Manihot. 91 



in Pflanzer I. (1905) 193, 209, 228; IV. (1908) 209, 265; V. (1909) Flugblatt 1; 

 C. Kinzelbach in Pflanzer V. (1909) 81, 113; Wöckel in Pflanzer IV. (1908) 36. 



112. M. recognita Pax sp. nov. — M. carthaginensis var. anisophylla 0. Ktze. 

 Revis. III. 2. (1898) 2 88 ex parte. — M. heterophylla Chodat et Kassier in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. 2. scr. V. (1905) 673 ex parte. — Janipha violacea Griseb. in Abh. Ges.. 

 Wiss. Göttingen XXIV. (1879) 52. — Frutex 1—2 m altus, glaberrimus. Pctiolus 8 — 

 I0 cm longus, crassiusculus, vix pruinosus; limbus membranaceus, herbaeeo-viridis, 

 concolor, basi latiuscule peltatus, profunde 3 — 5-lobus, 12 cm longus, 14 cm latus; 

 lobi 3 adscendentes, 2 infimi horizontales, omnes 8 — 9 cm longi, 4 — 5 cm lati, ob- 

 longo-obovati, obtusi, basin versus angustati, indivisi vel panduriformi-lobati; stipulae 

 4 — 5 mm longae, pallidae, lanceolato-ovatae, denticulatae. Racemi ad 12 cm longi; 

 bracteae 4 mm longae, spatbulatae, denticulatae; pedicelli 10 mm longi, Q demum 

 longiores, robustiores; flores patentes, vix manifeste nutantes. Calyx q? albus, rubro- 

 slriatus, late campanulatus, 1 5 mm longus, extus glaber, intus breviter puberulus, ad 

 medium 5-fidus; discus et filamenta glabra; connectivum glabrum; antherae 4 mm 

 longae; ovarium glabrum, subteres. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Paraguay, Wälder am oberen Apa-Fluss (Hassler 

 n. 8497!). 



Argentinische Provinz: Argentinien, Prov. Salta, am Rio Juramento (Lo- 

 rentz u. Hieronymus n. 330!). 



Einheim. Namen: Guozu mandic. 



Nota. Species descripta nee cum M. anisophylla, nee cum M. heterophylla, nee cum 

 J. violacea quadrat, sed foliis peltatis ad M. Olaziovii accedit. Differt autem insigniter foliis 

 concoloribus, calyce intus vestito, floribus racemosis nee paniculatis. 



113. M. mirabilis Pax n. spec. — Frutex 0,8—1,2 m altus, inflorescentiis exceptis 

 glaberrimus; ramuli angulosi, leviter tantum subpruinosi. Petiolus 3 ^ — 2 2 cm longus, 

 rigidus; limbus viridis, subtus paululo lutescens, cartilagineo-marginatus , coriaceus vel 

 subcoriaceus, angustius vel latius peltatus, quoad formam valde variabilis et mire poly- 

 morphus; aut indivisus, cordatus vel ovato-cordatus, anguste vel vix peltatus, breviler 

 acutatus, 10 — 16 cm longus, 8 — 14 cm latus; aut latius peltatus, basi truncalus, 9 cm 

 longus, 10 cm latus, ambitu reniformis, utroque latere panduriformi-bilobus, lobi sinu 

 lato quadrato segregati, breves, obtusi, infimi minores vel etiam obsöleti; aut basi 

 cordatus, profunde 2 — 3-lobus, anguste peltatus, lobi ± indivisi, rhomboideo-orbiculares, 

 breviter acuti, se invicem tegentes; aut basi truncatus vel truncato-cordatus, 10 cm 

 longus, 1 4 cm latus, profunde 3-lobus, lobi apice truncati vel brevissime acutati, ambitu 

 fere obtriangulares, panduriformi- 1 — 2-lobulati, lobuli obtusissimi; aut 5-lobus, 20 cm 

 longus, 2 4 cm latus, lobi panduriformi-lobulati, infimi margine exteriore tantum 1- 

 lobulati; stipulae haud visae. Racemi in apice ramulorum plures, ferrugineo-tomentosi, 

 glabrescentes, 10 — 15 cm longi; bracteae haud visae, mox caducae; flores albi, (J 1 

 sessiles, Q post anthesin pedicello 10 — 16 mm longo, crasso, 3 mm diametiente, 

 horizontali stipitati. Calyx q* late campanulatus, 1 8 mm longus, extus breviter ferru- 

 gineo-tomentellus, intus pubescens, profunde, ultra medium 5-fidus; discus et filamenta 

 glabra; antherae 6 mm longae; connectivum apice hirtulum; ovarium dense ferrugineo- 

 velutinum. — Fig. 32. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Paraguay, feuchte Stellen an Waldrändern in 

 der Sierra de Amambay (Hassler n. 10711!). 



Nota. Species valde insignis, nulli notae arete affinis. 



Sect. 8. Peltatae Pax. 



Folia petiolata, breviter 5 — 7-loba, peltata. Bracteae parvae. 



Die phylogenetisch junge Gruppe, deren verwandtschaftliche Beziehungen S. 89 bereits 

 erörtert wurden, umfasst nur eine Art aus dem brasilianischen Staate Goyaz. 



114. M. peltata Pohl, PI. Bras. ic. et descr. I. (1827) 20 t. 13; Müll. Arg. in 

 DC. Prodr. XV. 2 (1866) 1058; in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 445. — Jatropha peltata 



