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



integer vel subinteger, subcoriaceus, evolutus glaber, scaberulus, nervo medio crasso 

 percursus. Flores dioici. Racemi (j 1 12 — 18 cm longi, triente inferiore nudi; rhachis 

 subglabra, filiformis; bracteae exiguae, 3-florae; pedicelli 1 mm fere aequantes ; racemi § 

 a nobis non visi. Calyx q? parce pilosus, subglobosus, apiculatus, per anthesin 3-par- 

 titus, 1 l / 2 mm latus; stamina 12 — 15 (ex Müller Arg. et Baker 15—30); antherae 

 elongatae; disci glandulae juxtastaminales glabrae, parvae, obovoideae. Glandulae disci 

 hypogyni liberae, subcordatae. Capsula 3 mm longa, 6 mm lata, tridyma, glabra. 

 Semina purpurascentia, puncticulato-aspera. 



Madagassisches Gebiet: Mauritius, feuchte, schattige Wälder (Bouton, 

 Commerson, Petit Thouars!). 



41. C. dolichostachyum Cordem. Fl. Reunion (1895) 341. — Arbuscula, fere 

 bimetralis. Ramuli cylindrici, apice tomentosi. Petiolus 2 — 3 cm longus, apice biglan- 

 dulosus, pubescens; limbus 10 — 12 cm longus, 5 — 6 'cm latus, obovatus, basin versus 

 cuneato-attenuatus, obtusus, apiculatus, calloso-dentatus, subcoriaceus, scaber, subtus 

 tomentosus. Racemi (J 1 12 — 1 5 cm longi; bracteae cum calyce valde vestitae, 2 — 

 3-florae; stamina 15 — 20. 



Reunion: Plaine des Palmistes, 1000 m, ziemlich häufig in feuchten Wäldern. 

 Nota. Speciem non vidimus ; G. linostachydi affinis videtur. 



42. C. glandulosum Baill. Adansonia I. (1860 — 61) 281; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 785. — Ramuli haud validi, juveniles parce et adpresse pubescentes, 

 mox glabrati. Petiolus l /j — 2 cm longus, subvalidus, evolutus glaber, apice glandulis 

 nonnullis seriatim dispositis ornatus; limbus 7 — 15 cm longus, 3 — 6 cm latus, oblongo- 

 obovatus, apice ambitu subrotundato-obtusus et breviter acutus, basi breviter cuneato- 

 angustatus, calloso-dentatus, subcoriaceus, scaber, evolutus fere glaber, nonnunquam rb 

 purpurascens. Flores dioici. Racemi utriusque sexus sublaxiflori, triente inferne nudi, 

 rigidi; rhachis adpresse pubescens; bracteae ovatae, acuminatae, pubescentes, utriusque 

 sexus 3 — 5-florae. Calyx tf ovoideus, acutus, pubescens, per anthesin 3-partitus; 

 stamina circ. 20; disci glandulae juxtastaminales clavatae, truncatae, glabrae. Ovarium 

 pubescens; disci hypogyni glandulae liberae, oblongo-ellipticae. Capsula saepe dicocca, 

 fere 3 mm longa. Semina ex Müller Arg. aspera. 



Madagassisches Gebiet: Reunion (Boivin n. 1393!). 



43. C. flavum Scott EUiot in Journ. Linn. Soc. London XXIX. (1891) 49. — C. 

 Scottianum Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris (1892) 996. — Frutex; ramuli juveniles 

 pilis adpressis parce pubescentes, mox glabrati, graciles. Petiolus ± 5 mm longus, 

 parce pilosus, eglandulosus ; limbus 5 — 11 cm longus, l* /2 — 3 cm latus, rhombeo- 

 lanceolatus vel lanceolatus, acuminatus, basin versus subpanduriformi-angustatus, integer, 

 sed glandulis sessilibus margine onustus, adultus subtus parcissime pilosus, chartaceus, 

 utraque pagina scaber, nervo medio albido percussus. Racemi Q ad 3 cm longi, basi 

 longo tractu nudi, apice flores Q 6— 8 gerentes; rhachis glabra; bracteae ciliatae, 

 1 — 2-florae, pedicelli 1 mm fere longi; racemi (j* a nobis non visi, (ex autore) 3 — 

 5 cm longi; pedicellli 2 mm attingentes. Sepala q? 4, triangularia; stamina numerosa. 

 Sepala Q 3, lanceolata, acuta, glabra, 1 1 /2 mm longa; disci hypogyni glandulae liberae, 

 spathulatae, crassae, calycem aequantes; ovarium glabrum, triloculare; styli valide pa- 

 pillosi. Capsula 3 mm diametiens. 



Madagaskar: Wälder bei Fort Dauphin (Scott Elliot n. 2852!). 

 Nota. Flores <5 non vidimus. Stamina ex Scott Elliott 00, ex Baillon numerosa, 

 nunc pauca. C. parvifloro affine videtur, ut jam monuit cl. Baillon. 



44. C. parviflorum Juss. Euphorb. Tent. (1824) 114, t. 1 4, f. 48; Müll. Arg. 

 in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 785; Bak. Fl. Maurit. (1877) 318. — Äealypha spici- 

 ßora Poir. Encycl. VI. (1804) 206. — Äealypha scabra Vahl in Sched. ex Baill. Adan- 

 sonia I. (1860 — 61) 280. — Frutex; ramuli graciles, mox omnino glabrati. Petiolus 

 10 — 16 mm longus, glaber, eglandulosus; limbus 8 — 13 cm longus, 2 — S'/j cm latus, 

 spathulato- obovatus vel spathulato -lanceolatus, acutus vel acuminatus, basin versus 

 angustatus, ima basi anguste obtusus, scaber, denticulatus vel dentatus, subcoriaceus, 



