108 P- ^^^- — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Plukenetiinae. 



Species unica neocaledonica. 



R. codonostylis Baill. Adansonia X[. (1874 !32. — Frutex 1 — 2-metralis, gla- 

 berrimus. Pcüolus ad V2 <^"i longus; limbus 10— 15 cm longus, i — 3 cm latus, oblongo- 

 spatbulalus, basin versus longe angustalus, ima basi saepe subcordalus, apice longe an- 

 guslatus, summo apice saepius oblusiusculus, grosse et remote serralus, coriaceus, lenuiter 

 reliculato-venosus. Spicae folia aequanles vel paulo longiores, graciles, glabrae. Flos (j* 

 ad 1/2 ^^ latus, Q major, ad 1 cm longus; Stylus ovarium aequans. Capsula paulo 

 longior quam lata, ad i cm longa, glabra, obtuse 3-sulca, stjlo coronala, basi calyce 

 persistente, bracteis bracteolisque stipitata. Semen oblongum, pallide griseum, tenuiter 

 rugulosum. 



Araukarienprovinz: Neu Caledonien, Cascade de Panie (Balansa n. 3254 . 



19. Pachystylidium*) Pax et K. Uoffm. n. gen. 



Flores monoici, apetali. Caljx (^ in alabastro globosus, clausus, per anthesin 

 valvatim 4 — 5-partilus. Slamina 2: filamenta brevissima, in excavationibus disci in- 

 serta; antberae extrorsae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, loculis basin versus divergentibus. 

 Ovarii rudimentum nullum. Sepala Q 6, angusta; ovarium 3-loculare; columna sty- 

 laris valde abbreviata, crassa, lale conica vel cylindrica, apice lobos stigmatosos breves 

 gerens; ovula in loculis solitaria, Capsula tridyma, in coccos 2-valves dissiliens a co- 

 lumella persistente, apice triradiata. Semina subglobosa, ecarunculata; cotyledones latae, 

 planae. — Frutex scandens, urens. Folia alterna, petiolala, bislipulala, basi cordata, 

 palmatinervia. Inflorescentiae racemiformes, pedunculatae, terminales vel oppositifoliae, 

 basi flores Q 2 gerentes, deinde (j^. 



Species una javanica et philippinensis. 



P. hirsatam (Blume) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Tragia hirsuta Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 

 630; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 2. (J839) 413; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 937; 

 J.J.Smith in Mededeel. Departm. Landbouw 10. (1910) 522; Koorders, Exkursionsfl. 

 Java II. (1912) 498. — Frutex scandens, leviter urens; caules tenues, retrorsum hir- 

 suto-pubescentes, rarius glabri. Petiolus 0^2 — ^V2 ^^^ longus, pubescens; limbus 

 4 — 14 cm longus, 2 — 8 cm latus, ovatus vel oblongus, breviter acuminatus, basi an- 

 guste cordatus, lobis interdum se tegentibus, dentatus, praesertim supra strigoso-pubes- 

 cens, in nervis densius vestitus, basi trinervius, reticulato-venosus; stipulae lanceolatae, 

 acutae, persistentes, 2V2 — 6 mm longae. Inflorescentiae terminales, pedunculatae, 

 2V2 — <2 cm longae, inferne flores Q 2 vel paucos gerentes, deinde (/; pedunculus 

 1 — 4 cm longus; rhachis hirsuto-pubescens; bracteae ovatae, uniflorae. l^o — t^/i^"^ 

 longae, rf palentissimae; pedicelli rf 1 — 2 mm Ipngi, supra basi arliculati, Q V2 '^^ 

 attingentes, fructiger 2 — 4 mm longus. Flos rj' 2 mm latus; sepala 4 — 5, oblonga vel 

 ovata, acuta, extus pilosa; stamina 2 ; antberae sessiles, subhorizontales, dorsifixae, ex- 

 trorsae. Sepala Q 6, inaequalia, oblonga, acuta, extus pubescenlia, 1 — 2 mm longa; 

 ovarium subadpresse hirsutum; slyli in columnam crassam, late conicam connati. Capsula 

 depresso-trigona, hirsuta, ad 7 mm longa, 13 mm lata, striata; columella apice pa- 

 tentissime 3-radiata. Semina globosa, maculata, i^/2 mm diametientia. 



Var. «. genuina Pax et K. Hofl"m. — Caules pubescentes. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Java, bis 400 m aufwärts, sehr zerstreut (Blume, 

 Zollinger n. 92Z!, 1171). 



Philippinen: Mindanao, Camp Keithley, Lake Lanao (MaryStrong Clemens 

 n. 606!). 



Einheim. Namen: Kalatan badak, Latengan, Lateng rambat. 



Var. li. irritans (Merrill) Pax et K. Hofl'm. — Tragia irritans Merrill in Philipp. 

 Journ. sc. IX. C. (1914) 491. — Caules glabri. 



Philippinen: Luzon, Bataan, Lamao River, 200 m (Borden n. 2910!). 



♦) nax^S = crassus, propter coiumncim crassam. 



