Baliospermum. 



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b. Calyx Q post anthesin accrescens, capsulara aequans vel 

 superans. 



a. Ovarium glabrum ö. B. sinuatum. 



ß. Ovarium strigosum 6. Ä calycinum. 



C. Species quoad affinitatem dubia 1. B. pendulinum. 



D. Species verisimiliter e genere removendae 8. Ä malayanum. 



9. B. reidioides. 



\. B. montanum (Willd.) MüU. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (<866) H25; Kurz, 

 Forest Fl. II. (<877) 4i0. — B. axillare Blume, Bijdr. (1825 — 1826) 604; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. bat. II. 2. (<859) 6<0; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 461; Boerl. Fl. Nederl. 

 Ind. III. 1. (<900) 294; J. J. Smith in Mededeel. Departm. Landbouw 10 (1910) 600. 

 — B. indicum Decne. in Jacquem. Voy. (1841 — 1844) 154 t. 155. — B. polyandrum 

 Wight, Icon. pl. t. 1885 (1842). — B. Moritxianum Baill. Etud. gen. Euph. (1858) 

 395. — B. angulare Decne. in Sched. ex Baill. — Jatropha montana Willd. Spec. 



Fig. 6. Baliospermum montanum (Willd.) Müll. Arg. A Ramulus floriger. B Flos ^. C 

 Flos Q. — Icon. origin. ex Pax in Engler u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 5. 89 reit. 



pl. IV. (1805) 563. — Croton solanifolius Griseb. Orot. Monogr. (1807) 74, — • Croton 

 polyandrus Boxb. Fl. ind. III. (1832) 682. — Bidnus montanusVfaW. Cat, n. 7727a. 

 — Rottlera suffrutieosa Wall. Cat. n. 7843. — Frutex subherbaceus , 1 — 2 m altus, 

 a basi ramosus; caules subsimplices, teretes, dense foliosi, novelli ± breviter pubes- 

 centes. Petiolus 2 — 8 cm longus, erecto-patulus; limbus saepe in eodem specimine 

 summopere magnitudine et ambitu varians, in foliis superioribus lanceolatus, basi acutus, 

 in inferioribus latior et major, ovatus vel late ovatus, basi obtusus vel cordatus, 6 — ■ 

 20 cm longus, 6 — 12 cm latus, margine sinuato-dentatus , indivisus vel profunde tri- 

 lobus, membranaceus, subtus tenuiter pubescens, basi tiMplinervius et supra obscure bi- 

 glandulosus; stipulae glanduliformes. Inflorescentiae vulgo bisexuales vel in ramulis 

 unisexuales et tum i^ foemineis laxiores et longius pedunculatae ; bisexuales fasciculi- 

 formes vel congesto- vel laxo-paniculiformes; omnes abbreviatae, saepius petiolis bre- 

 viores; pedicelli (J* breviusculi, Q fructigeri ai-cte deflexi; bracteae parvae, steriles 

 numerosae. Calyx (^f aperiens 1 ^ 2 ™J^ latus, pedicello pauio brevior; lobi orbiculari- 

 ovati; calycis Q post anthesin non accrescentis lobi lanceolato-ovati vel lanceolati; 

 discus utriusque sexus annularis, lobulatus; stamina 15 — 20; ovarium 2 — 3-loculare, 

 sericeo-pilosum ; Stigmata bifida. Capsula tridyma, ad 1 cm longa et lata, scabro-puberula 



