CREPITANS. 
GALLIS , SABLIER ELASTIQUE. FULGO, PET DU DIABLE. 
ANGLIS , THE SAND-BOX TREE. 
Linnjei, classis 2 1, ORDO 5 . MOISQECIA M ONADELPHI A. 
Jussijei , classis i5, ordo i. FAM. IS AT. EUPHORBIACEAE '. 
CHARACTER GEJSERICUS. 
— Flores monoici, masculis dense dispositis super amentum, 
conico oblongum, pendulum, imbricatum squammis unifloris, 
quorum calix parvus, urceolatus, truncatus. 
— Corolla o. 
— Stamina numerosa, filamenta in cylindrum breve, incras¬ 
satum, coalita, apice bifidum, peltatum, medio, duplici aut tri¬ 
plici ordine tuberculorum obtectum, singulis tuberculis subtus an- 
theras geminas includentibus. 
— Flores feminei, solitarii, quorum calix integer, urceolatus, 
truncatus, ovarium arcte cingens. 
—- Corolla o. 
— Ovarium superum, subrotundum, stylo longo cylindrico sub- 
infundibuliformi, stigmate maximo, peltato, concavo, 10, aut 18 
radiato sanguineo. 
— Fructus, capsula lignosa, orbiculato depressa, 12 aut 18 to¬ 
rosa, loculis totidem monospermis, desiccatione cum strepitu dissi¬ 
liens, et semina orbiculato depressa, longe vibrans. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Arbor foliis alternis, magnis, ovato cordatis, apice acuminatis, 
crenulatis, nervis parallele transversis, fibris reticulatim interpositis; 
petiolis longis apice biglandulosis; floribus sanguineis, masculis super 
amentum, femineis solitariis. T. 
Hyppomane arboreum, ramulis ternatis, foliis cordatis, crenu- 
latis. Brown. Jam. 55 1. 
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