98 CVII EUPHORBIACER. - [.Phyllanthus, 1 
foliage. "Leaves linear, acute or obtuse, rigid, rather thick, $ to 1in.- 
long. Flowers diceci the males few to ether, almost sessile 
of 1 to 2 lines. Perianth-segments spreading, at first of the size of the 
males, but growing out to above 2 lines. Styles thick but rather DE 1 
and bifid. Capsule ovoid, almost acute, epe p A ay Sg 3-celle 
—Synostemon glaucus, F. Muell. Fragm.. i. llanthus bossiæoides 
A. Cunn. He spes e» stenocladus, Muell. del in ^ lon 1864, 536, and in 
DC. Prod: xv. ti. 927 ( 4). a 
. Australia. Port Keats, N.W. c A, Cunningham; M‘Adam range, Point | 
Pearce, Providence hill, F. Mueller ; Pot Dirai, Schultz, n. 460; Port Essi ele 
m UM Pi dli, Benth. Probably arcae nite glabrous, the 
stems slender but rigid, much mie erect 0 ending, the speci- 
mens seen 4 to 8in.long. Leaves linear li “ist iion uh the lower 
ones oblong-spathulate, obtuse, pror thick, flat or with recurved 
ins, 2 to near 6 lines long. Flowers apparently dlsdiods. soli 
on pedicels of 1 to 14 lines. Male perianth tubular, 2 lines lon 
com „Female flowers mt smaller, the perianth-segments short 
spreading. No disk. Ovary habit 3-celled, with 3 short thick 
free styles, spreading at the end but not lobed. 
qM. Near Brisbane, but sg dh local, C. in do (female specimen). 
N.S. ae Lachlan river, L. Mor eton (male spec en). 
his "eia two single spec imene which, t endi of different sexes. and from. 
different sdohé appear to me to belong to one species, allied to dami, but dif 
ferent as well in fohage as in the male e erinth ad and ae rome styles. The characters 
ave, however, to Pis yerified from 
6. P. hirtellus, Muell. Arg. in DC, Prod. xv. ii. 996." Apparently 
herbaceons, or perhaps an undershrub, the stems in the specimens seen 
not above 6 in. long, slender, minutely pubescent as well as the foliage. 
Leaves distichous but rather distant, linear or oblong, Lid somewhat 
cuneate, 1 to j in. lon Stipules very minute. Flowers mo 
solita Ty, t thé males on pedicels of 1 to 14 lines. Perianth ‘tubular, 
NERA lines long, pent. slightly dilated upwards, ad 
lobes not À as long as the tube, 2 of the inner ones hs than the 
thera Anthers culito: oce cupying about half the length of the 
staminal column, the connective ver slightly projecting beyon 
Pe é be 
Mess, of nearly $ line. Styles united at the base, at free, : 
broad and spreading at the ri i All pe aea ovoid, pubescent, nes ^ 
long.—Synostemon hirte i do. 
Queensland. "res es river, libel Bowman. 
