304 NEW GENERA OF AUSTRALIAN PLANTS. 



1. Owenia acidula; glabra innovationibus verrucosis, foliis 7-15-jugis, 

 rachi semitereti canaliculata arcuata, foliolis angusto-lanceolatis in 

 apicem longe acutatis sessilibus uninerviis subaveniis, drupis glo- 

 bosis, pericarpio carnoso, putamine leviter rugoso sphaerico trilocu- 

 lato excavationibus destituto, seminibus turgide ovatis, radicula 

 brevissima. 



Hab. In planitiebus montibusque a fluraine Burdekin usque ad partes 

 superiores fluvii Brisbane.* — (Anth. Oct.-Dec.) 



Arbor minor, nunc mediocris, cortice rugoso et satis profunde rimoso 

 nigricante prsedita. Folia modice petiolata. Rachis addito petiolo 

 4-8 " longa, foliolo diminuto ad 3"' longo, lineari-subulato, termi- 

 nata. Foliola i— ]/§* longa, 3-5"' lata, in basin brevius in apicem 

 longius acutata, plana, integerrima, inferiora saepe alterna superiora 

 opposita. Spicce axillares, solitarise 3 pluri-multiflorse, pedunculo i-1" 

 longo suffultse, 1-2'' longse, non raro interrupts. Pedicelli brevissimi 

 vel nulli. Mores solitarii gemini vel ternati. Calyx basi bracteolis 

 tribus oblongis suffultus; bracteola media vix V" longa, laterales 

 duplo breviores. Sepala sub florescentia etiam imbricata, subrotunda, 

 ciliolata, lineam vix excedentia. Petala 5, oblonga, tenui-membra- 

 nacea, glabra, decidua, sessilia, circiter 2"' longa. Columna extus 

 glabra, inferne albida, superne virens, intus subtilissime puberula. 

 Antherce acutiusculse, flavse, f" longse. Stylus brevissimus, viridis, 

 glaber. Stigma aurantiacura, %" longum, annulo parum prominulo. 

 Drupa diametro 1-1 1'', pericarpio extus dilute et squalide erubes- 

 cente pallide subreticulata, intus lsetius et saturatius rubro, primum 

 acerbo mox jucunde acidulo. Semina sapore nauseosa.f 



2. Owenia venosa ; glabra, innovationibus vix vernicosis, foliis 

 jugis, rachi semitereti cum teretiusculo petiolo recto, foliolis ovato- 

 vel lanceolato-oblongis obliquis apice obtusis vel emarginatis bre- 

 vissime petiolulatis uninerviis venosis, drupis globosis, pericarpio 

 carnoso, putamine laeviusculo sphaerico excavationibus destituto tri- 



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loculato, seminibus turgide ovatis, radicula brevissima. 



flumina 



)awson et Burnett.J 



Originally found in the Arbuthnot range by Mr. Fraser. En. 



Fructus hujus et congenerum struthionibus Novae -H oil an dia* e 



specimen 



■Ed. 



Exhibition 



