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46 EUPHOEBIACEJ;. 



calyx-segments 3, ovate, acute; nearly equalling the stamens ; central disc minute ; anthers 

 yellow. — Hab. Jamaica 1, Wils., March. 



83. LASIOCROTON, Gr. ,i-li^(^'l) ^ 



i 1. Row^-i^moiKKcio™. inferior ? ." Calyx §^4-partite. Slamens^-dH- ^), inserted upon^ 

 ^^cfnaS^Sk : anthers oblong, adnata : cells curved, introrse. Styles'^ Ji /Capsule a-coccous.^* 

 Seeds globose, ecarunculate. — A. shrub; Aaiit o/Bernardia; 'Sssaen {resembling those of ^^ 

 ^Verbascum) tomentose, veiny-archnened beneath ; spikes simple, axillary: $ flowers ses- 

 sile, glomerate. Q A.-,a^/^:^Ji,w /fc,/<U%,-»'*4*^ 



73. Ii. macrophyllus, ffr.— (&oton, Sw. I — A high, leafy, tomentose shrub ; leaves 

 ovate or roundish, 4"-3" long, cordate at the base, bluntish, quite entire, or repand, with the 

 thicMsh margin suhrevolute, pale-green above, hoary with yellowish veins beneath : secon- 



-dary veins transverse and reticulated: petiole 2"'-8"' long, articulated at the exstipulate base; 

 spikes shortly peduncled : bracts including a glomerale of 3-5 g flowers, at length distant; 



- S calyx valvate, 1'" long, bearing dense yellow wool on the back : segments 3 -angular ; sta- 

 mens included, distinct : filaments purple, as long as the anthers ; capsule (lying loose in 

 Swartz's collection) tomentose ; seeds \'" diam., smooth, ash-coloured : raphe distinct, deli- 

 cate. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sta., March (S). 



24. ALCHORNEA, Sol. 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx 4 (5-3) -partite. Stamens 8 (6-9), inserted upon a SEutelliform 

 disc: anthers oblong, adnate, introrse. Styles 2 (-3), liguliform, simple, long-exserted. 

 Ca/psule subdrupaceous ; cocci at length bjvalved. Seeds globose, ecarunculate.— Woody 

 pknts ; leaves veiny-archnerved beneath ; spikes usually compound. 



74. A. latifolia, Sib. Arboreous; leaves broadly oval (ovate or obovate), serrulate, 

 glabrous, eglandular at the base, subtriplineiTed, long-petioled ; serratures distant, glandular; 

 spikes compmmd; the $ with a few branches, or simple : S flowers glomerate, $ single, 

 distant, sessile ; styles linear, twisted, suberect, six times exceeding the ovary ; seeds rugulose. 

 — Sw. Fl.f. 24, analyt.; Lam. III. t. 998. — A middle-sized tree , leaves 8"-3" long ; calyx 

 yellowish-green, styles 2, 8"'-6"' long ; capsule didymous, 4'" broad : seeds 2'" diam. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, all collectors, common, being the characteristic tree of the pastiu'e-vegetation. 



25. PLUKENETIA, L. 



Flowers moncecious. Calyx 4 (-5) -partite. Stamens 8-20, inserted upon a prominulous , 

 disc : anthers cruciate-globose. Style simple, long-exserted : stigma 4(-3)-lobed, fleshy. 

 Capsule 4(-3)-coccous. Seeds " mgulos^." — CHmbing shrubs; leaves cordate, 2-glandalar 

 at the base, stipulate ; nxemes spiciform, axillary : S &oviers glomerate, $ 1 (-2), basilar. 



75. P. volubulis, 2/. Glabrous; leaves cordate, pointleted, serrulate or repand; ra- 

 cemes as long as the petiole ; calyx 4-partite ; capsule 4-coccous : " angles keeled." — Lam. 



. 111. t. 788. — Hab. Dominica!, Imr. 



26. POLYBCEA, El. ap. Endl. 



J/OMgri monoecious. Calyx: $ 3-partite; $ 5-6-paitite. jStemeni 9, distinct, central: 

 anthers 2-globose, laterally dehiscent. Ovary surrounded by a dis6: styles 3, bipartite. 

 Capsule 3-coccous. Seeds obovoid, ecanmciilate. — A shrub ; leaves serrate, stipulate ; S 

 racemes spiciform, axillary : clusters distant, included viithin a cucullate bract ; ? flowers 

 in a short, terminal spilee. 



76. P. corensis, Kl. — Br. Jam. t. 36. /. 1 ; Jacq. Amer. Fid. t. 241. — ^Aoalypha, 

 Jacg. — 4'-8' high, glabrescent ; leaves obovate, 3"-2" long, coarsely serrate, shortly petioled; 



^ racemes 6'" long; ? flowers 3-4: bracts 3-partite; seeds rosy: exterior integument 

 evanescent. — Hab. Jamaica (P. JBr.); Antigua!, Nichols.; Dominical, Tmr.; S. Vincent!, 

 Guild.; [Venezuela!]. 



27. ACALYPHA, L. 



Calyx 3 4-, ? 3(-5)-partite. Stamens 8-16, inserted into the central disc: anthers 



