Tabula 2S87. 



^APIUM MONTEVIDENSE, Klolzsch. 



EuPHOKBiACEAE. Tiibus Crotoxeae. 



S, montevidense, KlotzscJi ex BailL in Adansonia^ 1865, vol. v. p. 320 ; 

 Huher in Bull. Herb. Boiss, ser. 2, vol. vi. p. 4-13, f, 38 ; S. Sellowiano, 

 Klotzsch, simikj sod pctiolis brevioribus et glandulis petiolaribua 

 oblongia sessilibus diversum. 



Rami florigcri crassiusculi, rigidi, rubescentes, internodiis brevibus 

 sed saepe petiolos excedentibus. Folia subcoriacea, breviter petiolata ; 

 lamina lanceolata, oblonga vel oblanceolata, 4-9 cm, longa, supra 

 nitida, subtus pallidiora, basi cuneataj apice plana, obtusa, rarius 

 rotundata vel subacuta, marginc obscure serrulata, venis incon- 

 spicuis ; petiolus gracilis, 6-12 mm. longus ; glandulae laterales, 

 ovoidcao, sessiles, apice distincte l-porosae. Sficae subteiminalcs, 

 8-10 cm. longae, ramulos collaterales aequantes, androgvnae vel 

 masculae. Flares masculi 6-8 aggregati. F lores feminei bene evoluti 

 non visi ; ovarium triloculare, stylis cito deciduis. Capsulae 1"3 cm. 

 diumetro. Scmina compresso-globosa, ciiciter 5 mm. diametro, laevia. 



Sapium serratum, Klotzscli ex BailL in Adansonia, 1865, vol. v, p. 320, 

 /5- higlandulosum var. serrata^ Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea, vol, xxxii. 

 p. 118. Excoecaria higlandulosa var. serrata, Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 vol. XV. 2, p. 1206 ; FI. Bras. vol. xi. 2, p. 690. E. higlandulosa var. 

 montetjidensis, Muell.-Arg. in FL Bras. vol. xi. 2, p. 621. — W. Botting 

 Hemsley. 



Brazil ; AVithout locality, Scllo ; confines of Piauhy, Spruce, 2435 ; 

 Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre, Rcincch. 



Fig. 1, base of leaf ami stiindos attached to axis ; 2, tip of leaf; 3, base of 

 inflorescence, bearing one fenuaie flower froni which the style-arms have fallen* 

 and several clusters of male flowers ; 4, a male flower and bud subtended by 

 filiform bracteoles ; 5, a capsule ; 6 & 7, seeds. Figures 5 and 6 of natural size ; 



all (hi" rcj^t enhirgrd. 



