Sapiuin. 253 



91. S. ellipticum (Höchst.) Pax. — Sclerocroton ellipticus Höchst, in Flora XXVIII. 

 (18 45) 85; Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorh. (1858) 523 t. 8, f. 17. — Stillingia elUptica 

 Baül. Adansonia III. (1862 — 1863) 162. — Excoeearia indica Müll. Arg. in Linnaea 

 XXXII. (1863) 1*2; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1216 ex parte. — Excoeearia Man- 

 niana Müh. Arg. in Flora XLVII. (18C4) 433; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1217. — 

 Excoeearia dbyssiniea Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 217; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 1214. — Sapium Mannianum Benth. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. III. (1880) 

 335; Hiern, Cat. Afr. pl. IV. (1900) 986; Th. et H.Durand, Syll. Fl. congol. (1910) 



Fig. 49. Sapium elliptieum (Höchst.) Pax. A Ramulus floriger. B Inflorescentia (5 partialis. 

 C Flos (5- D Flos Q. E Fruetus. — Icon. origin. 



500. — Sapium abyssinicum Benth. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. III. (1880) 335; Pax 

 in Engler, Pflzwelt. Ostafr. C. (1895) 241. — Excoeearia reticulata Sim, For. and 

 Forest Fl. Cape Colonj (1907) 320 t. 140, f. 2. — Sapium Ker stingii Pa.x in Engler's 

 Bot. Jahrb. XLIH. (1909) 85. — Tragia elliptica Höchst, in Sched. — Arbor elegans, 

 parva, mediocris vel ad 30 ni alta vel altior; rami penduh; ramuh inflorescentiis ex- 

 ceptis cum omnibus partibus glabri, graciles. Petiolus 4 — 9 mm longus, gracilis; limbus 

 6 — 15 cm longus, 2 — 6 cm latus, elliptico-lanceolatus vel oblongo-elUpticus vel oblongo- 

 ovatus vel oblongo-obovatus, basi acutus vel obtusus, apice acutus vel cuspidatus, ± 

 dentatus vel subinteger, merabranaceus vel coriaceus, ima basi utrinque 2 — 4-glandu- 

 losus, nitidus; folia inferiora saepe difformia, minora et basi rotundato-obtusa; costae 

 secundariae utrinque 7 — 12; stipulae trianguläres, acutae, saepissime mox deciduae. 



