74 Anton K. Schindler. — Halorrhagaceae. 



Folia opposita vel suprema subopposita, sessilia, oblonga vel obovata, apicem versus 

 utrinque 1 -dentata et inde subtricuspidata , apicibus apiculatis basin versus angustata. 

 usque ad 1 2 mm longa et ad 4 mm lata, albido-villosa. Flores gynomonoici, in foliorum 

 superiorum axillis conferti, in dichasia ad 7-flora dispositi; primarius terminalis herma- 

 phroditus, brevissime pedicellatus, pedicello ± 0,4 mm longo piloso; calycis tubus 

 subglobosus apicem versus paullo constrictus 8-nervius, 8-costatus, costis bene secretis 

 triundulatis, ± 0,5 mm longus, totidem diametro metiens, glaber, lobis 4 ± 1,8 mm 

 longis triangularibus glabris; petala 4, subunguiculata , cochleiformia, apice acuta et 

 cucullata, ± 1,2 mm longa et 0,4 mm lata, dorso dense pilosa; stamina 4 episepalea, 

 filamentis ± 0,6 mm, antheris ±1,1 mm longis; styli 4, suberecti, capitato-stigmatosi, 

 ±0,2 mm longi; flores ceteri sessiles petalis staminibusque abortivis feminei. Fructus 

 nucamentaceus 1-locularis, 1-spermus, 8-costatus, 8-nervius costis tri-undulatis. 



Senegambien: bei Mboro, an feuchten Stellen (Perrottet n. 742, Leprieur). 

 — Herb. DC, Deless. 



18. L. tetrandra (Schott) Kanitz! in Fl. brasil. XIII. 2. (1882) 378. — Haloragis 

 tetrandra Schott! in Spreng. Syst. veg. IV. (1827) App. 405. — Serpicula brasiliensis 

 Cambess. in A. St.-Hil. Fl. Brasil, merid. II. (1829) 250. — S. numidica Durieu!, Fl. 

 Galliae et Germ, exsicc. n. 1251 (1841). — Suffrutex repens vel ascendens, caulibus 

 in sicco minute canaliculatis, radicans, foliosus, ± 0,4 m longus, cum ramis minute 

 parceque pilosus vel glaberrimus, ramis erectis vel suberectis vel ascendentibus foliosis 

 usque ad 0,4 m longis. Folia opposita vel 2 / 5 -divergentia alterna, subsessilia vel bre- 

 viter petiolata, petiolo in laminam dilatato usque ad 4 mm longo, lamina lineari- 

 lanceolata vel lanceolata vel lineari-oblonga vel oblonga vel subobovata, apice rotundata 

 vel obtuse acuminata vel ex ovato acuminata, integerrima vel pilis minutissime serratula 

 vel utrinque vel asymmetrice 1 — 2-dentata, dentibus linearibus vel ex ovato acuminatis 

 rarius anguste rotundatis , usque ad 1 5 mm longa . et 6 mm lata , pilosa vel minute 

 parceque pilosa vel glaberrima, laevia vel minute rugulosa, nonnunquam apice rarius 

 margine maculis cretaceis praedita. Flores gynomonoeci, in foliorum axillis conferti, 

 in dichasia ad 1 5-flora disposita, terminalis primus pedicellatus, pedicello ± 0,6 mm 

 longo tereti piloso et raro cum secundariis 2 hermaphroditus ; calycis tubus subcylin- 

 dricus vel subglobosus, apice minute constrictus, 8-nervius et inter nervös rugulosus, 

 nervis integris episepaleis certe nonnunquam minutissime (microscopice inspiciendo 

 pilosis, lobis 4 ex anguste ovato acuminatis erectis ± 0,25 mm longis glabris vel 

 apice minutissime erecte pilosis; petala 4, lineari-oblonga vel cochleiformia, apice acuta 

 et cucullata, dorso nervo apicem versus erecte pilosa, ± 1,2 mm longa; stamina 4, 

 cum petalis alterna, filamentis ± 0,5 mm, antheris ± 0,7 mm longis late linearibus: 

 styli 4, lobos non superantes, apicem versus attenuati, capitato-stigmatosi, suberecti 

 vel erecti; ovarium 1-loculare, primum 4-ovulatum; flores reliqui sessiles petalis sta- 

 minibusque abortivis feminei. Fructus nucamentaceus subglobosus, apicem versus paullo 

 constrictus, 1-locularis, 1-spermus, coriaceus, subtus 4-nervius, supra constrictionem 

 8-nervius, nervis episepaleis integris persistentibus reliquis costis incrassatis evanidis. 

 8-costatus, costis 2 ms plerumque minus distinctis in partes 3 — 4 subinterruptas con- 

 fluentibus, rarius costis subintegris aspectum fructus 8-nervii praebens. 



Heimat der Species ohne Zweifel Nord-Afrika: Algier bei la Galle, Sebo (Durieu! 

 n. 1251, Letourneux, Debeaux etc.). Vielleicht von hier nach ganz Süd-Amerika 

 verschleppt und noch im centralen Venezuela gefunden; Venezuela: Prov. Merida in 

 Meereshöhe von 2200 m (Funck et Schlim n. 1206); Brasilien: Prov. Pernambuco 

 (Gardner n. 2843), Bahia (Salzmann n. 471, 790, Sellow n. 483), Rio de Janeiro 

 (Glaziou n. 11426, 13 123; Guillemin n. 218), Minas Geraes (Schott!, Weddell 

 n. 1037), Sta. Catharina (Gaudichaud n. 115, Schenck n. 3867, Ule n. 609)' 

 S. Paulo (Sellow n. 27, 96). 



