Tabula 2883. 



SAPIUM HAEMATOSPEBMUM, Mucll-Anj, 



EUPHORBIACEAE. Tl'ibllS CrOTONEAE. 



S. haematospermum, Muell-Arg. in Linnaea, vol. xxxiv. (1866) 

 p, 217 ; Huher in BulL Herb. Boiss, ser. 2, vol. vi. p. 446 ; species 

 S. longifolio^ Huber, simillima, sed ovario stipitato triloculare facile 

 clistinguitur. 



Arbor parva (fide peregrhiatoruiu pluriniorum) ; nimc frutex 2-3 m. 

 altus, nunc arbor 8-10 m. alta {Hassler), salicoideaj uudiquc glabra, 

 ramis gracilibus griseis, Folii lamina petiolata, vix coriacca, linearis,. 

 rarius anguste oblonga, anguste lanccolata vcl obovata, saepius 5-10 

 cm. lon^a rarius tantum 2 cm. vcl usque ad 20 cm. longa, 0*5-2 cm. 

 lata, apice glandula parva instructa, basi cuncata, margine obscur- 

 issiiue crenato-dentata, venis inconspicuis ; petiolus 0*5-1 cm. longus, 

 eglandulosus vel obscure 1- vel 2-glandulosus. Spieae terniinales 

 (interdum ramulos breves laterales terminantos), sessilcs, 4-12 cm. 

 longae, masculac vel androgynae. Flores masculi sub quaque bractea 

 9-12 ; bractea fimbriata ; glandulae oblongae, conspicuae. Flores 

 Jeminei usque ad 10 in eadem spica, scssiles ; periantbium triJobatum, 

 quam ovarium stipitatum dimidio brevius, lobis obtusis. Ovarium 

 stipitatum, triloculare ; styli revoluti. CapsuJae circiter 1 cm. diametro. 

 Semina subglobosa, 5 mm. diametro, laevia, sanguinea. — Excoecaria 

 haematosperuta, Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. voL xv. 2, p. 1209 ; 



Fl. Bras, vol- xi. 2, p. 623. Sapium biglandulosmn lanceolal 

 squarrosum, MuclL-Arg. in Linnaea, vol. xxxii. (1863) p. 118. 

 Excoecaria bialandulosa lanceolata. Muelb-Aror. in FL Bras. vol. xi. 2, 



p. 621. Slillingia salici folia 



St ill in gi a 



sylvatica var. paragiiaj/ensisj Morong in Ann, N. York Acad. Sc. vol. 

 vii. (1893) p. 226. 



Brazil : Without locality, Sello. Paraguay : Various localities, 

 Ilassler, 7242, 7446; Morong, 814. Vruguay : Various localities, 

 Gihert, 20, 181 ; A, Saint- Ililaire, 2513 bis ; Ilieronynms, 249. Argen- 

 tina : Buenos Ayres, Ttveedie; Catamarca, Lorentz, 



This is apparently the commonest of the South American species 

 having long, narrow leaves, which, I believe, may always be recognised 



