188 NATURAL HISTORY OP PLANTS. 



number' (Jnisotaxis^), or ofteuer 2, 3-verticillate ; verticels equal or 

 the third superior mGoui])lete ( Dmorphocali/a.\ Tritaxis,^ Cheilosojms*); 

 central filaments more or less high, sometimes all connate ; anthers 

 introrse, 2-rimose [Dimorfhocalyx, Tritaxis, Jnisotaxis,) or extrorse 

 ( Cheilopsis), sometimes patulous above and subhorizontally adnata to 

 the margin of 3-agonal connective {Eutrigonostemon). Disk in flowers 

 of both sexes evolute, sometimes minute or [Tritaxis). Germen 

 3-locular ; style branches varied in form 1 or 2-chotomous ; cells 

 1 -ovulate. Fruit capsular, sometimes furnished at base with accres- 

 cent calyx; cocci 3, 1-spermous; seeds exarillate. Trees or shrubs; 

 leaves alternate 2-stipulate, usually shortly petiolate oblong penni- 

 nerved, entire or serrate, often falsely verticillate, congested at 

 summit of twigs ; flowers axillary or terminal in subsimple or more 

 or less ramified. {Asia and Trop. N. Oceania:') 



20. Cluytia Marttn.''' — Flowers diœcious ; receptacle rather con- 

 vex or ofteuer slightly concave ; sepals 5 and petals same in number, 

 alternate imbricated, finally slightly perigynous. Glands varied 10, 

 2-seriate, of which 5 alternipetalous are 2, 3-lobed. Germen sessile ; 

 cells 3, 1 -ovulate ; style more or less high, 3-lobed ; the opposite simple , 

 or sometimes 2-lobed, usually smaller. Stamens 5, oppositipetalous ; 

 filaments hy2:)ogynous inserted on central column bearing at apex 

 rudimentary germen entii'e or 2-3-lobed ; anther introrse, 2-rimose. 

 Glands in female flower 5, alternipetalous, usually 2-lobed, lobes 2-fid 

 or 2-partite, stigmatiferous at apex. Capsule 3-coccous, furnished 

 at base with persistent perianth ; seeds albvxminous descendent ; micro- 

 pyle arillate. — Shrubs or undcrshrubs, glabrous or pubescent (hairs 

 simple) ; leaves alternate entire penninerved ; stipules ; flowers "^ 

 solitary or cymose or glomerulate, axillary; female j^cdicels longer 

 and thicker.^ (South Eastern Africa, South West AsiaJ'') 



1 Inferior 5-merous ; superior 3-merous. 411. — A. Juss. Euphorb. 25, t. 6, fig. 21. — 



2 M.ARQ.mX!««œa,xxxiv. 213;i'»-o*. 1107, Endl. Gen.n. iUO.—'B.'B». Enphorb.52%,t. 16, 

 sect. 4. fig. 1-21.— M. Aeg. Prodi: 1043. — Clittia Boerh. 



3 H. Bn. Euphorb. 342, t. 11, fig. 8-11.— M. liigd.-Bat ii. 260.— L. Gen. n. 1140.— J. Gen. 

 Aug. lue. cit. sect 3. 387.— G.«ktn. Frttct. ii. 117, t. 107. — Lamk. 



■* M. Akg. Prodr. 1106, sect. 2. Diet. ii. 53 ; Suppl. ii.302. — Altera Adans. Fam. 



6 Spee. 15, 16. Roxb. Fl. hid. iii. 733 {Cluytia). des PL ii. 356. 



—Wall. Cat. n. 7717, 7740, 7849, 7997 {Croton), ' Usually whitish or greenish, sometimes 



7886 {Chiytia), 7852 {Affyneia).~'SitivLO, App. rather purple. 



Cat. Bi.mb. PL 251 {Crotou).—? MiQ. Ft. liid.- » For genera, localities, and distinctive charac- 



at. i. p. ii. 303 {Emhidio,,).— ? Rumph. Serb. ters, see H. Bn. loe. cit. 329. 



Anibniii. iii. 167, t. 160 {Arbor Spicularum). ' Spec, ahout 30. Thunb. Fl. Cap. (ed. Sch.), 



8 Ex. Bjt. Reg. t. 779.— Ait. Hort. Keu\ iii. 160 {Pencca) .—i AC<i. Hort. Schœhr. ii. 67, t. 250. 



