48 CVIII. EUPHORBIACEJ. —  LEuphorbia. - 
A Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 15, 237, 844 and 879.—A very poor spe- $. 
cimen from Camden harbour, in Herb. F. Mueller; may belong to the same species. — 
6. E. Armstrongiana, Boiss. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 47. An annual of P. 
1 ft. or more, with long slender ascending loosely dichotomous branches, - 
wit d 
border. Capsule above 1 line long, glabrous. Seeds marked by deep - 
transverse furrows. 1 
7. E. australis, Boiss. Cent. Euph. 15 and in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 36, 
small as in Æ. Drummondii, but more or less hirsute and the petal-like 
eig cra of the glands more or less lobed, varying from white to 
red.— l.c. 986. 
Var. erythrantha. Appendages of the involucral glands very red. Æ, erythrantha, $ 
F. Muell. Fragm. ii. 152; Baill. Adans. vi. 284. To this variety belong more a 
cially Beckler and Burkitt’s specimens from the desert interior, but in some others 
glands assume a reddish tint. 
ro 
Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, rather crowded, ovate orbicular or the 
upper ones is - rather thick, entire, 2 to 5 lines long, very oblique at 
the base, and the lo 
