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work (1893). I did not find Elcaodendron australe, although 

 it is very famihar to me; this is, of course, not conclusive 

 evidence. 



As a rule our fruits of B. anslrale (from the mainland) appear 

 to have one-celled ovaries, with one developed seed, the second 

 cell, where originally present, having aborted, as pointed out by 

 Bentham. In many cases I cannot see a trace of a second cell. 

 The same remarks apply to var. tnelanocarpum. The distinction 

 "ovary 2-celled " as applied to E. australe, and " 3-celled " as 

 applied to its variety, appears to me to fall to the ground. I see 

 no constant difference between the fruits of the two plants except 

 in colour, and even in m,elanocarpum there is always a tinge of red 

 endeavouring to assert itself through the superficial colouring of 

 black. 



I recommend E. australe to be deleted from the list of Lord 

 Howe Island plants. 



ELiEODENDRON MELANOCARPUM, F.v.M. — Although Mueller pro- 

 posed this name for a species in Fragm. iii. 62, he revoked it in 

 Fragrn. vi. 201, and he definitely alludes to it as a variety of E. 

 avstrale (viz., E. australe, var. r7ielanocar]niin) in Fragm. ix. 77. 

 He omits E. mela^iocar pum in his Census af Australian Plants 

 (1889). I follow Mueller in depriving E. melanocarpum of specific 

 rank. Hemsley, doubtless in consequence of Mueller's reference 

 at Fragm. ix., gives E. melanocarpum as a Lord Howe Island 

 plant. I recomend its elimination from the list, not only on the 

 grounds stated, but because the black-fruited Elcaodendron of the 

 island is E. curtipend/dum, Endl. To be specific, I am of opinion 

 that neither E. austrcde nor its dark-fruited variety is to be found 

 on the island. 



El^odendron curtipendulum, Endl. (Prod. Florae Norfolkicte 

 [1833], p. 81). — Called '■ Tumana " on the island; not uncommon. 

 The tree is certainly neither E. australe nor its var. melanocarjnim. 

 I do not doubt that it is E. curti pendulum,, Endl., the only point 

 of non-agreement with Endlicher's description being that my 

 fruits are not "nutantes" or pendulous (curtipendidum), a detail 

 quite satisfactorily explained, in my opinion, by the fact that my 



