EUPHORBIA 
Reinw. ex Bl. Bijdrag. 635 (1825); Benth. Fl. Austral. vi. 51; 
[PLaTe 
Folia undique serrata, forte 2 variet. :— (a) foliis oblongo- 
lanceolatis erectis; (8) foliis oblongis, obtusiusculis. Ambo: petala 
majuscula, unam lineam longa; lamina subrotunda, obtusissima, 
integra, plana, prope unguem notata g/andu/a minuta,  viridi, 
leviter umbilicata ; ungues angustissimi. 
Var. (a). Suffrutex factescens, bi- (vel tri-) pedalis, totus glaber. 
PORANTHERA 
SERRULATA 
Bailey, Queensland Flora, 1399. 
283.] 
Rami herbacei, erecti, teretes, laevissimi. /ia opposita, petiolata, 
patula, lanceolata, acuta, undique serrata, plana, [quam] uncia paulo 
longiora, glauca, subtus sepe rubicunda, basi parum cordata, lobo 
altero rotundiore, duplo majore. Ons. Fig. exhibet folia justo 
profundius serrata. 
Thirsty Sound. 
MICROPHYLLA 
Brongn. in Duperr. Voy. Coguille, Bot. 218 (1828); Benth. Ft. Austral. vi. 56; Bailey, Queensland Flora, 1401. 
[PLaTE 284.] 
Mas in eodem racemo. 
longa, alba, 
rubicunda. 
Calyx o. Petala 5, oblonga, } linez 
obtusiuscula, subzequalia, tandem  apice 
Filamenta 5, libera, subulata, planiuscula, patula, alba, 
petalis paulo breviora, receptaculo inserta. 
patentia, 
Anthere subglobose, 
parvee, pallide flavicantes. Germen superum, cassum, oblongum, 
minutum, in centro inter stamina. Stzgma o. Femineus infra 
mares. Caja o. Petala uti in mare. Germen subrotundum, 
depressum, umbilicatum, quinquesulcatum, angulis obtusis, forte 
hexadymum. S¢ty/i sex, per paria in stellam dispositi, supra 
germen expansi, distincti, albi, e basi lata, subulata, parva, 
persistente. Stigmata acuta,  simplicia. Capsula subrotunda, 
depressa, umbilicata, lateribus, sexloba, lobis per paria proprioribus, 
trilocularis, tridivisibilis seu tricocca, loculis 
Semina duo in singulo, majuscula, flava, hinc 
Planta digitalis, ramosissima. Caulis et 
Folia opposita, elliptica. Race 
superne rugulosis, 
singulis, bivalvibus. 
plana, inde convexa. 
rami teretes, inferne rubicundi. 
terminales. Bvactee numerosissime, lineari-spathulate, divergentes. 
Masculi flores sessiles. Calyx et Corolla uti antea, Nectaria: 
Sqguame 5, late, obovate, minutissimz, receptaculo inter bases 
petalorum inserta, alba. ores femined in eodem thyrso peduncu- 
lati; pedunculi teretes, glabri, albidi, subpellucidi, 2 v. 3. Cad. 
Pet. uti antea.  Nectarza ut in mare. 
Botany Bay. 
BEYERIA OPACA 
FE. Muell. in Trans. Phit. Soc. Vict. i. 16 (1854); Benth. Ft. Austral, vi. 68. 
[PratE 285.] 
Mas. Calyx } linearis, quinquepartitus ; lacinie oblong, acute. 
Petala quinque, sordide lutea, ovata, acutiuscula, patula, calyce duplo 
longiora. Fiamenta numerosa (circiter 30), supra receptaculum 
late convexum villosum  sparsa, petalis paulo breviora, squarrosa. 
Anthere subrotundze, didyme, lute.  Femzna in eadem planta. 
Calyx et Corolla uti in mare ; calyx persistens, Germen superum, 
subrotundum, triquetrum. Sz tres, oblongi, supra planiusculi, 
lutescentes, crassi, longitudine petalorum. Sérgmata acuta, simplicia. 
Capsula subrotundo-ovalis, tricocca, trigona, angulis _ obtusis, 
magnitudine pisi mediocris, trilocularis, dura, subossea.  Loczda- 
menta bivalvia. Semina ovalia, solitaria, magna. /wtex tripedalis. 
Rami teretes. Folia sparsa, obverse oblonga, obtusa, integerrima, 
margine subrevoluta, uncia paulo longiora, subtus glauco-albida, et 
villis brevissimis intertextis. 
Endeavour’s River. Native name: “Gundur-gundur.” Not mentioned by Bentham 
or Bailey as a Queensland plant. 
PETALOSTIGMA BANKSII 
Britten & S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1903, 225, t. 453. 
[Pate 286.] 
Femina in distincta planta. 
(Oss. Frutices  fructigeros 
Capsula subrotunda, obtuse 
Congener [Neorapere Bankstt|. 
Calyx deciduus. Flores non visi. 
deprehendere licuit.) : 
tetragona), trisulcata (quadrisulcata), glabra, magnitudine 
tri- (vel quadri-) locularis, loculis  bivalvibus, 
carnoso, sesquilineam crasso, acerbo, flavo, 
primum in sex (vel octo) volvulas rumpente discedenteque ; dein 
ossei, duri, glabri, capsulam propriam formant, qui 
et dissolvuntur. Semna bina, 
tantummodo 
trigona (vel 
cerasi, intense flava, 
induta cortice baccato, 
parietes interni 
tandem determinate rumpuntur 
87 
oblonga, glabra. /vutex ramosissimus : rami divaricati, teretes. 
Folia alterna, et szpe bina vel terna subfasciculata, patentia, 
petiolata, oblonga, spathulata, apice rotundata,  emarginata, 
integerrima, glabra, uncialia, planiuscula. Pe/¢zodd teretes, sordide 
lutescentes, lviter sericei, trilineares. Pedunculi ex iisdem gemmis 
nunc solitarii, nunc bini vel terni, teretes, 
petiolis breviores. © Differt a [Neorapera Banksit] 
stigmatibus deciduis, fructu autem convenit. 
cum foliis, uniflori, 
calyce et 
Endeavour’s River. 
