Excoecaria. 165 



Liberia, Monrovia (üinklage n. 2418!]; Sierra Leone (Afzelius!); Kamerun, 

 Johann Albrechlshöhe (Büsgen n. 108!, Staudt n. 609!), zwischen Bajilla und Mun- 

 dame (Winkler n. 999!), Batanga (Dinklage n. 797!), Bipindi (Zenker n. H65!). 



Nota. Var. cavalliensis Beule et var. eomoensis Beule in Bull. soc. Bot. France 

 LVII. (1910) 129 a typo paulo tantum recedunt (Chevalier n. 16979, 17577, 19701). 



18. E. parvifolia Müll. Arg. in Flora XLVIL (1864) 433; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 122«; F. Müll, et Benth. Fl. Austral. VL (1873) 153. — E. agallocha var. 

 Mülleriana Baill. Adansonia VL (1866) 325. — Kami validi, teretes; ramuli crassi, 

 valde abbreviati vel omnino pulviniformes. Folia alterna, fere sessilia, 1 V2 — 2 cm longa, 

 4 — 6 mm lata, lineari-elliptica, rotundato-obtusa vel retusa, evenosa, rigidula, margine 

 recurva vel subrevoluta, eglandulosa, integra. Spicae (^ in pulvinulis hemisphaericis 

 vel in ramulis abbreviatis, densissime squamulosis aggregatae, circ. 3 — 5, breves, juniores 

 densissime bracteigerae, deinde laxiores et folia subaequantes; bracteae latissime ovatae, 

 concavae, denticulatae, 1-florae. Sepala (^ ovata vel lanceolata, acuminata, inciso- 

 denticulata; stamina 2. Flores Q et fruetus ignoti. 



Austromalayische Provinz: Nordaustralien, sehr verbreitet am Golf von 

 Carpentaria (R. Brown, Landsborough, F. v. Müller). 

 Einheim. Name: Guttapercha tree. 



19. E. rectinervis Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal XLV. IL (1876) 148; Hook. f. 

 FL Brit. Ind. V. (18 88) 473. — Actephila rectinervis Kurz in Journ. Bot. XIIL (1875) 

 329. — Ramuli crassiusculi. Folia alterna; petiolus robustus, 3 — 4 cm longus, eglan- 

 dulosus; limbus 15 — 20 cm longus, 9 — 10 cm latus, obovato-oblongus, abrupte in 

 apicem obtusum attenuatus vel saepius obtusus vel retusus, integer, coriaceus, basi 

 acutus, eglandulosus ; costae secundariae utrinque 12 — 15, fere horizontales, tenues. 

 Spicae axillares, sessiles, petiolo breviores, omnino (^ vel basi flores Q, \ — 2, bre- 

 vissime pedicellatos gereutes; bracteae (^ obcordatae, uniflorae; flores (^ sessiles. 

 Stamina 2; ovarium glabrum, inerme. Capsula pedicello 1 cm fere longo, robusto 

 suffulta, globoso-trigona, 1 1/2 cm fere diametiens. Semina subglobosa, pallida, ferru- 

 gineo-tigrina et maculata. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Nikobaren, sehr verbreitet in den tropischen 

 Wäldern von Katchall auf Korallenkalkfelsen (Kurz); Tilangchong (Jelinek n. lOO). 



20. E. glaucescens Scott EUiot in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXIX. (1890) 48. — Frutex; 

 rami glabri, corrugati, alternatim compressi. Petiolus vix 1 cm attingens; limbus 8 — 

 17 cm longus, 2V2 — * cm latus, elliptico-oblongus, utrinque attenuatus, glaber, violaceo- 

 glaucus, margine serratus, subrevolutus; venae supra prominentes; stipulae triangulari- 

 lineares, brunneae, caducae. Spicae axillares, 5 ^ — ^ cm longae, distanter ± 1 0- 

 florae, androgynae vel Q^; bracteae trianguläres, acuminatae, (^ pluriflorae. Sepala 3, 

 triangularia , acuta, apice rubro, calloso praedita; antherae 3, subsessiles; ovarium 

 sessile; styli 3, leviter applanati. Capsula fere 5 mm diametiens. 



Madagaskar: Wälder bei Fort Dauphin (Scott EUiot n. 2423, 2916!). 



21. E. agallocha L. Spec. pl. ed. 2. (1763) 1451; MülL Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 12 20. — Arbor parva, lactescens; ramuli teretes, cum omnibus partibus glabri. 

 Folia alterna; petiolus 1 1/2 — t^jicm longus, i*arius longior; limbus 4 — 10 cm longus, 

 2 — 5 cm latus, ellipticus vel ovatus, rarius oblongo-lanceolatus vel orbiculari-obovatus, 

 apice obtuse acuminatus, rarius rotundato-obtusus, basi obtusus vel rotundatus, rarius 

 acutiusculus, leviter crenulato-serrulatus vel fere integer, coriaceus, nitidus, ima basi 

 prope petiolum glandulis 2, parvis, sessilibus praeditus; costae secundariae utrinque 

 8 — 10, tenuissimae; stipulae minutae, persistentes, fere subulatae. Spicae (J* anienti- 

 formes, 3^2 — 7 cm longae, insigniter densiflorae, cylindricae; racemi Q. spicis (^ duplo 

 fere breviores, apice saepe steriles, in aliis ramis vel in aliis speciminibus siti; in- 

 florescentiae utriusque sexus axillares, solitariae vel 2 — 3-nae; bracteae dense imbri- 

 catae, latae, breves, truncatae, margine integro excepto glanduloso-incrassatae, uniflorae; 

 flores suaveolentes, (^ sessiles, Q breviter pedicellati. Sepala (^ lineari-lanceolata, 

 basi lacero-dentata, ^ ovata, acuminata, intus basi utrinque 1 -glandulosa ; stamina 3, 



