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species. C. densiflorus is most closely allied to C. Dallachyanus (Baill.) 
Benth. and the two can be distinguished as follows : — 
Leaves ovate, glossy green above, 5-8 cm. long, 2-3.5 cm. wide. 
Flowers in clusters on more or less leafless branches . . . . C. Dallachyanus. 
Leaves lanceolate, dull on both surfaces, 5-9 cm. long, 1-2 cm. 
broad. Flower clusters axillary on leafy twigs . . . . C. densiflorus. 
Macaranga multiflora sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, partibus novellis dense pubescentibus. Folia petiolata, 
elliptica, elliptico-lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, apice acuminata, 
margine integra sed in sicco plerumque distincte undulata, supra ad 
basin glandulis 2 impressis praedita, subtus glandulis minutis atro- 
rubris plus vel minus dense obsita; petiolus 2.5-4 cm. longus; lamina 
8-12 cm. longa, 4—6 cm. lata ; nervi praecipui ca. 10 in utroque latere, 
in sicco utrinque distincti; stipulae lanceolatae, pubescentes, 4 mm. 
longae. Flores in paniculas multifloras dispositi; paniculae 6-10 cm. 
longae, ramulis tenuibus tomentosis. Flores masculi in fasciculus 8-10- 
flores dispositi, bracteis sub fasciculis anguste triangularibus vel 
lanceolatis 2 mm. longis, perianthii segmentis ovatis vix 1 mm. longis. 
Flores foeininei ignoti. Capsula plerumque bi- vel tri-locularis, loculis 
subglobosis 4 mm. diam., pericarpio glandulis rubris densissime obtecto, 
endocarpio crustaceo nitido castaneo, semine rugoso. 
Cook District: Johnstone River, Rev. N. Michael (type: male 
flowers), Dec. 1915; Garradunga (common on edge of rain-forest and as 
secondary growth), C. T. White 11750 (fruits), 5-12-1941 (small tree). 
Among previously described Australian species the present plant 
comes closest to M. s\u[bdentata Benth. and ill. inamoena F. Muell., both 
of which differ in having a few-flowered long-pedunculate female 
inflorescence and echinate capsules. 
Euphorbia Lathyrus L. Sp. PI. 457 (1753). 
Darling Downs : Toowoomba, naturalised in some of the paddocks 
near the town, Helen H. Vellacott (immature fruits), 12-12-1943. 
A native of Southern Europe, not previously recorded as naturalised 
in Queensland though occasionally seen in gardens. 
Euphorbia Sparmanmi Boiss. Cent. Euph. 5 (1860). 
Moreton District : Bribie Island, south end, on sandy flats near the 
beach, amongst grasses, white sandy soil, C. E. Hubbard 2688 (flowers 
and capsules), 19-5-1930 (prostrate herb, reddish stems) ; Stradbroke 
Island, moderately common on the sand dunes, C. T. White 6759 (flowers 
and capsules), 20-4-1930 (herb, stems reddish, leaves apple green above, 
whitish or reddish beneath) — distributed as E. atoto Forst. ; Redcliffe, 
E. W. Bick (flowers and capsules), January 1917 ; Bishop Island, mouth 
of the Brisbane River, in sand, 8. L. Everist and 8. T. Blake (capsules), 
25-7-1932. Wide Bay District : Double Island Point, among rocks over- 
looking the sea, D. A. Goy 98 (capsules), 26-12-1935 (small herb) ; north 
of Kelly’s Creek, near Bundaberg, fairly common on sand dunes, L. S. 
Smith 444 (capsules), 1-1-1938 (herb with prostrate branches radiating 
from central root) — distributed as E. atoto Forst. 
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