Tabula 2882. 



SAPIUM LONGIFOLIUM, Thihcr. 



EUPHOKBIACEAE. TribuS CkOTOXEAE. 



S. longifolium, Huher in Bull. Herb, Boiss, ser. 2, vol. vi. p. 444, f. 39 ; 



species S, hae^natos pernio, MuelL-Arg.,proxima, differt imprimis ovario 

 sessili biloculari. 



Arbor parva {Gardner)^ 5-6 m. alta (Balmisa), 13 m. (Morong)^ 

 salicoidea, undlque glabra, ramis gracilibus luteolis. Folii lamina 

 petiolata, subcoriacea, lineari-lanceolata, oblongo-lanceolata, oblonga, 

 vel interdum angustc obovata, 5-15 cm. longa sed sacpius circiter 

 10 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata vol rarius paullo latiora, apice glandula 

 parva instructa, basi ciineata, margine crcnulata; raro hinc inde 

 glandulosa^ venis primariis mimerosis sat consjncuis ; petioliis 1-1*5 cm. 

 longu3, glandulis ovalibus sessilibus sat promincntibus ; stipulae 

 rotundatae, integrae. Spicae terniinales, graciles, 7-14 cm, longae, 



androgynae vel masculae. Flares masciili sub quaquc bractea 9-12 ; 

 bractea fimbriata ; glandulac oblonga c. Floret jcminci sessiles ; 

 periantliium trilobatum, ovarium superans, lobis acutis. Ovarium 

 biloculare ; styli recurvi, cite dccidui. Capsiila globosa, circiter 1 cm. 



diametro ; semina subglobosa, circiter 4 mm. diametro. — Sapiwn 

 biglandxdosum var. longifolinm, Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea, vol. xxxii. 

 (1863) p. 118. Excoe^aria hiylandulosa var. laticcolala** longifolia 

 Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. vol. xv. 2 (1866), p. 1206. E. hi<jlandulosa 

 var. longifolia, Muell.-Arg. in Fl. Bras. vol. xi. 2 (1874), p. 622, etiam 

 var. angustijolia, Muell.-Arg. Lc. Sapiiim glandulosum, Morong in Ann. 

 N. York Acad. Sc. vol. vii, (1893) p. 227 ; Chodat in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 

 8er. 2, vol. i. (1901) p. 398. 5. highndnlosxim, varietates Sellowiana, 

 longifolia et interccdens, Chodat in Bull. Herb, Boiss. ser. 2, vol. v, 

 (1905) pp. H76-7, 



Brazil: Piauby; banks of the river Gurgueia, Gardnery 2721, 

 Paraguay: various localities; Balansa, 1710; Ilassler, 1361, 1365, 

 3479, 4833 ; Morong, 196 ; Fiebrig, 942. 



So far as Miss Smith's and my investigations go, the ov;iry of 

 *S. longifolium, Huber, is always two-celled, but it should be added that 

 most of the specimens bear only male flowers, and Huber does not refer 



