16 F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Cluytieae. 



integer, coriaeeus, 2 — 5 cm longus, 1 — % 1 / 2 cm latus; nervi et venae supra vix con- 

 spicuae, subtus leviter prominulae. Flores albi, monoici, in racemos terminales, nunc 

 bisexuales, saepius umbelliformes dispositi; pedicelli 2 — 4 cm longi. Petala ^f ob- 

 ovato-spathulata, g angustiora; disci glandulae 5, parvae; stamina numerosa, basi 

 breviter monadelpha; styli bifidi. Capsula depresso-globosa, 1 cm lata; semen pisi- 

 forme, nigro-maculatum. 



Monsungebiet, Araukarienprovinz: Neu-Caledonien: bei Pume, auf Eruptiv- 

 gestein (Balansa n. 3252), Gataupe und Taule (Deplanche n. 299). 



7. B. Brongniartii (Baill.) Pax. — Godiaeum Brongniartii Baill. Adansonia XI. 

 (1873) 76. — Frutex 1 — 2-metralis; rami robusti, cicatricosi. Folia alterna; petioli 

 5 — 10 mm longi; limbus oblongo-obovatus, 10 cm longus, 4 cm latus, basi longe 

 attenuatus, apice rotundato-emarginatus, integer, margine reflexus, glaber, coriaeeus; 

 nervi supra vix conspicui, subtus valde prominuli. Flores monoici vel dioiei, q? bre- 

 viter racemosi; racemi cum calyce fuscescenti-hirsuti, 3 — 4 cm longi. Petala caljee 

 paulo longiora, obovata, basi intus barbulata; stamina numerosa. Flores g in race- 

 mum brevissimum congesti. Capsula brevissime et crasse pedicellata, subglobosa, 

 I J /2 cm longa et lata, hirsuta; semen obovatum, dense fuscatum, pallide lineatum. 



Monsungebiet, Araukarienprovinz: Neu-Caledonien, um Kanala auf eisen- 

 haltigem Boden, 500 m (Balansa n. 1907). 



8. B. alternifolia Baill. Adansonia II. (1861) 216. — Godiaeum alternifolium 

 Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1117; Baill. Adansonia XI. (1873) 79. — 

 Frutex 2-metralis; rami graciles. Folia alterna vel pauca in summis ramulis sub- 

 opposita; petioli 5 — 10 mm longi; limbus 4 — 8 cm longus, i l / 2 — 3 cm latus, obovato- 

 lanceolatus, obtusus vel acutus, basi angustatus, integer, margine recurvus. Racemi 

 abbreviati, foliis breviores; bracteae 4 mm longae, sublineares; pedicelli calycem r? 

 superantes, fruetigeri bis vel ter aequantes, apice bibracteolati. Calyx rf 3 mm longus, 

 lobi oblongo-elliptici ; petala lanceolato-elliptica, intus basi barbulata, calycem superantia; 

 discus q? 5-glandulosus ; stamina pauca, 8 — 18, basi monadelpha; ovarium pilis lutes- 

 centibus vestitum vel glabratum. Capsula 1 2 mm longa, 7 — 9 mm lata, glabra, ob- 

 longo-ellipsoidea; semen 9 mm longum, 4V2 mm latum, utrinque acutiusculum. 



Monsungebiet, Araukarienprovinz: Neu-Caledonien (Balansa n. 1891, 

 1895, 2793, 3253, 3440, 3441, Deplanche n. 300, 505, Vieillard n. 1161), auf 

 den Bergen bei Paita (Schlechter n. 14974!). 



9. B. Deplanchei (Baill.) Pax. — Godiaeum Deplanchei Baill. Adansonia XI. (1873) 

 77. — Frutex 1 — 2-metralis. Folia alterna; petiolus 2 — 3 cm longus, robustus, intus 

 valde canaliculatus; limbus ad 20 cm longus, 3 — 8 cm latus, coriaeeus, glaber, margine 

 valde revolutus, subtus valde prominulo-reticulatus, apice obtuso rotundatus vel sub- 

 emarginatus. Flores monoici, in apice ramulorum subumbellati, q? et Q mixti, pedi- 

 cellis 4 Y 2 — 2 cm longis suffulti. Sepala indurata; petala calyce vix longiora, basi intus 

 villosa; stamina numerosa, basi monadelpha; ovarium densissime lutescenti-setosum ; 

 styli ima basi connati, patentes, lobi 2, lineari-compressi. Semen ovatum, caruncula- 

 tum, pallide griseum, nigro-lineatum. 



Monsungebiet, Araukarienprovinz: Neu-Caledonien, Puebo (Deplanche 

 n. 2 64), Mont Humboldt und um Kanala (Balansa n. 1908, 1909). 



Species exeludendae. 



B. carunculata Baill. Adansonia II. (1861) 215 = Buraeavia caruneulata Baill. 

 B. Pancheri Baill. Adansonia II. (1861) 214 = Fontainea Pancheri (Baill.) Heckel. 



Species fossilis e genere exeludenda. 



B. miocenica Ettingsh. in Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien XXIX. (1867) (Math, 

 naturw. Kl.) 45 t. 50, f. 22. — In schisto miocenico ad Kutschlin prope Bilin Bohemiae, 

 mihi melius omnino negligenda videtur. Folium vix rite determinandum est. 



