2'J^ - CLI. EUPHORBIACE^. [Crotonem. 



81. Tritaxis, BallL Mud. Euph, 342, t, 11. (Trigonostemonis sect. Tritaxia ei Antitaxis, 

 MnelL Anj, in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 1107.) — Flores monoici ? petaliferi. Fl. ^: Calyx 

 3-fidus, lobis Siepius brevibus subimbricatis. Petala 5, calyce longiora. Disci glanduke 

 ad basin columnge 5. Stamina in verticillos 2 v. 3 circa columnam centralem tenuem 

 disposita, 5 verticilli inferioris prope b;isin cohimnce, 5 verticilli secundi dum adsint in 

 media columna, 2 v. 3 filamcntis brevibus columnam terminantibus; antlierie verticillorum 

 inferiomm erects, loculis introrsum parallelis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, staminum 

 terminalium horizontales. Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl 5 (a nobis non visi): Calyx et 

 petala maris. Ovarium 3-loculare ; styli 2-fidi. Capsulee cocci 2- valves (£ai7/.).— Arbores 

 fruLiceave. Folia alterna, petiolata, intogerrima v. dentata, glabra v. subtus puberula. 



Flores ad apices ramorum dicKutome cymosi, ? (centralis?) subsessilis, ^ plures pedi- 

 cellati parvi. 



Species 3 v- 4, India; orientalis et Archipelagi Malayani incolae. Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xvii. 221. 



82. AleuTiteH, Forst. C7ia)-. Cen. Ill, i. 56.— Flores monoici v. subdioici, petaliferi. 

 Fl. ^ : Calyx junior globosus, clausus, per anthesin in lobes 2-3 valvatim ruptus. 

 Petala 5, calyce longiora. Stamina 00 (8-20), rcceptaculo conico afBxa, 5 exteriora 

 petalis opposita glandulis parvis alterna, filamentis liberis brevibus v. elongatis ; antherje 

 erectie, adnatse, loculis parallelis longitudinaliter dehiacentibus. Ovarii rudimentum 0. 

 Fl. ?: Perianthium maris. Piscus inconspicuus, v. glandube minutiu petalis altcnue. 

 Ovarium 2-5-loculare ; styli in ramos 2 crassiiiscule lineares divisi ; ovula in loculis 

 sohtaria. Fructus magiuis, drupaceus, indehiscens, exocarpio carnoso liaud crasso, 

 endocai-pio crustaceo v. duro 2-o-loculari v. abortu 1-loculari. Seminum testa crassa, 

 lignosa; albumen craasum, durum; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus Litis plauis.— Arbores 

 indumento stellari v. aubsimplici. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, ampla, basi 5-7-nervia, 

 mtegerrima v. 3-loba, petiolo apice 2-glanduloso. Flores laxe cymoai, cymia ad apices 

 ramorum paniculatis. 



Species oditae 3, Asiie orientalis et insularura maris Pacifici indigent, sectiones 3 formaiites, quas 

 facile pro generlbus propriis hAheTcs.—Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 723. Baill. Etud. Eiiph. L 12. 



1. Camirmm, Alabastra globosa. Stamina 15-20. PistiUum 2-merum. Panicula lata, dense 

 floribunda. Species 1, ex ins. maris Pacifici per regiones tropicas utri usque orbis late dispersa culta 

 V. inquilina, CAMiRTor, Gtertn. Fruvt. ii. 194, t. 125. 



2. Elceococca. Alabastra ovoidea. Stamina 8-12, filamentis quam in Camirio longioribus, interi- 

 oribus (an semper ?) apice reflexis. Flores in panicula laxa pauciores magni. Pistillura 3-5-menini . 



El^OCOCCA, 



Correa in An?i. 



Mus. Par. viii. t 32. Veknicia, Lour. FL Cochinch. 686. 



3. HetUiales. Species ex ins. Philippinis a nobis non visa, ab Eto'ococca differre dicitur antheris 

 ad 8, extrorsum nee introrsum 2-rimosig. 



His verisirailiter addends species 2 Americanje, altera Mexicana Ervendherg n. 373, altera 

 Guianensis I^ob. Schovihnrglc n. 474. Rick ScJiomhurglc n. 759, quarum flores (? tantum noti, qui 

 tamen characteres omnes sectionis C'«?«/nY ostendunt. 



, 83. Garcia, J^o/tr inSkrid.Nat. Hist. Sehk, KjOhenh. ii. (1792)217, t 0.— Flores monoici 

 (v. dioici ?), petaliferi. Discua annularis v. in squamellas siibdivisus. Fl. ^ -, Calyx 

 membranaceus, in alabastro globosus, clausus, per anthesin in lacinia3*2-3 valvatim 

 ruptus. Petala 8-12, angusta, longe aericea, calycem superantia, sqnamelli.s parvis 

 alterna. Stamina numerosa, receptaculo convexo piloaiusculo affixa, filamentis liberis 

 apice in connectivum continuum incrassatis ; anthera3 erectte, loculis adnatia parallelis v. 

 divergentibus longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum 0. FL $ ; Calyx maris 

 cum petalis siepe numero paucioribus caducissimus. Ovarium 3-loculare ; stylus brevis' 

 ramia stigmatoais (v. atylis distinctis) crassis latis pateutibus reflexiaque emarginato-bifidis ; 

 ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula majuscula, in coccos 2-valves diasiliens, endocarpio 

 duro sublignoso. Semina globosa ; embryo . . .—Arbores. Folia alterna, petiolata, 



