EÜPHOEBIACEARUM Eï BUXACEAKÜM JAPONICARUM. 21 



5. Breynia Forst. 



Endl. Gen. PI. 1120; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV.- 

 2, 438; Baill. Hist. d. PL V. 254; Benth. et Hook. 

 Gen. PL III. 276; Pax, in Nat. Pfl. Farn. III.-5, 24. 

 Flores monoici, apetali. Discus 0. FL J : calyx breviter turbina- 

 tus, supra planus, lobis v. dentibus inflexis fere clausus. Stamina 

 3, filarnentis in columnam centralem connatis ; antlierse ad apicem 

 columnse sessiles adnatœ, loculis parallelis longitudinaliter deliiscenti- 

 bus. Kudimentum ovarii 0. FL ^ : calyx campanulatus, fructiger 

 interdem auctus, explanatus, lobis brevibus nunc ad dentés minutos 

 reductis. Ovarium sessile v. breviter stipitatum, 3-loculare, superne 

 carnosum ; styli indivisi v. apice 2-fidi ; ovula in loculis gemina. 

 Bacca globosa, indehiscens. Semina triquetra, dorso rotundata, 

 testa Crustacea, ventre duplicata inter laminas cava ; albumen baud 

 copiosum, circa cavum incurvum ; embryo curvus, cotyledonibus 

 latiusculis planis. — Frutices. Folia alterna, petiolata, ssepius dis- 

 ticha, siccitate nigricantia. Flores axillares, parvi, pedicellati, 

 fasciculati, fasciculo rarius in racemum brevissimum excurrente. 



Conspectus Breyniarum Specierum. 



Calyx fructiger accrescens, dilatatus. 



Ovarium ioclusum ; bacca apice producta 1. B. accrescens Jo nn. a. 



Ovarium exsertum ; bacca ?i])ice depressa 2. B. accrescens form. ß. 



Calyx fructiger vix accrescens, campanulatus 3. B. rhamnoides. 



Calyx fructiger non accrescens. 



Stipulée breves triangulares; calyx 't turbinatus, staniinibus exsertis 



4. B. stipitata \ar. forviosana form. a. 



Stipulée subulato-acuminatse ; calyx 't subglobosus, staniinibus inclusis 



5. B. stipitata ytir. formosana form. ß. 



