62 F- Pax. — Eupborbiaceae-Acalypheae-Plukenetüoae. 



49. T. Hieronymi Pax et K. Hoffm, n. spec. — SulTrutex 20—40 cm allus; caules 

 e rbizomate lignoso plures, inferne ramosi, ceterum fere subsimplices, graciles vel tenelli, 

 apice flexuoso-subvolubiles, breviler pubescentes et parce hispiduli. Petiolus 10 — 15 mm 

 longus, gracilis, more ramulorum vestilus; limbus 2V2~**^™ longus, 11/2 — 3 cm 

 latus, in foliis inferioribus suborbiculari-ovatus, obtusus, in superioribus late ovalus vel 

 iate triangularis, subacutus, omnium satis grosse serratus, basi truncatus vel vix cor- 

 dutus, basi 5-nervius, utraque pagina hispidulus vel supra parum glabrescens; slipulae 

 late ovatae, acutae, 1 Y2 — 2 mm longae. Racemi oppositifolii, tenelli, pubescentes et 

 glanduligeri, 4 V2 — sYj cm longi, parte dimidia inferiore anantbi, deinde florem Q uni- 

 cum proferentes et demum q' numerosos ; bracteae lineares, acutae ; pedicelli (j^ { — 

 i Yj mm longi, basi articulati, Q sub fructu 5 mm attingentes, uti'iusque sexus graciles. 

 FI08 (J^ 1 Y2 mm latus; sepala 3, pubescentia, ovata, acuta; stamina 3; filamenta crassa, 

 brevissima; antherae extrorsae, parvae; ovarii rudimentum exiguum. Sepala Q 6, 

 ovato-lanceolata, acuta; ovarium pubescens; styli ultra medium connati, superne revo- 

 luti, sublaeves. Capsula 5 — 6 mm lata, 3 — 4 mm longa, hispido-pubescens, profunde 

 tricocca. Semina globosa, vix 3 mm diametientia, lutescentia, badio-marmorata. 



Andines Gebiet: Argentinien, Salta, Rio Juramento (Lorentz u. Hierony- 

 mus!j; Catamarca, Punlilla de Villavil cerca de Fuerte de Andalgala (Schicken- 

 dantz n. 45!). — Vielleicht gehört hierher auch eine von Hieronymus in der Sierra 

 Grande de Cordoba gesammelte Pflanze. 



Nota. Species ambitu et glabritie follorum et capsulis eximie parvulis insignis. Nomen 

 dedimus in honorem cl. G. Hieronymus nunc berolinensis. — AT. micrococca (p. 54) valde 

 distat. 



50. T. betonicifolia Nutt. in Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. V. (1837) 173; Small, Fl. 

 Southeast U. St. (1903) 702. — T. urens var. suhovalis Michx. Fl. bor. amer. II. (1803) 

 175 ex parte? — T. discolor var. suhovalis Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 

 946. — Gaules e rbizomate plures, basi ramosi, superne subsimphces, erecti vel ad- 

 scendentes, 10 — 30 cm alti, pubescentes et leviter villosuli. Petiolus — 2 mm longus; 

 limbus orbiculari- vel late oblongus vel ovatus, obtusus, basi obtusus vel truncato-cor- 

 datus, irregulariter dentatus, vel serratus vel lobato-incisus, utraque pagina pubescens- 

 et in costis hispidulus, basi 3-nervius, 2 — 4 cm longus, 1 V2 — 2 cm latus; stipulae 

 2 — 3 mm longae, lanceolatae, acutae, patentes. Inflorescentiae terminales vel oppositi- 

 foliae, valde abbreviatae, vix 1 cm longae, defloratae 2 cm haud attingentes, pubescentes, 

 basi florem $ unicum gereutes, deinde (^f, pauciflorae; bracteae ovatae, acuminatae, 

 flores superantes, ^ 3 — 3Y2 ™io longae, Q^ breviores; pedicelli q' prope basin arti- 

 culati, 2 mm longi, Q bibracteolati. Alabastra (^ evoluta \^l<imm longa; sepala 4, 

 oblonga, acuta ; stamina 2 ; filamenta brevia, basi incrassata ; antherae extrorsae ; ovarii 

 rudimentum nullum. Sepala Q. 6, linearia, h^l^nvm longa; ovarium pubescens; styli 

 ad medium connati, intus laeves. Capsula depressa, 3-loba, 8 — 9 mm lata. 



Atlant. Nordamerika: Von Florida bis Louisiana, auf sandigem Boden. 

 — Florida, Aspalaga (Rugel!), Alabama (Jewett!, Drummond!), Louisiana, 

 New Orleans (Drummond n, 293!). 



51. T. saxicola Small, Fl. Southeast. U. St. (1903) 702. — T. iirticifolia Curtiss 

 in Sched. — Suffrutex 5 — 20 cm altus, a basi ramosus; caules tenelli, bispido-pubes- 

 centes, ramosi, adscendentes. Petiolus 2 — 15 mm longus, tenellus, bispido-pubescens; 

 limbus 10 — 27 mm longus, 10 — 23 mm latus, suborbicularis, acutus, basi cordatus, 

 rarius trimcatus, irregulariter serratus, basi trinervius, utraque pagina hispidus; stipulae 

 1 — 2 mm longae, ovatae, acutae. Inflorescentiae terminales vel oppositifoliae, cum pe- 

 dunculo 5 — 7 mm longo 12 — 25 mm attingentes, tenellae, hispidulae, basi florem Q. 

 unicum gereutes, deinde (j^, pluriflorae; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, 1 — 2 mm longae; 

 pedicelli 2 mm fere longi, (J' infra medium articulati. Flores (^ 2 mm lati; sepala 

 3 — 4, ovata vel lanccolata, acuta; stamina 3, rarissinie 4; filamenta crassa, apicem 

 versus sensim attenuata, inlrorsum leviter inflexa; antherae extrorsae; ovarii rudimen- 

 tum parvum. Sepala Q 6, lanceolata, acuta, ± 2 mm longa; ovarium hirsutum; styli 



