36 F- Pa^- — Euphorbiaceae-Dalechampieae. 



Nota 1. Species certe valde polymorpha est, sed varietates nonnullae haud bene notae sunt. 



Nota i. D. scandens var. pallida Müll. Arg. in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 639 nobis ignola 

 est. »Foliis pallide viridibus, minute pubescentibus, laciniis ioliorum longe acuminatis, involucri 

 stipulis lanceolatis, elongatis, setuloso-ciliatis, calycis Q laciniis ut in var. heterodonta lacinu- 

 latis«, i. e. superioribus paucis diametrum rhacheos aequantibus, reliquis subriidiraentariis. Minas 

 Geraes, Lagoa Santa (Warming). 



Nota 3. D. Kurxii Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1888) 468 (= D. scandens Kurz, Fo- 

 rest Fl. II. [1877] 400) nobis ignota est. E descriptione autoris nulla elucit dilTerentia inter spe- 

 ciem Hookerianam et Z). seandeniem, et verisimiliter cl. Kurz omni jure plantum ad D. scan- 

 dentem reduxit. 



49. D. capensis Spreng. T^nt. Suppl. Syst. veg. (1828) 18; Müll. Arg. in DG. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1243; Wood, Natal pl. VI. (1909) t. 575. — Volubilis; ramuli 

 graciles, ultinii filiformes, hirsuto-pubescentes, demum puberuli, striati. Petiolus \ Y^ — 

 6 cm longus, more ramulorum vestitus; limbus 5 — 9Y2 cm longus et fere latus, basi 

 cordatus, ö-lobus, dentatus, membranaceus, utraque pagina in nervis puberulus, juvenilis 

 subtus albido-villosus, lobi 3 intermedii ultra medium pai'titi, elliptici vel oblongi, acuti, 

 laterales paulo breviores, saepe obtusi; stipellae 2 — 3 mm longae, subulatae vel lineares; 

 stipulae 4 — 7 mm longae, lanceolato-ovatae. Inflorescentiae in ramulis subaphjllis termi- 

 nales; bracteae involucrales dilute luteae, saepe 4 — 5 cm longae, rarius minores, 1 Y2 cm 

 tantum longae, bast cordatae, triangulari-ovatae, 3-lobae, rarius 5-lobae, vix ad medium 

 partitae, glanduloso-denticulatae, extus pubescentes, 6 — 7-nerviae; stipulae ovatae, 5 mm 

 longae; bracteae $ intermediae orbiculares, rotundatae, laterales Q et 1^ connatae, 

 omnes glanduloso-ciliatae. Calyx (^ fere glaber; stamina ±25. Sepala Q io, 

 pinnati-partita, parte rhachiali lineari, lacinulis utrinque ± 10, capitato-glandulosis, 

 fructigera 10 — 12 mm longa, albo-setosa; ovai-ium pubescens; columna stylaris apicem 

 versus clavata. Capsula I cm lata, hispidula. Semina 4 — 5 mm diametientia, griseo- 

 et fusco-marmorata, laevia. 



Südafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Transvaal, Lydenburg (Wihns n. I34l!. 

 Natal: Intschanga (Rehmann n. 7922!), Marianhill (Landauer n. 233!), Alexandra 

 City, Friedenau (Rudatis n. 274!). Kaffraria (Cooper n. 341 !), Pondoland (Bach- 

 mann n. 768!, 769!, 770!, Beyrich n. 287!). Kap-Kolonie, Port Alfred (Hutton 

 n. 557!), Grahamstovyn (Mac Owan n. 5H!, Penther n. 888!), Uitenhage (Schlechter 

 n. 2597!, Zeyher n. 245!), Avoca (Schlechter n. 3015!). Ohne nähere Standorts- 

 angabe (Bergius, Breutel!, Burchell n. 4244!, Drege!, Eckion u. Zeyher n. 7o!). 



Nota. Afflnis D. seandenti. Verisimiliter ad hanc speciem pertinet D. Kirkii Prain in 

 Kew Bull. (4 912) 363. 



50. D. sinuata Baill. Adansonia I.. (1860 — 61) 278, in Bist. phys. nat. pol. Mada- 

 gascar IV. 2. (1891) t. 199; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1246. — Volubilis; 

 caules tenues; rami subfiliformes, virides, puberuli. Petiolus 3 — 4 cm longus, gracilis; 

 limbus 3 — 7 cm longus, 2^/2 — 5V2 ^"^ latus, basi profunde et anguste cordatus, mem- 

 branaceus, subtus paulo pallidior, parce puberulus, profunde 5-partitus; lobi 3 intermedii 

 lyrato-pinnatifidi, lobulis truncato-obtusis, lobus intermedius lateralibus longior, lobi basales 

 obtuse crenato-dentati; stipellae minutae; stipulae parvae. Inflorescentiae terminales vel 

 axillares, pedunculo filiformi, \^ji — 4 cm longo suffulti; bracteae involucrales 16 — 2 4 mm 

 longae, pallide virides, triangulari-ovatae, breviter trilobae vel elobatae, basi cordatae, 

 5-nerviae; stipulae parvae; bracteae florigerae lalae, ciliatae, eglandulosae. Stamina 

 circ. 6. Sepala Q. 6 — 8, pinnati-Iobata, parte rhachitili lineari, lacinulis utrinque 4 — o, 

 angustis, post an thesin accrescentia; ovarium pubescens; columna stylaris cylindrica, 

 gracillima, parce puberula. 



Madagaskar (Bernier n. 145, 2652, Boivin n. 2781). 



51. D. Herzogiana Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — Volubilis; ramuli striati, pilis 

 brevibus et elongatis molliter pubescentes, juveniles cum petiolis fulvo-tomentosi. Pe- 

 tiolus 2V-2 — ^ cm longus. Folia fere ad medium triloba, indivisis mixta; limbus indi- 

 visus ± 7Y2 cm longus et latus, orbiculari-ovatus, obtusus, divisus 7 — 11cm longus 

 et latus; omnes leviter crenulati, basi profunde cordati, firmi, supra et subtus pubes- 



