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



151. M. myriolepidea Bak. in Journ. Linn. Soc. London XXI. (1885) 442; 

 Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris (1892) 991. — Frutex erectus, valde ramosus vel 

 arbor; ramuli striati, breviter ferrugineo-tomentelli, mox glabrati. Folia ad apicem 

 ramulorum conferta; petiolus circ. 5 mm longus; limbus 5 — 9 cm longus, 2Y2 — 3 cm 

 latus, obovatus vel obovato-lanceolatus, obtusus vel mucronulatus, basin versus cuneato- 

 angustatus, ima basi acutus vel subobtusus, opacus, supra glaber et parcissime granu- 

 loso-glandulosus, subtus ad costam mediam parce pilosus, densissime granuloso-glandu- 

 losus, coriaceus, penninervius; costae secundariae utrinque 6 — 10, subtus prominentes; 

 stipulae caducissimae, subulatae, 2 mm longae. Paniculae (f ± 5 cm longae, bre- 

 viter pedunculatae, angustae, ramis abbreviatis, densifloris; racemi Q 2 — 3 cm longi, 

 basi nudi, densiflori, 4 — 8-flori; rhachis utriusque sexus subhispida et granuloso-glan- 

 dulosa; bracteae q* et Q lineari-lanceolatae vel lineares, basi petioliformi-angustatae, 

 integrae, granuloso-glandulosae, 6 mm longae, superiores breviores; pedicelli Q 2 mm 

 attingentes. Flos q? 3 mm latus; sepala 2 — 3, basi connata, ovata, acuta, granuloso- 

 glandulosa, puberula; stamina 12 — 15; antherae 4-loculares. Calyx Q sub fructu 

 persistens, 2-lobus, lobis orbiculari-ovatis , obtusis; ovarium 1- vel rarius 2-loculare. 

 Capsula densissime granuloso-glandulosa, levissime pauci-tuberculata, stylis 1 — 2, ad 

 4 mm longis, plumosis coronata, 5 mm lata. Semina brunnea. 



Zentralmadagaskar (Baron n. 1968!, 3133, 5278); Nord-Betsileo , Sirabe 

 (Hildebrandt n. 3565!). 



152. M. oblongifolia Baill. Etud. gen. Euph. (1858) 432, t. 21, f. 5—7; Adan- 

 sonia I. (1861) 261; in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris (1892) 991; Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 1015. — Tanarius oblongifolius 0. Ktze. Bev. gen. II. (1891) 620. — 

 Bamuli teretes, striati, glabri. Petiolus 2 — 4 cm longus, glaber; limbus 6 — 13 cm 

 longus, 2 — 5 cm latus, oblongo-obovatus vel elliptico-lanceolatus, acutiusculus, basi sub- 

 acutus, integer, coriaceus, glaber, nitidus, subtus paulo pallidior et glanduloso-punctatus, 

 basi supra maculari-biglandulosus, penninervius; stipulae minutae, ovatae, acutae, glabrae. 

 Flores (j 1 in spica ramosa glomerati, Q simpliciter racemosi; pedicelli Q circ. 5 mm 

 longi, graciles, glabri. Calyx Qf 1 exiguus; sepala ovata, glabra, granuloso-glandulosa; 

 stamina 7 — 8; antherae 4-loculares. Calyx Q ore integer vel crenatus; ovarium 1- 

 loculare, crebre granuloso-glandulosum, molliter elongato-2 — 4-echinatum; Stylus ovario 

 2 — 4-plo longior. subulato-acuminatus, sulcatus. Capsula globosa, 5 mm longa, ceraceo- 

 granulosa, cornubus subrectis, conico-cylindricis armata, aculeis diametro capsulae paulo 

 brevioribus. Semina ovoidea, striata. 



Madagaskar (Pet. Thouars): Nordmadagaskar (Chapelier), Südostmadagaskar, 

 Farafangam (Lantz). 



453. M. macropoda Bak. in Journ. Linn. Soc. London XX. (1883) 257; Baill. 

 in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris (1892) 990, 991. — Arbor glabra; ramuli satis graciles, 

 juveniles angulosi. Petiolus 4 — 7 cm longus, gracilis; limbus 7 — 10 cm longus, 2 — 

 4Y2 cm latus, ovato-oblongus vel oblongus, cuspidato-acuminatus, basin versus angusta- 

 tus, basi obtusus vel acutiusculus, integer vel repandus, glaber, supra irregulariter macu- 

 lari-glandulosus, subtus parcissime granuloso-glandulosus, coriaceus, penninervius, basi 

 trinervius; costae secundariae utrinque ± 6; stipulae caducissimae, certissime minutae. 

 Paniculae Q* 4 — 6 cm longae, patenter pauciramosae vel simplices, pedunculatae, ramis 

 basi nudis, floribus globoso-glomerulatis , glomerulis dense dispositis; bracteae ramigerae 

 et florigerae 2 mm longae, trianguläres, acuminatae, florigerae multiflorae. Sepala tf 

 3, ovata, acuta, concava, extus granuloso-glandulosa; stamina 6 — 8, exserta; antherae 

 4-loculares. Flores Q et fructus ignoti. 



Zentralmadagaskar (Baron n. 1696!). 



Nota. Floribus g ignotis affinitas speciei paulo dubia reraanet, sed verisimiliter in hanc 

 sectionem pertinet. 



154. M. ribesioides Bak. in Journ. Linn. Soc. London XXI. (1885) 442; Baill. in 

 Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris (1892) 991. — Arbor ramosa, omnino glabra; ramuli validi. 

 Folia longe petiolata, 5 — 7y 2 cm longa> 2 — 3 cm lata, obovata, cuspidata, a medio ad 



