190 



calyces 5-parted, quincuncial, seldom 3-parted : disc developed in 

 both sexes : filaments free or connate into a column : cells of the 

 anthers lateral or opening extrorsely : styles 3 — 4, simple, terete, 

 thin, connate at the base, usually subulate-acuminate, or 2-cleft 

 or 2-parted. 



(1) C. TJMBELLATrM. {Muller.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XV. s. 2. p. 1118. 



Syn. Croton umbellatum, Willd. Balz. Bomb. flor. — Blachia 

 umbeUata, Baill. JEiud. gen. Hwph. p. 387. 



Engmv. Wight's Icon. t. 1874.— Baill. 1. c. t. 19. fig. 18—20. 



Spec. Chae. Shrub : branches somewhat dichotomously 

 branched : leaves elUptic-lanceolate, obtusely cuspidate-acuminate, 

 acute at the base, stiifly membranaceous, green, paler below : pe- 

 duncles long, slender : flowers of both sexes umbeUated : male 

 petals truneate-obovate, 3 times shorter than the calyx: male 

 disc 4 — 5-glandular, female urceolar : stamens 10 — 15 : styles 

 slender : ovary smooth, glabrous : seeds marbled. 



Peninsula. 



GENTJS XXXVII. CH^TOCAEPUS. 

 Dicecia Dodecandria. Sex: Si/st: 

 Deriv. Prom Chaite, hair, and Karpos, fruit. 



Gest. Chae. Calyx of both sexes imbricated : glands of the 

 extrastaminal disc situated before the sepals : stamens inserted 

 between the disc and rudimentary ovary, outer ones alternating 

 with the glands and sepals : anthers 2-cleft, fixed by the base : 

 rudimentary ovary developed : cells of the ovary 1-ovuled : fruit 

 capsular : seeds carunculate : cotyledons broad : radicle very 

 short. — Trees : leaves alternate, bistipulate, petioled, entire, 

 eglandulose, coriaceous : stipules narrow, deciduous : flowers 

 dioecious, densely fascicled on thick, scaly, bracteated, axillary 

 cushions: males short-pedicelled : calyces decussately 4-parted: 

 petals suppressed, their empty place alternating with that of the 

 sepals and glands of the disc : disc many-lobed : stamens 8 — 16: 

 filaments connate into a column below/ all hairy or villous : cells 

 of the anthers introrse lengthways : rudimentary ovary 2 — 3- 

 cleft: ovary 3-ceUed: slyles 3, connate at the base, deeply 2- 

 parted, papillosely stigmatose: capsules 3-coccous, 3-seeded, 

 armed with stiff, rough, glochidiate bristles or subconical tubercles : 

 seeds smooth, shining, adorned at the apex with a large 2-lobed 

 wart. 



