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LXIX. ETJPHORBIACEiE. 
[ Euphorbia . 
and 1 central stalked pistil. Each stamen is regarded as a pedicelled male 
flower, without perianth.' The pistil represents a pedicelled female flower, 
also without a perianth. Ovary 3-celled ; style 3-fid ; ovules 1 in each cell. 
Capsule 3-lobed, separating from a central axis into 3 cocci. Testa crusta- 
ceous, polished, grey. 
An enormous genus, found in all temperate and tropical parts of the world. 
1. E. glauca, Forst. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 227. Perfectly glabrous, glaucous ; 
stems herbaceous, 1-2 ft. high, rising from a woody rhizome, sometimes as 
thick as the finger, erect, umbellately branched at the top, very leafy. Leaves 
spreading, 1-4 in. long, from oblong-obovate to narrow- or ianceolate-obovate, 
obtuse or mucronate ; floral leaves whorled below the divisions of the umbel, 
broadly oblong. Involucres hid amongst the foliage, shortly pedicelled, cam- 
panulate, in. diam., fleshy, with 4 or 5 flat purple lunate glands at the 
mouth. Capsule subglobose, quite smooth, about as large as a pea. 
Throughout the islands, common on the beach, Banks and Solander, etc. 
E. helioscopia, Linn., a common annual English weed, smaller than E. glauca,, with 
shorter, toothed leaves, is introduced into some parts of New Zealand. 
2. CARTJMBIUM, Reinwardt. 
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves stipulate, alternate, quite entire, glabrous ; 
petioles long, 2-glandular at the tip. Flowers bracteate, in terminal spikes, 
monoecious.— Male : crowded. Perianth of 1 orbicular or 2 semi-orbicular 
leaflets, often connate, with a large gland on either side of the base of each. 
Stamens 6 or many ; filaments short, more or less connate ; anthers didymous, 
bursting laterally. Female : solitary. Perianth as in the male. Ovary sessile, 
2- or 3-celled ; style stout, 2- or 3-partite, stigmas 2 or 3 linear or oblong. 
Capsule 2- or 3-celled, 2- or 3-valved, 2- or 3-seeded. — Omalanthus, A. Juss. 
A small genus, natives of tropical Australia and the Pacific islands. 
1. C. polyandrum, TIook.f., n. sp. — Omalanthus nutans, Hook. f. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 127, not Guillemin. A small tree ; branches terete, brittle, 
glaucous. Leaves 2-3 in. long, with petioles 2-4 in. long, triangular-ovate or 
nearly orbicular, acute, quite entire, membranous, somewhat undulate, glau- 
cous below ; stipules % in. long, membranous. Raceme terminal, slender, 
nodding, 4-6 in. long. Male fl. : very numerous, rather distant, shortly pedi- 
celled, Jg- in. long; bracts minute; perianth of 1 small orbicular scale; an- 
thers very numerous, in a globose stipitate head;— /m. fl. : at the base of the 
raceme, shortly pedicelled ; perianth of 2 leaflets; styles very short, 3-fid; 
stigmas linear, tortuous, minutely 2-fid at the tip and base. 
Kermadec Islands, M‘ Gillivray. A very distinct species, not hitherto found elsewhere. 
Order LXX. CUPULIFEE.®. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, with or without stipules. Flowers 
small, in catkins or fascicled or solitary, unisexual. — Male : Stamens 1 or 
-more, surrounded by scales or in a 4-6-leaved or lobed perianth ; filaments 
usually slender ; anthers 2-celled. Female : solitary or 2-4 together, usually 
