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F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Hippomaneae. 



jusvis bracteae 9 — 12, in reliquis 6 — 9; ovarium dense echinatum. Capsula tenuiter lig- 

 nosa, breviuscule echinata, 9 mm longa; aculei inaequales, \ — 2 mm longi, saepe com- 

 pressi. Semina 5Y2 mm longa, badia, basi retuso-cordata. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Brasilien, Rio de Janeiro bis Santa Catha- 

 rina, VValdbamii. 



Var. a. major Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII. (1863) 108; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 1192; in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 592. — Folia oblongo-elliptica, majora vel mi- 

 nora, basi et apice obtusa vel subobtusa vel breviter acutata. — Fig. 1 3. 



Rio de Janeiro (Riedel!, Martins). 



Var. ß. obovatus Müll. Arg. in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 592. — Folia oblongo- 

 vel lanceolato-obovata, basin subobtusam versus bi"eviter angustata, duplo longiora 

 quam lata. 



Rio de Janeiro (Martins, Riedel!). 



Fig. 1 3. Actinostemon echinatus Müll. Arg. var. major Müll. Arg. A Ramulus fructiger, capsulis 

 delapsis. B, C Capsulae valvae. D. E Semina. — Icon. origin. 



Var. y. minor Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII. (1863) 108; in DC. Prodr. XV, 2. 

 (1866) 1192; in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 592. — Folia oblongo-elliptica, basi sub- 

 cordata, circ. 2 V2"plo longiora quam lata. Capsula minor, circ. 7 mm longa. 



Rio de Janeiro (Lhotsky). 



Var. 6. spathulatus Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII. (1863) 108: in DC. Prodr. XV. 

 2. (1866) 1193; in Fl. Bras. XL 2. (1874) 593. — Folia obovato-lanceolata, acute 

 acuminata, basi cuneato-angustata, circ. 2^2 — 3^/2-plo longiora quam lata. 



Rio de Janeiro (Gaudichaud n. 11451, Riedel). 



26. A. Glaziovii Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — Arbor?, omnino glabra; ramuli 

 pallidi, acutiuscule angulosi. Folia in ramulis sparsa; petiolus 7 — 9 mm longus, validus, 

 canaliculatus; limbus 10 — 13 cm longus, 4 — 5^/9 cm latus, spathulato-obovalus, apice 

 breviter acutus vel subobtusus, mucronulatus, ima basi obtusus, opacus, subtus vix 

 pallidior, coriaceus, margine subrevolutus, supra vix, subtus paulo tantum reticulato- 

 venosus, costae seeundariae angulo fere "^j-^-vecio insidentes, supra vix, subtus paulo 



