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



Flores monoici, apetali. Discus nullus. Calyx q 1 inferne crassiusculus, superne 

 membranaceus, cupuliformis, truncatus, integer, margine antico obsolete crenulatus vel 

 undulatus, sub margine maculis glanduliformibus 1 — 3 notatus. Stamina 3 ; filamenta 

 in columnam brevissimam connata; antherae fere usque ad apicem calyce arcte circum- 

 datae, inferne inter se connatae, extrorsae. Ovarii rudimentum nullum. Calyx Q 

 maris, sed in margine cupulae minute 2 — 3-denticulatus. Ovarium 3-loculare; styli 

 basi connati, patentes, satis crassi, indivisi, intus tota longitudine tuberculato-stigmatosi. 

 Ovula in loculis solitaria. — Frutex glaber, ramosissimus, ramis in spinas excurrenti- 

 bus. Folia alterna, disticha, brevissime petiolata, parva, integra, penninervia, basi 

 eglandulosa. Spicae laterales, pauciflorae, breves, basi Q, ceterum q 1 ; bracteae 1-, 

 rarissime 2-florae, eglandulosae. 



Species nota unica, domingensis: 



H. domingensis Urb. Symb. Antill. VII. (1912) 264. — Frutex; rami bifariam 

 ramulosi. Folia subsessilia, ovalia vel obovata vel elliptica, basi rotundata, apice rotun- 

 data vel subtruncata vel emarginata, 4 — 7 mm longa, 2 — 4 mm lata, saepe incurva, 

 tenuiter coriacea; stipulae infra 1 mm longae, trianguläres, obtusae vel acutae, coriaceae, 

 persistentes. Spicae e pulvinis axillaribus enatae, 5 — 10 mm longae, laxe 5 — 8- 

 florae; bracteae tf florem semiamplectentes, late semiorbiculares, truncatae, denticulatae, 

 Q trianguläres. Calyx q 1 0,7 mm longus, calyx Q paulo brevior; ovarium laeve, 

 glabrum. 



Westindien: S. Domingo, Barahona, in Wäldern bei Las Salinas, 80 m 

 (Fuertes n. 813). 



Nota. Genus valde affine Bonaniae. 



P. 270 adde: 



Ditta myricoides Urb. Symb. VII. (1912) 262. — Species etiam in S. Domingo 

 crescit (Fuertes n. 1069). 



Tribus Acalypheae-Chrozophorinae (IV, 147, VI). 



P. 12 insere inter synonymon: 



1. Sumbavia rottleroides Baill. — Adelia acidoton Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 1. 

 (1837) 815. 



P. U adde: 



Sumbaviopsis albicans (Blume) J. J. Smith. — Species ex Eimer in Leafl. Philipp. 

 Bot. IV. (1911) 1304 etiam in Philippinis, Palawan (n. 12636) crescit. 



P. 1 5 adde synonymon : 



1 . Speranskia cantonensis (Hance) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Mercurialis acanthocarpa 

 Levl. et Vant. in Fedde, Bepert. III. (1907) 21. 



P. 20 adde: 



2. Chrozophora plicata (Vahl) Juss. — Var. obliquifolia Prain in FI. Trop. 

 Afr. VI. 1. (1912) 835 a typo vix valde distat. 



3. Chrozophora Brocchiana (Vis.) Schweinf. — Ad hanc speciem pertinere vi- 

 detur C. senegalensis var. lanigera Prain in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. I. (1912) 837. 



P. 35 adde: 



3. Caperonia latifolia Pax. — Species sec. cl. Prain in Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. (l 9 1 1] 

 831 ex America tropica (Panama, Sutton Hayes n. 703; Brasilia, Trail n. 743; 

 Peruvia, Tweedie) in Africam introducta dicitur. 



P. 36 insere: 



8a. Caperonia panamensis Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — Annua, inermis, 40 — 

 60 cm alta; caulis crassus, inferne 6 mm latus, fistulosus, ad nodos articulato-impressus, 

 superne parce adpresso-pilosus, mox glabratus. Petiolus 2 — 7 mm longus ; limbus 5 — 

 10^2 cm longus, 4 — 7 mm latus, linearis, acuminatus, basi acutus, serratus, firme 



