184 F - Pax - — Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae-Phyllantheae-Wielaudiinae. 



lanceolato-oblongus, obtusus, rarius acutatus, basi zb longius angustatus, chartaceus, 

 glaber, pallidus, reticulato-venosus. Flores tf in pulvinulis dense bracteatis glomerulati, 

 sessiles. Sepala Q 1 obovata, obtusa vel acuta, inaequalia, interiora margine tenuiora; 

 petala parva, semiorbicularia, calyce multo breviora; discus integer; stamina libera; ovarii 

 rudimentum 3-partitum. Pedicelli fructigeri 5 — 8 mm attingentes, deflexi. Petala Q 

 latissime obovata, subduplo latiora quam longa, calycem subaequantia; discus glaber; 

 ovarium glabrum. Capsulae valvae 9 mm longae, reticulatae. Semina 6 mm longa. 



Westindien: Kuba. 



Var. a. genuina Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 230. — Folia cuneato- 

 obovata, basi longius angustata, supra cinerascentia, prominenter venosa. 



Kuba (Wright n. fl 43l!). 



Var. ß. intermedia Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 231. — Folia obovata, 

 basi cuneata, laete viridia, subprominenter venosa. 



Kuba (Wright n. 2009). 



Var. y. fallax Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodi-. XV. 2. (1866) 231. — Folia elliptica vel 

 hinc inde obovata, basi non cuneata, viridia, subprominenter venosa. 



Kuba (Wright n. 1430 ex p.). 



Var. d. membranacea Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodi-. XV. 2. (1866) 231. — Folia lan- 

 ceolato-elliptica vel rarius obovata, utrinque subaequaliter attenuata, membranacea, in- 

 tensius viridia, venis non prominentibus. 



Kuba (Wright n. 1924). 



5. S. bahamensis Britt. in Torreya IV. (1904) 104. — Frutex circ. 2 m altus, 

 habitu 8. erythroxyloidis. Petiolus crassus, 5 mm longus, glomerulum florum qj 1 fere 

 aequans; limbus ad 6 cm longus, 1 — 3 cm latus, oblongo-obovatus, obtusus vel rotun- 

 datus, basin versus angustatus, supra profunde viridis, nitidus et reticulato-venosus, 

 subtus pallide viridis et leviter reticularis. Capsula glabra, depresso-globosa, leviter et 

 obtuse 3-loba, circ. 8 mm diametiens. 



Westindien: Bahama-Inseln, New Providence, bei Nassau (Britton n. 84, W. 

 C. Coker n. 157, 160), Andros (Northrop n. 610). 



6. S. phyllanthoides (Nutt.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Frutex 20 — 90 cm altus, ra- 

 mosus, vel caules subsimplices e radice lignosa Orientes, stricti, glabri vel zb pilosi, 

 apice densius vestiti; ramuli dense foliosi. Petiolus 1 — 2 mm longus; limbus 1 — 2^2 cm 

 longus et fere latus, obovatus vel orbiculari-obovatus, obtusus vel retusus, basi obtusus 

 vel subcordatus, glaber vel pilosus, firme membranaceus, reticulatus; costae secundariae 

 utrinque 2 — 4; stipulae lanceolatae, zb 1 !/ 2 mm longae. Flores fasciculati vel solitarii; 

 pedicelli filiformes, l / 2 — 2 cm longi, zb pilosi. Flores (J* circ. 4 mm lati ; sepala mem- 

 branacea, basi connata, oblonga, obtusa, extus pilosa, apice dense ciliata; petala sepalis 

 similia, paulo tantum breviora et angustiora, parce ciliata, abrupte apiculata vel denti- 

 culata; discus annularis, crenatus; stamina libera; ovarii rudimentum trifidum, lobis fili- 

 formibus, quam filamenta brevioribus. Flores 2 c i rc - 6 mm diametientes. Sepala obo- 

 vata, obtusa, quam rf crassiora, extus pilosa, ciliata; petala parva, obovata, obtusa, 

 disco annulari, crenulato duplo longiora; ovarium glabrum; styli ad medium bipartiti. 

 Capsula depresso-subglobosa, circ. 6 mm longa. Semina 3 mm longa, laevia, brunnea. 



Atlantisches Nordamerika, in den südlichen Staaten der nordamerikanischen 

 Union, auf steinigen Prärien. <r 



Var. a. Roemeriana (Scheele) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Lepidanthus phyllanthoides 

 Nutt. in Transact. Amer. Phil. Soc. V. (1837) 175. — Maschalanthus obovatus Nutt. 

 in Trans. Phil. Soc. V. (1837) 135. — Maschalanthus polygonoides Nutt. in Trans. 

 Amer. Philos. Soc. V. (1837) 135. — Phyllanthus Roemerianus Scheele in Linnaea 

 XXV. (1852) 583. — Phyllanthopsis Roemeriana Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) 

 612. — Andraehne Roemeriana Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 334. — An- 

 drachne phyllanthoides Coult. 1. c; Small, Fl. Southeast. U. St. (1903) 691. — Frutex 

 30 — 90 cm altus, ramosus, indumento mox evanido. Folia internodiis paulo longiora. 



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