ß4 F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Mercurialinae. 



Capsula 5 mm fere longa, intus stellato-pilosa, extus dense vestita. Semina 3^2 mm 

 longa, 2 '/ 2 mm ^ a ^ a > grisea, atro-brunneo-maculata. 



Westindische Provinz: Cuba (R. de la Sagra n. 183, Wright!). • 



4. L. leprosus (Willd.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Croton leprosus Willd.^ / jjc pl. 

 IV. (1805) 553. — Bernardia leprosa Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (13oöj 1*72; in 

 DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 917. — Adelia ferruginea Poit. in Sched.; B;«\'l. Etud. gen. 

 Euphorb. (1858) 418. — Fruticulus; rami crassi, lignosi; ramuli apicem versus dense 

 foliosi; indumentum e pilis stellatis compositum, flocculosum, ferrugineum. Petiolus 

 10 — 15 mm longus, cum lamina dense floccoso-tomentosus ; limbus 4 — 6 cm longus, 

 10 — is mm latus, anguste lanceolatus, acutus, basi obtusus vel leviter cordatus, mar- 

 gine revolutus, subtus valde prominenter venosus, supra impresso-reticulatus, penni- 

 nervius. Spicae qj* 3Y2 cm attingentes; pedunculus ferrugineo-floccosus, apice sub- 

 capitato-floriger ; bracteae oblongo-ovatae ; flores sessiles. Calyx q* aperiens globosus, 

 circ. 2^3 mm diametiens, per anthesin valvatim 5-partitus, intus et extus dense vestitus; 

 discus extrastaminalis annularis, nanus, vix lobulatus; stamina 10 — 15, circa recepta- 

 culum pilosum inserta; filamenta libera, brevia; antherae oblongae, introrsae, longi- 

 tudinaliter connectivo adnatae; ovarii rudimentum exiguum (ex Müller Arg. 3-partitum). 

 Flores Q et fructus ignoti. 



Westindische Provinz: Haiti (Poiteau!). 



5. L. microphyllus (Rieh.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Adelia microphylla Rieh, in 

 R. de la Sagra, Hist. fis. Cuba XI. (1850) 209; Griseb. in Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 

 (1865) 175. — Bernardia microphylla Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 172; 

 in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 917. — B. lycioides Müll. Arg. in Sched. — Frutex 

 ramosissimus; ramuli abbreviati, cinerei, glabri; ramilli valde contracti et densissime 

 foliigeri, inferne mox denudati et cicatricosi, deinde exerescentes et in spinam desinentes. 

 Petiolus i / i — I mm longus; limbus 6 — 25 mm longus, 3 — 6 mm latus, lineari-spathulatus 

 vel oblongo-obovatus, obtusus, -basi obtusus vel euneato-angustatus, inleger, margine 

 recurvus, supra glaber, viridis, subtus incanus et pilis stellatis, minutis tomentellus, 

 basi trinervius, eglandulosus, reticulatus: stipulae minutissimae. Flores monoiei. Ra- 

 cemi rf axillares, 13 — lömmlongi, longe peduneulati, 4-bracteati, cinereo-tomentelli; 

 bracteae vix 1 mm longae, superiores 3 valde approximatae, anguste lanceolatae, acu- 

 minatae, crassae, 2 — 3-florae; pedicelli 15 mm longi, capillacei; racemi Q axillares, 

 2 — 2Y2 cm l° D gi} 2 — 3-bracteati, 1 — 2-flori; pedicelli 2 — 3 mm attingentes. Sepala^f 5, 

 lanceolata, acuminata, extus et intus tomentella, vix 1 mm longa; stamina 9 — 10; 

 discus extrastaminalis calyce adnatus, annularis, vix vel breviter lobatus; ovarii rudi- 

 mentum bipartitum, pilosum. Sepala Q 5, ovato-Ianceolata, acuminata, 2 mm longa, 

 satis crassa, extus et intus tomentella; discus bypogynus annularis, tomentellus; ovarium 

 3-coccum, tomentellum ; styli breves, bipartiti, lobis pectinatim lacinulatis. Capsula 5 mm 

 lata, 3^2 mm longa, tomentella. Semina nigricantia, nitidissima. 



Westindische Provinz: Cuba (Greene n. 594!, Liebmann!, R. de la Sagra 

 n. 58, 161; Wright n. 1977!), Santa Clara, Cienfuegos (Combs n. 575!), Havanna 

 (Humboldt n. 452l!). 



Nota. Species certe ad Leueocrotonem ducenda est, ctsi flores monoiei et racemi Q 

 saepe biflori. 



16. Adelia L 



Adelia*) L. Syst. ed. 10. (1759) 1298; Endl. Gen. II. (1840) 1117; Benth. in 

 Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. III. (1880) 3 12; Pax in Engler u. Pranll, Pflzfam. III. 5. (1880 

 57. — Ricinella Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 153; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 

 729; Baill. Hist. pl. V. (1874) 201. 



*) adrj'kos = obscurus, incertus. 



