230 ' XXII. STEKCIJLIACE^,. [Stei'culia, 



eastern form, but not fully out in our specimens^ and quite glabrous inside. — Brachychiton 

 Gref/orii, Y. Mucll. in Hook. Kevv Journ. ix. 199. 

 \V. Australia. Murchison riverj Gregory, Briimmond ^ hih Coll. n. 93. 



11. S. caudata, Heward, in Herb, Cunn. A tree, quite g:labrous except 

 the flowers. Leaves ovate-cordate, .entire, loug-acumiuate, mostly 3 or 4 in. 

 long, tlie veins more transverse than in any other species, some occasionally 

 narrow-oblonji* or linear. Dowers rather snlailj in short axillary panicles, the 

 rachis and pedicels quite glabrous. Calyx broadly campanulate, deeply lobed, 

 6 to 7 lines diameter when fully out, very tomentose outside, pubescent in- 

 side especially at the bottom, but without appendages. Staminal column 

 slender in the males, short in the females, pubescent at the base. Ovary 

 very toznentosc. Follicles glabrous, ovoid, rather large and thick, almost 

 sessile. — BracliycJiitoyi dicer HifoUicm, R. Br. in Benn. 1*1. Jav. Rar. 234. 



N. Australia. Careening Bay, N.W. coast, J. CunninghaM j Victoria river and Point 

 Pcarce, F. Mueller. I have been unable to retain R, Brown's specific name, which had 

 been previously applied by G. Dou to the last species. 



12. S, rupestris, Beatli, A considerable tree, the trunk often swelling 

 out to a large size, contracted at the top and bottom. Leaves quite glabrous, 

 either quite entire, oblong-linear or lanceolate, 3 to 6 in. long, or digitate, 

 consisting of 5 to 9 linear-lanceolate sessile leaflets, often above 6 in. Ion 

 Panicle tomentose, usually longer than the petioles. Calyx about 4 lines 

 long, campanulate, deeply lobed, tomentose both inside and out. Staminal 

 column short, hu-sute at the base. Follicles ovoid, acuminate, about 1 iu. 

 long, on stalks longer than themselves. Seeds, when deprived of the outer 

 coating which reuuiins adherent to the endocarp, smooth and shining, marked 

 with a large scar at the chalazal end, but the radicle iu those I have opeued 

 always next to the true lulum. — Lelabechm rupedris, Lindl. in ]\Iitch. Trop. 

 Austr. 155 i Brachjchilon DelahecJiU, F. Muell. PL Vict. i. 157. . 



Queensland. Isolated sunmiits of the Grafton range, MiicheJl ; Wide Bay, Bid will ; 

 Dawson, Mackenzie, and Burnett rivers, Roekhampton and Peak Downs, F, Mueller, The 

 colonists give it the name of '' Bottle-tree," ou account of the singular shape the trunk often 

 assumes. The digitate leaves appear to grow ou luxuriant barreu branches, for I have never 

 seen them on flowering specimens. 



2. TABRIETIA, Blume. 



(Argyrodendron, F. Muell) 



Tlowers unisexual. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals none. Staminal column short, 

 adnate to the gynophore, bearing at the summit 10 fo 15 anthers irregularly 

 clustered in a head. Carpels of the ovary 3 to 5, nearly distinct, 1-ovidate 



g' 



arely 2-ovuhite. Styles as many, shortly filiform, stigmntic on the inner 

 edge. Fruit-carpels or samaras distinct, spreading, indehiscent, produced at 

 the back into a wing, gccd oblong, albumen splitting in two, cotyledons 

 flat. — Tidl trees. Leaves digitately compound, glabrous or scurfy, i^owers 

 snudl and numerous, in axillary or lateral panicles. 



Besides the Australian species, which is endemic, there is another from the Indian Archi- 

 pelago. * 



1. T. argyrodendron, Bcuth, A tall tree, glabrous except minute 

 scurfy scales on the young shoots and inflorescence, and often ou the under 



