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EUPHORBIACÉES AUSTRALIENNES. 387 
laria, basi et apice rotundata, rarius ad apicem obtusum breviter acumi- 
nata (2-6 cent. longa, 2-4 cent. lata) integra v. obsolete crenata 
membranacea, supra dense viridia, subtus glaucescentia ; costa nervisque 
peunatis et venis tenuissimis reticulatis, supra subtusque prominulis. 
Petioli graciles ferrugineo-puberuli (2-4 mill. longi). Stipulæ petiolo 
dimidio breviores oblongo-subarcuate acute ciliatæ. Flores fœminei 
(masculi desiderabantur) axillares v. paulo supraaxillares solitarii ses- 
siles. Calycis 5-meri sepala triangularia demum reflexa. Petala calyce 
breviora obovata membranacea integerrima glaberrima, Discus perigynus 
conoideus ovarium arcte cingens ; receptaculo ovarioque arcte adpresso 
valde viilosis ; stylis 3 2-fidis; lobis apice globoso incrassatis. Fructus 
(ruber) pisiformis drupaceus, intus 2-3-coccus; coccis lignosis abortu 
monospermis. | 
Exs. Dallachy (1863), n. 17, 259, Rockhampton, Frenchmen Creek; 
Keppel Bay. — Thozet, n. 76,172, Rockhampton (herb. F. Muell. !). 
CLXXIV. ANTIDESMA L. 
1. ANTIDESMA GILESEMBILLA Garin. , Fruct, , I, 189, 
t. 89. 
A. rANICULATUM Rowb., Fl. ind., II, 770. 
A. PuBEsCENs Roæb., Pl. coromandel., IL, 35, t. 167. 
A. vesrITUM. Presl, Epimel., 232. 
Exs. Leichhardt, n. 68, Port Essington (herb. Mus. !). — F. Mueller, 
Arnhemsland, Victoria River, « near the Fitzmaurice River, on shody 
places along the rivulets » (herb. !). 
9. ANTIDESMA DALLACHYANUM. 
Arbor parva (fide Dallachy), ramis inæquali-angulatis rugosis griseis 
lenticellis elongatis prominulis notatis. Folia breviter (4 mill.) petiolata 
elliptico-lanceolata (majora 12 cent. longa, 4 ; cent. lata), basi plus mi- 
nus attenuata; apice plerumque obtuso, nonnunquam breviter acumi- 
nato; integra v. obsolete sinuata membranacea glaberrima, subtus palli- 
diora levia lucida; penninervia; costa venisque reticulatis utrinque 
prominulis plerumque atro-purpurascentibus. Flores masculi spicati ; 
spicis simplicibus ramosisve puberulis. Calyx brevis 5 v. sepius li-merus; 
sepalis brevibus rotundatis puberulis ciliatis, basi coalitis, in alabastró 
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