Phyllanthus] CVIII. EUPHORBIACEX. ei 
The specimens ye a. leaves can scarcely be distinguished from P. Gasstremii, 
except by the free 
Var. saxosus, F. rid i More rigid, with fewer flowers.—P. saxosus, F. Muell. in : 
jen xxv. 441 
Victo Wim ra, Dallachy. 
s. Asicatin: Flinders Baise) Cudnaka, towards Lake Torrens, F. Mueller. 
T. 5. EUPHYLLANTHUS, Muell. Arg.—Herbs shrubs or estes of 
ce "habit Puis analy distichous. Stamens. 3, the filaments 
S 
diverging or opening P a rA dh and often separated by a broad con- 
nective. Glands present. Ovary 3-celled. Styles free. Capsule dry. 
This is rather an artificia] section than a natural l group, some species bearing a close 
resemblance and only istinguished by their 
anthers ; the foils à are, however, usually much ri than in that se 
rarely above igh, flattened wh oung. quts aiai, 
almost sessile, lanceolate or almost linear and acute or the lo 
oblong obtuse, rarely above in; long. ules very small, 
brown or white wers moncecious or almost cnt sin 
without males often 2 or even 3 from the same axil, al turo to Di 
side. Male perianth-segments 6, spreading, coloured, not 4 line long. 
mee thd ‘Stamen s 9, ' the filaments free; anther-cells glo- 
tyle m 
brous, smooth, scarcely 1 ameter. Seeds usualy punctate or 
tuberculate when quite e ripe, but sometimes DeF coloured and smooth, 
although AP DRED y full gro 
Endeavour. ioa x: Cunningham ; "Roiegham: Bay, Dallachy ; 
Roc ampton, e O’ Shane 
Var. leiospermus. im 1 to " ft. high, and mq annual. Pedicels shorter 
than usual. Seeds almost or quite smooth.—Narr r, Mitchell 
P. Beckleri, Muell. Arg. in Linnæa xxxiv. 74, mii DG. Prod. xv . ii. 390, from N. S. 
) aeneis arence river, Beckler, which I haye not seen, gto gaid to differ from 
simplex only in the smooth seeds, which Say no more than in P, calycinus appear to 
bc available as a specific distinction. 
- conterminus, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxii. 31, and in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 389, from 
ides the smooth seeds of P. Beckleri to differ in its diccious flowers. 
Mueller arg. however appears to have seen the female only, and many speise st 
(Pa be seen without any male flowers, which are always very deci 
. and often pid absent from the 
Be P. Pese Benth, A small glabrous plant, with a 
| and numerous filiform stems, from 1 to 6 in. bug, pm 
E habit Honors] that of P. australis but more slen de aves obo- 
. Vate or the lower ones orbicular, under } in. long. Stipules minute. 
