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fXXII. ECrPHORBIACE/f: (PRAIX). 



[Hh'ythrococca. 



14. E. Poggeopliyion. 



16 



E. Meiii/Iiarfl/ii. 

 E. tristis. 



Leaves firmly niembranous, margins 

 crenate; petiole 1-^ in. long; 

 male Howers not seen . . 13. E. Laurentii. 



Hypogynous scales replaced by suh- 

 cylindric clavate staniinodes with 

 2-celled em|)ty anthers, sur- 

 rounded by an extra staii)inodial 

 ring of Hat hirsnle glands; leaves 

 thinly membranoiis, margins 

 faintly crenate 

 Male flowers with either inter-stamiiial glands 

 or an extra- staminal ring, but not with 

 both (unknown in 16, E. tristis, and 20, 

 E. trichogyne) ; ovary (where known) 

 densely pubescent. 

 Pedicels jointed well above bracteoles ; 

 liypogynous disk-scales of subeylin- 

 dric clavafe antherless staminodes ; 

 leaves more or less jiubescent. 

 Female peduncles several-flowered ; 

 stamens 2-5 with an extra-staminal 

 ring of glabrous glands; intcr- 

 staminal glands . . . 



Kemale peduncles with a solitnry flower 

 with jointed pedicel; mule flowers 

 unknown ..... 

 Pedicels jointed close to the bracteoles ; 

 hyi)ogynous disk-scales (where known) 

 flattened ; receptacular glands (wheie 

 known) all inter-staminal, hirsute. 

 Leaves .] in. long or less, more or less 

 pubescent; female calyx 2-lobcd ; 

 stamens 15 . 

 Leaves 1^ in. long or longer. 



Leaves nearly glabrous; petiole ^ in. 



long ; stamens 27 ; female flowers 



unknown ..... 



Leaves distinctly pubescent on both 



surfaces. 



Petiole h in. long; female calyx 



2-lobed ; stamens 9-12 . 

 Petiole |- in. long or less. 



Female calyx 2-lobed; male flower 



unknown .... 



Female calyx 3-4-lobed ; stamens 



10 



§§ Stipules unmodified, minute, cartilaginous, 



glabrous ; leaves glabrous ; male calyx 4- 



lobed; stamens 24-30, usually 27; glands all 



inter-staminal, hirsute ; ovary glabrous or 



with a few apical hairs . . . .22. E. pauciflora. 



•I -I Stigmas with a very short style, ovate-lanceolate 



with lobulate (but hardly plumose) margin ; 



stipules unmodified; leaves glabrous ; male calyx 



3-lobed ; stamens 10-13 ; glands all inter-staminal. 



17. E. lasiococca. 



18. E. ledermanniana. 



19. E. MildhrctcUi. 



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20. 



21. 



E. trichogyne. 

 E. hirta. 



