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14. Johannesia Vellos.^ — Flowers monoecious ; calyx gamo- 

 phyllous, shortly 3-o-deutate at apex, valvate. Petals 3-5, imbri- 

 cated or contorted. Glands alternipetalons 3-5. Stamens 8-10, 

 2-seriate, of which 5 are shorted exterior oppositipetalous ; others 

 longer 3-5, alternipetalous ; filaments all connate at base in central 

 column ; anthers introrse, 2-rimose, finally versatile extrorse. Sta- 

 minodes in female flower 3-5, shortly tongue-sliaped, or sometimes II. 

 Germen 2- or more rarely o-locular ; ovules solitary in cells ; micro- 

 pyle extrorse superior obturated ; style 2, 3-partite ; branches twice 

 2-chotomous, 2-lobed, stigmatiferous at apex. Fruit capsular, fleshy ; 

 cocci 2, 3 with difficulty separating; cocci outwardly at apex porous ; 

 seeds albuminous. — A large rather milky tree ; indumentum simple ; 

 leaves alternate digitate-compound, 3-7-foliolate ; petiole at apex 

 2-glandular ; secondary petiole naked ; folioles penninerved ; stipules 

 linear-lanceolate ; flowers in compound axillary corymbiform cymes ; 

 female in each cymule central ; bracts often 2-glandular at base. 

 {Brazil'') 



15. Aleurites Forst.^ — Flowers monœcious ; calyx valvate, un- 

 equally broken. Petals 5, contorted or imbricated. Male glands 5, 

 sub-tree or connate in lu'ccolum, alternating with petals. Stamens cc, 

 inserted on conical receptacle, 2-oo -verticillate ; filaments sub-free or 

 synadelphous towards base ; anthers introrse or more rarely extrorse,^ 

 2-rimose. Perianth of female flowers as in male, but longer. Glands 

 hypogynous 5, alternipetalous. Staminodes 0, or more rarely few.^ 

 Germen free, 2-5-locular ; ^ style branches same in number, stigma- 



1 Alograf. (179S), 199.— M. Arg. Prodr. 715. in Ami. Mus. viii. 69, t. Zl.— Vernieia Lour. Fl. 

 —Joaniiesia GoM. Obs. Med. Bot. 2, t. 1 (part. Cochhich. (ed. 1790), à9,&.—Telopea Soland. (ex 

 nee Pers.). — Aiida A. Juss. Euphorb. 39, t. 12, G.ertn. Fruct. ii. 195). — Carda Noronh. (ex 

 fig. 37.— Mart. ^/HffiH. Jfojfffc.t. I.—Endl. OiH. Hassk. Cat. Hori. Bug. 2S6). —Ambiiiux CoM- 

 n. 6801.— H. Bn. Euphorh. 316, t. 12, fig. 38- mers, (ex J. Gen. 3ii9).—Ela:oeoccti Commers. 

 Si.— Aiidisciis Yellos. Fl. Flum. ii. t. 86. (ex A. Juss. Euphorb. 38, t. U).— Endl. Oeii. 



2 Spec. 1. /. princeps Vellos. loc. cit.—Anda n. 5804.— H. Bn. Eiiph rb. 318, t. 12, fig. 33-36. 

 Gomesii A. Juss. loc. cit.— A. S. H. PI. Us. Bras. —Elicocvccus Si-reng. Si/st. iii. SSi.-Camirium 

 t. S4, 55.— A. Bmsiliensis Radd. Mem. Quar. Rumph. Serb. Amboiii. ii. 180, t. 5.— G^etn. 

 Piant. Bras. 25. — Andiscns pentaphi/llus Vel- Fruct. ii. 194, t. 125. 



L08. Fl. Flum. ii. t. ^G.— Aleurites pentaplnjlla * In A. Trisperma (Blanc. Fl. d. Filip. ed. 1. 



Wall. Cat. n. 7959 (ex H. Bn. Euphorb. 317 ; 755.— M. Ako. Prodr. 724, sect. 3 (Rcutiaks).— 



in Adansonia, iv. 284). A. Saponaria Blanc, op. cit. ed. ii. 519). 



3 Char. Gen. (1776), n. 56.— J. Gen. 389. — * Sometimes but rarely fertile ; hence a few 

 Lamk. Diet. i. 80 ; Suppl. i. 289. — A. Juss. Eu- flowers are hermaphrodite. 



phorh. 38, t. 12, fig. 36.— Endl. Gen. n. 5802.— ' Stellate indumentum entangled solubile 



— H. Bn. Euphorb. 345, t. 11, fig. 19, 20, t. 12, from seed, and often (ex M. Arg.) taken for 



fig. 1-16. — M. Arg. Prodr. 722. — Dri/aiidra sacciform disk. 

 Thunb. Fl. Jap. 267, t. 27 (nee R. Br.).— Corr. 



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