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Sect. I. Anomostachys (Baill.) Müll. Arg. 



Excoecaria Sect. Anomostachys Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1218. 

 — Stülingia Sect. Anomostachys Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) 525. 

 Calyx (^ 3-partitus, ^ 2 — 3-partitus. Stamina 3 — 8. 

 Species unica nota. 



1. E. Lastellei (Baill.) Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1218. — Stülingia 

 Lastellei Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) 525. — Frutex. Folia alterna, breviter 

 petiolata, subcoriacea, lanceolato-ovata, utrinque acuta, subtus glauca, leviter dentata; 

 dentes glandula parva terminati; venae reticulatae. Spicae axillares, abbreviatae, 

 bracteae omnes pluriflorae, infimae florem O centralem et (^ laterales gereutes, ceterae 

 omnino (^. Calyx c^ profunde 3-lobus, Q 2 — 3-partitus; stamina 3 vel 4 — 8. 



Madagaskar (Lastelle). 



Nota. Species adhue male nota est. 



Sect. 2. Commia Müll. Arg. 



Excoecaria Sect. Euexcoecaria Subsect. Commia Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 1218. 



Sepala (j^ et Q 3, rarius (^ 2. Stamina 3, rarius 2. 



2. E. lissophylla Baill. Hist. phys. natur. polit. Madagascar XXXIV. 4. (1890) 

 t. 202. — Arbor vel frutex; ramuli subteretes, cum omnibus partibus glabri. Folia 

 opposita; petiolus 7 — 8 mm longus, canaliculatus; limbus 14 — 18 cm longus, 4 — 5 cm 

 latus, obovato-lanceolatus, basin versus longe cuneato-attenuatus, acutus, apice rotundato- 

 obtusus vel emarginatus, coriaceus, nitidus, integer; costae secundariae fere horizontales, 

 tenues, vix conspicuae. Spicae 3 — 4 cm longae, axillares et terminales, basi flores 

 Q, 2 gereutes, ceterum (^f ; bi-acteae ovato-triangulares, acutae, basi utrinque glandula 

 laevi ornatae, (^ 2-florae; flores sessiles, Q bibracteolati ; bracteolae lacinulatae. Sepala 

 r^ 2, ovato-lanceolata, Q. 3, late ovata, acuta; stamina 3; ovarium laeve, glabrum; 

 styli basi connati. Capsula 1 cm fere longa. 



Madagaskar. — Wahrscheinlich auch Gomoren (Humblot n. 1518!). 



Nota. Species a cl. Bai Hon non descripta est, sed tantum icone edita. Verisimiliter 

 ad E. lissophyllam pcrtinet planta a Humblot lecta, supra citata, in Herb, berol. sterilis as- 

 servata. 



3. E. bicolor Hassk. Retzia I. (1855) 158; ed. 2. (1858) 31 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Batav. 

 I. 2. (1859) 416; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1220; Smith in Meded. 

 Departm. Landbouw Nr. 10. (1910) 27, 609. — Antidesma bicolor Hassk. Cat. bogor. 

 (1844) 81. — Groton bicolor Hort. — Arbuscula vel frutex ramosus; ramuli cum 

 omnibus reliquis partibus glabri. Folia opposita vel ternatim verticillata vel in ramulis 

 superioribus etiam alterna; petiolus 5 — 10 mm longus, eglandulosus; limbus 4 — 13 cm 

 longus, 1 Y2 — ^ cm latus, lanceolatus vel ovato-lanceolalus, basi attenuatus, apice longius 

 acuminatus, integer vel obtuse crenulato-serrulatus, utrinque nitidulus, membranaceus, 

 supra viridis, subtus saepe sanguineus vel purpureus ; stipulae ovato-lanceolatae, acu- 

 minatae, parvae. Flores dioici vel ex Hasskarl interdum monoici(?). Spicae axillares, 

 unisexuales, breves, graciles, 1 — 2V2 cm longae, § depauperatae; bracteae omnes 

 uniflorae, basi incrassatae, ovatae, acuminatae, basi utrinque uniglandulosae; pedicelli 

 (^f bracteam paulo superantes, Q, 2 mm attingentes. Sepala (J^ 3, lineari-lanceolata, 

 integra vel subintegra, Q ovata, denticulata, intus basi eglandulosa; stamina 3, ex- 

 serta; ovarium glabrum, inerme. Capsula 9 mm lata, apice impresso-truncata. Semina 

 subglobosa. 



Var. a. viridis Pax et K. Hoffm. n. var. — Internodia ramulorum elongata, 

 Folia subtus viridia. 



Hinterindisch-ostasiatische Provinz: Cochinchina (Gaudich aud!). 



Var. ß. purpuraseens Pax et K. HolTm. n. var. — Internodia valde abbreviata. 

 Folia subtus sanguinea vel purpurascentia. 



