Securinega 



EUPHOKBIACi:.i: 



shire Hills, near Salt Ponds, llurr s u'- Drifton ! near Albion, St. Thomas; 

 Harris \ Fl. Jam. 10,513, 10,819, 12,191. Bahamas, Cuba, St. Thomas, 

 St. Jan, Santa Cruz. 



SJirub 6-10 ft., " the whole plant has a good deal of the appearance of 

 a young Ebony" (Browne). Branches numerous, the youngest twigs zig- 

 zag and spiny, apex ending in a spine. L Clustered with the flowers, 

 obovate, papery, network of veins dense and prominent, paler beneath, 



D 



Fig. 86. Securinega Acidoton Fawc. & Rendle. 



A, Portion of branch with male flowers in D, Female flower x 11. 



bm I x : . E, Coccus with 1 seeds X 4. 



B, Male flower in bud x 11. F, Seed X 4. 



C, Abortive ovary and styles of B x 32. 



*5-l'5 cm. 1. ; petioles 1-2 mni. 1. Pedicels 3-5 mm. L, to 1 cm. in fruit. 

 Male flowers; Ihids globular. Sepals roundish, smaller than in the 

 female. Styles of the abortive ovary 3, hooked at apex, as long as the 

 stamens. Female flowers : Si'^.ils roundish, about 2 mm. 1. Styles broad 

 and thick, divided about half-way. Capsule 3-furrowed, 5 mm. in diarn. 

 Seeds about 2 mm. 1., pale brown. 



3. DRYPETES Vahl. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, leathery, entire, or 

 slightly wavy, with small teeth, or spiny-toothed, somewhat 



prominently net-veined on both sides. Stipules minute, soon 

 falling. Klnwi T-, din-cious, without petals, clustered in the axils, 

 male generally numerous, female fewer. Mule {lowers : Sepals 

 4-6, imbricate. 1 >isk thick, tlattish-concave, pushing outwards 

 between the filaments, so that the filaments appear to be inserted 

 in notches of the disk. Stamens inserted between the calyx 



