890 DICOTYL. sz EXOGENJE. ADRIANA. 
Klotzsch in Lehm. Plant. Preissian. vol. 1. p. 115. — Crotonis sp. Labill. 
Nov. Holl. vol. 3. p. 13. t. 223. 
Calyx masc. valvaris, feemineus imbricativus. Petala et discus utrius- 
que sexus 0. Stamina receptaculo convexo subconico inserta, centralia; 
antherz birimosz ; loculi adnati. Rudimentum ovarii 0. Ovarii loculi 1- 
ovulati, laciniis calycis exterioribus oppositi, unus anterior, bracteam 
spectans. Fructus capsularis. Semina carunculata. — Frutices Nova 
Hollandiz. Folia alterna v. opposita, integra v. lobata, margine dentata; 
petioli basi stipulari-bizlandulosi. Flores dioici, feminei racemosi, 
parum numerosi, masculi interrupte elomerato-spicati. Indumentum 
Stellare v. in laciniis calycis simplex. Calyx masc. 3-5-partitus, femi- 
neus biverticillatim 6-partitus v. etiam 3-8-partitus. Stamina numerosa; 
filamenta libera, brevia; anthere extrorsum aperientes, oblongatz; 
connectivum angustum, supra loculos productum, parte producta serru- 
latum v. integrum. Ovarium 3-loculare. Styli 3, basi breviter connati v. 
subliberi, circiter usque ad medium 2-partiti; lacini& angustz, subte- 
reles, intus dense papillose. Capsule tricoccze, maturz verrucoso- 
aspere. Semina epidermide laxa cincta; testa plus minusve foveolata. 
S 1. Folia alterna. — Sect. Euadriania Baill. Etud. gén. Euphorb. 
p. 406. — Species hic sub S 1 et S 2 enumeratee preter situm 
foliorum nullo charactere gravioris momenti inter se recedunt et 
sectiones distinctas constituere nequeunt. Species sequentes sub 
1 enumerate a cl. Ferd. Muell. omnes in unam contracte 
uerunt. 
1. A. ACERIFOLIA, foliis ambitu oblongo-ovats, bracteis masc. oblongo-ovatis 
acutis, ovario stellato-tomentello, stylis semibifidis calyce femineo 3-^-plo 
longioribus. 
a, Cunninghamii, foliis fere sessilibus supra cum ramulis stellato puberu- 
lis subtus cum bracteis et floribus molliter incano-flavido-tomentosis. 
5 In Nova Hollandia inter saxa granitica et sabulosa secus Snowy River 
(Ferd. Muell.! in hb. Hook.). Trachycaryon Cunninghamii Ferd. Muell. 
in Transact. Phil. soc. Victoria vol. ] p. 15. Trachycaryon Cunninghamii 
« tomentosum Ferd. Muell. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 1856 p. 209. Adriana 
tomentosa Ferd. Muell. in Transact. of the Bot. soc. Edinb. vol. 7, p. 
482 pr. p. (1863). Petioh vix 3-4mm. longi. Glandule stipulares 
grossiuscule, patelleformes, marginate ut in reliquis varietatibus, lon- 
gius pubescentes quam in var. f. (v. s.) 
8, gemina, foliis mediocriter petiolatis supra cum floribus et glandulis 
stipularibus stellato-puberulis subtus cum petiolis et ramulis dense bre- 
viter incano-tomentellis. 5 In Nova Hollandia ad flumen Maranon latit. 
21" (Mitch. n. 411! in hb. Hook.) ad flumen Lachlan (Fraser! A. Cun- 
mngli* in hb. Hook.), ad Victoria River (Ferd. Muell, !) et secus Hawkes- 
bury River (Gaudich.! in hb. Mus. paris.), et in montibus Ccruleis 
(Lesson! Sieb. n. 569!). A. acerifolia Hook. in Mitchell Journ. of Trop. 
Austral. p. 311. adnot.; Walpers Annales vol. 3. p. 369. A. glabrata Gau- 
dich. in Annal. des Sciences nat. vol. 5. p. 223 (planta ipsiss. Gaudich. 
in Mus. paris. servata foliis tamen gaudet subtus incano-pubescentibus). 
A. tomentosa Ferd. Muell. in Transact. of the Bot. soc. Edinb. (1863) vol. 
7. p. 482 pr. p. Croton acerifolius A. Cunningh. sched. ex Hook. in 
Mitchell l. c. (nomen). Frutex 3-pedalis. Glandulz stipulares adpresse v- 
laxe sessiles. Petioli 2-5 cm. longi. Limbus foliorum 7-12 cm. longus, 
ultra medium trilobus, lobi laterales adscendentes, triangulari-ovati, ter- 
minalis triangulari-lanceolatus, omnes acuminati, margine grosse irregu- 
lariter subrepando-v. sinuato-serratus. Spice masc. demum valde elon- 
