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XLVII. 
EuPHORBIACEi^:. 
Beyeria tristigmo. 
(Sect. Oxygyae.) 
Monoica^ foliis ovali- v. oblongo-lanceolatis supra. glabratis sub- 
tus albido-relutinls margine rccurvis, floribus masculis raccmosis, 
foemineis solitariis, utriusque sexiis petaligeris, calyce parvo, an- 
theris minutis, loculls ellipsoitleis, stigmatibus fribus subulatis. 
In insula Hinchinbrook-Isluncl prope Rockingham^s Bay. Dal- 
lachy, 
• Frutex humilis, viscidulus. Eamuli primura angulati, demum 
teretes, resinoso-tomentelli. Folia sparsa nisi conferta, coriacea, 
breviter petiolata, 1-2" longa, 3-6" lata» nervo mediano subtus 
fulvo-lineata, supra impressa, tenuissime venosa, venis subtus 
tomento etsi tenui occultis. Racemi masculi addito pedunculo .sat 
conspicuo lJ-2" longi^ pluriflori ni passim pauciflori. Pedicelli 
graciles, sjepe semipollicares. Flores foeminei non raro prope 
basim racemi ma>sculi emergentes. Horum pedicellus angulatus, 
sursum incrassatus, mox circiter pollicem longus, Calycum 
utriusque sexus lobi sub anthesi fere semioblongi, J-J" metientes. 
sed sub fructu in formam matris subulatam et ad lineai lou£ritudIuem 
extendentes. Petala 5 membranea, circiter 27 longa, sessilia, basi 
intus barbuta, in flore masculo semielliptico-ovata, in flore foemino 
deltoideo- v. ovato-orbicularia, fructui juvenili altius adhcerentia. 
Stamina numerosa, in acervulum semiglobosum conferta, recepta- 
culum depressura barbatum obtegentia, Filamenta brevissima, 
» glabra, pro longitudine crassiuscula. Antheroe flavee, mox fere 
horizontales ; loculi paralleli, longitrorsum dehiscentes. Stylus 
ecilicet florum foeminorum brevissimus, vix uUus. Stigmata 
lineari-subulata, 1" longa, recurvo-patentissima, haud fimbriolata. 
Germinis loculi uniuemmulatL Capsula ambitu ovato-globosa, 
trilocularis, inter loculos impressa, extus pilis brevissimi^ adspersa, 
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