CXVII. EUPHOEBIACB^. 1893 



Anther-cells opening longitudinally. Ovary and capsule 3-lobecl, the 

 lobes ending in simple styles. , 



Stamens free or scarcely united at the base. Flower clusters mostly 

 axillary. 



Capsule 2-eelled. Leaves in alternate threes 3. ilicKANTiiEUM. 



Capsule 1-celled and 1-seeded. Leaves solitary 4. Pseudanthus. 



Ovules 1 in each cell. 



Stamens indefinite, usually numerous. 



Stigma peltate, entire or 3-lobed, Petals usually small. Flowers 



axillary . . .5. Beteria. 



Styles 2-fid. Petals usually longer than the calyx. Flowers mostly 



terminal . .' 6. Kicinocaepus. 



Styles 2 to 4-fid. Calyx petal-like but no petals. Capsule usually 



1-celled. Flowers axillary 7. Beetya. 



Stamens definite, twice as many as petals or calyx-lobes or fewer. 



Petals present. Style-branches fringed. Capsule without appendages. 



Flower-cymes terminal 8. Monotaxis. 



No petals. Style-branches entire. Capsule with 6 erect toothlilie 

 appendages. Flowers in dense sessile clusters in the axils or at 

 leafless nodes , . ... 9. Ampeeea. 



Teibe III. Phyllantheae. — Sepals 1-2 seriate. Petals minute or none. Stamens 1-2 

 seriate; outer series opposite the sepals, or all in the centre of the floirer. Ovary 2, many 

 celled, cells 2-ovulate. Saphe of ovule ventral. Inflorescence axillary or lateral. 



* Leaves alternate, undivided, quite entire. Petals present. Stamens 3-6. Hale flowers in 

 axillary fascicles oi' selitary. 



t Calyx valvate. Filaments united in a column. 



Ovary 2-celled. Fruit a drupe ....'. 10. Bkidelia. 



Ovary 3-oelled. Fruit capsular 11. Cleistanthds. 



ft Calyx imbricate. Filaments free. 



Trees or stout shrubs. Flowers large. Male disk 5-lobed. Cotyledons 



crumpled • . 12. Actephila. 



Herbs or slender shrubs. Flowers small. Male disk of 10 linear scales . . 13. Andeachxe. 



** Leaves alternate {rarely opposite), undivided, quite entire. Sepals imbricate. Styles or 

 their branches slender (excejit in Gloehidion). Petals none. Stamens 3 or more. Male 

 flowers in axillary fascicles or solitary. 



t Fruit dry, capsular, of 3 or more 2-valved cocci. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Sepals 4 to 6. Disk present in both sexes. Styles 



terminal, free or united below . . 14. Phixlasthus. 



Shrubs or trees. Calyx 4 to 6-lobed, toothed or partite. Disk none in either 



sex. Styles confluent in a long or short head, cone or column . . , 15. Glochidion. 



ft Fruit a berry or of 3 to 6 coooi enclosed in a fleshy or dry indehiscent rarely 6-valved 

 epicarp. 



Shrubs. Flowers moncEoious. Sepals 5 or 6. Stamens 5 or 6 exserted. 



Styles 2, olavate or broad, undivided. Fruit 3 2-valved cocci .... 16. NBOEiEPEEA. 

 Shrubs. Flowers dioecious. Sepals 5. Stamens 3 to 5. Styles elongate. 



Fruit fleshy or dry ; with 6 cocci 17. Fltjeggea. 



Slender shrubs. Sepals and stamens 4 to 6. Fruit a berry with 6 to 12 



erustaceous seeds ... 14. Kieganelia. 



Shrubs or trees. Male calyx turbinate or hemispheric, lobes minute inflexed. 



Anthers 3. Fruit dry or fleshy with 3 to 6 indehiscent cocci 18. Beeinia. 



*** Leaves alternate, undivided, entire or serrulate. Sepals imbricate. Petals none. Stamens 

 few or many. Styles or stigmas 2 (0 3 dilated. Fruit a drupe. Trees or shrubs. Male flowers 

 in axillary fascicles or solitary. 



Trees. Flowers, male with the stamens indeflnite in a central column. 



Female flower with large flat lobed stigmas. Fruit separating into 4 2- 



valved cocci .19. Petalostigma. 



Tree. Flowers dioecious axillary. Staniens indefinite. Stigma broadly 



reniform. Drupe l-celled ... 20. Hemicyclia. 



Trees. Flowers monoecious. Stamens 4, or more central free. Style linear, 



undivided. Leaves opposite ' .... 21. Dissiliaeia. 



•*** Trees. Leaves alternate, tri-foliolate. Se2Mls imbricate. Petals none. Fruit a berry. 

 Flowers paniculate. 



Sepals 5, imbricate. Stamens 5 22. Bischofia. 



