Carumbium.] CVIII. EUPHORBIACER, 151 
readily dehiscent than that of C. populifolium. Seeds with a short 
fleshy carunculus.— Omalanthus stillingiefolius, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 32; 
Wartmanmia stillingiefolia, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 1147. 
Queensland. Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham, Fraser, F. Mueller. 
N. S. W. i . Moore. 
ales. New England, C. Stuart ; Manning river, C. 
same nature and origi 
36. SEBASTIANIA, Spreng. 
(Gymnanthes, Sw. ; Microstachys, A. Juss.; Elachocroton, F. Muell.) 
opening longitudinally in 9 valves. Female perianth of 3 segments 
Y 
Ova 
? 
free or very shortly connate at the base. Capsule separating in 
[1] - 
her in clusters occupying the greater n or 
the whole of the raceme, females usually solitary or few at the base of. 
the spike. 
The genus is rather a large one in America, with a single species spread over tropical 
Baill ites the genus with 
the seed is accompanied by some differences in the habit and flowers, which appear to 
Justify the separation. : 
l. S. chamelæa, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 1175. An annual 
or perennial, with à hard woody base and erect or ascending branching 
virgate stems of 1 to lift, glabrous and often glaucous. Leaves 
l 
serrulate, 1 to 2 in. long, tapering into a very short petiole. Male spikes 
i i racts very small, acute, 
with 2 large more or less stipitate glands sometimes as long as the 
