16 F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Plukeneüinae. 



saepius 6 — 8 cm longus, 2^/2 — ^Vj cm latus, oblongo-elliptlcus, cuspidato-acuminatus, 

 basi obtusus et biglandulosus, minute denliculatus, membranaceus; costae secundariae 

 basi quidem etiam utrinque \ — J, ut in foliis tripli-quintuplinerviis, sed costae hae 

 reliquis saepissime breviores, nee iis longiores, omnes tenues; glandulae baseos ellipticae 

 vel orbiculares i — 0/2™™ longae. Racemi subsessiles, abbreviati, quam folia 2 — 

 4-plo breviores. Stamina saepius 30. Capsula mediocris, coccis dorso parvulo bitu- 

 berculatis. Seraina 6 mm longa, globosa, reticulato-nervosa, ecarinata. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Venezuela, bei Biscaina, 1 000 m (Fendler 

 n. 24U). 



Mexiko (Pavon). 



Nota. Specieni non vidimus. — »AP. verrueosa recedit foliis basi haud cordatis, nee e 

 basi longe triplinerviis. ncc subulato-slipellatis, et a P. brachybotrya foliis viridibus, basi non 

 acute cuncalo-anguslatis et ab utraque simul numero staminum.c »Capsulae ut in P. verrucosa, 

 8cd paulo minores et appendiccs sunt duplo et ultra minores.« 



6. P. verrucosa Smith in Nov. Act. Upsal, VI. (1799) 4; Müll. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1806) l'\\ in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (4 874) 335. — P. volubilis L. f. 

 Suppl. (1781) 421. — P. integrifolia Vahl, Eclog. amer. III. (1807) 43. — Gaules 

 elongati, volubiles, tenues, juveniles pubescentes, glabrescentes, Petiolus 1 — 3 cm longus, 

 pubescens; limbus 5— 12 cm longus, 3— 6Y2 cm latus, in foliis superioribus minor, 

 oblongo-ovatus, cuspidato-acuminatus, cordato-truncatus vel angustiuscule cordatus, mi- 

 nute denticulalus vel integer, mox glabratus, membranaceus, basi supra maculari-2-, 

 rarius 4-glandulosus, basi 3-nervius; stipulae 1 mm longae, triangulari-lanceolatae. 

 Racemi cum pedunculo — 10 mm longo 15 — 20 mm long!, puberuli, basi florem Q 

 unicum gereutes; bracteae rf trianguläres, 1 mm longae, acutae, ramulos abbreviatos 

 paucifloros, bracteis oblongis ornatos gereutes; bracteae Q ovatae, acuminatae, 1^2'^^ 

 longae; pedicelli rf t^ji — 6 mm longi, capillacei, Q 5 — 10 mm longus, i-obustior. 

 Alabastra r^ aperientia K^j^ mm lata; sepala 4, extus puberula, ovata, acuta; stamina 

 12 — 13; ülamenta brevia, lata; antherae loculi divergentes. Sepala Q, 4, oblonga, 

 acuminata, extus pubescentia, 2 mm longa; staminodia (ex Müller) nonnunquam evoluta; 

 ovarium 4-gastricum; Verrucae dorsales crassae, hemisphaericae, longitrorsum profunde 

 sulcatae; columna stylaris crasse obovoidea; stigma quam columna non latior. Capsula 

 7 mm 1 nga, cruciatim 14 — 15 mm lata, coccis dorso valide bituberculatis, tuberculis 

 \ — 1 V2 ""« longis. — Fig. 4 ö. 



Cisäquatoriale Savannenprovinz: Niederländ. Guyana (Dalberg, Wull- 

 schlägel n. 840!); Franz. Guyana, Maroni (Sagot n. 22!); Brit. Guyana, 

 Demerara (v. Rohr). 



Gebrauch wie bei P. volubilis (S. 15) nach Dragendorff. 



6. P. brachybotrya Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 158; in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) T70. — Rami teretes, apice cum partibus juvenilibus adpresse pubes- 

 centes, tota planta mox omnino glabrala. Petiolus 10 — 15 mm longus; limbus 8 — 

 < cm longus, saepius duplo longior quam latus, ellipticus, abrupte acuminatus, praeter 

 acumen breve, saepius acutissimum rotundato-obtusus, basi abrupte in petiolum acute 

 cuneato-anguslatus, minute denticulatus, basi majuscule fusco-ferrugineo-biglandulosus, 

 membranaceus; costae tenues; stipulae exiguae, lanceolatae. Racemi petiolis vulgo 

 breviores, oliganthi ; pedicelli (^ calyce longiores, Q elongati et partem rf racemorum 

 mox superantes; stamina circ. 12 — 15; columna stylaris obovoidea. Capsula ignota. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Peru (Pavon). 



Nota. Spcciem non vidimus. 



Species excludendae. 



Plukenetia africana Sond. in Linnaea XXIII. (1850) HO = Pterococcus 

 africanus (Sond.) Pax et K, Hoffm. 



P. Buchtienii Pax in Fedde, Repert. VII. (1909) HO =^ Apodandra Buch- 

 tienü Pax. 



