4 a 
uni- or multi-locular capsule ; seeds solitary or numerous. | | eae 
To this pohort alate also the al biden Platanacee (Platanus) es Ee Be: E 
Myricacee (Myrica); and Casuarinacee (Casuarina). BAe 0h 
_ [Cohort VI. EUPHORBIALES. Flowers hermaphrodite or ‘iclinionee ah mA 
perianth green, coloured or absent ; ovary bi- or multi-locular ; ovale | eh 
L Tit ae 7 nad 
Fic. 481.—Sallow, Salix Caprea; I. male catkin (natural size); II. “male ihe 3 
(magnified) ; IIT. female catkin (natural size) ; IV. female flower (magnified) : Ve tae 
transverse section of ovary; VI, fruit; VII. ripe seed (magnified). . 
one or many in each loculus, pendulous, anatropous ; fruit usually ag 
Order 1. EUPHORBIACE. (Figs. 482, 483.) Trees, shrubs, or “he 
herbs, containing a watery, often acrid, more rarely tasteless tat F " 
The stem of some species is fleshy, resembling that of the cactus, and © ‘ 
is then leafless, or the leaves are replaced by small scales, spines, or 
