eroioned.) CLI. EUPHORBIACE^. 339 



$ ad basin racemi 1-2 srepius nee semper adsunt sessiles, sub bractea solitarii. Capsula 

 ihajuscula. 



Species 5, Americfe australis oxtratropicse incolie. MucU. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 1226, et in 

 Mart. Fl. Bras. xi. ii. 631, t. 8,5. Hook. Bof.Misct. 39, 40. Dclcss. Ic. Sel. iii. t 88. BailL Ei'nd> 

 Euph. f. 7. 



194. 3>alembertla, Baill. Etud. £nph. 545, t 5, et Adam. xi. 124.— Flores monoici, 

 apetali. Discus 0. Fl. ^ : Calyx v. ad squamellam unicam (bractcam ?) reductus. 

 Stamen 1 ; antherjB loculi distincti, adnati, contigui, paralleli, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 

 Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl. $ : Sepala 3, parva, imbricata, basi 2-glandulosa (bractea cum 

 bracteolis ?). Ovarium 3-loculare ; styli basi in columnam connati, supeme recurvi 

 indivisi ; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula tridyma,*in coccos 2- valves a columella 

 persistente dissiliens, endocarpio duro. Semina globosa, estrophiolota, testa Crustacea ; 

 albumen et embryo normalia ? — Suffrutices glabri v. pilis simplicibus vestiti. Folia 

 alterna, petiolata, rhombea, repando-dentata v. lobata, rarius subintegerriraa, basi 3-5- 

 liervia. Bacemi terminales, pedunculati, floribus ^ go (ternatim pedicellatis ?), $ ad basin 

 racemi masculi v. in ramo diverso solitariis. 



Species 4, Mexicanse. MiieU. Arg. m I)C. Prod. xv. ii. 1225. Ex his B. xjlatm^oidcs, Bnill, sola 

 Dobis auest floribus fijemineis et fructu. Char. fl. S ex Baill. 1. c. 



195. Hura, Linn. Gen. n. 1087; Hori. Cliff, t, 34.— Flores monoici, apetali. Discus 0. 

 Fl- (? ; Calyx membranaceus, breviter cupulatus, margine truncatus denticulatus. 

 Stamina oo (8-20), lilamentis cum connectivis continuis in columnam crassam apice 

 depressam loculos superantem connatis ; antlierai'um loculi distincti, extrorsum adnati, 

 paralleli, in verticillos 2-4 infra apicem column* dispositi, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 

 Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl. $ : Calyx coriaceus, late cupulatus, truncatus, integerrimus, 

 ovarium laxe cingens. Ovarium 5-20-loculare ; styli in columnam longam carnosam alte 

 connati, apice radiato-patentes, indivisi ; ovula in loculis solitaria. Capsula magna, 

 depressa, coccis verticillatis lignosis demum a columella crepitu dissilientibus. Semina 

 a latere compressa, estrophiolata, testa Crustacea ; albumen carnosum ; cotyledones latfe, 

 planse. — Arbores procerse. Folia alterna, petiolata, lata, crebre pennivenia et transversim 

 venulosa. Spicae ^ ad apices ramorum pedunculate, oblongae, crass.^, floribus sessilibus 

 confertis sub quaque bractea solitariis. Bracte^e membranaceai, primum alabastrum 

 involventes clausreque, per anthesin irregulariter ruptfe. Flores $ in axillis summis v. 

 sub spica <? solitarii, pedicello crasso fulti. 



Species 2 V. 3, Americana} tropicEe, quariim una inter tropicos orbis veteris diu culta interduni 

 inquilina dicitur. ^fl(-('ll. Arg. in BC. Prod. xr. ii. 1229, et in Man. Fl. Bras. xi. ii. 632, t. 86. 

 Baill. Etud. Euph. t. 6. 



196. Al^ernonia, Baill. in Ann. Sc. Xat. scr. 4, ix. 198 ; Etud. Euph. 546, t. 2. (Tetra- 

 plskTidvAj Baill. in Ann. I. c. 200; Etud. Euph. 549, f. 5.)— Flores monoici, apetali. Discus 0. 

 Fl. <? : Sepala 3, minima, imbricata (an bractea cum bracteolis ?). Stamen 1, filamento 

 basi V. supra basin articulato (an infra articulationem pedicellus dicendum?); antherje 

 loculi distincti, connectivo crassiusculo lateraliter adnati in alabastro, profunde sulcati 

 subdidymi, in flore aperto srepius longitudinaliter 2-partiti, anthera aperta in loculos 

 4 cruciatim a^quidist antes longitudinaliter dehiscentes divisa (an stamina 2 filamentis in 

 columnam connatis antlieris circa apicem sessilibus 2-locularibus ?) ; rarius in flore aperto 

 anthera unica 2-locularis. Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl. $ : Calyx 3-fidus v. 3-partitus, 

 lobis segmentisve latis imbricatis. OvariuTu 3-loculare ; styli in columnam connati, 

 Hupcmc recurvo-patcntes, papillosi v. fimbriati, indivisi ; ovula in loculis solitaria. 

 Capsula medio circumcirca horizontal iter angulata v. varie alata, matura nobis ignota, 

 ex Muell. Arg. in coccos 2- valves dissiliens, seminibus subglobosis huvibus estrophiolatis. 

 — Frutices glabri. Folia alterna, longiuscule v. breviter petiolata, in ramulis ssepe 

 conferta, iutegerrima v. parce dentata, pennivenia, nitidula et siccitate sjepe fuscescentia. 

 Spic« S tcrminales, tenuiter aiuentiformca. BractciC membiaiiacese longitudinaliter 



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