128 F. Pax - — Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae-Phyllantheae-Antidesminae. 



Prodi". XV. 2. (1 866) 268; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 363. — A. refraetum 

 Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 257. — A. simile Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 259. — A. menasu Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 257 ex 

 parte. — A. macrophyllum Wall, ex Voigt in Hort, suburb. Caleutt, (1845) 295 

 (nomen). — A. zeylanicum Harn, in Wall. Gat. n. 8572. — A. pubescens Hook. f. et 

 Thoms. jn Sched. — Frutex magnus ; ramuli juveniles cum petiolis et stipulis brevissime 

 pallide subfulvo-tomentelli. Petiolus 4 — 5 mm longus; limbus 10 — 30 cm longus, 3!/ 2 — 

 10 cm latus, oblongus vel laneeolato- oblongus, acute euspidato-acuminatus, basi acutus, 

 chartaceus, nitidulus, supra secus costam mediam, subtus ad nervös pilosus, evolutus 

 glaber; costae secundariae utrinque 8 — 9; stipulae 4 — 10 mm longae, lanceolatae, 

 acuminatae, subpersistentes. Racemi parce paniculato-ramosi, more ramulorum vestiti, 

 6 — 12 cm longi, q* graciles, laxiflori; bracteae lanceolatae; pedicelli q* ad 2 mm longi, 

 Q paulo longiores. Calyx (j* fere ad basin 3-, rarius 4-fidus; sepala late ovata, acuta, 

 subglabra, denticulata, basi intus longe pilosa; discus glaber, integer, plicatus; stamina 

 3, rarius 4, in excavationibus disci inserta; ovarii rudimentum cylindricum, apice cla- 

 vatum, glabrum. Calyx Q maris; discus integer, glaber; ovarium glabrum; Stigmata 

 terminalia. Drupa 3 1 / 2 mm longa, 2 3 / 4 mm lata, rnargine acuta, ellipsoidea, compressa, 

 grosse fossiculato-rugosa. — Fig. 12(7, p. 112. 



Provinz des tropischen Himalaya und nordwestmalayische Provinz, 

 verbreitet, bis 600 m aufwärts: Sikkim (Anderson n. 928!, Craib n. 376!, Griffith 

 n. 3941 !, Hooker u. Thomson!, Smith n. 250!j; Assam (Masters) ; Khasia (Hooker 

 u. Thomson!, Wallich n. 7282B!, 8572). Birma, Tavoy, W T agoon (Meebold 

 n. 15125!), Bowachoung (Meebold n.15447!). 



38. A. rnenasu Miq. in Hohenack. PI. Ind. exsicc. (1847) n. 104; Müll. Arg. in 

 DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 257; Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 364. — A. bunius 

 Miq. in Hohenack. PI. Ind. exsicc. (1847) n. 459; Wall. Cat. n. 7282F. — A. pubes- 

 cens var rnenasu Tulasne in Ann. sc. nat. 3. ser. XV. (1851) 215. — A. lanceolatnm 

 Dalz. et Gibs. Bomb. Fl. (1861) 237. — A. pubescens Hook. f. et Thoms. in Sched. — 

 A. alexiteria Gaertn. De Fruct. I. (1788) 188, t. 39? — Ramuli juveniles molliter 

 cinereo-pubescentes, demum glabrati. Petiolus 3 — 10 mm longus, pubescens; limbus 

 8 — 18 cm longus, 3 — 8 cm latus, oblongus vel oblongo - lanceolatus, saepe abrupte 

 acuminatus, mucronatus, basi subacutus, rarius obtusus, interdum basi obliquus, supra 

 ad costam mediam, subtus in costis pubescens, demum glabratus, nitidulus, membrana- 

 ceus; costae secundariae utrinque 5 — 9; stipulae dz 6 mm longae, lanceolatae, acumi- 

 natae, pubescentes. Racemi 4 — 12 cm longi, simplices vel paniculato-ramosi, pubescentes ; 

 bracteae lanceolatae, pedicellos aequantes; pedicelli q? 1 mm longi, fructigeri 3 min 

 attingentes. Calyx (f profunde 3 — 4-partitus, extus glaber vel subglaber, intus ad 

 basin pilosus; lobi ovati, acuti; stamina 3, rarius 4, in excavationibus disci glabri, 

 integri vel leviter lobati, laevis vel plicati inserta; ovarii rudimentum clavato-obovoideum, 

 glabrum. Calyx Q maris; discus annularis, glaber; "ovarium glabrum; stigma terminale. 

 Drupa 4 — 5 mm longa, leviter compressa, ovoidea, rnargine acuta, foveolato-rugosa. 



Provinz des westlichen Gebirgslandes der Malabarküste, von Concan 

 an südwärts. Canara (Hohenacker n. 459!); Mangalore (Hohenacker n. 104!, 

 Sutter!), Mulki (Hohenacker!), Coimbatore (Wight n. 2654'.); Cochin, Perambicolam 

 (Meebold n. 13320!); Pulney Hills (Sauliere n. 4 01 !); Coonoor, Nilgheries (Meebold 

 n. 11937!). — Madura (Sauliere n. 272!). 



Einheim. Name: Menasu. 



Verwendung: Die zerstoßenen Blätter als Pflaster auf Geschwüre. 



Nota 4. Var. linearifoliam Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (4 887) 364 non vidimus. Folia 

 7i/ 2 — 42i/ 2 cm longa, 4 3 — 40 mm lata, lineari-oblonga, utrinque nitida. Canara (Dalzell, 

 Talbot). 



Nota 2. Species ab A. acuminato vix diversa videtur; drupae autem quam in illo majores 

 videntur. 



39. A. delicatulum Hutchinson in Sargent, PI. Wilson. II. (1916) 522. — Frutex 

 \ — 3Y 2 m altus; ramuli leviter flexuosi, lenticellati, breviter fusco-pubescentes. Petiolus 



