46 EUPHOEBIACE/E. 



calyx-segments 3, ovate, acute, nearly equalling the stamens ; central disc minute ; anthers 

 yellow. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., March. 



23. LASIOCROTON, Or. 



Flowers " monoecious, inferior $ ." Calyx <? 4-partite. Stamens 8 (7-14), inserted upon 

 a minute disc : anthers oblong, adnate : cells curved, introrse. Styles . . . Capsule 3-coccous. 

 Seeds globose, ecarunculate. — A shrub ; habit of Bernardia ; leaves {resembling those of 

 Verbascum) tomentose, veiny-archnerved beneath ; spikes simple, axillary : $ flowers ses- 

 sile, glomerate. 



73. Li. macrophyllus, Gr. — Croton, Sw. ! — A high, leafy, tomentose shrub ; leaves 

 ovate or roundish, 4"-3" long, cordate at the base, bluntish, quite entire, or repand, with the 

 thickish margin subrevolute, pale-green above, hoary with yellowish veins beneath : secon- 

 dary veins transverse and reticulated : petiole 2"'-8"' long, articulated at the exstipulate base ; 

 spikes shortly peduncled : bracts including a glomerule of 3-5 $ flowers, at length distant ; 



£ calyx valvate, 1'" long, bearing dense yellow wool on the back : segments 3-angular ; sta- 

 mens included, distinct : filaments purple, as loug as the anthers ; capsule (lying loose in 

 Swartz's collection) tomentose ; seeds $"' diam., smooth, ash-coloured : raphe distinct, deli- 

 cate. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., March {$). 



24. ALCHORNEA, Sol. 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx 4(5-3)-partite. Stamens 8 (6-9), inserted upon a scutelliform 

 disc: anthers oblong, adnate, introrse. Styles 2 (-3), liguliform, simple, long-exserted. 

 Capsule subdrupaceous : cocci at length bivalved. Seeds globose, ecarunculate. — Woody 

 plants ; leaves veiny-archnerved beneath ; spikes usually compound. 



74. A. latifolia, Sw. Arboreous ; leaves broadly oval (ovate or ohovate), serrulate, 

 glabrous, eglandular at the base, subtriplinerved, long-petioled : serratures distant, glandular ; 

 spikes compound, the ? with a few branches, or simple : $ flowers glomerate, $ single, 

 distant, sessile ; styles linear, twisted, suberect, six times exceeding the ovary ; seeds rugulose. 

 — Sw. Fl.f. 24s,ar$alyt.; Lam. III. t. 998. — A -middle-sized tree, leaves 8"-3" long; calyx 

 yellowish-green, styles 2, 8"'-6"' long ; capsule didymous, 4'" broad : seeds 2"' diam. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, all collectors, common, being the characteristic tree of the pasture-vegetation. 



25. PLTJKENETIA, L. 



Flowers monoecious. Calyx 4 (-5) -partite. Stamens 8-20, inserted upon a prominulous 

 disc: anthers cruciate-globose. Style simple, long-exserted: stigma 4(-3)-lobed, fleshy. 

 Capsule 4(-3)-coccous. Seeds " rugulose." — Climbing shrubs ; leaves cordate, 1-glandular 

 at the base, stipulate ; racemes spiciform, axillary : <J flowers glomerate, $ 1(- 2), basilar. 



75. P. volubulis, L. Glabrous; leaves cordate, pointleted, serrulate or repand; ra- 

 cemes as long as the petiole ; calyx 4-partite ; capsule 4-coccous : "angles keeled" — Lam. 

 III. t. 788. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. 



26. POLYBCEA, Kl. ap. Endl. 



Flowers monoecious. Calyx: $ 3-partite; ? 5-6-partite. Stamens 9, distinct, central: 

 anthers 2-globose, laterally dehiscent. Ovary surrounded by a disc : styles 3, bipartite. 

 Capsule 3-coccous. Seeds obovoid, ecarunculate. — A shrub ; leaves serrate, stipulate ; c? 

 racemes spiciform, axillary: clusters distant, included within a cucullate bract ; ? flowers 

 in a short, terminal spike. 



76. P. corensis, Kl. — Br. Jam. t. 36. f. 1 ; Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 241. — Acalypha, 

 Jacq. — 4'-8' high, glabrescent ; leaves obovate, 3"-2" long, coarsely serrate, shortly petioled ; 



<J racemes 6'" long ; $ flowers 3-4 : bracts 3-partite ; seeds rosy : exterior integument 

 evanescent. — Hab. Jamaica (P.Br.); Antigua !, Nichols. ; Dominica !, Imr. ; S.Vincent!, 

 Guild. ; [Venezuela !] . 



27. ACALYPHA, L. 



Calyx <J 4-, ? 3 (-5) -partite. Stamens 8-16, inserted into the central disc: anthers 



