80 



F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Mercurialinae. 



pedicelli q? capillacei. Calyx q 1 in alabastro globosus, minute apiculatus, glaber, sub 

 anthesi 3-lobus; stamina dr 30; filamenta antheras aequantia; glandulae juxtastami- 

 nales obovoideae, luteae, hirsutae. Sepala Q 2, ovato-triangularia, acuta; discus hypo- 

 gynus 2-lobus; ovarium glabrum ; styli basi connati, laeves. Capsula didyma, laevis, 

 5 mm lata, 3 mm longa. 



Westafrikanisches Waldgebiet: Franz. Guinea, Fouta Djallon, Labe- Plateau, 

 1215 m (Chevalier n. 12296), Diaguissa, 1330 m (Chevalier n. 12643, 12689). 



6. A. Molleri Pax et K. Hoffm. — Claoxylon Molleri Pax in Bol. Soc. Broter. 

 X. (1892) 160; in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. (1894) 84. — C. purpurascens Beule in 

 Compt. Bend. Ac. Paris CXLV. (1901) 1294; in Bull. Soc. Bot. France LV. (1908) 75. 

 — Erythrococca Molleri Prain in Ann. Bot. XXV. (1911) 621; in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. 

 (1912) 867. — Frutex vel arbor; partes juveniles pilis aliquot adspersae, mox omnino 

 glabratae. Petiolus 9—13 mm longus; limbus 10 — 11 cm longus, 4 — 5 cm latus, ob- 

 longus vel ovatus, acuminatus, basi subobtusus vel acutus, glanduloso-denticulatus, mem- 

 branaceus, juvenilis purpurascens. Floris <^f (a nobis non visi) calyx ex Prain in ala- 

 bastro depresso-conico-pyramidalis ; stamina 40; disci glandulae juxtastaminales glabrae. 

 Bacemi Q L x / 2 — 7 cm longi, dimidia inferiore parte nudi, laxiflori, glabri; rhacbis glabra. 

 tenella; pedicelli fasciculati, 3 — 6 mm longi, post anthesin longiores. Sepala Q 2, 

 orbiculari-ovata, acuta ; discus hypogynus nunc completus, aut late bilobus, aut planus, 

 margine integer, demum breviter crenulato-laciniatus, nunc (ex Prain) e glandulis 

 majusculis circa basin ovarii contiguis compositus; ovarium glabrum; stigmata fere in 

 disculum confluentia. Capsula dicocca, l 1 /^ ,nm ' a ^ a j 4 mm longa. Semina S*/j mm 

 diametientia, globosa, tenuiter reticulato-aspera. 



Westafrikanisches Waldgebiet: St. Thome, St. Nicholas, 1000 m (Moller 

 n. 136!, Moller u. Quintas n. 13, Henriques n. 2*2!, 24!), St. Thomas Peak, 1550 m 

 (Chevalier n. 13652, 13656, 14527, 14582). 



Einheim. Name: Bugi-bugi. 



7. A. rivularis (Müll. Arg.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Claoxylon rivulare Müll. Arg. 

 in Flora XLVII. (186 4) 518"; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 777. — Chloropatane afri- 

 cana Engl, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. (1899) 383 ex parte; Perkins et Gilg in 

 Pflanzenr. Monimiaceae (1901) 24, f. 4M — B ex parte; Wright in Fl. Trop. Afr. 

 VI. 1. (1909) 169, — Erythrococca rivularis Prain in Ann. Bot. XXV. (1911) 621; 



Fig. H. Athroandra rivularis (Müll. Arg.) Pax et K. Hoffm. M Alabastrum <3- N et O 

 Flos (5- P — R Stamina. — Icon. sec. Perkins et Gilg in Pflanzenreich, Monimiac. (1901) 



22 f. 4. 



in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. I. (1912) 86 7. — Frutex ad 5 m altus; ramuli tenues, adpresse 

 pubescentes, demum glabrati. Petiolus 5 — 20 mm longus, sparse pilosus; limbus 10 — 

 25 cm longus, 7 — 12 cm latus, ovatus vel lanceolato-ovatus, acuminatus, basi sub- 

 acutus, integer vel apicem versus obiter crenato-denlatus, glaber vel in costis parce 

 pubescens, membranaceus. Bacemi utriusque sexus 3 — 5 cm longi, inferne longe nudi, 

 apice flores approximatos gerentes, q? glabri, Q pubescentes; rhachis tenella; pedicelli 

 (j* 5 — 6 mm longi, Q calycem bis vel ter aequantes. Calyx (j 1 in alabastro subtetra- 

 gono-globosus, minute apiculatus, glaber, 3 mm latus; stamina 40; filamenta brevissima; 



