Tabula 2880. 



SAPIUM GIBERTII, Ilemsl 



EuriroRBiACKAi:. Tribus Crotoxeae, 



S. Gibertii; Hemsl. ; species nova inter affines foliis subdistichis 

 ins ignis. 



Arbor mediocris (Gibert) novellis glaberrimis. Rami florigeri 

 graciles, internodiis saepius petioles 5-10 mm. longos vix excedentibus. 

 Folia petiolataj subcoriaceaj in eodem ramo florigcro inferiora et 

 superiora quam intermedia saepius minora ; lamina anguste lanceolata, 

 oblonga, oblanceolata vel interdum fere elliptica, absque petiolo 2-8 cm. 

 louga, 1-2 cm. lata, apice glandula minuta instructa vel eglandulosa, 

 basi cuneata, niargine obscure crenulata, rarissimc hinc inde glandulis 

 1-3 praedita, venis inconspicuis ; petiolus rigidus, glandulis superiori- 

 bus conicis erectis distincte porosis ; stipulae triangulares, circiter 

 2 mm. longao, pcrsistentes. Spicae subtcrminalcs, sessiles, rigidae, 

 densiflorae, 4-8 cm. longae, masculae vel androgynae. Floret masculi 

 sub quaquc bractea circiter 8 ; bractea paucidenticulata, glandulis 

 orbicularibus ellipticis imbricatis. Perianthium floruzn femineorum 

 ovoideum, tridentatum, dentibus vix acutis- Stylonan colunina 

 distincte exserta ; styli rami 3, recurvi. Capsida immatura tantum 

 visa, globosa, circiter 8 mm, diametro. 



Uruguay : Monte Video ; banks of rivers, Gibcrl, 8, 171, 181. 



Of this veiy distinct looking species I have only seen Gibert 's speci- 

 mens, which were collected on three different dates.— W. Botting 



Hems LEY. 



Fig. 1, base of pcticle and stipules attached to axis ; 2, base of leaf-blade and 

 erect petiohir glands ; 3, tip of leaf ; 4, lower part of inflorencence, bearing botli 

 male and female flowers ; 5, a male flower ; 6, a capRuIe. .4^/ except 6 more or 

 less enlarged. 



