Claoxylon. J27 



9 cm longi, dense stellato-tomentosi, a basi densiflori; bracteae 1 — 3-florae; pedicelli 

 2 — 3 mm longi, horizontaliter patentes. Calyx %f in alabastro subglobosus; sepala 3, 

 ovata, acuta, 2 mm longa, intus parcius, extus dense stellato-tomentosa; stamina25 — 30; 

 disci glandulae juxtastaminales lineares, apice capitato-incrassatae et parce pilosae. 

 Calyx Q (ex Baillon) plerumque 3-partitus; styli 3, patenti-reflexi, dite papillosi. 

 Capsula stellato-pilosa. Semina pisiformia, nigra, apice breviter arillata. 



Madagaskar: Zentralmadagaskar (Baron n. 1770); Ost-Imerina, Andrangoloaka 

 (Ilildebrandt n. 3674!). 



Nota. Cl. Baillon jam omni jure monuit, plantam non ad Grotonem perlinere, sed 

 etiam in nostro genere speciem valde peculiarem sistit. FJores $ omnino congruunt, Q a nobis 

 non visi a cl. Baillon valde incomplete describuntur; indumentum Crotonis ab illo generis nostri 

 valde diversum. 



50. C. hirtellum Baill. Adansonia I. (1860 — 61) 284; in Hist phys. nat. polit. 

 Madagascar XXXIV. (1901) t. 184; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 787. — 

 Fere tota planta junior pilis pallide ferrugineis pubescenti-hirtella; rami teretes, glabri, 

 grisei; ramuli graciles. Folia in summis ramulis conferta; petiolus quam limbus 4-plo 

 brevior, zt 5 mm longus; limbus 4 cm longus, 2 cm latus, ellipticus vel ovatus, basi 

 rotundatus, apice subacutus, serrulatus vel repando-dentatus vel integer, venosus, supra 

 laete viridis et parce pubescens, subtus pallidior, secus nervös rufescenti-pubescens, rigi- 

 dule membranaceus. Bacemi breves, simplices vel interdum ramosi, rufescenti-pubes- 

 centes, <$ zb 3 cm longi, Q. breviores; bracteae q* 3-florae, Q lanceolato-obovatae; 

 pedicelli q? graciles, Q breves. Sepala tf 3, ovata, acuta, extus dense pubes- 

 centia; stamina (ex icone) numerosa, dz 20; glandulae juxtastaminales apice pilosae. 

 Sepala Q triangularia, acuta, pubescentia; glandulae hypogynae petaloideae, integrae vel 

 bipartitae, apice hirtello-pubescentes; ovarium rufo-pubescens ; styli intus papillosi. — 

 Indumentum ex icone stellatum. 



Madagaskar: Antoungou (Bojer). 



Nota. Species C. luteobrunneo affinis videtur. 



Species quoad affinitatem dubiae. 



a. Species madagassicae. 



51. C. Bakerianum Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris (1892) 995. — Frutex (?). 

 Petiolus 3 — 4 cm longus, uti innovationes foliorumque pagina inferior pallide lutescens; 

 limbus ad 1 cm longus, 4 cm latus, ovato-lanceolatus, apice longe acutatus, mem- 

 branaceus. Bacemi graciles, petiolo longiores, folio dimidio breviores. Sepala 3 — 4; 

 stamina numerosa; filamenta brevia. Flores Q axillares, subsolitarii, pedunculati; 

 pedunculus gracilis, petiolo dimidio brevior. Capsula 3-cocca, lutescenti-puberula. Semen 

 subglobosum, purpurascens. 



Zentralmadagaskar (Baron n. 2031, 3484). 



52. C. medullosum Baill. Adansonia I. (1860 — 61) 283; Müll. Arg. in ÜC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866)786. — Bami crassi, intus medulla ampla repleti, sicci angulosi, glabri. 

 Petiolus limbo 5 — 8-plo brevior; limbus 10 cm longus, i i / 2 cm latus, oblongo-obovatus, 

 repandus vel integer, glaber, membranaceus; costae secundariae marginem versus evanes- 

 centes. Bacemi longissimi, graciles; bracteae 2 — 3-florae. Sepala tf ovata, acuta, parce 

 pubescentia; stamina circ. 6 0. Flores Q et fructus ignoti. 



Madagaskar (Lastelle). 



53. C. monoicum Baill. Adansonia I. (1860—61) 283; Hist. pys. nat. polit. 

 Madagascar XXXIV. (l 904) t. 183; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 789. — 

 Bami teretes, glabri, medulla ampla repleti, apice breviter pubescentes. Petiolus 1 — 

 3 cm longus, glaber, eglandulosus; limbus circ. 16 cm longus, 5 cm latus, obovato- 

 lanceolatus, breviter acuminatus, basi longe spathulato-angustatus, repandus vel crenu- 

 lato-dentatus, scabrellus; costa primaria et secundariae prominentes. Flores monoici, 

 spicato-racemosi, Q inferiores pauci et unus terminalis; bracteae utriusque sexus 1-florae, 



