70 F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Jatropheae. 



85. J. Schweinfurthii Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. (1894) 110. — Caules 

 herbacei, dense pubescenti-tomentosi, parce ramosi. Folia sessilia vel subsessilia, firma, 

 14 — 15 cm longa, 12 — 14 cm lata, dense pubescenti-tomentosa, basi cuneata vel sub- 

 cordata, triloba vel inferiora integra; lobi erecti, oblongi, acuti, argute serrulati; stipulae 

 mox deciduae, lineari-subulatae. Cymae folia superantes, pubescenti-tomentosae, corymbi- 

 formes; bracteae lineares, 6 — 10 mm longae. Sepala utriusque sexus lineari-lanceolata, 

 Qf 2 — 3 mm longa, Q paulo longiora, acuta, tomentosa; petala calycem duplo supe- 

 rantia, libera, oblongo-spathulata, obtusa; disci glandulae liberae; stamina 5 exteriora 

 libera, 3 interiora connata; discus hypogynus profunde lobatus; ovarium tomentosum; 

 Stigmata crassa. Capsula tomentosa, vix 1 cm longa; semen laeve, carunculatum, 

 badium. 



Nordafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Bahr el Ghazal, Große Seriba Ghattas 

 im Jurlande (Schweinfurth n. I 7 8 ! , 1 930 !) ; Gir im Bongolande (Schweinfurth 

 n. 1887!). 



86. J. aethiopica Müll. Arg. in Flora XLVII. (1864) 485; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 1088. — J. Sabdariffa Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. I. (1867) 37. — Caules 

 humiles, ± 12 — 15 cm alti, inferne longo tractu squamis tripartitis, herbaceis vestiti, 

 superne confertim paucifoliati, cum foliis pedunculisque crassis dense ferrugineo-villoso- 

 tomentosi. Folia brevissime petiolata, profunde tripartita; lobi 3 — 8 cm longi, 5 — 12 mm 

 lati, anguste lanceolati, serrato-denticulati, laterales breviores; stipulae valde dissectae. 

 Cymae breviter pedunculatae, folia vix superantes; bracteae inferiores in setulas glan- 

 dulosas dissectae, superiores lanceolatae, denticulatae. Sepala utriusque sexus 3 1 2 mm 

 longa, oblongo-ovata, obtusa, Qp apice, Q ambitu breviter ciliato-denticulata; petala 

 sordide lutea, calycem duplo vel triplo fere superantia; disci glandulae liberae; ovarium 

 glabrum, laeve. 



Nordafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Sennar (Kotschy); Fazogli (Cien- 

 kowski!); Jurland (Schweinfurth n. 1589!). 



87. J. heterophylla Heyne in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India V. (1887) 382. — Humilis, 

 glabra, eglandulosa. Caulis simplex. Folia petiolata, indivisa et cordata vel 3 — 5-loba; 

 lobi integerrimi; stipulae capillaceae. Bracteae et sepala integra. — »Stern 4 — 6 inches 

 from a tuberous rootslock, stout, subsimple, terete. Leaves 1 — 3 in. diam., rather 

 thick, very variable in form, glaucous beneath, base cuneate, petiole l /j — :< / 4 in., stout. 

 Flowers very small. Capsule 3 / 4 in. long.« 



Hindostanische Provinz: Dekan, Haidarabad (Heyne), Madras (Shuter) 

 Northern Circars (Wight). 



Nota. Species mihi ignota, 1. c. valde incomplete descripta, sed sine dubio in banc affini- 

 tatem spectans. 



88. J. nana Dalzell et Gibson, Bombay Flora (1861) 2 29; Müll. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1083; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India V. (1887) 382. — Frutieulus 

 humilis, '/j m altus, parce ramosus. Folia subsessilia, 8 — 12 cm longa, rarius majora, 

 late triangulari-obovata, fere usque ad medium patenter triloba vel integra; lobus me- 

 dius late ovatus, abrupte acuminatus, laterales lanceolato-ovati, omnes glaberrimi, supra 

 intense olivaceo-virides, subtus pallidiores, integri; stipulae — ? Cyma paniculiformis, 

 subpauciflora; bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, integrae. Sepala Q lineari-lanceolata, acuini- 

 nata, integra; ovarium glabrum; Stigmata crassiuscula ; styli graciles. 



Hindostanische Provinz: Konkan, Bombay, Poona, an steinigen Orten (Dalzell). 

 Nutzen: Soll nach Dragendorf f, Heilpfl. (1898) 382 ebenso medizinisch ver- 

 wendet werden wie -/. glandulifera (S. 3 1 ). 



89. J. macrorrhiza Benth. PI. Harlweg. (1839—57) 8; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 1087. — Caulis dr 1 3 cm altus, e rhizomate crasso, carnoso, 6 — 7 cm 

 diametiente oriens , simplex, cum peliolis nervisque foliorum et inflorescentia parce 

 pubescens, glabrescens. Folia petiolo 1 — 2 cm longo, crasso siilTnila, 12 — 15 cm longa 

 et lata, basi subcordata, 5-loba et tum latiora quam longa vel 3-loba et tum longiora 



