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



glabri. Petiolus 2 — 7 cm longus, glaber; limbus 7 — 17 cm longus, 3 — 5 cm latus, 

 obovatus, brevissime et obtuse acutatus vel obtusus, basin versus breviter cuneato- 

 angustatus, integer vel repandus, glaber, coriaceus, basi 3-nervius, supra prope mar- 

 ginem maculari-glandulosus, subtus dense impresso-granuloso-glandulosus et reticulato- 

 venosus; stipulae caducissimae, 2 — 3 mm longae, triangulari-subulatae. Paniculae q* 

 pedunculatae, 5 — 15 cm longae, glabrae, anguste ramosae; rami densiflori; bracteae 

 inferiores foliaceae, lanceolatae, cuneatae, undulato-crenato-dentatae, intus patellari- 

 glandulosae, utrinque granuloso-glandulosae , 10 — 12 mm longae, superiores sensim 

 minores, supremae parvae, multiflorae; inflorescentiae Q simplices, longe pedunculatae, 

 ad 9 cm longae, glabrae, apice densiflorae; bracteae ut in inflorescentiis q^, caducae; 

 pedicelli demum 2 — 3 mm longi. Calyx (J 1 depresso-globosus, 1 — 1 y 2 mm latus, 

 granuloso-glandulosus; sepala membranacea; stamina 8 — 11; antherae 4-loculares. Calyx 

 Q cupuliformis, integer vel breviter 4 — 5-dentatus; ovarium 1-loculare, granuloso- 

 glandulosum, incurvum, grosse conico-ecbinatum ; stylus lateralis, revolutus, loriformis, 

 sublaevis. Capsula 5 mm longa, aculeis mollibus 10 — 15, crassis, glabris, 2 — 4 mm 

 longis armata. 



Madagaskar (Breon, Commerson, Dup. Thouars!, Perrottet): Nordost- 

 madagaskar (Chapelier); Zentralmadagaskar (Baron n. 1431, 2498); Südostmada- 

 gaskar (Lantz); Ostmadagaskar (Catat n. 2506, Humblot n. 226!); S. Maria (Boivin 

 n. 1885!, Bermir n. 155); Maroa (Mocquerys n. 147!). — Waldbaum. 



158. M. boutonioides Baill. Etud. gen. Euph. (1858) 432; Adansonia I. (1861) 

 265; in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris (1892) 991; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 

 1014. — M. ovata Boiv. apud Baill. in Etud. gen. Euph. (1858) 432; Adansonia I. 

 (1.861) 266; Hist. phys. nat. polit. Madagascar XXXIV. (1890) t. 181; in Bull. Soc. 

 Linn. Paris (1892) 991. — Tanariics boutonioides O. Ktze. Bev. gen. II. (1891) 620. — 

 Macaranga Ilildebrandtii Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris (1892) 990. — Arbuscula; 

 ramuli glabri. Petiolus 3 — 6 cm longus, glaber; limbus 8 — 16 cm longus, 5 — 11 cm 

 latus, ovatus, breviter acuminatus, basi rotundatus vel breviter contracto - subcuneatus, 

 integer, juvenilis ferrugineo-tomentosus, citissime omnino glaber, basi supra maculari- 

 2 — 4-glandulosus, subtus dense impresso-granuloso-glandulosus, coriaceus, basi 3-nervius, 

 subtus reticulato-venosus; stipulae ovatae, integrae, acutae, 2 mm longae, caducae. Pani- 

 culae q* (a nobis non visae) floribundae, micranthae; inflorescentiae Q 3 — 5 cm longae, 

 racemosae, simplices, glabrae, basi breviter nudae; bracteae utriusque sexus inferiores 

 lanceolatae, 5 mm longae, undulato-crenato-dentatae, intus patellari-glandulosae, utrinque 

 granuloso-glandulosae, superiores gradatim minores, supremae exiguae; pedicelli Q bre- 

 vissimi. Calyx q 1 granuloso-glandulosus; stamina 8 — 12. Calyx Q irregulariter 

 4 — 5-dentatus; ovarium ovoideum, 1-loculare, granuloso-glandulosum ; stylus lateralis, 

 loriformis, ovario arcuato-incumbens, ovario longior. Capsula immatura 2 — 6-conico- 

 tuberculata, granuloso-glandulosa. Semina ovoidea, nigra, foveolato-punctata. — Fig. 66. 



Madagassisches Gebiet: Comoren, Nossibe (Boivin n. 2179!, Hildebrandt 

 n. 3195!); Mayotte (Boivin n. 3376!). — Urwaldbaum. 



Nota. Ab hac specie verisimiliter non diversa est Macaranga Humblotiana Baill. 

 in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris (1892) 990, quam Humblot in Nossibe legit. 



159. M. Bailloniana Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1013; Baill. in Bull. 

 Soc. Linn. Paris (1892) 990. — M. cordifolia Boiv. ex Baill. Etud. gen. Euph. (1858) 

 1014; Adansonia I. (1861) 264. — M. eglandulosa Baill. Etud. gen. Euph. (1858) 

 264; in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris (1892) 990. — Tanarius Baillonianus O. Ktze. Bev. 

 gen. II. (1891) 620. — Hami teretes, glabri; ramuli subanguloso-striati, juniores ob- 

 scure ferrugineo-tomentelli, mox glabrati. Petiolus 5 — 10 cm longus, glaber; limbus 

 12 — 18 cm longus, 9 — 12 cm latus, late ovatus, acutus, basi retuso-cordatus vel bre- 

 vissime contractus et obsolete vel anguste peltatus, basi supra maculari-biglandulosus, 

 nonnunquam fere bifoveolatus, integer, supra glaber, nitidulus, subtus pallidior, secus 

 nervös parce pilosus vel glabratus, granuloso-glandulosus, coriaceus, penninervius, basi 

 trinervius, subtus reticulato-venosus ; stipulae parvae, angustae, mox deciduae. Paniculae 



