162 THE FLORA OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. 



Tribe V. Crotonece. — Flowers distinct, both sexes with a perianth, 

 sometimes minute in the males. Embryo with broad cotyledons and a narrow 

 radicle. Ovules 1 in each cell. Flowers, at least the males, in spikes raceme.s or 

 panicles. Stamens usually indefinite. 



Calyx-lobes .or segments valvate. Petals present. — 11. Croton. 

 Calyx-lobes or segments (at least in the males) valvate. No petals. 



Anthers erect, the cells adnata and parallel. Styles 2-fid, the inner 



surface fringed or with much raised papillae. — 14. Adriana. 

 Anther-cells parallel attached above the base of the anthers versa- 

 tile.— 12. Mallotus. 

 Anthers 4-lobed, opening in 4 valves or longitudinally in 2 valves. 

 Styles undivided, fringed or not. Trees or shrubs., — 13. 

 Macaranga. 

 Calyx small and open or minute. No petals. Stamens 2 to 6, exserted. 

 Styles undivided. 



Calyx usually dividing into 2 or 3 broad lobes. Seeds carunculate. 



— 15. Sebastiania. 

 Calyx minute. Stamens 3 or 2. Seeds without any carunculus. 

 — 16. Excoecaria. 



1. ANDRACHNE, Linn. 



A species of this genus has been known to poison cattle in India. 



1. A. Decaisnei, Benth. — Islands off the N. Coast, R. Brown ; Victoria 

 River, F. v. Mueller. 



2. FLUGGEA, Willd. 1805. 

 (Chorisandra, Wight. 1853.) 



1. F. microcarpa, Blume {Securinega obovata, Muell. Arg.). — Lat. 18 

 degrees, 27 min.. Long. 132 degrees (about), G. F. Hill (No. 450), 6/7/1911. 

 Bush 4 ft. high. Four Mile Lagoon, -Borroloola, G. F. Hill (No. 795), 

 26/2/1912. Native Mangel. Five-mile Bar, MacArthur River, G. F. Hill 

 (No. 732), 7/2/1912. 



Recorded. Regent's River and Cygnet Bay, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham ; 

 King's Sound and Colher Bay, Chapman, Hughan ; Hierson Island, Gregory's 

 Expedition ; Victoria and Fitzmaurice Rivers, F. v. Mueller ; Islands of the 

 Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Sweers Island and Albert River, Henne ; 

 Port Darling, Schultz (No. 578). 



F. Leucopyrus, J. Mueller ; recorded from North Australia in National 

 Herbarium Census. 



3. PHYLLANTHUS, Linn. 1737. 



(Anisonema, A. J uss., 1824 ; Asterandra, Klolzsch., 1841; Calococcus, 

 Kurz., 1864 ; Cathetus, Lour., 1790 ; f'eramanthus, Hassk., 1844 ; Cicca, Linn. 

 1767 ; Conami, Aubl., 1775 ; Diasperus, Linn., 1735 ; Dichelactina, Hance., 

 1852-3 ; Emblica, Gaertn., 1791 ; Episieria, Rafin., 1838 ; Frankia, Bert., 

 1840 ; Hemicicca, Baill., 1858 ; Lobocarpus, Wight., 1834 ; ]\Iargaritaria, 

 Linn., 1781 ; Meborea, Aubl., 1775 ; Menarda, Comm., 1824 ; Prosorus., 

 Dalz., 1852 ; Rhopium,Schreb., 1791 ; Staurothyrax, Oriff., 1854 ; Synostemon, 

 F.v. if., 1858 ; Tephranthus, Neck., 1790 ; Tricarium, Lour., 1790 ; Tricarymn 

 Spreng., 1826 ; Urinaria, Medic, 1787 ; Xylophylla, Linn., 1789 ; Zygosper- 

 mum, Thw., 1858). 



