94 CVIH. EUPHORBIACEEX. [ Calycopeplus, 
the other, Pedicel of the female flower short, the perianth deeply 
divided into 4 broad white-bordered lobes like those of the in nvoluere | 
but longer, nie as long as the ovary at the time of flowering, persist- - 
it, und the edges usualy crenulate. Capsule ovoid, 
gla abrous, NL 3 lines long. Styles united in a short slender column | 
| spreading upwards, dt and entire. Seeds smooth, 
oam ate i 
. W. Australia. o Cape Riche, Drummond, 5th coll. n. 213. 
iphedra arborea, F. Muell. Syst. Arr. Pl. Carpentaria, 14 (App. Journ. Lanes 
. E aueh Hered), referred to pel doubtful species by Parlatore in, DC. Prod. xvi. 
e from the foot of Newcastle Range iu North Australi ia, appears to me most likely to | 
a third species sd EP es with the sessile flower- heads of C. ephedroides and 
ie angular branc C. margina'us. in the specimens are, however, - 
all so deformed by ya sa that Abou true structure cannot be ascertained. 
M 
RIBE 2, STENOLOBEJE.—Flowers distinct (not enclosed in a cal 
involucre), both sexes with a perianth. Embryo linear, 
cotyledons not at all or scarcely broader than the radicle. Shrubs 
often heath-like, — syay coriaceous leaves or rarely herbs with 
small membranous lea 
The principal j 
E ero Australian tribe, from the tribes of PAyllanthec end Crotonece afr 
that deriv die posset is probably constant, although rarely to be ascertained in 
confounded with Croton easily kno T eir stamens and s style. The other 
genera have no SEARES of their habit either in Phyllanthece or Crotonee. 
3. PORANTHERA, Rudge. 
Flowers moneecious. Male fl.: Calyx ee van deeply Mies into 
5 segments imbricate in the bud. Petals all or asion nally 
oma with a small gland at the base of adi pow mens 5, , oppii 
the calyx segments ; anther-cells completely divided, forming 4 distin 
IM LT in terminal pores either Ups distinct or at length con- 
ense 
racemes almost contracted into heads, each one in the axil of a floral leaf 
or bract, the head-like racemes solitary or more frequently several in à 
termin leafy c 
. The genus is limited to Australia, 
