. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. e^. taceous J Ovides definite, suspended, avipkitropal. Radicle superior . . 92. CALLixRicHACEiE. Ovules definite, ascending, anatropal. Radicle infenor. . 93. Ovules solitary, ascending. Q naked, combined into a succulent cone . *Batide>e. Ovides 00, ascending. Radicle inferior. Seeds scobiform ... 94. ? Nepenthace^:. 274 EUPHORBIACE^. [Diclinous Exogens. Order XC. EUPHORBIACEtE.—Spurgeworts. Euphorbiae, Juss. Gen. 385. (1789).—Euphorbiace3e,^(f. deJuss. Monogr
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. e^. taceous J Ovides definite, suspended, avipkitropal. Radicle superior . . 92. CALLixRicHACEiE. Ovules definite, ascending, anatropal. Radicle infenor. . 93. Ovules solitary, ascending. Q naked, combined into a succulent cone . *Batide>e. Ovides 00, ascending. Radicle inferior. Seeds scobiform ... 94. ? Nepenthace^:. 274 EUPHORBIACE^. [Diclinous Exogens. Order XC. EUPHORBIACEtE.—Spurgeworts. Euphorbiae, Juss. Gen. 385. (1789).—Euphorbiace3e,^(f. deJuss. Monogr. (1824) ; Endl. ccxliii.; Meis-Tier, p. 336 ; Klotzsch in Erichs. Archiv. (1841).—Trewiacese, Ed. prior, p. 174.—Pseudan-theae, Endl. p. 328.—Anthoboleae, Endl. p. 328 ?—Putranjivese, Endl. p. 287. Diagnosis.—EupJiorhial Exogens, loith definite susjjended anatropal ovxdes, scatteredfloivers, and tricoccous fruit. Trees, shmbs, or herbaceous plants, often abounding in acrid milk. Leaves oppositeor alternate, simple, rarely compoimd, often \Aith stipules. Flowers axillary or terminal,. CLXXXVII, arranged in various ways, sometimes inclosed within an involucre resembling a ^ $. Calyx inferior, ^vith various glandular or scaly internal appendages ;(sometimes wanting.) Corolla either consisting of petals or scales equal in number tothe sepals, or absent, or sometimes more numerous than the sepals ; sometimes monope-talous. (J Stamens definite or indefinite, distinct or monadelphous ; anthers 2-celled,sometimes opening by pores. $ Ovary free, sessile, or stalked, 1-2- 3- or more celled ;ovules solitary or twin, suspended from the inner angle of the cell ; styles equal in num-ber to the cells, sometimes distinct, sometimes combined, sometimes none ; stigma com-pound, or single with several lobes. Fruit generally tricoccous, consisting of 3 carpelssplitting and separating with elasticity from their common axis, occasionally fleshy andindehiscent. See
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