9/J^ Euphorbiaceae Brtl. 



gknduloso-subullforme , pilis longis, flexuosis iis petalorum 

 conformibus obsessum cingentibus; cmtherae oblongo-lanceo- 

 latae, extrorsae, basi breviter bificlae patentes, externis alternae 

 easque paullo superantes, omnes in fauce corollae exsertae, 

 ima basi cohaerentes, caeterum externis conformes ; pollen glo- 

 bosum, magnum, citrinum, minute cancellato-reticulatum et 

 verruculosum , verruculis obtusis, hyalinis, fovilla copiosa 

 larctum, eamque poro unico(?) elastice desilienti in sacculo 

 vermiculari ejiciens ; fovilla corpuscula gerens minuta, ovaha, 

 hyalina, inter se succo gelatinoso, hyahno, haud immediate 

 discernendo sed corpuscula continenti, cohaerentia; germen 

 subgloboso-trigonum, lateribus leviter sulcatis, pallide viride 

 glabrum, lucidum, glanduhs 5 basi sufFultum, 0,1 polL altum, 

 0,0S poll. crassum, 3-loculatum; stylus brevis viridis apice 

 3-fidus ; stigmata dilatata, biloba, subrevoluta, atro-viridia, 

 margine crenulata, sulcata; gemmulae in locuhs soHtariac, 

 pendulae ex anguli interni loculi apice; fructus basi calyce 

 reflexo vegeto sufl"ulti, racemosi penduli ovato-globosi, obso- 

 lete trigoni, apice vix styli rudimento terminati, ex apice 

 obsolete 3 — 6-striati, basi sub-6-sulcati, 1,3 pofl. alti, 1,0— 

 1,2 poll. crassi, stramineo-citrini, carnosi, dein in striis 3-bus, 

 germinis angulis correspondentibus, ab apice basin versus 

 dehiscentes, 3-valves, 3-loculares; valvae septiferae longiter 

 persistentes et fructu jam deciduo solummodo rimas angustas 

 3 tantum praebenti ; pericarpium carnosum, 0,2 poll. crassum, 

 dein siccum coriaceum, 0,1 poll. crassum, extus membrana 

 tenui glabra laevi, dein nigrescenti, corrugata tectum ; medio 

 album farinoso-carnosum, intus membrana pergamentacea laevi 

 albida, dein flavo-fusca, postremo solubili fulva vestitum; 

 columella centralis persistens, valvulis postremo deciduis, 

 primo carnosa, postremo fibrosa, subtrigona, apice subclavata, 

 1,0 poU. longa; semina ex apice columellae pendula, ob- 

 longa, subtrigona, apice paullo attenuata et ad hilum carun- 

 cula albida, carnosa, lucida, subconico-trigona, obsessa, nigra, 

 tactu oleosa, lucidula, dorso convexa, linea mediana vix ele- 

 vata, longitudinali notata, antice in anguio latcrum adplanata, 



