ig2 F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae-Phyllantheae-Amanoinae. 



20 mm longi, glabri, 5 longiores, 18—35 mm attingentes, apice incrassati, sub fructu 

 ad 6 cm longi. Flores q? 3 mm lati, pallide virides, subcampanulali. Sepala oblonga 

 vel obovata, subacuta vel obtusa, inaequalia, interiora angustiora, apice ciliolata, mem- 

 branacea vel firmiora, extus parce pilosa vel glabra; petala spathulata, unguiculata, 

 2 / 3 long, calycis aequantia, obtusa, apice denticulata; discus planus, carnosus, undulatus; 

 stamina 6, libera vel altius connata; ovarii rudimentum profunde 3-lobum, laxe pilosum. 

 Sepala Q 5 — 7 mm longa, basi connata, persistentia, coriacea, ovato-oblonga vel lanceo- 

 lata, obtusa vel acuta, ciliata, glabra, intus ad basin adpresse papilloso-hirtella; petala 

 circ. 1 mm longa, spathulato-rbomboidea, obtusa vel acuta; discus urceolaris, carnosus, 

 leviter lobatus; ovarium glabrum; styli breves, crassi, basi breviter connati, bißdi. 

 Capsula 22 — 3 2 mm lata, depressa, triloba, atro-viridis, stylis coronata. Semina 10 — 

 1 5 mm diametientia, 3- vel subquadrangularia, extus carinata; testa papyracea, olivacea, 

 marmorata, intus albescens, brunneo-marmorata. 



Species sensu ampliore cl. Hook er sumpta collectiva et melius nota verisimillime 

 in plures distinguenda erit, etsi species Mülle rianae hodie vix certe limitandae sunt. — 

 Fig. 14#, F, p. 174. 



Indisch-malayisches Gebiet und Philippinen. 



Var. cc. genuinum Pax et K. Hoffm. — Anomospermum excelsum Dalz. in Hook. 

 Journ. Bot. III. (4 85i ) 228. — Actephila neilgherrensis Wight, Icon. pl. V. (1852) 

 t. 1910. — Actephila excelsa Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII. (1863) 78, in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 222; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 283. — Groton laevigatus Wall. 

 Gat. n. 7 7 49. — Petiolus 5 — 30 mm longus; limbus 9 — 23 cm longus, 4 — 8 cm latus, 

 ellipticus vel lanceolatus. Sepala ± oblonga, submembranacea. Filamenta alte connata. 

 Ovarii rudimentum parvum. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Khasia (Hooker u. Thomson!); Silhet (Wallich 

 n. 7749 A, B); Manipur, Nagaberge (Meebold n. 6427!). — Ohne nähere Standorts- 

 angabe (Griffith n. 4892 !). 



Provinz des westlichen Gebirgslandes der Malabarküste: Travancore, 

 Trivandrum (Meebold n. 12662'.); Concan (Stocks!); Neilgherries (Wight n. 2574!). 



Im dichten Urwald. 



Var. ß. zeylanica (Baill.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Savia zeylanica Baill. Etud. gen. 

 Euphorb. (1858) 571. — Actephila neilgherrensis Thwait. Enum. pl. Zeyl. (1864) 280. — 

 Actephila zeylanica Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII. (1863) 77, in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 221; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 283. — Petiolus 10 — 18 mm longus; 

 limbus 10 — 18 cm longus, 4 — ö 1 /^ cm latus, lanceolatus vel spathulatus. Sepala =b 

 oblonga, subcoriacea. Filamenta libera. Ovarii rudimentum satis validiusculum. 



Ceylon (Thwaites n. 2431!, 2532!, Wight!). 



Var. y. Thomsonii (Müll. Arg.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Actephila Thomsoni Müll. 

 Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 65, in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 222; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. V. (188 7) 2 83. — Petiolus 5 — 10 mm longus; limbus 9 cm longus, 4 cm latus, 

 rhombeo-obovatus, longiuscule et obtuse caudato-acuminatus. Sepala Q anguste lanceo- 

 lata, acuminata, subcoriacea. 



Ostindien: Mysore und Carnatic (Thomson!). 



Var. ö. javanica (Miq.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Actephila javanica Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 batav. I. 2. (1859) 359; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodi'. XV. 2. (1866) 222; Hook.f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 283; J. J. Smith in Mededeel. Departm. Landbouw 10. (19 10) 48; 

 Koorders, Exkursionsfl. Java II. (1912) 467. — Savia actephila Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. 

 (1844) 243. — Actephila bantamensis Miq. Fl. Ind. batav. I. 2. (1859) 356. — Groton 

 laevigatus Wall. Cat. n. 7749. — Actephila major Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII. (1863) 

 77, in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 221. — Pimeleodendron dispersum Eimer in Leafl. 

 Philipp. Bot. I. (1908) 308; Pax et K. Hoffm. in Pflzreich. IV. 147. 5. (1912) 56. — 

 Actephila dispersa Merrill in Philipp. Jouro. sc. IV. (1909) 276. — Actephila gitingensis 

 Eimer in Leafl. Phil. Bot. III. (1910) 903. — Petiolus \ 1 j 2 — 8 cm longus; limbus 12 — 

 30 cm longus, 4*/j — *2 cm latus, late oblongus vel obovato-oblongns. Sepala sub- 



