Nova genera et species III. 393 



setoso-incisae. Ovariiim dense pilosum. Styli 0,5 mm. longi; Stigmata 

 parum incrassata. Capsula stipite involucrum vix aequaiite ad latus versa, 

 a latere subquadrata, super ne paullo angustata, er. 1 mm. diametro, valvis 

 dorso obtusis. Semina ovata, acutiuscula, 0,8 mm. longa, 0,5 mm, crassa, 

 griseo - albescentia. 



Hab. in Cuba: Wright (a. 1865) s. n. 



Obs. Species sub nomine E. jnvstratae ex hb. Grisebachiano aecepta 

 re Vera ad E. adenopteram Bertol. arctissime accedit, cjuae caulibus multo 

 crassioribus, foliis pluries majoribus omnibus aequalibus, involucri appendici- 

 bus majoribus, inferioribus etiam magis evolutis differt. 



Euphorbia Oerstediaiia Boiss.! m VC. Prodr. XV. 2 (1862) p.öQ. 



Poinsettia Oersiediana Kloixsch et Qarclce! in Mojiatsber. Kgl. 

 Äkad. Wiss. Berlin 1859 p. 253 (nomen tantum cum patria St. Thomas) 

 et in Abh. Kgl. Äkad. Wiss. Berlin 1859 (1860) p.103 (cum descr. et 

 patria St. Thomas et in monte Maraija). 



Euphorbia genicidata Eggers! Flor. St. Croix and Virg.Isl. (1879) 

 p. 93; Keiv Bidl! Nr. 81 p. 274, — non Ortega. 



Hab. in St. Thomas: Oersted, in Signalhill 500 m. alt. in sylvis 

 nmbrosis ni. Majo fl. et fr.: Eggers ed. Toepff. n. 348; St. Croix ex 

 Egg.; Martinique: Diiss s.u.; St. Vincent prope Kichmond Estate 

 (leeward) locis apertis rara, m. Dec. fl. et fr.: Smith n. 744; Barbados 

 in sylvis inter saxa, m. Dec. fl. et fr.: Eggers n. 7321; Grenada in 

 Belle Tue Plantation, m. Oct. fl. et fr.: Broadv^^ay n. 135; Tobago in 

 coUibus ad Runnymede versus 400 m. alt., ubi flumina Great Courland 

 et Craig Hall confluuut, m. Nov. fr.: Eggers n. 5934; — praeterea 

 Am er. centr. in monte Maraya: Oersted. 



Obs. I. An species re vera etiam in America centrali crescat, anne 

 haec patria commutatione schedulae erronea posterius a cl. Klotzsch et 

 Garcke adjecta sit, adliuc in dubio haeret. 



Obs. II. Species nostra ab E. genicnlata Ort. seminibus longitudinaliter 

 seriatim mamilloso-tuberculatis toto coelo di versa et statim dignoscenda est. 



Euphorbia Heleiiae Urb. (d. sp.) arbor glabra, rarais carnosis 

 2 — 3-tomis, raro alternis; foliis alternis, in apice ramorum deuse 

 aggregatis, 7 — 2 mm. longe petiolatis, lanceolatis v. lineari-lanceolatis, 

 utrinqiie subaequaliter angustatis, basi in petiolum decurrentibus, apice 

 acuto T. obtiiso solemniter mucronatis, integris, 3 — 6 cm. longis, 0,8 — 

 1,7 cm. latis, in sicco coriaceis, nervo medio supra impresso, subtus 

 crasse prominente; flormn invokicris in apice ramulorum solitariis 

 subsessilibus, nunc in cymam 3-floram dispositis, bracteis ovatis v. 

 orbiculari-ovatis, 1,5 — 3 cm. longis, sanguineis persistentibus, pro- 

 phyllis ad flores laterales eadem forma et colore, sed minoribus; in- 

 volucro breviter campaniilato v. semiovali 4 mm. longo, lobis 5 parte 

 integra 4 — 5 -es brevioribus, ambitu rectangularibus, a medio in dentes 



