1420 CXVII. EUPHOEBIAGE^. [Phi/Uanthits. 



Female perianth larger, the segments ovate, enlarging round the fruit to about. 

 3 lines. Disk with a broad free margin. Styles 3, thick, diverging, 2-lobed to 

 about the middle. 

 Hab.: Eookingham Bay, Dallachy. 



13. P. subcrenulatus (somewhat crenulate), F. v. M. Fragm. i. 108 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 104. A glabrous branching shrub of 1 to IJft., the> 

 branches acutely angular. Leaves sessile or nearly so, ovate-lanceolate, more 

 acute than in almost any other species, rounded at the base, rather rigid, with a 

 prominent midrib, 4 to 12 lines long. Stipules brown. Flowers monoecious^ 

 solitary or very few together, on pedicels of ^ to 1^ line. Male perianth of 6 ovate 

 petal-like segments, nearly f line long. Stamens 3, the filaments distinct from 

 the base ; anther-cells parallel, but distinct and almost stipitate. Glands con-^ 

 spicuous. Female perianth longer than the male, the segments more herbaceous, 

 bordered with white, and growing out to 1| line or more under the fruit. Styles 

 3, not long but slender and divided to about the middle into 2 branches. Capsule 

 globular, glabrous, smooth, fully 3 lines diameter. Seeds slightly striate longitu- 

 dinally.— Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 368, 



Hab.: Upper Brisbane River, F. v. Mueller ; Eockhampton, O'Slianesy ; Stanthorpe. 



14. P. similis (resembling another), Mtiell. Arc/, in Linneea xxxiv. 71, and in 

 DC. Prod. XV. ii. 869 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 106. A glabrous shrub, the branches 

 elongated, slender, slightly compressed. Leaves distichous, shortly petiolate, 

 obovate-oblong, membranous, mostly about |in. long. Flowers monoecious, 

 shortly pedicellate, the males in clusters of 3 to 6, the females solitary. Male 

 perianth -segments about ^ line long, petal-like. Glands large. Stamens 3, the 

 filaments free ; anther-cells parallel. Female perianth-segments somewhat 

 enlarged after flowering, the inner ones bordered with white and as long as the 

 capsule, the outer ones smaller. Ovary glabrous. Styles free, spreading, divided 

 to about the middle into 2 branches. Capsule depr«ssed-globular, not 2 lines 

 diameter. Seeds smooth. 



Hab.: Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller ; Demon Creek, C. Stuart. 



15. P. microcladus (branohlets small), Muell. Arg. in Linnma xxxiv. 71, 

 und in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 369 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 106. A densely branched shrub, 

 glabrous or nearly so, the main branches rather stout, the ultimate branches very 

 numerous, solitary or clustered, filiform, about fin. long, mostly with 3 leaves 

 each. Leaves scarcely petiolate, cuneate or obovate-spathulate, obtuse, rigid, 

 glabrous, 4 to 7 lines long. Stipules minute. Flowers raonoeeious, mostly 

 solitary, the males on very short pedicels, the females on longer ones, attaining \ 

 to fin. when in fruit. Male perianth-segments ovate. Glands prominent. 

 Stamens 3, the filaments free ; anther-cells parallel. Female perianth when in 

 fruit about 2 lines diameter. Glands connate into a lobed cup. Ovary glabrous. 

 Styles deeply divided. Capsule depressed-globular, about 2 lines diameter. 



Hab.: Moreton Bay and other southern localities. 



16. P. Fuernrohrii (after Dr. A. E. Fuernrohr), F. v. M. in Trans. Phil. 

 Soc. Vict. i. 15, and in Hook. Kew Journ. viii. 332 ; Benth. Fl. Amtr. vi. 107. 

 Stems erect, branching, 1 to Ifft. high, hard and almost woody at the base but 

 perhaps annual, hoary as well as the foliage with a minute tomentum. Leaves 

 not distichous, very shortly petiolate or almost sessile, obovate-oblong, rarely 

 above Jin. long. Flowers monoecious, the females solitary on pedicels of about 

 1 line, alone or with 1 or 2 males on shorter pedicels. Male perianth-segments 

 pubescent, about f line long. Glands rather large. Stamens 3, the filaments 

 free ; anther-cells parallel. Female perianth- segments at first about 1 line, but 



