Order A n iid em e a there are three or four tropical Australian sp ecies, some o f which are id en tical with
In d ia n ones.
Gen. I . R IC IN O C A E PU S , D « / .
Flores monoici. C alyx 4 -5 -p a r titu s , lac iniis valvatis. F e ta la 4 - 5 , convoluta. Masc. S tam in a p lu rima
; f ilam e n tis in columnam basi 5-glaudulosam a basi ad apicem antiieriferam connatis ; an th eris adnatis,
extrorsis. P cem. Ovarium papillosum, squamis 5 bypogynis, 3 -loculare , locu lis 1 -o v u la tis ; s ty lo brevi;
s tigm a tibu s 3 , linearibus, bipartitis. Capsula globosa, echinata, 3-sulca, 3-cocca, coccis monospermis.—
Fru tice s ; foliis a lte rn is , coriaceis, confe rtis, anguste lin earibu s, in te g e n im is , margine re vo lu tis, mucronatis ;
floribus ten n in a lih u s, s o lita r iis corymbosisve ; pedicellis c la va tis, b asi 2 -b ra c tea tis.
I find about ten or twelve species of this genus in the Hookerian Herbaiiura, o f which 1 suspect some are very
variable in habit ; the majority are natives o f the South-western quarter of the contiuent, and the remainder of tlie
South-eastern and Tasmania.— R. pinifolius, the only Tasmanian species, is a small, erect, branching, glabrous
shrub, 2 - 4 feet higb, witb numerous alternate leaves, which are about an inch long, suberect, veiy narrow-linear,
acuminate, their margins revolute aimost to the midrib. Flowers mouoecious, erect, about 4 ~ f inch loug, on long,
strict pedicels, bracteolate at the base, towards tbe ends of the branchlets, the female uppermost, w ith slioi-ter peduncles
; males generally axillary, aud with the peduncle longer than the leaf, often imperfectly jointed about the middle.
Calyx obcouic, irregularly four- or five-lobed; lobes blunt, minutely ciliated. Corolla of five imbricate white
petals, twice to foim times as long as the calyx. Male flower with a long cone o f stamens united by tlieir filaments,
tlie anthers estrorse. Female a three-celled ovary, subtended by five hypogjmous scales, and having tliree linear
bipartite stigmas. Capsule 4 inch long, densely covered with soft waving spines, woody, three-ceUed, of three
woody cocci, that separate from a persistent central column, and dehisce down the ventral suture ; epicarp coriaceous,
easily separating from the cmstaceous woody endocarp. Seed narrow-oblong, with a smooth, shining, polished,
mottled testa, and prominent canmcula at the top. (Name from the similarity of the fruit and seed to that o f tlie
Castor Oil, Ricinus Palma-Christi.)
1. Ricinocarpus pinifolius (De sf. Mem. Mus. iii. t . 2 2 ) ; frutex erectus glaberrimus, foliis pollicaribus
anguste linearibus acuminatis r igid is su bpungentibus marginibus ad costam fere revolutis, pedunculis
solitariis 1-floris erectis foliis lon g io rib u s brevioribusve.— F i d i . Iconogr. 1 2 4 . R. sidæformis, M u e ller.
Roeperia pinifolia, S pr. S y s t. iii. 1 4 7 . [Gunn, 7 4 4 .)
H a b . Abundant on sand-liills near t h e sea, from fourteen miles east o f Georgetown, Gunn.— (Fl.
Oct.)
D i s t r i b . Eastern and South-eastern Australia, from Moreton B ay to Sou th Australia.
Gen. I I . B E Y E R IA , M iq .
Flores dioici. Masc. Calyx 5-par titus, laciniis inæqualibus æstivatione imbricatis. Corolla 0 . S ta m
in a 1 2 V. plura, pluriserialia, receptáculo conico in se rta; filam en tis b r eviu scu lis; an th e ris extrorsis, oblo
n g is. Eoem. Ca lyx 5-fidus, laciniis e llipticis erectis inæqualibus. P is tillu m oblongum, obtuse trigonum,
3 -lo cu la r e ; stigm ate magno, d iscoideo, sessili, ovarium fcegente; ovulis locu lis solitariis pendulis. Capsula
3-co c ca , læ v is; cocc is 2-v a lv ib u s, 1-spermis. Semina oblonga, trigono-compressa, hilo lato carunculoso.—-
Fru tice s ere c ti, ramosi, viscosi, g la b r i v. tom en to si; foliis ex s tip u la tis , a lte rn is, in teg e rrim is ; lloribus foem.
so lita r iis v . p a u c is p e d u n c u la tis ; masc. sa p e racem osis; pedicellis m in u te bracteolatis.
I have foUowed Endlicher (Gen. Plant. Suppl. iv. 90) in adopting the name of Beyeria for this genus, instead
o f Calyptrostigma, Klotzsch, which appeared about the same time (‘ Plantæ Preissianæ,’ i. 175). 1 have seen about
iifteeu species of the genus, the majority of which are natives of South-western Australia. All are slirubby, witli
E u p h o r b ia c eæ .] FLORA OF TASMANIA.
angular branches, and the leaves alternate, coriaceous, entire, exstipulate, generally viscous, glabrous or pubescent.
Flowers dioecious. Males generally racemose, pedieelled, the pedicels bracteolate. Females solitary or few. Calyx
o f five unequal laciniæ, imbricate in æstivation. Corolla 0. M a l e . Stamens numerous, coUected upon a central
receptacle ; short; anthers extrorse, F e m a l e . Oaajy three-ceUed, with three pendulous ovules, almost
covered with the broad, discoid, sessile stigma. Capsule three-celled, three-valved, w ith three compressed trigonous
seeds. (Named in honoui- o f a Dutch botanist.)
1. Bey eria oblongifolia (H o ok , fil.) ; viscosa, ramulis foliisque subtus tomento arctissime appresso
albidis, foliis (1 -2 -p o llica r ib u s) lineari-oblongis lanceolatisve subacutis subtus enerviis, floribus masc. paucis
subracemosis, foem. solitariis.— Calyptrostigma oblongifolia, Klo tzsch , F la n t. P re iss. i. 1 7 6 in not. {Gunn,
1 2 , 1 2 4 6 .)
H a b . Abundant in shaded places, especially on the rocky banks o f rivers.— (F l. N o v .) {v. v.)
D i s t r i b . N ew South YYales and Yictoria.
I very much doubt if this will prove distinct from the B. viscosa, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. i. t. 15 {Croton viscosum,
Labillardiere), o f which I liave examined two authenticaUy-named specimens, both coUected by Labillardière ;
one (the plant he afterwards published), in South-western Australia, has ilistinct veins on the under-surface o f the
leaves, wliich are not white ; tlie other, Croton viscosum, var., was gathered iu Tasmania, and is that here described.
— A shrub or smaU tree, 6 -3 0 feet high, with viscous branches, leaves, peduncles, and capsules. Leaves 1 - 2 inches
long, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, blunt or hardly acute, below nerveless or very obscurely veined, white below,
with closely appressed down, as are the branches, peduncles, and capsules. Male fiowers few together, on a sbort
axiUary peduncle, about 4 inch in diameter ; calyx membranous, segments orbicular. Female fiowers with erect
coriaceous calyx-segments. Capsule about as large as a pea.
2 . B ey eria Backhousii (H o ok , fil.) ; fruticosa, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis (4 -1 -u n c ia lib u s) ang
u ste ob lon g o - v. lineari- v. elliptico-lanc eolatis acutis marginibus recurvis subtus enerviis dense niveo-
tomentosis costa valida. {Gunn, 5 4 0 .)
H a b . Flinde rs’ Islan d , B a ss’ Straits, Backhouse.
D i s t r i b . South-eastern Australia, near the sea ; common.
A much smaller species tlian B. oblongifolia, generally not exceeding a foot iu height, with narrower leaves,
seldom 1 inch long, with recurved margins, snow-white beneath, with appressed tomentum, nerveless, but with a
stout, pale, reddish-brown costa. Flowers simUar to but smaller than in B. oblongifolia.
Gen. I I I . B E R T Y A , Plan ch .
Flores monoici, bracteis 5 - 6 calyciformibus involucrati. C alyx coloratus, 5-par titus, membraiiaceus,
æstivatione imbricatus. Coi-olla 0. Masc. Stamina plurima in fasciculum dense eon g e sta ; f ilam e n te brev
ib u s ; an th e ris oblongis, extrorsis. Foem. Ovarium 3 -lo cu la r e ; s ty lis 3 , tr ipar titis; ovario 3 -lo cu la r i;
o vu lis 3 , pendulis. Capsula oblonga, calyce aucto inclusa, abortu monospenna. Semen oblongum ; testa
Crustacea, fusca, canmcula alba lunata.— F ruticuli v irg a tim ramosi, v iscosi ; foliis a ltem is , confertis, exsii-
p u la tis , coriaceis, margine scepius re cu rvo ; floribus axilla ribu s, so lita r iis , infe rioribus masculis.
There are five described species o f this genus, all natives of Eastern and South-eastern Australia. The genus
is nearly allied to Beyeria, but diifers in the three trirtd stigmas, iu the capsule ripening but oue seed, in the flowers
being all axillary and solitary, aud enclosed iu membranous or coriaceous bracts. All are small shrubs, with small,
coriaceous, exstipulate, alternate leaves. (Named in honour o f Count Léonce de Lambertye, an eminent horticulturist.)
1. B erty a rosmarinifolia (Planch, in Lond. Jou rn . Bot. iv. 4 7 3 . t . 16 A. fig. 2 - 5 ) ; fruticnlus
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