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Tas. 8469, 
AKANIA HIi11, 
Australia, 
AxantA, Hook. f.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. pp. 409, 1000; Stapf in 
Kew Bulletin, 1912, p. 379. 
Akania Hillii, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. l.c.; Benth. Flor. 
Austral, vol. i. p. 471; species unica. 
Arbor 9-12-metralis inflorescentiis exceptis glabra, ramis junioribus pallide 
brunneis lenticellis verrucosis. olia imparipinnata, 30-60 (rarius ad 90) 
em. longa; rhachis robusta, teres, pallida; foliola opposita vel rarius 
alterna, utrinque 6-15, petiolulo basi apiceque incrassato 4-10 mm. longo 
suffulta, lanceolata, acuminata, spinuloso-serrata, 12-830 cm. longa, 
1°75-3°5 cm. lata, coriacea, utrinque lucida, exsiccando saltem glau- 
cescentia, nervis utrinsecus 15-20, prope marginem arcuato-connectis 
prominentibus, venis imprimis subtus prominulis eleganter anastomos- 
antibus, areolis ob papillas foveolas stomata recipientes densissime 
vestientes subtus albo-maculatis. /aniculae axillares vel supra-axillares 
vel interdum e ligno vetusto ortae, amplae, 30-45 cm. longae, floribundae, 
praete rrhachin basi tandem glabratam dense pubescentes ; ped'celli 6-8 mm. 
longi, graciles; bracteae minutae, ovatae vel lanceolatae. Fores odorati. 
Calyx deciduus, 5-sepalus, cum receptaculo haud alto obovoideus, 3-4 mm. 
longus; receptaculum extra pubescens intus basi dense sericeum; 
sepala inaequalia, imbricata, rotundato-ovata, obtusa, praeter cilia minuta 
marginalia magis minusve glabrescentia. Petala 5, dextrorsum vel 
sinistrorsum contorta, obhovato-oblonga, basi subunguiculata, alba vel 
(spentanea) pallide rosea, 8-10 mm. longa. Stamina plerumque 8, rarius 9, 
epipetala 3-4 imo calycis fundo, episepala (exteriora) 5 paulo altius incerta ; 
filamenta glabra, filiformia, ad 4 mm. longa; antherae oblongae, basifixae, 
lateraliter dehiscentes ; pollen tetraédrico-globosum, poris 4, exine minutis- 
sime granulata. Ovarium oblongo-obovoideum, tomentellum, in stylum 
columparem 4-5 mm. longum basi pubescentem abiens; stigma minute 
8-lobum; loculi 3, 2-ovulati; ovula superposita, anatropa, micropyle 
supera, rhaphe ventrali. Fructus capsularis, loculicide dehiscens, ovoideus 
vel pyriformis, 2-2°25 cm. longus, valvis coriaceo-lignosis, fuscis. 
Semina in quoque loculo 2 vel 1, ellipsoideo-globosa vel, si duo, contactu 
applanato-truncata, 10 mm. longa, 8 mm. lata; testa crustacea, pallida, 
interdum maculata; hilum oblongum, impressum ; tegmen tenue, solutum; 
albumen secundum cotyledonum margines tenue, caeterum crassum, carno- 
sum, amygdalos amaros redolens; embryo amplus; cotyledones crassae, 
subplanae; radicula brevis, plumula minuta.—Cupania lucens, F. Muell. 
Fraym. vol. iii. p.44. Lomatia Bidwillii, Kew Hand-list Tend. Dicot. p. 415. 
—O. Srapr. 
The interesting and striking plant which forms the 
subject of our illustration is a native of Australia and is 
the representative of a monotypic genus of singularly 
isolated character. The plant in question was received at 
Kew in 1872 from Mr. Linden, from whose nursery at 
Ghent it was issued under the name Lomatia Bidwillii. At 
Kew it has been grown in an open border in the Mexican 
DecemsBer, 1912. 
