1424 OXVII. EUPHOEBIACE^. [GlpcMdion, 



shining on . tlie upper side, 1^ to 6in, long. Flowet-clusters in the typical 

 form sessile in the axils, the pedicels 2 to 3 lines long/- Male perianth- 

 segments sometimes nearly 2 lines long but usually smaller. An,thers 3 or 

 rarely 4, linear, erect on a very short central column, with the conniictive 

 very shortly produced above the parallel cells. No glands within the perianth 

 in either sex. Female perianth smaller than in the male, with narrower 

 segments. Ovary pubescent, scarcely contracted into 5 to 7 short erect thick 

 more or less united styles, often reddish or yellow and seedless, or seeds 

 abortive. Capsules glabrous or nearly so, orbicular, 5 to -7-celled, much 

 depressed in the centre in the typical form, slightly furrowed between the cells, 

 about iin. diameter when fully ripe. 



Hab.; Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, li.Bi-oivn-, Bockingham Bay, If. Hill, Dallachy ; 

 Filzroy Islands, M'Gillivray ; Wide Bay, C. Moore. 



A vei y common tree found by most creek sides. j . : . • - . , V . 



Wood of a grey colour, close in the grain, and easy to work ; warps a good deal in drying. — 

 Bailey'^ Cat. Ql. Woodi, No. 361. 



Tar. minor. Leaves smaller. Pedicels shorter. Styles longer and more slender. — Bremer 

 Biver, ^. Cunningham, 



Var. nipra-axilUxrU. Leaves of the typical form or larger and more coriaceous. Flower- 

 clusters very shortly pedunculate and inserted shortly above the axils. Capsule 4 to 6- 

 celled, not more than 4 lines diameter and less depressed in the centre, quite glabrous In 

 most specimens, but pubescent in a few. — Bockingham Bay, Dallachy ; Eockhampton, Tlwzet, 

 O'Shanesy. 



Var. mollis. Branches, foliage, and flowers softly pubescent. Anther-column very short. — 

 Bockingham Bay, DaZJflc7ij/. A sub-variety from, the same locality has the leaves narrow and 

 not 2in. long. 



The above three varieties are given by Bentbam in the Flora Austr. vi. 96 and 97 but so variable- 

 is the species that distinctive names cannot be given to varieties all so run one into the other. 



2. G. lobocarpus (fruit lobed), Benth. Fl. Amtr. vi. 97. A small tree, 

 the young branches minutely pubescent. Leaves shortly petiolate, oblong- 

 lanceolate or elliptical, obtuse or almost acute, usually oblique at the base, 2 to 

 Sin. long, green, above, very pale or white underneath and rather thin. Stipules 

 very small. Flowers dioecious, the males 2 or 8 together, on recurved pedicels of 

 about 1 line, the females solitary, on pedicels lengthening to 2 lines. Male 

 perianth-segments about f line long, obtuse and concave, the 3 inner ones rather 

 longer than the 8 outer. Anthers 3, erect and connivent on a very short column, 

 the cells parallel, with the connective much produced beyond them. No glands 

 within the perianth in either sex. Female perianth rather smaller than the 

 male, and slightly pubescent. Ovary depressed, almost 3-partite!, the carpels 

 deeply 2-lobGd. Styles 3, short and thick, erect in the central depression, 

 stigmatic inside. Capsule about 4 lines diameter, much depressed, more or Ices' 

 deeply divided into 6 or fewer lobes according to the number of seeds perfected. 

 Seeds orange-red when ripe. • 



Hab.: Eockhampton, O'Shanesy ; Nerkool Creek, Bowman. 



Wood of a pinkish colour, close grained, tough and elastic, useful for tool-handles. — Bailey's: 

 Cat. Ql. Woods, Ao. 361a. 



16. NEORCEPERA, Muell. Arg. 

 (New-Eoepera.) 

 Flowers monoecious, in axillary clusters. Male flower : Perianth divided to 

 the base into 5 or 6 petal-like segments. Stamens 5 or 6, exserted, surrounding 

 a broad central irregularly-lobed disk or abortive ovary ; anthers with 2 parallel 

 cells, opening longitudinally in 2 valves. Female flower : Perianth deeply divided 

 into 6 lobes, narrower than in the male. Disk shortly-lobed. Ovary 8-oelled 

 with 2 ovules in each cell. Styles 2, clavate or broad, undivided. Capsule 

 globular, separating into 8 2-valved coriaceous cocci. Seeds ovate-oblong, slightly 

 compressed, without any carunculus. Testa smooth and shining, without any 



