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rentes vix ultra 1" longi, fructigeri ad 3" longi, extus fusco-sericei ; 
dentes 5 raro 4 vel 6, vtate magis acutati. Petala prope basin 
coh:xrentia, circiter 2" longa, rigidula, oblongo-ovalia, :stivatione 
imbricata, preter lateris interioris marginem extus cano-sericea, 
intus glabra et margine excepto saltem si exsiccata sunt saturate 
fusca. Stamina per paria connata, altero anteriore sz:pe minore et 
demissiore. Filamenta perbrevia, glabra, iis C. Australis utpluri- 
mum breviora. Anthere circiter lineam longz, tetragono-lineares, 
rostellatse, rima ex apice deorsum dehiscentes. Stylus floris 
feminei cylindraceus, secedens, circa 1" longus, inferne sericeus, 
superne in partes 3 erectas solutus. Germen sericeum. Bacca 
globoso-ovata v. sphzroidea, ad i" longa, glabrata, 2—3- raro 1- 
loeulata, loculis monospermis, Pericarpium tenue, crustaceum. 
Dissepimentum membraneum. Semina pendula, ovato-trigona v. 
plano-convexa, v. in fructu uniloculari unieum exangulato-ovatum, 
glabra, atro-fusca, circiter 4—5" longa, durissima. Albumen album, 
eartilagineum. Embryo circiter 2" longus, vix ultra medium 
albuminis penetrans, rectus, axilis; radicula clavato-cylindracea, 
pertenuis, supera ; cotyledones angusto- v. lineari-lanceolatz, planz, 
longitudine radicule et ea vix latiores. 
OrrAcru. 
Chionanthus effusiflora. 
Linociera effusiflora, F. M. coll. 
Subglabra, sempervirens, foliis lanceolato-ovatis, Zoribwus parvis 
ample effuso-paniculatis, petalis fere ellipticis erassiusculis eca- 
rinatis margine inflexis, fructibus ovalibus passim globosis obscure 
ccerulescentibus, putamine tenui vix costato. 
Ad rivulos vallium silvaticorum in vieinia urbis Rockhampton 
et in monte Elliot ; Dallachy et Fitzalan. 
Arbor ad 60' alta, cortice rugoso et sordide cano, ligno duro et 
flavido. Folia pleraque 21-6" raro ad 10" longa, in petiolum 
longiuseulum satis decurrentia.  Panicule pluripollicares, decom- 
posite, suaveolentes. Pedicelli plurimi flori subsquilongi, aliquot 
eo longiores. Calyx vix 3" longus, lobis pene deltoideis. Petala 
pallide flava, lineam paulo aut vix excedentia, inferne per paria 
cohzrentia. Filamenta brevissima, Antherze subrotunde. Drupe 
circiter semunciales. Semen scilicet exalbuminosum. 
A. Chionantho pierophloia nisi fallor specifice differt ob flores 
fructusque minores, illos haud confertos. 
Olea panieulata per fere totum tractum Australis orientalis sil- 
vatiez occurrit. Lc species fructus copiose albuminosos conge- 
nerum instar profert.  Notelez plures cognosco species, qus 
autem omnes, unica Tasmanica excepta, ad regiones Australiz 
orientales restrictz sunt. | 
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