^C4 CLI. EUPHORBIACE^. (stawlobiece. 



coccos bivalves dissDiens. Semina oblonga, Iwvia, strophiolata ; embryo ubi notus in 

 medio albumiue linearis, cotyledonibns radicula longioribiis vix latioribus.- Frutices 

 glabri V. stellato-tomentosi. Folia alterna, integerrima, lineari-oblonga v. lanceolata, 

 margmibus reourvis v. revolutis, snbtus pallida v. albo-tomentosa. Flores ^ solitarii 

 glomerati v rariua racemosi, terminales v. ramulo florifero abbreviate pseudo-axillaxes ; 

 ? siepius sobtai-u v. glomerulo v. racemo masculorum associati. Pedicelli bractea parva 

 squamiformi stipati, ssepeque basi 2-bracteolati. 



Species 13, omnes Australianse. Benth. Fl. Austral, vi. 69. Endl. Iconogr. t. 124. 



1./^. Bertya,_ Kanc/i, in Hook. Lond. Journ. iv. 472, t. 16.-Flores monoici, apetali 

 i 1. c? : Calycis segmenta 5, petaloidea, subsequalia, imbricata. Discus Stamina 

 numerosa filamentis m columnam oentralem connatis apico breviter liberis ; antherarum 

 loculi paralleh, extrorsum 2-valvatim dehiscentes. Ovarii rudimentum Fl $ • Calyx 

 per anthesin quam in mare srepius minor, fructifer interdum auctus. Staminodia 

 Ovarium sessile 3-locuIare ; styli liberi v. basi breviter eonnati, alte 2-4-fldi, vuLo 

 3-fidi ; ovula m loculis solitaria. Capsula ovoidea v. oblonga, abortu s^epius 1-Iocularis 

 1-sperma. Semen oblongum, leeve, stropliioktum ; embryo ubi notus Hnearis, rectus 

 cotyledonibus radicula longioribus vix latioribus. -Frutices sa^pe glutinosi, plus minu^ 

 stelato-tomen osi v. glabri. Folia alterna, marginibus recurvis v. revolutis rarius planis 

 adulta supra glabra, subtus tomentosa v. alba. Flores axiUares, solitarii v. pauci pedi- 

 cella 1 V fere sessiles. Bractea. in pedicello 3-8, parv«, persistentes imbricata) et calycem 

 simulantes v. deciduse. "^ 



Species 10, omues Australianse. Benth. FL Austral, vi. 74. F. MuelL Fragm. yiii. Ul; M. Vict. 



Kono taxis. 



2/3, t. 49.-riores monoic., petahfen. Fl. <? : Calycis segmenta 4-5, imbricata, patentia, 

 subajquaba subpetaloidea. Petala totidem, caly ce breviora v. loiigiora. Stamina numero 

 petalorum dupla v. pauciora, filamentis in centro floris distinctis v. basi breviter connatis • 

 antherarum locuk distincti, subglobosi, connectivo crasso curvo separati. Ovarii rudi- 

 mentum Fl. ? : Calyx et petala maris. Ovarium sessile, 3-loculare ; styli distincti, 

 m ramos 2 fimbriatos divisi ; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula globosa v. 3-dvma 

 mappendiculata, in coccos 2-valves disaiHens. Semina ovoidea v. oblonga, l«via, strophio - 

 lata ; embryo linearis, rectus y. leviter incurvus, cotyledonibus radicula multo longioiibug 

 vix latioribus.-Herba. suffruticesve ssepius humiles, glabri. Folia alterna, integerrima 

 plana v. marguubus recurvis. Flores parvi, dense cymosi, suboapitati, cymis in dicho- 

 tomns v. ad apices ramorum intra folia ultima sessilibus v. breviter pedunculatis, floribus 

 singulis intra cjniiam pedicellatis, masculis numerosis, fcemineis in media cyma paucis v 

 BoUtarus. Bractere parvse, squamiformes. 



Species 7, omnes Australianae. £enth. i'i. Austral, vi. 78. Genus in sectiones 2 dividitur-- 

 1 Eummotaxts. J-Iores ssepius 4-meri. Calycis segmenta fere valrata. Petala breviora. ' £,«?;. 



Atakta. t 8. 



2. Hippo^epandra, Flores s^pius 5-meri. Calycis segmenta distinctiua imbricata. Petala 

 loDgiora Species omnes occidentales, cjmis capituliformiLus sessilibus. HiPPOCBEPiNBEA MueU 

 Arg. m Linnaa, xxxiv. 61. ' 



14. Dysopsis, Baill. Etud. Euph. 435. (Molina, C. Gay, Fl. Chil. v. 345, t.61 )_Flore8 



monoici, apetali. Fl <? : Calyx tenuiter membranaceus, anguste campanulatus v. urceo- 



latus, s_emi-3-fidus lobis valvatis. Stamina G, fundo calycis affixa, exserta, filamentis 



enuissimia basi plus nmius connatis ; anther.-e oblongs, prope basin affixa., versatile,, 



loculis contiguis parallelis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum Fl 2 • 



calyx alte 3-tdus, lobis leviter imbricatis persistentibus. Ovarium S-loculare • s'tvli 



cT^f\ T '''"'' '='"<=«''i''"' '"'^■^Ki"'^ l^^ite"^ laciniati ; ovula in loculis solitaiia. 



capsula J-dyma, m coccos 2-vaIves dissiliens, endocaxpio tonui. Semina ovoidea, nitidula 

 testa Crustacea ; albumen camosum ; embiyo centralis, teres, rectus, cotyledonib.4 radicula 



