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F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Gluytieae. 



Alexandra-Gebirge (Rudatis n. 26!); ohne näheren Standort im Pondolande (Bach- 

 mann n. 1H2!) 



Nota. Species foliis uniformibus, omnibus cordatis facile recognoscitur. 

 21. C. similis Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1046. — Gluytia dumosa 

 Cooper in Sched. — Gaules e rhizomate plures, 10 — 20 cm alti, subsimplices, pallidi, 

 angulosi, glabri vel juveniles pilis paucissimis adspersi et mox glabrati, erecti vel adscen- 

 dentes. Folia petiolo 1 — 2 mm longo suffulta, firme membranacea, inferiora 2 — 2 l /2 cm 

 longa et fere totidem lata, late ovato-cordata , acuta vel obtusa, superiora minora, 



ovato-lanceolata, basi rotundata vel sub- 

 acuta, apice acuta, omnia margine an- 

 gustissime recurva, subtus satis promi- 

 nenter costata. Flores q? in axillis 

 2 — 4-ni, pedicello 6 — 7 mm longo, ca- 

 pillaceo stipitati, Q robustius et brevius 

 pedicellati, solitarii. Sepala utriusque 

 sexus 3 mm longa, ovato-oblonga, acuta, 

 basi squama 3-partita aucta; fundus 

 calycis q^ multiglandulosus ; petala utrius- 

 que sexus late rhombea, cuneato-ungui- 

 culata, calyce paulo breviora, eglandu- 

 losa; ovarium minute verruculosum. — 

 Fig. 21. 



Südafrikanische Steppenpro- 

 vinz: Südöstl. Küstenländer der Kap- 

 kolonie,Uitenhage (Schlechtem. 2567!), 

 Grahamstown (M. Daly n. 1 18 !, Sehön- 

 land n. 70!), Lovedale (W. G. Bennie 

 n. 548!), Gathcart (0. Kuntze!), Beau- 

 fort (Gooper n. 258!, 259!), Pondoland 

 (Bachmann n. 750!, 846!). 



Nota. Similis C. heterophyllae, quae 

 differt foliis inferioribus majoribus, basi acu- 

 tis, petalis Q basi uniglandulosis nee eglan- 

 dulosis. 



22. C. heterophylla Thunb. (sub 

 Glutia)\ Willd. Spec. pl. IV. (1805) 881; 

 Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 

 10 42. — Gluytia pulchella M. Wood, 

 Natal pl. t. 8 4. — Clutia heterophylla 

 Thunb. Prodr. (1794) 53. — Phyllan- 

 thus vaccinioides Scheele in Linnaea XXV. 

 (1852) 585. — Middelbergia transvaa- 

 lensis Schinz in Sched. — Gaules e rhi- 

 Fig. 21. Gluytia similis Müll. Arg. -- Icon origin. zoma t e lignoso plures, 15 — 30 cm alti, 



simplices, erecti, firmi, angulosi, pallide 

 virides, densiuscule foliosi, superne pilis paucissimis adspersi, mox glabrati. Folia petiolo 

 2 — 3 mm longo suffulta, firme membranacea vel subcoriacea, punctata, pallide vel lutes- 

 centi-viridia, utrinque acutiuscula, marginata, 17 — 45 mm longa, inferiora orbiculari- 

 ovata, superiora oblonga vel lanceolata. Flores lutei, (f in axillis 2 — 4, pedicello 

 5 — 6 mm longo, capillaceo suffulti, § solitarii, pedicello crassiore praediti. Sepala 

 q? 5, rarius 6, 2^2 mm longa, ovata, acuta, basi squama 3 — 6-partita aucta, Q 

 3 mm longa, squama biloba praedita; fundus calycis q? glandulis 25 — 30 onustus; 

 petala calyce breviora, q? rotundata, unguiculata* basi nuda, Q lanceolata, basi 

 uniglandulosa; ovarium verruculosum, glabrum. 



