Chietocarpus 



EUPHOKBIA.CEiE 



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Leaves 2*5-4 cm. 1., roundish-ovate to roundish-elliptical, rounded or very 

 obtuse at both ends, glabrous, shining; petioles 2-4 mm. 1, Flowers 

 clustered in the axils of the upper reduced leaves forming a terminal 

 raceme leafy at the base. Pedicels: male 2 mm. 1., female to 6 mm. 1. 

 Male flowers: Calyx about 2 mm. 1., irregularly 4-6 parted, densely 

 puberulous. Disk, lobes about as many as the stamens, conical. Stamens 6-7, 

 the outer included, the inner higher, rising beyond the calyx ; filaments 



yig. lOd.—Cheetocarpus globomis Fawc. & Kendle. 



A, Upper part of branch with female In- 



florescence X 8- 



B, Male flower cut lengthwise X 5. 



C, Stamens, showing back and front 



XIO. 



D, Female flower with a sepal removed to 



show a 2-parted lobe of the disk x 5. 



E, Ovary cut lengthwise, showing ovules 



and obturator x 6. 



F, Male flower cut lengthwise with sepals 



removed x 10. 



(of various lengths) and column villose. Anther-cells attached separately 

 to the connective which is produced slightly beyond them, oblong-curved, 

 each with a smaller cell on the concave surface. Central column slender, 

 tapering, nearly as long as the calyx. Female flowers : Calyx 2-2 • 3 mm. 1., 

 irregularly 4-cleft, densely puberulous. Disk, lobes 4, 2-parted, opposite 

 the sepals. Capsule 11-12 mm. 1. Seeds remaining for long attached to 

 the 3-winged columella. 



22. OMPHALEA L. 



Trees, or twining or climbing shrubs Leaves alternate, with 

 two glands at the apex of the petiole, entii'e, pinnate-nerved, 

 often 3-5-nerved at the base, with stipules small, soon falling. 

 Flowers monoecious, without petals, in small cymes which are 

 altogether male or with the central flower female, disposed 

 along the branches of a terminal panicle. Bracts subtending, 

 the cymes on the axis of the panicle somewhat leaf-like. Disk 



