EUPHORBIACÉES. 177 
GENERA 
J. EUPHORBIEZÆ. 
1. Euphorbia L.— Flores hermaphroditi v. rarius polygami ; calycis 
campanulati v. subturbinati lobis 5 (raro 4-8) membranaceis imbricatis, 
-cum glandulis lotidem (v. 1-8), nune appendice petaloidea extus auctis, 
alternantibus, Stamina æ , v. raro subdefinita, in series lobis calycinis 
numero æquales oppositasque dispositis ; filamentis in seriebus singulis 
2-seriatin dispositis, valde inter se inæqualibus et plus minus alte 
transverse articulatis, basi nunc plus minus extus perianthio adnatis; 
antheris 2-locularibus, rimosis. Glandulæ œ , nunc paucæ v. 0, sæpe 
bracteiformes ciliato-laceræ, cum staminum seriebus alternantes. Germen 
Centrale longe stipitatum ; stipite sæpius elongalo recurvo apiceque sub 
germine in discum hypogynum 3—6-lobum v.integrum, sæpe 0, incras- 
Sato. Loculi 3, 1-ovulati ; stylo mox in ramos 2-fidos diviso ; lobis apice 
v. et intus stigmatosis; ovuli descendentis anatropi micropyle extrorsum 
Supera et obturatore subconico v. pileiformi e placenta ovulo altius orta 
obtecta. Fructus capsularis, sæpius 3-coccus; coccis lævibus v. verrucosis 
a columella centrali persistente solutis, elastice demum 2-valvibus; exo- 
Carpio nunc usque ad maturationem subearnoso, demum exsucco. Semina 
levia, rügosa v. tuberculata fossulatave; tesla crustacea extus integu- 
mento tenui et circa exostomium in arillum carunculatum iucrassato 
induta ; albumine carnoso oleoso sæpius copioso; embryonis recti coty- 
ledonibus linearibus v. plus minus ovatis; radicula tereti supera. — 
Plantæ herbaceæ, frutescentes v. arboreæ, nunc carnosæ (cactiformes) 
Spinescentes ; succo albo, rarius luteo v. hyalino; foliis alternis v. 0ppo- 
sitis, raro verticillatis, basi æqualibus, vune parvis v. 0; stipulis latera- 
libus v. 0; floribus in cymas axillares v. terminales, 2-5-paras v. rarius 
