EUPHORBIACÉES. 297 
V. EXCÆCARIEÆ. 
98. Exeæcaria L. — Flores monœci v. rarius diœci, apetali, ple- 
rumque 2-5-mert. Calyeis masculi sepala 2, 3 (quorum posticum 1), 
rarissime 4, libera v. plus minus alte connata, imbricata, nune minuta 
v. minima, incisa v. glanduliformia, rariusve rudimentaria v. 0. Sta- 
mina sæpius 2,3, cum sepalis totidem alternantia, rarius 4, v. 4-15: 
filamentis centralibus liberis v. sæpius plus minus alte in columnam 
centralem eylindricam, rarissimeve conicam, connatis; antheris extrorsis 
brevibus ; loculis longitrorsum adnatis, rima longitudinali, nunc brevi 
poriformique, dehiscentibus. Calyx floris fœminei ut in mare. Germen 
sessile v. brevissime stipitatum ; loculis sæpius 2, 3, cum sepalis alter- 
nantibus, ovulo in loculis solitario descendente ; micropyle extrorsum 
Supera, obturatore sæpius parvo obtecta ; stylo plus minus alte, nunc fere 
ad basin ramoso ; ramis teretibus v. rarius laminiformi-compressis, intus 
Sligmatosis, patulis v. sæpius recurvis revolutisve. Fructus capsularis. 
-Sæpius 2-%-coccus ; columella plus minus elongata, nunc obsoleta, basi 
sæpe In carpophorum 3-angulari-cornutum horizontaliter dilatata. 
Semina ad micropylem varie v. haud arilloso-incrassata; chalaza basi- 
lari v. nunc plus minus ventrali ; albumine copioso oleoso; embryonis 
recti verticalis, rarius obliqui v. subhorizontalis, radicula cotyledonibus 
foliaceis multo angustiore. — Arbores, frutices v. rarius suffrutices 
V. herbæ ; succo sæpe lacteo ; fois alternis, raro oppositis v. subverti- 
cillatis simplicibus; limbo sæpe glanduloso-dentato v. glandulis 2, basi- 
laribus forma variis, prædito; stipulis membranaceis, integris, laceris, 
v. glanduliformibus, rarius 0; floribus spicatis v. racemosis, termina- 
libus v. rarius axillaribus lateralibusve ; fœmineis sessilibus v. pedicel- 
latis, in inflorescentiis androgynis inferioribus ; cæteris maseulis, aut 
L-bracteatis, aut ad bracteas singulas glomeratis cymosisve ; bracteis 
bractcolisque sæpius, ut ifolia, basi 9-glanduligeris. (Orbis tot. reg. trop. 
subtrop.) — Vid. p.133. 
99, Senefeldera Marr. ! — Flores monœci (fere Exrceæcarie); calyce 
Mmasculo obovoideo, breviter 3-lobo, imbricato. Stamina 6-8, v. abortu 
Pauciora, in receptaculo crasse conico inserta, libera, 2-seriata; anthe- 
ris extrorsis, 2-rimosis. Flos fæmineus (£rcwcuriæ) 3-merus. Capsula 
In Flora durs rs Beibl., 29.— KL, 1153. — Sennefeldera ENDL., Gen., Suppl., IH, 
in y ichs Arch, VI M. ARG sue …,  88.—H.BN, Euphorb., 535, t. 9, fig. 30, 31. 
