242 cxxxv. EurHORBiACE^;. (J. IX Hooker.) 



Male fl. spicate or racemose. Stamens 4-8. Ovary 2-3- 

 celled. Fruit dry or coriaceous, large, 2-3-celled. Seeds 

 arillate 25. BACCAUREA. 



ft Male sepals valvate. Fruit o/"2-3 laterally flattened rmW. 

 Stamens 4-5. Cocci separating from a columella . . . 26. HYMENOCARDIA. 

 SERIES II. Cells of ovary 1-ovuled. 



Tribe IV. G-aleariese. Perianth double, of calyx and corolla. Ma men s 

 4-10; filaments free. Ovary 1-3-celled; cells 1-ovuled. Fruit a small 

 drupe. 



Flowers in terminal racemes. Petals valvate. Stamens 10 . 27. GALEARIA. 

 Flowers in axillary panicles. Petals imbricate. Stamens 



5-10 28. MlCRODESMIS. 



Flowers in axillary cymes. Petals valvate. Stamens 4-5 . 29. PLATYSTIGMA. 



Tribe V. Crotonese. Perianth single, or of the male, or of both 

 sexes, double. Stamens 1-2-seriate, outer series alternate with the sepals 

 or central in the flower. Ovary 2-3-celled, cells 1-ovuled. Inflorescence 

 terminal or axillary. 



- Sub tribe 1. JATROPHE/E. Flowers in terminal 2-3-chotomous cymes ; 

 cymes unisexual, or with the central flower female, petaliferous except 

 JElateriospcrmum. 



Leaves entire, penninerved. Petals 0. Stamens 10-18 . 30. ELATERIOSPERMUM. 

 Leaves digitately nerved or lobed. Stamens many. Fruit^^ 



capsular \3lJ JATROPHA. 



Leaves penninerved. Stamens many. Fruit capsular . !%% TRITAXIS. 

 Leaves digitately nerved. Stamens 8-20. Fruit a drupe >F*3J ALEURITES. 



Subtribe 2. EUCROTONE^E. Flowers in terminal androgynous spikes or 

 racemes, males petaliferous, females often apetalous. Filaments indexed in 

 bud with the anthers reversed. 



Petals usually villous. Capsule of 3 cocci 31. CROTON. 



Subtribe 3. CUROZOPHORE^. Flowers" in axillary (rarely terminal) 

 spikes racemes or panicles, males petaliferous, females often apetalous. 

 Filaments straight in bud, or tips infiexed and anthers erect. 



* Sepals imbricate. Petals united. Fruit a drupe. 

 Panicles subterminal. Leaves entire, 5-9-nerved . . . 35. GIVOTIA. 



** Calyx imbricate, truncate lobed or toothed, or of free sepals. Petals 

 free. Fruit capsular. 



f* Sepals not enlarged or leafy in fruit. 



Stamens 3-5, in a column. Styles 2-fid 36. TRIGONOSTEMON. 



Stamens 12-15, in a column. Flowers in axillary clusters. 37. TRIGONOPLEURA. 



Stamens 15-30, free. Styles slender, entire *37. CODOSUM. 



Stamens 15-30, free. Styles 2-fid 38. OSTODES. 



ff Sepals enlarged and leafy in fruit. 

 3tale and fern. fl. petaliferous. Sepals 4-5, free .... 39. BLACHIA. 



