]^ß F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae-l'hyllantheae-Wielandiinao. 



longus, glaber; limbus 4 — 7 cm longus, 2 — 4 cm latus, oblongus vel obovato-oblongus 

 vel spathulatus, obtusus vel subacutus, glaber, pallide virens, tenuiter reticulato-venosus ; 

 stipulae ovato- trianguläres, acutae, 1 — 1 */ 2 mm longae, durae. Flores q? ignoti. Pe- 

 dicelli Q in axillis solitarii, 5 — 8 mm longi, glabri. Flores Q 5 mm lati; sepala late 

 triangularia, acuta, glabra; petala late obovata, calycem subaequantia ; discus hypogynus 

 erenulatus, glaber; ovarium pallide fulvello-sericeum, 3-loculare. Capsula evoluta glabra, 

 circ. 8 mm diametiens. 



Westindien: Kuba (Wright n. 1430 ex p.1, 1925). 



14. -8. perlucens Britton in Torr. Bot. Club XLIII. (1916) 464. — Frutex circ. 

 2 m altus; rami teretes, graciles, cinerei. Folia ad 9 cm longa, obovata vel elliptico- 

 obovata, acuta vel acuminata, basi obtusa vel acuta, coriacea, laete viridia, supra nitida, 

 subtus opaca, supra et subtus reticulato-venosa; costa media ütroque latere promi- 

 nens; stipulae ovatae, acutae. Glomeruli fere 3 mm lati, supraaxillares, depressi, puberuli. 



Westindien: Caleta grande, Limestone piain (Britton, Wilson u. Leon n. 15330). 



Nota. Speciem non vidimus. 



12. S. ovalis (Sond.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Phyllanthus ovalis Sond. in Linnaea 

 XXIII. (1850) 135. — Cluytia ovalis Scheele in Linnaea XXV. (1852) 583 ex Baill. 

 Adansonia III (1863) 153. — Andrachne capensis Baill. Adansonia III. (1863) 163. — 

 Andrachne Dregeana Baill. Adansonia III. (1863) 164. — Phyllanthus Dregeanus Scheele 

 in Linnaea XXV. (1852) 585. — Cluytia Oalpini Pax in Bull. Herb. Boiss. VI. (1898) 

 736 ex parte. — Andrachne ovalis Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII. (1863) 78, in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 233. — Phyllanthus eapensis Spreng, in Sched. — Frutex pluri- 

 pedalis; rami erecti, teretes; ramuli virides, densiuscule foliosi, tenues, glabri. Petiolus 

 2 — 7 mm longus, interdum cum limbo arcuato-reflexus ; limbus 1 y 2 — 4 cm longus, 

 1 — 2y 2 cm latus, ellipticus vel obovatus, obtuse acutatus, vel acutus, basi acutus, 

 membranaceus, glaber; costae utroque latere 2 — 3, tenues; stipulae ovatae, fusco-pur- 

 purascentes, griseo-pubescentes, vix 1 y 2 mm longae. Flores in axillis solitarii ad ternati; 

 pedicelli 10 — 2 mm longi, saepius breviores. Flos tf 2 mm diametiens. Sepala q? 

 ima basi connata, obovata, obtusa, ciliata; petala calyce paulo breviora, orbiculari- 

 obovata, basi unguiculata; disci glandulae in urceolum crenatum connatae; stamina libera; 

 ovarii rudimentum validiusculum, apice bilobum, lobis dilatatis, pilosulum. Calyx fruc- 

 tiger in orbem dilatatus, vix 4 mm latus; laciniae flrmae, fusco-marginatae, subpurpuras- 

 centes; petala ciliolata; discus maris; ovarium pilosum; styli breves, bilobi. Capsula 

 5 mm longa, 7 mm lata, prominenter reticulata, olivaceo-fusca. Semina 4 mm longa, 

 rubella vel fuscidula vel nigricantia. 



Südafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Kapland, George (Schlechter n. 2362!), 

 Mt. West (Schlechter n. 6826!), Kei Mouth (Schlechter n. 6188!), Nottingham Road 

 (Wood!); Barberton (Galpin n. 96l!); ohne Standortsangabe (Burehell n. 5216!, 

 Drege n. 8230!, Eckion u. Zeyher n. 3l!, Mundt u. Maire!, Zeyher n. 246!, 3819!). 



13. S. pulchella Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) 573, Adansonia II. (1861 — 

 1862) 35; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 230. — Petalodiseus pulchellus 

 Pax in Engler u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 5. (1890) 15. — Rami crebre et prominenter 

 lenticellati, lineis 2 longitrorsis, oppositis, prominentibus notati; ramuli graciles, decursu 

 foliorum ancipites, angulosi, superne flexuosi, glabri. Folia disticha; petiolus vix 1 mm 

 longus; limbus 2 — 2'/ 2 cm longus, 5 — 8 mm latus, rhombeo-lanceolatus, utrinque 

 acutiusculus, venosus, supra viridis, subtus fuscidulus, glaber, rigide membranaceus; 

 stipulae triangulari-ovatae, acutae, caducae, petiolum semiaequantes. Pulvinuli pauciflori. 

 Pedicelli Q 4 mm longi, quam q? paulo longiores. Sepala q? elliptica vel obovata; 

 petala crassa, subcoriacea, intus basi glanduloso-incrassata, calycem longe excedentia; 

 discus nanus, acute pentagonus; ovarium pyriforme; Stigmata apice incrassata. 



Madagaskar (Boivin n. 1886). 



14. S. Hildebrandtii Baill. Hist. pl. Madagascar, Atlas (1892) t. 209. — Arbus- 

 cula; ramuli graciles, griseo-hirtelli, striati, subangulosi. Petiolus 1 — 2 mm longus, 

 parce hirtellus; limbus 1 ty' 2 — 3 cm longus, 7— 1 4 mm latus lanceolatus, anguste ob- 



