Tauula 289G, 



^PIUM UTILE, Preuss, 



EupiiOREiACEAE, Tnbus Crotonkae 



Expedition nacli Snd' und Cenlral-Anieril-a, p. 380, 

 ok, Ic. PL, 1903, vol. xxviii. ad tab. 2757 ; Jufndle, 



S. utile, PreusSy E 

 t. 11 ; Hentd. in IIo 



Les Plantes a Caoutchouc, 1903, p. 156 ; Huber in Bull, Herb. Boi^^. 

 ser. 2, vol. vi. p. 356, f. 15 ; species distincta foliis amplis oblongo- 

 lanccolatis, glandiilis petiolaribus obscuris vol obsoletiS; spicis niasculis 

 vol androgynis usque ad 20-25 cm. longis et stylis cito deciduis. 



Arbor 12-15 in. alta ; rami crassiusculi, recti, internodiis quam 

 petiolis brevioribus. Folia ampla, glandulis inconspicuis ; lamiria. 

 oblonga, lanccolata vol oblanccolata, sacpius 15-20 em. lonpa, mine 

 brevier mine pauUo longior, ai>ice acuminata, hand inflexa, basi sub- 

 runeata vel interdum rotundata, margine per totum ambitum crebrc 

 serrulata, venis primariis numcrosis sat con?5picuis ; petiolus gracilis, 

 r5-3"5 cm. longus ; glandulae liucares, immersae, obbcurae vel 

 interdum obliteratae. Spicae androgynae vel masculae, terminales, 

 quam folia semper longiorcs, interdum usque ultra 25 cm. longae, 

 rigidiusculae. Florcs mascuJi sacpius circiter 8-ni aggregati, cum 

 squamis (brncteolis ?) linearibus simplicibiis bifidis vel tritidis inter- 

 mixti ; glandulae ellipticae ; bractea brevis, integra. Flares jeviinci 

 vetusti stylis jam delapsis tantum visi. Capsula globosa, matura non 

 visa. — S. biglanduloaum var. Pavom'ana, Mueil.-Arg, in Linnaea, vol. 



. p, 116. S. Favonianum, Huber in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser, 2, 

 vol. vi, p. 356. Excoccarln bighndidosa, /3 Favoniana, MuelL-Arg. 

 in DC. Prodr. vol. xv. 2, p. 1204. S, dccipicns, Preuss, Expedition 

 nach Slid- und Central-Amerika, t. 12, 



Colombia : Wiichst vercinzolt in dichten Waldern an den Fliissen 

 Naya, Micay, Sayja, Tiuibiqui, etc., vom Mecresstrand bis 200 m, 

 Bodcnerhebung. Bliilit jcdes andcre Jahr im Juni, Lehviann. 

 EruADOii : Buscliwald bci Juan de Oro, 60 m. Mecrcsliolic, Prcus.^^ 

 1925, 1035. 



Kcference was mad(* to tliis speci<'S in the letterpress to t. 2757 

 (*S. stylarc, MucII.-Arg.) nu>re especially in relation to the specific 

 identity of S, utile and >S\ dccipicM^ Preuss, a point practically 

 buggeated hy the author himself. iSincc then (1903) 1 have had oppor- 



