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336 CIX. EUPHORBIACER. 
Flowers destitute of petals. 
Stamens free. 
Fruit fleshy, indehiscent, 2-3-celled . . . . 17. CycLosTEMON. 
Capsule 3-4-celled, falling asunder. 
Dicecious: Males in racemes; females on 
few-flowered peduncles . . . . . . . 18. HYNANCHE. 
Monecious: Males tufted ; females solitary . 21. PLELOSTEMON. 
Drupe fleshy, 1-celled, l-seeded. . . . . . 20. ANTIDESMA. 
Stamens 3-5, united in a column, surrounded by 
wlands . 0 0s whee + the ww 5 e 22, Pe 
Series 1. Untovuratre. (Gen. 1-16.) 
1. EUPHORBIA, Linn. 
Flowers moncecious, several monandrous, nude, male flowers 
(or stamens), surrounding a single female flower (or stipitate 
pistil), within a calyx-like, cup-shaped, 4—5-lobed, fleshy invo- 
lucre (or calyx).—Males: True calyx and corolla 0. Stamen 
jointed to a pedicel—Female: Flowers on a lengthening 
pedicel. Calyx minute or obsolete, beneath the ovary. Ovary 
3-celled; cells l-ovuled; styles 3, 2-fid. Capsules 3-coccous ; 
cocci elastically 2-valve.—Endl. Gen. 5766; Baill. Euph. p. 
281, ¢. 1 and 2, f. 1-14; DC. Prod. xv. pt. 2. p. 7. 
A vast genus of milky-juiced plants ; annuals, perennials or succulent 
leafless shrubs or trees. Many of the latter are South African, mhabiting 
dry or rocky situations throughout the colony. 
2. RICINUS, Linn. 
Flowers moneecious.—Male: Calyx 5-parted, valvate in bud. 
Stamens very many ; filaments much-branched, polyadelphous. 
—Female: Calyx as in male. Ovary globose, 3-celled, cells 
l-ovuled; style short; stigmas 8, 2-parted, plumose. Cap- 
sules 3-coccous, echinate or smooth.—Endl. Gen. 5809 ; Baill. 
Euph. p. 289. t. 10 and 11. f. 1-5 ; DC. Prod. xv. pt. 2. p.1016. 
R. communis, Linn., the Castor-oil plant, is commonly grown and partly 
naturalized throughout the colony. 
3. JATROPHA, Kth. 
Flowers moneecious.—Male: Calyx 5-parted ; lobes gland- 
edged, convolute in bud. Petals 5, longer than the calyx- 
lobes, alternating with 5 glands, twisted in bud. Stamens 10, 
those opposite the calyx-lobes stronger ; filaments united in a 
central column.—Female: Ovary girt by 5 glands, 3-celled, cells 
l-ovuled; styles 3, separate ; stigmas peltate. Capsules 3- 
celled.— Endl. Gen. 5805 ; Baill. Euph. p. 294, t. 14. f: 10-27 ; 
DC. Prod. xv. pt..2. p. 1076. 
Shrubs or herbs, with milky juice. Leaves entire or lobed, often 2-glan- 
dular at base, and stipulate.—Croton Capense, Th., a shrub of the Eastern 
district, belongs to this genus, and there are 3 or 4 small, half-woody species 
in the Natal country. 
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