2*^2 CLI. EUPHORBIACE^. [EupUrhicm. 



Species 3, Africse tropicae et Madagascarige incolge. Boiss. in DC, Prod, xv. ii. 188. Baill. Etud. 

 Eic^h. t, 5,f. 1 ad7; Admis. v. 366. 



Tribus II. Stenoiobie.e. 



6. Porantbera, Budge in Trans, lAnn. Soc. x. 302, t. 22.— Flores monoici, srepins 

 petaHferi. Fl. 3 : Calycis segnienta 5, petaloidea, imbricata. Petala 5, parva v. 0, basi 

 glandula parva aucta. Stamina 5, segmentis calycinis opposita, filamentis liberia ; anther^e 

 4-locellatpe, locellis apice poria distinctis v. in 2 confluentibus dehiscentibus. Ovarii 

 rudimenta 3, parva, clavata v. membranacea. Fl. $ : Calyx et petala maris. Ovarium 

 latum, apice plamim v. concavum, 6-lobum, 3-loculare ; styli 3 usque ad basin in ramos 

 2 liiieares divisi ; ovula in loculis gemina. Capsula depresso-globosa, loculicide 3-valvis 

 V. in coccos 2-valve3 dehiacens, valvis coccisve ab axi columnari persistente dissiUentibus. 

 Semina reticulata; embryo teres, incurvus, cotyledonibua radicula non latioribus.- 

 Herba^ annual v. demum sufFrutescentea. Folia alterna v. rarius irregulariter opposita, 

 membranacea, mtegerrima, parva v. angusta. Stipule parv^, acuminata. Flores parvi, 

 aibi, dense racemosi, in axillis bractearum aolitarii,pedicellati, ? ad basin racemi pauci. 

 Kacemi capituliformeSj ad apices ramorum soliturii v. sfepius in corymbo terminali foliato 

 plures. 



Species 5, omnes AuatralianK. Bent/i. Fl. Austral, vi. 5o, Brongn. in Buperr. Voy, Coq Bof t 

 50. Baill Etud. Eupk. t. 25,/. 1 ad 9. Hueg. Bot. ArcMv. t. 8. P. micropkylla, BroDgn., recenter 

 a Cheesmannio m Nova Zekndia lecta, verisimiliter ibidem inqiiilina est. 



7. MlcrantUeum, i)e5/. in Mem. Mus. Par. iv. 253, f. U. -Flores plerumque monoici, 



apetali. Fl. 3 : Calycis segmcnta 6, petaloidea, imbricata, 3 interiora sEepe pauUo majora. 



Discus 0. Stamina 3, segmentis exterioribus opposita, v. 6 segmentis omnibus opposita 



V. 8-9 minus regulariter affixa, filamentis distinctis ; antherarum loculi paralleli, longi- 



tudmaliter dehiacentes. Ovarii rudimentum parvum, lobatum. Fl. <? : Calyx maris. 



Ovarium 3-lobum, 3-loculare, lobis in stylos simplices desinentibus ; ovula in loculis 



gemina. Capsula ovoidea, in coccos 2-valves a columella persistente dissiliens. Semina 



. in loculis gemina v. abortu solitaria, oblonga, Isevia, strophiolata ; embryo linearis, rectus, 



cotyledombus radicula longioribus vix latioribus.— Frutices ericoidei, ramosissimi. Folia 



brevissime petiolata, parva, angusta, integerrima, coriacea, ternatim ad nodos altenioa 



affixa (quasi 3-foliolata absque petiolo communi). Flores parvi, in axillis superioribus 



solitai-ii v. pauci, <? breviter pedicellati, $ ssepius sessiles. 



Species 2, Australjanse. Bcntk. FL Austral, vi. 57. 

 . Caletia, Baill. Etud. Eupk. 553, t. 26, genus ad M. hcmndrum Hook. f. propositiim, ob lobos ovarii 

 rudiment! in floro $, etaminum mimero variabili, minus definite segmentis perianthii aiternoa 

 quam m speciebus typicis, postea ab auctore uti a Muell. Arg. ad species nonnuUas Pscitdanfki 

 extensum est, sed nobis nee naturale nee bene definitum videtur. 



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8. Pfteuaanthus. 8ieh. in Spre^u/. Syd. Cur. Pod. 22. (Cbrysostemon, KloUsch in 

 PI. Preiss. 11. 232. Chorizotheca, Muell, Arg. in Unmjea, xxxii. 76.)— Flores monoici 

 apetali. Fl. S : Calycis segnienta G, petaloidea v. rigidula, imbricata, suba^quaHa v 1 

 ex interioribua deficiens v. in iilamentum longum mutatum. Discus 0. Stamina" 3 

 6 v. GO usque ad 20, libera v. basi cum rudimento paxvo ovarii connata ; antherarum 

 loculi distincti, extrorsum 2-valvatim dehiacentes. FL ?: Calyx maris. Ovarium 

 2"3-lobum, lobis in stylos breves crassos divergentes desinentibus, prima juventute 

 2-3-loculare, ovulis in quoque loculo geminis, per anthesiu septia evanidis et ovulis 

 plerisque abortientibus 1-loculare evadit, ovulo unico perfecto. Capsula oblon-a abortu 

 1-locularis, in valvaa 4 v. C dehiscens. Semen oblongum, L-eve, strophiolatum°- 'embryo 

 lineans, rectus, cotyledombus radicula longioribus vix latioribus.— Frutices ericoidei 

 Foha opposita v. alterna, parva, coriacea, obtusa, marginibus crassis, costa subtus 

 prommula ; atipulte parva-, subulatie v. basi dHatat^. Flores parvi, in axillis superior- 



