108 F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Jatropheae. 



membranaceus, supra parce pilosus, sublus secus nervös pubescens, basi aperte cor- 

 datus, ad medium 3- vel 5-lobus; lobi obovati, acuminati, basin versus angustati, 

 repandi, margine ipso distanter glandulis sessilibus onusti et ciliati. Cymae breviter 

 pedunculatae, folia vix superantes, pubescentes, parce stimulosae, corymbiformes. Flores 

 protogyni, albi. Sepala q 1 6 — 7 mm longa, obtusa, longe ultra medium in tubum 

 cylindricum, sub fauce vix constrictum connata, extus pubescentia; discus villosus; 

 stamina exteriora libera, interiora irregulariter monadelpha; staminodia 3, filiformia; 

 sepala Q 6 — 7 mm longa, ad medium connata, extus pubescentia; pars basalis per- 

 sistens cupuliformis, pubescens; ovarium leviter pubescens, glabrescens, apice parce 

 stimulosum. 



Argentinische Provinz: Paraguay, Gran Chaco, Loma Clavel, an Waldrändern 

 (Hassler n. 2490!). 



Nota. Proxime accedit ad J. Löfgrenii. 



151. J. tubulosa Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 212; in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 1102. — Arbor vel frutex. Rami pubescentes et stimulosi. Petiolus 

 10 — 15 cm longus, pubescens, stimulosus; limbus 18 cm longus, 20 — 24 cm latus, 

 basi cordatus, membranaceus, supra puberulus, subtus dense cinereo-pubescens, ad me- 

 dium vel ultra 5 — 7-partitus; lobi ovati vel obovati, breviter acuminati, subintegri vel 

 argute spinescenli-dentati. Cymae multiflorae, pedunculo 25 cm longo suffultae, divari- 

 catae, adpresse ferrugineo- vel fulvo-pubescentes et stimulosae. Calyx Q 1 aperiens 

 piriformis, 5 mm longus, deinde 6 — 8 mm attingens, extus tomentellus ; stamina fertilia 

 2-verticillata, 10, sterilia 5; columna staminalis glabra; calyx Q breviuscule 5-fidus; 

 pars basalis persistens cupuliformis, ovarii tomentelli basin amplectens. Capsula 1 mm 

 longa, verrucosa, stimulosa. 



Var. a. septemloba Müll. Arg. 1. c. — Folia ultra medium 7-loba, membranacea, 

 tenuiter et sparse stimuloso-hispida; lobi lanceolati, margine denticulati, ceterum integri 

 vel superne grosse 1 — 2-lobulatk 



Provinz des tropischen Centralamerika: Mexiko (Sesse). 



Var. ß. quinqueloba Müll. Arg. 1. c. — </. Jürgensenii Briquet in Ann. Conserv. 

 jard. bot. Geneve (1900) 229. — J. tepiquensis Costatin et Gallaud in Rev. gen. Bot. 

 XVIII. (1906) 388? — Folia 5-loba, basi cordata; lobi argute dentati vel denticulati. 



Provinz des tropischen Centralamerika: Mexiko, Puebla (Andrieux 

 n. 11*1), Sierra San Pedro Nolesco (Jürgensen n. 599!), Michoacan (Ramirez). 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Costa Rica (Pittier n. 4812!), Punta 

 Arenas- (Oerstedt!). — Columbien, Rio Dagua-Thal und Cauca-Thal (Lehmann 

 n. 9067!). — Peru (Pavon). 



Einheim. Name: Malamuger oder Chille (Mexiko). 



Var. y. triloba Müll. Arg. 1. c. — /. urens Rusby in Mem. Torr. Bot. Club VI. 

 (1896) 118. — Folia basi aperte cordata, 3-loba; lobi ovati, integri, margine minute 

 denticulati. 



Andines Gebiet: Peru (Ruiz!). — Bolivien, zwischen Guanai und Tipuani 

 (Bang n. 1376!); Bermejo (Fiebrig n. 2 1 06 !). 



Nota. Shnillima J. Kunthianae. Indumentum fulvidum et in foliis cinerascens. — J. 

 tepinquensis verisimiliter formam macrophyllam speciei sistit. 



152. J. Palmeri Watson in Proceed. Amer. Acad. XXIV. (188 8) 76. — Frutex; rami 

 molliter pubescentes. Folia rotundato-ovata, argute et dense sinuato-dentata, utrinque 

 dense pubescentia, minora (»IV2 inches long by 2 wide or smaller«). Cymae foliis 

 breviores. Flores apetali. Calyx cylindricus, pubescens, albus, lobi rotundato-ovali : 

 stamina 10, biverticillata ; columna staminalis basi villosa; ovarium dense pubescens: 

 styli bis bifidi. 



Provinz des tropischen Centralamerika: Mexiko, Berge um Guayamis 

 (Palmer n. 302). 



Nota. »Apparently referablc to Müller's subsection Calyptrosolrn , but it is more 



sbrubby in habit and the calyx is less deeply lobed. Only a Single plant found in a liiidi 



