Sauropus. 223 



Fl. II. (1877) 530?. — Äalius brevipes 0. Ktze. Rev. (1891) 591. — Rami fusci 

 lineis prominentibus tenuiter angulosi; ramuli tenuissimi, flexuosi. Petiolus I i / 2 — 2 1 / 2 mm 

 longus; limbus i l / 2 — 2 cm longus, M — 17 mm latus, rotundato-ellipticus, utrinque ob- 

 tusus vel brevissime acutatus, tenuiter membranaceus, subtus glaucus, cum omnibus parti- 

 bus glaber. Ramilli florigeri dense multibracteati, petiolos saepius paulo superantes; 

 pedicelli (f calycem 3 — 4 mm latum vix superantes. Calyx (j 1 fusco-nigricans, rotato- 

 depressus, breviter 6-lobus, lobis latis, bilobulatis; disci glandulae stamina cingentes, 

 pro minutie floris magnae. Sepala Q obovata; Stigmata ab ovario soluta. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Birma, bei Prome (Wallich n. 791 8/i). 



Nota. Speciem non vidimus. 



19. S. quadrangularis (Willd.) Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII. (1863) 73, in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 2 42 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1 887) 335. — Phyllanthus quadran- 

 gularis Willd. Spec. pl. IV. (1805) 585. — Phyllanthus rhamnoides Roxb. Fl. ind. III. 

 (1832) 663. — Ceratogynum rhamnoides Wight, Icon. pl. V. (1852) t. 1900? — 

 Sauropus ceratogynum Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) 635; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (IN 66) 243. — Phyllanthus Lechenaultii var. tenellus Müll. Arg. in Linnaea 

 XXXII. (1863) 35. — Phyllanthus tenellus Wall. Cat.-n. 7812^4 ex parte. — Phyl- 

 lanthus myrtillus Harn, in Sched. — Aalius ceratogynus O. Ktze. Rev. (1891) 591. — 

 Aalius quadrangularis 0. Ktze. Rev. (1891). 591. — Frutex parvus, glaber, multi- 

 ramosus; ramuli quadrangulati, tenelli, dense foliosi, folia pinnata referentia. Petiolus 

 zb 1 mm longus; limbus 1 — 2 cm longus, 8 — 12 mm latus, ellipticus vel obovatus vel 

 late ovatus, obtusus vel subacutus, basi acutus vel obtusus, tenuiter membranaceus, 

 penninervius; costae secundariae utrinque 4 — 5; stipulae trianguläres, subulato-acumi- 

 natae, 1 2 mm longae. Flores solitarii vel q^ cum Q in eadem axilla; pedicelli 

 i i /2 — 3 mm longi, (j 1 capillacei. Flos tf 1 ^2 mm latus; calyx disciformis, profunde 

 6-lobus, lobis obtusis vel subobtusis, apice incurvis; disci glandulae reflexae; columna 

 staminalis brevissima. Flos Q 4 — 6 mm latus; calyx fere ad basin 6-partitus, lobis 

 orbiculari-obovatis, abrupte breviter acutatis; ovarium nanum, margine apicali undulato- 

 6-lobatum; styli ovario fere usque ad marginem adnati, bilobi. Capsula depresso-globosa, 

 8 mm diametiens, calyce accrescente suffulta; epicarpium tenue, stellatim rumpens. 

 Semina 2V2 mm longa. 



Hindostanische Provinz: Nord Behar, Monghyr (Hamilton). 



Westliches Gebirgsland der Malabarküste: Koromandelküste, in Kultur- 

 feldern (Roxburgh). Concan (Stocks u. Law!). Mysore? (nach Hooker). 



Ohne weitere Standortsangabe aus Ostindien (Klein!). 



Nota. Planta e ßiraia a cl. Kurz, Forest Fl. II. (1877) 530 enumerata nou ad nostram 

 speciem pertinet. 



20. S. orbicularis Craib in Kew Bull. (1914) 2 85. — Caules annui, ad 60 cm 

 longi, e radice perenni orti, quadrangulares, mox teretes, glabri. Petiolus circ. 2 mm 

 longus;' limbus 18 — 35 mm longus, 17 — 31 mm latus, ellipticus vel ovato-ellipticus vel 

 orbicularis, apice rotundatus, mucronatus, basi rotundatus vel truncato-rotundatus, 

 membranaceo-chartaceus, glaber; costae secundariae utrinque 6 — 8, subtus cum venis 

 prominentes; stipulae circ. 1 mm longae. Pedicelli 2 — 3 mm longi.. Flos (j? 2Y2 mm 

 diametiens, Q ad 4*^ mm latus; sepala inferne attenuata; ovarium apice truncatum; 

 styli 3, bifidi, ad marginem ovarii inserti. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Siam, Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m (Ken- 

 n. 2635). 



Nota. Species a nobis non visa est. 



21. S. bicolor Craib in Kew Bull. (1914) 11. — S. rigidus Craib in Kew Bull. 

 (1911) 457. — Suffrutex ad 60 cm altus, glaber; rami stricti, angulosi. Petiolus i — 

 3 mm longus; limbus 1 */ 4 — 4 cm longus, 7 — 17 mm latus, ovatus vel ovato-lanceo- 

 latus vel lanceolatus, obtusus, mucronatus, basi obtusus vel subobtusus, rigide mem- 

 branaceus, supra atro-viridis , subtus pallidior, lutescenti-viridis, penninervius; costae 

 secundariae utrinque 4 — 5, tennes, sed utraque pagina conspicuae; stipulae rigidae, 



