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F. Pax. — Euphorbiaccae-Dalechampieae. 



et terminalis, 4 — 6 cm longus, rigidus, hispidulus, apice incrassatus; bracteae invo- 

 lucrales cordatae, trinerviae, inaequaliter crenatae, coloratae, membi'anaceae. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Brasilien, Minas Geraes, am Rio S. Francisco 

 (Weddell n. 1879). 



Nota. Species a nobis non visa affinis videtur Ü. caperonioidi; forsan ejus varietas. 



10. D. caperonioides Baiil. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (4 858) 487; Adansonia V. (4 865) 

 316; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 235, in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 642; 

 Glaziou in Bull. Soc. Bot. France LIX. (1912) Mera. 3g. 635. — Z). variahilis Klotzsch 

 in Sched. — Gaules e rhizomate lignoso plures, decumbentes vel adscendentes, pau'um 

 ramosi, 15 — 40 cm longi, puberuli vel pubescentes. Petiolus 2 — 4 mm longus; limbus 

 2Y2 — 8 cm longus, 12 — 22 mm latus, rarius tantum 3 — 4 mm latus, quoad ambitum 

 variabilis, obovatus vel lanceolato-obovatus, vel lanceolato-ovatus vel angusie rhomboi- 

 deus vel lanceolatus vel linearis, obtusus vel subobtusus vel acutus, basi acutus, sub- 

 coriaceus, denticulatus, penninervius, reticulato-venosus, pubescens vel puberulus; sti- 



Fig. ♦. DcUeehampia caperonioides Baill. var. lanceolcUa Müll. Arg. Ä Habitus. B Inflores- 

 centia, bracteis involucralibus destituta. C Flos (5. D Flos Q. — ED. glechomifolia Baill. — 



Icon. origin. 



