366 XXVIII. RUTACEiE. 



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Tribe III. Toddalie^. — Trees or sbrabs. Leaves pinnate" or 3-folio- 

 late with opposite leaflets, or 1-foliolate, the leaflets usually large. Ovary not 

 lobed. Fruit several-celled, iiidehiscent or rarely dehiscent. Seeds albumi- 

 nous (in the Australian genus). The tribe has the habit of ZantlwxylecB, with 

 the ovary and nearly the fruit of Jurantlece, 



23. ACBOlSrYCHIA, Porst. 



(Cyminosmaj Gc&rtn) 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx 4-lobcd. Petals 4, valvate. Torus thick. 

 Stamens 8; filaments subulate. Ovaiy 4-cellcd ; style terminal; stigma 

 entire or obscurely 4-lobed, ovules 2 in each cell, superposed. Fruit 4-celled5 

 usually succulcntj with a coriaceous or hard endocarp, opening loculicidally, 

 or drupaceous and indehiscent. Seeds usually solitary in eacli cell, Avith a 

 crustaceous black testa; albumen fleshy ; embryo straight , cotyledons oblong, 

 — Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, 1-foliolate. Flowers white 

 or yellowish, in axillaiy or rarely terminal small panicles or loose cymes. 



The genns extends over tropical Asia and the islands of the S. Pacific, to New Caledonia 

 and New Zealand. Of the Australian species, one is also found in New Caledonia, the two 

 others are endemic. 



Flowers minutely tomcntose, in short oblong panieles. Petals ovate . 1. A. Baueri. 

 Tlowers glahrons, in axillary 3-ehotomous cymes. Petals narrow\ 



Leaves thin and scarcely coriaceous. Fruits 4-angled, depressed oa 



the summit 2, J, lavis. 



Leaves very coriaceous. Fruits obovoid-globular Z, A. inq^erforata, 



1. A. Baueri, ScJiott, Fragm. Rut, ^.3. A moclcratc-slzcd tree, gla- 

 brous or the young shoots and inflorescence minutely lioary-tomentose. Leaves 

 opposite, of a single leaflet, on a rather long petiole, ovate, elliptical or obo- 

 vate, obtuse or very shortly and obtusely acuminate, narrowed at tlic base, 3 

 to 4 or very rarely 5 in. long, thinly coriaceous. Panicles axillary, oblong, 

 the side branches and pedicels very short, sometimes reduced to a small spike. 

 Tlowers small, not numerous. 'Sepals very broad, short, ciliate. Petals 

 ovate, valvate witb inflexed tips, miuutely pubescent outside, 1 to H ^^^^^^ 

 long. Filaments thin, dilated, and ciliate to above tbe middle. Ovary pu- 

 bescent ; style pubescent, short, with a rather large stigma. Fruit nearly 

 globular or 4-angled, obtuse or shortly acuminate, \ m. diameter or rather 

 smaller, not very succulent. Testa of tbe seeds hard and bony. — A. HiUii, 

 F. MueU. Fragm. i. 26. 



QneenBland. Northumberland Islands and Richmond district, JR. Brow)i ; Morcton 

 Bay and Brisbane river, J, Cunningham, F. Mueller, and others : Five Islands, A. Cun- 



If. S. 'Wales. Macleay and Clarence river, Beckler ; Port Stephens, Harvci/ ; I"^^- 

 wara, Herb. Mueller; Ash Island, Miss ScoiL^ Some specimens from Hastings river re- 

 semble rather more in foliage the Norfolk Island A, Endlicheri, Sehott, but the flowers are 

 diseased, and they cannot be determined. 



2. A. laevis, lord. Char. Gen. 53, t 27. A tree, attaining 60 ft., glabrous 

 except the stamens. Leaves irregidarly opposite or alternate, of a single 

 leaflet, obovate-oblong to oblong-elliptieal, obtuse, 1^ to 3 or rarely nearly 4 

 in. long, coriaceous when old. Cymes 2- or 3-chotomous, usually shortly 



