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aliquoties adnotata; hine etiam proxime stabit O. vernicosa, ru- 
pium desertorumque terre JArnhemies incola, foliis junioribus 
sepe pubescentibus, imprimis vero floribus ample paniculatis et 
drupis exsuccis, nisi fallor, sufficienter diversa. 
Owenia cerasifera (F. M. l. c. 305) inhabitat perplures districtus 
Kennedy tractus. 
BURSERACEJE. 
Canarium Australianum. 
(Sect. Pimela.) 
Ramulis apice tenuissime velutinis, stipulis lineari-subulatis, 
Joliolis 5-9 late ovalibus obtusis integerrimis breviter v. modice 
petiolulatis supra glabris subtus tenuiter velutinellis, cymulis 
racemoso-paniculatis, drupis parce carnosis glabris ellipsoideis. 
In vicinia sstuarii fluminis Burdekin; Fitzalan. In Sweer's 
Island et Bentink Island ; Henne. 
Ramuli validi. Foliola 2-5" longa, nervis lateralibus patentis- 
simis costata, supra nitentia, subtus opaca et pallidiora, copiose 
reticulari-venosa.  Stipule ad basin petiolorum 2-3" longz, cana- 
 liculatz;, demum deciduz. ^ Panicul:» racemos: ex axillis foliorum 
superiorum ortze, talimodo in apice ratinulorum confertz, spithamez, 
"V. breviores. Inflorescentia tenuissime velutina.  Bractes ad 
basin peduneulorum secundariorum solitariz, semilanceolatz, eir- 
citer 2" longs, decidus, intus glabriuscule.  Bracteole florum 
lateralium eadue:z, cymbeo-semilanceolatz ; laterales circiter lineam 
long: ; media pzne 13" metiens et magis deltoidea. Calyx florifer 
vit 1" longior, cyatheus, brevissime 3-lobus. Petala tria, circiter 
2" longa, excepto dorsi apice glabra, spathulato-ovata, zestivatione 
imbricata. Stamina 6 glabra. Filamenta circiter 1" longa, in 
tubum eonnata, apice libera. Antherze prope basin affixz, erecta, 
3" eirea longs», introrsz, loculis parallelis longitudinaliter dehi- 
scentibus. Pedunculi et pedicelli frutiferi robusti; hi primum 
perbreves, demum 2—3" longi. Calyx persistens, fructifer patel- 
laris, diametro 3—4" tenens, extus tenuissime velutinus, intus 
subtilissime sericeus; lobi deltoideo-semiorbieulati. Discus hypo- 
gynus indivisus, annularis, ciliolatus, membraneus. JDrupe vix 
unciales, basi obtuse, apice acutiuscule, monosperm:se, rarius di- 
spermz. Pericarpium tenue, extus pruinoso-cyaneum. Semen 
4—5" longum. Testa fusca, glabra. Embryo basi tenus in lobos 
sex foliaceos oblongo-lanceolatos transverse contortuplicatos di- 
visus. Radieula clavato-filiformis, 13-2" longa. 
Differt a Canario laxifloro ( Pimela laxiflora, Blume, Mus. Bot. 
Lugd. 221), eui stipularum forma convenit, foliolis minoribus, 
panieulis brevioribus et forsan aliis notis in posterum divulgandis. 
A Pimela legitima (Blume, l. c.) jam distinguitur foliolis obtusis 
minoribus, drupis autem majoribus. C.asperum (Benth. in Hook. 
