410 



F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Mercurialinac. 



1. A. acuta (Thunb.) Baill. Etud. gen. Euph. (1858) 457; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 1141; Prain in Ann. Bot. XXVII. (1913) 404. — Acalypha acuta Thunb. 

 Fl. cap. (ed. Schult.) (1823) 546. — Mercurialis caffra et M. Dregeana Meisn. in 

 Hook. London Journ. Bot. II. (1843) 558, 559. — Adenocline mercurialis Turczan. 



in Bull. Soc. nat. Moscou XVI. 2. 

 (1843) 60; XXV. (1857) 179. — A. 

 pauciflora Turczan. 1. c. ex parte. — 

 Mercurialis subcordata Buchinger ex 

 Krauss in Flora XXVIII. (1845) 84. 

 — Diplostylis caffra Sond. in Lin- 

 naea XXIII. (1850) 115. —Mer- 

 curialis Dregeana Meisn. — Her- 

 bacea, tota glabra, circ. y 3 — 1 / 2 m 

 alta, superne subvolubilis; caulis 

 fistulosus, striatus. Folia opposita; 

 petiolus 1 — 4 cm longus, apice subu- 

 lato-pluriglandulosus, patens; limbus 

 4 — 8 J /2 cm longus, 2y 2 — i i / 2 cm 

 latus, triangulari-ovatus, acuminatus, 

 basi late truncato-cordatus, serra- 

 tus, membranaceus, in foliis altiori- 

 bus minor et angustior, in supremis 

 lanceolatus et basi acutus; stipulae 

 subulatae, disseetae, fere 2 1 /2 mm 

 longae. Flores dioiei, q^ umbellato- 

 vel racemoso-eymosi in axillis folio- 

 rum superiorum et foliis ± reduetis 

 inflorescentiam racemoso-panicula- 

 tam formantes; cymae (J 1 radiantes, 

 Q depauperatae ; pedicelli q 1 ad 

 3 mm longi, Q reflexi, 1 — 1 i / 2 mm 

 attingentes. Sepala (jf 5, linearia; 

 stamina 6 — 9; disci glandulae juxta- 

 staminales 2 — 3 ; flos q 1 apertus 

 2 — 3 mm diametiens. Sepala Q 5, 

 lineari-lanceolata, % i / i mm longa; 

 disci hypogyni glandulae 3, tubuloso-infundibuliformes ; ovarium glabrum; styli ad me- 

 dium bifidi, e basi recurvo-patentes, apice introrsum inclinati. Capsula 2 mm longa, 

 3 mm lata. Semina 1 1 /% mm longa, subglobosa, grosse rugulosa atro-coerulea. — 

 Fig. 67. 



Südafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Kapland, Port Natal, Umlaas-Fluß (Krauss 

 n. 156!), Botha's Hill (M. Wood n. 937!); Griqualand East, Insizwa (Krook n. 906!); 

 Pondoland (Bachmann n. 803!); Silverriver (Penther n. 880!); Albany, Grahamstown 

 (Penther n. 914!); Algoabay, Gebüsche bei Cap Becief (Eckion u. Zeyher n. 37); 

 George Distr., Goukamma-Fluß (Krauss n. 1192!); Hangklipp (Mundt u. Maire!); 

 Tambukkiland, Baziya (Baur n. 128!); Vormannsbosch u. Hottentottenholland (Drege 

 n. 2301a!, c!, d, Zeyher n. 3842/tf); Krakakamma, Olifantshoek (Eckion u. Zeyher 

 n. 36!, Zeyher n. 3842 ex parte!); Beaufort (Eckion u. Zeyher n. 38!); Zitzikama 

 (Krauss!). 



Nota. Cl. Meisner I.e. distinxit varietates 2 (Mercurialis caffra var. brevipes et var. 

 longipes), quas rite discernere non possumus. 



2. A. pauciflora Turczan. (emend. Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. [1866] 1139). 

 — Mercurialis pauciflora Baill. Adansonia III. (1862 — 63) 159. — Herba annua vel 

 basi suffruticosa, tota glabra, 10 — 30 cm alta; caules debiles vel ± stricti, nonnun- 



Fig. 67. Adenocline acuta (Thunb.) Baill. A Habitus 

 B Flos (5- G Flos (J defloratus. D Stamen effoe- 

 tum. — E A. pauciflora Müll. Arg. Flos Q. — Icon 

 sec. Pax et Baillon ex Engler u. Pranll, Pflzf. III. 5 

 (1890) 49 reit. 



