Euphorbiacea.] flora of Tasmania. \\\ 
Gen. IV. PIIYLLA\TH1> \ 
Flore* monoici v. dioici. Calyx 5-6-partitus, laciniis lijairbfr M.\s<\ Bkmtiml ■ 
mentis in coluuinam coalitis, basi glandulis 5-6 v. disco 5-6-lobo cinctis ; antlm 
Ovarium glandulis 5-6 v. disco 5-6-lobo cinctum, 3-loculare; loculis 2-ovulatis. Slyli 3. I ..- 
euneati, plerumque bifidi ; stigmatibus 6. Capsula 3-cocca, coccis bivalvilms. — arbores, frul 
. rariu* v. ram tlujbliaceo-dilatatit; Boribni 
■inlitariinfasc'u'Hfatisre, hracfe, > ■■ " iciwc. 
A very extensive tropical genus, many species of which have very wide ranges, some indeed h. in- alnmst uni- 
versally distributed tropical weeds. About live-and-twenty Australian s 
tropical, and several of them are perhaps Indian weeds/— Herbs or shrubs, rarely null I 
of which have slender, angled branches, and alternate, often distichous, stipulate. 
generally blacken in drying. Flowers axillary, solitary or crowd,.!, motm-eious or d; . 
five- or six-parted, the segments in two scries, imbricate in aestivation. Mmh Seven with live or six stamens in 
the centre of the flower, subtended by as many glands, or a lobed disc, their filaments eunuat . 
extrorse. Female a three-lobed, three-celled, six-ovulcd ovary, seated on a disc, with three siniph 
Fruit a membranous or crustaceous capsule, of three two-seeded, two-valved cocci. ( N 
and av^os, a flower ; because tome of the species (but not the Australian, tare pbyilodii 
1. Phyllanthus Gunnii (Nob. in Lond. Journ. Bot 
ramulis glaberrimis sub;u:_jJ,'tk foliia alt rnia distil '. • 
subulatis, floribus monoids BoKttrna ESuosooiatteve grad ; lie atia 5-meris, antherifl inclu> 
3 simplicibus. — An P. indigoferoides, ./. Cu\ 
Hab. Dense forests at Georgetown, Circular Head, and Rockj Cap 
Distrib. New South Wales and Victoria. 
A shrub 4-5 feet high, which, according to Mueller, sometimes attains the heighi of \i • 
Gunn describes it as having a slender, weak stem, inclined from the peal m ight of the foliage.— B 
Leaves |-1 inch long, obovate, apiculate, quite glabrous. Flower* small, ferjr numerous, solitary 
lary, green. Calyx of Ave green sepals, with white margins. Aniken of male fiowen included. 
spreading, subulate styles. Capsule small, about £ inch long. Seeds trigonous, submiiforin, attached by the 
middle. 
2. Phyllanthus Australis (Nob. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 2S4) ; humilis, depressa, ramis caespi- 
tosis procumbentibus ramulis ascendentibus, foliis parvis ellipticis acutis mucronatisve conaceis, pedkeQu 
robustis, floribus paucis, calyce 6-partito, stigmatibus simplicibus. (Gunn, 739, 710.) 
Hab. Probably common, but overlooked : roadsides, Hobarton, Campbelltown, New Norfolk, etc.— 
Gunn.— (YL Oct.) (v. v.) 
Distrib. South-eastern Australia ? 
A small, glabrous, depressed species, with a larg< . woody root, and many short, p* 
long, with numerous, ascending, short branches. Leaves i-| inch long, coriaceous, elhpti. ,-,! orol 
acute or with a mucro. Flowers few, on stout, solitary peduncles Cakfz six-part d, rt 
subulate. Capsule small, globose, red-brown. 
Gen. V. MICRANTHEA, Desf. 
Flares monoici. Masc. Calyx coloratus, 6-phyllus, foliolis imbricatis, 3 interioribus majoribus, peta- 
loideis. Corolla 0. Stamina 3-0. circa discnm glandulosum 3-lobum inserta; filamentis liberis; antheru 
