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GreiviaJ] win. tiltace^. 271 



separating into 2 nuts, each one containing when perfect 2 superposed pairs of 

 seeds placed singly in separate compartments, but often fewer by abortion. 



N. Australia. Cygnet Bay, A, Cunningham; N.W. coast, Bijnoe ; islands of the 

 Bay of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



4- G. latifolia^ Z Maell. Herb, A shrub or tree, the branches stellate- 

 touiciitose. Leaves petiolate, broadly cordate, ovate, 3 or 4 in. long, irregu- 

 larly serrate, scabrous-pubescent above and wrinlded, softly tomentose or hir- 

 sute underneath. Peduncles 2 or 3 together, 2- to 5-flowered, of unequal 

 length, but scarcely exceeding the petioles. Sepals softly villous, 4 to 5 lines 

 long, acute. Petals about one-third as long, the broad foveolate base as long 

 as the small lamina. Torus considerably elevated. Stamens numerous. 

 Ovary hirsute, 2-celled, with 2 superposed ovules in each half-cell. Fruit 

 depressed-globular, 5 or 6 lines diameter, hirsute when young, at length 

 shining and nearly glabrous, 2-lobed, each lobe containing 2 1-seeded nuts 

 and slightly furrowed between them. — Q, Ricliardlana^ Hook, in Mitch, 

 Trop, Austr, 383 ; not Walp. 



Queensland. Islands ofT the N. coast, U, Brown; Bastard Bay, Banks; Ih'isbane 

 riy^v, Fraser, F. Mueller; Moreton Island and Peak Downs, F. Mueller ; St George's 

 Brifl-c on the Balonne, MltckelL 



The folinge is nearly that of G, asiafica^ Linn., with the fruit of G. "poJygama, Roxb., and 

 the flowers differeut from both. In some flowers, I have seen the style divided sonic way 

 Wow the dilated fringed stigmns. 



5. G. polygama,*7?o^5. FL LuL ii. 5S8. An erect shrub, the branches 

 tomentose or softly hirsute. Leaves almost sessile, from obovate-oblong to 

 oblong-elliptical or almost lanceolate, 3 to 3 in. long, serrate, wrinkled and 

 softly pubescent or scarcely scabrous above, vclvety-tomentose nnderneath. 

 Howers dioecious, 3 or 4 together on very short peduncles. Sepals about 4 

 hnes long, silky-tomentose outside. Petals' about one-third as long, the oblong 

 lamina twice as long as the broad foveolate base. Male fl. : Stamens about 

 20, on the very hirsute torus, with a vei-y rudimentary pistil or none at all. 

 Pemale tl. : Stannous very short, w4th small anthers. Ovaiy very hirsute, 

 )^'ith 2 superposed ovules in each half-celL Style short, with broad, spread- 

 ing, fringed stigmatic lobes. Drupe depressed-globular, 5 or 6 lines dia- 

 nietcr, hirsute when 3^oung, at length smooth and shining, 2-lobed, each lobe 

 containing 2 1-seeded nuts and slightly furrowed between them. 



N, Australia. Victoria and Fitzmanrice rivers atid Arnhcm's Land, T. Mueller; 

 Goulbarn Island, A. Cunningham; islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, K Brown; Swcai-a 

 island, Hcmie, 



Queensland, Cape York and Tort Jlolle, M'GllHvrag; Bay of Inlets, Banks; 

 Keppt,! Bay, R. Brown; Percy Islands, J, Cunninglcam ; Rockhampton, F. Mueller ; Port 

 l>enjsou, Fitmlan, 



The species spreads over a great part of East India. 



6. G. xanthopetala, J. Mndl, Herb, Young branches tomentose- 

 hirsute. I^eaves shortly petiolate, broadly ovate-cordate, acuminate, the 

 Jjii'ger ones 3 or 4 in. long, serrate, minutely pubescent above, tomentose un- 

 derneath or at length nearly glabrous, 5-nerved at the base or rarely 3-nervc(h 

 Stijndes rather broader tl)an in the otlier species. Flowers dicccious, in ses- 

 sde, several-Howered clusters, the males not seen. Female fl. : Sepals 2 to 3 

 Inics long, obtuse, softly villous outside. Petals about half as long, some- 



