EUPHORBIACE^. 45 



scorpioid, 4'" long. $ -. Mowers 3-4, one above the other, 2-3-bracteolate, shortly pedicel- 

 late, 1"' long ; caljrx 5-partite : segments lanceolate ; petals reddish, lanceolate, cut. at the 

 blunt top ; discal glands alternating with the petals ; stamens opposite the petals : filaments 

 slightly cohering at the base. , ? : Mowers subsolitary, inferior, shortly pedicellate ; calyx 

 as in (J; petals none; ovary 3-globose, villous: styles cut into linear, unequal branches at 

 the top; capsule depressed, 2'" diam.; seeds \'" diam. — Hab. Bahamas I, Swains. 



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SuBTMBE 5. ACALTPHEM. — Inflorescence centripetal, mostly racemose, or spicate: $ 

 bracts usually several-flowered. Flowers apetalous, $ calyx valvate. Seeds globose or 

 ovoid: caruncle none, or obsolete. 



30. ACIDOTON, Sw. 



i'/oMCf-s dioecious ("rarely monoecious on distinct branches"). Calyx S 5-, $ 6(-5)- 

 partite. Stamens oo, 4-seriate, distinct, inserted upon a conical disc : anthers oblong, ex- 

 trorse, minutely S-aristate. Style 3-fid : branches siniple, thick, papillose. Capsule 3-coc- 

 cous. Seeds ecarunculate, ovoid, smooth. — A shrub ; leaves entire, stipulate ; racemes axil- 

 lary, S contracted. 



70. A. urens, Sw.! — SI. t. 83. f. 1: leaves. Sw. Fl.f. 18: analyi. Baillon, Buph. 

 i. 18./. 10,11: stamens. — A. innoouus, Ba«7^. .' — 5'-10' high; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 pointed, 3"-5" long, shortly petioled, quite entire, or repand, glabrous, shining above, vrith 

 reticulated veins, ciliate with stinging, deciduous hairs : stipules triangular-subulate, persis- 

 tent ; racemes hairy, <? few-flowered : pedicels single, 4"'-6"' long ; $ racemes long, with 

 distant flowers : pedicels ^'"-1'" long ; calyx (2'" long) and capsule covered with stinging 

 hairs; seeds rusty. — Hab. Jamaica!, Fd., Al., March, in the Hmestone hills of the central 

 and western districts. 



21. ADELIA, L. (non F. Br., nee Juss.). 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx 5-partite. Stamens 12-15, distinct, inserted into the promi- 

 nulous centre of the perigynous disc : anthers ovoid-oblong, extrorse. Styles 3, cut into 

 many, bluntly filiform, short branches. Capsule 3-coccous. Seeds ecarunculate, globose, 

 smooth. — Shrubs; leaves quite entire : stiT^vies deciduous : S takers fasciculate, in axil- 

 lary or lateral clusters, $ fasciculate or solitary, long-pedicellate. 



71. A. Bicinella, L. Leaves obovate or spathulate, glabrous, subsessile; clusters of 

 (J, flowers whitish-pubescent: pedicels as long as the globose bud; $ pedicels 3-1, as long 



as the leaves, glabrate, terminal on villous, abortive, bud-like branchlets, which are surroutided, 

 by fasciculate leaves ; capsule and calyx pubescent. — A white-barked, erect shrub, 6'-l 0' high : 

 branches spreading, sometimes spinescent ; leaves 2"-l" long, minutely pellucid-dotted, char- 

 taceous, deciduous ; calyx 1'" long : segments ovate-lanceolate, with a bluntish point, reflexed 

 from the capsule ; seeds pale. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., Fd., March, in the limestone districts 

 of Port Koyal, in arid places of Westmoreland ; [Cuba !, at Matanzas]. 



22. BERNAEDIA, F. Br. JUt-rf* Q-*^^'T/ 



(Adelia. Juss. Tyria, Kl. m. EndL, non El. Eric.) JiCJXhM<^^-^i^ 



Flowers i^^^^Calyx : $ 3(-"^")-par&te^*? 6-5-partite, biseriate." Stamens 

 15-20, distinct: interior central, mixed with some glands: anthers cruciate-globose, with 

 2 cells anterior, 2 posterior. " Styles 3, short, lacerate-crenate." Capsule- 3-coccous. — 

 Shrubs; leaves serrate, stipulate; 3 spikes amentifoxm,, axillary : flowers sessile in the 

 axil of a bract, bracteolate ; "? flowers /we, o r .s a ^fka^^ubterminal, 9^biiw4eule." trr«^ 



72. B. carpinifolia, 6r. Leaves ovate-oblong, with a bluntish point, obtusely serrate, 

 stellate-pubescent above, toiaentose beneath; <? spikes as long as the petiole, sessile. — Juss. 

 Euph.f. 28: analyt.: differing by a 5-partite $ calyx, while in our specimens it is 3-par- 

 tite — AdeUa Bernardia, L., ex. synon. P. Br. — A tomentose shrub, 10'-2' high : habit of 

 Salix Caprea; leaves 3"-li" long, rounded at the base, tapering from the middle, beanng 

 usually 2 glands on the under side : priniary veins distant, promiuulous beneath : petiole 6 - 

 3'" long thickish, tomentose : stipules 1"' long, setaceous ; 3 spikes 6"'-4"' long, tomen- 

 tose ■ bracts ovate, acute, including the globose flower : lateral bracteoles shorter, lanceolate ; 



