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very copious and pellucid ; pedicels few or several, axillary, capillary,. 

 rather long, some on compressed thin, peduncles; floweis very small ; 

 lobes of the calyx four, semiovate or semiorbieular, conspicaously 

 ciliohited ; petals almost glabrous, half over-reaching the calyx-lobes; 

 anthers orbicular- or cordate-ovate, brownish ; disc glabrous; ovulary 

 two-celled ; fruit small, nearly globular, usually one-seeded, its pericarp 

 very thiu ; seed comparatively large, almost globular, its testule 

 eartilaginous, pale, quite sraooth, shining; embryo formiug only one eoil, 

 but at one end somewhat protruding be}'ond the curvature. 



Endeavour-Kiver ; W. Persieh. 



Sap of the wood, according to the finder's note, of epipastic effect. 



Leaves to 3 inches long and to l 1 /« broad, somewhat resembling those 

 of Scolopia Brownü. Pedicels attaining a length of one inch. Floweis 

 hardly above ^ö-inch long. Fruit measuriug about '/3-inch. Seed of 

 nearly 1 /4-inch measurement, its endopleura brown and smooth. Already 

 the carpic characters are sufficient to distinguish this species from all 

 others. The extreme acridity of the sap, if adscribed rightly to the 

 wood of this particular free, seems unique in the genus if not the whole 

 inyrtaceous order. 



Myrtus lasioclada in a remarkable variety (or perhaps closely allied 

 but distinct species) to which the name decaspermoides has been given, 

 shows leaves shaped like those of Decaspermum paniculatum and Myrtus 

 Beckleri, with inconspicuous venulation, recurved pedicels, five-lobed 

 calyces and very abbreviated stamens with anthers, perhaps through 

 monstrosity, pointed by the excurrent connective. The doubts about this 

 plant can best be unravelled in its native locality, successive altitudes 

 of occurrence more particularly affecting the characteristics of highland- 

 plants. 



Decaspermum paniculatum occurs on the Logan-River (Scortechini), 

 and on the Bellinger-River (W. Macdonald). 



Bhodamnia Blairiana has with Aryophyllum nitidum been brought 

 from Mt. Bartle-Frere by Mr. Stephen Johnson. Well formed seeds very 

 angular ; testule bony-hard. 



Bhodomyrtus trineura extends to the sources of the Burdekin-River and 

 also to Mt. Bartle-Frere. Leaves to 5 inches long, 2 inches broad. 

 Petals pink. 



Euyenia minutiflora bears some affinity to E. confertiflora. 



Euyenia grandis we have also from Endeavour-River, where it was 

 found by Mr. Persieh. 



Euyenia suborbicularis is now also known from the Mitchell-River 

 (E. Palmer). Bark smoothish, brown. Fruit copiously produced, attaining 

 sometimes the size of a middling apple ; its pericarp pleasantly acid, but 

 often not without some acridity, outside red. (Daemel.) 



Euyenia Luehmanni. 



Glabrus thoughout; leaves short-stalhed, small, almost lauceolar but 

 gradually much protracted into a bluntish acumen, the venules much 

 concealed; panicles short, brachiate, their main divisions somewhat thyrsoid; 

 pedicels almost undeveloped ; flowers very small, rather crowded, three 

 or two or only one on the short ultimate peduncles ; calyx-tube bemi- 

 ellipsoid, without any conspicuous angulation, densely glandular-dotted ; 

 lobes semiorbicular, much shorter than the tube ; petals of about double 

 the lengts of the calyx-lobes, disconnected, very much surpassed by the 

 stamens and style ; anthers almost ovate ; stigma minute ; ovulary deeply 

 sunk, two-celled. 



On Mount Bartle-Frere, together with a Styphelia of the section 

 Acrotriche ; Stephen Johnson. 



Height of tree to about 20 feet. Leaves l 1 /* to - 1 » inches long, V* 

 to 3 /4 inches broad, much shaped like those of Decaspermuin paniculatum. 

 Flowers appearing racemously arranged when some are solitary on the 

 ultimate peduncles. Calyx during anthesis hardly x j* inch long, dull- 

 brownish outside. Petals and authers whitish. Ovnles rather few. Ripe 

 fruit unknown. 



