3S EUPHORBIACEjE. 



lobes, valvate or somewhat imbricated. Felals 5 (-4), in ? small or abortive. Stamens 

 usually 10-20, or 5-c» , distinct : anthers erect, introrse. Styles 3, mostly dichotomous : 

 branches involute. Capsule 3-coccous. Seeds carunculate, biangular-convex : raphe dis- 

 tinct. — Racemes terminal, rarely axillary. 



SECTIONS. 



Raceme with the ? flowers inferior (or abortive). 

 Stamens 10-20. 



Styles 3-partite : branches simple . . Cascaeilla. 



Styles 4-branched. 



$ Calyx not reduplicative. 



Stipules eglandvdar Elutekia. 



Stipules glanduliferous Bakhamia. 



$ Calyx redupUcative-valvate AstK/EOPSIS. 



Styles 8-partite . . . ; Lasiogyjte. 



Styles 2-fid. ... 0. couyLiFOLius and Geiselekia. 



Styles 3-8-fid. Seeds verrucose Astb^a. 



Stamens 20-aj . Styles 2-4-partite Adenophtlujm. 



Raceme with $ and ^ flowers mixed in its divisions Cyclostigma. 



Sect. 1. Casoauilla. — Stamens 10-20. Styles %-partite (or %-jid) : tranches simple. 

 Seeds smooth, small. — Aromatic shrubs ; leaves with stellate down, usually 2-glandul3T : 

 stipules usually caducous. 



* Leaves discolor, quite entire, or denticulate. 



35. C. Cascarilla, L. Branchlets white-tomentose ; leaves lanceolate, oblong, or li- 

 near, blunt, mucronulate, green and scabrous above, white-tomentose beneath, quite entire, 

 2-3-glandular at the base, shortly petioled: glands cylindrical; racemes terminal; seeds 

 snbcylindrical. — An aromatic shnib, 4'-8' high ; leaves 2"'-6"' broad, with the principal 

 veins impressed above ; petals white ; stamens about 15 ; seeds \\"' long, shining, punctate. 



o. Leaves oblong, or lanceolaft, often emarginate, rounded at the base. — Desc. PI. 1. t. 3. 



j3. linearis, Jacq. Leaves linear ; flowers sometimes dioecious. — SI. t. S6. f. 1 ; Jacq. 

 Amer. Pict. t. 263./. 80 : a leaf. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains, (fi) ; Jamaica !, all collectors, 

 social in arid plains ; u, on the seacoast ; |3, more cflmmon. 



36. C. balsamifer, L. Branchlets yeEowish-pubescent ; leaves lanceolate, or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, scabrous, with stellate down, green and glabrate above, hoary-yellowish 

 beneath, quite entire, 2-glandular at the base, long-petioled : glands shortly cylindrical; 

 raceme terminal ; seeds ovoid.— ^Jacj. Amer. Pict. t. 242. — An aromatic shrub, 3'-4' high ; 

 leaves 6"'-8"' broad, pellucid-punctate, 3-4 times as long as the petiole; petals white; 

 stamens about 15 ; seeds IJ'" long, shining, brown, obtusely angled on the back. — ^Hab. 

 Jamaica, Nevis I, Antigua!, Dominica!, Imr.; [S. Croix to Cura9ao]. 



37. C. flocculosus, Geis. Branchlets yeUowish-tomentose ; leaves ovate, or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, scabrous above, hoary beneath with scattered stellate down, quite 

 entire, 2-glandular at the base, long-petioled : glands glohose-scutelliform, sessile ; raceme 

 teiminal; seeds snbcylindrical. — C. leprosus, Spreng. ex Siei. Mart. 217 («o» Tf^-). — Nearly 

 allied to the preceding. — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains.; [Haiti, Guadeloupel, Martinique!]. 



38. C. Guildingii, Gr. {n. sp.). Brauchletff hoary-tomentose ; leaves ovate, pointed, 

 cuneate at the base, scabrous above, hoary beneath with stellate down, denticulate, 2-glair- 

 dular at the base : glands scntellijorm, sessile ; raceme terminal ; seeds ovate, obtusely 2- 

 angular, convex on both sides,— A shrub : habit of C. humilis; leaves l"-li" long: petiole 

 3"'-6"' longi stipules filiform, l"'-2"' long, subpersistent ; raceme 1" long; stamens 10- 

 12; ¥ calyx deeply 6 -fid: lobes oblong, blunt, appressed to and as long as the pubescent 

 capsule ; seeds li'" long. Opaque, brown. — Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. 



** leaves inoolly-toMentose on both sides. 



39. O. flavens, £. Wholly tomentose with yellowish, or hoary, stellate wool; leaves ' 

 ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or elliptical, usually cordate at the base, bluntish, muoronulate, 



