176 F. Fax. — Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae-Phyllantheae-Andrachninae. 



peltatae, rotundato-ovatae, lacerae. Flores saepius gemini, (J 1 3 mm diametientes, Q 

 vix majores; pedicellus q? 3 mm, Q sub fructu ad 5 mm attingens, demum reflexus. 

 Sepala utriusque sexus obovato-oblonga, obtusa, QJ 1 hyalina, g angustiora, herbacea, 

 albido-marginata ; petala q? calyce paulo breviora, obovata, obtusa, Q parva; disci 

 glandulae utriusque sexus bilobae; stamina vix ad medium connata; ovarii rudimentum 

 parvum; ovarium glabrum; styli ad basin bipartiti. Capsula globosa, glabra, vix 4 mm 

 diametiens. 



Südpersien: Ekbatana, Tschitschian (Pich ler!). 



Nota. Valde affinis A. telephioidi; medium fere tenet inter hanc speciem et A. fruti- 

 culosam. 



Sect. 3. Fruticulosae Pax et K. Hoffm. 



Andrachne sect. Telephioides Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 235 ex parte; 

 Pax in Engler u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 5. (1890) 15 ex parte. 



Fruticuli erecti vel adscendentes, microphylli. Filamenta ultra medium connata. 

 Disci q 1 glandulae liberae, membranaceae. Ovarii rudimentum parvum. 



A. Petala (f obtusa H.A. fruticulosa. 



B. Petala tf apice biloba 1 2 . A. maroccana. 



H.A. fruticulosa Boiss. Diagn. pl. I. 7. (1846) 86, Fl. orient. IV. (1879) 1138; 

 Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 235. — Suffruticulus ; radix lignoso-incrassata, 

 multicaulis; caules erecti vel adscendentes, lignosi, rigiduli, ramosissimi, inferne prae- 

 sertim papilloso-hirtelli, paucifoliosi. Folia sessilia, 5 — 7 mm longa, 2—4 mm lata, 

 elliptica vel ± anguste oblongo-obovata, obtusa vel acuta, glabra, glaucescentia ; stipulae 

 niveae, pulviniformi-dissectae. . Flores solitarii vel gemini, in axillis foliorum supremo- 

 rum, (jf 2 mm, Q o 1 /^ mm diametientes ; pedicelli flores aequantes. Sepala utriusque 

 sexus sublibera, ovata vel obovata, obtusa, rf hyalina, nervo medio viridi percursa, Q. 

 herbacea, albido-marginata; petala q? calyce breviora, obovata, subtruncata, Q minuta; 

 disci glandulae utriusque sexus membranaceae, obcordatae; stamina ultra medium con- 

 nata; ovarii rudimentum parvum; ovarium glabrum; styli ad basin bipartiti. Capsula 

 subglobosa, leviter depressa, 4 mm diametiens. 



Südpersien: Schiras (Kotschy n. 348!), Salzwüste zwischen Teheran und Ispahan 

 bei Robut, Kerim (Haussknecht), zwischen Kerman und Yezd (Bunge), Sandwüste bei 

 Yezd (Bornmüller n. 467 1!). 



12. A. maroccana Ball in Journ. Bot. XIII. (1875) 205. — Fruticulus; radix 

 lignosa; rami ramosi vel subsimplices, cum omnibus partibus glabri, tenues, striati, dense 

 foliosi. Petiolus 1 — 2 mm longus; limbus 4 — 15 mm longus, 2 — 6 mm latus, lanceo- 

 latus vel oblanceolatus, utrinque acutus, mucronulatus, viridis; costa media prominens, 

 secundariae obscurae ; stipulae petiolum superantes, oblongae, ovatae, lacinulatae. Flores 

 in axillis solitarii; pedicellus (f I — 2 mm, Q 5 — 7 mm longus. Sepala q? 2 mm 

 longa, libera, obovata, obtusa, apice denticulata, hyalino-marginata ; petala calyce dimidio 

 breviora, apice biloba; disci glandulae fere ad medium bilobae, lobis linearibus; fila- 

 menta ad 2 / 3 connata; ovarii rudimentum obsoletum. Sepala (j 4 mm longa, lanceo- 

 lata, acuta viridia, carinata, anguste marginata; petala linearia, parva; disci glandulae 

 ut in flore (^; ovarium brevissime stipitatum, glabrum; styli ad basin bipartiti. Cap- 

 sula 4 mm lata, depresso-globosa. Semina 1 mm longa, puncticulata, fusco-atra. 



Atlasgebirge in Marokko, 900 — 1600 m: Milhain (Ball!, Hooker!), Agadir, 

 Mardochee (Beaumier!), Djebel Amsiten zwischen Mogador und Agadir, Ibrahim (Cos- 

 son!), Seksaoua (Ball!). 



Sect. 4. Phyllanthidia (Didrichs.) Müll. Arg. 



Phyllanthidia Didrichs. in Kjöbenhavn Vid. Meddel. (1857) 150. — Andrachne 

 sect. Phyllanthidea Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodi-. XV. 2. (1866) 237; Pax in Engler u. Prantl, 

 Pflzfam. III. 5. (1890) 15. — Andrachne sect. Sclerandrachne Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 236; Pax in Engler u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 5. (1890) 15. 



