 bl. im Dezember 1903]. Geogr. Verbr. : Deutsch- und Britisch-Neu-Guinea ; Timor; Australien. 



4 Breynia ovalifolia j. J- S. n. sp. 



Tab. LIV. 



Frutex ramulis tenuibus, villosulo-puberulis. Folia in ramis primariis rudimentaria, 

 subulata, puberula, c. 0.125 — O.175 cm. longa, stipulis oblique triangulis, acuminatis, acutis, 

 puberulis. Folia in ramulis alternatim bifaria, parva, petiolata, ovalia vel interdum suborbicu- 

 laria, apice late rotundata, mucronata, basi late cuneato-obtusa vel interdum rotundata, inte 

 gerrima, utrinque molliter puberula, in utraque parte costae mediae nervis lateralibus c. 3 — 4 

 patentibus, curvatis, intra marginem anastomosantibus, nervis in sicco subtus prominentibus, 

 c. 1.3 — 2.5 cm. longa, 0.9 — 1.6 cm. lata; petiolus tenuis, puberulus, c. 0.15 — 0.25 cm. longus. 

 Stipulae persistentes, oblique triangulae, acuminatae, puberulae, c. O.i cm. longae. Flores cf 

 in axillis inferioribus subfasciculati, parvi, pedicello filiformi, patenter puberulo, c. 0.4 — O.45 cm. 

 longo. Calyx turbinato-urceolatus, ore contractus, 6-lobulatus, lobulis biserialibus, subsemiro- 

 tundo-triangulis, obtusis, puberulis, carnosus, c. 0. 175 cm. longus. Stamina 3, in columnam 

 ovoideam obtusam, vix stipitatam, c. 0.14 cm. longam connata; antherae tota longitudine 

 adnatae, thecis linearibus. Flores Ç in axillis superioribus solitarii, pedicellati, pedicello patenter 

 puberulo, c. 0.17 — 0.3 cm. longo. Calyx persistens, obconico-campanulatus, irregulariter 8 — 12- 

 lobulatus, lobulis erectis obtusis vel breviter acuminatis, extus patenter puberulus, intus 

 brevissime puberulus, c. 0.2 — 0.225 cm. longus, 0.275 cm. diam. Ovarium turbinatum, longi- 

 tudinaliter sulcatum, glabrum, 3-, saepe 4-loculare, in columnam stylarem ovario aequilongam 

 et aequicrassam, subcylindricam, angulatam, apice truncatam dentatam, medio depressam et 

 stigmata 3 minima, conniventia, dentiformia, puberula gerentem, puberulam abiens, totum 

 c. 0.2 cm. longum, 0.15 cm. diam. Pedicellus fructifer c. 0.55 cm. longus. Fructus calyce 

 paulo aucto, rotato, undulato, latitudinem fructus haud aequante, c. 0.5 cm. diam., suffultus, 

 depresso-globosus, glaber, in columnam stylarum puberulam contractus, totus c. 0.5 cm. longus, 

 0.575 cm. diam., 3- vel plerumque 4-locularis, pericarpio tenui, endocarpio et septis firmiter 

 membranaceis. Semina trigona, dorso convexa, ventre acutangula, c. 0.35 cm. longa, testae 

 strato exteriore membranaceo, interiore duro. 



