Oymnanthes 



EUPHORBIACE^ 



533 



united at the base. Female flowers shortly stalked above the bract. 

 Bracieole broader than long, minutely toothed. Ovary sessile above the 

 bracteole. Styles long, recurved, united at the base only. Capsule about 

 7 mm. 1. Seeds ellipsoidal globular, 4 mm. 1., 3" 5 mm. br., bufE-coloured 

 with irregular brown or black blotches ; caruncle yellow, like a minute 

 pin's head. 



■ 28. HURA L. . 



Trees. Leaves alternate, broad. Flowers moncjecious, without 

 petals. Male spikes terminal with crowded flowers, solitary to 

 each bract. Bracts enclosing the bud, splitting irregularly 

 during flowering. Female flowers solitary in the uppermost 



A, Upper part of (lowering branch with 



leaves and inflorescence, nat. size. 



B, Staniinal column and anthers. 



C, Ovary cut lengthwise showing ovules 



and obturators. 



Fig. 11;^. — Jlura creiiitans L. 



1), Capsule, about one-half nat. .size. 



B, Coccus. 



F, Seed cut lengtliwise. 



tB, C, F enlarged.) 



