Tabula 2884. 



SAPIUM MUELLERI, Ilemsl 



EupiiOKBiACEAE. Tribus Crotoxeae- 



S. Muelleri, HemsL ; species nova ex affinitate S. lanceolati, Huber, 

 a quo differt foliis majoribus apice baud invokitis, spicis longissimis et 

 stylorum columna elongata- 



Ra'mi florigeri curvati, rubri, internodiis quam petiolis brevioribus. 

 Folia subcoriacea, gracilitcr longiuscule petiolata ; lamina oblanceolato- 

 oblonga, 7-13 cm. longa, maxima 3 cm. lata, utrinque attenuata vel 

 basi rotundata, apice cucullato-glandulosaj margine Integra vel rare 

 bine inde praecipue prope apicem pauciglandulosa ; costa supra 

 impressa, subtus elevata ; venae primariae numerosae, sat conspicuae, 

 arcuatae, propter marginem anastomosautes ; petiolus gracilis, 1*5- 

 2*5 cm. longus ; glandulae laterales, saepe oblique positac, divergentes. 

 Spicae terminales,solitariae, breviter pedunculatae, 15-18 cm, longae, 

 folia superantes, curvatae, androgynae vel pleraequc masculae. Flares 

 masculi circiter 8-10 aggregati ; bractea parva crenulata, glandulis 

 maximis oblongo-ellipticis. Perianihium florum femineorum ad 

 medium trilobatum, lobis lanceolatis subacutis. Styli elongati, 

 consolidati, ramis 3 arete recurvis. Capsula ignota. — W. Bottixg 

 Hemsley. 



Brazil : Santa Catarina, Fritz Mueller, 200. 



Fig. 1, base of a leaf and petiolar glands ; 2, tip of a leaf ; 3, group of male 

 flower-buds with bract and glands ; 4, stamens ; 5, a male flower before complete 

 expansion ; 6, a female liower bract and glands attached to axis ; 7, female flower 



with perianth laid open. All enlarged. 



