Etiplwrhia.] OXVII. EUPHOEBIACE^. 1399 



perfectly glabrous stem and foliage, and from the latter in its perennial 

 rhizome, shorter and broader leaves, and in the involucral glands very 

 small within the petal-like appendages, which are about 1 line diameter. Stems 

 rarely above Gin. long. Leaves mostly semicordate, ovate or the upper ones 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, more or less serrulate, J to lin. long. Involucres 

 inflorescence and fruit those of the more petaloid specimens, of E. MaajUlitrayi, 

 of which it may be a variety. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, E. Broicn ; Mackay, H. L. Griffith; Albany- 

 island, F. V. Mueller. 



11. E. IVEacgillivrayi (after J. Macgillivray), Boiss. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 

 26 ; Benth. Fl. Aitstr. vi. 50. A perennial but often flowering the first year so 

 as to appear annual, the rhizome at length hard and woody. Stems erect or 

 ascending, from under Gin. to above 1ft. high, more or less pubescent as well as 

 the foliage or at length nearly glabrous. Leaves opposite, petiolate, the lower 

 ones usually ovate-oblong and under -J-in. long, the upper ones narrow-oblong 

 often above lin., obtuse, serrulate, oblique at the base or semicordate. Stipules- 

 often lobed or fringed. Flower-heads small, crowded in rather dense shortly 

 pedunculate axillary or terminal cymes, the floral leaves reduced to small bracts 

 or the lower pair only developed and leafy. Involucre i^ to f line long, the bracts 

 bordered by white petal-like entire appendages, varying from J to 1 line in 

 diameter. Capsule glabrous, above 1 line long. Seeds rugose. 



Hab.: Thirsty Sound, JR. Brown; Port Molle and Gould island, M'Gillivray ; Brisbane Eiver, 

 F. V. Mueller ; Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Rookhampton, Dallaclty, Thozet ; Walloon, Bowman ; 

 Suttor Eiver, Thozet. 



12. E. serrulata (serrulate), rieinir. ; Boiss. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 25 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austy. vi. 51. A glabrous annual, the stems often hard at the base, erect or 

 procumbent, sometimes exceeding 1ft. Leaves opposite, very shortly petiolate, 

 linear, obtuse, rather firm, more or less denticulate, oblique and sometimes 

 slightly cordate at the base, f to Ifin. long. Flower-heads in rather dense 

 shortly pedunculate cymes in the upper axils, much like those of E. Maqiillitrayi, 

 the bracts small, the petal-like appendages of the involucral glands usually 

 smaller than in that species. Capsule 2 lines long, smooth. Seeds grey, slightly 

 tuberculose. 



Hab.: Keppel Bay and Thirsty Sound, 7!. Brown; Eockhampton, O'Shanesy; Darr Eiver, 

 C. W. de Burgh Birch ; Green Island, Trinity Bay, Bailey. 



This species extends over the- sea- coasts of the Archipelago, from Timor to S. China. 



13. £, filipes (thread-like), Benth. FL Auatr. vi. 51. A perennial allied to 

 E. Mitchelluma and E. JUacf/illivrayi, with the habit and loose slender inflore- 

 scence of the former and the pubescent stems and foliage of the latter. Stems 

 slender, erect or ascending. Gin. to 1ft. high, the ultimate branches filiform. 

 Leaves opposite, oblong, the lower ones short and rather crowded, the upper ones 

 narrow and distant. Flower-heads in rather loose irregular cymes, terminal or 

 in the upper axils, the common peduncle as well as the petals filiform, the lower 

 pair of floral leaves as long as the involucre, the upper ones reduced to small 

 bracts. Involucres and capsules as small as in PJ. MitchcUiana , but the petal- 

 like appendages to the glands broadly obovate or orbicular, the involucre some- 

 times hairy, the capsule glabrous. Seeds rugose. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Ii. Brown, Henne; Cairns, Bailey. 



14. £. Coghlani (after J. Coghlan), Ikiil. Bot. Bull. xiii. A small virgate 

 shrub of 1 to 2ft. with dichotomous branches, which are glaucous and more or 

 less covered with short white hairs. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, 8 to 6 

 lines long, oblong to ovate, obtuse or apiculate, often bearing on the veins hairs 

 similar to those on the branches, very unequal-sided at the base, margins nearly 



