194 .CVIII. EUPHORBIACER. "[Oroton. — 
stipi itate glands at t. the top of the petiole or base of the lamina. Stipules : 
usually minute. Flowers ee clustered along the rhachis of ater- — 
minal r Boe the bracts very sm 
nus is a very large one, ex — over the pe eae of both the New 4 | 
The g 
and de ‘Old World. Of the seven Australian species ted by a distinct — 
'variety in New Caledonia and another in the Fiji and Philippine Fislsnidá, the five ee | 
"appear to be quite endemic. 
Stamens not more than Yun Leaves penniveined, rarely i EOE 
s larly 3-nerved at the base ^ 
AA eph clothed pre AMET with a stellate xd or 
ilve 
Female Bi nay 3 lins din male ed lline. Styles with 2 
elongated bra HR 1. €. Schultzü. 
Female calyx iei 1 line as well as the male ^ 
Sty mm th 2 rather broad branches . ena a « 2. C. insularis. 
es with E. hir. ea iriran 
"ss s all alternate Se a UD punc 
All or nearly allop . 4. C. oppone 
de on both sides witha a ae stellate tomentum . 5. C. somentellus 
io pid prame or very sparingly sprinkled when young 
wit te hairs or scales. 
Leaves fier. thin. Stamens 10 to 12. Capsule globular, : a 
scarcely í furro er 6. C. Verreauxn. 
tamens 5 to 8. ` Capsule longer dans Eid 
gotten scarcely furrowed . . C. acronychioides. 
Leaves coriaceous. Stamens about 10. Capsule deeply 3 E 
Y a Were at the to C. triacros. 
Stamens 20 to 30 or more. Leaves broad, 5- or  Tnerved at A 
base, dis a garet , . 9. C. arnhemicus. 
1. C. Schultzii, Benth. A shrub b of 8 to 12 ft., the he young bronta 
imperfectly 3- or 5-nerved, 2 to 4 in. long, on a petiole 
in our née Anis the upper surface hoary when young, s orinklod. when | 
ll grown with a small scaly pubescence. Racemes short and dense, - 
-with a thick rhachis, the upper part male, with a few female flowers? - 
-the pri part, the darkie 5 exceedingly short. Male calyx-segments | 
very , Obtuse, imbricate, about 1 line long. Petals rather broad. 
dug "en ll, on a hairy receptacle. faits le cal -— 4 
es lo ong. Styles 3, " united at the , deeply 
divided into 9 ) nitber long entire bra : 
N. Au ia. Port Da — , Schul cent single specimen). In the large 
female ar this species resem les the pp na C. argyratum and the E. Jndian 
tum and its allies, vA differs in the form of the leaves, the short racemes, | 
inate female flowers, &c. z 
2. C. insularis, Baill. Adans. ii. 917. A tall straggling shrub 0r 
small tree, the branches inflorescence and underside of the ates : 
-silvery-white or slightly reddish with a close scaly tomentum. Lesv9* : 
ovate to lanceolate, obtuse, entire or scarcely sinuate, rounded or taper - 
ing at the base, finely and often obscurely penniveined, the upp?" 
“surface green, but sprinkled with a few small scales, mostly 2 to Jin 
