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supra appresse stellato-puberulis subtus subfulvo-stellato- tomentosis 
nervis perspicue fulvo-stellatis, pedicellis ee as folia seepe su 
equantibus fulvo stellatis, bractei is fll. mase. 4-5 verticillatis vel 
subverticillatis calyci approximatis Me aah fil fem. 8-5 sparsiori- 
S omnibus linearibus vel lineari-oblongis obtusis fulvo-stellatis 
rarissime binis, sepals extus puberulis, ovario stellatim puberulo, 
styli a triparti 
einatt prolixi, 0-1-0-2 cm.diam. Folia plerumque 2°5-3: 4 x 
1:0-1-2 em., accedunt pauca juvenilia circa 1:5 x 0-6 em., fac. 
fusco-brunnea; co es secundariz utri nque 4-7, Metaee sadam iec, 
rect, pag. Sup. impresse, pag. inf. prominentes; petioli 0-2 cm. 
long. Pedicelli profecto evoluti saben 1-8-2-2 cm., ascendentes. 
Bractew usque 05 cm. long. Fil. mase. sepala oblongo-ovata, 
obtusa, 0°45 x 0-3cm.; fil. fem. fad -lanceolata, obtusa, 0°25 em. 
patente: i 
8 
very distinct species, known by the e tawny clothing, s long 
slender pedicels, the relatively long linear persistent bract 
Robert Brown has left no notes of this coe Gisthor i is the 
aan DiMEROSTIGMA I’, Muell. in Wing’s South. Se. Ree. ii. 98. 
ecimen with male SS I believe the only one in this 
country, collected by Mr. A. C. Webster at Coolgardie, is in the 
British Museum. As no description of the male flower has been 
published, one is given herewith :—Flores maseuli ramulos per- 
breves foliatos terminantes, humectati circa 0-8 em. diam. Peri- 
anthii lobi Apa wipes ehinae acuti, sursum mox oy ont vivi 
verisimiliter punicei, 0:4 cm. lon ng., 0°26 cm. lat. An i 
0-5 cm. long., obs to tidem diam. i ediienanans foouli 0:1 cm. 6 leat 
Phyllanthus (§ P. ARAPHYLLANTHUS) Cuscuteflorus, sp. nov. 
fos, fo r fru a Baise ramulis ultimis gracilibus bene 
ce 
3 pA eigenen staminibus 3, filamentis in columnam eracilem 
s basi connatis loculis parallelis Ieuipitedinaliver 
antheri: 
qctaboa bias facibus fem 
Hab. Queensland, Myola and cone River; G. Podenzana. 
Folia 4 4-0-7-0 em. long., 1-7-2-5 em. lat., = sicco olivacea subtus 
decoloria ; costs secundaria wisinaius 5, sat distantes, interjectis 
trobi liquanto emi 
forget 015-09 cm. diam. Pedice em. longit. leviter exce- 
b flore a dilatati. tig beh humectata 
