| MONOECIA. MONADEEPHIA. | 
eceptacle squamose.- Fee 
tate, naked. Styles 3, 
. Fo 
~ tients articulated. 
male flower solitary 
_.. bifid. Capsule 3-grained. 
wt ctescent plants which are either herbaceous or shrubs 
4 by, leafless or foliaceous; stems in the leafless species — 
a (which are principally indigenous to the deserts of Africa) 
_ Carnose, naked or spiny, resembling reps Cactus;— 
~ in the other species which are mostly herbaceous, the ms 
leaves are alternate and naked, or more rarely opposi ee 
and then usually stipulate, very rarely tefnately verticil-’ 
lated; in these the flowers are scattered or aggregated, 
and in very many umbellate and involucrate. Stamina 
perfecting at different times. * i 
a, 2. dentata. 38. inifo- 
ia. 4e SOD, : 
oe 
_- ter, thorny and poisonous, they seem to deny food toevery _ 
animated being; amongst the European and Americ: 
species there are some which have been used medicinal 
byt they are at best dangerous and needless temedi 
774. PHYLLANTHUR. In es © 
“Masc. Calix 5 or 6-parted. Filaments often 
Jumnar. Anthers 3. Fem. as the male aec- 
tary a 12-angled margin. Styles 3. Capsule 
ostly 3-grained. , fo ee 
__ Stub or aborescet, rarely herbaceous: Sees sm 
ax) \ 5 app. 
eho eb . = ‘app 
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