12 F- Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Gelonieae. 



Flores dioici, apetali. Floris q^ calyx tubulatus, minutus, irregulariter 3-fidus, 

 pubescens; lobi ovati, obtusi. Stamina 7; filamenta in columnam caljce longiorem, 

 inferne villosam connata, superne libera, 3 interiora longiora. Floris Q sepala 5, 

 lata, pubescentia, valde imbricata. Discus hypogynus margine laciniatus. Ovarium 3- 

 loculare; styli distincti, crassiusculi, 2-partiti; grosse papillosi; ovula in loculis solitaria. 

 Capsula globosa, dense tubei'culato-echinata, in coccos 2-valves dissiliens. Semina 

 ovoideo-globosa, carunculata, diu in columella 3-alata persistentia; testa crustacea, nitida. 

 — Frutices vel arbores inflorescentia excepta glabri. Folia alterna, bieviter petiolata, 

 ovata, integra, coriacea; stipulae caducae, minutae. Flores rj^ in axillis foliorum supe- 

 riorum, fere ad bracteas reductorum fasciculati, racemum terminalem, basi foliatum 

 formantes. 



' Species verisimiliter 2, Indiam occidentalem habitantes. 



Nota. Genus certissime Chaetocarpo valcle affinis, sed adhuc male notum; omni jure 

 jam cl. Bentham Metteniain melius notam cum Chaetocarpo forte jungendam esse putavit, 



1. M. globosa (Swartz) Griseb. Fl. Brit. West. Ind. Isl. (1859) 43; Müll. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1235. — Croton glohosus Swartz Prodr. (1788) 100; Fl. Ind. 

 occ. 11. (1800) H81. — Ricinus globosus Wüld. Spec. pl. IV. (1805) 567. — Gaeda- 

 wakka globosa 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 606. — Arbor 10 m alta vel frutex^ 



1 — 1 Y2"i^6*^''3,lis ; ramuli pilis simplicibus pubescentes, teretes, striati, Petiolus 2 — 4 mm 

 longus, crassiusculus; limbus 2^/2 — 5 cm longus, ovatus, utrinque obtusus vel subobtusus, 

 supra lucidus, pubescens vel glabratus ; stipulae caducae, minutae. Racemi ^ breviter 

 pedunculati; pedicelli 5 — 2-ni. Calyx Q 2 mm longus; lobi ovati, obtusi, valde im- 

 bricati, dense fulvo-pubescentes; disci hypogyni glandulae liberae, ereetae, profunde 3 — 

 5-partitae, glabrae. Columna staminalis elongata, inferne villosa. Capsula 1 mm longa, 

 8 mm lata, tuberculis pyramidatis, scabris echinata, subglobosa. Semen 4 mm longuni, 

 laeve, nigrum, nitidum, caruncula magna, convexa, integra coronatum. 



Westindische Provinz: Jamaica, in Bergw^äldern, selten (Harris n. 3308!, 

 9112!, Macfadyen, Purdie!). 



Nota. Cl. Bentham alteram speciem cubensem recognovit (Wright n. 1973) frulicosam, 

 fructibus tantum notam, sed speciem non descripsit. Specimen sub n. 405! a cl. Wright in 

 Cuba lectum, a me visum, a M. globosa forte non diversum est. 



3. Cheilosa Blume. . 



Gfieilosa*) Blume, Bijdr. (182 5) 613; Endl, Gen. (1836—40) 1116; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. I. 2. (1839) 410; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1122; Benth. in Benth. 

 et Hook. f. Gen. III. (I88O) 322; Pax in Engler u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 5. (1890) 90. 



Flores dioici, apetali. Floris (^ sepala 5, subaequalia, crassiuscula, leviter imbricata. 

 Disci glandulae minutae. Stamina 5 — 10, exteriora alternisepala ; filamenta libera; 

 antherae breves. Ovarii rudimentum obovoideum vel obtuse 2 — 3-fidum. Floris Q sepala 

 inaequalia. Discus hypogynus denticulatus. Ovarium 3-loculare ; styli basi brevissime 

 connati, recurvi, apice 2-fidi; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula ellipsoidea, 6-sulca, in 

 coccos 2-valves dissiliens. Semen ecarunculatum, magnum; cotyledones latae, planae. — 

 Arbor procera, mox glabrescens. Folia alterna, petiolata, integerrima vel apicem versus vix 

 denticulata, penninervia. Paniculae (^f laxae, axillares, foliis breviores; inflorescentiae Q 

 racemosae, satis pauciflorae. Flores (^f secus rhachin sub quaque bractea fasciculati, 



2 — 4, Q solitarii vel subsolitarii. 



Species 1 , javanica. 



C. montana Blume, Bijdr. (1825) 613; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. IL 1. (1859) 410; 

 Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (I866) 1123; Boerl. Handl. Nederl. Ind. III. 1. (1900) 

 246, 287; J. J. Smith in Mededeel. Departm. Landbouw 10. (1910) 603. — Ramuli 

 teretes, subnigricantes, juveniles cum petiolis et inflorescentiis puberuli, mox glabrati, 

 Petiolus 1 — 4 cm longus; limbus 10 — 15 cm longus, 4 — 8 cm latus, oblongo-obovatus. 



*) /EiXos = margo. 



