Jatropha. 



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basi connata, eglandulosa, glabra, viridi-lutescentia; petala 5 — 6 mm longa, atr<>-pur- 

 purea, intus pilosa, spathulata, subacuta; disci glandulae liberae; stamina 8, glabra, 

 leviter cuhaerentia et facile segregata; sepala Q 4 — 5 mm longa, glabra, glanduloso-ciliata. 

 petala maris, paiilo tantum majora; disci bypogyni glandulae liberae; ovarium glaberri- 

 mum. — Fig. 8. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Paraguay, bei Caaguazü (Hassler n. 9078!). 



Nota. Species pulcherrima, facillime recognita. Nomen dedi in honorem Käthe Hoffmann 

 educatricis Yratislaviensis. de hac monographia optime meritae. 



Fig. 8. Jatropha Katharinae Pax. A Ramulus floriger. B Folii margo. C Klos <5 longitudi- 

 naliter sectus. D Fructus juvenilis. Icon. origiu. 



ö. J. guaranitica Spegazz. in Anal. soc. cientif. Argentina XVI. (1883) 93. — 

 Suffrutex 40 — 60 cm altus, cymis exceptis glaber. Petiolus 4 — 5 cm longus, glandulis 

 brevibus, palmato-dissectis, apicem petioli versus confluentibus ornatus; limbus subcoria- 

 ceus, glaberrimus, 7 — 8 cm diametiens, anguste albo-marginatus, glandulis brevibus, 

 crassis ciliatus, basi sinu angusto profunde cordatus, fere ad */j 3-lobus, lobi late trian- 

 guläres, obtusissimi vel acuti; stipulae dissectae, 3 mm longiie. Cymae breviter pedun- 

 culatae, leviter pilosae, densiflorae, multiflorae; bracteae lineares, glanduloso-ciliatae, 

 glabrae. Sepala (j 1 6 mm longa, lanceolata, acuminata, glandulosD-ciliata, glabra. 



