20 F- P ax - — Euphorbiaceae-Cluytieae. 



glanduloso-scrrulatus, basi biglandulosus, supra glaber, subtus secus nervös parce pube- 

 rulus vel glabratus; costae secundariae utrinque 7 — 9. Inflorescentiae unisexuales, q* 

 8 — 17 cm longae, parce ramosae, rami spiciformes, 3 — 4 cm longi; rhachis villoso- 

 pubescens; pedicelli valde abbreviati, calyce breviores. Alabastra q? 6 mm lata, sub- 

 globosa; flos aperiens 15 mm et ultra latus. Sepala valde inaequalia, rotundato-ob- 

 longa, obtusa, extus dense velutino-pubescentia ; petala obovata, basi barbata; discus 

 annularis, irregulariter lobatus; stamina ad 40; filamenta inferne pilosa, basi tantum 

 monadelpha. Flores § ignoti; ovarium fulvo-hispidum. Capsula 3 cm fere longa, 

 dura, ferrugineo-hirta. Semen 1 4 mm longum et latum, badium, laeve, nitidum, facie 

 ovatum, a dorso compressum, obscure 4-angulum; caruncula parva, lacera. 



Centralasiatisches Gebiet, Provinz Yünnan: Szemao, in Wäldern (Henry 

 n. 13003!, 13062!, 13549!). 



Nota. Species hie descripta affinis est O. thyrsantho, a quo differt inflorescentiis magis 

 spieiformibus, floribus majoribus, subsessilibus, staminibus duplo numerosioribus, disco lobulato. 

 — Nomen dedi in honorem Käthe Hoffmann Vratislaviensis; cfr. Pflanzenreich, Jatropheae p. 29. 



5. 0. minor (Thwait.) Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (186 5) 214; in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 1115. — Ostodes zeylanicus var. minor Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India V. 

 (18 87) 400. — Desmosiemon zeylanicus var. minor Thwait. Enum. pl. Zeyl. (1861) 

 278. — Tritaxis zeylanica Müll. Arg. in Flora XL VII. (186 4) 482. — Trigonostemon 

 zeylanicus Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 213; in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 

 1106. — Ramuli subgraciles, virgato-elongati, superne cum foliis valde juvenilibus pilis 

 stellatis minutis furfurelli, mox cum foliis glabrati. Petioli 2 — 4 cm longi; limbus 

 subcoriaceus, 12 — 20 cm longus, 2 — 4 1 /2 cm latus, ellipticus vel elliptico-lanceolatus, 

 basi biglandulosus, minute glanduloso-serrulatus. Racemi subsimplices, pedicelli brevis- 

 simi, elongati, folia aequantes, subglabri. Calyx Q 4 mm longus; lobi orbiculari-elliptici; 

 petala late ovata, glabra; stamina 7 — 8; discus hypogynus urceolaris, integer, margine 

 ferrugineo-sericeus; ovarium sericeum. 



Vorderindisches Gebiet, Provinz Ceylon: In den südlichen Gebieten der 

 Insel (Thwaites n. 2158!). 



Nota. Potius pro specie propria militat quam pro varietate O. xeylanici. 



6. 0. paniculatus Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 620; Miq. Fl. Ind. bat. I. 2. (1859) 384; 

 Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1115; Kurz, Forest Fl. II. (1877) 404; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. India V. (1887) 400. — Ostodes corniculatus Baill. . Etud. gen. Euphorb. 

 (1858) 391. — Arbor parva, 5 — 6 m alta; ramuli apice dense foliosi, mox glabrati. 

 Petioli 4 — 6 cm longi, subgraciles; limbus coriaceus, 10 — 20 cm longus, 6 — 12 cm latus, 

 lanceolato-ovatus, basi acutus vel obtusus, acuminatus, glanduloso-serratus, basi bi- 

 glandulosus et triplinervius, subtus in axillis costarum pilosus, ceterum glaber. Pani- 

 culae amplae, floribundae, glabrae; pedicelli calycem superantes. Calyx q? aperiens 

 3 — 3V2 mm latus, globosus, glaber, g major, demum 6 mm attingens, a petalis 

 superatus; petala orbicularia; disci glandulae glabrae; reeeptaculum pilosum; stamina 

 dz 20; filamenta basi villosa; ovarium serieeo-hirtum. Capsula 2 cm longa, depresso- 

 subglobosa, lignosa, subverrueosa. Semina 1 5 mm longa, 1 7 mm lata, 9 mm crassa, 

 dorso obtuse carinata, badia, albido-striolata. 



Vom tropischen Himalaya ostwärts bis Sylhet und Manipur und von 

 hier südwärts durch Martaban bis Java. 



Gebiet des tropischen Himalaya: Sikkim, in allen tropischen Thälern bis 

 2000 m und darüber (Hooker u. Thomson!, Meebold n. 2426!). 



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

 (Griffith n. 47901); Sylhet, Terrya Ghat (Hooker u. Thomson); Manipur, Saithu, 

 1600 m (Meebold n. 6525!), Nungba, 1600 m (Meebold n. 6305!); Martaban 

 (Kurz). 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Java (Zollinger n. 471z!), Prov. Bantam 

 (Koorders n. 2604^!), Prov. Preanger (Koorders n. 2600/:?!, 13914^!), Prov. 

 Semarang (Koorders n. 2605/?!). 



