2^^^ CLI. EUPHORBTACE^. 



yersiiu 2-Iocellati. Pollen (ex Mohl et Edgeworth) globosum v. ellipsoideum, extus li«ve 

 grannlosiim v. striis sulcisve 3 notatum, in perpaucis tamen speciebus observatiim. Ova/iii 

 nidimentum nunc in medio toro inter stamina v. ad apicem columnEe staminalis evohitum, 

 integrum v. partitum, nunc parvum minutum v. ssepe omnino deest. Floras $ : Sepala 

 haud raro quam in maribua magis soluta imbricataque v. anguatiora v. majora. Petala 

 mterdum minora et ssepius quam in maribus desunt. Discus hypogynus s^pe annularis 

 pulvinatus v. cyatliiformis, nunc e glandulis distinctis v. 0. &taminodia interdum adsunt 

 irregularia, sed vix in uUo genere constantia. Ovarium sessile v. rarissime gynophoro 

 brevi fultum, ad normam 3-loculare, haud raro 2- v. 4-loculare, rarius 1- v. 5-oo -loculare 

 Styli (formis perpaucis abnormibus exceptis) tot quot ovarii loculi, et cum apice carpel- 

 loriun continui, nunc basi v. alte in columnam tenuem v. crasso-caniosam v. cavam 

 connati, nunc ssepius alte v. a basi liberi, erecti patentes v. recurvi, subulati v. vairie 

 mcrassati v. plano-dilatati, integri 2-fidi v. rarius oo-fidi v. plumosi, latere interiore 

 superne y. a basi papilloso-stigmatosi, v. apice in stigma breve expansi. Ovula in quoque 

 loculo sohtaria, v. 2 collateralia, descendentia, anatropa, angulo centrali loculorum affixa 

 raphe ventrah, micropyle extrorsum supera, rarius ab angulo centraH parum distantia 

 raphe plus nunus dorsali, micropyle axin fructus spectante ; funiculus sffipissime in 

 obturatorem cellulosum squamiformem v. cucuUatum micropylem obtegentem v. interdum 

 ovulum V. ovulorum par partim y. omnino involventem expansus. Fructus ad normam 

 capsularis, in coccos tot quot loculi ovarii secedens, columellam persistentem relinquens 

 variat tamen mdehiscens, bacciformis v. drupaceus et in loculos divisus, rarissime 2-3- 

 pyrenus, v. abortu 14ocularis v. 1-pyrenus 1-spei-musque, v. in valvas loculicide deliis- 

 cans; pericarpmm duplex, exocarpio nunc membranaceo coccis adhterente, nunc herbaceo 

 incrassato v. carnoso m valvas solvendo; endocarpium cartilagineum crustaceum v. indu- 

 ratum, m quoque cocco superne dorsoque elastice fissum 2- valve v. crepitanter 2-paititum 

 valvis mox tortis, m baccis drupisve rarius ab exocarpio solvitur. i^emina tot quot 

 ovula v aboi-tu pauciora, hilo lineari v. parvo medio v. altius lateraliter v. juxta apicem 

 affixa, haud raro apice strophiola (carunculo) parva aucta ; testa s^pissime Crustacea 

 rarius indurato-sublignosa v. tenuiter membranacea, strato exteriore nonnunquam iil 

 vivo pulposo-camoso pro arillo s.^pe descripto, in sicco tamen rarius distinguendo • 

 albumen s^pissime copiosum, carnosum v. fere cartilagineum, rarius membranaceo -papv- 

 raceum v. 0. Embryo centralis, rectus v. rarius leviter incurvus, albumine fere Lui- 

 ongus V rarms abbreviatus ; cotyledones plan^, lata., foliace^ v. tenuiter carnosx v. 

 {m mnolohieis) angustee semiteretesque, v. rarissime crasso-carnosa^ v. latissim^ et 

 contortuphcat* ; radicula supera, breviter prominens, rarius elongata v. intra basin 

 cotyledonum retracta. 



■ Arbores fruticesve ramosi v. interdum herbia erectaj v. diffusae, caule in speciebus non- 



nuUis volubiH v. m aliis crass o- carnoso ; succo s^epe lacteo interdum venenoso. Folia ad 



normam alterna, mdivisa, integerrima v. dentata, pennivonia v. juxta basin digitatim 



^--cc-nervia ; variant tamen opposita v. verticillata, digitatim lobata v. 3-^-foliolata v 



ad squamellas mmutas reducta, nunquam pinnatim composita. Stipule s.^pe adsunt 



parvee, caducse v. persistentes, sed vix in eodem genere constantes, rarius ampl^ foliacese 



V. more Artocarpearum connatse gemmam includentes et folio evoluto delaps^e cicatricem 



annularem relinquentes. Glandule interdum gemin^ ad apicem petioli v. ad basin 



limbi. Indumentum e pilis simplicibus v. stellatis v. interdum lepidotum ; pili mal- 



pighiacei ranssimi si unquam adsint. Species pauc-e ramulis spinescentibus v. aculeis 



infrastipularibus v. infrafoliaceis armat^. Inflorescentia ad normam composita, primaria 



axillaris v. racemosa centripeta, ultima cymulosa centrifuga, interdum vero cymulis ad 



florem umcum reductis undique centripetim axHlaiis, spicata racemosa v. paniculata v in 



alus genenbus undi<iue centrifuga, panicula terminali dichotome cymosa v. ad fa^ciculum 



simphcem v. florem unicum terminalem reducta. Bra<;te^ sub cymulis v. floribus 



Bontarus saepius parvse squamiformcs, interdum varie auctai v. 2-3 connatai cymulas v. 



racemos involucrantes. Bracteolw haud raro adsunt intra bracteam gemin^ v. sub 



pedicellis m cymula cc. Flores in toto ordine stricte unisexuales vidimus, etsi hinc inde 



