1 4 F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Adrianeae. 



f. 218 — 29. — Gephalocroton zeylanicus Baill. in Adansonia V. (1865) 148; Müll. Arg. 

 in Linnaea XXXI V. (< 865) 156; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 763. — Frutex sub- 

 erectus; ramuli elongati, debiles; omnes partes juveniles pube stellari tectae, deinde 

 puberulae. Petiolus 2 — 6 cm longus; limbus membranaceus, 6 — 15 cm longus, 3 — 



8 cm latus, triangulari-ovatus, cuspidato-acuminatus, basi late truncatus vel leviter sub- 

 cordatus, triplinervius; stipulae auriculiformes, integrae, 2 — 6 mm longae. Inflores- 

 centia petiolos aequans. Capitulum florum rf 6 — 10 mm diametiens, pedunculo 1 — 



2 cm longo suflultum; pedicelli Q calycem 2 — 3-plo superantes, basi interdum utroque 

 latere flore qP aucti. Calyx (j* primum globosus, deinde aperiens tetragonus, magis 

 oblongus, 2 mm fere latus, incanus; sepala Q 4 mm longa, lineari-lanceolata, inferne 

 rmlimentarie pinnatiloba, sub fructu ampliata, pectinatim lacinulata; lacinulae apice 

 glandulosae; ovarii rudimentum cylindricum, integrum, basi pubescens; columna stylaris 

 longiuscula; stvli 6 mm longi, in lacinias numerosas stellato-puberulas divisi. Semen 

 4 mm diametiens, nigro marmoratum. 



Vorderindisches Gebiet: Ceylon (Thwaites n. 396!, 21 Ml). 



2. A. leucocephala Baill. Etud. Euphorb. (1858) 473. — Gephalocroton leuco- 

 cephalus Baill. in Adansonia V. (1863) 148; Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 156; 

 in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 762. — Gephalocroton cordifolius Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 soc. London XXII. (1887) 520. — Niedenzua cordata Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XIX. 



(1894) 107. — Croton acuminatus Rieh, ex Baill. in Adansonia I. (1860) 276. — 

 Frutex; ramuli cum petiolis et foliis junioribus et inflorescentia pilis stellatis, tenellis, 

 subparcis cinerascentes. Petiolus gracilis, 5 cm longus, patulus; limbus 5 — 9 cm longus, 

 4 — 7 cm latus, membranaceus, triangulari-ovatus, longe cuspidato-acumiuatus, basi cor- 

 datus vel subcordatus; stipulae in lacinias filiformes disseetae vel subintegrae, 5 mm 

 longae. Capitulum rj 1 6 — 8 mm diametiens, pedunculo ad 1 cm longo suffultum; pedi- 

 celli Q ad basin inflorescentiae I — 2, fruetigeri calycem aecrescentem, magnum paulo 

 superantes. Calyx rj 1 ad basin 4-partitus, glaber, 3 — 4 mm diametiens, lobi acuti, 

 crassi; sepala Q 6 (vel 7), bipinnatipartita, lacinulae apice glanduloso-incrassatae, 

 sub fructu valde ampliatae, 1 cm longae et longiores, induratae; stamina 4, subexserta; 

 ovarii rudimentum columnare, apice breviter trilobum; ovarium tomentosum; styli in 

 columnam crassam, tomentosam connati, deinde liberi, bis bifidi. Capsula 1 5 mm lata, 



9 mm longa, incano-pulverulenta. Semen globosum, laeve, marmoratum. — ■ Fig. 5. 



Madagaskar (Boivin n. 2656, 3376, 3378, Hildebrandl n. 3258!, 3258 a !, 

 Perville n. 358, Richard n. 575; wahrscheinlich auch Baron n. 4668, 4774). — 

 Comoren (Humblot n. 23!, 1493!). 



Nota 1. Species a cl. Müller 1. c. etiam e montibus Nilgherries Indiac orientalis enu- 

 meratur, sed e flora indica delenda est. Cfr. Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 419. 



Nota 2. Genus Niedenzua olim a me floribus imperfecta tantum notis propositum erat; 

 speciininibtu melioribus examinatis cum Adenochlaena conjungendum est. Cfr. Pax in Engler 

 • I. I'rantl, PHzfam. III. 5. (1897) 457. 



Species mihi ignota. 



Adenochlaena calycina Bedd. Foresters Man. Bot. 207 ex Ind. Kewens. I. 



( 1 895) 39. — India orientalis. — Species in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. omissa est. 



Species exeludendae. 



Adenochlaena indica Bedd. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 418 = Sym- 

 phyllia mullotiformis Müll. Arg. 



Adenochlaena silhetensis Benth. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. III. (1880) 308 = 

 Symphyüia siUietiana Baill. 



Adenochlaena silhetiana Hook. I. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 418 = SymphgUia 

 ilhetiana Baill. 



