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F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Mercurialinae. 



ovario accumbentia, leviter emarginata vel crenulato-3 — 4-lobulata. Ovula in loculis 

 solitaria. Capsula tricocca, in coccos 2-valves dissiliens. Semina ecarunculata; albumen 

 carnosum; cotyledones latae, planae. — Frutices ramosi. Folia alterna, breviter petio- 

 lata, spinuloso-dentata, coriacea, penninervia. Flores q 1 in spicas remote glomeruli- 

 floras dispositi, subsessiles, Q racemosi, in axillis bractearum solitarii. Indumentum 

 valde parcum, simplex. 



Species 2 australienses, quarum una incomplete nota est. 



1. C. ilicifolia J. Smith in Transact. Linn. Soc. XVIII. (1841) 512, t. 36. — 

 Alchornea ilicifolia Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 170; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 906; Benth. et F. Müll. Fl. austr. VI. (1873) 136; Pax in Engler u. Prantl, 



Fig. 39. Caelebogyne ilicifolia J. Smith. A Samenanlage. B Embryosack. G — E Bildung der 

 Nucellarembryonen; C der Eiapparat wird von den heranwachsenden Nucellarzellen verdrängt; 

 D die Nucellarembryonen entstehen seitlich; E mit einem Nucellarembryo. .Fund Q je zwei aus 

 Nucellarembryonen entstandene Pflänzchen, in verschiedenem Grade miteinander verwachsen. — 

 Nach Strasburger (A—E) und A. Braun {F, O) aus Pax in Nat. Pflzfam. III. 5. (1890) 11. 



Pflzfam. III. 5. (1890) 56, f. 33. — Gladodes ilicifolia Baill. Adansonia VI. (1866) 

 321. — Sapium aquifolium J. Smith in Transact. Linn. Soc. I. (1839) 41. — Sapium 

 berberifolium Hort, ex Müll. Arg. 1. c. — Frutex 4 — 5 m altus, irregulariter ramosus; 

 ramuli brevissime puberuli, mox glabrati. Petiolus 4 — 7 mm longus, rarius ad 1 cm 

 attingens; limbus 3 — 10 cm longus, ovatus vel elliptico-rhombeus , utrinque acutus, 

 utroque latere grosse subsinuato-3 — 4-dentatus, dentibus spinuloso-mucronatis, coriaceus, 

 subtus prope basin utrinque maculari-1 — 2-glandulosus vel subeglandulosus, reticulato- 

 venosus, glaber; costae secundariae fere horizontales, utrinque 4 — 7; stipulae subulatae. 

 Spicae <j" 2 — 8 cm longae, juniores dense amentiformes, deinde laxiflorae, graciles; 

 bracteae extus utroque latere uniglandulosae ; stipulae bractearum subulatae; pedicelli 

 bibracteolati; racemi Q a basi florigeri, demum laxi; bracteae e basi lata triangulari- 

 cuspidatae. Calyx q? in alabastro depresso-globosus, apiculatus, glaber, 1 mm fere 

 latus; stamina calycem non excedentia. Sepala Q oblongo-triangularia, acuminata; 

 ovarium laeve, glabrum ; Stigmata 1 1 / 2 mm aequantia, sub fructu paulo longiora. 



