"2 j CVIII. EUPHORBIACE®. [Rieinoearpus. 
56s Te marii, Muell. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. 59, and in DC. Prod. 
ii. 204. A glabrous shrub. Leaves almost sessile, linear- EVER M 
„lanceolate, the von slightly recurved, obtuse or apiculate, contracted | 
at the base, above 1 n. long and 3 to 4 lines i those of the lateral - 
M 
.branches smaller. ale flowers unknown. Female flowers on very | 
short pedicels. Calyx nearly 3 lines long, persistent. Petals about as — 
Jong, acute. ands stipitate, adhering to the calyx-segments. Ovary 
glabrous and smooth; styles shortly united at tle base in a narrow 
colum 
ee Verreaux in herb. DC. Ihave not i this plant, which must be 
very o any other Ricinocarpus in foliage, and the male flowers being unknown, | 
the genus must be very uncertain. Perhaps aie the metis may be e 2 d for 13 
am not aware that Verreaux visited any bat well known parts of Tasmani 
R. Bowmanni, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 181. An erect ene me 1 
usually small, the ‘a Oe and torean tomentose. Leaves almost . 
sessile, linear, the margins usually recurved to the midrib, Sagas E a 
scabrous-tuberculat, from under 4 in. M nearly lin. long. E 
flowers *' pink,” in terminal clusters of 3 to 6, the pedicels about as - 
long as the leaves. Calyx densely tomentose, the segments obtuse, . 
about 2 lines lon e Af not twice long. Glands flat, mostly |. 
2-lobed and hairy emale flowers solitary, alone t ale — 
cluster. Capsule 4 to 5 lines long, hirsute with rather long baire which | 
E length wear off. Styles co to the base.—Mue DC 3 
v..11.. 906 R, us, Baill. a Euph. m name only, 3 
puberu T 
faktoid by Muell. Arg. oM doubt to R. Bowmanni, but described — 
by Baill. Adans. vi. 295, from a spodimán with male flowers only, a8 
doubtfully distinct 
Gmensland. Up er Maranoa river, Mitchell. i 
ales. Lower Macquarrie river, Bow ; desert north of Arbuthnot | A 
ids VE iis ningham, UA al also in Leichhardt's doliidtlon with remarkably tuber- | 
culate, almost muricate lea a 
8. R. ledifolius, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 76. A shrub attaining 8 to — 
10 ft., the branches and i c Becas dta tomentose eave wes 3 
petiolate, oblong-linear or "wp with eoad margins, white- 
. tomentose underneath, 1 to 2in. long. Male flowers in ter oa 
ave in 2 “goer ring. Female flowers solitary, alone or with the 
ather r longe r and stouter pedicel, and rather larger 
petia Be stn 2 lines long, densely ge tomentose.—Muell. Arg. | 
DC. Prod. xv. ii. 2005 Baill. Adans. v 
Queensland. in ri F. Mueller ; pes Downs, Dallachy ; Rock | 
Code O Basé]; Herbert's Gre. Bowman 1 
_ 9, R. rosmarinifolius, Benth. A slender twiggy shrub, b 3 
branches inlorasenni and underside of the leaves ho oary with a minute 
tomentum. Leaves narrow-linear, the margins much revolute, 1j 1 
