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CLASS I S
DODECANDRIA.
ORDO
TRIGYNIA.
EUPHORBIA.
geniftoi* I . TIJ U P H O R B I A umbella fubquinqucfida:
4c*. jLj fubbifida, involucellis ovato-rhombeis,
foliis linearibus approximatis, caule fru*
ticofo,
Tithy malus africanus, flore hcrbaceo, folio
Geniftæ. Herm. Afr. »3.
DESCR. Caulis fruticofus, ere&us, teres, fub-
pubefccns, plus quam pedalis. Rami fparfi, filiformes,
fimplicimmi, ere&o-patentes. Folia li-
nearia, fuperne paululum incraflata, acutiufcu-
" Ias glabra, feflilia, vix ungvicularia, approximat
e caulina 8c ramea, eredlo-patentia. Flores um-.
bellati. UrnbeU< exiles, contra&æ, in ramis &
caule terminales, fimpliciufculæ , quinquefidæ :
ramis unifloris vel biffons* Involucrum univerfalt
tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, acutiufculis,
longitudine fere umbcllæ j partiale diphyllum,
foliolis ovato-rhomboidalibus, acutis, floribus ma-
joribus, fingulos flores involventibus, CALTX.
Perianthium monophyllum, turbinatum, quadrifi-
dum: laciniis bifidis, ercctis. COROLLA. Petal*
quatuor trans verfe lunata > patentia, aequalia,
ungvibus linearibus brevibus, margiai calycis in-
Euphorbia. Ï47
ferta. STAMINA. Filament a circiter i f , filifor-
mia, corolla breviora, inæqualia tempore, rece-
ptaculo inferta. Anther* didymac : lobis globoi
d fubdidymis, PISTILLUM, Germer» fubglobo-
fum, pedicellatum, calyce longius. Styli tres,
bafi cohærentes, finguli apice bifidi, recurvatî.
Stigmata obtufa, ÇajffuU glabræ.
OBS. Dantur etiam flores mafculi in cadem
utnbella, pro vero Piftillo ejusdem folummodo
rudimentum haben tes.