F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Dalechampieac. 



\. D. pentaphylla Lani. Encycl. ineth. II. (nsü) 258; Willd, Spec. pl. IV. 

 (J805) 519; Velloz. Fl. Flum. X. (1827) t. 59; Juss. Euphorb. Tent. (1824) t. 17, 

 f. 59; Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) t, 3, f. 33; Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 1238, in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (18 74) 645. — D. digitata Leandro in Sched. ex 

 Baill. Adansonia V. (I865j 309. — D. grandiflora Marl, in Sched. ex Baill. 1. c. — 

 D. paviaefolia Pohl in Sched, — Volubilis, altiuscule scandens; ramuli pubescentes, 

 striati. Petiolus 5 — 8 cm longus, pubescens, demum glabrescens; folia 5-foliolata vel 

 hinc inde abortu 4 — 3-foliolata; folioia 5 — 12 cm longa, 3— 5 '/2cm lala, oblonga vel 

 oblongo-elliptica vel oblongo-ovata, cuspidalo-acuminata, basi in petiolulum 3 — 4 mm 

 longum abeuntia, dz denliculata, firme mcmbranacea, ad nervös supra parcius, subtus 

 densius pubescentia, supra nilidula, sublus pallidiora; stipellae lanceolatae; stipulae lance- 

 olalae, 5 — 12 mm longae, saepe paulo longiores quam lalae, ovalae vel lanceolatae. 

 Inflorescentiae terminales vel in ramulis subaphjllis lateralibus terminales et tum quasi 

 axillares; bracleae involucrales 2Y2~'iV2Cin longae, profunde divisae; laciniae 5 vel pauci- 

 ores, 3 — 5 mm latae, laterales utrinque basi altius cohaerentes et- tum bracteae trifidae, 

 laciniae crispulae, acuminatae, integrae, infra apicem dentatae, albae; stipulae illas foli- 

 orum aequantes; bracteae Q. breves, rh truncatae, denticulatae, Q^ rt ovatae. Sepala 

 Q 5 — 6, mox decidua, oblonga, acuta, integra vel apice leviter denticulata; ovarium 

 tomenlellum; columna sljlaris cjlindrica, apice leviter incrassata, 12 — 20 mm longa. 

 Capsula obovoideo-trigona, ad 20 mm lala, 10 mm longa, lignosa, glabra. Semina 

 globosa, 6 mm diametientia, dilule brunneo- et fusco-marmorata. — Fig. 1. 



Fig. 1. Dalechampia pentaphylla Lani. A llabilus. B Capsulae. — Icon. oiigin 



