310 CLI. EUPHORBIACE^.. [CrotQnece, 



yalvatim S-partitua. Discus 0, Stamina oo (8^20), filamentis liberis receptaculo parvo 

 affixis ; antherarnm lociiliabasi distincti, globoai v. ovoidei, divaricati v. primum penduli 

 demiim ascendentes, superne longitudinaliter dehisceiites. Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl. 

 $ : Sepala 3 (leviter imbricata ?). Lamiiiaj hypogynse (an disci lobi ?) 2, lineari-subulatf?!/ 

 coccis alternse. Ovarium 2-loculare,^j?ariiis casu 3-loculare ; styli vix basi connati, breves, 

 erecti v. divergentes, iritus prominenter papillosi, indivi^i ; ovula in loculis solitaria. 

 Capsnla didyma, in coccos 2-valves dissilieus, endocarpio crastaceo. Semina ovoidea v. 

 globosa, Isevia v. tuberculata, testa Crustacea ; albumen carnosum ; cotyledones latre, 

 planse.— Herbse annuse v. rhizomate perenni, rarius basi sublignosse, glabra pubescentes 

 V. tomentoao-lanatfc. Folia opposita, ssepiua dentata, pcunivenia. Racenii axillares, ^ 

 graciles, floribus supra medium in glomerulos paucos diatantes coUectia ; $ in plerisque 

 brevissimi, floribus 1-2 ad axillas subsessilibus, in M, perenni longiores, floribus 1-3 in 

 pedunculo communi distantibus. 



Species 6, plerseqne Eiiropajje, imprimis e regione Mediterranea occidentali, quammiinaper varias 

 regiones dispersa sape inquilina, altera Asise oriental! propria. Mnell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 

 794. A. Juss. Euph. Tent t. U, Baill. Etvd, Euph. f. 9. Nees, 2c. Gen. Fl. Germ. Monochl n. 40.' 

 lieichb. Ic. FL Germ. t. 151, 162. Moris. Fl. Sard. t.UO. Vent, Jord. Cels. t. 12. 



+ 



: 123. lieldesla, Mndl. Arg. in DC, Frod, xv. ii. 792.— Floras monoici, apetali. Discus 



0. Fl. <? : Calyx tenuiter membranaceua, in alabastro clausus, per anthesin valvatim 3- 



partitua. Stamina co (4-7), filamentis brevibus tenuibus basi hinc inde connatia ; antlie- 



rarum loculi globosi, a basi distincti, demum patenter 2-valves. Ovarii rudimentum 0. 



Fl. 2 : CJalyx v. ad bracteam unicam brevem angustam reductus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; 



styh distincti, lineares, indivisi ; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula in coccos 2-valve3 



dissiliens, interdum abortu 1-cocca, endocarpio tenuiter crustaceo. Semina subglobosa, 



testa Crustacea ; albumen carnosum ; cotyledones plan^, latse.— Herbje tenerse, annua;, 



ramosje. Folia alterna v. ad ramificationes subopposita, longe petiolata, tenera, ovata v. 



orbiculata, late dentata v. integerrima. Racemi terminales v. in dichotomiis, rhachi fili- 



formi. Flores ^ minimi, apicem versus racemi in fascicules plures dispositi, $ ad basin 



rhacheos pauci, bractea foliacea stipati.. Bractete et calyces ^. ^ sajpe setoso-ciliati. 

 Capsulrepnrvfe. 



.Species 2, Africsc australis incolpe. Boit/?. in Hook. Ic. PI. 1. 1281. 



124. AdenocUne, Tnrcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1843, 59, etl852, ii. 170. (Diplo- 

 atylis, Sond. in Untuea xxiii. 113.)— Flores monoici, apetali, Fl. c? : Calyx tenuiter 

 membranaceus, alte 5-lobus, jam ante antliesin apertus, lobis primum valvatia? v. ex Muell. 

 Arg. imbricatis. Glandule v. lobi receptaculi inter stamina plura. Stamina <x> (6-12), 

 filamentis brevibus liberis ; antherai terminales, loculis diacretis globosis divaricatis vcrtice 

 dehiscentibus, antliera effoeta quasi 2-valvi. Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl. $ : Calyx 5- 

 partitus, ovario sjepe Pequilongus, segment is angnstis lequalibus leviter imbricatis. Ovarium 

 3-loculare; styli tenues, 2-partiti, recurvo-patentes, basi brevissime connati; ovula in 

 locubs sohtana. Capsula paj-va, tridyma, pericarpio tenui, in coccos 2-valves dissiliens. 

 Semina globosa, testa tenuiter Crustacea ; albumen carnosum ; cotyledones ovatje, radiculu 

 vix duplo latiores.—Herbge tenues, diffusre, annuaj v. basi perennes. Folia alterna v. 

 rarius opposita, nunc angusta et integerrima nunc latiora denticulata, membranacea! 

 Flores minimi, ad axillas laxe cymulosi, inflorescentia interdum ad apices ramorum foliis 

 floralibus diminutis fere in racemum abeunte ; flores ^ s^epius plurimi, ? pauci ad basin 

 cymulanim v. in axillis distinctis. 



Species 3 v. 4, Africfe australis incolse. Murll. Arrj. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 1130. Baill. Etud. Euph. 

 t 9. inclusa Paradenocline, Mucll. Arg. l.c.\U\, quam auctor distinxit antherarum loculis pen- 

 dulis, quod tameu confirmare nequimus. Anthers in omnibus speeiebus nobis .subsimiles videntuv 

 loculis pnmum suberectis dein divergentibus po.t deiiiscentiara patentibns interdum fere reflexis. 



125. Seldelia, Baill Etv4. Euph. 46.5, t. 9. -Flores monoici, apetali. Discus 0. Fl. 

 ^ : Calyx tenuiter membranaceus, in alabastro depresso-globosua, per antheain valvatim 



