IIU CXVII. EUPHOEBIACEiE. [Actephila. 



very small, obovate, inserted under the raised margin of the broad disk. Stamens 

 4 or 5, rather shorter than the perianth. Female perianth rather larger than the 

 male. Styles 3, free and shortly united at the base, more or less bifid. Fruit fully 

 ■Jin. diameter, epicarp splitting at the sutures before the endocarp separates as in 

 Dissiliaria. Cotyledons described by Baillon as large and very much contorted.. 

 — lAthoA-iflon f/nindlfdliuiii, Muell. Arg. in Linnsea xxxiv. G5 and in DC. Prod.. 

 XV. ii. 232. 



Hab.: Scrubs in southern localities. 



2. A. IMEooreana (after C. Moore), Baill. Adam. vi. 330, 366; Benth. FL 

 Amtr. vi. 89. A tree or shrub closely resembling A. iirandifolUt. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, rather obtuse, entire or irregularly sinuate, tapering at the base into a 

 petiole of about 5 lines, finely veined, about 2-iin. long.* Pedicels of the male- 

 flowers not above 1 line long, of the females about 3 lines, the structure of the 

 flowers otherwise as in A. r/randifulia (Baillon). 



Hab.: Mount Lindsay, C. Moore ; Logan Eiver, Rev. I>. ScorUchini. 



3. A., latifolia (leaves broad), Benth. Fl. Aiistr. vi. 89. A glabrous shrub 

 or tree. Leaves obovate or broadly elliptical, sometimes nearly orbicular, obtuse 

 or shortly and obtusely acuminate, rounded or tapering at the base, firmly 

 coriaceous, penniveined as in A. a rand i folia, but the reticulate veinlets obscure,. 

 3 to Gin. long, on a petiole varying from under Jin. to near lin. long. Pedicels 

 slender, | to liu. long. Perianth-segments 6 or 6, petal-like with glandular- 

 ends, about 2 lines long in the males, rather longer in the females. No petals.. 

 Stamens 5. Styles 8, united at the base, rather short, spreading, slightly dilated 

 and notched at the end but not branched. Fruit not seen. 



Hab : Cape York, IJacmel ; Eockinghani Bay, DallacJiy. 



4. A., petiolaris (referring to long petiole), Bmth. Fl. Auxtr. vi. 89. A 

 glabrous shrub or tree. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or ovate-acuminate, rounded at 

 the base, thinner than in A. ijrandifolia, 3 to 4in. long, on a petiole of lin. or 

 more. Male perianth-segments 1 line long, petal-like with dark streaks. Petals, 

 none. Disk, stamens and rudimentary ovary of A. r/randifolia, except that thera 

 are only 3 stamens. Female flowers of that species but rather smaller and no 

 petals. Disk and ovary the same. Styles rather more united at the base. 



Hab.: Eockingbam Bay, Dallacliy, 



5. A. sessilifolia (leaves sessile), Bcntli. FL Austr. vi. 90. A glabrous 

 shrub of 4 to 6ft. Leaves oblong, obtuse, entire, slightly cordate at the base 

 and sessile or nearly so, thinly coriaceous, 2 to 3in. long. Male flowers not 

 seen. Female pedicels slender, about lin. long. Perianth deeply 6-lobed, about 

 2 lines diameter, with very small petals (or petal-like lobes of the disk ?). 

 Styles 3, united at the base, rather short, spreading, undivided. Capsule 

 globular, coriaceous, about -jin. diameter, slightly scabrous-punctate. 



Hab.: Cave mountains, five miles west of Morinish, Thozet, There seems to be but little- 

 doubt that this is an Actepldla, althougli I have only seen a single female flower in Herb, P. 

 Mueller, in other specimens being in fruit only. — BeiilJi. 



18. ANDRACHNE, Linn. 

 (The name of the Purslane in Greece.) 

 Flowers monoecious, in a.>cillary clusters or the females solitary. Male flowers r 

 Calyx more or less deeply divided into 5 or 6 lobes or segments. Petals as many 

 as calyx-lobes and shorter than them. Glands as many as petals and opposite- 

 to them. Stamens as many as petals and alternate with them ; anther-cells- 

 distinct, parallel, opening longitudinally in 2 valves. Eudimentary ovary 



