122. EUPHORBIACEAE 323 



Receptacle not prolonged into an androphore. Disc of the male flowers 

 divided into glands alternating with the sepals, rarely entire. Seeds 

 without an outgrowth at the hilum. Shrubs and trees ii8 



117. Disc of the male flowers nearly entire, of the female divided into 5 glands 



alternating with the sepals. Fruit a drupe. Seeds with an outgrowth 

 at the hilum. Shrubs. Male inflorescence many-flowered. — Specie^ 3. 



Central Africa Pseudolachnostylis Pax 



Disc of the male flowers 5-lobed or divided into 5 glands opposite th.' 

 sepals. Fruit a capsule. Seeds without an outgrowth at the hilum. 

 Flowers monoecijus, fascicled. — Species 4. Central Africa. 



Cluytiandra Muell. Arg, 



118. Disc of the male flowers slightly lobed. Styles imdivided. Flowers 



monoecious, large. Stipules large. — Species i. German East Africa. 



Zimmermannia Pax 



Disc of the male flowers deeply lobed or divided. Styles two-cleft. 



Flowers usually dioecious 119. 



119. Anthers opening outwards. Disc of the female flowers lobed. Seeds 



grooved on the ventral face ; testa thick ; embryo curved. — Species 8. 

 Tropical and South Africa. Some yield timber. (Under Securinega 



Juss.) Fiueggea Willd. 



Anthers opening inwards or laterally. Disc of the female flowers un- 

 divided. Seeds not grooved ; testa thin ; embryo straight. — Species 

 6. Some of them yield timber Securinega Juss. 



120. Disc present 121 



Disc absent. Shrubs or trees . 124 



121. Disc of the male flowers consisting of 5 — 6 scales adnate below to the 



sepals which consequently appear much thickened. Stamens 3. Fila- 

 ments very short, united. Anthers opening outwards. Style-branches 

 2-cleft. Flowers monoecious. Herbs or undershrubs. — Species i. 



Madagascar and neighbouring islands Agyneia Vent. 



Disc of the male flowers not adnate to the sepals ; hence sepals not much 

 thickened 122 



122. Stamens 2 — to. Stades usually two-cleft. — Species 80. Tropical and 



South Africa ; one species naturalized in Egypt. Some of them serve 

 as garden- or hedge-plants or yield timber, tanning and dyeing materials, 

 edible fruits, and medicaments. (Including Cicca L. and Pleiostemon 



Sond.) (Plate 80.) PhyUanthus L. 



Stamens 12 — 18. Disc many-lobed or many-parted. Styles 3. Shrubs 

 or trees 123 



123. Flowers monoecious. Sepals 5. Disc lobed. Styles entire or notched, 



flattened. — Species i. Madagascar and Comoro Islands. 



Humblotia Baill. 

 Flowers monoecious with 6 sepals, or dioecious with 5. Disc deeply 

 divided. Styles two-cleft. Stipules gland-hke. — Species 2. Equator- 

 ial West Africa Lingelsheimia Pax 



