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Urtice^. 
Streblus Brunoniayia. 
Morus Brunoniana, Endl, Atakt. t. 32. (Sect. Parastreblus.) 
Dioica, ramulis tenui-pubescentibus, foliis lanceolatis v. ovato* 
lanceolatis acuminatis rarius ovatis semper prjeter basim serrato- 
V. repando-denticulatis glabrescentibus supra vitreo-punctatis sub- 
tus pallidius virentibus et vix nitentibus, nervis lateralibus ante 
marginem folii arcuato-junctiSj^or/iMs masculis sinipliciter ameii- 
taceo-spicatisy staminibus mox couspicue exsertis, stlgmatibus 
terminalibus, fructibus 2-5 confertis, cotyledonihus ferc semiglo- 
bosis nec plicatis ncc involutis. 
Ab Illawarra proveniens usque ad Rockingham'sBay, extendens 
etiam in Novam Angliam, 
Arbor lactiflua, interdura excelsa, jam statu fruticoso florens. 
Cortex cinereus, fere Itevis, lenissime rimosus, Lignum durum. 
Folia breviuscule v. modice petiolata, tactu asperula, tenuia, fragiliaj 
supra saturatius virentia et vitreo-nitentia, subtus fere opaca^ 
longitudine 1^-4|", latitudine §-2" tenentia, passim sinuato-lobata. 
Stipulse angusto-semilanceolatas, circiter 2'' longai. Spic£e mas- 
culas breviter v, brevissime pedunculatoe, solitarice rariusve gemince, 
J-4" longae. Divisiones calycis masculi quatuor, fere ovatae, cilio- 
latai. Stamina sesquilineam longa, Antherse pallide flavae. Fila- 
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menta ante expansionem infracta. Stigmata 1-1 1 longa, subu- 
lata. Caryopsides drupaceie, fere globosse, 2-3"' longae, basi sepalis 
fere orbiculatis §" metientibus stipatse, perfecta maturitate succu- 
lentse, flavse v. atro-rubra3. Endocarpium tenuitcr crustulaceo- 
chartaceum. Semen fere globosum, mensurae \^". Testa fulva, 
lcevis, membranca. Albumen nuUum vel parcissiranm, Cotyle- 
dones parum inoequales, amygdalina?, plano-convexje. Radicula 
dorsalis, subulato-cylindrica, cotyledonibus dimidio brevioi\ 
Folia bombycibus nocua. Nativi lignum tenax adhibent pro 
jaculis curvatis Boomerangs designatis. 
Strebius pendulina (Morus pendulina, EndL Prodr. Flor. Tns. 
Norfolk. 40), quas monoica, plerisque signis S. Brunonianre con- 
venit, difFert foliis iirmioribus minus acuminatis et minus nitentibus 
copiosius denticulatis, spicis masculis saepe longioribus, fructibus 
paulo majoribus. 
Taxotrophis rectinervis. 
Streblus rectinervis, F. M. coll. 
Dioica, ramulis pubescenti-hispidulis, foliis rliomheo- v. lanceo' 
lalo-ovatis acutis sursum mucronulato-serrulatis ntrinque ntten* 
tibus fere concoloribus asperulis, nervis lateralibus plerisque rectis 
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