Sebastlania. I35 



Baill. Adansonia V. (^865) 330. — Ramuli graciles, er parte spinescentes. Petiolus 

 2 — 4 mm longus; limbus 4 — 6 cm longus, 2 — 3 cm latus, chartaceus, glaber, lanceolato- 

 ellipticus vel oblongo-ellipticus, apice acutato obtusus, basin versus angustatus, ima basi 

 obtusus vel acutus, margine inferne utrinque 1 — 2-glandulosus vel eglandulosus, adpresse 

 denticulatus ; dentes obtusi; costae secundariae utrinque 9 — 13, utraque pagina cum 

 venis prominentes; stipulae lineari-lanceolatae. Spicae in ramulis exiguis terminales; 

 bracteae basi stipitato-biglandulosae vel subeglandulosae, ovatae, acutae, utriusque sexus 

 1-florae; flos Q sessilis. Sepala (;j^ ovata, denticulata, Q orbiculari-ovata, rotundato- 

 obtusa, lacero- denticulata, intus basi glandulis ± quasi in membranulam connatis 

 praedita; ovarium glabrum, inerme. Capsula 6 mm longa, 8 mm lata, depresso-globoso- 

 tridyma. Semina 4 mm longa et lata. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Brasilien, Säo Paulo, bei Ypanema (Sellow 

 n. 2096!, 2128!). — Minas Geraes, Lagoa Santa (Warming). — Paraguay, 

 Cordillera de Altos (Fiebrig n. 33!, 33a!). 



47. S. Riedelii Müll. Arg. in Fl. Bras. XL 2. (1874) 578. — Gymnanthes serrata 

 var. puhescens Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII. (1863) 99. — Sebastiania serrata var. 

 pubescens Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1179. — Frutex 2 m altus; ramuli 

 graciles, glabri, Ultimi tenues, pube brevissima, lurido-obscura vestiti, ex parte spines- 

 centes. Petiolus 4 — 6 mm longus; limbus 4 — 6 cm longus^ 12 — 1 8 mm latus, lanceolatus, 

 apicem obtusum versus angustatus, rarius subspathulatus et latius obtusus, ima basi 

 obtusus, subcoriaceus, obtuse adpresso-serrulatus, supra plumbeo-viridis, subtus pallidior, 

 glaber, reticulato-venosus, basi utrinque margine 1 — 2-glandulosus; costae secundariae 

 utrinque 10 — 12; stipulae anguste lineari-lancfeolatae. Spicae in ramulis foliosis, longius- 

 culis terminales, 2Y2 cm longae, graciles, insigniter laxiflorae; rhachis tenuissime pu- 

 berula; bracteae (^ 1-floi'ae, orbiculari-ovatae, acuminatae, lacero -denticulatae, cum 

 pedicello basi tantum connatae; flores q^ ultra insertionem bracteae pedicellati. Sepala 

 (5^ 2, inaequalia; stamina 3 vel 4; ovarium glabi'um, inerme. Capsula ignota. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Brasilien, Minas Geraes, bei Caitete (Riedel!). 



48. S. daphniphylla (Baill.) Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (I866) 1180; in Fl. 

 Bras. XI. 2. (187 4) 579. — Stülingia daphniphylla Baill. Adansonia V. (1865) 326. — 

 Sarothrostachys daphniphylla Buek, Ind. IV. (1874) 366. — Frutex fere 1 1/2 "^ altus, 

 glaberrimus; ramuli juveniles anguloso-compressi, saepe in axilla foliorum ternatim 

 fasciculati. Petiolus 3 — 4 mm longus, crassus; limbus 12 cm longus, 4 cm latus, 

 membranaceus, elliptico- vel ovato-lanceolatus, apice breviter acuminatus, basi obtusus, 

 subinteger, penninervius, venosus, subtus glaucescens. Spicae terminales, 4 cm longae, 

 filiformes, basi Q, ceterum (J'; bracteae inferiores 2 — 4 Q, reliquae (J^, membranaceae, 

 crenatae, basi biglandulosae, (^ uniflorae. Calyx (^ eglandulosus, lobi liberi vel =b 

 connati, Q inaequaliter 3-fidus, lobi obtusi, crenati; stamina 3, libera; ovarium inerme, 

 trisulcatum, glabrum. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Brasilien, Rio de Janeiro (St. Hilaire n. 312). 



Sect. 7. Eusebastiania Müll. Arg. 



Sebastiania Sect. Eusebastiania Müll. Arg. in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 582; Benth, 

 in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. III. (I88O) 336; Pax in Engler u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 5. 

 (1890) 94. — Stillingia Sect. Sebastiania Baill. Etud, gen. Euphorb, (1858) 519. — 

 Oymnanthes Sect. Stenogymnanthes et Sect. Stenogussonia ex parte Müll. Arg. in 

 Linnaea XXXII. (1863) 103, 106. — Excoecaria Sect. Eitexcoecaria ex parte et Sect. 

 Paragymnanthes ex parte Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII. (1863) 123, 125. — Sebastiania 

 Sect. Eusebastiania Subsect. Protosebastiania et Subsect. Stenogussonia ex parte Müll. 

 Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (I866) 1185, 1189. — Excoecaria Sect, Euexcoecaria 

 Subsect. Protoxanthes Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1222 ex parte. — Ex- 

 coecaria Sect. Euexcoecaria Müll. Arg. in Fl, Bras. XL 2. (1874) 626. — Ramuli non 

 spinescentes. Spicae terminales, soHtariae, graciles vel vaHdae, spiraliter florigerae. 



