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F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Jatropheae. 



acuti, glanduloso-ciliati, 3 superiores majores. Cymae longe pedunculatae , glabrae, 

 corjmbiformes ; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae. Sepala tf ovata, obtusa, 

 minute denticulata, I ^ mm longa, Q subpersistentes; petala coccinea calycem ter 

 superantia; disci glandulae q? exiguae, liberae; filamenta 7 — 8, basi connata, brevis- 

 sima; antherae elongatae; ovarium glabrum. Capsula 14 mm longa, 12 mm lata, 

 globoso-ovoidea, glabra. 



Provinz des Amazonenstromes: Brasilien, sandige Ufer am Amazonen- 

 strom bei Tomependa, Prov. Jaen de Bracamoros (Humboldt). 



Fig. 16. Jatropha Wehcrbmteri Pax et K. Hoffm.. A Ramulus floriger. B Flos <$ longiludina- 



liter sectus. (Icon. origin.) 



35. J. podagrica YV. J. Hook, in Curtiss' Bot. Mag. (1848) t. 4376; Müll. 

 Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1093; Urban, Symb. antill. IV. (1905) 350. — 

 Caules y 3 — ' 2 iii alti, glabri, inferne crassissimi, carnoso-tuberoso-incrassati. Folia 

 mox decidua, cicatrices reniformi-semiorbiculares, superne concavae relinquentia ; 

 petiolus nudus, 10 cm longus; lirnbus 10 — 20 cm longus; peltatus, orbiculari- 

 ovatus, sübtus pallidus, 3-5-lobus; lobi subobtusi vel subacuti, breviter ovati vel trian- 

 guläres, integerrimi; stipulae dissectae, glanduligerae, indurascentes. Cymae longe 

 pedunculatae, glabrae, congestae, micranthae, crassirameae; bracteae breves, scariosae. 

 Sepala (j* ± 2 mm longa, integerrima, glabra, orbiculari-ovata, ad medium connata; 

 petala glabra, 6 mm longa, coccinea, spathulata, obovata, obtusa; disci glandulae in 

 urceolum connatae; filamenta 6 — 8, basi connata; antherae hiplo longiores quam longae ; 



