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144 XCV. PHYTOLAOCACEJE. - [ Monococeus, 
1. MONOCOCCUS, F. Muell. 
Flowers unisexual, moneecious or dicecious. Perianth of 4 distinct 
divisions. Stamens in the males 10 to 20, filaments filiform ; anthers 
cotyledons broad and convolute.—Shrub. Leaves membranous. Flowers c 
the female racemes. 
The single species known is endemic in Australia. It is in habit and most of the 
characters nearly allied to the American genus Petiveria, differing in the unisexual 
owers, the more numerous stamens and the glochidiate bristles of the ovary and fruit 
numerous and spreading, instead of being 2 or 3 only and closely reflexed. 
horus, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 47. A straggling shrub, | 
ase, mem- 
6 in. long. 
. long 
sions of the perianth membranous, very thin, about 1 line long, obtuse. — 
Filaments rather shorter than the anthers, often connate at the basein f 
a short column when there is no rudiment of the ovary, rarely free — 
i i ong without the long . 
hooked bristles with which it is covered, forming an adhesive burr. : 
Queensland. Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Ed gecombe Bay, Dallachy ; Broad Sound, rz 
Bowman ; Rockhampton, Thozet, O'Shanesy; Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, W. Hill i 
F. Mueller. i 
N. S. Wales. Clarence river, Bechler ; Richmond river, C. Moore. : 
| 2. DIDYMOTHECA, Hook. f. | 
Flowers dicecious. Perianth small, deeply 4-lobed. Stamens inthe | 
