96 : CVIII. EUPHORBIACEZE. [ Phyllanthus. | 
tems from a woody Laem EENI filiform, under 6 in. 
Leaves obovate or orbicu 42. P. filicaulis. 
Stems annual, filiform, branching r to u ft. long. ` Flowers 
very minute . 43. P. minutiflorus. 
cr. 6. Rei bia. — Trees or 8 shrubs wit th dittichots leaves. Male perianth of 4 seg- — 
MAE Stamens 2, the filaments united in a central column, anthers with se ota : 
parallel cells having the appearance of 4-celled anthers. Female perianth of 4 to em 
segments. Styles 
Branchlets with es leaves, several at n os of the 
branches with the appearance of pinnate leaves . 44. P. Armstrongü. 
Sect. 1. Grocuipi0N.— Trees or shrubs, the nus often large. | 
ana s 3 or 4 (or in. species not Australian more), the anthers erect - 
and sessile on a central column, free or more or less pean the cells 
parallel, with the connective vincia beyond them. Nu -0r 
more-celled. Styles short, thick, erect, often connate at the base. No - 
gne nds or disk in either sex. — Genus Glochidion, Forst., Brad 
some rms enumerated be T INT TRAS identical with some of those from the - | 
Archipelago, rives I have eon unable to match them precisely with any of our - 
neck 
; ndtenadi. Mue i. Apt in Flora 1865, 379, and in DC. P. Prod. | 
xv. ii. 300. A small tree quite glabrous in the typical form except m | 
ovary. ila s shortly petiolate, elliptical or ovate-lanceolate, more or - 
less acumin often. o "aa contracted. at the po usually some- - 
what pm and shining on the upper side, 2 to 4 in. long. Flower- - 
clusters in the typical men icu in the axils, the petias to 3 lines | 
long. Male perianth-segments nearly 2 lines long i in the few specimens 
where I have seen it fully out, but usually much smaller. Anthers 3 - 
or rarely 4, linear, erect on a very short en d with the con- — 
nective very shortly pro wine above the parall 1 cells. No glands | 
within the pun in either sex. Female atts smaller than in the 
wer se 
about 4 in. diameter when 1 
N. Australia. Islands of the Bu of [erri a, R. Brown 
eensland. ae ham Bay, W. Hill, Dallachy ; Fitzroy ‘island, M Giliorayi 
Wide Bay, C. Moor 
N.S S. Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown and others. 
m following n ay possibly pr E ove to be distinct species 
r?m smaller. Pedicels shorter. Styles longer and more visti : 
— Bremer river, "a yore ham; New England, C. Stuart. 
r.? supra-axillaris. Leaves ofthe typical form or larger and more coriaceous: 
iden very shortly pedunculate and inserted shortly above the axils. Capsule - 
4- to et elled, - more than 4 lines diameter and less depressed in the centre, quite 
most specimens, but pubescent in a few. ^R i allachy 
e amk Thozet, .O' Shanesy 
