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G. Grüning. — Euphorbiaceae-Porantheroideae et Ricinocarpoideae. 



Flores axillares vel ramulos axillares, perbreves, paucifoliosos terminantes, sive solitarii sive 

 terni evolutione inaequales in eodem involucro. Flos q^: Pedunculus florum axillarium 

 i mm longus. Involucri folia 4 — 5, inaequalia, ca. 4 mm longa, inferiora linearia, 

 obtusa, rigida, superiora ovato-lanceolata, dr membranacea. Calycis segmenta 5, basi 

 connata, oblongo-ovata, glabra, statu sicco brunnea, apice recurva, 4 mm longa. Co- 



Fig. \\. Bertya polystigma Grüning. A Habitus. B Flos Q. — Icon origin. 



lumna staminalis 4 — 5 mm longa, basi nuda, 50-andra; antherae ut in praecedente 

 specie. Flos Q: Involucri folia vulgo 3, lanceolata, inaequalia, 2 — 5 mm longa, interdum 

 foliolis duobus obtusis ad 8 mm longis fulta. Calyx campanulatus, 5 mm longus; 

 pedicellus fere nullus; laciniae calycis 5, oblongo-lanceolatae , obtusiusculae, breviter 

 ciliatae, 3 mm longae, non increscentes. Ovarium ovatum, albido-villosum; styli inter 

 pilos brevissime connati, lati, profunde 5 — 7-fidi, prima juventute manibus similes, 



