Sauropus. 225 



20 mm latus, ellipticus vel obovato-ellipticus, basi et apice obtusus vel acutus, membrana- 

 ceus, tenuiter venosus, fusco-glaucus ; costae secundariae utrinque circ. 5; stipulae ramo- 

 rurn zb 5 mm latae, transverse dilatatae, subrhombeae, ramulorum lanceolato-ovatae, 

 dz 2 mm longae. Flores fasciculati; pedicelli 3 — 5 mm longi. Flos q? fere 2 — 3 mm 

 diametiens; calyx disciformis, ad medium vel ultra 6-lobus, lobis emarginato-bilobis ; 

 columna staminalis brevissima. Flos Q 3 — 5 mm latus, fere ad basin 6-lobus, lobis 

 rotundatis, suborbicularibus, basi valde attenuatis; ovarium truncatum, margine apicali 

 undulatum; styli ovarium superantes, bilobi, ovario usque ad marginem adnati. Capsula 

 4 — 6 mm diametiens, coccis 3 mm longis, pisiformis; epicarpium tenue, irregulariler 

 rumpens. 



Tropischer Himalaja: Nepal (Hamilton). Sikkim (Hooker!), Punkubare 

 (Anderson u. 932!), Ghumbi Valley (Searight n. 156!), Great Rangit (Wichura 

 n. 202!). Bhotan (Griffith n. 4823!). — Nach Kurz auch in Martaban, Eng forests, 

 was nach Hooker vielleicht zweifelhaft ist. 



26. S. pubescens Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India V. (18 87) 335. — Phyllanthus bacci- 

 formis Harn, in Wall. Cat. n. 7909. — Aalius pubescens 0. Ktze. Rev.«(l89l) 591. — 

 Sauropus quadr angularis var. pubescens Kurz, Forest Fl. II. (1877) 530? — Frutex 

 ad 2 m altus, virgato-ramosus; rami quadrangulati, cum ramulis folia pinnata referen- 

 tibus, leviter angulosis pubescentes, graciles. Petiolus 1 — 2 mm longus, pubescens ; 

 limbus 12 — 22 mm longus, 8 — 12 mm latus, obovato-oblongus, obtusus, basin versus 

 euneato-angustatus, supra atro-viridis, subtus glaucescenti-pallidus, tenuiter membrana- 

 ceus, utraque pagina pubescens; costae secundariae utrinque 3; stipulae circ. 1mm 

 longae, lanceolatae, acuminatae. Flores solitarii; pedicelli 3 mm fere attingentes, tenelli. 

 Flos Q? 2 — 3 mm latus; sepala extus pubescentia, cuneato quadrata. Flos Q, 4 mm 

 latus; sepala extus pubescentia, late rhombea, basi valde contracta, rotundata vel leviter 

 cmarginata; ovarium ovoideum, truncatum, margine apicali leviter undulatum; styli 

 brevissimi, a margine ovarii liberi, bipartiti. 



Tropischer Himalaya: Osthimalaya, Morung (Hamilton), Seligoree am Fuß der 

 Sikkim-Hügel (Clark e). 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Birma, Shanberge, Gokteik (Meebold n. 8096!). 



27. S. similis Craib in Kew Bull. (1911) 457. — Frutex parvus, sarmentosus, 

 vix 1 m altus; ramuli folia pinnata referentes, quadrangulati, ad angulos papilloso-asperi. 

 Petiolus circ. 1 mm longus; limbus 1 — 3 cm longus, 7 — 14 mm latus, ovatus vel ovato- 

 lanceolatus, acutus, mucronatus, basi obtusus vel acutus, penninervius, rigide membrana- 

 ceus, in costis utraque pagina et supra margine cum petiolo papilloso-asper; costae secun- 

 dariae utrinque 4 — 5, subtus prominentes; stipulae ad 1 mm longae, trianguläres, acutae 

 dorso carinatae. Flores fasciculati; pedicelli 1 — 2 mm longi. Flos tf \ i / 2 — 2 mm 

 latus; calyx disciformis, ad medium 6-lobus, lobis truncatis. Calyx Q 4 — 5 mm dia- 

 metiens, ad medium 6-lobus; sepala rotundata, breviter acutata; ovarium depressum, 

 margine apicali 3-lobum, lobis leviter emarginatis; styli e margine ovarii liberi, ad basin 

 bipartiti. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Siam, Chiengmai, immergrüner Jungle am Doi 

 Sootep, 720 m (Ken* n. 1788!), Wang Djao (Hosseus n. 48). 



Subgen. II. Hemisauropus Müll. Arg. 



Sauropus sect. Hemisauropus Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodi*. XV. 2. (1866) 243. 

 Disci Qp glandulae nullae. 



28. S. rostratus Miq. Fl. Ind.batav. Suppl. (1860) 447; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 243. — Aalius rostratus 0. Ktze. Rev. (1891) 591. — Frutex videtur; 

 ramuli subflexuosi, compressi, parcissime pilosi, mox glabrati. Petiolus circ. 1 — 2 mm 

 longus, parce pilosus, mox glabratus; limbus 4 — 7 cm longus, 1 — 3 ^ cm l' a,:us } ovatus 

 vel ovato-lanceolatus, sensim obtuse acuminatüs, mucronatus, basi acutum, chartaceus, 

 glaber, penninervius ; costae secundariae utrinque zfc 5 , subtus prominentes ; stipulae 



A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryophyta siphonogama.) 147. XV. 4 5 



