106 CVIII. EUPHORBIACER. [ Phyllanthus. 
96. P. flagellaris, Benth. An undershrub slightly hoary or at 
ngth glabrous, with a woody base and m mbent simple or slightly 
branched stems of 6 in. to above 1 ft., more or less flattened. Leaves 
distichous, po shortly etes satay from a orbicular to 
oblong, rarely above + in. lon tipules minute. Flowers ap med 
dicecious, cmi males 2 to 4 together on pedicels of about 1 line, the 
females solitary on pedicels attaining 2 lines when in fruit. M 
pe 
peri aan sonrmiale petal-like, oblong; nearly ep a long when fully out | 
and o 
n contracted and thickened at Glands large. 
Stamens 3, the filaments free ; eager arallel. Fruiting perianth- 
segments enlarged to 9 lines. Capsule epressed-globular, 23 lines 
diameter, glabrous. Styles free, shortly bifid Seeds smooth. 
N. Australia. Goulburn islands, 4. Cunningham. 
similis, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 71, and in DC. P 
xv. ii. ` 869. A nedum shrub, the branches elongated, slender, sli dy 
compressed distichous, semet] pieni obovate-oblong, 
m irr mostly about ns in. long. Flowers moncecious, shortl 
REN Moreton Bay, P. Mueller ; Demon Creek, C. Stuart. 
98, P. microcladus, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 71, and in DC. 
sree xv. ii, 909. A Pie PARES shrub, glabrous or nearly € the 
tests scarcely petia ate, cuneate or proc dew en ota rigid, 
solitary, the males on very short pedicels, it Malo on longe. 
mos y 
bee attaining } to 2 in. when in fruit. Male pe 
s prominent. Stamens 3, the filaments fee; a p perl 
Renials perianth when in fruic about 2 lines diam Glands connate” 
into a lobed c We Ovary glabrous. Styles deeply. ‘divided. Cap 
depressed-globular, about 2 lines diam 
gu Moreton Bay, F. Mueller. 
N. S. Wales. Clarence river, Beckler. 
I have pe -" | Metam answering to the above description taken from Mueller : 
Arg.'s charac 
29. P. ince sepalus, F. Muell. ; Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 72, ; 
and in D C. Prod. xv. ii. 369. Apparently shrubby, itat but glaucous, 
the branches somewhat angular. Leaves distichous, peis shortly pet 
late, oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse or mucronulate. Stipules aps a 
Flowers moncecious, the m es 2 or 3 together on exceeding!y 
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