J0O F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Chrozophorinae. 



venae transversae prominentes, inter se parallelae. Inflorescentia axillaris, solitaria; 

 rhachis 40 — 60 cm longa; inflorescentia juvenilis (ex autore) brevissima, bracteis nume- 

 rosis, imbricatis, ovatis, pubescentibus, non distichis onusta. Flores ignoti. Capsula 

 subglobosa, 8 — 9 mm diametiens, dense olivaceo- vel lutescenti-pubescens. Semina 

 globosa, 5 mm diametientia, nitida. 



Philippinen: Luzon, Bataan, Mabayo (Gurran n. 5940 !). 



Nota. Species floribus ignotis adhuc incomplete nota est, sed verisimiliter ad genus 

 pertinens; indumento inter species generis facile recognoscitur. 



3. A. longifolia (Wight) Benth. ex Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 407 excl. 

 var. malayana et var. latifolia. — Sa?'Coclinium longifolium Wight, Icon.pl. V. (1852) 

 24, t. 1887—1888; Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 727; Beddome, Forester's 

 Man. 205, t. 23, f. 1 ex Hook. f. 1. c. — Frutex validus, glaber; ramuli robusti. Petiolus 

 1 — 2 cm longus, sensim in laminam abiens; limbus 12 — 20 cm longus, 5 — 9 cm 

 latus, spathulatus, breviter et obtuse acuminatus, basin versus longe cuneato-angustatus, 

 integer, margine vix recurvus, rigide coriaceus, fere evenosus; costae secundariae utrin- 

 que 16 — 18, angulo 70° egredientes, arcuatae, subtus prominentes; stipulae 2V2 mm 

 longae, late ovatae, subsquamiformes, coriaceae, deciduae. Inflorescentiae foliis breviores, 

 10 — 13 cm longae; rhachis rigida, erecto-patula, minute puberula; bracteae q? distantes, 

 dentatae, zb 3-florae, Q inferne glanduloso-dentatae, 1-florae; pedicelli qF 3 — 4 mm 

 longi, fructigeri 1 cm attingentes, paulo supra medium articulati. Calyx (ji 1 2 mm 

 longus, glaber, 2 — 3-fidus, Q 5-partitus, lobi acuminati; petala 5, ovata, truncata, den- 

 ticulata; discus utriusque sexus 5-glandulosus ; stamina 10; ovarii rudimentum 2 — 3- 

 fidum; ovarium pubescens; styli 3, bifidi, basi vix connati. Capsula depresso-globosa, 

 5 — 6 mm longa, 8 mm lata, rugulosa, vix pilosa. Semina nigra, nitida, globosa, laevia, 

 4 mm diametientia. — Fig. 1 9 E. 



Ceylon: Bergwälder, 1300 — 2000 m (Thwaites n. 596!, Walker!). — Ob die 

 Art auch an der Malabarküste vorkommt, wie Müller Arg. angibt, ist uns 

 zweifelhaft. 



4. A. Meeboldii Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — Frutex? glaber; ramuli robusti. 

 Petiolus db 4 1 / 2 cm longus, sensim in laminam abiens; limbus 14 — 33 cm longus, 

 3 — 6 cm latus, spathulato-lanceolatus, breviter et obtuse acuminatus, basin versus longe 

 cuneato-angustatus, integer, margine anguste recurvus, rigide coriaceus, fere evenosus; 

 costae secundariae utrinque 11 — 15, angulo 45° fere insertae, arcuatae, subtus promi- 

 nentes ; stipulae 2 mm longae, late ovatae, squamiformes, coriaceae, deciduae. Inflores- 

 centia q 1 foliis brevior, zb 1 5 cm longa, fructigera zb 1 7 cm longa; rhachis rigida, 

 erecto-patula, subglabra; bracteae q 1 distantes, ovatae, denticulatae, 4 — 5-florae, Q 

 1-florae; pedicelli £j* 3 mm longi, fructigeri 10 — 12 mm attingentes. Calyx <j 

 3 mm longus, glaber, reflexus; petala (j 1 5, ovata, truncata, denticulata; discus 5-glandu- 

 losus; stamina 8 — 10; ovarii rudimentum 2 — 3-fidum. Calyx Q (sub fructu) 5-partitus; 

 lobi lanceolati, acuminati. Capsula depressa, 3-cocca, 9 mm longa, 12 — 13 mm lata, 

 subglabra, laevis. Semina oblongo-globosa, 8 — 9 mm longa, 6 mm lata, pallida. — 

 Fig. \9Ä—D. 



Provinz des westlichen Gebirgslandes der Malabarküste: Udambanthola 

 (Meebold n. 13048!, 13079!). Travancore, Courtallam (Wight n. 2612!). 



Nota. Species valde affinis est A. longifoliae et forte pro ejus varietate laudanda, sed 

 ambitus foliorum et nervatura alia et capsulae cum seminibus multo majores. 



5. A. latifolia (Hook, f.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — A. longifolia var. latifolia Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 407. — A. bomeensis Beccari, Nelle foreste Borneo (1902) 

 331. — Frutex gracilis; truncus simplex, non ramosus, 1 — 2 m altus, satis tenuis, 

 apice comam foliorum permagnorum oligophyllam gerens. Petiolus 1 — 1 J / 2 cm longus, 

 sensim in laminam abiens; limbus 32 — 3 8 cm longus, 10 — 15 cm latus, obovatus vel 

 ohlongo-obovatus, basin versus cuneato-angustatus, apice brevissime et obtuse acumi- 

 natus, integer, margine angustissime revolutus, rigidissime coriaceus; costae secundariae 

 angulo 60° fere insertae, utrinque zb 1 8 , leviter arcuatae, subtus cum nervo medio 



