Blachia, Sagotia. 39 



longus, ellipticus vel obovatus, obtuse acuminatus, basi acutus vel obtusus, chartaceus. 

 Flores parvi, (J* pedicellis filiformibus suffulti, in racemos umbelliformes vel corymbi- 

 formes dispositi, Q paulo majores, pedicello brevissimo, crasso suffulti, in corymbum 

 parvum, fere sessilem dispositi. Calycis glabri q? lobi orbiculari-ovati, obtusi, <j ovati, 

 acuti; disci glandulae magnae; semen ovoideo-ellipticum, griseum, variegatum. 



Nordwestmal ayische Provinz: Andamanen, sehr häufig im tropischen Walde 

 (Kurz). 



6. B. jatrophifolia Pax et K. Hoffm. n. sp. — Deonia jatrophifolia Pierre in 

 Sched. — Frutex 2 — 4 m altus; rami strato corticis crasso vestiti, demum irregulariter 

 alato-angulati; partes juveniles parce pilosae, mox glabratae. Petioli 6 — 10 mm longi, 

 graciles, pilosi; limbus demum chartaceus, 5 — 8 cm longus, 2*/2 — 3V2 cm l a t us > secus 

 nervös subtus pilosus, rhombeo-oblongus vel obovato-oblongus, basi acutus, apice acute 

 acuminatus, integer vel simulque utroque latere bilobus; lobi breves, obtusi, sinu lato, 

 aperto segregati. Flores qF umbellati; pedunculus 4 — 6 cm longus, pilosus, demum 

 glabratus, gracilis, hinc inde florem q? solitarium, longo pedicellatum gerens; pedicelli 

 capillares, dz 1 mm longi. Sepala qj* 5, orbiculari-ovata, subobtusa, glabra, ciliata, 

 1 l /2 mm longa; petala Vo mm longa, obtriangularia, antice emarginata, lobuli acuti; 

 disci glandulae 5; stamina 10 — 20. Flores Q in umbellam sessilem dispositi; pedi- 

 celli 12 — 14 mm longi, pilosi, quam q? crassiores. Sepala sub fructu 4 mm longa, 

 lanceolata, acuta, ciliata. Capsula 8 mm lata, parce pilosa; semen globosum, 5 mm 

 diametiens, pallidum, brunneo-marmoratum. — Fig. 1 1 . 



Hinterindisch-ostasiatische Provinz; Cochinchina, auf dem Berge Deon- 

 ba bei Tay nints (?) (Pierre n. 6213!, 62 23!). 



Nota. Foliis dimorphis et indumento longius persistente species facile recognoscitur. 



7. B. denudata Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. London XVII. (1878) 226; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. India V. (1887) 403. — Croton umbellatus Dalz. et Gibs. Bomb. Fl. (1861) 231. — 

 Frutex 2 — 2V2 m altus, glaber. Petioli 1 — 1 1 / 2 cm longi; limbus chartaceus, ovatus 

 vel oblongo-lanceolatus, acutus vel acuminatus, basi obtusus vel subacutus, 9 — 15 cm 

 longus, 3 — 5 cm latus. Flores racemosi; racemi 3 — 6 cm longi, basi flores Q paucos, 

 deinde qj* numerosos gerens, vel omnino q 1 ; rhachis gracilis ; pedicelli (J* filiformes, 

 5 — 6 mm longi, Q crassi, 3 — 4 mm longi. Flores (J 1 4 mm diametientes. Sepala 

 (J* 5, orbiculari-ovata, obtusa, glabra, Q lanceolata, acuta, post anthesin decidua; 

 stamina 13 — 18. Capsula 1 cm longa, glabra; semen subglobosum, a ventre paulo 

 applanatum, griseum, brunneo-marmoratum, carunculatum. 



Vorderindisches Gebiet: Provinz des westlichen Gebirgslandes der 

 Malabarküste, Konkan und Nord-Kanara (Dalzell, Meebold n. 9038!, Ritchie, 

 Stocks!, Talbot). 



Nota. Species pro genere macrophylla, floribus racemosis seminibusque carunculatis 



facile recognoscenda est. 



12. SagOtia Baill. 



Sagotia*) Baill. Adansonia I. (1860) 53 (non Duchass. et Walp.); Müll. Arg. in 

 DC. Prodr. XV. 2 (1866) 1113; in Fl. Bras. XI. 2 (1874) 504; Benth. in Benth. et 

 Hook. f. Gen. III. (1880) 30 2; Pax in Engler u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 5. (1890) 84. 



Flores monoici. Discus nullus. Sepala q? 5, lata, valde imbricata. Petala 5, 

 calyce longiora, imbricata. Stamina ultra 2 0, in receptaculo conferta; filamenta brevis- 

 sima, cum connectivo complanato, lato continua; antherae loculi discreti, longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentes. Ovarii rudimentum nullum. Sepala Q angusta, mox aucta. Petala nulla. 

 Ovarium triloculare; styli patentes, crassiusculi, 2-partiti. Ovula in loculis solitaria. 

 Capsula ovoidea, calycis segmentis stellato-patentibus stipata, in valvas crassiusculas, demum 

 saepe 2-partitas loculicide dehiscens. Semen ovoideum; testa crustacea, nitida; albumen 



*) Genus dicatum professori francogall. P. Sagot. — Sagotia triflora (DC.) Duchass. et 

 Walp. in Linnaea XXIII. (1850) 737 est Desmodium triflorum DC. 



