dari 
E Ber: plant with lanceolate leaves. ` Glands stipitate, adnate 
Male Siva several in a 
= Ricinocarpus.) CVIII. EUPHORBIACER. 69 
on purely deficient. Glands as niay as petals and alternating with 
numerous, unite a central column without an 
ag ; filaments shor dy free; anthers reflexed, with 
ean ary ; 
iai de eao opening moms longitodin ally in 2 valves. Female f. : 
2-valved. cocci. Seeds ee sony arunculate. Em ryo (where 
ores solitary or d or the males rarel racemose, terminal or 
rely apparently axillary from Ms. ries of the lowering branch, 
the emales either alone or surrou or by the side of "the male 
cluster or raceme.  Pedicels ds e sd by small scale-like 
bracts, and often bearing a pair of bracteoles. 
The genus is limited to Australia. 
A: plants t: linear leaves. Flowers T or clus- 
— Species all Western except 2. pi pee à 
Stiles deciduous or none, Male calyx, vided scarcely 
below the middle. 
Female ES deciduous Capsule more or less tuberculate 
or ech 
Capsule obtu use, as broad as long, densely muricate 
tyle-branches nearly terete, "o" or recurved. WES 
erred: spec es i iid lin 1. R. pinifolius. 
y meatag nearly "twice as ong "as broad, s E 
tuberculate. Styles of R. pinifolius.— Western species 2. R. tuberculatus. 
Capsule bac yey weal tuberculate. Sii 
flatte ed . . 8. R. cyanescens. 
. R. psilocladus. 
» 
Female pae Serb and much enlar ged 
Br racteoles airs Male calyx d divided p to the base, 
Capsule quite 
5. R. glaucus. 
to the calyx segments.—Doubtful Tasmanian specie . R. major. 
Branches and calyx tomentose. Flowers solitary or clustered. 
m 
Leaves linear, the mar siewen given iners 1 in. long. ; 
Petals longer than the calyx. Ovary m 7. R. Bowmanni. 
Leaves Baies the eig revolute, : e o» i que Petals R. ledif bd: 
e 
| Leaves linear the margins has Sicut 1} to 3i in. long. B us 
Pe uch werni than the calyx. Ovary tomentose . 9. R. rosmarinifolius. 
Leaves eshe drag flat, hoary on poh sides, M w 3: in. long. 
Petals much shorter than i ihe os yx. Ovary tomentose . 1 
yg ne E TAE 2 to ar in. ong, the "TT ORIS 
volute . 11. R. speciosus. 
e 
R. marginatus. 
race 
Branches and inflorescence yanheatube: Petals longer than 
the calyx. Ovary densely hirsute 
Branches and inflorescence glabrous, glutinous. | Petals none. 
Ovary glabro rous. 
. 12. R. trichophorus. 
Styles shortly 2 . 13. R. muricatus. 
