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86 CVIII. EUPHORBIACEJE. [ Antidesma, 
pare more or less interrupted. Perianths sessile, deeply divided — 4 
or 5 broad concave hirsute segments $ line e long. Stamens 3 to 5, | 
usually 4. Rudimentary ovary rather large, hirsute as well as the - 
lands, Female flower racemose, the pedicels 4 to lin 
erianth-segments very broad, ciliate and hirsute as oats as i we 
and ov "à Styles. broad, 2- lobed. Fruit obovoid “white and aci id,” 
twice as large us in A. Ghesembilla | 
Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 
N. Australia? Some male specimens from Port Essington, Armstrong, appear to - 
belong to this species, but vith smaller leaves. l 
3. A. B Spreng.; Muell. Arg. in D C. Prod. xv. ii. 262. nm ; 
usually quite eat Leaves oblong, obtuse, pe or shortly acu- - 
or some 1 
kingham aa D PEN —The species extends over the Indian | 
o the Pisce va South China. The Australian specimens are im- 
peel but E to belon 
elatis of Antidesma with the Inge gi pr leaves of A, Bunius ; 1. with Roe | 
sho 2. wi 
a 
P olium, F. Muell Fragm. iv. 80. A bushy shrub - 
about 4 ft., the young ‘shoots x inflorescence very slightly pubescent, - 
the de foliage Ee. Leaves ovate obovate or orbicular, very - 
I ues e, not exceeding 1 
as well as the glands and ovary. Fruit “red,” not above 2 
long. 
Queensland. Port Denison, Fitzalan, er 
5. A. Schultzii 
and inflorescence sltghtly spun d m adult foliage glabrous. 
ovate obovate or elliptica 
racemes solitary or 2 together in the axils, A ein de^ under 1 in. v | 
the flowers shortly pedicellate in the axils of small bracts. Peria 
geen m ivide TIRE narr - a acute ciliate I about 
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