i. RICINUS. L “Palma € is 
Plant.) : ; 
‘Mase. Calia : parted, Corolla none. ‘Bias x 
a numerous. Fem. Calix 3-parted. Corolla 
ne. Styles 35 bifid. Capsules mostly echinate; *. 
elled, 3- seeded. = a ee 
Herb sor shrubby; leaves alternate, stipulate, pal ej 
~ mate or more rarely undivided; summit of petiole: Z 
glandular; flowers in a terminal spiked panicle, the lower 
Pmt 8 
ones maset , the upper feminine. _ | 
Spweres. 1. jo Raters catered for naturalized in the 4 
a ates Ww ti ae 1 for oil, in n- 2 aor “ j | 
cbyend Tetmessee ae 
A genus of 10 species indigenous iS ‘India and Africa, % 
é with the exception of a single species ih Jamaica, oes 
772. STILLINGIA. L. 
Mase. Involucrwm hidninpbacitell, many-flow- 
anting. Calixe tubular, eroded. Sta-— 
§, exser Fem. Calix 1-flower- 
Style trif d. Capsule 3-grained. 
rachis in §. eylvatica 
S glands: Se Gs 
Ons. Dioicous? spiked partly late 
umale fiowers without involucrum; bracies. 1 he 
, biglandular; calix trifid, rather flat; filaments, = 
5, reniform. 
