280 CLI. EUPHOBBIACE^. [Plujllantlieie. 



lulls in a^illis superioribus sessilibus v. pedunculatis, ? in media iimbella solitarii (v. in 

 axilla propria solitarie pedimculati ?). 



Species nobis nota 1, NoTO-Caledonica, MuelL Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 244. Huic addidit Baillon, 

 Hist. PI. Y. 260, alteram ex eadem insula oligandram a nobis non vi^am. 



48. Buraeavia, i^ai?7. Adans, xi. 83.— Flores dioici, apetali. Fl. t? : Se^^ala 4, imbri- 

 cata. Stamina go (8-12), receptaculo irregulariter 4-6-gono affixa, filamentis liberis 

 erectis ; antherse extrorsum 2-rimos£e. Fl. $ : Sepala 3-4, brevia, basi crassinscula, 

 imbricata. DisciTs annularis, submembranaceus, incisus v. fimbriatus. Ovarium 3-4- 

 looulare ; styli brevissime connati, patentes, crasso-camosi, medio sulcati, indivisi ; ovula 

 in loculiy gemina, sub obturatore magno carnoso fere occulta. Fructus subdrupaceus, 

 exocarpio coriaceo-subcarnoso ab endocarpio in valvas 3-4 solubilij endocarpio duro 

 demum in coccos 2-valves dissiliente. Semina strophiolata ; albumen carnosum ; coty- 

 ledones plaufe, latre. — Arbores parvt\3, glabrae. Folia opposita, breviter nunc brevissime 

 petiolata, integerrima, coriacea, penuivenia. Flores axillares v. ad nodos defoliatos, c? 

 parvi, in racemulis brevibus v. cymis fasciculatis crebris numerosi, $ subsessiles v. breviter 

 pedicellati, solitarii v. glomerati. {Char. fl. ex Baill.) 



Species editse 2, Novo-Caledonicse, qnarum specimina fructifera t;intum nobis adyuiit et genus 

 ostendunt Loiigcti<B valdeaffine et verisimiliterei adjungendum, Speciei tertite specimina nuperrime 

 accepimus a J. Home in insulls Fiji lecta, omnia fcemiuea floribus h\xctihvLB<i\xQ Biireeavm y.Lmgetia 

 convenientia, nisi styiis in di&cum planum stigmatosum fere omnino connatis, 



49. ChoriopUyUum, Benth. in Hook Ic. Fl. t. 1280.— Flores dioici, apetali. Discus 0. 

 Fl. ^ : Sepala 4, rarius 5-6, membranacea, lata, valde imbricata. Stamina 4, circa recep- 



taculum V. ovarii rudimentum conicum affixa, sepalis opposita, filamentis liberis exsertis; 



antherse dorsifixse, loculis extrorsum contiguis paralleUs longitudiualiter dehiscentibus. 



Fl. ^ : Sepala 4, crassa, carnosa, lata, circa ovarium arete imbricata. Ovarium 3-loculare ; 



styli distincti, erecti, apice brevissime patentes, crassi, obtusi, indivisi ; ovula in loculis 



gemina. Capsula in coccos 2- valves a columella persistente dissiliens, endocarpio carti- 



lagineo. Semina in loculis gemina v. abortu solitaria, oblonga, testa Crustacea nitida ; 



albumen carnosum ; cotyledones planre, latse.— Arbores glabra. Folia opposita, breviter 



petiolata, intogerrima, coriacea, tenuiter pennivenia. Racemuli c? ad axillas v. nodos 



vetustos subterni v. prope basin opposite ramosi, folio breviores, floribus parvis secus 



rhachin in cymulas paucas laxas dispositis. Flores $ in spicis sessilibus pauci sessiles. 



Species 1, quoad folionim formam et mngnitudinem variabilis, Archipelagi Malayani incola. 

 Wallich, Cat. Herb. Ind.n. 7^75; Gnffith; Maingay, Bcccari, n. 3270,3305,3329,3344. 



50. Toxicodendron, Thunb. in Akad. Vctensk. Handl. Stochh. 179C, 188, t. 7. (Hy^e- 



nachne. Lamb. Vescr. Cinch. 1797, 52, t. 10.)— Flores dioici, apetali. Discus 0. Fl. 6 : 



Sepala 5-12, brevia, irregulariter imbricata, interioribus stepe minoribus. Stamina oo, 



filamentis brevissimis in receptaculo lato dense conferta ; antherfce maju,scula>, erectie' 



loculis parallelis longitudinal iter dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum in centro floris 



minimum v. antlieris vix brevius, rarius obsoletum. FL ? : Sepala interiora extcrioribus 



nmlto majora. Ovarium villosum, 3-4-loculare ; styli (a nobis nonvisi) 3-4, basi connati, 



apice patentes, crassi, indivisi, dense papillosi {exic. Lamb.); ovula in loculis gemina! 



Capsula subglobosa, crassa, dura, in coccos 2-valves dissiliens. Seminum testa crustaoea, 



nitida; albumen carnosum ; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus latisplanis.— Arbusculie rigide 



ramosissimse. Folia opposita v. sa^piua verticillata, integerrima, rigide coriacea. Flores 



axillares, S dense cymulosi cymulis breviter pcdtmculatis, v. laxiua racemosi, ? solitarii, 



breviter pedicellati. 



Species 2, African auatralis incola. MudL Arg. hi DC. Prod. xv. ii. 480. Bmll. Etud. Euph. t. 

 23. Benth. in Joarn. Lum, Soc. xvii. 2U, 



^1. Mischodon, Thw. in Hook. Keiv Joimu vi. 299, i. 30. —Flores dioici, apetali. FL 



