SaPHOBBlAGM^. 



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V. EXC^CARIA SEEIES. 



ExccBcaria^ (fig. 204-214) lias regular flowers monoeoious or more 

 rarely dioecious and di- or trimerous. In the typical species of the 



Excacaria Agalloeha. 



Kg. 205. Diagram of 

 male flower. 



Fig. 204. Male flower (|). 



Pig. 206. Diagram of 

 female flower. 



genus, for example, in that which yields the false Eagle or Calambac 

 Wood, i.e., E. AgallocJm, the calyx is composed of two or, much 



Excigearia {Maprotmea) guianensis. 



Fig. 208. Female flower (4). Fig. 207. Male flower. 



Fig. 209. Long. sect, of 

 female flower. 



oftener, of three sepals, the two anterior imbricated in prsefloration, 

 and the androceum of two or three alternate stamens each formed of a 



1 L. am.. 1102 (1737).— J. O-en. 390.— Lamk. 

 Diet. i. 47 ; Suppl. i. 1S4.— A. Jnss. Euphorbiae. 

 52.— Ekdl. Frodr. Fl. Norfolk, 82 ; Gen. n. 

 5772.— Ki. in Erichs. Arch. vii. (1841), 182.— 

 H. Bn. Evphorhiae. 617 ; in Adansonia, xi. 120. 



M. Aro. Prodr. 1201 (incl. : Aetinostunon 



Kl. Adenogyne Kl. Adenopettis Bert. -^gog)-icon 

 L. Sonania A. Eioh. Clonostaehys Kl. Cnemido- 

 staehys Maet. ColUguaya Mol. Commia Lodr. 

 Conosapiwm M. Arq. Dactylostemmi Kt. Bitry- 



sinia Rafin. Elaohoeroton F. MuEH. Faleoneria 

 RoYL. Fragiopsis Karst. Qmsonia Speenq. 

 Gymnanthes Sw. GymnarrhcBa Leaner. Gymno- 

 hotrys Wall. GymnostilUngia M. Arg. Ma- 

 prounea Acbl. Microstaehys A. Jnss. Protax- 

 amthes Diedb. Sapiopsis M. Aro. Sapitmi jAoa. 

 Sarothroslachys Kl. Sclerooroton Hochst. Sebas- 

 ticmia Spreng. Spirostachys Sond. StiUingifleetia 

 Boj; StiUingia Garden. T(sniosapiwm M. Arg. 

 Triadica Lour.). 



