EUPHORBIACÉES AUSTRALIENNES. 303 



latus. Calyx 5-merus; disci lobis 5 opposilis. Germen parce slellato- 

 hirtellum. Capsula quoacl formam et iiidumentum coloremque in sicco 

 admodum variabilis ; loculis plerunique dislinclissimis dorso rotiindatis. 

 Styli plus minusve profunde 2-fidi glabriusculi; apice reflexo. Planta, 

 ut, videtur, in regione frequens, vernacule propter aciditatem audit 

 Native vinegar. 



Vj\?>. Boudin, Hawkesbury, 139. — iV? Port- Jackson (lierb. Mus.). — 

 Verreaitx, n. 159, Camp in Heaven (herb. Mus. et DelessA). — Lcich' 

 hardt , Moreton bay (herb. Mus.) Hunler's river (18^2)^ n. 87. — 

 F. Miieller, Pine river. — Sliepherd, lliawara. — Woolls, Cabramatta; 

 Paramatta; WoUongong. — Miss Atkinson, n. k, Blue mountains. — 

 Wikox, Clarence river. — Beckler, Hastings river; Riciimond river; 

 M' Leay river (herb. F. MueU.l). — A. Cunningkam, Brisbane river 

 (herb.!). — Mac Arthur, Brisbane river. — Uarvey (1856), N. S. Wales. 

 — Lowne (1862), lliawara (herb. Kew!). 



XLVIII. CODItEUM Rlmph. 



1. CODIiEUM OBOVATUMZo//., herb., n. '2291, 2/|35. 

 JuNGHUNiA GLABRA Mr/., Fi. ind.-bot., n, 212. 



Arbor parva, ramis terelibus v. apice compressiusculis rugulosis (gri- 

 seis). Folia aut obovata aut ssepius oblongo-obovata v. subspathulata; 

 basi plus minus attenuata; apice obtuso acuminatove (ad 15 cent, longa, 

 6 cent, lata) ; integerrima glaberrima membranacea penninervia parce 

 venosa, aut concolora aut leviter variegata. Petioli glaberrimi supra 

 caniculali; basi paulo incrassata (1-G cent, longi). Flores raonœci race- 

 mosi; racemo altero masculo alteroque fœmineo in axilla folii ejus- 

 dem aut in axillis 2 valde adproximatis nascentibus; simplieibus gra- 

 cilibus (ad 15 cent, longis) demum glabratis bracteas reraote alternas 

 brèves gerentibus. Flores masculi in axilla bractearum singularum 

 plerumque 3 cymosi; lateialibus 2 multo junioribus brevissime pedi- 

 cellatis (an aborlientibus?). Flores fœminei in axilla bractearum suaruni 

 solitarii; biacteolis 2 lateralibus sterilibus, Flos masculus : pedi- 

 cellus gracilis glaber (^-1 cent, longus) ad médium articulatus. Calyx 

 5-partitus; sepalis inter se valde inœqualibus, interioribus mulio majo- 

 ribus; œstivatione imbricata. Petala squamseformia calyce multo bre- 

 viora vix conspicua dissimilia; unguiculo brevi; ineequali-rhomboidea 



