28 G. Grüning. — Euphorbiaceae-Porantheroideac et Ricinocarpoideae. 



Sect. 1 . Eupseudanthus Müll. Arg. 



Eupseudanthus Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865 — 66) 55 et in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 196. — Flores q? conspicui; calycis laciniae petaloideae, purpureae vel 

 ochraceae, lineares, ad i cm longae. Stamina 6, ad rudimentum ovarii incomplete ad- 

 natum. Discus nullus. Folia alterna. 



Species orientalis. 



1. P. pimeleoides Sieb, in Spreng. Syst. veg. IV. 2. (1827) 23; Endl. in Flora 

 II.' (1832) 293 t. 4 et in Atact. bot. (1833) 11 t. II; Baill. Etud. Euphorb. (1858) 

 556 t. 25 et in Adansonia VI. (1866) 328; Müll. Arg. in Linnaea 1. c. 55 et in DC. 

 Prodr. 1. c. 196; Benth. et F. Müll. FI. austrat VI. (1873) 59. — Suffruticulus glaber, 

 erectus, 2 — 60 cm altus, e basi ad apicem ramosus, inferne plerumque nudus. Cortex 

 cinereo-fuscus, transversim rugulosus, saepe longitudinaliter rimosus. Rami fastigiati, 

 rigidi, ramulosi, inferne cicatricosi. Folia alterna, approximata, erecto-patentia, brevis- 

 sime petiolata, lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, margine cartilagineo scabrida, 

 rigida, supra canaliculata, 8 — 12 mm longa, 1,5 — 2 mm lata. Stipulae antice fere 

 connatae, basi latae, margine scarioso fimbriato-denticulatae, apice cuspidatae, plerumque 

 cinereae, 2 mm longae. Flores (J 1 in ramulorum apice conferti (4 — 6), basi bracteis 

 ovatis, imbricatis, fuscis, margine lanuginosis cincti; pedicellus 5 mm longus. Perigo- 

 nium 6-partitum, purpureum vel ochraceum, 0,8 — I cm longum; laciniae erectae, 

 lineares, obtusae, tres exteriores cum interioribus tribus alternantes, demum induratae 

 persistentes. Stamina 6, tria exteriora breviora laciniis calycis exterioribus opposita, tria 

 interiora longiora alternantia, ad rudimentum ovarii inconspicuum incomplete adnata; 

 antherae extrorsae; thecae fere oppositae, basi connectivo crassiusculo disjunctae, in- 

 aequaliter affixae; pollinis grana globosa granulosa. Flores Q inter flores masculos 

 vel in axillis superioribus sive singuli sive perpauci, sessiles. Calyx (5 — )6-partitus, 

 2 — 3 mm longus; laciniae ovatae, apiculatae vel emarginatae mucronataeque, breviter 

 lanuginoso-crenatae, basi intus barbatae, vix glandulosae, imbricatae, conniventes. 

 Ovarium sessile, ovato-oblongum, trilobum; styli 3, incrassati, subulati, divergentes, 

 intus purpurei, papilloso-stigmatosi. Capsula membranacea, conica, 6-costata, serius 

 valvis 6 dehiscens, abortu monosperma, 5 — 6 mm longa. Semen ovato-globosum, laeve, 

 carunculatum. — Fig. 6 C — F. 



Ostaustralische Provinz: Neusüdwales, auf Lehmboden bei Port Jackson 

 (Sieber n. 292! und Fl. mixt. n. 528!, Camfield!, F. Müller), Illawarra (Shep- 

 herd), Blaue Berge (Miss Atkinson), George's River (Oldfield!), Linden (Maiden 

 und Cambage!); Victoria (Woolls). 



Sect. 2. Microealetia Müll. Arg. 



Microcaletia Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865 — 66) 55 et in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 194. — Flores parvuli, breviter pedicellati. Laciniae calycis q 1 6, ± peta- 

 loideae, albidae vel rubellae. Stamina 3 vel 6, libera. Rudimentum ovarii minutum, 

 trilobatum. Folia plerumque opposita. 



Species orientales. 



2. P. orientalis F. Müll. Fragm. II. (1860 — 61) 14; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 197; Benth. et Hook. f. Fl. austral. VI. (1873) 60. — P. Brunonis 

 Endl. in sched. — Caletia orientalis Baill. in Adansonia VI. (1866) 327 ex parte. — 

 C. linearis Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII. (18 63) 79 et in DC. Prodr. 1. c. 194; Baill. 

 1. c. 327. — Fruticulus humilis, 10 — 20 cm altus, rigidus, basi ramosissimus, ± vir- 

 gatus, dense foliosus, radice palari nigra praeditus. Folia alterna, patentia, fere sessilia, 

 spathulato- vel lineari-oblonga, obtusa, margine cartilagineo scabriuscula, semiplicata, 

 5 9 mm longa, 1,5 — 2 mm lata. Stipulae ovatae, fimbriolato-denticulatae, 0,5 mm 

 longae, fuscae, ± decurrentes. Flores (j 1 ad apices ramulorum bini vel fasciculati, 

 flavido-virides; pedicellus [2 mm longus. Perigonii segmenta 3 + 3, lineari-oblonga, 

 acutiuscula, interiora tria exterioribus paulo latiora et longiora, 1 mm longa. Stamina 



