Excoecaria. 161 



oppositifolia Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) 518. — Salix glabrata Herb. Heyne 

 ex Hook. f. 1. c. — Arbor parva, omnino glabra; rami cum ramulis teretes vel sub- 

 teretes. Folia opposita; petiolus 6 — iO mm longus; limbus \0 — 18 cm longus, 3^/2 — 

 5 cm latus, elliptico-lanceolatus vel oblongo-lanceolatus, basi acutus, apiee acuminatus, 

 serrulatus vel crenulatus, eglandulosus, subcoriaceus, nitidulus. Spicae axillares et saepe 

 simul in ramulis brevibus, paucifoliatis, axillaribus terminales, unisexuales, rarius basi 

 florem Q gereutes, ceteruni(j^; spicae (]f ± 5 cm longae, Q depauperatae, 2 — 3-florae, 

 interdum uniflorae; Acres saepius dioici, q^ subsessiles; bracteae late trianguläres, 

 acutae, basi utrinque minute uniglandulosae, omnes uniflorae. Sepala (^ 3, oblonga, 

 acuta, denticulata, intus medio carinata, Q orbiculari-ovata, denticulata, intus eglan- 

 dulosa; staminaS; ovarium laeve, glabrum; styli breviter tantum basi connati. Capsula 

 3-loba; semina ovoidea, maculata. 



Provinz des westlichen Gebirgslandes der Malabarküste; in Gebirgs- 

 •wäldern von Goorg südwärts; auch im zentralen Ceylon häufig. — Nilgiri-Berge 

 (Hohenacker n. 977!, Perrottet n. 1074!]; Ceylon (Thwaites n. 2523!). Ohne 

 nähere Standortsangabe (Wight n. 2643!, 2644!). 



8. E. bantamensis Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII. (1863) 124; in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 1219; Smith in Mededeel. Departm. Landbouw Nr. 10. (1910) 610. — Folia 

 in ramulis subdistantia, opposita; petiolus 4 — 12 mm longus, eglandulosus; limbus 

 12 — 15 cm longus, 5 — 6 cm latus, oblongo-ellipticus, breviter cuspidato-acuminatus, 

 basi subacutus, crenato-serratus, eglandulosus, submembranaceus, nitidulus, subpallidus; 

 costae secundariae tenues, leviter arcuatae ; venae translucenti-perspicuae; stipulae 

 lineari-lanceolatae. Spicae (^f graciles, laxiflorae, flexuosae, circ. 5 cm longae; bracteae 

 rf exiguae, late ovatae, acutae, basi biglandulosae, uniflorae; glandulae oblongae, sub- 

 pHcato-rugosae, bracteam superantes. Sepala (^ anguste ovata, lacero-dentata; stamina 3, 

 exserta. Flores Q et fructus ignoti. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Java, Residentschaft Bantam (Zollinger 

 n. 3703 ex parte). 



Nota. Affinis et similis JE. crenulatae, sed glandulis majusculis, rugosis satis diversa videtur; 

 ceterum valde incomplete nota est. 



9. E. robusta Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1888) 474. — E. oppositifolia Müll. 

 Arg. in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1219 ex parte. — Ramuli crassi, cum omnibus 

 partibus glabri. Folia opposita; petiolus 15 — 20 mm longus, robustus, eglandulosus; 

 limbus 12 — 15 cm longus, 3 — 5 cm latus, lanceolatus, acuminatus, basi acutus et saepe 

 obliquus, coriaceus, eglandulosus, integer vel sinuato-subserratus, opacus; costae secun- 

 dariae utrinque 15 — 2 0, arcuatae, tenues. Spicae (^ axillares, unisexuales, robustae, 

 a basi florigerae, 10 — 15 cm longae; bracteae late triangulari- ovatae, carnosulae, 

 utrinque grosse uniglandulosae, uniflorae; bracteolae magnae; flores (^ sessiles. Sepala 

 Q^ 3, basi late cordata, orbicularia, eroso-denticulata; stamina 3. Flores Q ignoti. 

 Fructus immaturus ad 2 cm diametiens, crasse pedicellatus, racemo axillari, brevissimo 

 insertus. 



Provinz des westlichen Gebirgslandes der Malabarküste: Goncan 

 (Stocks!); Gebirge von Goorg (Thomson!, Wight); Nilgiri-Berge (Perrottet n. 1 075!). 



Nota. Species ab E. crenulataet E. oppositifolia d\vers\ss\ma., propius ad E. macrophyllam 

 accedens. 



10. E. oppositifolia Griff, in Calcutta .Tourn. Nat. Hist. IV. (18 44) 38 6; Walpers, 

 Annal. I. (1848/49) 621; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1888) 474. — Ramuli teretes, 

 cum omnibus partibus glabri. Folia opposita; petiolus dr 15 mm longus, eglandulosus; 

 limbus 15 — 22 cm longus, 6 — 7 cm latus, anguste oblongus, acuminatus, subcoriaceus, 

 basi ± acutus, eglandulosus, integer vel subserratus; costae secundariae utrinque 

 16 — 2 0, tenues, leviter arcuatae. Spicae unisexuales, (^ (axillares simulque terminales), 

 12 — 15 cm longae, pedunculatae ; rhachis valde gracilis; flores Q^ sessiles; bracteae 

 (^ uniflorae, integrae; bracteolae nuUae. Sepala (j^ ^^^^ oblonga, denticulata, basi 

 auriculata. Flores ^ solitarii^ terminales, pedicellati, utroque latere glandula majuscula 



A. Eng 1er, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryophyta siphonogama.) 147. V. 4| 



