R50 CXXII, EUPHORBIACE (PRAIN). | Erythrococea. 
Leaves firmly membranous, margins 
crenate; petiole 1-4 in. long; 
male flowers not seen. . 13. #. Laurentiz. 
Hypogynous scales replaced by sub- 
cylindric clavate staminodes with 
2-celled empty anthers, sur- 
rounded by an extra-staminodial 
ring of flat hirsute glands; leaves 
thinly membranous, margins 
faintly crenate : : . 14. EB. Poggeophyton. 
Male flowers with either inter-staminal glands 
or an extra-staminal ring, but not with 
both (unknown in 16, Z. éristis, and 20, 
E. trichogyne); ovary (where known) 
densely pubescent. 
Pedicels jointed well above bracteoles ; 
hypogynous disk-scales of subcylin- 
dric clavate antherless staminodes ; 
leaves more or less pubescent. 
Female peduncles _ several-flowered ; 
stamens 2-5 with an extra-staminal 
ring of glabrous glands; inter- : 
staminal glands 0 . ; . 15. BE. Menyharthit. 
Female peduncles with a solitary Hower 
with jointed pedicel; male flowers 
unknown. : : : . 16. EZ. tristis. 
Pedicels jointed close to the bracteoles ; 
hypogynous disk-scales (where known) 
flattened ; receptacular glands (where 
known) all inter-staminal, hirsute. 
Leaves 3 in. long or less, more or less 
pubescent; female calyx 2-lobed ; 
stamens 15 . : i . . 17. E. lasiococca. 
Leaves 14 in. long or longer. 
Leaves nearly glabrous; petiole } in. 
long; stamens 27; female flowers 
unknown . : . . 
Leaves distinctly pubescent on both 
surfaces. 
Petiole 4 in. long; female calyx s 
2-lobed; stamens 9-12 . . 19. E. Mildbredi. 
Petiole } in. long or less. 
Female calyx 2-lobed; male flower 
18. E. ledermanniana. 
unknown. : : . 20. E. trichogyne. 
Female calyx 3—4-lobed ; stamens 
10 . 21. EH. hirta. 
§§Stipules unmodified, minute, cartilaginous, 
glabrous; leaves glabrous; male calyx 4- 
lobed ; stamens 24~30, usually 27; glands all 
inter-staminal, hirsute; ovary glabrous or ‘ 
_ With afew apicalhairs . . «.  . 22. B. paucyflora- 
+4Stigmas with a very short style, ovate-lanceolate 
with lobulate (but hardly plumose) margin; 
stipules unmodified ; leaves glabrous; wale calyx 
3-lobed ; stamens 10-13 ; glands all inter-staminal, 
