116 F. Pax. ' — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Mercuriaunae. 



22. C. australe Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) 493; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 788; F.Müll, et Benth. Fl. austr. VI. (1873) 130. — Mercurialis 

 australis Baill. Adansonia VI. (1866) 322. — Frutex vel arbor 8 — 10 m alta; ramuli 

 juveniles adpresse pubescentes, mox glabrati. Petiolus J / 2 — ^ i /i cm longus, breviter 

 pilosus, glabrescens; limbus 8 — 15 cm longus, 3 — 5 cm latus, lanceolato-ovatus vel 

 lanceolato-ellipticus vel lanceolatus, rarius ovatus, obtusus vel breviter acuminatus, basi 

 cuneato-angustatus, repando-dentatus vel acute dentatus, firme membranaceus, ima basi 

 minute biglandulosus, juvenilis pubescens, deinde mox vel tardius glabrescens. Flores 

 dioici. Racemi utriusque sexus sublaxiflori, tf 3 — 6 cm longi, Q 2 — 3 cm attingentes; 

 rhachis adpresse pubescens; bracteae q^ et O 3 — 1-florae; pedicelli q? brevissimi, 

 Q 1 — 2 mm longi. Calyx (jj 1 in alabastro globosus, apiculatus, per anthesin 3-lobus; 

 lobi ovati, circ. 2 mm longi, subglabri; stamina 16 — 25; disci glandulae juxtastami- 

 nales ovoideae, apice pilosae. Sepala Q 3, basi connata, ovata, acuta, pilosa; discus 

 hypogynus nanus, urceolaris, 3-lobulatus, fimbriato-ciliatus; ovarium pubescens; styli 3, 

 basi brevissime connati, longe papillosi. Capsula violaceo-purpurea, extus puberula, 

 ntus niveo-sericeo-pilosa, circ. 5 mm lata. 



Ostaustralien: Queensland, Brisbane River, Moreton Bay (Cunningham!, 

 Fräser, F. v. Müller), Port Bowen (Cunningham). — Neusüdwales, Port Jackson 

 bis zu den Blue Mountains (Woolls, Atkinson), Sydney Woods (Macarthur), Hastings 

 und Clarence Bivers (Beckler), Maning River (Betche!), New England (C. Stuart), 

 südwärts bis Illawarra (Cunningham, Harvey!, Hügel!, Ralston), Congola üistrict 

 (Walter!). 



Nota. »Species variabilis ambitu et magnitudine foliorum necnon colore viridi vel pur- 

 purascente et indumento omnium partium« (Müller Arg. I.e.). — Cl. Benth am et F. Müller 

 in Fl. austr. I.e. 131 distinxerunt varietates sequentes: 



var. latifolium foliis magnis et latis (Rockhampton [O'Shanesy]), 



var. laxiflorum foliis angustioribus et racemis longioribus et magis laxifloris (Tweed 

 River [C. Moo re]), 



var. dentatum foliis acutius et profundius dentatis (Macleay River [Beckler]). 



23. C. taitense Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 165; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 788; Drake del Castillo, Fl. Polynes. franc. (1893) 184. — Frutex metralis vel 

 arbor 10 m alta; partes novellae fulvo-sericeae, planta evoluta mox glabrata. Petiolus 

 2 — 5 cm longus; limbus 8 — 15 cm longus, 4 — 6V2 cm latus, ellipticus vel ovatus, 

 subacutus, basi obtusus, repando-denticulatus, basi stipellis 2, denticuliformibus auetus, 

 saepe purpurascens, chartaceus. Racemi a basi florigeri, folia demum subaequantes, 

 laxiflori; bracteae utriusque sexus 3 — 1-florae; pedicelli fruetigeri subhorizontaliter 

 patentes, 4 — 5 mm longi. Flores 1 mm longi vel paulo majores, tardius sericei; 

 stamina circ. 20; disci glandulae juxtastaminales apice piligerae; ovarium sericeum; 

 styli angusti; disci hypogyni glandulae oblongo-ovatae. Capsula 3 mm longa et fere 

 lata, saepe dicocca, extus sericea, intus glabra et serieeo-nitens. 



Melanesische Provinz: Tahiti (Forster, Lepine n. 214, Nadeaud n. 463, 

 Savatier n. 901, Vieillard u. Pancher!). 

 Einheim. Name: Manono. 



24. C. abbreviatum J. .1. Smith in Mededeel. Departm. Landbouw 10 (1910) 376; 

 Koorders, Excursionsfl. Java II. (1912) 488. — Frutex; ramuli angulosi, subsericeo-, 

 in sicco fulvo-tomentosi. Petiolus 7 — 13 mm longus, puberulus, apice verrucis 2, 

 puberulis instruetus; limbus 10 — 27 cm longus, 3 1 / 2 ~6V2 cm latus, obovato-lanceo- 

 latus vel lanceolatus, acuminatus, mucronatus, basi obtusus vel acutus, subrepandus et 

 remote minute conico-denticulatus, novellus adpresse puberulus, praesertim supra glabres- 

 cens. Flores dioici. Racemi q? simplices vel ramosi, brevissimi, conferti, paueiflori, 

 7 — 9 mm longi; rhachis puberula; bracteae 3-florae. Calyx tf in alabastro 4Yj mm 

 longus, per anthesin 3-partitus; lobi ovati, acuminati, dorso adpresse puberuli; stamina 

 circ. 32; disci glandulae juxtastaminales subteretes, tenues, apice dense penicillato- 

 pilosae. Racemi Q ad apicem ramulorum axillares, brevissimi, 2 — 3-flori, pedun- 



