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F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Jatropheae. 



basi aperte cordatus, 12 — 18 cm diametiens, ultra medium, fere ad basin, 5-lobus, 

 glaberi'imus ; lobi 7 — 8 cm longi, 2V2 — %*[% cm lati, anguste obovato-cuneati, longe 

 acuminati, subtus prominenter nervosi; stipulae 4 — 5 mm longae, dissectae, glandulosae. 

 Cymae longe pedunculatae, pedunculo 20 — 30 cm longo suffultae, congestae, 3 — 6 cm 

 diametientes; bracteae glanduloso-ciliatae. Sepala utriusque sexus ovato-lanceolata, acuta, 

 crasse glanduloso-ciliata, q^ 6 mm, Q 1 mm longa ; petala rubra vel flava, obovato- 

 linearia, obtusa, glabra, q? 12 — 15 mm longa; disci glandulae liberae, truncatae; fila- 

 menta 6, breviter monadelpha; ovarium glabrum; styli graciles. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Bahia, in der Catinga bei Tambury (Ule n. 7068!). 



Nota. J. palmatifolia arcte affinis J. Catingac est, sed omni jure pro spocie propria 

 militat. 



Fig. 9. Jatropha Catingae Ule (Icon origin.) 



13. J. lobata (Forsk.) Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2 («866) 1085. — Frutex 

 vel suffrutex, ± 1 — 2Y2 m ah\us. Petiolus 4 — 5 cm longus, eglandulosus; limbus basi 

 cuneatus vel subtruncatus, rarius cordatus, 6 — 8 cm latus et paulo brevior, ad medium 

 fere 3 — 5-lobus, glaberrimus vel glabrescens, glaucus; lobi obovati, aculi vel subobtusi, 

 iri'egulariter et satis grosse dentati, medius 3 — 4 cm latus; stipulae setaceo-dissectae, 

 4 — 9 mm longae, glanduligerae. Cymae breviter pedunculatae, parviflorae ; bracteae 

 lanceolatae vel triangulari-ovatae, glanduloso-subciliatae vel subintegrae, eglandulosae. 

 Flores parvi, vix 4 mm superantes, lutescentes vel flavi. Sepala tf ovata, crenata vel 

 integra, Q lanceolata, acuuiinata, glanduloso-ciliata; filamenta 8, exteriora brevius, 

 interiora longius monadelpha; ovarium glabrum. Capsula glabra, tuberculato-aspein. 

 10 — 11 mm longa. Semen laeve, griseuni, brunneo-rnarmoratum; caruneula palmato- 

 sulcata. 



Subsp. I. glauca (Vahl) Pax. — Croton lobatus Forsk. Fl. aegypt. arab. (1775) 

 162. — /. glauca Vahl, Symb. I. (1790) 78 ex parte; Rieh. Tent, Fl. abyss. II. (1851) 

 250; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Äthiop. (1867) 37. — /. ricinifoiia Fenzl in Kotschy, PI. 

 aeth. n. 251! — J. lobata var. genuina Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2 (1866) 1085. — 



