Tabula 2895. 



SAPIUM AUCUPARIUM, Jacq. 



EuPHORBiACEAE. Tribus Crotoneae. 



S. Aucuparium, J acq. in Enum. PL CariK, 1760, p. 31, ct Set. 

 Stirp. Amer. Hist, 1763, p. 249, t. 158, excL spion. noiinull. ; Huher in 

 Bull Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, vol. vi. p. 358, f. 18 ; non S. Aucuparium, 

 Hemsl. (S. Hemsleyanunij Huher) antoa, t. 2650, a quo species hie 

 depicta foliis elongatis oblongo-Ianceolatis, glandulis petiolaribus 

 crassis distincte 1-porosis et spiels tenuioribus laxioribus recedit. 



* Arbor haee elegans, nitida, comosa, trigiatapcdalis ' (Jacquin) ; 

 rami florigeri graciliusculi, cortice cinereo ; intcrnodia quam petioli 

 saepius longiora. Folia sacpe subopposita ; lamina oblonga vol 

 anguste oblongo-lanceolata, saepius 6-12 cm. longa, interdum usque ad 

 20-24 cm. longa, apiee eucullata, margine obscure serrulata, simul 

 pauciglandulosa ; petiolus plerumquc 0'5-l'5 cm. longus, interdum 

 2'5 cm. longus ; glandulae crassae divergentes, apice conspicue uni- 

 pol'osae, Spicae audrogynae, terminales, solitariae, graciles, baud 

 rigidae, 15-20 cm. longae, folia nonnunquam cxcedentes, laxiflorac, 

 dimidio inferiore saepius flores femincos tantum gerentes. Bracteac 

 latae, rotundatae, obscure fimbriatae. Glandulae oblongo-elliptirae, 

 contiguae. Flores wasculi sub quaque bractea circiter 8. Floret 

 feminei numerosi, distantes ; ovarium 3-loculare, stylis citodeciduis non 

 visis. Capsula globosa, circiter 1 cm. diametro. 



Colombia : Santa Marta, Purdie ; //. //. Smith ; Turbaco, GoudoL 



As mentioned in my Introductory RemarkS; I have accepted Dr. 

 Huberts conception of S, Aticuparitan ^ Jacq., chiefly, I may say, on 

 account of the locality being the same, and the fact that we have 

 no other species from that district. A very fragmentary specimen 

 collected by Crucger in Trinidad, and referred to this species by Grise- 

 bach, may be the same. There are also specimens in the Kew Her- 

 barium from Guatemala, collected by Friedrichsthal, and presumably 

 the same as those named S, birjlandulosum var. Klotzschiana by 

 Mueller (DC. Prodr. vol, xv. 2, p. 1205) which are very similar to the 

 Colombian plant ; differing in the leaves being strongly involute at the 

 tip ; but as only quite yo\mg nude flowers are present; a satisfactory 

 comparison is impossible. 



