58 f • Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Plukenetiinae. 



1 1/2 "11" longae, lineares; pedicelli bibracteolati vel cf ebracteolati , (^ tenelli, fere 

 medio arliculati, 3 mm longi, Q 2 mm longi, crassiores, fructigeri 3 mm longi. Sepala 

 (jT i, ^V'i"!™ longa, oblonga, acuta; stamina 2; filamenta basi incrassata; antherae 

 extrorsae; rudimentum ovarii nullum. Sepala Q 6, linearia, < Y2 ^^ longa; ovarium 

 hii'sutum; styli ad trientem connali, intus asperi. Capsula 7—8 mm lata, hirsuta. 

 Semina globosa, 3 mm diametientia. 



Atlantisches Nordamerika, von Virginia bis Florida und Texas, an 

 sandigen Standorten verbreitet. 



Var. a. innocua (Walt.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — T. innocua Walt. Fl. Carol. (1788) 

 229. — T. urens var. subovalis Michx. Fl. bor. amer. II. (<803) <75 ex parte. — 

 T. urens var. lanceolata Michx. Fl. bor. amer. II. (1803) 175. — T. discolor var. 

 cwneata i. latifolia et L lanceolata Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 946. — 

 T. urens Small, Fl. Southeast. U. St. (1903) 702. — Folia cuneato-obovata vel cuneato- 

 lanceolata, 2 — 5 cm longa, 6 — 13 mm lata, dentata, basi trinervia. — Fig. 1 5 C. 



Im ganzen Areal der Art. ^Carolina (Beyrichlj; Virginia (Rugel!); Florida 

 (Curtiss n. 2516!, 4275! ex parte!, 4931 !, 5412!; Nash n. 1079!, Tracy n. 6905!). 

 — Ohne Standortsangabe (Michaux!). 



Var. /l linearis Michx. Fl. bor. amer. II. (1803) 175. — T.linearifolia Ell. 

 Sketch II. (1824) 563; Small, Fl. Southeast. U. St. (1903) 702. — T. discolor var. 

 linearis Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 947. — Folia linearia, 3—10 cm longa, 

 2 — 7 mm lata, integra, basi uninervia. — Fig. 15^. 



Von Georgia bis Florida. Florida (Curtiss n. 2516!, 4275 ex parte!, 4931 A!, 

 5413!, Keärney n. 114*0!, Nash n. IO8O!, Tracy n. 7221 !). 



Nota. Folia ambilu valde ludunt; etiam varietates supra acceptae formis intermediis 

 conjungunlur. 



44. T. tiberabana Müll. Arg. in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 417; Ghod. et Hassl. in 

 Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2. ser. V. (1905) 607. — Suffrutex 30 — 60 cm altus; caules e 

 rhizomate plures, erecti, simplices vel parum ramosi, pilis elongatis, albidis villosuli, 

 subangulosi. Folia in iisdem caulibus polymorpha, infima orbiculari-ovata, 7 — 10 mm 

 longa, gracilius petlolata, superiora 4 — 11 cm longa, 10 — 26 mm lata, petiolo 2 — 7 mm 

 longo suffulta, lineari-lanceolata vel lineari-ovata, acuminata vel subobtusa, basi non 

 cordata, obtusa vel brevissime acutata, serrulata, basi 3-nervia, ceterum longo spatio 

 it 10-costata, subvillosula, parum glabrescentia; costae secundariae subtus prominentes; 

 stipulae 3 — 4 mm longae, lanceolatae, persistentes, demum patentes. Inflorescentiae 

 oppositifoliae, pedunculatae, 1 Y2 — SVa cm longae, villosulae, basi florem Q ""icum 

 gereutes, ceterum (J^, pluri-vel multiflorae; bracteae 1 '/2 — 2^/2 "^"^ longae, lineari- 

 lanceolatae; pedicelli ± 2 mm longi, (^ supra basio articulati, fructigeri ad 4 mm attin- 

 gentes, deflexi. Flores (^ 2*^2 — 3 mm lati; sepala 3 , ovata, acuta, parce pilosa; 

 stamina 3; filamenta subcylindrica, apice parum attenuata; ovarii rudimentum parvum. 

 Sepala Q 6, sub fructu 3 mm longa, lineari-lanceolata; ovarium verruculosum, hispidum; 

 styli ad trientem connati, lacero-papillosi. Gapsula 8 — 9 mm lata, 4^2 ™™ longa. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Brasilien, Minas Geraes (Riedel n. 859), Ube- 

 raba (Regnell n. 1063), Lagoa Santa (Warming); S.Paulo, Araraguara (Löfgren 

 n. 4299!); S. Brasilien, ohne Standortsangabe (Sellow!). Uruguay, Gordillera de 

 Altos (Hassler n. 6072!), Tobaty (Hassler n. 6315!). 



45. T. Arechavaletae Ilerter in Anal. Mus. Montevid. 2. ser. I. (1910) 82. — 

 Herba multicaulis, basi lignescens, ad 16 cm alta; caules simplices, adscendentes, pilis 

 simplicibus, 3 — 4 mm longis, patentibus, albis villoso-hispiduli. Petiolus 4 — 15 mm 

 longus, saepius brevior; limbus 3—6 cm longus, 1 — 2V2 cm latus, ovato- vel triangulari- 

 lanceolatus, acutus, basi rotundato-obtusüs, dentatus, utraque pagina ad nervös more 

 caulium vestitus, 3 — 5-nervius; costae secundariae praeter basales 3 — 4; stipulae 2 — 

 4 mm longae. Inflorescentiae oppositifoliae, 2 — 3 cm longae, more caulium vestitae, 

 basi florem Q unicum proferentes, deinde (^^ multiflorae; bracteae lineares vel sub- 

 ulatae, 2 — 3 mm longae; pedicelli cT 2 — 3 mm longi, medio articulati, $ breviores, 



