152 CVIII. EUPHORBIACER, [ Sebastiania. 
Tragia chamelea, Linn.; Excecaria chamelea, M. M" vi 998; 
— asperococcus, 'F. Muell. in Hook. Kew Jou 17. : 
N. Islands = the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. e Mc ; Vict 
river, F. P. Muell r; Goulburn i RN A, Cunningham ; Port siete pne n. 539; 
Beagle Bay, N.W. Coast, Hu. 
eens Zand. Endeavour ae A. Cunningham; Baines creek, F. Mueller ; b 
nor's and Bowen rivers, Bowman; Rockin um | y, Dallachy ; Cape York, M'Gillivray 
. This, the only Old hahaa Ah is widely spread over tropical Asia and Africa, " 
does not extend to Amer 
37. EXCZECARIA, Linn. 
Flowers moncecious or diccious, in terminal or axillary racemes or 
ikes. Male fl.: Cage. of 3 or 2 very small segments. No petals 
or glands. Stamens 3 aa fomning almost the oc flower, bie 
any rudimentary ov dé : ‘file amen re. or shortly united at the 
ly 
3-p artite ‘han’ the Ovary 3- or 2-celled, with 1 ovule in eae 
cell. Styles v iad undivided, free or shortly united at the base. 
Capsule dividin -valved cocci, or (in species not A an) 
r 
é 
juice. Leaves alternate, entire or crenulate. Flowers very small, the 
males clustered 2 or 3 ‘to gether along ds rhachis of thé raceme oF 
‘spike, or sometimes solitary within each bract. Stamens exserted. 
: The females in separate shorter racemes, or in species not Aust tralian 
at the base of the male racemes or spi 
The genus, if taken to include Sapium, is Siti spread over the tropical regions 
of both Hb New and the Old World. Of the thr pe i Peisgehu Gee species or varieties, One 
is common on the sea-coasts of tropical Asia, the other two are endemic 
— whi or sans elliptical, obtuse, entire or crenate, 2 to 
on, 1. E. Agallocha. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate or ovate, obtusely acuminate, crenate, ‘1 to 
3 in. lon 2 B Dallachyant. 
Lede narrow-oblong, very ‘obtuse, entire, 4 to 1 in. long dg Bw parvifolia. 
1. E. Agallocha, Linn. ; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 1220. 
small tree, quite glabrous. Leaves mostly obovate or broa i | 
NADA obtuse or shortly and obtusely acuminate, rounded or C08- . 
tra t the base, entire or somewhat crenate, thick and shining whet 
old, 9 to 3 in. long on a petiole of } to 1 in. Spikes or racemes usually 
