Sapium EUPHOKWACE^ 325 



2-3-toothed or -lobed. Stameas 2 or 3 ; filaments free ; anthers 

 globose. Rudiment of ovary wanting. Female flowers : Calyx 

 3-toothed or generally 3-cleft. Ovary 2-3-celled ; styles 3(-2), 

 distinct or united below, recurved -spreading, not divided ; ovules 

 solitary in each cell. Capsule globular or pear-shaped, more or 

 less fleshy or pulpy, ultimately splitting into three 2-valved 

 cocci ; columella 3-winged. Seeds not carunculate. 



Species nearly 100, widely dispersed through the tropics. 



Leaves oblong-elliptical ; petioles with glands 1. S. jamaicense. 



Leaves elliptical-obovate ; petioles without glands. 



Ovary sessile or subsessile ; styles united only at base 2. S. cuneatuvi. 



Ovary stalked ; styles united halfway 3. S. Harrisii. 



1. S. jamaicense Sw. Adnot. Bot. 62 (1829); leaves oblong- 

 elliptical or elliptical ; petiole with small sessile oblong glands ; 

 spikes in axils of topmost leaves at apex of branch ; ovary sessile. 

 — TJrh. Symh. Ant. in. 308 ; Huher in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. 2, vi. 

 347, /. 2 • Hemsley in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2889 ; Pax in Engl. Pftanzen- 

 reich iv. 147. v. 205. S. laurifolium Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 49 

 (1859). S. laurocerasus var. ellipticum and var. laurifolium 

 31uell. Arg. in Linnsea xxxii. 116 (1863). S. arboreum foliis &c, 

 Broicne Hist. Jam. 338. Hippomane 2-glandulosa Sw. Obs. Bot. 

 370 (1791) (non L.). Stillingia laurifolia Bich. in Sagra Cub. xi. 

 201, t. 69 (1850). Excoecaria laurocerasus var. elliptica and var. 

 laurifolia Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 1203 (1866). 

 (Fig. 109.) Specimen from Swartz in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Gum Tree, Milk Wood. 



Wright \ Shakspearl Swartz \ Macfadyen\ Monoagiie, PHor I Metcalfe \ 

 J.P. 943, Morris 1 Lapland, near Catadupa, 1200 ft. ; Golden Valley, near 

 Castleton, 600 ft. ; road to Guava Ridge, 2200 ft. ; Stanmore Hill, 2200 ft. ; 

 Rio Minho Valley, 1000 ft. ; Harris ! Bachelor's Hall, 150 ft., Harris tt 

 Brittonl Fl. Jam. 9165, 9194, 9195, 9562, 9971, 10,713, 10,882, 10,883.— 

 Cuba, Hispaniola, Central America, Colombia. 



Tree 30-60 ft. high. Leaves 7-22 cm. 1., oblong-elliptical or elliptical, 

 apex rounded, abruptly and shortly acuminate, base obtuse to wedge- 

 shaped, margin entire or wavy or obscurely denticulate, papery ; nerves 

 numerous (to thirty on each side), about 2 mm. apart, bending upwards 

 near margin, prominent; petiole 2-4 cm, 1., glands small, sessile, oblong. 

 Spikes 2-4, in axils of topmost leaves at apex of branches, to 15 cm. 1. 

 Bracts somewhat roundish with two elliptical glands ; bracteoles fringed. 

 Male flowers 3-7 in axil of each bract: Calyx 2- (3-)lobed. Stamens two. 

 Female flowers : Calyx 3-toothed. Ovary 3- (2-)celled. Styles at length 

 circinate. Capsule globular, 7-8 mm. in diam. Seeds about 4 mm. 1., 

 roundish-lens-shaped, roughly net-veined. 



The tree yields a thick sticky resin, formerly used for boiling-house 

 lamps, also used for bird-lime. The wood is soft and coarse. (Browne) 



2. S. euneatum Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 49 (1859); leaves 

 elliptical-obovate ; petiole without glands ; spikes in axils of 

 leaves ; ovary sessile or shortly stalked ; styles two or three, 

 very shortly united at base. — Pax in Engl. Pflnnzcnreich iv. 147. 



