284 XXIV. LINE.E. [Eryihroxylon. 



the filaments attaclied inside just below tlie crenulate top. Ovary 3- rarely 

 4-celled, witli 1 or rarely 2 ovules in eacli cell. Drupe usually 1-seeded, 

 Albumen copious, or thin, or none. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire. Stipules 

 united into one within the petiole, deciduous, or persistent especially on the 

 leafless base of the young shoots. Flowers small, whitish, solitary or clus- 

 tered in the axil of leaves or of letifless stipules. 



The two 



A 



of 



determine their limits. 



Leaves oblong or narrow-elliptical^ 1 in. lon^ or less, or tlie smaller ones 



cuueate-obovate, the veins few 1. ^. ausirale. 



Leaves obovate or ovate-elllpticalj 1^ to 2| in. long, or the smaller ones 



rarely 1 in., the veins numerous and finely reticulated 2, E. elh]pl'^cum, 



1. E. australe, F. Mnell in Trans, Vict. Inst. iii. 22. A glabrous 

 shrub, with slender divaricate branches. Leaves elliptical-oblong, or the 

 smaller ones cuneate or almost obovate, in some specimens all under -j ni. 

 long, in more luxuriant ones about 1 in., the pinnate veins fewer and less 

 reticulate than in many other species. Stipules small and deciduous. Pedi- 

 cels solitai-y or rarely clustered, short or rarely attaining 3 lines, with imnute 

 bracteoles at their base. Flowers very small. Calyx not 1 line long, divided 

 to below the middle, the lobes almost or quite valvate. Inner appendage or 

 the petals with 2 very short crested lobes. Styles free or shortly cohering at 

 the base. Dmpe oblong, 3 to 3^ lines long, 3-celled, but with only 1 seed. 

 Albumen thin; radicle slender, shorter than the ovate cotyledons. 



Queensland. Brigalow scrub on the Burdekin, Suttor, and Dawson rivers, r, 

 Mueller ; Comet river, Leickkardt ; Rockhampton and Fitzroy river, Thozet. 



• 3, E. ellipticum, R. Br. Herb. A glabrous shrub of above 5 ft., the 

 young branches flattened. Leaves obovate or ovate-elliptical, very obtuse, la 

 to 2 1 in. long or the smaller ones rarely only 1 in., on petioles of about 1 

 line, rather thin, with very numerous and finely reticulated veins. Stipules 

 usually about 2 lines long, and always longer than the petioles, deciduous. 

 Flowers nearly of E. amtrale, very- small, in clusters of 3 to 6, the pedicels ^ 

 or 3 lines long, witli minute bracts at their base. Calyx about 1 line long, 

 divided nearly to the base into lanceolate acute lobes, very slightly imbricate 

 or almost valvate. Petals slightly exceeding the calyx. Styles quite free. 

 Drupe oblong, 3 to 4 lines long, 1-seeded. 



Wr. Australia. Gulf of Carpentaria, on the mainland opposite Groote Eyland, R. ^^^^' 

 Tlie foliage is nearly that of the largest and broadest-leaved specimens of E. indicum, oui 

 the styles are quite free. 



Order XXV. MALPIGHIACE^. 



Calyx 5 -cleft, the segments inibncate or 



, , - , iy 4 only (or rarely 3 or none of themj, 



bearing 2 glands outside. Petals 5, nsiially equal, concave, toothed or 

 notched, on slender claws. Disk scarcely prorainent. Stamens usually 1"^* 



Flowers usually hermaphrodite, 

 rarely valvate, all, or more frequently 4 only (or 'rarely 



