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Prain . — The Mercurialineae and 
smaller capsules and seeds. It bears a close general resemblance to Adenocline 
(Paradenocline) violaefolia , with which it has frequently been mistaken both in the 
field and in herbaria. 
4. Adenocline, Turcz. 
Adenocline, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc., xvi. i, 59 ( J ^43), in 
Flora, xxvii. 121 (1844), et in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc., xxv. 2, 179 
(1852) ; Baill., £tud. gen. Euphorb., 456, t. 9, fig. 6 (1858); Mull. arg. in 
DC. Prodr., xv. 2, 1139 (1866) ; Hook. f. in Harv., Gen. S. Afr. PL, ed. 2 , 
338 (1868) ; Benth. in Benth. et Hook, f., Gen. Plant., iii. 310 (1880) ; Pax 
in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf., iii. 5, 49, fig. 30A-E (1890). 
Acalypha , Thunb., FI. Cap., ed. Schult., 546, partim (1823) ; Spreng. 
ex Steud. Nomencl., ed. 2 } i. 10 (1840): nec Royen. 
Mercurialis , Meissn. in Hook., Lond. Journ. Bot., ii. 556 (1843) 5 Krauss 
in Flora, xxviii. 84 (1845) \ Kunze in Linnaea, xx. 54 (1847) ? Sond. in 
Linnaea, xxiii. iii, pro parte (1850). 
Mercurialis § Adenocline , Baill., Adansonia, iii. 159 (1862). 
Mercurialis § Trismegista , Baill., 1 . c., 158, partim (M. violaefolia 
tantum) et 175 pro parte maxima (1862). 
Diplostylis, Sond. in Linnaea, xxiii. 113 (1850). 
Paradenocline , Mull. arg. in DC. Prodr., xv. 2, 1141 (1866). 
Flores dioici, rarissime ( A . violaefolia) monoici, apetali. <A Calyx 
membranaceus, alte 5-partitus ; lobi quincuncialiter imbricati. Stamina 
6-12, saepissime tamen 10, 2-seriata, circa centrum floris glanduligerum 
inserta, exteriora cum calycis segmentis alternantia, filamentis liberis ; 
antherae terminates, apertae 2-valves. Ovarii rudimentum o ; glandulae 
intrastaminales numerosae. $ Calyx parum major, alte 5-partitus ; lobi 
quincuncialiter imbricati: Discus hypogynus e glandulis 3 capitatis stami- 
nodiiformibus carpidiis alternantibus compositus. Ovarium 3-loculare, 
loculi 2 laterali-anteriores, tertius posterior ; ovula in quoque loculo solitaria ; 
styli tenues, alte 2-partiti, recurvo-patentes, basi brevissime connati. Cap - 
sida parva, 3-dyma, in coccos 2-valves dissiliens, pericarpio membranaceo 
glabro, endocarpio tenuiter crustaceo. Semina subglobosa ; testa tenuiter 
Crustacea ; albumen carnosum ; cotyledones anguste ovatae. — Herbae 
tenues diffusae, saepius basi perennantes ibique sublignosae, raro (A. violae- 
folia) annuae, tenerae. Folia alterna vel raro (A. acuta) opposita; stipulae 
parvulae vel majusculae. Flores minimi, A saepius plurimi axillares ; 
$ singuli opositifolii pedicello subito refracto cymam uniparam efficientes. 
