312 CLI. EUPHORBIACE^. [Groioiiea. 



127- Mareya, Baill. Adam. i. 73.— Flores monoici, apetali, Fl. ^ : Calyx in alabastro 

 globosus, clausus, per anthesin valvatim 3-4-partitus. Discus 0. Stamina oo (10-20), 

 receptaciilo convexo glanduloso affixa, filamentis liberis in alabastro flexuosis ; antherarum 

 loculi distinct!, oblongi, substipitati, in alabastro penduli, demum flexuoao-ascendentes, 

 apice deliiacentes. Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl. $ : Sepala 4-C, lata, imbricata. Discus 

 explanatus, varie lobatus. Ovarium 3- rarius 4-loculare ; styli distincti, recurvi, indivisi, 

 papilloso-plumosi ; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula tridyma, pubescena, in coccos 2- 

 yalves dissiliens. Semina Itevia ; albumen carnoaum ; cotyledones latse, planse.— Frutices 

 V. ajrbusculi. Folia alterna, petiolata, majuscula, integerrima v. obtuse serrata, penni- 

 venia. Spic^ tenues, axillares laterales v. ad apices ramorum confertaj, foliis agepius 

 longiores. Flores secus rbachin glomerati, nunc omnea in glomerulo ^, nunc in quoque 

 glomerulo 1 $ cum 2 v. oo ^ . Capsuloe parvje. 



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Species (v. ex Muell. Arg. varietates) 2, Africse tropicse incolse. MueU. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 

 792.^ Benih. in HooJc. Ic. PL f. 1281. Genus Acalyphm valde affine, sed satis differre videtur habitu, 

 staminum numero et fioribus fffimineis. 



128. Adeiia, Linn. Gen. n. 1137, pro 2->arte. (Ricinella, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxiv. 

 153. )- Flores dioici, apetali. Fl. (? : Calyx in alabastro clausus, per anthesin valvatim 

 partitus. Disci glandular calycis basi adnat^g. Stamina oo (8-15), filamentis liberis brev- 

 ibns; antherai versatiles, prope basin dorsifixae, loculis parallelis longitudinaliter dehis- 

 centibus. Ovarii rudimentum 0. FI. ? : Sepala angusta, per anthesin reflexa. Discus 

 explanatus. Ovarium 3-loculare, styli reflexo-patentes, laciniati, lobis angustis ; o^-ulain 

 locuhs solitaria. Capsula tridyma, in coccos S-valves dissiliens, endocarpio crustaceo. 

 Semma subglobosa, laevia ; albumen camosum ; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus latia planis. 

 — Frutices prater inflorescentiam glabri v. rarius tomentosi, ramulis interdum apice v. ad 

 axillas spinescentibus. Folia alterna v. ad nodos conferta, membranacea v. chartacea, 

 mtegemma, pennivenia, breviter petiolata. Flores parvi, ^ ad axillas fasciculati, fere 

 Bessiles, ? solitarii, longiuscule pedicellati. 



Species ad 7, Indise occidentalis, Araericai centralis et forte Columbian (si hucpertinet Fendleri n 

 1224) mcolae. M^^dl. Arg. in DC. Prod xv. ii. 729 {nicimlla excl. 7?. myric<Bfolia ad Bemardiam 

 pertmente) ei m Marf, FL Bras. xi. ii. 306. Nomen Linnaanum a Muell. Arg. rejicitur ob priori- 

 tatem Adeh^ P. Bro^rne, qui rero genus {Forestieram} sub hoc nomine non definivit, etsi species ope 

 iconis suic agnoscenda sit. 



129. lenoocroton, Grlseb. Erlaui. 1% Trop. Amer. 20.— Flores dioici, apetali. Discus 

 anguste explanatus vix in glandulas divisus. Fl. <? : Calyx in alabastro globosus, clausus 

 per anthesin valvatim 3-5-fidu3. Stamina oo (6-10) receptaculo convexo affixa, filamentis 

 brevibus libens ; antherse dorsifixa;, oblongae, loculis contiguis parallelis longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum viUosulum. Fl. ? : Calyx 5-partitus, sepaHs vix 

 valvatis. Ovarium 3-loculare ; styli breves, patentes, crassi, brevissime 2-lobi, lobis 

 breviter radiato-multifidis ; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula tridyma, in coccos bivalves 

 dissiliens. Semina subglobosa, testa hevi ; albumen carnosum ; cotyledones lat^e plan^e 

 -Frutices mdumento brevi stellulato v. sublepidoto. Folia alterna, coriaoea, supra 

 glabra, transversim v. oblique pennivenia, venulosa. Spic^ v. racemi axillares folio 

 nuilto breviores. Flores ^ secus rhachin sessiles v. breviter pedicellati, sub quaque bractea 

 glomerati, $ sub bracteis solitarii, secus rhachin pauci, v. uno solo subterminali. 



Species genuinne 2, v. 3, Cubenses. Mtull, Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 7oO. Wright in Sauv Fl 

 Cub. 129. ubi Z.Mescens hti/oUus ad varietatemX. Wrightii Todncitnr, etl.Jlave^ceusam/usafoUus 

 pro specie propria bene distinguitur sub nomine L. revoluti. His addenda est L. virens Griseb qui 

 primo aspectu longe differt foliis basi 5-nerviis pube stellate mollibus. sed flores 2 similiter ad api'cem 

 rhacheos solitarii. Flores <? nobis desunt. 



JS( ^-TT'"' ^"'^^: ^^''^- -^"*''- ^^^' '• '^^- (Adenogynum, Zoll. in Linncea 

 xxvui 32o.)-Flore8 monoici, apetali. Fl. 3 : Calyx in alabastro clausus, per anthesin 



valvatim 3-4-partitus. Discus 0. Stamina 3-5, filamentis liberis supeme inflexis ; 



