Phyllanthtis.] CXVII. EUPHORBIACEib'. . 1421 



enlarging to from 1^ to 2 lines. Disk entire or broadly lobetl. Ovary pube- 

 scent. Styles 3, divided to about the middle. Capsule pubescent, depressed- 

 globular. Seeds smooth. — Bond, in Linneea xxviii. 566 ; Muell. Arg. in DC. 

 Prod. XV. ji. 373. 



Hab.: Walsh Eiver, R. 0. Barton; Cleveland Bay, A. Cunnwfjlimii ; Dawson Elver, F.i\ 

 Mueller ; Eookhampton find Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Eockhampton, O'Shanesy ; Herbert's . 

 Creek and Saunders' Creek, Expedition Eange, Bowman ; Barcoo, Schneider. 



17. P. hebBcarpus (fruit downy pubescent), Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 108. 

 An erect rigid shrub, with virgate terete branches, more or less hoary 

 tomentose or villous as well as the foliage. Leaves scarcely distichous, very 

 shortly petiolate or almost sessile, mostly erect, oblong or elliptlcUlj from under 

 ^in. to nearly lin. long. Flowers apparently dioecious, solitary, on very short 

 pedicels, lengthening out to 1 or 2 lines under the fruit. Male perianth-segments 

 narrow, petal-like but hirsute outside, 1^ line long. Glands large. Stamens 3, 

 the filaments erect and closely contiguous but free. Female perianth larger than , 

 in. the males, the segments broad, herbaceous, tomentose outside and attaining 

 2 to 3 lines when in fruit. Styles 3, spreading, divided to the middle into 

 2 branches. Capsule globular, scarcely 3 lines diameter, smooth but more or 

 less sprinkled with hairs. Seeds smooth. 



Hab.: Burdekin River, F. v. Mueller; Eoma, Rev. B. Scortechini. 



18. P. lacunarius (having depressions), F. v. M. in Trans. Phil. Soc. Vict. 

 I. 14, and in Hook. Kew Journ. y'lii. ^^^\ Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 108. A small 

 diffuse or much-branched annual, mostly under Bin. high, glabrous but often 

 very glaucous, the branches flattened or angular. Leaves very shortly petiolate, 

 oblong or linear-ouheate, contracted at the base, under ^in. long. Stipules 

 minute. Flowers very small, monoecious, usually 1 female with 2 or 3 males on ■ 

 very short pedicels, lengthening out under the fruit to nearly 1 line. Male 

 perianth of 6 ovate often coloured white or reddish segments of about J line. 

 Glands small. Stamens 3, the filaments free ; anther-cells parallel. Female 

 perianth rather larger, the segments about ^ line long or slightly larger under 

 the fruit. Styles short, spreading, 2-lobed. Capsule glabrous, depressed- 

 globular, 8-furrowed. Seeds finely striate longitudinally. — Bond, in Linnsea 

 xxviii. 566 ; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 370. 



Hab.: Southern localities. ' 



19. P. trachyspermus (seeds rough), F. v. M. in Trans. Phil. Soc. Vict' 

 i. 14, and in Hook. Kew Journ. viii. 210; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 108. A glabrous 

 glaucous annual, with ascending branching stems about 6in. high. Leaves 

 almost sessile, broadly oblong, obtuse, J to |in. long. Stipules spreading 

 and very minute. Flowers monoecious (Muell. Arg.), but no males seen. 

 Females solitary in the axils, on very short pedicels. Perianth-segments ovate, 

 spreading, about f line long. Styles 3, very short, spreading, broad and 

 emarginate at the end. Capsule not seen perfect, but from the remains 

 examined it appeared to have been ovoid-globular, about 3 lines long. — Sond. 

 in Linnsea xxviii. 566 ; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 327. 



Hab.: Southern localities. 



20. P. thymoides (Thyme-like), Sieb. PI. E.cs. ; Sond. in Linntea xxviii. 

 566 ; Benth. Fl. Austr, vi. 109. A shrub of 1 to 2ft„ more or less pubescent or 

 hirsute, at least the young branches. Leaves not distichous, nearly sessile, from 

 broadly obovate to narrow-cuneate, pbtuse mucronate, truncate or emaginate, the 

 margins recurved or revolute, coriaceous, rarely above Jin. and sometimes only 

 1 to 1^ line long, the midrib very prominent underneath and sometimes the 

 whole leaf complicate. Stipules small and black. Flowers dioecious, the males 



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