40 EUPHORBIACEiE. 



Sect. 3. AsTRiEOPSls. — Stamens 10-12. ? Calyx reduplicative-valvate at the base. 

 Styles 4-partite, with the branches simple {or "bifid"). Seeds smooth. — Aromatic 

 shrubs ; leaves quite entire, or repand, glabrous, lepidote beueatb or naked, stipulate, devoid 

 of glands ; racemes usually terminal. " 



45. C. niveus, Jacq. Brancblets rusty -lepidote ; leaves ovate, cuspidate-acuminate, 

 minutely cordate at the base, discolor, lepidote with distant, minute scales above, shining- 

 silvery beneath with confluent scales, devoid of pellucid points : stipules persistent, linear 

 or semicordate-lanceolate •, calyx silvery-lepidote, $ costate at the base ; seeds . . . — Jacq. 

 Amer. Pict. t. 263./. 79 : a leaf.— C. micaus, Sw.!—A shrub, about 10' high; leaves 3"-l" 

 long, somewhat complicate at the base: petiole 2"'-4'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw. ; Do- 

 minica!, Imr.; [New Granada]. .. 



46. C. lucidus, L. Devoid of scales ; brancblets glabrous or glabrescent ; leaves 

 elliptical or elliptical-oblong, pointed, glabrous, pellucid-punctate : stipules deciduous ; calyx 

 glabrescent, $ with the segments oblong, blunt, and the reduplicative margin somewhat 

 persistent at the base ; seeds ovoid-oblong. — Phil. Trans. 58. t. 7. — C. spicatus, Berg. C. 

 Hookerianus, Baill. — A shrub, 5'-6' high; leaves 3"-l" (6"-5") long: veins uot promi- 

 nulous ; <J calyx imbricative, much smaller and more pubescent than $ ; seeds 2'" long, 

 shining, convex on the back. 



o. Branchlets glabrous ; $ calyx eglandular. 



j8. pubigerus. Branchlets (sometimes together with the younger leaves) puberulous with 

 scattered, stellate hairs ; $ calyx eglandular. 



y. glanduliferus, V. Branchlets glabrous ; $ calyx bearing large, stipitate glands at 

 the base and on the margin of the segments. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. (j8) ; Jamaica !, Pd. 

 (a, ff), March, Wils., {y, S. Davids) ; [Cuba!, 0-7]. 



47. C. Hjalmarsonii, Gr. (n. sp.). Devoid of scales ; branches glabrescent ; leaves cor- 

 date-ovate, blunt, glabrous, eglandular, rigid, obsoletely pellucid-punctate : stipules deciduous ; 

 calyx £ pubescent, ? glabrescent, leathery, with the segments oblong, blunt, somewhat 

 produced at the reduplicative subtruncate base; stamens 10. — Allied to C. lucidus ; branch- 

 lets puberulous, rigid ; leaves 1J"-1" long, l"-8'" broad, quite entire, polished, opaque, 

 with distant veins, black-dotted beneath : petiole 8"'-6"' long ; racemes terminal, short, sub- 

 sessile, with the $ flowers somewhat distant; calyx <? as long as the scabrous pedicel, 

 imbricative, downy chiefly on the margin; pedicels of 9 2'" long, calyx 1£'" long, exceed- 

 ing the filiform petals, eglandular ; ovary downy : styles 4-partite : branches filiform, flex- 

 uose, with a capitate stigma. — Hab. Turk Islands, Hjalm. 



Sect. 4. Adexophixlum. — Stamens 20-50. Styles 2-4-partite .- branches simple. Seeds 

 smooth. — Shrubs ; leaves glanduliferous on the margin, and at the base glabrous, or with 

 stellate down : stipules glandular or inconspicuous ; racemes usually terminal or alar. 



48. O. Wilsonii, Gr. {n. sp.). Branchlets glabrescent, dichotomous ; leaves elliptical 

 or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, denticulate with distant, glanduliferous teeth, glabrous 

 above, glabrescent beneath : basilar glands subsessile or obsolete : stipules inconspicuous ; 

 stamens 25 ; styles 2-partite ; seeds ovoid. — A shrub: branchlets stiff, scabrous with stel- 

 late, scattered down, which exists also on the young leaves beneath, but is wanting on the 

 racemes ; leaves approximate at the ramifications, green, with obscure, pellucid dots, char- 

 taceous, arch- nerved, 4"-14" long, 14"— 8'" broad, either abruptly or gradually acuminate: 

 glands minute, globose, marginal ones subsessile, on obsolete teeth, those of the base 2-4, 

 beneath the blunt or complicated leaf-base : petiole 2"'-4'" long ; racemes alar, nodding, sub- 

 sgssile, 3"-l"long; <? pedicels 2'" long, 3-1 from 3 minute bracts: calyx 1'" long, imbri- 

 cative, glabrous, as long as the ciliate petals ; ^ flowers inferior, subsessile, scattered : calyx 

 5-partite, 1'" long, eglandular: segments linear: rudiments of petals minute, bearing 

 bristles; ovary hispid, surrounded by a continuous disc: styles divided to the base, with 

 the brauches simple, as long as the ovary ; capsule globose, 3-furrowed, glabrescent ; seeds 

 obtusely keeled on the back, furrowed along the raphe, nearly opaque, light-brown, some- 

 what puuetate : lateral angles obtuse. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Wils. 



49. C. Adenophyllum, Berter. Glabrous ; leaves ovate, pointed, subcordate at the 

 base, repand-entire, ciliate, with stipitate glands, long-petioled, 2-4-glandular beneath at the 

 base : basilar glands subsessile : stipules divided into several glands ; stamens 20 ; ? calyx 



