Phyllanthus.] CVIII: EUPHORBIACER: 105 
or nearly so, ovate-lanceolate, more acute than in almost any other 
species, rounded at the base, rather rigid, with a prominent midrib, 
4 to 8 lines long in the N. 8. " Wales s specimens, larger and thinner in 
the Queensland ones. Stipules brown. Flowers monecious, solitary or 
very few together, on piiióela " fh to 14 li = "n per rianth of 6 ovate 
petal-like segments, nearly 2 the filaments dis- 
tinct from the base; anther- A pian gera lint distinet and almost Ar 
fr 
divided to about the middle into 2 branch a globular, aie 
brous, smooth, fully 3 lines ege Sods ys tly 
din nally. — Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. x 
Sprcensiand- Upper Brisbane river, F. Mueller pRa O’ Shanesy 
Wales. SA England, C. Stuart; Clarence river, Beckler; St. ys 
P oL Backh 
P. calycinus, Labill. Pl. Nov. Holl. ii. 75, t. 225. A glabrous 
shrub of l to 2 ft. Leaves oblong-cuneate, very " obtuse, contracted at 
the base but scarcely petiolate, 4 to 4 in. or Reng very luxuriant nearly 
ł in. long. Stipules ‘small, brown or more or less white. Flowers 
moncecious, on pedicels of 9 to 4 lines, the faiiiafes solitary with or 
without 2 or 3 males in the same axils, the fruiting pedicels lengthening 
di 3 in. or more and thickened towards the end. Male perianth-seg- 
nts 6 or sometimes 5, petal-like, pink bordered with white, den 
phlei about 1} lines long. Glands prominent and broad. Stamens 3, 
filaments free from the base ; ; anther-cells distinct but parallel. Feal 
ries; larger than in the males, the segments broa gh ovate and after 
owering lengthening out to 8 lines vi i io with a free 
S. PARES Port — Wilhelmi; Sger Gulf, Warburton. 
. , W. Australia. Swan river, Drumm t coll., Preiss, n. 1212; Murchison 
Tiver, Oldfield ; Champion Bay, È. Grey; rd. lani, Lie n.1213 3; King George’s 
Sound yare adjoining districts, Harvey, F. Mueller, O Hd —The above allenot far 
coast, but also Bla ckwood river, 90 miles M e sea, Oldfield. 
i dedii a. Flowers much smaller, the female perianth scarcely 2 lines long 
Py flowering .—W. Australia, Burgess. 
Wo species are sequ dutingdished, according as the seeds are priae or smooth, 
but the strie a are often not apparent till the seed is quite ripe, and amongst the very 
numerous specimens in [^ ery few have ripe seed, and the two rw are other- 
. wise absolutely undistinguisha. 
