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



in icone cf autem pluriflorae. Calyx (J 1 pubescens; stamina circ. 28; glandulae disci 

 hypogyni 3, petaloideae, puniceae; ovarium pubescens. 



Madagaskar: Sainte Marie, Tafondrou (Boivin n. 1 853 1 " 18 ). 



54. C. ovale Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris (1892) 996. — »Frutex. Folia 

 subtus cum petiolis fulvido-puberula; petiolo gracili; limbo ovato-acuto, 4 cm longo, 

 3 — 4 cm lato, basi rotundato, apice acuminato, molliter membranaceo, penninervio, 

 basi subquinquenervi. Flores fere ut in C. luteobrunneo vel G. Bakeriano; sepalis 

 3 — 4. Germen 3 — 4-loculare, globosum; stylis dite papillosis; ovulo purpurascente. 

 Glandulae disci hypogjni 3 — i, bacillares, alterniloculi. « 



Zentralmadagaskar (Baron n. 968). 



b. Species mauritiana. 



55. C. Neraudianum Baill. Adansonia I. (1860—60 280; Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 788; Bak. Fl. Mauritius (1877) 318. — Frutex; ramuli teretes, novelli 

 virescentes, glabri. Petiolus 1 — 2Y2 cm longus, glaber: limbus 7 cm Jongus, 3^2 cni 

 latus, oblongo-obovatus, obtusus, basi cuneatus, integer, scaber, vinoso-coloi'atus, coriaceo- 

 membranaceus. Flores cf ignoli. Bacemi Q graciles; rhachis puberula; bracteae 

 breves, obtusae, cum pedicellis brevibus puberulae, uniflorae. Sepala Q ovata, oblusa, 

 glandulas superantia, puberula; disci hypogyni glandulae petaloideae, subrotundae, basi 

 connatae; ovarium 3-loculare, pubescens; styli plumosi. 



Mauritius (Neraud). 



c. Species hainanensis. 



56. C. hainanense Pax et K. Hoffm. — Baliospermum spec. ? Forb. et Hemsl. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. London XXVI. (1894) 441. — Frutex; ramuli novelli parce pilosi, 

 mox omnino glabrati. Petiolus 14 — 16 mm longus, apice biglandulosus; limbus 7 — 

 9 cm longus, g 1 /, — 3 cm latus, ovato-lanceolatus, acuminatus, basi acutus, membrana- 

 ceus, sublaevis, glanduloso-dentatus, juvenilis purpurascens. Flores dioici. Flores (J* ignoti. 

 Bacemi Q 1 y 2 cm longi, basi breviter nudi, glabri, 6 — 10-flori; bracteae ovatae, 

 ciliatae, acutae, 1-florae; pedicelli 2 — 3 mm atüngentes. Sepala Q 3 vel 4, triangu- 

 laria, acuta, ciliata; disci hypogyni glandulae liberae, a medio basin versus glanduloso- 

 incrassatae, sepalis breviores; ovarium glabrum, 3-loculare; styli basi breviter .connati, 

 recurvi, grosse papillosi. 



Hainan (Henry n. 8742!). 



d. Species indica. 



57. C. longipetiolatum Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal XLH. 2. (1873) 244; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 413. — »Frutex subsimplex vel arbuscula, 8 — 15- 

 pedalis, caulibus fistulosis et novellis adpresse pubescentibus; folia elliptica ad ovato- 

 oblonga, basi acuta vel obtusa vel raro subcordata, petiolo 5 — 3 poll. longo suffulta, 

 breviter et tenuiter acuminata, 4 — 8 poll. longa, crasse membranacea, undulato-crenata 

 vel crenato-dentata, penninervia, utrinque scabra, subtus secus nervös parce adpresse 

 pubescentia; flores parvi, tf racemos nutantes, canescentes, adpresse hispidos formantes; 

 Capsula (unica tan tum adest in montibus Khasya a cl. Hook er et Thomson collecta 

 et a speciminibus ipsis separata) iis Malloti eriooarpioidis nimis affinis, profunde 3-loba, 

 muricibus hirsutis obtecta, stylis simplicibus, papilloso-fimbriatis coronata, 3-cocca, coccis 

 pisi magnitudine.« 



Pegu: Martaban, Andamanen. 



Nota. Species imperfecte nota. Capsula descripta certe non ad ramulos floribus juveni- 

 libus tantum praeditos pertinet. Cl. Kurz speciem cum C. longifolio comparavit. — An ad C. 

 indicum reducendum, quod in insulis Andamanis lectum est? 



