Aleurites.| EUPHORBIACEAE. 399 
contracted at the base, stiff membranous, lurid-green, scabro-papillose 
but glabrate. Stipules lanceolate, 2‘’, caducous. Flowers monoecious, 
clustered in distant fascicles of 2—4 and minutely bracteate alon 
simple rhachis of !/2—2'/2’ in length; the terminal flower of the extreme 
or sometimes of several fascicles being female, sometimes only one or 
few female flowers (without male) at and near the end of a much shorter 
rhachis. Pedicels 2—6‘‘, those of the male flowers longest. Male fl. Calyx 
3‘, parted to the base into 3 gen 2 or ae triangular _ naa gga 
or glabrate. No disk or glands. ns numerous (ab , wi 
filaments very short and anther- ee as dehiscing sie siti Fem. fl. 
Calyx 1—1!/2‘/, silky, the ovate sepals overlapping at the base. Glands 3, 
oblong, nearly equalling the sepals. Ovary tomentose or silky. Styles 
short, spreading. Capsule reddish, 3-coccous, 2!/:“ high and 3“ bro 
deeply furrowed, obtuse at the angles. Seeds globose, rugoso- suai 
Embryo axile, the orbicular engl nearly as broad as the fleshy 
albumen and twice as long as the radicle. 
On all islands from Hawaii to Oahu! put rare on the latter island; rather common 
in parts of Maui! and Lanai! 
2 var. tomentosa. — Leaves obovate, rounded at the top, cuneate at 
the base, Moe vir ages Infl. sometimes paniculate, 2—3’ long. 
— Wawra, in Flor 
Kauai! (Kn. and sont 
3. RICINUS, L. 
. Flowers monoecious in terminal raceme-like panicles, the upper ones 
female, the lower male. Calyx 3—5-cleft, the lobes valvate. Petals and 
glands wanting. ale fl. Stamens very numerous; anthers crowded on 
branching filaments, the cells distinct, globose. Fem. fl. Ovary 3-celled, 
with 1 oyule in each cell. Styles deeply 2-cleft and plumose. Capsule 
mostly echinate, dividing into 2-valved cocci. Seeds carunculate. — A 
tall herb or shrub. Leaves alternate, peltate, palmately divided. 
A single species 
71. R. communis, L. — DC. Prod. XV, Sect. I, p. 1017. — A glaucous and 
glabrous erect plant, 6—16 ft. high. Leaves large, with mostly 7 broadly 
lanceolate serrate lobes. Racemes or panicles 3—6‘ long. Male sepals 4“. 
Capsule 6—12", 
The Castor-oil Necgpasly of early aeaeiceaes is quite common in waste places. A native 
of western Asia r eastern Afric 
4, ALEURITES, Forst. 
Flowers monoecious. Ca alyx tubular, irregularly 2—3- cleft, the lobes 
valvate. Petals 5, convolute in the sags alternate with 5 glands or scales 
which in the male flowers are connected into an urceolate disk. Male fl. 
