362 F- P ax - — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Mercurialinae. 



flores Q in pedunculo elongato umbellato-corymbosi. Stamina circ. 1 4 ; calyx Q 3 — 

 4-partitus, lobis lanceolatis; ovarium 2-loculare; Stigmata breviuscula. Capsula molüus- 

 cule subparce muricata, pubescens. Semina fusca, oblongato-griseo-maculata. 



Araukarienprovinz: Neu-Kaledonien, in den Bergen bei Balade (Vieillard 

 n. 1173, 1776). 



Nota. >Flores monoici et omnino aliter dispositi. Species inter congeneres inflorescentia 

 tri — pentachotoma insignita. Characteres ceterum cum genere optime quadrant« (Müller Arg.). 



106. M. Vedeliana (Baill.) Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1002. — 

 Aoalypha Vedeliana Baill. Adansonia II. (1862) 224. — Mappa Vedeliana Müll. Arg. 

 in Linnaea XXXIV. (1864) 198. — Tanarius Vedelianus 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 

 62 0. — Rami obtuse angulosi, superne subferrugineo- vel fulvo-tomentelli. Petiolus 

 limbo paulo brevior, pruinosus; limbus 9 — 14 cm longus, fere totidem latus, orbicu- 

 lari-ovatus, breviter cuspidato-acuminatus, leviter cordatus, subinteger, supra puberulus, 

 subtus velutino- vel demum parce molliter pubescens et glandulis fuscis densiuscule 

 notatus; stipulae 3 mm longae, subulatae. Spicae q? axillares, simplices, longe fili- 

 formes, rigidulae, demum flexuosae, folia subaequantes, cum floribus vix 2 mm latae, 

 fulvo-villosulae, basi minute 1 — 2-phyllae; bracteae 1 mm longae, subulato-lanceolatae. 

 Calyx q* minimus, saepe y 2 mm latus, depresso-subglobosus, aperiens 3 / 4 mm diametro 

 aequans, pedicello duplo longior; stamina 8 — 10; antherae 4-loculares. Flores Q et 

 fructus ignoti. 



Neu-Kaledonien (Vedel); Mey bei Thio (Grunow!). 



107. M. punctata K. Schum. Fl. Kaiser Wilhelmsl. (1889) 80; Schum. et Lauterb. 

 Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. Südsee (1901) 397. — Arbor 4 — 5 m alta; ramuli graciles, 

 novelli ferrugineo-subfloccoso-tomentelli, mox glabrescentes. Petiolus 2 — 4 cm longus, 

 tomentellus vel glabrescens; limbus 7 — 16 cm longus, 4 — 8 cm latus, ovatus vel ob- 

 longus, acuminatus, basi rotundatus et ima basi angustissime cordatus, lobis se tegenti- 

 bus, integer, supra glaber et inter marginem et costam mediam maculari-glandulosus, 

 subcoriaceus, subtus reticulato-venosus, ad nervös pilosus, leviter scaber, nigro-granu- 

 loso-glandulosus, basi breviter 3-nervius, ceterum penninervius ; costae secundariae 

 utrinque ±12; stipulae caducissimae, rite haud visae, certissime parvae vel minutae. 

 Paniculae q? 9 — '15 cm longae, anguste ramosae, ramis brevibus, inferne saepe nudis, 

 deinde dissite glomerulato-florigeris, ferrugineo-tomentellae, pedunculatae ; bracteae flori- 

 gerae reflexae, ovatae, obtusae, crassae, 1 */ 2 mm longae et basi latae, integrae, rugu- 

 losae, multiflorae. Calyx Qp vix 1 mm diametiens, globosus, granuloso-glandulosus ; 

 sepala 3 — 4; stamina 6 — 9; antherae 4-loculares. Flores Q et fructus ignoti. 



Papuasische Provinz: Neu-Guinea, Kaiser Wilhelmsland, Augustafluß, 

 Malu bei der 2. Station (Hollrung n. 825!). 



108. M. echinocarpa Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. London XX. (1883) 255; Baill. 

 in Bull. Soc. Linn. (1892) 991. — Arbuscula, glabra; ramuli sicci striati, graciles. 

 Petiolus 4 — 6 mm longus; limbus 6 — 8 cm longus, 12 — 18 mm latus, oblanceolatus, 

 obtusus vel subacutus, basin acutam versus longe cuneato-angustatus, integer, coriaceus, 

 glaber, subtus sparse granuloso-glandulosus, supra opacus, subtus pallidior et irregula- 

 riter reticulato-venosus, penninervius; costae secundariae parum prominulae; stipulae 

 minutae, 1 — 1 !/ 2 mm longae, e basi latiuscula subulato-acuminatae. Paniculae Q* 3 — 

 5 cm longae, parum vel vix ramosae, breviter pedunculatae, glabrae, satis densiflorae, 

 spiciformes; bracteae inferiores 2 — 3 mm longae, superiores minores, lanceolatae vel 

 trianguläres, acuminatae, extus granuloso-glandulosae. Calyx q 1 depresso- globosus, 

 2 mm latus, granuloso-glandulosus; sepala 2 — 3, extus granuloso-glandulosa; stamina 

 6 — 8; antherae 4-loculares. Flores Q in inflorescentias pedunculatas, paucifloras 

 dispositi. Sepala Q ovata, glabra; ovarium globosum, glabrum, dense echinatum, 

 stylis 2 filiformibus, hispidis coronatum. 



Zentralmadagaskar (Baron n. 451, 1779): Ost-Imerina, Andrangoloaka (Hilde- 

 brandt n. 3686!). 



