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



intus tomentosa; disci glandulae juxtastaminales 'apice longiuscule pilosae; stamina 

 circ. 17. Sepala Q 3, triangularia, extus et intus tomentosa; disci hypogyni glan- 

 dulae 3, calyce multo breviores, semiorbieulares, parce ciliatae; ovarium triloculare, 

 tomentosum; styli 3, subulati, minute lacinulati. Capsula (ex Smith) 6 mm alta, intus 

 parce adpresse pilosa. Semina ovoideo-globosa, 4 mm longa, sub strato extimo car- 

 noso valde verrucoso-rugosa. 



SQdwestmalayische Provinz: Java, Pasoeroean (Zollinger n. 2290!); Be- 

 suki (Koorders n. 20 510,^!). In der Ebene, im lichten Regenwald ziemlich selten. 



32. C. spathulatum Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — Ramuli adpresse pubescentes, 

 demum glabrati. Petiolus 1 — 2 cm longus, pilosus, apice obscure biglandulosus; limbus 

 4 — 14 cm longus, 5 — 6 cm latus, oblongo-spathulatus, acutus vel obtuse acutatus, 

 basin versus cuneato-angustatus, integer, sed margine glandulis sessilibus obsitus, juve- 

 nilis pubescens, adultus supra glaber et scaberulus, subtus secus nervös puberulus, 

 firme membranaceus, purpurascens ; costae secuodariae utrinque 4 — 6, parum pro- 

 minulae. Flores q? ignoti. Racemi Q 4 — 6 cm longi, basi ad */ 3 long, fere nudi, 

 deinde pluriflori; rhachis robusta, dense pubescens; bracteae 1-florae; pedicelli 1 mm 

 longi vel breviores. Sepala Q 3, ad medium in urceolum connata, triangularia, acuta, 

 ejrtus pubescentia, intus glabra; discus annularis, calycem superans, fimbriatus, breviter 

 lobatus; lobi crenulati; ovarium triloculare, pubescens, apice fusiformi-angustatum ; styli 

 subulati, leviter papillosi, recurvati. Fructus ignotus. 



Philippinen: Luzon, Camarines Sur, Pasacao (Ahern's Colleclor n. 266!). 

 Nota. Species incomplete nota est, sed verisimiliter ad affinitatem C. crassipedis ducenda 

 erit; flores Q autem diversi. 



33. C. crassivenium Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — Ramuli graciles, dense ad- 

 presse fulvo-pubescentes, tarde glabrescentes. Petiolus 1 — 2^2 cm longus, dense ad- 

 presse pubescens, apice obscure biglandulosus; limbus 10 — 17 cm longus, 3*2 — *> cm 

 latus, lanceolatus vel oblongo-lanceolatus, cuspidato-acuminatus, basi acutus vel obtusus, 

 satis grosse et obtuse calloso-dentatus, supra fere glaber, subtus ad nervös adpresse 

 pubescens, scaberulus, subcoriaceus ; costae secundariae utrinque 4 — 5, cum venis subtus 

 valide prominentes. Flores dioici. Racemi et flores q? ignoti. Racemi Q 7 — 9 cm 

 longi, inferne longe nudi, apice flores paucos, subcapitato-dispositos gerentes; rhachis 

 dense adpresso-pubescens, tenuis; bracteae lineares, 1 — 2-florae, 2 — 3 mm longae; 

 pedicelli 4, sub fructu 6 mm attingentes. Sepala Q 3, lanceolata, acuminata, vix 

 2 mm longa, extus et intus dense vestita; disci hypogyni glandulae liberae, vix trientem 

 calycis attingentes, ovatae, eroso-denticulatae, glabrae ; ovarium dense pubescens, 3-locu- 

 lare; styli valide papillosi. Capsula tricocca, fulvo-pubescens, 16 mm lata, intus nitida, 

 glabra vel subglabra. Semina verruculoso-aspera. 



Philippinen: Mindoro, Mt. Halcon (Merrill n. 5668!). 



Nota. Species valde insignis, etsi floribus <5 deficientibus incomplete nota, tarnen folio- 

 ruru con^istentia, nervis prominentibus, inflorescentiis Q capsulisque maimis facile recognita. 

 Verisimiliter in affinitatem C. purpurei peitinet. 



3 4. C. tumidum J. J. Smith in Nov. Guinea Bot. VIII. (1910) 233, t. 59. — Frutex 

 vel arbuscula, 3— 1 0-metralis; ramuli juveniles tomentelli, mox glabrescentes. Petiolus 

 1 — 5 l / 2 cm longus, apice eglandulosus vel subeglandulosus ; limbus 7 — 18 cm longus, 

 2Y2 — 7 cm latus, oblongo- vel lanceolato-ellipticus, longe acuminatus, basi cuneato- 

 acutus, subinteger, glaber, supra et subtus scaber, firme membranaceus. Flores dioici. 

 Racemi rf 8 — 23 cm longi, fere a basi florigeri, spiciformes, multiflori, puberuli; 

 rhachis gracilis, saepe flexuosa; pedicelli 3 — 5 mm longi, fasciculati, fasciculis db 6-floris: 

 racemi Q 3 — 11 cm longi, multiflori; pedicelli 1 — 2 mm attingentes, sub fructu 4 mm 

 longi, fasciculati, fasciculis 2 — 5-floris. Calyx rj 1 2 — 3-partitus; lobi circ. 2 mm longi, 

 ovati, reflexi, glabri; stamina circ. 16; disci glandulae juxtastaminales obconicae, apice 

 pilosae. Sepala Q 2 ? ad medium connata, glabra, late triangulari-ovata, ciliolata; disci 

 hyp°g.y n ' glandulae 2, calyce breviores, glabrae, semiorbieulares, truncatae, crenulatae; 

 ovarium parce puberulum, 2-loculare; styli elongati, recurvati, papillosi. Capsula pro- 



