208 MR. KIPPIST ON ACRADENIA, 



some species of Fhebalium, but in that genus they are occasionally developed into subu- 

 late or nearly cylindrical horns, almost as long as the carpels themselves. 



In the structure of its mature capsule, Acradenia appears to differ from most, if not 

 tbe whole, of its more immediate allies, the endocarp remaining, when ripe, firmly united 

 to the epicarp, instead of separating from it in two elastic valves, as is usually the case in 

 other Diosmecn. 



We have, unfortunately, no information from its discoverer with respect to the dimen- 

 sions which the plant attains, but the dried specimens have all the appearance of having 

 been broken off from a shrub of considerable size. They are much branched, and copiously 

 furnished with opposite ternate leaves ; these are remarkable for their coriaceous texture, 

 and the extreme roughness and harshness of their upper surface, which is dark green, and 

 covered with prominent glandular tubercles, while the under side is perfectly even, and 

 (in the dried specimens) of a ferruginous brown. 



Erom its close resemblance in habit to Zieria, I had originally intended to employ the 

 specific name " zierioides"; but Mr. Brown having kindly communicated to me a speci- 

 men, gathered by Mr. Milligan on the banks of the Franklin River in April 1842, on a 

 ticket attached to which Mr. Milligan proposes to name the plant " Zieria Franklinice" 

 after Lady Franklin (who, with her husband, Sir John, were, I believe, his companions on 

 that journey), I have much pleasure in altering the specific name to Franklinice, in accord- 

 ance with the wishes of its discoverer. On the same ticket Mr. Milligan speaks of the 

 plant as handsome and fragrant ; but as he at that time saw no flowers, the latter term 

 can only be intended to apply to the leaves, which, as in the majority of the Diosmece, are 

 copiously furnished with pellucid dots, reservoirs of essential oil, and exhaling probably 

 the peculiar odour which characterizes that family. 



Acradenia. 



Char, essent. Calyx 5-partitus. Petala 5, hypogyna, calyce multo longiora, asstivatione imbricata, 

 ovato-elliptica, undique velutina. Stamina 10, hypogyna, petalis sublongiora, alterna paulo bre- 

 viora ; filamenta libera, subulata, glabra ; anthera introrsae glabrae, biloculares, rima longitudinali 

 dehiscentes, apice inappendiculatae. Ovaria 5, gynophoro disciformi margine sinuato insidentia, 

 1-locularia, villosissima; singulo apice glandula majuscula sessili instructo. Ovula'm loculis gemina, 

 suturae ventrali collateraliter inserta, pendula. Styli in unicum glabrum coaliti. Stigma subcapitel- 

 latum. Capsula 5- (vel abortu 1-3-) cocea; cocci subquadrati, compressiusculi, glabrati, apice trun- 

 cati et extus breve cornuti, coriacei, transversim rugosi ; endocarpio baud secedente. Semina ? 



Frutex tasmanicus, ramosissimus ; foliis oppositis exstipulatis, petiolatis, 3-foliatis; foliolis coriaceis, lan- 

 ceolatis, serratis, supra tuber xulatis; pedunculis terminalibus, trichotome cymosis, multifloris ; floribus 



Acradenia Franklinice. Zieria Franklinice, Milligan, MSS. 



Frutex ramosissimus, floribus ramulisque junioribus exceptis, glaberrimus. Rami teretes, oppositi vel 

 subverticillati, cortice laevi vel subrugoso tecti. Folia opposita, exstipulata, breve petiolata, trifoliata. 

 Petioli vix semipollicares, supra canaliculati, subter convexi. Foliola 2-uncialia, coriacea, discolora, 

 lanceolata vel obovato-lanceolata, margine revoluta, versus apicem obtusum serrulata, basi attenuata 

 integerrima ; supra glanduloso-tuberculata atro-viridia, subter pallidiora laevissima vel glandulis minus 

 prominentibus parce conspersa, undique nitida ; nervo medio vaiido utrinque prominente, venuhs 



