Excoecaria. 



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Yünnan: Szemao (Henry n. 1209öD!). 



Einheim. Name: Bäsingh (Kumaon). 



Verwendung finden in Ost-Kumaon die Blätter als Heilmittel gegen Rheumatismus. 

 Vergl. Watt, Dict. Econ. prod. India HI. (1890) 306. 



24. E. Bussei Pax. — Sapium Bussei Pax in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXIII. (i903) 

 284. — Frutex arborescens vel arbor, 4 — 5 m alta, omnibus partibus glabra; ramuli 

 satis crassiusculi. Foüa alterna; petiolus 1/2 — i V2 cm longus, crassiusculus, canalicu- 

 latus; limbus i 1 2 cm longus, 6 — 672 cm latus, rhombeo-oblongus vel ellipticus, basi 

 acutus, apice breviter et obtuse acuminatus, irregulariter crenatus, firme membranaccus, 

 opacus, eglandulosus. Spicae axillares et terminales; rhachis robusta, 5 — 6 cm longa, 



Fig. 31. Excoecaria Bussei Pax. Ä Ramulus floriger. B Capsula. C Semina columellae 

 centrali adsidentia. D Semen. — Icon. origin. 



2— 2Y2mm lata; basi flores § 1 — 2 gerentes, ceterum (j^ ; bracteae utriusque sexus 

 1-florae, (^ basi incrassatae, rotundatae, breviter apiculatae, denticulatae, basi utrinque 

 glandula oblonga, laevi ornatae, Q oblongae, acuminatae, biglandulosae; flores subsessiles, 

 bibracteolati. Sepala (^ 3, ovato-lanceolata, basi incrassata, apice inflexa, Q late 

 ovata, acuta, denticulata, intus eglandulosa; ovarium laeve, glabrum; styli ima basi 

 tantum connati. Capsula glabra, laevis, brevissime pedicellata, maxima, depresso-sub- 

 globosa, leviter tridyma, 3Y2 — 4 cm longa, 5 — 5V2 cm lata, apice acuta, dorso coc- 

 corum carinata, brunnea; pericarpium tenue. Semina globosa, 1 cm fere diametientia, 

 brunnea, parce maculata, in columna brevi, late trialata post casum pericarpii longe ad- 

 haerentia, carunculata; caruncula a semine secedens et in collumella persistens. — ^^ 

 Fig. 31. 



Ostafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Deutsch Ostafrika, Ugogo, Mpapwa, 

 Busehsteppe (Busse n. 96!, Holtz n. 1324'.); Kondoa .Trangi (Sauer n. 1974!). 



