Xeompera.] CXVII. EUPHORBIACE2E. 1423 



internal cavity. Albumen rather copious; embryo nearly siraigiit, with broad 

 ■cotyledons. — Shrubs. Leaves alternate, shortly petiolate, entire, coriaceous. 

 Plowers not so small as in Flueggea. Capsule much larger. 



The genus is limited to Australia. 

 ILeaves elliptical'oblong, mostly about lin. long. Styles elongated cJavate . . 1. N. buxifoUa. 

 iieaves ouneata-oblong or almost obovate, J to fin. long. Styles short broad 



and thick 2. N. Banksii. 



1. UT. buxifolia (leaves 'B\jiXas-\\k%), Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. x\. ii. 489. 

 Benth. Fl, Aimtr. vi. 116. A glabrous shrub. Leaves elliptical-oblong, obtuse, 

 ■entire, coriaceous, shining, not exceeding lin., very much like those of some 

 "varieties of Buxus sempervirens. Male flowers numerous in the clusters, on pedi- 

 •cels of 3 to 4 lines, Perianth about 1 line long, of 5 or 6 segments, the inner 

 ones larger than the outer, very concave or almost cucullate ; stamens exserted. 

 Female flowers solitary in the male clusters, on rather longer and stouter 

 ipedicels. Perianth-segments rather longer, and narrower, shortly united at the 

 'base. Styles 3, rather long, clavate at the end but not divided. Capsule globular, 

 :about 3 lines diameter. — Rmpera buxifolia, F. v. M. Herb. ; 8eciiriner/a MueUer- 

 ■iana, Baill. Adans. vi. 3,33. 



Hab.: Prinohester Creek, Bowman ; Lizard Island, Walter. Some specimens, also without 

 flowers, from Endeavour River, A. Cunningham and referred by him to Sersalisia obooata, 

 ■appear to belong to the species. 



2. N, Banksii (after Sir Joseph Banks), Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 117. A 

 twiggy glabrous shrub of several feet. Leaves cuneate-oblong, very obtuse or 

 ■emarginate, rarely mueronate, contracted at the base and very shortly petiolate 

 -or almost sessile, coriaceous, slightly veined, ^ to fin. long. Flowers few in the 

 clusters, the males rather smaller than in X. buxifolia, ' and the stamens not 

 «xserted in our specimens, in which, however, the flowers are not yet full blown. 

 Female flowers on pedicels of about ^in., but only seen in fruit, which is the 

 same as in N. btkvifolia, except that the styles are short and very broad. Seeds 

 2iot seen quite ripe. — Phyllanthus Banksii, A. Cunn. Herb. 



Hab.: Sandy ridges, north shore, Endeavour River, A. Cunningham,. 



17. FLUEGGEA, Willd. 



(After John Fliigge.) 



(Seourinega, Juss.) 



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



'base into 5 petal-like segments. Stamens 5 or sometimes 4, exserted, alternating 



-with as many glands,, and surrounding a central 2-fid or 3-fid pistil without any 



'flvary, but often as long as the stamens ; anther^s with 2 parallel cells opening 



longitudinally in 2 va,lves. Female flower: Perianth of the males. Disk flat, 



with a free dentate inargin. Ovary 3-celled, ' with 2 ovules in each cell-. 



Styles 8, recurved and bifid. Fruit dry or scarcely succulent, the pericarp thin, 



.irregularly separating into cocci. Seeds triangular, with the inner edge straight, 



the back semicircular ; testa crustaceous, with a ventral cavity between the inner 



■ and outer coating. Albumen rather scanty, curved round the cavity of the 



seed. Bnibryo also curved, the cotyledons broad, parallel to the back of the 



seed. — Shrubs. Leaves alternate, petiolate, distichous, entire. Flowers very 



small. Fruits red. 



Species few, belonging to the old world tropics. 



The large pistillode o£ the mjile flower, and the usually long recurved styles united below into 

 ...an erect column of the femjile, are considered the best character for this genus. 



T3ranches unarmed. Leaves above lin. long 1.2''. mkroearjpd. 



;Branches often spinescent.' Leaves J to fin. long, often emarginate or very 



obtuse , . i. F. Leiicopyrus. 



