Tabula 2891. 



SAPIUM BOGOTENSE, TInher. 



EUPHORBIACEAE. TllbuS CrOTONEAE, 



S. bogotense, Huher in Bull, Herb. Boiss, ser. 2, vol. vi. p. 355, f. 13; 

 species S, stilcifero, Pittier, et S. Pittieri, Hubor, simillima, ab hoc 

 glandulis petiolaribus rectis, ab illo stipulis lanceolatis subacutis foliis 

 subtus pallidioribus venis primariis paucioribus (utrinque circiter 8) 

 petiolis brevioribus et seniiiiibus mizioribus oblongis differt. 



Arbor ? ramis rubcscentibus. Stipidac lanccolatae, subacutae. Folia 

 petiolata, subcoriacea ; lamina clliptica vel obovata, 5-9 cm. longa, 

 margine obscure crenulata et interdum hinc inde glandulosa, glandulis 

 distincte uniporosis, utrinque saepius rotundata, apice leviter cucul- 

 lata, subtus pallidiora ; venae primariae pnucae, tenuissimae, incon- 

 spicuae, arcuatae ; petiolus circiter 1 cm. longus, inter glandulas anguste 

 tubulosi-canaliculatus, infra medium ecaniculatus ; glandulae laterales, 

 incurvae, distincte porosae. Spicae termiuales, solitariae, audrogynao, 

 folia aequantes vel paullo supcrantes. Bradeae utriusque sexus 

 integrae ; glandulae cllipticac. Florcs masculi circiter 8 aggregati. 

 Perianthium florum fcmincorum brcvissimum, trilobum. Ovarium 

 3-loculare, stylis elongatis recurvis, CapsiiJae subglobosae, circiter 

 1*2 cm. diametro, distincte stipitatae. Semtna oblonga, circiter 

 5 mm. longa, vcrruculosa. 



Colombia : Bogota ; Ubala, at 1700 m., J. Triana. 



This species, S. acrcum, Klotzsch (t. 2682), and S. sulciferum, Pittier 

 (t- 2892), are very similar in appearance, but I think specifically 

 different, though I have seen only one specimen of each. — 



W. BOTTING HeMSLEY. 



Fig. 1, base of petiole and stipules attacherl to the axis ; 2, base of leaf with 

 glands ; 3, tip of leaf ; 4. portion of spike bearing male flowers ; 5, portion of spike 

 bearing female flowers \ 6, ripe fruit ; 7, seed. AH except 6 enJarrjcd. 



