PhylIantJie(B. ] CLI. ETTPHORBI ACE^. 285 



Calyx 5-fidus, lobis leviter imbricatis. Disci glandulae 5, staminibus alternce. Stamina 

 5, receptaculo lato affixa, lobis calycinis opposita, filamentis liberis; antherse erectre, 

 loculis ovoideis distinctis parallelis v. vix basi divergentibuRj connectivo parvo. Ovarii 

 riidiinentum crassTiiHj hirtellum. Fl. $ : Calyx maris. Discus hypogynus cupulatus, 

 margine integer. Ovarium 2-loculare ; styli breves, crassiusculi, 2-fidi, recurvo-patentes ; 

 ovula in loculis gemina. Fructus (in speciminibus nondum maturus) globosus. ut videtur 

 indehiscens, 2-locularis, loculo altero abortu vacuo altero l-sperrao, dissepimento piano 

 membranaceo ; pericarpium membranaceo-coriacenm. Semen immatumm orbiculatum, 

 testa crassiuscula. — Frutex (v. arbor ?) glaber v, partibus novellis leviter liirtellis. ' Folia 

 alterna, petiolata, majuscula, membranacea v. demum coriacea, integerrimaj pennivenia ; 

 stipulse minutse. Flores parvi, racemosi, racemis axillaribus solitariis v. prsesertim 

 masculis fasciculatisj utriusqne sexus floribundis. 



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Species 1, Africse tropicse incolae. ^ 



63. JExtoxicon, Euiz et Fav. Prod. 131, t. 29 ; Syst, Veg. Fl. Per. et Cliil 200. 

 (^gotoxicon, Dciie. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, ix. 270.)— Flores dioici, petaliferi, alabastris 

 bractea globosa clausa demum irregulariter fissa deciduaque inclusis. Fl. S : Sepala 5, 

 lata, valde imbricata, striata. Petala 5, coiicava, crenulata, basi contracta, iier\'o medio 

 prominente. Stamina 5 (rarius G-7 ?), glandulis disci totidem magnis alterna, filamentis 

 liberis brevibus crassis supra discum incurvis ; antlierre erectie, adnatse, loculis parallelis 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum breve. Fl. $ : Calyx maris. Petala 

 minora (v. ?). Staminodia ssepius adsunt. Ovarium obliquum, l-loculare ; stylus incurvus, 

 apice brevissime 2-fidus ; ovula 2, uno tamen srepe jam in alabastro minuto imperfectoque. 

 Fructus ovoideuSj carnosus, pericarpio in sicco indurato baud crasao, indehiscens. Semen 

 imicum, testa membranacea; albumen (in semine unico examinato) carnosum, parce 

 ruminatum ; cotyledonea orbiculato-cordatjie, dimidium albuminis excedentes. — Arbor, 

 ramulis foliis inflorescentia bracteis ovarioque undique insigniter lepidotia. Folia 

 alterna, bre\^ter petiolata, integerrima, coriacea, pennivenia. "Racemi axillares, breves ; 

 flores utriusque sexus pedicellati, $ in racemo pauci, <? numerosiores. 



Species 1, Chilensis, Hoo^. Ic. PL t. 12. Baili. Etud. Eupk. t. 27- A. DC, Prod. xvi. ii. 611. 

 Micrs, Contrib. Bot. ii. 125, t. 72. 



Genus a variis auctoribus ad ordincs diversos relatum, nobis rite aHookero patre in Evphorhiace'is 

 inclusnm videtur, et a Celastraceis ubi coUocat Miers longe reraotum. Flores tarn ^ quam $ , prseter 

 petalorum praesentiam, fere Antldcsmat'is, indumentum IlieroiujmL 



64. Kymenocardla, Wall. Cat. Ilerh. Ind, n. 3549; Lindl. Introd. Nat. Si/d. ed. 2, 441. 

 (Samaropyxis, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl 464.)— Flores dioici, apetali. Discus 0. Fl. ^ ; 

 Calycis segmcnta v. lobi 4-5 rarius 6, brevia, membranacea, imbricata, latiusciila. Stamina 

 4-5, rarius G, filamentis calycem nou excedentibus liberis v. basi in columnam connatis 

 superne patcntibus ; antlierie magnee, primum reflcxse, demum sfepius horiztmtales, loculis 

 distinctis parallelis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum breve v. filamentis 

 sequale. Fl. $ ; Sepala distincta, angusta, cadncissiraa. Ovarium 2-loculare, septo 

 contrarie j>lano-compressum ; styli "v-ix basi connati, longi, subteretes, indivisi, dense 

 longeque papillosi ; ovula in loculis gemina. Capsula plano-compressa, coccis 2 a colu- 

 mella secedentibus piano- cymbiformibus samaroideis dorso acutis v. ssepius superne v. 

 circumcirca in alam productis, margine interiore post casum hiantibus, cn^temm indchis- 

 centibus ; pericarpium subcrustaceum, endocarjno tenuissime membranaceo. Semina in 

 coccis ssepius solitaria, plano-compressa, margine interdum anguste alata, testa tenui 

 nitidula v. striata ; albumen hand crassum ; cotyledones plante, latte, tenuissimse, radicula 

 longiuscula. — Arbores v. fruticea elatiores. Folia alterna, petiolata, membranacea v. 

 coriacea, integerrima, pennivenia. Flores sub bracteolis solitarii, ^ in spicis amuuti- 

 foruiibus, $ in racemis brevibus laxis ; spicje c? sessiles laterales ; racemi ? laterales v. 

 axillares, per anthesin breves, bracteis pedicellisque brevibus, fructiferi laxi pedicellis 

 elongatis bracteis ssepe in folia excrescentibus, racemis tunc in ramulos foliates mutatis 

 pedicellis ad axillaa solitariis. 



