138 CVIII. EUPHORBIACE E. [ Tragia. 
l. T. Novz-hollandis, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 180, and in 
DC. Prod. xv. ii. 999. A twining herb, attaining several feet, more or 
di 
gemcebuncuis usually 6, more acutely acuminate than the males, 
ut imbricate in the bud, at least 1 line long. Styles 3, erect, and 
connate to above the middle, recurved at the end and entire. Capsule 
Queensland. Broad Sound, R. Brown, Bowman; Brisbane river, Moreton Pay, 
A. Cunnin ham, Leichhardt, F. Mueller; Logan river, Fraser; Rockhampton, 
chy, O' Shanesy, Bowman, Thozet ; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 
Like most species of the genus, this plant is noted by O'Shanesy as “ stinging like 
the common Nettle.” On Dallachy’s labels, however, I find the memorandum “ does 
not sting like a Nettle.’ Whether there be a mild variety, or whether it loses its 
stinging properti ccasions, or whether there has been some error on the 
es on some o 
part of Dallachy remains to be ascertained 
31. MALLOTUS, Lour. 
(Rottlera, Roxb. ; Echinus, Lour.) 
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lary racemes or spikes. Male fl.: Perianth globular and closed in the 
o 
Female fl. : Perianth more or less deeply 3- to 5-lobed. or minutely 
toothed and at length spathaceous. Ovary 2- or 3-celled with 1 ovule 
in each cell. Styles free or very shortly united at the base, spreading, 
undivided, the upper or inner stigmatic surface fringed with raised 
papille or processes. Capsule separating into 2-valved cocci. Seeds 
. 
usually solitary within each bract and more pedicellate, 
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