Phyllanthus.| CVIII. EUPHORBIACE#. 107 
pedicels, the females sete af qi the nedin rather longer but shorter than 
a » ovate Heim # line, 
or the inner ones nearly 1 line I tam 3, the ments free or 
into 2 branches. np eie depressed: 
globular, sm mooth, scarcel hroms D" yaa lines diameter. Seeds 
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N. Aus "dioit e river, F, Msc per ud several of the following 
species are difficult to aoni, although th ey appear to be really distinct: The 
| cbr oft the fruiting perianth is sometimes very variable. 
NT arpentariz, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 72, and 4 : 
Pr i 70. An apparently erect shrub, with rigid. ‘but edda 
vitgute Psalt hoary when young as well as the “foliage with a 
minute tomentum. Leaves — or obovate-oblong, scarcely 
petiolate, under 4 in, lo Flowers monecious, the males 
not above 1 line long under the fruit. Male — anth-segments narrow, 
pubescent outside, nearly 1 line long. Glan e. — 3, the 
filaments erect and rather thick but free ; ne sui 
perianth-segments larger than the malos and but lite enlarged after 
| ing. $ reading, very shortly 2-lobed. 
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31. P. Eeen F. Muell. in Trans. Phil. Soe. ^ i. 15, and in 
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scent. Styles 3, divided to about the mile Capsule ange : 
depressed- globular. Seeds smooth.—Sond. in Linnza xxvii 566 ; 
M mij Ár E: in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 373. - 
sland. Cleveland Bay, 4. Cunningham; Dawson river, ‘F, Mueller; Rock- 
=e e Rockingham Bay, Dallachy Rockhampton, ae Herbert's 
Cre E. Saunders’ Creek, Expedition range, man ; 
. Wales. Sandy gravelly banks of the erra d na Y Mueller (with the 
fur perianth less enlarged). 
8. w. cec ake Eyre and the river Finke, Æ., Giles. 
MS Sharks. Bay, à var. get es obovate leaves pcm to 
ler A Ag. D qe perhaps a different species I have not seen the specimen 
