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F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Hippomemeae. 



3. Mabea Aubi. 



Mabea*] Aubl. Hist. pl. Guyan. II. (1775) 867 t. 334; Endl. Gen. pl. II. M836 — 

 1840} HI3; Benth. in Hook, Journ. Bot. VI. (1854) 363; Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. 

 (J858) 412 t. 4 3 f. 19—28; Müll. Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1148; in Fl. 

 Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 515; Benth. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. III. (1880) 331; Pax in 

 Engler u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 5. (l 890) 92. 



Flores monoiei, apetaü. Discus nullus. Calyx Q^ parvus, juvenilis globosus, sub- 

 clausus, longe ante anthesin apertus, 3 — ö-lobus; lobi lati, leviter imbricati. Stamina 

 numerosa, 70 — 10, rarius 2 — 3, receptaculo convexo affixa; antherae fere sessiles, ex- 

 trorsae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarii rudimentum nullum. Sepala Q, 5, quincun- 

 ciaha, vel 6, biseriata vel rarius 3, saepe valde inaequaha, imbricata. Ovarium 3-locu- 

 lare; stvU in columnam saepe elongatam connati, superne liberi, indivisi; ovula in loculis 

 solitaria. Capsula globosa vel leviter tridyma, in coccos 2-valves dissiliens; endocarpium 



*) Nomen carlbaeum Piriri Mabe. 



