314 XXVIII. RUTACE^. [Bo7'onia, 



underneath. Peduncles verj^ short, axillary, l-flo\Yered, Sepals lanceolate, 

 suLulate-acuminate, from ^ to nearly as long as the petals. Petals about 

 3 lines long, mucronate, valvate in the bud but rather broad, glabrous outside 

 with a prominent midrib, slightly tomentose inside, Filaments clavate and 

 glandular upwards. 



Queensland. Endeavour river, Banks and Solander, R, Brown, {lib, Brit, Mus, 

 and R. Br.) 



14. 3, ledifolia, /. Gay ; DC, Prod, i. 723. An erect* shrub, the 

 youiig branches glandidar-tomentose. Leaves simple, 3-foliolate, or rarely 

 pinnately 5- or even 7-foliolate; leaflets lineai:, oblong-linear, lanceolate or 

 rarely broadly oblong, when single often above 1 in. long, when several 

 rarely above -^ in., the margins recurved or revolute, glabrous above when 

 full-grown, hoary or rusty underneath with a minute tomentum. Peduncles 

 axillary, 1-flowered, shorter than the leaves. Sepals broad, obtuse but val- 

 vate. Petals twice as long* or more, attaining 4 or 5 lines, valvate in the 

 bud, minutely tomentose outside, with a prominent midrib. Pilamcnts short, 

 as in several allied species, slightly ciliate or glabrous, clavate and glandular 

 upwards ; anthers more or less apiculate. Ovules usually, as in some allied 

 species, almost or quite collateral. Style clavate, with a slightly furrowed 

 stigma. Seeds smooth but not sinning. — Reichb. Icon. Exot. t. 74 ; Lasio- 

 petalnm ledifolinm, Vent. Jard. Malm, under n. 59; Eriostemon paradoxiim^ 

 Sm. in Eees, Cycl. xiii.; Boronia (?) paradoxa, DC. Prod. i. 722. 



Queensland. Biiruett river, F. Mueller ; Moreton Bay and islands. A, CunningJiam^ 

 Fraser, etc, 



N. S. 'Wales. Port Jactson and Blue Mountains, R, Brown, Sieber, n, 297 and 303, 

 and FL Mixt, n. 531 and 534, and others. ^ "* 



Var. rosmarinifolia. Leaves rigid, usually narrow, small, and all simple. Peduncles 

 very short.— i?. rosmarimfoUa, A. Cuun. in Hueg. Eniim. 16. To this form belong espe- 

 cially most of the Moreton Bay specimens. 



Var. (?) triphylla. Leaves mostly or all 3-foliolate, or the lower ones pinnate. — B. triphjUay 

 Sieb. in Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 148 ; Reichb. Icon. Exot. t. 73 ; apparently as common 

 about Port Jackson as the large simple-leaved form. A subvariety, with broader leaflets, is 

 figured Bot. Reg. 1841, t. 47, and Paxt. Mag. viii. 123. 



Var. (?) ruhigbiosa. Leaflets 3 or 5, still broader, almost obovate. Peduncles, accordin 

 to Endlicher, 3-fiowerea, but l-flowered in our specimens.— i?. ruhigmosa, A. Cunn. Herb 

 Endl. in Hueg. Enura. 16 ; Hnnter*s River, A. Cunningham, 



B. ledifolia is enumerated also (PI. Preiss. ii. 226) amongst W. Australian plants, a very 

 unlikely station. I have not seen Preiss's specimen n. 2644, nor any western species 

 agreeing with the character given, and therefore have no clue to the plant referred to. 

 F. Mueller, presuming like myself that it cannot be Gay's plant, proposes (Fragra. i. 67) to 

 give it the name of B. ledophylla ; but without seeing specimens it is impossible to cliarac- 



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lanceolata 



A tall slimb witli tomen- 



tose branches. Leaves simple, petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or mu- 

 cronulate, 1 to 2 m. long, flat or the margins recurved, glabrous above, tomen- 

 tose underneath. Peduncles very short, bearing an umbel of 3 to 5 small 



flowers,^ rarely reduced to a single flower. Sepals small, ovate, with a subu- 

 vi L .. .V _ __ .1 , .. ^^ ^^^^ petals, 



^ , thebud, tomeniose 



outside with a prominent midrib. Filaments glabrous, thickened and glan- 



latc point, sometimes very short, sometimes nearly as Ion 

 Petals broad, attaining abolit 2 lines in len^ijth, valvate in th 



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