AMornea.] CXVII. EUPHOEBIACEiE. 1445 



1. A. ilicifolia (Holly-leaved), Muell. Aiy. in Linnaa xxxiv. 170, and in 

 PC. Prod. XV. ii. 906; lienth. h'i. Austr. vi. 1 ,G. "Mai," Bundaberg, /u^i/s. 

 A glabrous straggling evergreen sliiub or undershrub, attaining 12 to 15ft. 

 Leaves ovate or rhomboidal, broadly sinuate-toothed or shortly lobed, the teeth 

 or lobes terminating in prickly points, coriaceous, penniveined and reticulate, 

 resembling those of a holly, 1^ to Sin. long, tapering into a short petiole. 

 Flowers dioecious. Racemes axillary or lateral, the males slender and often 

 several together on a short common rhachis or leafless branch, the females 

 solitary and under lin. long. Male perianth-segments 4, about f line long. 

 Stamens 8, not exceeding the perianth. Female flowers on thick- pedicels of 

 i to 1 line, the perianth-segments rather smaller than in the males. Ovary 

 3-celled. Styles broader than long, flat, closely spreading over the top of the 

 ovary. Capsule depressed-globular, 3 or 2-celled, 3 to 4 lines diameter. — 

 Cceleboiji/ne ilicifolia, J. Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 612, t. 36 ; Cladodes 

 ilicifolia, Baill. Adans. vi. 321. 



Hab.: Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, A. Gimningkam, F. v. Mueller; Rockhampton, Dallachy 

 O'Shanesy, Bowman. 



Wood of a yellow colour, close-grained, hard and tongh. —Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods, No. 376. 

 The seeds have occasionally two embryos united at the base. 



2. A.. Thozetiana (after A. Thozet), Baill. in Herb. F. v. M.; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. vi. 13 7, A glabrous shrub of 2 to 4ft. Leaves, in the typical form, ovate, 

 obovate or rhomboidal, sharply toothed, but the teeth more numerous, less deep 

 and not so pungent as in A. ilicifolia, and the leaf thinner, 1^ to Sin. long, penni- 

 veined and reticulate, tapering at the base and shortly petiolate, the basal glg,nds 

 often obscure and sometimes deficient. Stipules, also in the typical form, very 

 small and subulate as in A. ilicifolia. Male flowers unknown. Female racemes 

 terminal, 2 to 4in. long, the flowers distant. Perianth unequally 4- or 5-lobed, 

 the lobes acute, i- to f line long. Ovary usually 3-celled. Styles short, erect, 

 narrow but flat, shortly united at the base. Capsule tridymous, about 4 lines 

 diameter. — Cladodes Thozetiana, Baill. Adans. vi. 321. 



Hab.: Eockhami)ton, Thozet. 



Var. longifoUa. Leaves 3 to 4in. long, acuminate, the teeth obtuse or Avilh very small 

 points. Stipules setiform, the upper ones sometimes 2 lines long. Female racemes and fruits 

 as in the typical form.— Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 



35. MALLOTUS, Lour. 



(Plants often villose.) 

 (Rottlera, lioxh. ; Echinus, Lour.) 

 Flowers dioecious or rarely monoecious, in terminal panicles or axillary racemes 

 or spikes. Male flower : Perianth globular and closed in the bud, opening in 3 or 

 4 valvate segments. No petals or glands. Stamens indefinite, usually numerous, 

 on a central receptacle, without auy rudimentary ovary ; filaments free or very 

 shortly united ; anther-cells distinct, parallel, separated by a broad connective, 

 opening longitudinally in 2 valves. Female flower : Perianth more or less deeply 

 3 to 5-lobed or minutely toothed and at length spathaceous. Ovary 2 or 3-celled 

 with 1 ovule in each cell. Styles free or very shortly united at the base, spread- 

 ing, undivided, the upper or inner stigmatic surface fringed with raised papillfe 

 or processes. Capsule separating into 2-valved cocci. Seeds usually globular, 

 not carunculate ; albumen copious ; cotyledons flat, much broader than the 

 radicle. — Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, petiolate, usually 

 broad and often large, entire toothed or lobed, sometimes peltate, usually 3 or 

 more-nerved at the insertion of the petiole with 2 or sometimes more flat almost 

 immersSd glands on the upper surface near the base, sometimes however very 



