CONSPECTUS OF FAMILIES XUl 



Fam. 51. Euphorbiaeese. Fls. unisexual, moncecious or 

 (Uop.cious, regular or slightly irregular. Perianth often small, 

 sometimes wanting, sometimes dissimilar in the male and female 

 flowers, either a calyx only or calyx and corolla. Stamens 1 to 

 indefinite. Ovary iisually 3-celled. Trees, shrubs, or herbs, 

 often with milky sap. Leaves simple, sometimes lobed, rarely 

 •with 3 or more digitate leaflets, or reduced to. scales. Fruit 

 usually ca2)sulnr, spLtiing into 1- or 2-secded segments, sometimes 

 not splitting open, with outside fleshy. . 



Fam. Cailitriehaeese. Fls. unisexual, toitlwut perianth. Male 

 flower, a single stamen ; female, a 4-celled ovary icith 2- styles. 

 Small aquatic or terrestrial plants, with simple opposite leaves. 



