1418 CXVII. EUPHORBIACE^. [Phyllaiithus. 



to narrow cuneate, very obtuse, sometimes mucronulate, contracted into a very 

 . short petiole, membranous, glaucous underneath, rarely above Jin. long. Stipules 

 small, brown. Flowers solitary, on filiform pedicels of 4 to 5 lines, surrounded 

 by small brown scale-like bracts, the female pedicels sometimes much longer. 

 Perianth-segments nearly equal, ovate, rather above 1 line long. No glands. 

 Anthers 3, connate, occupying nearly the whole of the central column. Ovary 

 globular, 3 or sometimes 4-celled, glabrous. Styles distinct, recurved, ciineate, 

 and emarginate at the end. Capsule depressed-globular, nearly 4 lines diameter. 



Hub.: Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, F. v. UluclUr, C. Stuart ; Roekhampton, Dallachy and 

 several others. 



6. P. elachophyllus (leaves hoary), F. v. M. Herb.; Benth. Fl. Austi: vi. 

 101. A bushy shrub, with numerous rigid branchlets, hoary as well as the 

 foliage with a rigid almost papillose pubescence. Leaves distichous, ovate or 

 oblong, rigidly coriaceous, 1 to 8 lines long. Stipules almost gland-like. Male 

 flowers very small, few in the axil, on exceedingly short pedicels. Perianth-seg- 

 ments ovate, rather thick, about J line long. No glands. Anthers 3, very short, 

 connate in a ring round the dilated apex of the column as in P. tiachyspcrmuit. 

 Female perianth-segments narrow, fully f line long under the fruit. Styles short, 

 «rect, distinct, very shortly bifid. Capsule 8-celled, globular, 3 lines diameter; 



Hab.: Newcastle Range, F. v. Mueller ; Einasleigh River, Daintree. 



7. P. DTovae-Hollandiae (of New Holland), Mucll. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 

 346; lienth. Fl. Awstr. vi. 101. A small spreading glabrous shrub. Leaves 

 <listichous, petiolate, oblong-obovate, very obtuse, often acute at the base, mem- 

 branous, 4 to 8 lines long. Flowers probably dioecious, the males in clusters of 

 2 to 4, on fihform pedicels of 2 to 3 lines, the females solitary, with thicker 

 pedicels. Male perianth -segments 5, broad, obtuse, petal-like, about 1 line long. 

 •Glands distinct. Stamens 5, the 3 inner filaments connate, the 2 outer free or 

 nearly so ; anthers quite distinct, the cells parallel. Female flowers none. Ovary 

 .according to Mueller Arg. 5-eelled. Styles 5, bifid and recurved. Capsule some- 

 ^vhat fleshy, globular, 2 lines diameter. — P. uberiflorus, Baill. Adans. vi. 818. 



llab.: Poit Denisoh, Edgecombe Bay, Dallachy. 



8. P. brisbanicus (of Brisbane), Bail. A slender branching shrub from 

 1 to 2|ft. high, glabrous, stem in the lower part nearly or quite terete, the upper 

 portion more or less sulcate, often of a brownish colour ; the branches very 

 fslender. Leaves distichous, oblong, obtuse or minutely apiculate, and shghtly 

 tapuring to a short petiole, pale on the underside, 3 to 10 lines long, lateral 

 nerves distant. Stipules coloured with membranous borders, narrow-lanceolate. 

 Male and female flowers in the same axil, 1, 2 or more of each sex too-ether ; 

 pedicels varying in length, flliform, generally about 8 lines long. Male perianth- 

 segments 5 or G, about ^ line broad, roundish petal-like (narrower and somewhat 

 acute in the female), the centre green, margins white. Stamens 5, filaments free. 

 Disk-glands 5, distinct, almost orbicular. Female flowers size of the males. 

 Disk-glands forming a small, shortly and truncately lobed cup. Ovary 8-celled ; 

 cells 2-ovulate. Styles horizontally spreading, bifid. Capsule depressed-globular,' 

 smooth, 1| line in diameter, 3-celled. Seeds trigonous, 2 in each cell, li"-ht- 

 •brown, and closely punctate. 



Hab.: I have known this plant about Brisbane for many years, but whether indigenous or 

 introduced I am not certain. It, however, differs from all of which I have the descriptions. It 

 is of local interest on account of its being a prolific weed. As some doubt remains as to habitat, 

 the name here used must be considered provisional only. 



9. P. maderaspatanus (of Madras), Linn.; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. 

 ii. 362 var. amjusUfolim ; Benth. Fl. Aitstr. vi. 103. An erect simple or branched 

 rather rigid annual (or perennial ?) of 1 to IJft., the branches slender, virgate. 



