290 F - P ax - — Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae-Phyllantheae-Dissiliariinae. 



1. L. buxoides Baill. Adansonia II. (1861 — -1 862) 228, VI. (1866) 353, t. 9 ; 

 Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (18 66) 2 44. — Frutex 1—2 m altus; ramuli gra- 

 ciles, infra nodos angulosi, caesio-violacei , cum omnibus partibus, rudiraento ovarii 

 excepto, glabri. Petiolus 2 — 4 mm longus; limbus 3 ! / 2 — 6 cm longus, 1 i / 2 — 3 cm 

 latus, oblongo-obovatus vel oblongo-ellipticus, obtusus vel saepe leviter retusus, rarius 

 subacutus, basin versus cuneatus, utraque pagina nitidus et reticulato-venosus. Inflores- 

 centiae foliis duplo vel plus breviores; bracteae 1 — 4 mm longae, lineares, acutae. 

 Flos (f 3 mm latus, pedicello ± 3 mm longo suflultus; calyx in alabastro trigonus; 

 sepala suborbicularia, obtusa, concava, scariosa, nitida, exteriora dimidio breviora, acute 

 carinata; stamina 12 — 18; ovarii rudimentum pilosum. Sepala Q 3 exteriora late 

 triangulari-ovata, 3 interiora obtusa. Capsula absque stigmatibus persistentibus 9 mm 

 longa, 8 mm lata, subglobosa, obtuse trigona, glabra. 



Neu-Kaledonien (Balansa n. 1892!, 1892a!, 3257!, Pancher n. 378!, 469, 

 5875, Vieillard n. 330, n3 3 1 , 335); River Ngoye (Compton, nach Sp. Moore in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. XLV. [1921] 402). 



> Nota. Species quoad formam foliorum variabilis. 



2. L. depauperata Baill. Adansonia XI. (1878) 100. — L. spec. oligandra Baill. 

 Bist. pl. V. (1874) 2 50. — Arbuscula, 2 — 3 m alta, omnino glabra; ramuli graciles, 

 juveniles parum caesio-violacei. Petiolus 2 — 5 mm longus; limbus 4 — 8 cm longus, 

 3 — 5 cm latus ; obovatus, saepe late obovatus, obtusus vel leviter retusus, basi cuneatus, 

 coriaceus, imprimis supra nitidus, reticulato-venosus. Inflorescentiae terminales vel axil- 

 lares, aut omnino (J* , aut androgynae et tum flos Q in inflorescentia centralis, crassius 

 pedicellatus. Sepala tf inaequalia, obovata vel suborbicularia, obtusa; stamina 6 — 7, 

 interdum (ex Baillon) 2 — 3. Calyx Q longior, sepalis angustioribus. 



Neu-Kaledonien, an der Mündung des Ouailou-Flusses (Balansa n. 1892a!). 



Nota. In Herb. Berol. adest speeimen a Balansa sub n. 593! lectum, in Museo Parisicnsi 

 pro Buraeavia clusiacca delerminatum, quod ab bac specie omnino distat; magis accedit ad 

 L. depauperatam, sed differt foliis majoribus, ad 10 cm longis, magis reticulatis; partes valde 

 juveniles fulvo-pubescenles. Calyx Q 6-partitus, biseriatus, glaber. Columna post delapsum coc- 

 corum 12 mm attingens, trialata. 



3. L. clusiacea (Baill.) Pax et K. Höffm. — Buraeavia clusiacea Baill. Adansonia 

 XI. (1873) 84. — Arbor; partes juveniles griseo-pubescentes, mox glabralae et ± caesio- 

 piuinosae; ramuli juveniles angulosi, demum teretes. Petiolus y 2 — 2 cm longus, glabres- 

 cens, pruinosus; limbus 7 — 11 cm longus, 5*/ 2 — 8 cm latus, ellipticus vel obovato- 

 elüpücus, rotundato-obtusus, emarginatus, basi obtusus, rigide coriaceus, supra nitidus, 

 reticulato-venosus. Flores non visi. Sepala Q 8, exteriora 4 dura, pubescentia, in- 

 teriora latiora, minus indurata et vestita. Capsula axillaris, solitaria, pedicello 5 mm 

 longo, crasso, pubescente stipitata, 2 cm longa, 2V2 cm lata, laevis, 4-locularis. 



Neu-Kaledonien: Dumbea, unterhalb Kol (Balansa!, Balansa n. 244, Vieil- 

 lard n. 3221). 



4. L. caruneulata (Baill.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Baloghia (?) caruneulata Baill. 

 Adansonia III. (1861) 215. — Codiaeum (?) carunculatum Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 1117. — Buraeavia caruneulata Baill. Adansonia XI. (1873) 84. — 

 Arbor parva; partes valde juveniles pilosae, mox omnino glabratae; ramuli irregulariter 

 tetragoni, glabri. Petiolus crassus, 3 — 7 mm longus; limbus 5 — 11 cm longus, 2y 2 — 

 4y 2 cm latus, oblongus vel obovato-oblongus, apice rotundatus, saepius emarginatus, 

 basi obtusus et cordatus, glaber, lucidus, reticulato-venosus, coriaceus. Flores a nobis 

 non visi. Sepala sub fruetu 4. Fructus in axillis vel e ligno orli, solitarii vel pauci, 

 1 y 4 cm longi; mesocarpium 6-partilum, carnosum; endocarpium osseum, demum de- 

 hiscens, albidum; columella persistens, 3-alata. Semina 8 mm longa, ovoidea, nitida, 

 fusco-atra; caruncula magna, fibrosa, lutea; cotyledones leviter coneavae, virides. 



Neu-Kaledonien (Balansa n. 246!, 249!, 1894c!, Pancher n. 5875 1 , 

 Vieillard n. 51, 52, 53); Kuakue (Compton, nach Sp. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XLV. [1921] 402). 



