s 
x * vehi sp. 
loculis 2-ovulat. Stylus ad basin 4-partit. laciniis dichotomis. 
. nudis orta, vel fasciculata in axillis foliorum. 
476 EUPHORBIACE. 
baccatum processu intrante magno, interne subosseum. Em- 
bryo albus, radicula brevissima supera. Cotyledones ovales. 
Oss. The seed is not equilateral, the inner side of the 
tegument being much thicker, so that the embryo is thrown 
to the other side; and as this is convex, it becomes slightly 
curved in consequence. See Pl. DLXXXIV. Fig, V, a hi- 
lum, 5 baccate tissue, c embryo. 
; 
3. Phyllanthi sp. 
| 
Frutex dioicus ramis subangulatis, ramulis brevibus sulcatis, | 
fol. parvis oblongo-ellipticis subtus glaucis, stipulis ovatis | 
subfoliaceis floribus parvis inconspicuis in axillis aggregatis, | 
ochroleucis. | 
Mas. Per. infundibuliforme turbinat. pedicello nempe apice 
dilatato limbo 6-fido, laciniis interdum emarginatis. Squame 
6, laciniis oppositis, eorumque basibus inserta. Stam. mona- 
delpha, tubo incluso. Aath. 6 adnatz 2-loculares, longit. de- 
hiscentes. Pollen globosum leve. 
‘Har. Inter fruticis, Mergue : Jan. 1835. 
Fam. nondum vidi. 
STAUROTHYRAX. 
Gen. Cuar. Mas. Per. 4-sepalum, sepalis ovat. concav. 
zstivatione imbricatis. Gland. hypogyne 4, sepalis alter- 
nant. Stam. 4 libera, hypogyna, sepalis opposita. 
Fem. Per. ut in mare, glanduleque. Ovarium 4-loculare! 
Stigmata 8 linearia. Caps. baccat. 4-locul. loculis. cruciatim 
dispositis. 
Inflorescentio vel fasciculato racemosa et tunc e ramis 
Stauros et thylaz Gk. ob fructus loculorum PASE 
cruciatam, 1835. 
dioica, floribus masculis capitulato-racemosis, - 
gatis 2-4 in apicibus ramorum, floralium peren- - 
racemis z age 
