40 EUPHORBIACEiE. 



Sect. 3. .AsTEa;opsis. — Stamens 10-12. ? Calyx reduplicative-valvate at the base. 

 Stymies i-partite, with the branches simple {or "bifid"). Seeds smooth. — Aromatic 

 shrubs ; leaves quite entire, or repand, glabrous, lepidote beneath, or naked, stipulate, devoid 

 of glands ; racemes usually terminal. 



45. C niveus, Jacq. Branchlets msty-lepidote ; leaves ovafe, cuspidate-acuminate, 

 minutely cordate at the base, discolor, lepidote with distant, minute scales above, shining- 

 sihery beneath with confluent scales, devoid of pellucid points : stipules pei'sistent, linear 

 or semicordjate-lanceolate ; calyx silvery -lepidote, ? costate at the base; seeds... — Jacq. 

 Amer. Pict. t. 263./. 79 : a leaf.— C. micans, Sw. /—A shrub, about 10' high ; leaves 3"-l'' 

 long, somewhat complicate at the base: petiole 2"'-4"' long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Sw.; Do- 

 minica I, Imr. ; [New Granada] . ' 



46. O. lucidus, L. Devoid of scales; branchlets glabrous or glabrescent; leaves 

 ■ elliptical or eltiptical-oblong, pointed, glabrous, pellucid-punctate : stipules deciduous ; calyx 



glabrescent, ? with the segments oblong, blunt, and the reduplicative margin somewhat 

 persistent at the base ; seeds ovoid-oblong. — fhil. Trans. 58. t. 7. — C. spicatus, Berg. C. 

 Hookerianus, Saill. — A shrub, 5'-6' high; leaves 3"-l" (6"-5") long: veins Dot promi- 

 nulous ; 3 calyx imbricative, much sms3ler and more pubescent than ? ; seeds 2"' long, 

 shiuiag, convex on the back. 



a. Branchlets 'glabrous ; $ calyx eglandular. 



j8. puligerus. Branchlets (sometimes together with the younger leaves) puberulous with 

 scattered, stellate hairs ; $ calyx eglandular. 



y. glanduliferus, V. Branchlets glabrous; $ calyx bearing large, stipitate glands at 

 the base and on the margin of the segments. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. (/3) ; Jamaica !, Fd. 

 («, j8), March, Wils., (7, S. Davids) ; [Cuba !, a-7]. 



47. C. Hjalmarsonu, Gr. {n. sp.). Devoid of scales ; branches glabrescent ; leaves cor- 

 date-ovate, blunt, glabrous, eglandular, rigid, obsoletely peUucid-punctate; stipules deciduous; 

 calyx $ pubescent, $ glabrescent, leathery, with the segments oblong, blunt, somewhat 

 produced at the rednpKcative subtruncate base; stamens 10. — Allied to C. lucidus ; branch- 

 lets puberulous, rigid ; leaves li"-l" long, l"-8"' broad, quite entire, polished, opaque, 

 with distant veins, black-dotted beneath : petiole 8"'-6"' long ; racemes terminal, short, sub- 

 sessile, with the $ flowers somewhat distant; calyx <? as long as the scabrous pedicel, 

 imbricative, downy chiefly on the mai'gin; pedicels of $ V long, calyx 14"' long, exceed- 

 ing the filiform petals, eglandular ; ovary downy : styles 4-partite : branches filiform, flex- 

 uose, with a capitate stigma. — Hab. Tm'k Islands, Hjalm. 



Sect. 4. Adenophyllum. — Stamens 'iO-Zfi. Styles i-i-partite : branches simple. Seeds 

 smooth. — Shrubs ; leaves glanduliferous on the margin, and at the base glabrous, or with 

 stellate down : stipules glandular or inconspicuous ; racemes usually terminal or alar. 



48. C, VlTilsonii, Or. (n. sp). Branchlets glabrescent, dichotomous ; leaves elliptical 

 or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, denticulate with distant, glanduliferous teeth, glabrous 

 above, glabrescent beneath ; basilar glands subsessile or obsolete : stipules inconspicuous ; 

 stamens 85 ; styles %-partite ; seeds ovoid. — A shrub : branchlets stiff, scabrous with stel- 

 late, scattered down, which exists also on the young leaves beneath, but is wanting on the 

 racemes ; leaves approximate at the ramifications, green, with obscm'e, pellucid dots, char- 

 taceous, arch-nerved, 4"-14" long, li"-8"' broad, either abruptly or gradually acuminate : 

 glands minute, globose, mai'ginal ones subsessile, on obsolete teeth, those of the base 2-4, 

 beneath the blunt or complicated leaf-base ; petiole 2"'-4"' long ; racemes alar, nodding, sub- 

 sessile, 3"-l" long; S pedicels 2'" long, 3-1 from 3 minute bracts: calyx 1'" long^- imbri- 

 cative, glabrous, as long as the ciliate petals ; !f flowers inferior, subsessile, scattered : calyx 

 5-partite, 1'" long, eglandular: segments linear: rudiments of petals minute, bearing 

 bristles ; ovary hispid, surrounded by a continuous disc : styles divided to the base, with 

 the branches simple, as long as the ovary ; capsule globose, 3-fm-rowed, glabrescent ; seeds 

 obtusely keeled on the back, furrowed along the raphe, nearly opaque, light-brown, some- 

 what punctate : lateral angles obtuse, — Hab. Jamaica I, Pd., Wils. 



49. C. Adenophyllum, Berter. Glabrous ; leaves ovate, pointed, subcordate at the 

 base, repand-entire, ciliate, with stipitate glands, long-petioled, 2-4-glandular beueath at the 

 base : basilar glands subsessile : stipules divided into several glands ; stamens 20 ; ? calyx 



