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vi. Galearie^e. Inflorescence axillary or if terminal not dichotomous 
cymes; male flowers petaliferous. 
Stamens opposite sepals; fruit drupaceous. 
Racemes of very small flowers long 
slender terminal .... 28. Galearia 
Flowers yellow in axillary fascicles or 
cymes . . . . . .29. Microdesmis 
vii. Crotone^e. Stamens strongly incurved in bud alternate with the 
sepals. 
Shrubs or small trees often glandular; 
flowers in small racemes; fruit 
capsular ..... 30. Croton 
viii. Chrozophor.®. Stamens erect in bud; petals present. 
Inner or all stamen-filaments united. 
Pistillode on the top of the column 
Pistillode absent. 
Stamens 3 to 5; sepals not accrescent 
in fruit ..... 
Stamens 10 to 20; sepals accrescent . 
Stamens all free. 
Trees or shrubs; flowers small in long 
racemes; anther-cells pendulous 
from a thickened connective . 
Anther-cells connate. 
Trees or shrubs; flowers rather large 
racemose, no pistillode . 
Shrubs; flowers small on long slender 
pedicels; pistillode capillary 
31. Trigonopleura 
32. Trigonostemon 
33. Dimorphocalyx 
34. Agrostistachys 
35. OSTODES 
36. Erismanthus 
ix. Acalyphk.e. Shrubs or trees, rarely herbs; calyx valvate in bud, 
apetalous. 
Stamens free and unbranched. 
Anther-cells 2, cells diverging from base, 
not flexuous. 
Shrubs or small trees 
Annual herb ..... 
Anther-cells 2, flexuous, shrubs or 
herbs . . . . - . 
Anther-cells diverging from apex. 
Shrubs or small trees 
Anther-cells 2 parallel. 
Stamens 3 to 5 ; flowers in small heads, 
axillary ..... 
Stamens 4 to 10; flowers small, green, 
racemose; sepals not accrescent 
Stamens 5 to 15; flowers large, pink; 
sepals accrescent, pink 
Stamens 2 to 4; male flowers in globose 
heads, very small .... 
Stamens 20 to very many on or round a 
large central disc. 
Stamens surrounding a central disc; 
shrub or treelet stellate-pubescent . 
Stamen-receptacle glandular lobed; stamen- 
connective broad, buds globose 
bursting irregularly. 
Stamens 14 to 17; panicles axillary . 
Stamens very numerous; panicles ter¬ 
minal ..... 
37. Claoxylon 
38. Micrococca 
39. Acalypha 
40. Ccelodepas 
41. Cladogynos 
42. Aechornea 
43. Epiprinus 
44. Cephalomappa 
45. CcELODISCUS 
46. Blumeodendron 
47. Botryophora 
