Tabula 2893. 



SAPIUM PEDICELLATUM, Htiber, 



EupHORBiACEAE. Tribus Crotoxeae. 



S» pedicdllatum, Huher in Bull Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, vol. vl. p. 352, 

 f * 9 ; ab omnibus speciebus Mexicaiiis florum femineorum peruinthio 

 miiiimo et ovario longiuscule stipitato discrepat. 



Arbor raniis floriferis graciliusculis ; internodia petiolos paullo 

 cxcodentia. Stipulae triangulares, denticulatae. Folia longe petiolata, 

 tenuia ; lamina oblongo-Ianceolata vel oblanceolata, rarius fere ellipticu, 

 B*12 cm. louga, apice acuminata, acuta, acumine baud inflexo, basi 

 cuueata, margine mtegra vel obscure denticulata, raro glandulis per- 

 paucis instructa ; venae primariae numerosae, satis distinctae, arcuatae ; 

 pctiolus gracilis, 1*2 cm. longus; glandulae petiolareslaterales, elongatae, 

 2-3 mm. longae, divergentes, rectae. Spicae terminales, androgynae, 

 graciles, folia superantes. Flares masculi supra quamqne bracteam 

 circiter 5 vel 6 ; bractea denticulata. Flares femmei distantes ; perian* 

 thium minimumj acute tridentatum^ ovarii stipitem vix aequant*. 

 Ovarium longe stipitatum, ovoideum, 3-loculare, etylis bene evolutis 

 arete Tcvo\\xt'm.—SliUingia arborea^ Puv. in sclied. in Herb. Mus. Brit. 

 Sapium biglandulosum var. Klotzschiana^ p oblongata, Muell.-Arg. in 

 DC. Prodr. vol. xv. 2, p. 1205; pro parte, quoad plantam Mexicanam. 



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Mexico : Without locality, Ttuiz and Pavon. 



This is a very distinct species, the figure of which was prepared, 

 with the permission of Dr. A. B. Rendle, from specimens preserved 

 in the British Museum, which were identified from Huberts description.— 

 W. BoTTixG Hemsley. 



Fig. 1> base of petiole and stipules attached to tke uiis ; 2, base of blade of leaf 

 and apex of petiole, bearing ascending glands ; 3, apex of leaf ; 4, part of spike* 

 bearing several clusters of male flowers ; 5, a young male flower ; C, antli^rs ; 

 7, part of spike bearing a female flower ; 8, cross section of ovary, AU enlargtd^ 



