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F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Pereae. 



(Glaussen n. 2055!, Martius, Warming!); S. Catharina ^Ule n. 24!, 12'l!); 

 S. Paulo (Lindberg n. 669, Löfgren n. 882!). 



Cisäquatoriale Savannenprovinz: Trinidad (Crüger, Eggers n. H04!). 



Im Bot. Garten Schönbrunn eliemals in Äultur! 



<9. P. Glaziovii Taubert n. spec; Glaziou in Bull. Soc. Bot. France LIX. (19<2) 

 Mem. 3 g. 626. — Ramuli graciles, juveniles dense lepidoti, mox glabrali. Petiolus 

 4 — 6 mm longus, lepidotus; limbus 5 — 7 cm longus, 2V2 — "^^li "^"^ latus, oblongus 

 vel oblongo-obovatus, obtuse acutatus, basi acutus, vix nitidulus, supra glaber, subtus 

 parce lepidotus et pupurascenti-fuscus, subcoriaceus ; costae secundariae utrinque =b 8, 

 tenues. Involucra ^T ^"^ axillis 2 — 4, lepidota, aperientia ± 10 mm longa, 4 — 5 mm 



Fig. 2. Pera glabraia (Schott) Baill. Ä Ramulus floriger. B Involucrum (3 aperiens. C Idem 



longitudinaliter sectum, D Involucrum Q aperiens. F Idem longitudinaliter sectum. i?' In- 



florescentiae Q fructigerae. Icon. sec. Pax in Engler u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 5. (1890) 69. 



lata, obliqua, ovoidea, longe producta, pedunculo 5 — 8 mm longo stipitata, 3-flora, 

 rudimentis florum Q destituta. Calyx (^ valde reductus, laciniis paucis brevissimis, 

 fllamenta aequantibus; staraina 4; filamenta brevia, antherarum dimidium aequantia. 

 Flores Q ignoti. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Brasilien, Rio de Janeiro (Glaziou n. 7826!). 



Nota. Species facillime recognita, jani a Taubert pro nova in schedulis designata est. 



20. P. oppositifolia Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 4 029. — Arbor 

 spectabilis, venenosa (ex Wright); ramuli validiusculi, nodulosi, juveniles lepidoti, mox 

 glabrati. Folia opposita. Petiolus ± 2 cm longus, canaliculatus, lepidotus; limbus 

 9 — 2 cm longus, 5 — 9 cm latus, ellipticus vel obovato-ellipticus, basi et apice obtusus 

 vel acutus, chartaceus, supra nitidus, glaber, subtus densiuscule lepidotus, lepidibus ad 

 medium fere incisis, opacus; costae secundariae utrinque 4 4 — 4 7, prominentes. In- 

 volucra ^ fasciculata, 5 mm diametientia, globosa, subargenteo-lepidota, bibracteolata, 



