EUPHORBIACÉES. 189 
21. Pogonophora Miers. !— Flores diœci ; sepalis 5, liberis v. basi 
connatis, valde imbricatis. Petala totidem longiora, intus barbata, im- 
_bricata. Stamina 5, alternipetala, inter disei lobos sæpius 2-dentatos 
inserta ; filamentis brevibus liberis erectis; antheris basifixis elongatis, 
introrsum 2-rimosis. Germen rudimentarium centrale erectum lineare. 
Discus in flore fæmineo hypogynus submembranaceus. Germen 3-locu- 
lare ; loculis 1-ovulatis ; stylo mox in ramos 3, apice stigmatoso 2-lobos 
diviso. Capsula 3-cocca; seminibus exarillatis ; hilo lato. — Arbores 
v. frutices ; foliis alternis petiolatis penninerviis ; stipulis minutis v. 0; 
floribus ad racemos v. spicas ramosos glomeratis ?. te Lrop. *) 
22, Microdesmis PL. * — Flores diæci; sepalis sæpius 5, subliberis 
v. basi connatis, imbricatis. Petala totidem alterna longiora, imbricata 
v. torta. Stamina 10 (Ganitrocarpus *), quorum oppositipetala 5, bre- 
viora, v. 5, alternipetala (Æumicrodesmis); filamentis circa basin 
incrassatam  disciformemque gynæcei rudimentarii simplicis erecti 
insertis ; antheris introrsis, 2—rimosis; connectivo nune breviter 
apiculato. Perianthium floris fæminei ut in masculo. Germen 2, 3-lo- 
culare ; ovulo in loculis solitario; stylis 2, 3, basi discretis, 2-partilis 
erectis valde lacero-papillosis. Fructus drupaceus globosus ; putamine 
crasso duro, extus valde muricato ; aculeis intra carnem mesocarpn pe- 
netrantibus ; semine albuminoso ; embryonis recti cotyledonibus ellip- 
soideis v. suboordatis radiculæ tereti subæqualibus. — Frutices ; foliis 
alternis (2-stichis) simplicibus penninerviis, subintegris v. dentatis, 
pellucido-puncetulatis; stipulis parvis subulatis; floribus® axillaribus 
fasciculato-cymosis. (Africa trop. occ., India, Chi Borneo”.) 
23. Micrandra®, — Flores (fere Pogonophoræ) monœci apetali ; 
sepalis 5, 6, imbricatis. Glandulæ in flore masculo totidem sepalis 
t. 250 . JuSS., in Ann. sc. nat., sér. D 
VI, 7 ie ?). — W., Spec 
Hort. be rol., t. 51, 52. — JAUB. et SPACH, HE 
65-4 
—_— FR 
ee ARG., of Bot., L 
1. In Hook. Journ. pus (1854), 372. — 
H. is, * Eupherb, 332, t, 19, fig. 21-23 
M. arG., in Linnæa, xäx IV. 207 ; Prob. :) 
1640. 
2. Gen, foliis, inforescentia et guéri Ica- 
ts Sr regionis ejusdem referen 
3. Spec. in Adansonia, IV, 286. 
— M. eg in rie (1864 ), 434. 
a Hook. Icon., t, 758. — CLos, in Ann. 
à Eh 002: _. BN, Euphorb., 
à, 
: LÉ 
668. , 124. — M, ARG., Prodr., 
Ce 
O4. 
5, PL, doc, cit., sect. 2. 
6. « Rubris », siccis virescentibus, parvis. 
7+ Spec. 2. Hook D 14,120, — 
H. BN, RARES a 
ge BENTH., in Hook. re pr 371 (nec 
. BR.). — mi Fe? uphorb., 333. — 
; rodr +, 709. — Pog pe gun DipR., 
For. Va, Moda, (1857), 2 
M, ARG., 
in Nat. 
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