58 © CVIII EUPHORBIACE Æ, [Mierantheum, 
. S. Wales. Cox’s river, A. ad ; George river, Macarthur ; Camden 1 
"e d Berrima, Woolls ; Pests Shepher 3 
Victoria. Genoa river and Buffalo range F. Mueller " 
asmania. Port Dalry Ms R. Brown; dist. shady ravines near Launceston, 
Laurence, kir and vec : South Ek. river, Archer 
This es has been very er f UE e arepe te as a genus from M. ericoides on 
account of a supposed difference in the position of the sepia ovary in the E 
owers, cedit à is P slightly affecte ed by the ifere rence in the number of stamens. 
pue of the carpels of the female rds d to the peek A is the same in both | 1 
Specie 1 
5. PSEUDAN THUS, Sieb. 
ne abortive. blong, 1-celled, 1-s 
alves oblong, smooth, carunculate 
ledons longer but megane conga than the coun 
Leaves opposite or alte small, coriaceous, obtuse, with thick 
margins ue ie Get ponent underneath. Stipules small, subulate 
Plow ers small, sessile or shortly punc] » 
e upper er one mal ape several together, the females more 
sessile, solitary and aliens. or with one or m les. 
us is endemic in Australia. It is ge — "ag: dia as having the st 
united in a central column without any rudimentary o have only found ta to 
by its bud leaves, and by the cred constantly l-celled and 1-seeded by aborti 
e stamens vary in number in both ge 
Stamens 6. Eastern 
Male perianth- vitiis om linea ar, 5-6 line 1. P. pimeleoides. 
— — xr segments ovate or dioe: Mashti c “line 
ong o 
Leaves ar ovate, 1-2 sen mg Perianth 1 line long, 
ner stamens near "M 
Stamen N E E E te jy ben dicte 
Stamens 3 . . P. micranthus. 
Leaves abel ovate. or orbicular, xs id lines long. Fd 
line on a still shorter emp E nensi very short . 4, P. divaricatissimus. 
+ Leaves mostly oblong-lin a 2-4 lines long. Peri anth 
4 line on a je longer ie itself, " Stamens rins . 5. P. orientalis. 
Stame ens 9-20. stern speci 
. Male perianth pedisdieie the : segments n o al — and 
ut j line long. Branches minutely pube 6. P. virgatus. 
Male perianth sessile, 5 of the se india i def iong, th the sixth 
filiform, red and 2-3 lines. Plant glabro . 7. P. nematophorus. 
