EUPHORBIA PEPLUS L., Spec

E. rEeLoines Griseb., Spic., I, 138, nec Govan (ex Boiss.), in DC. Prodr., n. 556. — KI., PI. Preiss., 1, 174,

Exs. Preiss, n. 1207. — F. Mueller, Sydney (verisim. advecta ?)

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$ Eremoruyron Boiss.

24. EUPHORBIA EREMOPHILA À. Cunn., in Mitch. Journ. trop. Austr., 848 (255).

E. peserricoca F°. Muell., in Linnæa (1852), 441.

Oss. Species valde polymorpha ; nunc genuina, caule erecto ramoso strictiuscule ramoso scopario, demum indurato, basi denudato; aut B, latifolia Borss. (loc. cit.), foliis ad 4 cent. longis, 4 cent. latis obsolete dentatis subintegrisve; aut y, dracunculina, omnino herbacea parce ramosa ; foliis obtusis retusisve argute denticulatis; hinc 4, microdendron, caule brevissimo crasso depresso nodoso durissimo subaphyllo; inde e, phyllanthina, vamis ramulisque gracilibus, internodiis elongatis; foliis lineari-elongatis (2-4 mill. latis, ad 5 cent. longis), aut subintegris aut denticulatis serrulatisve (formas quasdam Stéllingicæ (Microst.) Chameléæ referens) ; rarius &, filiformis, plantula valdo gracili; ramis filiformibus ; foliis omnino linearibus (vix 4 mill. Jatis).

Exs. « Dampier, Intercourse island Archip. (herb. Kew).» — Gaudichaud, n. 4001, Baie des Chiens marins. — « Mitchell, fluv. Warrego. — Cunningham, ns. Dick Hartog, — Drummond, Swan river, coll. 6, n. 88 (herb. Kew).» — #. Muell., « Flinder's range, Cudnjaka, Akaba; Moreton bay (1855); Clarence river ; Clitfon; Murchison river; Upper Victoria river; Barrier reef passage ; « prop. junct. fl. Murray et Darling (1855);» Leichhardt’s range; Edgecombe bay », etc.— Beckler, «near Barrier randge. » — Wheeler, « betw. Stokes randge and Cooper's creek. » — Murray, Cooper’s creek. — Warburton, mount Scarle, — Bowman, Queensland; Rockhampton. — Burkitt, Lake Gilles. — Dallachy, Rockingham bay; Darling river (herb. #, Muell. 1).

S Decanenia H, Bn.