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or distantly roorhed . stipules minute, setaceous . flowers 

 dioecious ; males several together, occasionally in axillary 

 clusters but more often in short racemes : per.anth- 

 segiuents '^—t, broadly obovate. villous ; staminal column 

 invested with lont: liairs : the free portion of the filaments 

 and the anthers glabrous : female flowers solitary, asallarj-, 

 sessile or shortly pedicellate, the segments 4-6. narrower 

 than in the males : ovary glabrous. 3. oeeasionaUy 

 -t-celled ; styles 3. sometimes 4, slabrous or scantily 

 sericeous, the stiginatic branches broadly o\-ate, much 

 undulate and crenate : fruit globular, S-celled, rarely 

 4-celled : seeds smooth. 



Kmg River (W. V.F.I. 



Height l-2i"t. Leaves 1-lJin. long: petioles 11-2 Lnes. 

 Pedicels li— 2 lines. Perianth-segmeiits IJ line long. 

 Stigiiiatie-branehes bright-yellow. Fruits 4-5 lines 

 diameter, yeUow, extremely bitter to the taste. 



In rocky spots. 



Amnity to P. qnadriloeulare F. v. M. 



3.53. PhyUanihu^ reticulatus PoLret. 



Lennard and Isdell Rivers (W.V.F.). 



A bushy shrub, .5— Tft. in height. In sandy localities. 



oo4. P. bateatus F. v. 3J. 



Tansittart Bay, Prince Regent's River (A. Cunn.) . Lennard, 

 Fitzroy, Isdell. Barker. Hann. Chamley, and Calder 

 Bivers. Swan Point, base of Edkiiis Range i W.V.F.). 



Diffuse sinrub, 4-t)ft. in height. Produces abundance of dark- 

 purple or black fruits. 



3.5.3. P. |ierdinandi J. IXIull. — 



Edkins Range (W.V.F.i. 



A spreading; shrub to ^I'tt. iigli ; bark grey, smooth : fruits 

 white. In sandy soil. 



356. P. ^dami J. MuU. 



Edkins Range. Sunday Island (W.V.F.). 

 In crevices of quartzite. 



35T. P. maderaspiitensis L. 



Tliis is described in the Flora Attstraliensis as P. maderas- 

 patanus L 



3.5S. P. polyclados TT.T.F. n. sp. 



A spreadisig twiggi.- shrub, glabrotis and somewhat irlaueous. 

 tlie branchlets slender and terete . leaves ahnost distioiions, 

 shortly petiolate. oblong to lanceolate, acute, rounded 

 at the Kise. miore or less concave, the nxidrib alone e^ident : 

 sriptiles minute, setaceous . nowers monoecious, asillary, 

 on slender pedicels, the segments 6, tho outer ones ovate. 



