ECHINUS DALLACHYANUS

Frutex humilis, ramis teretibus glabris ; summis ramulis compressis lutescenti-furfuraceis. Folia alterna v. in summis ramulis subopposita oppositave oblongo-lanceolata (ad 15 cent. longa, 5 cent. lata), apice plerurnque breviter acuminata integerrima v. obsolete sinuata, supra glabra læte viridia, subtus pallidiora opaca; costa nervisque pennatis et ve-

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nulis transverse reticulatis ferrugineo-puberulis, subtus prominulis, Petioli basi apiceque paulo incrassati teretes puberuli (1, 2 cent. longi) ; limbo basi glandulis 2 vix prominulis inæquali-orbiculatis depressis supra munito. Flores diæci in racemis alterne cymosi ; pedicellis brevibus articulatis. Calyx utriusque sexus valvatus, mox æquali v. inæquali- 3-partitus; laciniis membranaceis extus luteo-glanduloso-punctulatis. Stamina numero indefinita erecta libera, apice in connectivum brevem erectum basifixum glandulosum fuscatum dilatata ; antheræ loculis sublateralibus, in staminibus exterioribus subextrosis, longitudine rimosis. Germen globosum 2 v. sæpius 3-loculare; loculis sepalis, dum numerus idem sit, oppositis, extus resinoso-punctulatis; stylo 2, 3-partito; laciniis extus punctulatis, intus dense papillosis, in alabastro involutis, mox reflexis, demum erectis. Capsula 3 v. abortu 1, 2-locularis; coccis subglobosis (pisi magnitudine) dense luteo-furfuraceis nec aculeatis; semine globoso glabro fuscato.

Exs. Dallachy (1865), Rockingham's Bay, « salt water creeks » (herb. F,. Muell.",.

k. ECHINUS CLAOXYLOIDES.

E. arrinis À. Bn, in herb. F. Muell. (1865).

MazLorus cLaoxYLOIDES M. arg., in Linnæa (1865), 192.

PLaGraNTHERA ? AFFINIS À, Bn, Et. gen. Euphorbiac., {24. . EGHINOCROTON CLAOXYLOIDES F. Muell., Fragm., I, 31.

Exs. «, genuina. Leichhardt (A84h), n. 9, Archers Creek (herb. Mus., F, Muell!). — Verreaux (185), n. 56, 592, 678, 862, Moreton Bay (herb. Mus!). — #. Mueller, Moreton Bay; n. 65, Brisbane River. — Hill, Moreton Bay.— Bowman, n. 153, Queensland; n. 299, Mogile Creek. — Dallachy, n. 196, 234 (1863), West Rockhampton, « in the creek, west side of the Fitzroy River » (herb. #. Muell. 1).

GB, cordata, foliis amplis (15 cent. long., 10 cent. lat.) cordatis breviter acuminatis (eis À /chorneæ cordatæ subsimilibus) oppositis, basi 3-7nerviis, subtus tomento brevi uti ramuli petiolique indutis.

Exs. #. Mueller, Moreton Bay.— Zeckler, Richmond River; Clarence River, — Dallachy, n. k (1865), Rockhampton « salt water creeks » (herb. #, Muell. !),

%, ficifolia (E. ficifolius H. B\, in herb. F. Muell.), foliis cordato-ovatis

breviter petiolatis inæquali-crenatis, supra scaberulis, subtus tomentellis ; costa nervisque supra subtusque prominulis ferrugineo-tomentosis.

Exs. Dallachy, n. 47, Queensland; Rockhampton (herb. F#. Muell !).