Glochidion. 
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Euphorbiaceaê. 
tenuihusj siihtus prommentihus^ reticulo venarum denso in sicco obscurius 
colorato^ tenuiter coriacea, supra nitidiiiscula viridia, subtus opaca glauce- 
scentia^ c. 2.5 — 7 cm. longa^ 1.3— 2.8 cm.lata ; jietiolus exalatus.^ glaber vel 
pubescens^ c. 0.3— 0.4 cm. longus. Stipulae oblique triangulae, plerumque 
transverso-falcatae^ valde convexae, iitrinque plus minusve tomentoso-pubes- 
centes^ c 0.15 — 0.2 cm longae. lnflo?rscentiae fasciculares, axillat'es, sessiles, 
pauciflorne. Pedicellits florum (ƒ fdifonnis, pubescens., c. 0.45 — 1 cm. longus. 
Calyx profunde 6-partitus, carnosulus., flavus, laciniis exterioribus ovalibus^ 
ovatis vel oblongis, obtusis vel rotiindatd., extus densiuscule pubescentibiis^ c. 
0.2—0.37 cm. longis.^ 0.15—0.27 cm. latis^ laciniis interioribus breviter ungui- 
culatis., ovalibus oblongisve^ obtusis., concavis, inlus imp>ressione staminum longi- 
tudinaliter costulatis, extiis praesertim in costa incrassata puberuUs, c. 0.2 — 
0.275 cm. longis, 0.075 — O.lG cm. latis Stamina 4 — 5, in columnam distincte 
stipitata > , ovoideam, teretcm, obtusam, flciv escent em, c 0.1 cm. longam connata, 
thecis linearibus, c. 0.06—0.07 cm. longis, appendicibus breviter conicis, extus 
convexis, allescentibus Pcdicellus fiorum $ dense interdum subtomentoso- 
pubescens, c. 0.1—0.35 cm. longus. Calyx profunde saepe irregulariter 
0-partituSj carnosulus, dilute viridis, c. 0.275— 0.5 cm diam., laciniis poten- 
tissimis, mox plus minusve recurvis, extef'ioribus ovatis vel ovato-triangulis, 
aculis vel obtusis, valde convexis, intus plerumque velutino-puberulis, extus 
dense interdum subtomeotoso-pubescentibus, c. 0.075—0.25 cm. longis, 0.06— 
0.16 cm. latis, interioribus minoribus, oblongis vel subovatis, basi saepe subspa- 
thulato-angustatis^ utrinque pubescentibus, c. 0.06 — 0.23 cm. longis, 0.06 — 0.13 
cm. latis Pistillum crasse cylindricum, iruncaium, supra ovarium qi^ulo infra 
medium conslrictum, dense albido-tomentosopubuscens, c. 0.2—0.37 cm, 
longum; ovarium depresso-globosum, c. 0.13 — 0,26 cm. diam,, c. 6 — 8-loculare; 
styli in columnam depresso-glubosam vel fere doliiformen, truncatam, ovario 
fere aequicrassam connati, stigmatis erectis, Jiaud conniventibus, extus convexis, 
intus angulatis, bilobis vel bideniatis, flavoviridibus. Pedicellus fructifer 
c. 0.8— 1.4 cm. longus. Fructus calyce reflexo suffultus, columna stylari 
abrupte coronatus, depresso-glohosus vel semiylobosus, leviter obiusangulus, 
basi plus minusve dhiincte obconica longduditialite'- sulcata, pubescens, dilute 
viridis, c 0.8 — 14 cm. altus,0.9 — 1.5 cm. diam.,in coccabivalvia dehiscens, 
pericarpio cum mesocarpio crasso subcarnoso, c. 0.15—0.25 cm. diam., 
endccarpio tenuiter corneo-pergamaceo, a mesocarqno soluhili. Semina 
valde lateraliter compressa, ambitu semirotunda., dorso convexa, margine 
interiore fere recta, rubra, c. 0.4—0.53 cm, longa, lateribus c. 0,3 cm. 
latis, testae strato exteriore carnoso, interiore duro; cotyledones ovales, 
c. 0.16 cm. longae, 0.75 cm. latae ; radicula c. 0.07 cm, longa. 
