380 XXIII. TILIACE.E. [Aridotelia. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate or rarely ovate-lanceolate, glabrous ... 1* A,pedu7icularis. 

 Leaves ovate, acuminate, pubescent uuJerneatb 2. A, anstralasica . 



1. A. peduncTDilaris, Hook. /. TL Tasm, i. 52. A weak straggling 

 shrub of 2 to 4 or 5 ft., glabrous in all its parts. Leaves irregularly oppo- 

 site or 'here and there alternate or in whorls of 3, shortly petiolate, from 

 ovate-lanceolate to oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, 1^ to 3 in. long, serrate. 

 Peduncles slender, 1-flowered, solitary or 2 to 3 together, with a few small 

 leafy bracts at the base. Flowers white, pendulous. Sepals 4 or rarely 5, 

 3 or 4 lines long. Petals rather longer, broadly cuneate, 3-lobed. Torus 

 tomentose. Stamens 10 to 12, the filaments ciliate at the base; anthers 

 shortly pointed. Berry varjang in size from tliat of a pea to a small cherry. 



Elmcarpus peduncnlaris, Labill. PL Nov. Holl. ii. 15, t. 155 ; Friesia fe- 

 duncnlaris, DC. Prod.i. 520 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4246. 



Tasmania. Derwent river, R, Brown ; southern and mountainous parts of the island, 

 common iu shady places ascending to 4000 ft., /. 1), Hooker, 



2. A. (?) australasica, Z Miiell. Fragm, ii. 79. A slender shrub of 



several feet, with a few soft hairs on the young branches, petioles, and prm- 

 cipal veins on the under side of the leaves, otherwise glabi'ous. Leaves op- 

 posite, on slender petioles, ovate, acuminate, 2 to 3 in. long, serrate, 3-nerved 

 at the base. Pedicels slender, really axillary, although sometimes apparently 

 terminal before the intermediate bud has grown out. Tlowers unknown. 

 Berry globular, about 4 lines diameter, nearly dry. 



N. S, 'Vl^ales. Mountain woods at the mouth of the Clarence river, Beckler. ^^^^'^^ 

 the flowers have been seen, the generic identity cannot be considered as certain. 



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7. EL^OCABPUS, Limi. 



(Monoccra, Jacl;) 



Sepals 4 or 5, usually valvate. Petals as many, fringed, lobed or rarely 

 entire, inserted round the base of the torus, induplicate- valvate, and em- 

 bracing some of the outer stamens in the bud. Stamens indefinite, Insertea 

 on the torus, within a glandular ring ; anthers oblong or linear, opening at 

 the top iu 2 valves (that is, the cells placed back to back and opening m 

 short, terminal, confluent slits). Ovary 2- to 5-celled, with 2 or more ovules 

 in each cell ; style subulate. Fruit a drupe, with a hard often bony putamen, 

 2- to 5-celled or l-celled by abortion. Seeds solitary in each cell, pendulous 

 (or rarely erect?); testa hard; albumen fleshy; cotyledons broad, flat or 

 undulate.— Trees. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, entire or serrate. 

 Flowers in axillaiy racemes, sometimes polygamous. 



A large tropical Asiatic geims, extending to the Pacific islands, New Caledonia and New 

 Zealand. The Australian species ai-e all endemic. 



Leaves tomentose uudcrueath. Petals entire or slightly creuate . . 1. -E". holopetalus. 

 Leaves glabrous. Petals lobed or fringed. 



Flowers about 2 lines. Petal-lubes about 7, obtuse. Anthers short, 



obtuse , 2. -£'. ohovaius. 



Flowers about 4 lines. Petal-lobes 10 to 12, acute. A^nthers linear, 



pointed. Leaves strongly reticulate I 3. ^. cyanev^^ 



Flowers 6 or 7 lines. Petnls silky on the edges, with about 5 deeply 



fringed lobes. Anthers linear^ with short sctee ou their poiuts . 4. E. grandis^ 



