CCII. EUPHOEBIACE^}. 



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Mercurialis perennis 9, and <? spike. 



Mercui ia!i.t. 

 Transverse section of ovary (mag.). 



Cluytia pukhella. 

 9 flower (mag.). 



Baliofpermum. 

 3 flowers, j 



Mercurialis. 

 Vertical section of ovary (mag.). 



Mercurialis. 



Seed, entire and cut vertically 

 (mag.). 



Mercurialis. 

 Q flower (mag.). 



Ditaxis lanci/olia. 



<? flower. 

 (From M. Baillon) 



JSaliospermum. 

 <J flower expanded (mag.). 



Saliospfrmum. 



Pistils eparated from the 



calyx (mag.). 



Cotyledons plane, much broader than the radicle, nearly as broad as the 

 albumen. 



TRIBE IV. PHTLLANTHE^J. 

 Ovarian cells 2-ovuled. Calyx of $ quincuncial in aestivation. 



* Flower exinvolucrate, apetalous or petalous. 



Sub-tribe I. SAVIE.E. Stamens inserted around a rudimentary ovary. Glands of the 

 extrastaminal disk alternating with the petals. Actephila, Savia, Moacurra. 



Sub-tribe II. ANDBACHNE.S;. Stamens inserted round a rudimentary ovary. Glands of 

 the extrastaminal disk opposite to the petals. Andracbne. 



Sub-tribe III. SATJROPIDE.S. Stamens central. Petals 0. Extrastaminal glands opposite 

 the sepals. Sauropus, &c, 



Sub-tribe IV. FREIREODENDKEJE. Stamens excentric, inserted around a central disk; 

 anthers always erect. Freireodendron. 



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