E UPHURBIAGE^. 



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V. EXC^CARIA SERIES. 



Exccecaria^ (fig. 204-214) has regular flowers nioncBcious or more 

 rarely dicecious aud di- or trimerous. In the typical species of the 



JExciecaria AyiiUucha. 



Fig. 20.5. Diagram of 

 male flower. 



Fig. 204. Male flower (f). 



Fig. 200. Diagram of 

 female flower. 



geuus, for example, iu that which yields the false Eagle or Calambac 

 Wood, i.e., E. A(/allocha, the calyx is composed of two or, much 



Exc(Bcaria [Majjyomien) gaiaHeiisin. 



Fig. 208. Female flower (f). Fig. 207. Male flower. 



Fig 



209. Long. sect, of 

 female flower. 



oftener, of three sepals, the two anterior imbricated iu pra^floration, 

 aud the audroceum of two or three alternate stamens each formed of a 



I L. Qen. 1102 (1737).— J. Gen. 390.— Lamk. 

 Diet. i. 47 ; Suppl. i. 1.54. — A. Juss. Euphnrhiuc. 

 52.— Endl. Prod,: Fl. Norfolk, 82 ; Gi-ii. n. 

 6772.— Kl. in Erichs. Arch. vii. (1841), 182.— 

 H. Bn. Eui/hiirbiae. 517; in Jdrnmoiiia, xi. 120. 

 — M. Ako. Prodr. 1201 (incl. : Actinostemon 

 Kl. Adeiiogijiie Kl. AdciiopeUis Bert. yligoprUun 

 L. Boiiania A. Rich. Chttostitchy^i Kl. CncmidO' 

 stachi/.i Mabt. CulUguaya MoL. Comiiiin Lour. 

 Cotiosaptitm M. Aro. JJacfglostfitioH Kl. J)itri/' 



niiia Rapin. Elachocrotoii F. Muell. Falcoiieria 

 Royl. Fraginpsix Kabst. Gimsonia Spreno. 

 Giimiiaiithcs Sw. G>/iii)inrr/itca Leandr. Gi/mno- 

 botrgs Wall. Ggmiioxti/liiigia M. Aro. Ma- 

 proHiiftt AunL. Microstdcln/x A. Ji'ss. ProtaX' 

 aiitlus DiEDU. Sopinpsis 51. Aro. Sapiiim Jac^u. 

 Sarothroxtat-ligs Kl. Sclcrocrotoii Hochst. Sehns- 

 tiania Si'reng. fipiroxtachgs SoM). fitUhiigJIcctia 

 Bo.i. Stilliiigiii Garden. Taiiio.inpiiiiii M. Aro. 

 Triadica Loi'R.). 



