g2 F- P ax - — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Chrozophorinae. 



subglaber; limbus 3Y2 — ^A cm longus, 12 — 15 mm latus, lanceolatus vel oblongo- 

 lanceolatus, apice et basi acutus, superne minutissime et distanter denticulatus, mem- 

 branaceus, basi trinervius, junior pilis malpighiaceis serieeo-vestitus, deinde glabrescens; 

 stipulae 1 x ji mm longae, subulato-lineares. Racemi 1 cm fere longi, inferne florem § 

 unicum, deinde q? 6 — 7 gerentes; rhachis dense vestita; bracteae utriusque sexus ovatae, 

 acutae, 2 mm longae; flores <$ subsessiles, Q pedicello 2 mm longo suffulti. Sepala 

 (j* 4, ovato-lanceolata, acute acuminata, 3 mm longa, extus et intus pubescentia: petala 

 calycem aequantia, lanceolata, acuta, unguiculata, extus dense villosa, intus parcius 

 vestita; stamina 4; disci glandulae parce piligerae. Sepala § 5, lanceolata, acuta, 

 4 mm longa, extus dense villosa, intus parcius vestita; petala minutissima, lineari-fili- 

 formia, dense pilosa; disci glandulae quadratae, glabrae; ovarium dense et molliter 

 vestitum; styli liberi, pilosi, fere ad basin bipartiti; lobi ultimi apice brevissime 2-lobi. 

 Capsula ignota. 



Tropisches Centralamerika: Ruatan-Insel, Bucht von Honduras (Gaumer 

 n. 42!, 8l!). 



Nota. Species inter notas stylis scmel bifidis valde insignis est. 



6. A. Stahlii Ürb. Symb. Antill. I. (1899) 336. — Rami debiles, graciles, 

 juniores elevatim striati, pilis malpighiaceis adpresse pilosi, mox glabrati. Petiolus 1 — 

 1 Y2 mm longus; limbus 2 — 3'/ 2 cm longus, 1 x \i — 2V2 cm latus, ovatus, apice ob- 

 tusissimus vel rotundatus, basi paulo in petiolum contractus, integer, membranaceus, 

 basi trinervius, junior purpurascens, laxe et adpresse pilis malpighiaceis pubescens; 

 stipulae lineari-subulatae, circ. 1 mm longae. Racemi monoici, 5 mm circ. longi, 7 — 

 1 0-flori, basi florem Q unicum gerentes; rhachis cum pedunculo 2 — 3 mm longo sericeo- 

 pubescens; bracteae ovatae vel ovato-oblongae, vix y 2 mm longae; flores subsessiles. Sepala 

 (jfi 4, elliptica, acutiuscula, 1 mm longa, extus sericea ; petala obtriangulari-semiorbicu- 

 laria, unguiculata, integra, trinervia, vix 1 mm longa, dttrso pubescentia; disci glandulae 

 rectangulares, integrae, apice truncatae vel subemarginatae, glabrae; stamina 4. Sepala 

 Q 5, oblongo- vel lineari-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, 1 Y 2 — 2 mm longa, extus dense 

 sericea, intus breviter pilosa; petala nulla; glandulae disci basi coalitae, rectangulari- 

 quadratae, apice incrassatae, truncatae, glabrae; ovarium dense et breviter pubescens; 

 styli brevissime pilosi, fere liberi, supra basin et medio et apice ipso bipartiti. Capsula 

 3Y2 mm lata? depressa, dense patenti-pilosa vel tomentella, purpurascens. Semina 

 1 y 3 mm longa, subglobosa, apiculata, minutissime pilosula, glabrescentia. 



Westindien: Portorico, in Wäldern bei Tallaboa (Stahl n. 1 080 !). 



Nota. Ad i. Stahlii accedere videtur specimcn sterile in insula Cuba lectum, ramulis 

 foliisque ab illa satis diversum. Ad interim sub nomine A. microphyllae Fax hie citatur. 

 Caules e rhizomate lignoso plures^ debiles, graciles, juniores pallidc virides, elevatim striati, pilis 

 malpighiaceis adpresse vestiti, mox glabrati. Petiolus 1 — ^mm longus; limbus 7 — lömra 

 longus et totidem fere latus, orbiculari-ovatus, apice obtusus vel emarginatus vel mucronulatus, 

 basi obtusus, firme membranaceus, basi trinervius, marginc glandulis sessilibus, parvis ornatus, 

 subtus purpurascens, supra glaber, subtus parce pilosus; stipulae circ. \ mm longae, lineari- 

 subulatae. Flores et fruetus ignoti. — Cuba, Cayo Ballenato Grande, Camaguey (Shafer 

 n. 1031!). 



7. A. oblongifolia Urb. Symb. Antill. V. (1908) 386. — Fruticulus vel herba per- 

 ennis, 12 — 25 cm alta; caules supra basin ramosi, arcuato-ascendentes, obtuse angulosi, 

 graciles, parce pilis malpighiaceis adspersi, mox glabrescentes. Petiolus 1 — 4 mm longus, 

 pilosus; limbus 2— 4 cm longus, 7 — 12 mm latus, oblongus vel oblongo-lanceolatus, 

 integer, membranaceus, basin et apicem versus angustatus, basi acutus, apice obtusus, 

 rarius acutus, basi trinervius, adultus parce pilis malpighiaceis vestitus. Racemi monoici, 

 2 — 4-flori, 4 — ^7 mm longi, basi florem Q unicum proferentes, demum q?; rhachis 

 dense vestita; bracteae triangulari-lanceolatae, vix 1 mm attingentes; flores subsessiles. 

 Sepala q? 5, ovato-oblonga, acuminata, 1 mm fere longa, dorso parce pilifera; petala 

 ovato-elliptica, obtusa, non unguiculata, integra, plana, fere 1 mm longa; disci glan- 

 dulae oblongae, apice attenuatae, glabrae ; stamina 6 ; filamenta basi connata. Sepala 



