244 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEX. (J. D. Hooker)  [KEwphorbia. 
Flowers in terminal panicles. Staminal bundles indefinite. *60. RICINUS. 
Subtribe 5. Getonrem. Flowers in axillary or leaf-opposed clusters, 
rarely panicled or racemed, apetalous. Sepals of male imbricate or calyx 
shortly tootbed. Stamens numerous, central in the flower. Fruit dehiscent 
or tardily dehiscent. 
Male fl. racemed. Calyx 4-toothed. Styles flat. Fruit 
indehiscent . . 2... +. ee + + + + . 61, ENDOSPERMUM. 
Male tl. fascicled. Sepals 5. Fruit smooth, indehiscent . 62. GELONIUM. 
Male fl. fascicled. Sepals 4-5. Capsule echinate or hispid, 
B-coccous . . . . ee ee ee ee s s. + 63, CHHETOCARPUS. 
Male fl. in panicled cymes. Sepals 4-5. Capsule of 3 2- 
valved cocci . . . . ee ew ee ee ee © O4. BALIOSPERMUM. 
Subtribe 6. PrukrNETIEX. Flowers in axillary spikes or racemes, 
apetalous. Male calyx valvate. Styles connate. Fruit capsular.—Leaves 
alternate in all. 
T Erect shrub. Filaments inflexed in bud. 
Spikes androgynous. Fem. calyx at length foliaceous . . 65. EPIPRINUS. 
tt Twining shrubs.. Filaments straight in bud. 
Racemes androgynous. Male calyx 4-5-partite. Stamens 
8-30. Style-column globose or cylindric e. 
Racemes androgynous. Male calyx 3-5-partite. Stamens 
1-3. Styles spreading above ee e ee 
Racemes androgynous. Male calyx 3-lobed. Stamens 3. 
Style-column fleshy... . . . . . . . . .68 
Racemes unisexual. Male calyx 3-lobed. Stamens 3. Style- 
column globose 3-cleft . e|] o9 m 9 n ng 
Racemes androgynous. Male calyx 4—6-partite. Stamens 
20-30. Style-column stout or slender . . . . . 70. DALECHAMPIA. 
D 
65. PLUKENETIA. 
67. TRAGIA. 
. CNESMONE. 
69. MEGISTOSTIGMA. 
Tribe VI. Hippomaneæ. Perianth single. Calyx of male minute 
and open in bud, or obsolete.—Trees or shrubs (except Sebastiania). 
iacemes axillary. Male calyx compressed, 2-fid. Stamens 
12-18... . eee ee ls. s. s. s. V s. 71. PIMELEODENDRON. 
Racemes terminal. Male calyx compressed, 2-partite. 
Stamens 6-50 eism omo. om 9 ol. s. on s 
Racemes terminal. Male calyx terete, 2—3-lobed. Sta- 
mens3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 
Racemes lateral or terminal Calyx terete, 3 partite. 
Stamens 3 . Qo. e s. s s. s. s. V9. EXCGECATGA. 
Annual. Racemes axillary and terminal . . . . . . 74. SEBASTIANIA. 
*71. HOMALANTHUS. 
. SAPIUM. 
GENERA OF DOUBTFUL AFFINITY. 
75. Lopuopyxts. 76. BOTRYOPHORA. 
l. EUPHORBIA, Linn. 
Herbs or shrubs of various habit with copious milky juice. Inflorescence 
of many male and one female flower in a small 4—5-lobed turbinate or cam- 
panulate perianth-like involucre; lobes with thick glands at the sinuses; 
glands with often a petal-like spreading white or coloured limb. MALE 
