Breynia.] CVIII. EUPHORBIACER. 115 
N. Aus RE King's Sound, N.W. FN MES 
19. SECURINEGA, Juss. 
(Fluggea, Willd.) 
Flowers dicecious, in axillary clusters. Male fl.: pns divided, 
to the base into 5 petal-like segments. Stamens 5 or times 4, 
2-fid or 3-fid pistil without any ovary, but Sion as long as the stamens;. 
anthers with 2 parallel eels opening longitudinally in 2 valves. Female. 
: Perianth of the males. Disk flat, = a free dentate margin. 
Ovary 3-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Styles 8, recurved and bifid. 
Fruit os. or scarcely su succulent ger €— ee irre is Mode ge ease 
ntire. Flowers very small. Fruits 
he genus is spread over the warmer regions am i and Africa, one vo reac mkin 
j 8 
[os the mae alian species eiae have the peculiar structure of those of quam 
: owever, Up seg wn by the perianth, the exserted stamens, the 
tary piai, the dry y fru 
Branches unarmed, bs eaves above 1 in. lon 1. S. obovata. 
Branches often "Sana Leave va to i d » long, of often emarginate, 
or very obtu. . S. Leucopyrus. 
l. S. obovata, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 449. A tall unarmed 
sd. quite glabrous but sometimes glaucous, the smaller branches often 
ad a 
young. Leaves ovate, usu oad and sometimes 
seat orbicular, rarely s id very obtuse, 1 to 2 in. long or 
when very luxuriant nearly 3 rominently pen nnienined and the nu- 
merous reticulate veinlets oon also prominent underneath. Flowers 
minute, the males usually very numerous in : e cluster, the females 
ttim, both on filiform pedicels.of 1 to 2 lines. Periant s 
Fe ls rather broad. Ce ule red, de sien lobular, aa dor 
» a fons Hort. Berol. 329; 
F. Muell. i n: Hook. Kew Journ. ix. 17; Fluggea 
eva salen F. Muell. in Trans. Bot. Soc. ee vii. 490, and tmd 
numerous other synonyms given T Muell. Arg. Lc. 
* 
