PRAGMENTA PnYTOGRAPniJ] 



AUSTEALIiE. 



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EurnoRBiACE^. 



jBertf/a Findlayi. 



Elata, arhorcscens, fol iis clongato-ohlongis planis snpva glabris 

 subtus tcuuitcr albido-velutiuis, peduuculis calyce brevioribus vel 

 eiJcm cequilongis, pediccllis mdlis, sepalis glabriusculis bracteas 

 persisteutes ter superantibus trientcm fnictus a^quantibus, stjlis 

 iu stigmata 3—4 fissis, capsula ovata acutiuscula stellari-pubescente 

 tarde glabrescente, seminibus majusculis, strophiola con?picua. 



In vallibus profuudis et at ripas silvaticas flummis Hume-Eiver, 

 altitudine 2-4000'. F, M, 



Frutex arborescens, proceritate usque 25 pedum assurgeus. Ra- 

 muli tenuiter stellari-toraeutosi. Folia herbaceo-chartacea, bre- 

 viter petiolata, 1-3" louga, 2-4'^ iata, obtusa v. acutiuscula. Flores 

 masculi ignoti, Florum feminorum sepala vix sesquiliueam exce- 

 dentia, basi connata, apicem versus seusim acutiuscula. Capsula 

 4—5'" longa, elastice dissiliens. Semina 1-2 maturautia, ovata^ 

 obtusa, fere nigra, leuissime albido-variegata, 2-3''' longa. Stro- 

 pbiola livida, diametro lineam tenens. 



Species a B. pomaderroide (quae quoque germen stellari-pilosum 

 osteudit) jam foliis longioribus, pedunculis robustiortbus et bre- 

 vioribus, bracteis haud caducis, calyce femino non distiucte pedi- 

 cellato et segmentis calycis latioribus recedit ; a B. pedicellata 

 foliis consisteutioe tenuioris, bracteis brevioribus haud fugacibus 

 et absentia pedicellorum diversa est ; ab omuibus congcueribus 

 hactenus notis ob altitudiucm arboream distinguenda, nunc di- 

 canda viro generoso J. Findlay, qui summa beuignitate iter banc 

 plantam detegens adjuvit. Euphorbiaceis in volumine sexto operis 

 Beuthamii elaboratis Bischoffia Javanica (Blume Bijdrag. p-1168) 

 et Aporosai species, qua? ad Rockiugham's Bay uascuntur, addendae 

 sunt. Ilh Bailloa (in Adansonia, voL vi. p. 29S) sub nomine 



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