1408 CXVII. EUPHOEBIACE^. {Bertya. 



3. S. oppositifolia (leaves opposite), F.v.M. and\0'Slianesy, Wintj's S. 

 Sci. Tii'.c. ii. 98 ; Fragm. xii. 9. A tall slender shrub. Leaves opposite, oval or 

 oblong-elliptical, slightly recurved margins, shortly petiolate, somewhat thick, 

 about 2in. long and lin. broad, velvety-tomentose on the underside, the upper 

 side nearly or quite glabrous. Flowers of both sexes solitary, sessile. Perianth- 

 segments 4, oval, nearly glabrous, three times as long as the 4 opposite persis- 

 tent ovate bracts. Staminal-column as long as the perianth. Anthers but little 

 longer than broad. Styles 3 or oftener 4, dilated at the base, deeply cleft into 2 

 or 4 rather long stigmatie lobes. Ovary 4 or rarely 3-celled. Capsule 4 lines, 

 long, ovate-globular, velvety-tomentose, 1 to 3 seeded. 



Hab.: Expedition Eange, A. 2'hozet and Kilner ; Nogoa Eiver, P. O'Shanesy. 



. 4. B. olesefolia (Olive-leaved), Planch, in Hook. Loml. Joiirn. iv. 473 -, 

 Bentli. Fl. Austr. vi. 76. An erect shrub of 3 to 4ft., the branches densely 

 stellate-tomentose. Leaves very shortly petiolate, linear or oblong-lanceolate, 

 with recurved margins, coriaceous, 1 to 2in. long and sometimes above 2 lines 

 broad, thinly scabrous, tomentose above, densely white-tomentose underneath. 

 Flowers more or less dioecious, solitary in the axils and almost sessile, with 5 to 

 8 unequal bracts, the inner ones nearly 2 lines long. Male perianth with 5 oval- 

 oblong lobes 2i to 3 lines long, contracted into a very short turbinate pedicel 

 within the bracts. Female perianth-lobes narrower and more acute than the' 

 males. Ovary obtuse, densely hirsute. Styles free from the base and divided 

 nearly to the base into 3 or 4 branches. Capsule enclosed in the enlarged 

 perianth but not seen ripe. — Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xvii. ii. 209. 



Hab.: Mantuan Downs, Mitchell; Copperfield, Grev. Smith (flowering specimen). 



5. B. pedicellata (flowers stalked), F. v. M. Frarjm. iv. 143 ; Bcnth. FU 

 Austr. vi. 77. An erect shrub, with the habit and foliage nearly of B. ohmfolia^ 

 but the white tomentum very close and soon disappearing from the branches.. 

 Leaves linear or oblanceolate, with recurved margins, tapering into a short 

 petiole, glabrous above, white-tomentose underneaths, If to 2 or even 2fin. 

 long. Flowers solitary or 2 or 3 together on a short common peduncle, "the- 

 lower bracts closely complicate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 to 4 lines long and 

 very deciduous, smaller ones on the pedicels very deciduous or none. Perianths- 

 glabrous. Males only seen loose, with oblong petal-like segments 2 lines long,, 

 the staminal column and anthers entirely those of the genus. Female perianths- 

 on pedicels of 1 to 2 lines, with 3 or 4 small linear very deciduous bracts, the- 

 segments linear, acuminate, nearly 1^^ line long. Styles free from the base, 



2 or 3-branched. Ovary tomentose-villous. Capsule narrow-ovoid, rather acute, 



3 to 4 lines long, the surrounding perianth not at all enlarged in some specimens, 

 somewhat longer and broader than when in flower in others. — Baill. Adans. 

 vi. 298. 



Hab.: Rockhampton, Thozet. 



8. MONOTAXIS, Brongn. 

 (A single arrangement.) 

 Flowers moncecious. Male flowers : Calyx of 4 or 5 imbricate spreading 

 usually petal-hke segments. Petals as many as calyx-segments and shorter or 

 longer. Stamens twice as many as petals or fewer, the filaments distinct or- 

 very shortly united at the base, without any rudiment of the ovary ; anthers withi 

 2 distinct small almost globular cells, separated by a curved thick connective. 

 Female flowers : Calyx and petals of the males. Ovary 8-celled, with 1 ovule ini 

 each cell. Styles 3, each one deeply divided into 2 fringed branches. Capsule- 

 globular or tridymous, without appendages, separating into 3 2-valved cocci. 

 Seeds ovate or oblong, smooth, carunculate. Embryo linear, straight or slightly- 



