14 F. P ax » — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Chrozophorinae. 



vel nullus. Ovarium 3-loculare; styli 3, basi connati, superne bifidi. Capsula in coccos 

 bivalves dissiliens; endocarpium a pericarpio haud solubile. Semina magna, subglobosa. — 

 Frutex vel arbuscula; indumentum stellare. Folia alterna, magna, longe petiolata, basi 

 plerumque anguste peltata, ± grosse dentata vel subintegra, palmatinervia; stipulae 

 minutae. Racemi terminales, basi flores Q solitarios, deinde fasciculos q?, plerumque 

 3-floros gerentes. 



Species una tantum nota, javanica. 



S. albicans (Blume) J. J. Smith in Mededeel. Departm. Landbouw 10. (1910) 357. 



— Adisca albicans Blume, Bijdr. (1825 — 1826) 611. — Croton albicans Reichb. f. et 

 Zollinger in Verh. Natuurk. Ver. Nederl. Ind. I. (1856) 21; in Linnaea XXVIII. (1856) 

 32 2; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 2. (1859) 381. — Rottlera albicans Moritzi ex Rchb. f. 1. c. 



— Cephalocroton albicans Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 760. — Ghloradenia 

 spec. Pax in Pflanzenreich. Adrianeae (1910) 12. — Frutex vel arbuscula; ramuli in- 

 dumento pallide brunneo, stellato vestiti. Petiolus 2 — 10 cm longus, basi et apice 

 incrassatus, tomentosus; limbus 10 — 30 cm longus, 5 — 20 cm latus, ovatus, basi 

 plerumque anguste peltatus, obtusus, rotundatus, apice acuminatus, vel cuspidatus, repando- 

 dentatus vel subinteger, adultus supra glaber, subtus dense tomentosus et glandulis 

 sparsis juxta nervös prope marginem onustus, palmatinervius , membranaceus, supra 

 nitidulus, subtus albidus et demum ochroleucus; costae leviter curvatae. Racemi tomen- 

 tosi, pedunculati, fructigeri 6 — 2 3 cm longi, pedunculo brevi suflulti; bracteae q? parvae, 

 oblongo-triangulares; pedicelli (j 1 4- — -5 mm longi, Q 1 cm, fructigeri 14 — 23 mm attin- 

 gentes. Galycis qj* lobi oblongi, extus et intus pubescentes, 5 — 5^2 mm l° n gi; petala 

 5 vel plerumque 10, late obovata, apice late rotundata, fere truncata vel lobulata, 

 2V2 mm longa; torus intra stamina stellato- villosus ; stamina 36 — 45. Flores Q in 

 inflorescentia interdum numerosi, ad 12; sepala oblongo-triangularia , acuta, stellato- 

 tomentosa, 3 mm longa; ovarium stellato- pilosum; styli 23 mm longi. Capsula calyce 

 suffulta, depressa, tomentosa, 23 mm lata, 14 — 15 mm longa. Semina subglobosa, 

 longitudinaliter sulcata, basi brevissime acuta, 12 — 13 mm longa, 11 — 12 mm lata. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Java, Batavia, ßuitenzorg; Banjoemas, Poer- 

 wakerta; Pekalongan; Besoeki (Koorders n. 28 928/:?!), Djember, Banjoewengi (nach 

 J. J. Smith). — Noesa (Zollinger n. 2719!). 



Einheim. Namen: Tapen, Tapensajong, Walikangin, Kapesan. 



3. Speranskia Baiii. 



Speranskia*) Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) 388; Benth. in Benth. et Hook. f. 

 Gen. III. (1880) 305; Pax in Engler u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 5. (18 9 0) 44. — Speranskya 

 Ind. Kew. Suppl. I. (1901 — 1906) 404. — Argyrothamnia Sect. Speranskia Müll. Arg. 

 in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (l 866) 734. — Tournesolia Baill. Hist. pl. V. (1874) 181 ex 

 parte. — Argythamnia Sect. Speranskia Post et O. Ktze. Lexikon (190 4) 43. 



Flores monoici, petaligeri. Galyx tf membranaceus, in alabastro globosus, per 

 anthesin valvatim 5-fidus. Petala 5, brevia, breviter unguiculata, tenuia. Disci glan- 

 dulae 5, liberae, episepalae. Stamina 10 (vel ad 12 — 15), bi-(vel trijverticillata, recep- 

 taculo convexo affixa, exteriora epipetala; filamenta libera; antherae longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentes. Ovarii rudimentum nullum. Sepala Q 5. Petala calyce multo minora, 

 rudimentaria. Discus urceolaris. Ovarium triloculare, verruculosum vel tuberculatum ; 

 styli liberi, bifidi, rami papilloso-laceri; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula tricocca, in 

 coccos 2-valves dissiliens a columella persistente. Semina globosa, ecarunculata ; 

 albumen carnosum ; cotyledones latae, planae. — Gaules e rhizomate lignoso herbacei, 

 erecti, parce ramosi. Indumentum simplex. Folia alterna, sessilia vel breviter petiolata, 

 dz grosse dentata vel lobulata, bistipulata; dentes subtus patellari-glandulosi. Inflores- 

 centia terminales, satis elongata, spiciformis; bracteae bistipulatae; flores in axillis brac- 



*) Genus dicatum ministro Rossiae Speranski, de Rossia asiatica optime merito. 



