a Se 
Phare 2681. 
SAPIUM SUBEROSUM, Jfuell. Arg. 
EvupPHORBIACE®. Tribe CroTronem. 
8. suberosum, Muell. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 217; ‘a reliquis 
hujus sectionis differt magnitudine et forma capsularum.’ 
Ramuli fructiferi laterales, breves, crassiusculi. Folia petiolata, 
coriacea, ovato-lanceolata, oblongo-lanceolata, vel fere elliptica, cum 
ine i in margi 
globose, 4—6 lin. iametro, verrucose vel pustulatze ; semina tuber- 
culata. EHxcecaria suberosa, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 1202. 
Barpanos : without special locality, Rob. Schomburgk, 709, in 
herb. Berol. 
Kew possesses no specimen of a Sapiwm from Barbados, and none 
from the West Indies, or elsewhere, that we can identify with 
S. suberosum, Muell. Arg., though the blistered appearance of the 
te 
plant was obtained from Barbados. Indeed, from a careful comparison 
of Plukenet’s specimens in the British Museum with his figure, there 
Is little doubt that the figure was made up from fragments of two 
Species. The detached leaves in vol. iv. pp. 82 and 111 of Plukenet’s 
collection probably all belong to S. suberosum, Muell. Arg., as they 
ave the very numerous parallel primary veins characteristic of this 
Species ; but both 9. Lawrocerasus, Desf., and S. laurifolium, Griseb., 
ave very numerous veins, associated with clustered spikes.—W. Bor- 
TING Hemstey, 
Fig. 1, apex of leaf seen from above; 2, four-valred capsules; 3, a earpel from 
within; 4, a seed ; 4 and 6, different views of the same.—All except 2 and 4 enlarged. 
