232 EUPHORBIACEAE. 



filaments coalescent near the apex of the column; anthers exserted beyond the 

 calyx, their sacs ovoid, longitudinally contiguous and dehiscent; rudimentary 

 ovary absent. Female flowers: calyx 3-fid; ovary 3-celled; styles coalescent 

 below, patent above^ thick, undivided at the apex. Capsule spherical or de- 

 pressed, ses-sile, 3-sulcate. Seeds ovate-globose. [Greek, Grimm's tree.] Two 

 known species, the following typical, the other endemic in Jamaica. 



1. Grimmeodendron eglandulosum (A. Eich.) Urban, Symb. Ant. 5: 398. 

 1908. 



Stillingia eglandulosa A. Eich. in Sagra, Hist. Cub. 11: 202. 1850. 

 Excaecaria Sagraei Muell. Arg. Linnaea 32: 121. 1863. 

 Excaecaria eglandulosa Muell. Arg.; DC. Prodr. 15: 1209. 1866. 



A shrub or a tree up to 8 m. high. Leaves shining, oblong to oblong-lance- 

 olate, 3-8 X 1-2.5 cm., base obtuse or narrowed to the mostly 2-glandular 

 petiole, apex bluntly pointed, "margin subserrulate with hooked-spinous teeth; 

 male flowers 2 or 3 ; capsule 5-7 X 8-9 mm. ; seeds ovoid-globose, 4 X 3.2 mm., 

 cinnamon-brown, marked with dark brown blotches and points. 



Low coppices. Andros, New Providence, Great Exuma and Watling's Island : — 

 Cuba. Poison Bush. 



22. GYMNANTHES Sw. Prodr. 95. 1788. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs with glabrous leaves and milky juice, the leaves 

 alternate. Flowers monoecious or rarely dioecious, the male in slender axillary 

 bracteolate racemes, the female solitary, long-peduncled, arising from the axils 

 with the male ; perianth rudimentary or lacking. Stamens 2 or 3 ; filaments 

 distinct or united at the base, subtended by the rudimentary perianth of 3, 

 scale-like parts. Styles 3, recurved. Capsule 3-carpelled; seeds pendulous, the 

 testa membrano-crustaceous. [Greek, naked flower.] About 12 species, of 

 tropical America. Type species: Gymnanthes elliptica Sw. 



1. Gymnanthes lucida Sw\ Prodr. 96. 1788. 



Excoecaria lucida Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 2: 1122. 1800. 



An evergreen shrub or tree often 10 m. high. Leaves petioled, glabrous, 

 coriaceous, oblong or lanceolate-spatulate, 5-11 cm. long, narrowed at the base, 

 shining above, the margin undulate and generally obscurely toothed near the 

 apex; racemes shorter than the leaves, continuous; bracts reniform; stamens 

 2 or 3, subtended by bractlets; female flowers solitary on curved peduncles 

 somewhat shorter than the racemes; ovary stipitate; capsule depressed, about 

 1 cm. broad ; carpels rounded ; seeds ovoid, 5x4 mm., gray, striped longi- 

 tudinally with fine golden-brown lines of irregular width and form. 



Coppices, from Allen's Cay throughout the archipelago to Inagua and Atwood 

 Cay : — Florida and the West Indies. Cbab-wood. 



23. HURA L. Sp. PI. 1008. 1753. 



Large glabrous trees with milky juice, and large many-carpelled, flattened- 

 globose fruits, the broad cordate leaves shining, biglandular above the base of 

 the blade. Inflorescence monoecious^ in terminal, oval or oblong, long-peduncled 

 spikes; male flowers densely imbricated above, the female at the base or in the 

 inferior axils. Calyx cupulif orm, irregularly toothed ; staminate column cen- 

 tral, bearing below its vertieillate projections an indefinite number of sessile 



