Sajiium EUPHOKBIACE^E 325 



2-3-tontlied <r -lobed. Stamens l! or ." ; lilamonN free ; anthers 

 globose. Rudiment of ovary wanting. 1-Vmale llnwers : Calyx 

 3-toothed or generally .">-cleft. Ovary 2-3-celled ; styles 3(-2), 

 distinct or united below, recurved-spreading, not divided : <>\ ules 

 solitary in each cell. Cap>ule globular or pear-shaped, more or 

 less fleshy or pulpy, ultimately splitting into three i_'-\alved 

 eocci ; coltimella 3-wini;ed. Seeds not carunculate. 



Sp.-cies nearly 100. widely dispersed through the tropic 



Leaves oblong-elliptical ; petioles with glands ............. 1. S.jamu 



Leaves elliptical-obovatc : petioles without glands. 



Ovary > L -,.silu or subsessile ; styles united only at base i'. S. uneatum. 



Ovary stalked : styles united half way ...................... ".. .S. Harritii. 



1. S. jamaieense Sic. A<lnf. Bt. 02 (1829); leaves oblong- 

 elliptical or elliptical : petiole with small sessile oblong glands : 

 spikes in axils of topmost leaves at apex of branch ; ovary sessile. 

 -Ut'b. Syntb. Ant. Hi. 308 ; Hu.bi'r in Ball. Herb. Boiss. w'r. -, ci. 

 347, /. 2 : Hf-msley in Hool: I<: PL t. 2889 ; Pax in Entjl Pflanzen- 

 reiclt ic. 147. v. 20-"). S. laurifolium Griseb. Fl. Br. IT. Iml. 49 

 (1859j. S. laurocerasus var. ellipticum and var. laurifolium 

 Mni'll. Arg. in Linn&a xxxii. 110 (1863). S. arboreuni foliis A:c. 

 Browne Hist. Jam. 33>. Hippomane 2-glandulosa Sit'. 0,^-. B<>f. 

 .">70 (1791) (non L.). Stillingia laurifolia Rich, in Xat/ra Cub. xi. 

 201, /. 69 (1850). Exccecaria laurocerasus var. elliptica and var. 

 laurifolia M>n>ll Ar</. in DC. Prodr. xv. i>t. '2. 1203 (1866). 

 (Fig. 109.) Specimen from Swartz in Herb. Mil*. Brit. 



(rum Tree, Milk Wood. 



Wnfjlit\ Shakspear\ Sicartzl Macfadyi'n\ Moneague, Prior ! Mftcalft' '. 

 J.P. 'J43, Morris ! Lapland, near Catadupa, 1200 ft.; Golden Valley, near 

 Castleton, GOO ft. ; road to Guava Ridge, 2200 ft. ; Stanmore Hill, 2200 ft. ; 

 Rio Minho Valley, 1000 ft.; Han-is 1 . Bachelor's Hall, 150 ft., JI,irri* .1 

 Brittonl Fl. Jam. 9165, 9194, 9195, 9562, 9971, 10,718, 10,882, I0,s>.',. 

 Cuba, Hispaniola, Central America, Colombia. 



Tree 30-60 ft. high. Leaves 7-22 cm. 1., oblong-elliptical or ellipti- 

 apex rounded, abruptly and shortly acuminate, base obtuse to wedge- 

 shaped, margin entire or wavy or obscurely denticulate, papery ; nr; 

 numerous (to thirty on each side), about 2 mm. apart, b.-nding upwa 

 near margin, prominent; petiole 2-4 cm. 1., glands small, sessile, oblong. 

 Xj>ikcs 2-4, in axils of topmost leaves at apex of branch.-, t" !"> cm 

 Bracts somewhat roundish with two elliptical gland-; bract - fring . 

 Mi tie flowers 3-7 in axil of each bract: Calyx 2- (3-)lobed. Stamens two. 

 /'</// a le jluwcrs : Cnlij.i: 3-toothed. Ovary 3- (2-)celled. S at l.-ngth 



circinate. Cajisuli 1 globular, 7-8 mm. in diam. Seeds about 4 mm. 1., 

 roandish-lens-shaped, i-oughly net-veined. 



The tree yields a thick sticky resin, formerly n-cd for boilin--ln- 

 lamps, also used for bird-lime. The wood is soft and coar>r. i I'.cov, 



2. S. cuneatum Griseb. /'/. ]!>: 11'. !;/</. 41) (1859); lea 

 elliptical-obovate ; peti(lc without glands: spike- in axils of 

 leaves; ovary sessile <>r shortlv >ta'.krd ; styles two or three. 

 very -liortly united at ba.---. -Po.r in Hn<jl. l\tlnz> , <//<// ',r. \ 17. 



