90 CVIII’ EUPHORBIACEJE. [ Actephila, — 
A. grandifolia, 3 to 4in. long, on a petiole of lin. or more. Male — 
perianth-segments, 1 line long, petal-like with dark streaks. Petals ` 
mone. Disk, stamens and -— imentary ovary ie A. grandifolia, except | 
that there are only 3 stam Female flowers of that species but - 
rather smaller and no ed "Disk and ovary the same. Styles rather | 
more united at the base. ‘ 
aT Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 
sessilifolia, Benth. A glabrous shrub of 4 to 6 ft. Leav 
ap obtuse, entire, slightly a at the base and sessile or pearly 
so, thin inly coriaceous, 2 to 3 in Male flowers not seen. Female 
edicels slender, about lin. im E Perianth dense 6- lobed, about 
lin es diameter, with very small petals (or petal-like lobes of the ‘dis ke 
Styles 3, united at the ba ase, rather short, spreading, undivided. Capsule — 
globular, coriaceous, about $in. diameter, slightly scabrous-punetate. 
prine qm Caves mountains, five miles west of Morinisi, T'hozet.—There seems — 
to be bnt little doubt that this is an Act ctephila, although I have only seen à single - 
female flower in Herb. F. Mueller, the other specimens being in fruit only. 
15. DISSILIARIA, F. Muell. 
Flowers moneecious (or dicecious ?) in axillary clusters or solitary 
appearing terminal when the terminal bud is not developed). Male. 
fl.: Perianth of 4 to 6 segments, imbricate in the bud, the inner ones 
rather larger and more petal-like. Glands none. Stamen ns few or 
many, inserted on a central receptacle w without any rudimentary ovary; 
filaments very short pega dorsall attached, so oats parallel, 
opening lon inudinally in 2 valves. Fem ale anth of 3 or4 
segments. Disk iieri or annular. jm 3-celled, wid 
2 ovules in each i Bola linear, spreading, undivided, free or very 
shortly connate si as base. Capsule more or less tridymous, dividing. 
into 2-valved cocci, the pericarp thick and hard, the epicarp usually 
separating from the en ocarp in each valve. Seeds without any 
Á— "- bumen copious. Colyledons flat and broad.—Trees or - 
shru ap ro deme entire or orenulate, pennivein 
and slighily pid. cq flowers very small, Bar short pedicels, 
emales few together or solitary. Fruits usually solitary. 
The genus is endemic in Australia ; hy is, however, as yet Sia E known, the 
male flowers -— been seen s 34 n D. resent is, a «id the three species ma may not 
therefore be strictly congeners. we “all, however, differ from all other Australian - 
Phyllanthee i inb opposite lea 
Capsnle 8 or 9 lines diameter, ithe thick corky exocarp deepl NT 
furrowed "i e back of the cocci nd fe ae 4 D. baloghioides: 
xir le 4 or 5 lines diameter, the corky exocarp slightly furrow | ie 
n the back of the cocci . D. Mueller. 
Capsule about 4 lines diameter, truncate on the top, t the cocci TRA 
furrowed on the back, with a short conical point or horn on the e top 3. D. tricornis. 
l. D. baloghioides, F. Muell. ; Baill. Adans. vii. 859. A labrous 
tree. Leaves ovate oblong or elliptical, entire; coriaceous, smooth E 
