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F. Pax. — Euphorbiaceae-Hippomaneae. 



i9. Adenopeltis Bert. 



Ädenopeltis*) Bert, in Ferussac, Bull. XXI. (1833) (nomen); Juss. in Ann. sc. 

 nat. XXV. (4 832) 24; Endl. Gen. II, (1836—40) H09; Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. 

 (1858) 532 t. 7, f. 15—19; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1164; Benth. in 



Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. III. (1880) 

 338; Pax in Engler u. Prantl, Pflzfam. 

 III. 5. (1890) 100. — Sapium Sect. 

 Ädenopeltis 0. Ktze. et Post, Lexicon 

 (1904) 498. — Flores monoici, ape- 

 tali. Discus nullus. Flores utrius- 

 que sexus nudi. Stamina 2 vel rarius 

 3; filamenta basi breviter connata; 

 antherae longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 

 Ovarii riidimentum nuUum. Ovarium 

 3-loculare; styli liberi vel vix basi 

 connati, tenues, indivisi; ovula in 

 loculis solitaria. Capsula tridyraa, 

 in coccos 2-valves dissiliens, colu- 

 mellam nullam relinquens, sed peri- 

 carpii basis inter coccos persistens. 

 Seniina subglobosa, ecarunculata; 

 testa crustacea; albumen carnosum; 

 cotyledones latae, planae. — Frutex 

 glaber. Folia alterna, breviter pe- 

 tiolata, glanduloso-denticulata, penni- 

 nervia. Spicae terminales vel in 

 axillis superioribus; bracteae latae, 

 basi intus biglandulosae. Flores (^ 

 sub quaque bractea solitarii vel 2 — 

 3-ni, subsessiles, Q. ad basin inflo- 

 rescentiae 1 — 2, sub bracteis soli- 

 tarii; glandulae ad bracteas (^ pel- 

 tatae, stipitatae, basi nudae vel parce 

 fimbriatae, ad bracteas Q. firnbriato- 

 multifidae. 



Species unica nota, chilensis. 

 A. colliguaya Bert, ex Juss. 

 1. c; Gay, Fl. cbil. V. (1849) 338; 

 Baill. 1. c. ; Müll. Arg. 1. c. — Ex- 

 coecaria serrata Ait. Hort. Kewens. 

 ed. 2. V. (1813) 418. — Excoe- 

 caria marginata Kunze in Poepp. 

 Coli. pl. chil. I. n. 252. — Excoe- 

 caria colliguaya Baill. Hist. pl. A', 

 (1874) 134. — Stillingia glandu- 

 losa Dombey in Sched. — Frutex 

 habitu Colliguayae odoriferae; ra- 

 muli scabrido-tomentelli. Petiolus 4 — 8 mm longus; limbus foliorum ramealium 2V2 — 

 8 cm longus, 1^ — 3 cm latus, ovatus vel obovatus vel lanceolato-ellipticus, obtusus vel 

 subobtusus, basi subacutus, membranaceus, margine glandulis pcllucidis, apiculatis, quasi 

 serraturis adhaerentibus praeditus; limbus foliorum ramulinonmi vulgo minor, arabifu 



Fig. 



5:2. Ädenopeltis colliguaya Bert, 

 tiger. — Icon oriRin. 



Ramulus fruc- 



pellalas. 



u^Tjt' =^ glandula; ntXii; = pelta. Nomen datuni propter glandulas ad bracteaä (5 



