Tabulae 2878, 2879. 



SAPIUM OBOVATUM, Kloizsck. 



EUPHORBIACEAE. Tlibus CrOTOXEAE. 



S. obovatum, Kloizsck in sclied. ex MuclL-Arg. in Linnaca, vol. 

 xxxii. p. 120 ; Ruber in Bull, Herh. Boiss., scr. 2, vol. vi. p. 447, f. 41 ; 

 species ob foliorum veuas primarias utrinque circiter 30 conspicuas 

 distincta. 



Frutex 0-4-1 -2 ni. altUvS, undioue glaberrimus ; rami crassi, recti, 

 internodiis saopius petlolo vix longioribus. Folii lamina coriacea, 

 saepius oblongo-obovata vel oblongo-elliptica, interdum lanceolata, 

 7-14 cm. longa vcl iiifcriora ct superiora in oodem ramo quam inter- 

 media minora, basi cuncata, apice rotundata, breviter obtuse vel 

 acute acuminata, glandulifera, margine creberrime serrulata, hinc inde 

 glandulifera, venis primariis numerosis, intt^'dum utrinque usque 

 ad 30, arcuativS conspicuis ; petioluscrassus, 3-15 mm. longus, glandulis 

 amplis apicalibus vel fere apicalibus. Spicae terminales, robustae, 

 ercctae, 10-20 cm. longae, androgvnae vel masculae. Flores masculi 

 sub quaque bractea 12-15; bractea brevis, rotundata, Integra; 

 glandulae amplac, oblongae. Flores feminei sparsi, interdum in 

 eadem spica usque ad 15-20, sessiles ; perianthium triphyllum, pbyllis 

 suborbicularibus din persistentibus. Ovarimn 3-loculare ; styli 

 validi, consolidati, ramiiS stigmaticislatis revolutis. Gapsida ac semina 

 niihi iguota. — StilUngia ohovala, BailL, in Adansonia, vol. v. p. 321. 

 Excoecaria ohovata, Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr- vol. xv. 2, p. 1203 ; Fl. 

 Bras. vol. xi. 2, p, 613. Sapium ohovatuiUy var. elUpticum^ Chodatin 

 Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, vol. v. p. 676. Sapium Ilassleriamim, 

 Huber in Bull. Herb, Boiss. scr. 2, vol. vi. p. 448. 



Brazil: Without any locality, Riedel ; Glaziou, 22118. Para- 

 guay : In the upper course o£ the River Apa, Ilasslcr, 7734, 7734 a, 



I have combined S. ohovatam, Klotzsch, and S. FlassJrrinnian, Huber, 

 because I have failed to find any valid characters whereby they can be 

 distinguished. Huber himself refers to their very close affinity with 

 each other, and also with S. Mardi, Huber {Excoecaria Martii, MuelL- 



