,33G CrX. EUPHOREIACE^. 



Flowers destitute of petals. 

 Stamens free. 



Fruit fleshy, indehiscent, 2-3-celled . . . .17. Cyclostemon. 

 Capsule 3-4-celled, falling asunder. 



DiLPcious : Males in racemes ; females on 



few-flowered peduncles 18. Ht^nanche. 



Monoecious : Males tufted ; females solitary . 21. Pleiostemon. 



Drupe fleshy, 1-celled, 1-seeded 20. Antidesma. 



Stamens 3-5, united in a column, surrounded by 

 glands 22. Phyllanthus. 



Series 1. Uniottilate. (G-en. 1-lG.) 



1. EUPHORBIA, Linn. 



' Flowers monoecions, several monandrous, nude, male flowers 

 (or stamens), surrounding a single female flower (or stipitate 

 pistil), within a calyx-like, cup-shaped, 4-5-lobed, fleshy invo- 

 lucre (or calyx) . — Males : True calyx and corolla 0. Stamen 

 jointed to a pedicel. — Female: Flowers on a lengthening 

 pedicel. Calyx minute or obsolete, beneath the ovary. Ovary 

 3-celled ; cells 1-ovuled ; styles 3, 2-fid. Capsules 3-coccous ; 

 cocci elastically 2-valve. — Endl. Gen. 5766 ; Baill. Euph. p. 

 281, t. 1 and 2,/ 1-14 ; BC. Prod. xv. pt. 2. p. 7. 



A vast genus of milky-juiced plants ; annuals, perennials or succulent 

 leafless shrubs or trees. Many of the latter are South Africau, inhabiting 

 dry or rocky situations throughout the colony. 



2. RICINUS, Linn. 



Flowers monoecious. — Male : Calyx 5-parted, valvate in bud. 

 Stamens very many ; filaments much-branched, polyadelphous. 

 — Female : Calyx as in male. Ovary globose, 3-celled, cells 

 1-ovuled; style short; stigmas 3, 2-parted, plumose. Cap- 

 sules 3-coccous, echinate or smooth. — Endl. Gen. 5809 ; Baill. 

 Euph. p. 289. t. 10a)id 11. f. 1-5 ; DC. Prod. xY.pt. 2. p. 1016. 



R. communis, Linn., the Castor-oil plant, is commonly grown and partly 

 natui-alized throughout the colony. 



3. JATROPHA, Kth. 



Flowers monoecious. — Male : Calyx 5-parted ; lobes gland- 

 edged, convolute in bud. Petals 5, longer than the calyx- 

 lobes, alternating with 5 glands, twisted in bud. Stamens 10, 

 those opposite the calyx-lobes stronger ; filaments united in a 

 central column. — Female : Ovary girt by 5 glands, 3-celled, cells 

 1-ovuled ; styles 3, separate ; stigmas peltate. Capsules 3- 

 ce\\ed.—Endl. Gen. 5805 ; Baill. Euph. p. 294. 1. 14./ 10-27 ; 

 DC. Prod. xY.pt. 2. p. 1076. 



Shrubs or herbs, with milky juice. Leaves entire or lobed, often 2-glan- 

 dular at base, and stipulate. — Croton Capense, Th., a shrub of the Eastern 

 district, belongs to this genus, and there are 3 or 4 small, lialf-woody species 

 ill the Natal country. 



