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mina plerumque 3, rarius 5, v. 2, 4, 6, rarissime 7-15-20 (As/eran- 
dra ‘, Pleiostemon”, Oxalistylis *, Orbicularia *, Williamia®, Chori- 
sandra), centralia receptaculoque convexiusculo inserta; filamentis 
hiberis v. plus minus alte 1-adelphis, æqualibus v. inæqualibus (Æir- 
ganelia ”); antheris 2-locularibus extrorsis, longitudinaliter v. horizon- 
taliter rimosis, forma valde variis, muticis v. apiculatis. Glandulæ disci 
staminibus numero æquales cumque sepalis alternantes, liberæ v. 
inæquali-æqualive 4-adelphæ, nunce in flore fæmineo in diseum urceola- 
tum connatæ, nune autem 0 (G/ochidion *). Germen sessile ; loculis ple- 
rumque 5, rarius 2 v. 4, rarissime 5-15 ; styli ramis loculorum numero 
æqualibus, apice stigmatoso integris v. sæpius 2-lobulatis v. 2-fidis. 
Ovula in loculis singulis 2, collateralia, aut descendentia, plus minus 
complete anatropa v. peritropa, aut rarius suborthotropa subadscen- 
dentia; micropyle autem extrorsum supera. Fructus capsularis; exo- 
carpio nunc subcarnoso v. carnoso, sæpe solubili; coccis (sæpius 3) 
2-valvibus, 1, 2-spermis. Semina lævia v. verrucosa costulatave; inte- 
gumento externo tenui v. plus minus carnoso (arilloideo); integu- 
mento interiore plus minus crasso, sæpe cruslaceo; hilo subbasilari 
(in seminibus suborthotropis) v. plus minus alte ad angulum internum 
impresso, aut parvo v. plus minus late depresso subregulari, aut rarius 
valde inæquali irregularique concavo ; micropyle haud caruneulata; em- 
brvonis copiose albuminosi recti v. arcuati cotyledonibus latiusculis 
complanatis. — Arbores v. sæpius frutices, suffrutices v. herbæ ; habitu 
valde vario; ramis sæplus alternis, nune 2-mor phis; ramulis nonnun- 
quam bd borntibés subaphvllis (Aylophylla ”), nunc sæpius, folia 
ubi evoluta, folium compositum pinnatum figurantibus sæpeque (folii 
more) basi articulata e ramo demum solutis; folus alternis v. raro 
Opposilis, sæpe 2-stichis, nunc ad squamulas reductis, breviter pe- 
liolatis y. sessilibus, 2-stipulatis, penninerviis, sæpe basi inæqualibus ; 
loribus (parvis, sæpe albido- v. purpurascenti-vi irescentibus) in axilla 
foliorum v. nunc bractearum solitariis v. multo sæpius cymosis glome- 
KL., in Erichs. se gui 200.— H, Bx, ST. 13 Eee yen., 113. — A. Juss., 
Een » 610, t. 27, fig. 5, 6. PP EN — ENDL., Gen., n. 5857, 
2 , in Linnea, ut, 135. — H. Bw, Eushorb, 636, t. 24, fig. 1-9; 27, 
3. H. "B , Euphorb., 628, t. 24, fig. 15-19. fig. 12-15. 
4. H, Bx, Euphorb., 616 9. L, Gen. 511. situ Obs., 114, t. 10. 
5. H. Bn, Euphorb., 559, L, 27, fig. 9,10. — GÆRTN., Hu 1. 108. — À. Juss,, Eu- 
6. Fam. Icon. t. 19 phorb., 23, t. 5, 47 — ENDL., Gèn ; 
7. uphorb., 21, t. 4, fig. 44. —  n.5847a. — H.BN, Éuphorb., 623. —M. ar 
Ne ; sphere, 612, FA 23. fig. 18-21; 24, Ke ms 497. — Goal LHÉk. Sert. 
8. 2 29, t. 39. 
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