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



valide prominens, valida, basi 5 mm lata; costae secundariae 25 — 40, in foliis adultis 

 subtus valde prominentes; stipulae acutae, caducissimae. Flores q^ interrupto-fascicu- 

 lato-spicati; rhachis 30 cm longa, fere a basi florigera, striata, pubescens; bracteae 

 valde multiflorae; pedicelli f */j mm longi, pubescentes; flores Q racemosi; rhachis 30 — 

 40 cm longa, pubescens, basi longissime nuda, pauciflora; bracteae ovatae, acuminatae, 

 3 — 4 mm longae, 1 — 2-florae; pedicelli 13 mm longi, crassi, apice valde incrassati, 

 subtrigoni, infra medium articulati. Calyx q? in alabastro ovoideus, acutus; sepala 3, 

 ovata, acuta, 2*^ mm longa, extus velutino-pubescentia, costa media apice glanduloso- 

 incrassata; stamina 60 — 70; filamenta basi haud dilatata ; connectivum pallidum, paullo 

 productum. Sepala Q ovato-lanceolata, 7 mm longa, acuminata, pubescentia. 



Araukarienprovinz: Neu-Kaledonien (Balansa n. 1919!, Pancher n. 382!, 

 5787, Vieillard n. 394!, H27 ex parte!). 



1 3. C. lasiophyllum Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — C. macrophyllum Schlechter in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXIX. (1906) 150. — Arbor parva. Petiolus crassus, brevis, 

 13 mm longus, pubescens; limbus =b 50 — 60 cm longus, 14 — 17 cm latus, spathu- 

 lato-lanceolatus, breviter acuminatus, acutus, basin versus longe cuneato-angustatus, 

 ima basi subcordatus, superne denticulatus, coriaceus, utraque pagina pubescens, demum 

 supra glabratus, subtus molliter pubescens, leviter reticulato-venosus, subtus prope basin 

 maculari-pluriglandulosus; costae secundariae utrinque 18 — 20, leviter arcuatae. Flores 

 monoici. Flores (jf fasciculato-spicati ; spicae in ramulis abbreviatis subfasciculatae ; 

 rhachis 11 — 35 cm longa, fere a basi florigera, parce pilosa; bracteae triangulari-ovatae, 

 acutae vel acuminatae, 1 J / 2 — "2 mm longae, multiflorae; pedicelli ad 4 mm attingentes, 

 puberuli. Flores Q depauperato-paniculati ; rhachis valde elongata, 37 — 44 cm longa, 

 basi longissime nuda, pubescens; bracteae ovatae, acuminatae, 3 — 4 mm longae, 1 — 

 3-florae; pedicelli 1 — 3 cm longi, apice incrassati," medio articulati. Calyx qF in ala- 

 bastro depresso-globosus, apiculatus, parce pilosus; sepala 3, ovata, acuta, 1 J / 2 mm 

 longa; stamina circ. 63; connectivum productum. Sepala Q 3 — 4, 3 exteriora majora, 

 3^2 mm l° n g a } ovata, acuminata, carinata, ciliata, apice barbulata; ovarium parce 

 pilosum; styli breviter connati, fere ad basin bifidi, 15 — 23 mm longi, papillosi. 

 Capsula ignota. 



Araukarienprovinz: Neu-Kaledonien, Wälder in den Schluchten auf den 

 Bergen bei Paita, 400 m (Schlechter n. 15005!). 



Nota. A C. macrophyllo distinctissimum : costae foliorum arcuatae; spicae $ in ramulis 

 abbreviatis subfasciculatae; pedicelli Q medio articulati. 



14. C. verticillatum Baill. Adansonia II. (1862) 221; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 986. — Rottlera spathulata Pancher ex Baill. Adansonia II. (1861 — 62) 

 222. — Frutex bimetralis; rami teretes, ramosi; ramuli juveniles pubescentes, demum 

 glabrati, graciles. Folia in ramulis abbreviatis congesta, subsessilia; limbus 2 — 4 cm 

 longus, 14 — 22 mm latus, obovatus, apice rotundatus, saepe emarginatus, basi in petio- 

 lum brevissimum cuneato-angustatus, crenato-dentatus, dentibus utrinque 3 — 6, margi- 

 natus, basi subtus minute biglandulosus, glaber, coriaceus, subtus venosus; stipulae 

 2 mm longae, lineari-subulatae, caducae. Flores ex Müller Arg. monoici; flores q* 

 in spicas capituliformes, 5 — 8 mm longas, axillares dispositi; rhachis basi breviter nuda, 

 adpresse pubescens; bracteae triangulari-ovatae, acuminatae, extus dense pubescentes, 

 1-florae, 2 mm longae, induratae, ciliatae; pedicelli ± 2V2 mm longi, pubescentes, 

 basi bibracteolati. Calyx q^ in alabastro ovoideus, acuminatus, adpresse pubescens; 

 stamina 52, seriatim verticaliter disposita; connectivum modice productum. Flores Q 

 a nobis non visi. Styli ex Müller profunde bipartiti, ramis rigidis, acuminatis, intus 

 stigmatosis. Capsula puberula, tricocca. Semina oblonga, maculata. 



Araukarienprovinz: Neu-Kaledonien (Balansa n. 26l!, Deplanche n. 468, 

 Pancher n. 5181, 5819, Vieillard n. 20!, 1156 ex parte!). 



Nota. Species certe ad Cleidion pertinet. Cfr. Bentham, qui speciem non congenerem 

 judicavit, in Benth. et Hook. Gen. III. (1880) 320. 



