95Q Euphorbiaceac Brtl. 



poll. longae nectariferae, nectare saepe inundatae : sfawina 8 

 erecta, stricta, basi connlventia, apice subdivergentia, 0,22 

 poU. longa libera ; filamenta teretia punicea, glabra, lucidula, 

 0,1 poll. longa, apice in antherae connectivum lineare fla- 

 vescens transiens ; antJierue erectae, lineari-oblongae, extror- 

 sae, subcomplanatae, acutae, mucronulo rubenti, basi sagitta- 

 tae, lobis acutissimis, 2-loculatae; loculi anguste lineares in- 

 carnati, margine antico diaphano, tenuissimo e contentu pol- 

 linis lutei, sulcati, dein in sulco rima longitudinaliter dehiscen- 

 tes ; pollen copiosum, aurantiacum, globosum, tessellato-tuber- 

 culatum, sat magnum , fbviila copiosa e gTanulis hyalinis, 

 tincturae Jodii ope coeruleis , ovalibus constante foetum ; 

 fructus nunc subgloboso - pyramidati trigono - sub - 3 - lobi , 

 nunc obcordati complanati 3 — 2 - , rarius abortu 1 - locu- 

 lati, 2 — 3-costati, nunc in 3-loculatIs, loculo tertio abortivo, 

 ad costam valde promlnulam reducto, in suturls inter costas 

 utrinque pauUo costato - elevati , primo virides, dein auran- 

 tiaci, a calyce persistente decidui indehiscentes , postremo 

 paullo post lapsum in coccos 2 — 3 delabentes, 1,2 poll. alti, 

 1,1 poU. crassi, 1,5 poll. lati; epicarpium 0,13 poll. crassum 

 intus gilvum carnosum, came e cellulis dodecaedris sat mag- 

 nis, primo succo foetis, dein vacuis constante; septum dein 

 evanidum ad receptaculum columnarc centrale emarcidum re- 

 ductum; endocarpium pergamaceum ; semina in loculis soh- 

 taria pendula , subtrigono - globosa , diametro 0,8 poll. extus 

 arillo subcarnoso, tenui cinereo tecta ; testa badia hgnosa fra- 

 gilis , intus membrana candlda vestlta ; nucleus subcom- 

 presso-globosus, membrana reticulato-nervosa obtectus, albus 

 apice umbonatus; alhumen valde copiosum periphericum bi- 

 partlbile 0,7 poll. diametro , saponaceum, e corpusculis mi- 

 nutis, globosis, hyallnls, admissa tinctura Jodii haud mu- 

 tatls, et allis minutlsslmls punctlformlbus adralssa tlnctura 

 Jodii motum saltatorimn (molecularem) ostendentibus et nl- 

 grescentlbus constltutum, embryonem totum clngens; emhryo 

 0,55 poll. longus, lucldus, candidus; radicula subteres versus 

 basin paullo attenuata, obtusluscula, 0,18 poU. longa, 0,1 poll. 



