Phyllanthece,] CLI. EUPHORBTACE^. 279 



Speeirs 9, Indi^ orientalis, Archipelagi Malayani et Australise incol*. Muell Arg. in DC. Prod. 

 XV. ii. 487. ' Benih. Fl. Austral vi. 117. Kurz, For. Fl. Brit. Burm.W. 365. Wight. Ic. t. 1872. 



Bcdd. Fl. Sylv. t. 279. 



Genus a Cyclostcmone differt ovario ad carpelliim unicum reducto. Fructus endocarpium yariat 

 tenue v. induratum, character tamen valde incertus nee ad seotiones distingueudas sufficit. 



45. Cyclostemon, Blume, Bijdr. 697. (Spliragidia, Tfvw. in Hook. Keiv Journ. vii. 

 260, t. 10. Pycnosandra, Blume, Mus. Bot. ii. 191, Laneasagura, Bedd. in Madras Joivm. 

 Sc. scr, 2, vi. 71.)— Elores dioici, apetali. Fl. c? : Sepala 4, rariua 5, lata, imbricata, 

 alabaatris s^pius globoais. Stamina oo, pauca v. numerosa, circa disciim centralem 

 planum v. concavum aftixa, filamentis liberis calyce brevioribus ; antherse erectai, interdum 

 magn^, loculis parallelis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimeutum 0. Fl. ? : 

 Calyx maris. Discus hypogynus anntJaris v. obsoletus. Ovarium 2-4-locxilare ; styl 

 breves nunc brevissimi, atigmatibus crassis valde dilatatis v. in umim pileifomicm con- 

 natis (rarius elongatis filiformibus ^ ; ovula in loculis gemina. Fructus (in 0. macrophyllo 

 et 0, natalensi) sxibglobosus, indehiscens, pericarpio crasso indurato 2-loculari. Semina 

 in loculis abortu solitaria ; albumen camosum ; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus planis 

 latis.— Arbores. Folia alterna, coriacea v. submembranacea, integerrima v. crenato- 

 dentata. Flores tam ? quam S ad axillas v. ad nodes ramorum vetustiorum fasciculati, 



pedicellati. 



Species ad 18, Indiee orientalis, Archipelagi Malayan! v. AfricPe tropic* incolse. Muell. Arg. in 

 DC. Prod. XV. ii. 481. Kurz, For, FL Brit. Burm. ii. 363. Bcdd. Fl. Sylv. t. 278, et Ic. PL Ind. Or. 



t. 183. Harv. Thcs Cap. L 200. 



Genus a Muell. Arg. in sectiones 3 dividitur. In speciehus typicis staniiua ssepius ultra 10, 

 ovarium 2-loculare, stigmata dilatata subsessilia. Stenogyninm pauUuhim differt staminibus pauci- 

 oribus, stylis sub stigmatibus parum productis. Dodecastemon, Hassk. in Vei-h. Jkad. Amst. iv. 141, 

 ex eju^d. Horf. Bogor. 63, pro sectione Cyclosttmonis in Prodromo admiseuni, species nobis iguota, 

 ovario 3-4 loeulari, stylis filiformibus, vix congener videtiu-. 



46. Bissiliaria, F. MuelL; BailL Adana. vii. 35G.— Flores liionoici (v. dioici?), apetali. 

 Fl. 6 : Sepala 4-0, imbricata, interioribua paullo majoribus subpetaloideisque. Di^icus 

 (an semper?) 0. Stamina 4-6 v. cc, filamentis brevissimis ; antheree dorsifixa-, loculis 

 parallelis longitudinaliter dehisce ntilus. Ovarii 'rudimcntum 0, Fl. ? ; Sepala 3-4, 

 interioribiis interdum minoribus. Discus annularis v. cyathiformis. Ovarium breve, 

 3-locularej styli lineares, patentes, indivisi, liberi v. basi breviter connati ; ovula in 

 loculis gemina. Capsula tridyma, in coccos 2-valves dissiliens, pericarpio duro. Semina 

 estrophiolata ; albumen carnosum ; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus latis planis.— Arbores 

 fruticesve. Folia opposita, integerrima v. grenulata, peimivenia, tenuiter reticulata. 

 Flores pai'vi, axillares v. gemma terminali nondum evoluta subteraiinales, (? minimi 

 fasciculati, brcvissime pedicellati, ? pauci v. solitarii. Capsular sjepius solitaria. 



Species 3, Austrulige tropiese v. orientalis subtropicae incoise. Benth. FL AustraL vi. 90. 



Chokiceras, BailL Adans. xi. 119, est verisimiliter B. iricornis, Benth., cujns carpellorum apices 

 jam in flore distinct! sunt, ct stylorum cicatrices v. bases persistcntes in fructu dif-siti, tubercula v. 

 cornua breviu ad apices coucorum rolinciuunt. Flores tamen tani $ quam ? specienini Dissiliarim 

 adhuc imperfecte noti sunt. Styli ba«i arete approximati v. valdo dissiti in codem genere observantur 

 in Sty lacerate et in Biuo. 



47. Xionpetla, BailL Adans, vi. 352, t. 9.— Flores mouoici, apetali. Discus 0. Fl. ^ : 

 Sepala 6, rarius 5, imbricata, concava, exteriora ssepe paullo minora. Stamina cc (10-18), 

 receptaculo parum elevato pilosulo affixa, filamentis liberis; anthera; dorsifixae, loculis 

 extrorsum parallelis contiguis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimeutum 

 parvum. Fl. ¥ : Ovarium ovoideum v. oblongum, 3-loculare, per anthesin camosulum, 

 apicc in stylos brevissimos crassos obcordatos patentes divisum ; ovula in loculis gemina. 

 Capsula ovoidea, subtric^uetra, loculicide dehiscens v. in coccos 2- valves di&silicns. Semina 



Btrophiolata; albumen carnosum ; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus latis planis.— Frutex 

 glaler. Folia opposita, coriacea. Flores parvi, pedicellati, ^ umbellato-fasciculati, umbel- 



