Antidesma. | CVIII. EUPHORBIACER, 87 
| gue as well as the ovary. Styles sbort, broad, deeply lobed. 
ruit apparently small, but not seen ripe. 
N. Australia. Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 610, 743. 
ostre, F. Muell. Herb. A shrub, , por ony glabrous in the 
iu seen. pne eulong inque c or wont ical, often acuminate, 
2 to 4 in. long, on a short petio " Ma le-flowers unknown Fruiting 
racemes axillary, anil, 1 tol pee uite glabr ous. Pedi 
about 1 line long. _Perianth i shortly 4-1 a Fruit small, “ black," - 
glabrous. Styles v 
Queensland. Ms vies y, Dallachy .— Perhaps a form of the E. Indian A. 
EC issoria, Roth, miih which, uer it cannot be properly compared until the male 
_ flowers are known 
uatum, Benth. A tree of about 30 ft, glabrous or the 
young T slightly pubesoe nt. Leaves oblong or elliptical, entire or 
deeply sinuate, 2 to 4 in. long, on petioles of 3 to 6 lines. Male flowers 
unknown. Female frui biting racemes solitary, 1 to 3 in. lon sy Pedicels- 
1 to nearly 2 lines. Perianth glabrous or nearly so, broadly einer 
mersa lobed. Fruits compressed, 3 to 4 lines long. Styles very 
Queensland. Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 
4. PHYLLANTHEJX.— Flowers distinct (not ae in 
calyx-like SEU, both sexes with a perianth. Embryo with iod 
se noha and a narrow radicle.. Ovules » » each cell.— ds nan 
r herbs. aves line or rarely crenate, often coriaceous r if 
Fees usually pee Flowers in axillary mcg or th 
This tribe differs from Cro in the ovules always-in pairs, and generally in habit 
and inflorescence. From He bloruiie Stenolobee the embryo affords perhaps the - 
constant distinction, although there are no two peiora belonging to the two tribes w 
have not several other characters to separate 
13. ANDRACHNE, Linn. 
Flowers moneecious, in axillary clusters or the females solitary. 
Male fl.: Calyx more or less deeply divided into 5 or 6 lobes or 
segments. Petals as many as calyx-lobes and shorter than them. 
ngitudinally in 2 valves. Rudimentary ovary in the centre ve 
small. Female fl.: Calyx usually larger than in the males. Pe 
minute or none. Ovary 3-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Styles 3, 
more or less MN divided into 9 entire branches. Capsule separating 
into 9 9-valved cocci. Seeds curved, 3-angular, rugose, not caruncu- 
late. Embryo re with ont coty ledons. —Herbs or undeshrubs, 
with giten: ascending or erect branching stems. „Leaves alterna 
. petiolate, entire, usually small. Flowers very small, pedivellate i in the 
"E the females solitary, with or without a few males in the same 
