Additamentum V. 399 



latae; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae, pubescentes. Calyx r? extus pubescens, 

 demum glabratus, ad medium 5-lobus, 3 mm longus; lobi ovaü, obtusi; petala ob- 

 ovata, obtusa, calycem duplo superantia, extus pubescentia; stamina 5 exteriora libera, 



3 interiora inonadeipba; disci glandulae liberae. Sepala Q oblonga, subacuta, pubes- 

 centia, quam q 1 paulo tantum longiora; petala spathulato-Ianceolata, calycem multo 

 superantia, 7 — 8 mm longa; discus hypogynus annularis; ovarium dense villoso-pubes- 

 cens; styli bifidi. 



S ü d a f r i k a n i s c b e S t e p p e np r o v i n z : D euts ch-S iid \ve s ta frik a, Palmenwald, 

 tiefer Sand (Dinter n. 2 36 8'.]. 



Nota. Aflinis J. Seineri, sed structura ilorum valde di versa. 



P. ()G insere: 



76. Jatropha erythropoda var. hirtula Pax et K. Hoffm. n. var. - Tuber (an 

 nimis juvenile) fusiformi-cylindricum. Folia et adulta hirtula, tarde glabrescentia. 

 Capsula ad 1 mm longa. Semina alba. 



Deutsch-Südwestafrika: Epata (Omaheke), 1300 m (Seiner n. 22()! ). 



Einheim. Namen: Ondindua, Otschisumba. 



Verwendung: Das Wurzelpulver wird als rote Schminksalbe benutzt. 



P. 68 insere : 



82a. Jatropha atacorensis Cheval. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France LV11I. (191 l) 20G. 

 — ■ Rhizoma lignosum, oblongum, inferne longe attenuatum, 15 — 25 cm longum, 3- - 



4 cm diametiens, apice abrupte truncatum et nodosum. Caulis simplex, erectus, 2 — 

 40 cm altus, glaber, rubescuns, superne 3 — 6-foliatus. Petiolus robuslus, 2 — 5 mm 

 longus; limbus 15 — 20 cm longus, 3 1 /2 — AV2 cm latus, membranaceus, oblongo-linearis, 

 basi rotundatus vel subcordatus, apice obtusus, omnino glaber, glanduloso-denticulatus, 

 plicatus; stipulae setaceae, interdum bifidae, 1 — 2 mm longae. Inflorescenlia 2 — 3 cm 

 lata, pedunculo gracili, glabro, 2 — 3 cm longo suffulta; bracteae lineares, glabrae. 

 Flores virescentes, 3 mm longi, glabri: sepala oblonga, acuta. Capsula oblonga, tri- 

 loba, 7 mm longa. 



Westafrikanische Waldprovinz: Dahomey, Atacora-Berge , 400 — 550 m, 

 felsige Stellen (Chevalier n. 24015 : zwischen Farfa u. Toukountouna Chevalier 

 n. 24070j; zwischen Toukountouna und Kototengou (Chevalier n. 24129. 



1'. 85 insere: 



108a. Jatropha rufescens Brandegee in Univ. Californ. Publ. Bot. IV. v 'i9lo' 

 88. — Frutex 2 m altus, ramosus, dioieus; rami fusco- vel albo-tomentosi. Petiolus 

 ad 8 cm longus; limbus ad 12 cm longus et latus, orbicularis vel late ovatus, cor- 

 datus, margine paulo lobalus, supra viridis, ad venas fusco-pubescens, subtus dense 

 tomentosus, ad venas fuscus; stipulae cito deeiduae, lanceolalae, basi 3 mm latae, circ. 

 1 cm longae. Cymae j foliis breviores; bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, 2 mm longae. 

 Calyeis j' laciniae orbiculares, fere glabrae, 2 mm diametientes ; cnrollae urceolatae, 

 6 mm longae lobi 2 mm longi: glandulae fere sessiles; stamina 10; lilamenta interiora 

 infra medium connala. Flores Q mari similes; styli basi connati, 2-liili. Capsula 

 2 1 2 cm lfit<i, pedunculo 13 mm longo suffulta. 



Mexiko: Tlacuiloltepec (Purpus n. 40 49). 



Nofa. Spccies in al'linitatein -/. cunescintis pertinerc videtur. 



1'. 90 insere: 



119a. Jatropha diacantha Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. Frutex 3 in altus; 



rami crassi, subcarnosi, estimulosi. Petiolus 3 — 5 cm longus, glaber, stimulosus, basi 

 subtus aculeis 2, induralis, basi incrassatis, brunneis, persistenlibus munilus; limbus 

 sub delapsu aurantiacus, 10 — 12 cm longus, 9 — 10 cm latus, glaber, parce stimulosus, 

 membranaceus, basi cordatus, rotundato-ovatus, acutus vel acuminatus, irregulariter 

 sinuato-dentatus; stipulae non visae. Cymae capilato-congestae, mulüflorae. Sepala q 1 

 ad 2 / a longitudinis in tubum cylindricum connata, extus velutino- pubescentia, 11 — 



