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F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Chrozophorinae. 



glabratus; costae basales validiores dimidium limbi attingentes vel superantes. Flores 

 dioici, albi, sicci saepe rubescentes. Racemi tf congesto-pluriflori, Q 2 — 4-flori, densi- 

 flori, utriusque sexus post an thesin dz laxiflori et pedunculo 5 — 9 cm longo suffulti, 

 2 in pedunculo recto demum penduli; rhachis inflorescentiae cum pedunculo pubescens 

 et glandulosa, parce vel vix setulosa; bracteae 3 — 5 mm longae, ovato-lanceolatae, (J* 

 post delapsum florum persistentes; pedicelli J+ 5 mm longi; flores § subsessiles. 



Fig. 8. Caperonia cordata St. Hil. var. rnollis Pax et K. Hoffm. A Habitus. B Semen. — 

 C Caperonia glahrata Pax et K. Hoffm. Gaulis floriger. — Icon. origin. 



Sepala qj* 5, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, 3 — 4 mm longa, Q ovata, acuminata, 

 setuloso-ciliata, 3 mm longa; petala utriusque sexus oblongo- vel subcuneato-obovata, 

 calycem superantia, emarginata, q? inaequalia, 2 paulo minora, majora 5 mm longa, 

 ab androphoro fere libera, Q aequalia, 6 — 7 mm longa; columna staminalis petalis 

 paulo brevior; ovani rudimentum cylindricum, breviter 3-lobum; ovarium dense glandu- 

 loso-pilosum; styli subcuneato-obovati, profunde palmatim laciniati; laciniae 7 — H. 

 Capsula 8 — 9 mm longa, 9 — 10 mm lata, setosa, calyce ampliato suffulta, pedicello ad 



