190 77. EUPHORBUCE^. [Rvcoecaria, 



usually raoncecious. Calyx 2-3-dividefl. Petals and disc 0. Stamens 

 2-3, free or connate. Ovary 2-4-celled ; cells 1-ovuled ; styles 

 2-4, simple, connate at the base. Fruit a 3-celled capsule ; cocci 

 separating from the columella. Seeds globose ; albumen fleshy. 



Leaves alternate. Sepals minute, unequal ... ... E. A(/aUocha.' 



Leaves opposite. Sepals orbicular, irregularly 



toothed E. rohusta. 



E. Agallocha, Linn. Sp. PI. 1451 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 472 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 442; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 227; Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. 255. 

 Geva, sunlnd, phungali, M. In tidal marshes, along- the coast of the 

 presidency, very common. Fl. July, Aug. Fr. Sept., Oct. 



E. robusta, Hook. f. Fl. Br. I. 474. Konkan, Stocks. 



Ordee 78. UIlTICACE.ffl. 

 Herbs, shrubs or trees, often with milky sap. Leaves simple, 

 usually alternate. Stipules present, often deciduous. Flowers small, 

 in heads or cymes, usually monoecious or dioecious. Perianth simple 

 of 3-5 segments. Stamens as many as perianth-segments and 

 opposite to them. Ovary free, 1-celled, 1-ovuled. Micropyle superior. 

 Fruit various. Seeds with or without albumen. 



Flowers bisexual or polygamous. Fruit a samara. 



Anthers erect in bud. Trees Holoptelea. 



Fruit a drupe. 



Cotyledons broad Celtis. 



Cotyledons narrow ... ... ... ... ... Trema. 



Filaments intlexed in bud. Ovule pendulous. 



Male flowers capitate. Females solitary Stbeblus. 



Male and female flowers in globose heads ... ... Flecospekmum. 



Male and female flowers spikate - MoKUS. 



Flowers unisexual, males or all in globose heads or 



open or closed receptacles. Anthers erect. . 



Flowers inside closed receptacles ... ... ... Ficus. 



Male flowers on disciform receptacles. Females 



solitary.... Antiaeis. 



Flowers in globose, oblong or cylindric heads. 



Males monandrous Artocarpu.s. 



Climbing shrubs. Male and femalelieads cymose ... ConocephAld.s. 

 Shrubs with stinging hairs. JStameus inflexed in bud. 



Ovule erect, orthotrope Laportea. 



Trees or shrubs without stinging hairs. Fruiting 



perianth dry or fleshy. 

 Fruiting perianth dry. • Stigma filiform ... ,.. BcEHMERIA. 



Fruiting perianth fleshy. 



Stigma sessile, subpeltate Villebrunea. 



Stigma penicillate. Leaves ashy beneath ... ... Debregeasia. 



HOLOPTELEA, Planch. 

 Trees. Leaves simple, alternate, unequal-sided; stipules cadu- 

 cous. Flowers bisexual, in lateral fascicles. Perianth campanu- 

 late, 4-8-lobed ; lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens as many as peri- 

 anth-lobes. Ovary free, 1-2-celled ; styles 2 ; cells 1-ovuled. Fruit 

 a samara, surrounded by reticulate, obcordato wing ; pedicel 

 articulate. Albumen 0. .-^ 



