EUPHOHBIACE.J^. 



the style is also mucli more elongated. lu others, the Imes of de- 

 hiscence in the anthers are short enough to have been described as 

 pores.^ In the species of which the type of the gemis Conosapium has 

 been inade,^ the free part of the stamens is very 

 short and has for a common snpport a conical pro- ^''''^'""''jaotzscHL''''^ 

 longation of the receptacle. In Adenojicltis ^ (fig. 

 212, 213), GjjnuiostilUnyia* G/jinnanthes^' Daciij- 

 lostemon^ etc., of which distinct genera have also 

 been made, the sepals of the calyx in the male 

 and female flowers may be rednced to very small 

 dimensions, being represented by very tiny cut p;„ 

 leaves (fig. 213, 214), or even disappearing 

 altogether. The receptacle supporting them has simply the 

 form of a siu-based cone, or as in Stilling la ^'' Gy)imosllllin(/ia, and 

 Adenopeltis^ it is dilated into a triangular platform, the horns cor- 

 responding to the shells of the fruit it supports. In this case 

 the cells are separated below by a short columella, while in 

 Maprounea this remains rudimentary.'' As to Bactylostemon, not 

 only are they remarkable for the little development of the calyx, 

 but also the number of stamens in each flower may be as many as 



211. Male flowers (i). 



' For example, in Elaehncruton V. Muell. in 

 Hook. Joiini. (18.57), 17. 



- M. Arc. in Limiica, xxxiii. 87 ; Prodi: 

 1154. 



3 Bert, ex A. Ji'ss. in Ami. Sc. Knt. sér. 1, 

 XXV. 24.— Endl. Gen. n. .5770.— C. Gay, Fl. 

 Chil. V. 337.— H. Bn. Enphoib. .532, t. 7, fig. 

 15-19.— M. Akg. Prod,: 1164. 



'' M. Arc. in Linncoa, xxxii. 89 ; Prodi: 11G3. 

 — H. Bs. in Adansoiiia, v. 339 ; xi. 121. 



^Kl. in Erichs. Aich. vii. (1841), 181; in 

 Hook. Journ. ii. 44. — ExDL. Gen. Suppl. ii. 87. 

 — M. Arg. in Liiiiiœn, xxxii. 84; Pradr. 1195. — 

 Oi/ntnarr/iaa Leandr. ex Kr,. loc. cit. — Actiiio- 

 stemon Kl. in Eiiehs. Areli. (1841), 180.— Endl. 

 Oeii. Suppl. ii. 88. — M. Arc. in Liniiœa, xxxii. 

 84; Prodr. 1192.— H. Bn. Eiiphoih. 532; in 

 Adanmnia, v. 342 ; xi. 122. 



«Sw. Prodr. 6 (1783).— Kl. in Erichs. Arch. 

 vii. 182.— H. Bx. Eiiphorb. 630; in Adaiisoiiia, 

 xi. 121 — Excacaria A. Jess. Eiiphorb. t. 16, fig. 

 5b.—Sebastiaiiia Spreng. iV. Eiitd. ii. 118, t. 3 

 (1821). — Guswnin SrRENG. loc. cit. 119, t. 2, 

 fig. 7-10. — Adeiiogi/nc Kl. loc. cit. 183 (part.) — 

 Cnemidostachi/s Mart. Peis. 206 ; A'or. Gen. et 



Spec. i. 70, t. 40-44. — Ditrysinia Eapin. Xeog. 

 2 (lS2ô).—Microstac/ii/s A. Jvss. Eiiphorb. 48, t. 

 l5.—Sarothrostttchi/s Kl. loc. cit. 185. — Clono- 

 stachys Kl. loc. cit.—Elachocroton F. Muell. 

 in Hook. Joi/rii. (1857), 17. — Erayiopsis Kakst. 

 in Koch. JFocheiischr. (1859), 5. 



' Garden, in L. Mantiss. i. (1767).— J. Gen. 

 390.— PoiR. Diet. vii. 446.— Necx, Elem. ii. 340. 

 —Endl. Gen. n. 5780.— H. Bn. Euphorbiac. 610 ; 

 in Adansoiiia, v. 340.— M. Arg. in Linnœa, 

 xxxii. 84; Prodr. 1155. 



8 The columella ia most developed and per- 

 sists -n-ith a pericarp capsular or more or less 

 fleshy, in various species of Sapinm (Jacq. Stirp. 

 Sd.Aiim: 249, t. 151 (1763).- Endl. Gen. n. 

 5780.— Kl. in Erichs. Arch. vii. 187.— M. Arg. 

 Prodr. 1202. — Commia Lour. Fl. Cochineh. 60.5, 

 742. — Triadica Lour. op. eit. 748. — Sclerocroton 

 HocHST. in Florn (1845), Sô.—Spirostochi/s Sond. 

 in Linnœa, xxiii. 106. — Falconeria Royl. III. 

 niinal. 354, t. Si.— Gi/innobotrys Wall, ex H. 

 Bn. Euphorbiac. 52G.—Ponama A. Rich. Fl. 

 Cub. 201, t.68.Stilliiig/lcetia Boj. Sort. Mam: 

 2iS.—Sapiopsis M. Arg. in Zinnœa, x.xxii. 84). 



