Bv c. T. wHiTj;. 327 



Flindersia Schotoana. 



F. V. Muell., Fragm., iii., 1862, 25, and ix., 1875, 133; C. De Candolle in 

 DC. Monogr. Phanerog., i., 1878, 733; Bail., Syn. Qland Flora, 1883, 64; Qlana 

 Flora, i., 1899, 241; Cat. Queens, woods (various editions), No. 71; J. F. Bailey, 

 Qland Agr. Jour., v., 1899, 395; Maiden, Forest Flora of N.S.W., ii., 1906, 155, 

 Pis. 69, 70. 



Hab. — A eomiuou tree in Queensland and New South Wales. Speaking of 

 its distribution in tlie latter State, Maiden states "In New South Wales it does 

 not appear to have been recorded south of the Hastings River. From thence it 

 is not uncommon in brush forests to the Queensland border." In Queensland it 

 is an exceedingly common tree; the northernmost record is the Herberton Dis- 

 trict (J. F. Bailey). The tree is commonly known as "Cudgerie" or "Bumpy 

 Ash." Some of the northern forms are clothed on the under surface of the 

 adult leaves with a very close, exceedingly dense velvety tomentum and it is 

 possible that when further material is available it may liave to constitute a dis- 

 tinct variety or varieties. 



Flindersia pubescens (F. v. M.) 



Bail., Queens. Agiic. Journ., iii., 1898, 353, and x., 1902, 47, PI. i; Com- 

 prehens. Cat. Qland. Plants, 1913, 91, PI. 4; N. W. Jolly, Forestry Bulletin No. 

 1, p. 7, with photomicrograph of timber (Brisbane, 1917). — F. Sehottiana var. 

 pubescetbs, F. v. Muell., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr., v., 1866, 143. 



Hab. — Rockingham Bay (Dallachy), Hinchinbrook Island {ex. Nat. Herb. 

 Melbourne), Trinity Bay, Cairns (W. Hill. E. Betche). Martintown (J. F. 

 Bailey), Kairi (C. T. White). 



This tree was originally described by the late F. M. Bailey from trees 

 cultivated and raised in a Brisbane Park from seed collected in North Queens- 

 land. He described it under the name F. pubescens correctly thinking it identi- 

 cal with F. Sehottiana var. pubescens F. v. Muell. In my opinion Bailey was 

 justified in raising it to specific rank. It is characterised by its very large 

 leaves and leaflets. The leaf rachis and petiole are densely clothed with a soft 

 golden-brown stellate pubescence; the under surface of the leaves is clothed 

 with stellate liairs; the veins, and to a less extent the veinlets, are prominent 

 on the under surface. 



As cultivated in Brisbane, F. Sehottiana flowers in November, F. Sehottiana 

 var. grandis. a month to six weeks earlier. This latter is a noble tree and is 

 quite common in cultivation about Brisbane where it does remarkably well. As 

 a street tree its only drawback is that the large hairy leaves catch and hold a 

 fair amount of dust and dirt. 



The following are the chief differences between F. Sehottiana and /•''. 

 pubescens : 



Leaflets on flowering shoots, subcoriaceous, somewhat falcate. 2J-5 inches (6.5-13 

 cm.) long. 4-li inches (2-3.3 cm.) broad: quite glabrous or the rachis and under 

 surface clothed with a very close and dense stellate, velvety tomentum, veins and 



veinlets not prominent and often scarcely discernible F. Sehottiana. 



Leaflets on the flowering branches chartaceous. .>9 in. (12..5-23 cm.) long. l4-2i in. 

 (4.5-6.5 cm.) broad, rachis densely clothed with comparatively long golden-brown 

 stellate hairs, under surface clothed with numerous but more or less Scattered stellate 

 hairs, the veins and veinlets prominent F. pubescens 



