136 CVIII. EUPHORBIACEZE., [ Alchornea. 
29. ALCHORNEA, Swartz. 
(Cladodes, Lour.; Celebogyne, J. Sm.) 
Flowers one » rarely moncecious, in terminal or axilla 
racemes or spikes. Male fl.: Perianth globular and closed in the bud, 
opening in 4, rarely 3 or 2, valvate segments. No petals or glands. - 
Stamens 8 or more, rare "ir 4, in the bodie of the flower, without any 
No disk (except in one ë Mile P apatie). var 
with 1 ovule in each cell. Er diis or 2-branched, free or shortly 
connate at the base. Capsule separating into 2-valved cocci. See 
without any carunculus. Testa crustaceous. Albumen copious. Coty- 
` ledons flat, much broader than the radicle.—Trees or shrubs. Leaves | 
a cdg sonra Long y toothed or in Me species almost lobed, - 
bia nds on the under side at the base of the lamina. 
The gen ese ver d tropical regions of both the New and 2s ee orld. 
Veg number of its species have been proposed by various botanists às “distinct n 
ge a enumerated by er Arg. as irio nyms. Amongst necs in uniting them, : 
e has selected Swartz's name as the oldest. Baillon has for reason n 
ve, substituted Loureiro's name Cladodes, which, however, is two: yeshi more recent. - 
o Australian species are endemic 
Leaves coriaceous, with broad ME iae -pointed lobes. Styles 
short, broad, spreading flat on the top of the ovary . 1, A. ilicifolia. 
Leaves "thin, with dite or shortly eun Meth. Styles erect, 
narrow, connate at the base . A. TThozetiana. 
l. A. ilicifolia, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 170, and in DC. Prod. 
xv. ii. 906. A glabrous straggling everg shr ub, attaining 12 to - 
15 ft. Leaves ovate or rhom vidal broadly diüsbidporied or shortly - 
lobed, the teeth or lobes terminating in prickly points, coriaceous, pen- 
nive ined and reticulate, resembling those of a holly, 14 to 3 in. long; 
ale peria x . 
ing the perianth. Female flowers on thick pedicels of A to 1 line, the 
ianth-segments rather peri than in thA male 8. ary 3-celled, : 
Cladodes ilieifolia, Baill, Adans. 
Queensland. Brisbane river, ainean ae P iaaiiai, F, Mueller ; Rock- 
hampton, Dallachy, O’ Shanesy, Bowma p 
