AU NO NETT NET E E MEER NIE MS S ESTER AIRE Ng PEREAT EM 
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Alchornea.] CVIII. EUPHORBIACEX. 137 
. S. Wal Cabramatta, Woolls; northward to Clarence, Hastings, and Mac- 
23 rivers, gripes Aig M to Illawarra, Harvey; Sydney woods, Paris Exhibi- 
won, 1854, T, 
The s shrub, uiii b id parthenogenetic properties, havin reproduced itself from 
seed in Europe ean gardens through several generatio P from fem AS ants alone without 
the intervention of any tale owers, has been the subject of Paves B ors y 
Caspary, Karsten, A. Braun, wee A others in ish sn ded very 
little to the facts detailed by J. § u oi y e 
n th oir. 
rlin M observed that the seeds ie cccasionll two por ian n nited a 
jn BÀ a whieh hl 
4 A. Thoz een Baill. in Herb. F. Muell. A glabrous shrub of 
2t Lea in the typical form, ovate obovate or rhomboid; 
sharply toothed, "but the teeth more numerou s less deep and not so 
basal glands often obscure and sometimes deficient. Stipules, also in 
the typical form, very small and subulate as in A. i 
ers u male racemes terminal, 9 to 4in. long, the 
Howers distant. Perianth une ually 4- or [OX the lobes acute, 
'$ to 
line long. Ovary usually 3-celled. Styles short, erect, narrow 
ut flat, shortly united at the base. Capsule ir ous about 4 lines 
diameter.— Cladodes Thozetiana, Baill. Adans. vi. 321. 
Queensland. Rockhampton, Thozet. 
Var. longifolia. Leaves 3 to 4 in. long, acuminate, the teeth obtuse or with very 
small points. Stipules setiform, the upper ones sometimes 2 line a Female 
racemes and fruits as in the typical form.—Rockingham Bay, Dolo 
30. TRAGIA, Linn. 
Flowers moncecious, in terminal or lateral racemes. Male fl.: Perianth 
globular i in the bud, of o = or 3 valvate segments. Disk none or with 
a slightly prominent margin. Petals none. Stamens numerous or few, 
the filaments free or erint sometimes very short. Anthers dorsally 
attached, the cells parallel, opening ap amit in 9 valves. Rudi- 
mentary. ovary none or small and obscure. e fl. : Perianth of 6 
or fewer, rarely 7 or 8, imbricate segments, iie: or pinnately divided. 
Ovary 3-celled or rarely 4- or 5-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell. Styles 
rect Capsule 
n 
separating into 2-valved cocci. Seeds globose, without any carunculus. 
don 
Testa crustaceous. Albumen copious. Cotyledons flat, much broader 
radic i 
liio 
nate, petiolate, toothed, often cordate, 3- or b-nerved. Flower small, 
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part of the raceme, all usually solitary in the axil of a sma 
The genus is spread over the tropi ical and subtropical regan 2 z both the m and 
the Oid World. ‘The T Australian species appears to be en 
