Gyrostemon. | XCV. PHYTOLACCACEJX. 147 
. ramulosus, Desf. in Mem. Mus. vi. 17, t. 6. An erect bushy 
much branched shrub of 3 to 8 ft., often of a somewhat fleshy habit. 
Üvary in the females small, nearly hemispherical, the rri varying 
from about 15 to above 20, the styles linear a nd rather long when 
perfect. Fruit obovoid turbinate or more or en ni aol s is 
from an early stage, the car se jt maturity separating an aped 
o 
more or less at the inner as well as at the dorsal angle.—Moq. in DC. 
Prod. xiii. ii 
N. A of Rest, N. W. coast, A. Cunningham; Fincke river, 
: : quj 
M eriam Snnt : Fecpodition. 
King George's Sound, Maxwell (a inge — in Herb. F. 
Macr; ne near Stirling Range, ueller ; Swan river, ; Point 
Murchison ua Old lfield ; Sharks Bay an d Dirk Horto s "island, Milne 
(orig nally described by Desfontaines from Sharks Bay ee ns). 
I have presumed that all the male specimens with the anthers on the centre of 
e lead me into 
am 
and the fem: £ G. cyclotheca; the foliage shows no constant difference and the 
Pedicel of the jailer both male and female, is somewhat variable in length. 
4. CODONOCARPUS, A. Cunn. 
(Hymenotheca, F. Muell.). 
Flowers diœcious or monoecious. Perianth very open under the 
it, very shortly and btusel bscurely sinuate-toothed. Stamens 
Ad y and obtusely or obscurely = iT E 
` 
g, nearly sessile. Ovary in 
ti und the terminal disk. Fruiti ing carpels closely petet 
th near their maturity, separating when ripe from each na 
ita central column and opening only along their inner edge. See 8 0 
ee carpels alternately placed near the top and below the to = 
sh arpel, each with a small membranous aril or stro hiole.—Ta 
um or tr tae Leaves linear or broad. Flowers in leafiess racemes, 
d ary or terminal or the females on the leafless bases of the year's 
vies rincon usually very small under the perianth. 
The genns is limited to Australia, 
. . 1. C. pyramidalis. 
ves lanceolate, tapering into b a 40 i 50 . Y C. australis. 
o ee lanceolate, o — E E pointed. 3. C. cotinifolius. 
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