^"^ CLL EUPHOBBIACE^. [PhyUanthe<^, 



42. Brypetes, Vahl, Eel iii. 49.-Fiores dioici, apetaU. m, ^ : Sepala 4-G, imbricata. 

 btamma circa discum centralem planum v. coiicavum numero sepalorum ^qualia v. sub- 

 dupla, extenora sepalis opposita ad margines v. in ainubns disci, interiora intra marginem 

 aftxa, filamentis hberis ; ajitherarum locuU parallel!, longitudinal iter dehiscentes. Ovarii 

 ludimentum in medio disco varium nunc minntum v. 0. Fl. ? : Calyx maris. Discus 

 Tix prommons. Ovarium 1- rarius 2-loculare; stigmata 1-2, peltata v. reniformia, ad 

 apicem ovarii sessilia v. breviter stipitata; ovula in loculis gemina. Fructus ovoideus. 

 1-locuIans, abortu 1-spermus v. rarius didymus 2-locularis 2-spermu3, subdrupaceus,' 

 mdehiscens, carne subconacea, endocarpio duro nunc osseo. Semina estrophiolata • 

 albumen carnosum; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus planislatis.-Ai'bores fruticesve glabri' 

 Foha alterna, coriacea, mtegerrima v. obsciu-e sinuato-deutata, peimivenia. Flores ad 

 axillas glomerati, sessilcs v. pediceliati, 6 Biepius numerosi, $ pauciores. 



Species 9, Brasiliae, Indise occidentalis et moridse incolie. Mmll. Arg, in. DC. Prod xv ii 463 

 et tn Mart, Fl. Bras. xi. ii. 79, i. 12. PoiL in Mem. Mus. Par. i. t. 6 acZ 8. 



Fkeireodendron, Miwil. Arg. in J)C. Prod, xv, ii. 244, et in Mart. FL Bras xi ii 17 ? 3 e«t 

 Dryi^ete, sessiUMa, Allcm., in Comment, a Soc. Veil, edit., a genere separata ob ovarii i-udimeutum 

 in fl. i^ 0. Flores ^ tamcu ex icune sola noti, discus in Iiac icone glaber apparet, sod eidescriptione 

 auetons pdosmscnlus est, et .taminum insertio nobis omnino eadem appnret a. in sped ebus nonnu'lis 

 Cubensibu^s ubi disms lu centre floris piled usculas parum convexus, vLx in ovarii rudinuntum 

 protrusus- 



43. I-orchhammeria, iie&,«. in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturh. Foren. Kjobenh. 1853, 93. 

 -Floras (dio.ciO apetali. Fl. <? : Calyx minutus, 4-8-dentatus, dontibus in«)qua ibu.s 

 Ben im obsokt... btamma =0,(16-24), tore brevis.imo carnoso affixa, filamentis IzberiB ; 

 antherax-um loculz paralleL, longitudinalitor dehiscentes. Ovarii rudimentum in medio 

 toro sessile, brev,..ime 2-lobum. Fl. ? : Calyx mam. Discus brevissimus, in denies 



orbiculato-pe tatum obscure 2-lobum connata ; ovula in loculis gemina. Fructn.s ovoi- 

 deus V. subglobosus 2-locularis v. abortu 1-locularis, subdrupaceus, indebiscens, carne 

 exteriore tenui, endocarpio crasso spongioso-mucoso (v. denium indurate?). Semina in 

 locuhs abortu sohtaria, estropliiolata, testa subcoriacea; albumen 0; cotyledones con- 



le S'ta'"n'''-~ r "''''" ^°'" "'''''"'' '"' '^''"'' '^^'^'"■™ -«1- <>onieH., 

 lateralel breveT^"'' '"*'^'"™'' '°""'='^' pennivenia. lUcemi ad nodos defoliatos 



Species 1 Mexicana. Specimen nostrum a Lieb.nannio aeceptum haud pcrfectum et characlerem 

 pro parte e deseni t,one auctor.. exccrpimu.. Stipnias nogat Li.bmann sed in specimine certe adsunt 

 parvae, r.gidulee, subi,Iat*. Generis ab auctore dubie ad Capparidaas relati jam supra i 108 

 affinitattm cm Evphorbiaccis i„dicavimus, inter quas Lrypctidi proximum videtur. llnell Arir in 

 DC. Prod. XV. u J 268, ex ordine rcjicit, ob semina exalbuminosa cotyledonibus convolutis, semina 

 tamen similia observantur m Discomrpo aflSnibusque. 



44. Hemicyclia, W. et Am. in Edinh. New Phil Journ. xiv. 297. (Periulexis XVall 



'^ft 'I- "■ ''"\ r%'h "^''^ ''■ '■ ''''■ ^^"^' ^'■^- '-' ^^'S 



410.)-FIo es dioic, apetah. Fl. 3 : Sepala 4-5, valde imbricata, interiora sa^pius majora 

 subpetaloidea. Stamina oo (4-23), circa discum centralem latum concavum integrum 

 y. margine undulatum affixa, filamentis liberis ; anther* erecta., loculis parallelis lonm. 

 tudinahter dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl. $ : Calyx maris Discus hvifo 

 gynus planus, annularis Ovarium oblique ovoideum, l-loculare; stigma sessile late 

 rem orme v. semi-orbicuUre planum v. recurvun>, integrum v. emarginatum ; ovula in 

 loculo gemina. Fructus globosus v. ovoideus, drupaceus, indel.iscens, exoca™io mucoso 

 endocarpio crustaceo v. indmato nunc osseo. Semen abortu sspius unicum, oblongum' 

 hinc sulcatum testa liaud crassa; albumen carnosum; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus 



Flores ad ax, las v. ad nodos ramulorum defoliatorum, parvi, pediceliati. ^pauci fasciculati, 



