EUPHOKBIAGEM. 207 



free inserted on convex receptacle glandular-incrassate and alveolate- 

 cingent between their bases m bud straight or more or less plicate 

 flexuose ; anther 2-locular rimose ; inferior introrse, others introrse 

 or oftener extrorse. Pemale calyx often 5-partite, quiacuncially 

 imbricated. Germen 3-locular ; ovules solitary ; style erect, afterwards 

 3-fid ; branches entire recurved or revolute, incrassate at apex or 

 subpellate and inwardly densely stigmatiferous. Capsule 3-coccous ; 

 seeds albubinous exarUlate smooth subglobose. — Trees or shrubs; 

 leaves alternate (large) elongate penninerved exstipulate, articulate 

 at base ; flowers in axillary or subterminal racemes 1 or 2-sexual 

 bracts 1- or cymose-pluriflorous ; female flower often 1, terminal.^ 

 (Trop. West. Africa, Malacassia?) 



61 ? Mabea Atjbl.^ — Flowers monoecious apetalous eglandular, 

 receptacle rather convex. Sepals 4-6, free or shortly connate at 

 base, valvate or subimbricate,* afterwards not contiguous. Stamens oo ; 

 filaments erect, short, slightly dUated, subrecurved at apex ; anthers 

 extrorse ; cells adnate rimose. Female sepals 5, 6, 2-seriate imbricate. 

 Germen sessile, 3-locidar ; cells 1-ovulate ; style long conical, 3-fid 

 at apex; branches inwardly stigmatiferous recurved or revolute. 

 Capsules 3-eoccous ; seeds arUlate at superior micropyle. — Trees or 

 shrubs, often scandent ; leaves alternate 2-stipulate shortly petiolate 

 simple penninerved denticulate ; limb sometimes 2 -glandular at base ; 

 fiowers generally racemose ; inferior female few or ; female bracts 

 1-florous ; male 1- oo-florous, furnished at base with 2 glands laterally 

 elongate large thick (coloured) ; male pedicels cymose, free or more 

 or less high common stipitate.^ ( Warm America,^) > 



62. Conceveiba Aubl.'' — Flowers dioecious apetalous; male 

 calyx 3, 4-partite, valvate. Stamens oo, inserted on the rather 



' Genus scarcely distinct from Echinus ty its s Gen. placed tetween Sippomane and Hxcee- 



disciferoiiB receptacle, habit and inflorescence. carta in Prodromus. 



2 Spec, about 8. H. Bn. in Adanaonia, i. 69, ^ Spec, about 15. Mart. Eeis. ; in Linntea 



256; xi. 176.— M. Aeo. in Flora (1864), 483. (1830), 39.— Benth. Sulph. 165 ; in Hooh. Journ. 



3-Guian. 867, t. 334.— J. Gen. 388.— Poir. (1854), 364.— M. Ahg. in Flora (1872), 44.— 



Diet. iii. 663. — Lame. III. t. 773. — A. Jess. H. Bn. in Adansonia, iv. 370. 



Euphorb. 40, t. 13. — ^Endl. Gen. n. 5798.— H. ' Ouian. ii. 923, t. 363.— A. Juss. Euphorb. 



Bn. Euphorb. 412, t. 13, fig. 19-28.— M. Ano. t. 13, fig. 42 B.—Bwts. in Soo!c. Journ. (1854), 



Prodr. 1148. 331.— H. Bn. Euphorb. 414, t. 21, fig. 12, 13.— 



" Lacinise caUeis utriusque sexus imbri- M. Aro. in linruea xxxiv. 166 ; Prodr. 895 



(Abo.), (part.). — Coneeveibum B.ioa. (exA. Juss. op. cit. 



43). 



