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



longi, solitarii vel geminati. Calyx q* 3 — 4-partitus; lobi ovati, zh 2 — 3 mm longi, 

 extus ad basin puberuli; stamina 20 — 23; disci glandulae juxtastaminales apice pilosae. 

 Sepala Q persistentia, basi connata, extus puberula, ciliolata, late triangulari-ovata; 

 disci hypogyni glandulae 2, calyce breviores, tomentellae, squamiformes ; ovarium ad- 

 presse tomentellum, 2-loeulare; Stigmata 2, brevissima. Capsula immatura transverse 

 ovali-ovoidea, sulcis 2 longitudinalibus obsoletis, tomentella, 6 mm longa, 5 — l 1 /^ mm 

 lata, intus glabra. 



Papuasische Provinz: Niederländisch Neu-Guinea, am Noordflusse, süd- 

 lich des Nepentheshügels, im Urwalde (Versteeg n. 1750!, 1752!). 



10. C. bicarpellatum Lauterb. et K. Schum. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1901) 393. — 

 Frutex bimetralis vel arbor parva, ad 3 m alta; ramuli graciles, juveniles adpresse 

 pubescentes, demum glabrescentes. Petiolus 5 — 10 mm longus, pubescens vel glabres- 

 cens, apice biglandulosus; limbus 10 — 20 cm longus, 4 — 6 cm latus, oblongo-lanceo- 

 latus, obtuse acuminatus, basi acutus, saepe obliquus, integer vel subsinuatus, margine 

 glandulis sessilibus onustus, pallide viridis, chartaceus, scaberulus, evolutus glaber vel 

 subglaber. Flores dioici ?. Racemi Qf abbreviati, 15 — 16 mm longi, dimidia inferiore 

 parte nudi, superne racemulos 4 — 5, breves, ad 5 mm longos, densissime bracteatos 

 gerens; rhachis pubescens; pedicelli 5 — 6 mm attingentes, capillacei. Calyx tf in ala- 

 bastro cylindrico-ovoideus, brevissime et obtuse apiculatus, pubescens, medio transver- 

 saliter constrictus, 3 — 4 mm longus, per anthesin (ex autoribus) bilobus; stamina 

 20 — 22; filamenta elongata, quam antherae lineares longiores; disci glandulae juxta- 

 staminales parvae, obovoideae, apice pilis elongatis penicillalo-vestitae. Flores Q ignoti. 

 Capsula (a nobis non visa) bilocularis, scabrida, 8 mm lata, 4 mm longa, pedicello vix 

 1 mm longo suffulta. Semina subglobosa, minute rugulosa. 



Papuanische Provinz: Neu Guinea, Kaiser Wilhelmsland, ßismarckgebirge, 

 im Hochwald, 250 — 300 m (Lauterbach n. 3146!, 3175!). 



Nota. Species inflorescentia illas specierum Micrococcae nonnullarum siraulante valde 

 insignis est. Capsulam a cl. Lauterbach et Schumann descriptam inter specimina exami- 

 nata non vidimus. 



11. C. elongatum Merrill in Phil. Journ. Sc. I. Suppl. (1906) 204. — G. arbo- 

 reum Eimer in Leafl. Phil. Bot. II. (1908) 486 ex parte. — Arbor ad 1 m alta; 

 ramuli crassi, apice dense foliosi et demum dense cicatricosi, juveniles dense tomentosi, 

 mox glabrati. Petiolus 3 — 7 cm longus, pubescens, apice obscure biglandulosus; limbus 

 12 — 20 cm longus, 4 — 6 cm latus, oblongo-lanceolatus, acute acuminatus, basi acutus, 

 minute calloso-denticulatus, membranaceus, scaber, evolutus supra glaber, subtus parce 

 pubescens. Flores dioici. Racemi (J* 13 — 30 cm longi, fere a basi florigeri; rachis 

 pubescens; bracteae 3 — 5-florae; racemi Q 8 — 9 cm longi, pubescentes; bracteae 

 3-florae; flores subsessiles. Sepala q? 3, oblonga, pubescentia; stamina dr 25; disci 

 glandulae juxtastaminales ovatae vel obovatae, apice piligerae. Sepala Q 2, ovata, 

 acuta, pubescentia; discus hypogynus urceolaris, crenulatus, pubescens, calycem superans; 

 ovarium tomentosum, intra discum stipitatum, 2-loculare; styli 2, crassi, recurvi, grosse 

 papillosi. 



Philippinen: Luzon, Laguna, Mt. Maquiling (Merrill n. 51 41!), Tayabas, Lucban 

 (Eimer n. 9204!). 



Nota. Species ab autore Eimer arborescens descripta est, a Merrill (Leafl. Phil. Bot, 

 II. [1908] 487) scandens. 



12. C. glabrifolium Miq. Fl. Ind. Batav. I. 2. (1859) 387; Müll. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 789; J. J. Smith in Mededeel. Departm. Landbouw 10. (1910) 

 362; Koorders, Exkursionsfl. Java II. (1912) 489. — C. indicum f. angnstifoUum 

 J. J. Smith in Mededeel. Departm. Landbouw 10. (1910) 371, 374 ex Koorders. — 

 Arbuscula, ramuli novelli breviter subsericei, mox glabrescentes. Petiolus 1 — 7 cm 

 longus, adultus glaber, apice eglandulosus; limbus 6 — 19 cm longus, 2V2 — 7 ! /j cm 

 latus, oblongo-ovatus vel ellipticus, cuspidato-acuminatus, basi late cuneatus et acutus, 

 grossiuscule calloso-dentatus, adultus glaber, paulo tantum asper, membranaceus. Flores 



