n EUPHORBIACEJl. 



the dissepimental lines : valves separating from the 3-winged columella, and from the 2- 

 valved endocarps. Seed included within a pulpy integument, ecaruncnlate. — A large tree ; 

 leaves quite entire, or repand, .petioled: stipules deciduoiis; spikes lateral or axillary : 

 flowers S clustered, ? scattered. 



3. R. grandis, V.—Vahl, ISclog. t. 4. — Branchlets rough with large petiolar cicatrices; 

 leaves 7"-4" long, obofate, glabrous ; veins distant, reticulated beneath ; $ spikes subses- 

 sile, puberulous, spreading, li"-2" long, with the clusters distant, 5 (-1) -flowered : ealyr 

 1'" loug, half as long as the stamens ; $ spikes shorter, with the flowers subsoHtary, very 

 shortly pedicellate ; capsule ovoid, 6"'-4"' long : seed ovoid ; embryo green : cotyledons oval, 

 as broad as the perisperm. — Hab. Dominical: Imr., Trinidad I : Siel. Trin. 131 ; [Brazil 1]. 



3. HIBRONYMA, Allem. (1848.) 



(Stilaginella, Tul. 1851.) 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx cupuliform, 3-6-toothed. Petals 0. Disc continuous. Sta- 

 mens 3-6 : anthers bilobed, extrorse, with a short rima ; cells affixed to a globose connec- 

 tive. Ovary 3-eelled: cells 2-ovuled; styles 2-3, bifid, short, revolute. Drupe mono- 

 spermous by abortion : seed ecaruuculate, coriaceous. — Trees or shrnbs, nmtally lepidote ; 

 leaves quite entire, petioled: stipules deciduous; racemes or spikes usually compound, 

 axillary. 



4. H. alchomeoides, Allem. Leaves oval, long-petioled, rusty, lepidote on both 

 sides, glabrous with the exception of the midrib, which is hairy or densely pilose beneath ; 

 panicles rusty-lepidote, half as long as the leaf : pedicels as long as the calyx ; stamens 

 6 (-3), exserted ; drupe ovate (1"' long). — Allem. Diss, de Hieron. — Stilaginella hsema- 

 tpxylon. Planch. — A tree: habit of Croton Sluteria; leaves 6"-3" long : petiole 2"— IJ" 

 long; branches of the panicle distant, l"-2" long; pntamen with the abortive cell subper- 

 sistent : seed ovoid, rusty. — Hab. Jamaica I : Wils., Al., near Moneagne ; [Veraguas !, 

 Venezuela!, Brazil]. 



4. DBYPBTES, Y. 



Flower dioecious. Calyx 4-6-partite, imbricative. Petals 0. Stamens 4-6 (8-2), dis- 

 tinct : anthers ovoid, introrse. " Ovary 2-1-celled : cells 2-ovuled ; stigmas subcapitate. 

 Pericarp drupaceous, usually monospermous by abortion." — Woody plants; leaves coria- 

 ceous, glabrous : s&^yHfiS deciduous ; ioiiecs axillary, fasciculate. 



The West Indian Savia sessiliflora, W., is distinguished from Drypetes by a tricoccous 



capsule : fc nr| n its p ilnrnprntp flnw a ra 7 )- / / / . immi - r r^n^M — ftH-Wi-;- iu n<.vl TT^pn-^ rnngrnPrjlf 



-Samar 



5. D. crocea, Poit. Leaves elliptical, with a bluutish point, quite entire, green on 

 both sides; 3 pedicels numerous, tozce as long as the petiole ; calyx 4 (-5) -partite; sta- 

 mens 4 (-5), 4 times as long as the minute calyx. — Mem. Mus. 1. t. 8. — Schsefferia lateri- 

 flora, Sw. — A shrub; leaves 3"-4", pedicels 4'", filaments IV" long; drupe "saffron." 



Hab. Jamaica !, Macf. ; [Haiti]. 



6. D. glauca, F. Leaves elliptical-oblong or oblong, pointed or apiculate, quite 

 entire, glaucous beneath; S pedicels exceeded by, or equalling the petiole; calyx 4-partite ; 

 stamens 6-8, as long as the calyx. — Mem. Mus.\. t. 6. — A tree; leaves 7"-5", pedicels 

 2'" long; central disc of J scutelliform, lobed, villous within. — Hab. Montserrat (F.), 

 Dominical, Imr.; [Portorico]. 



Subteibe 2. EUPHTLLANTBEA— Stamens central. 

 5. CICCA, L. 



Cahjx 4-partite, imbricative : segments unequal. Petals 0. Stamens 4, distinct : an- 

 thers extrorse. Ovary 5-2-ceIled : styles bifid. Pericarp drupaceous, or baccate. Seeds 

 angular, hanging from the top of the cell : caruncle minute. — Woody plants ; leaves quite 

 entire, glabrous : stipules deciduous ; lowers fasciculate, axillary or lateral. 



7*. O. disticha, Z. Leaves distichous, ovate, pointed ; flowers moncecious, S and ? 

 mixed in the same fascicle ; fascicles lateral, arranged along aphyllous branches; filaments 

 alternating with exterior glands ; ovary 4(-3) -celled ; drupe depressed-globose, obtuse-angled ■ 



