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384 xxxr. meliace.e. [Jmoora, 



opposite, without any terminal odd one, elliptical-oblongs 3 to 4 in. long or 

 sometimes more, obtuse or shortly and obtusely acuminate, somewliat coria- 

 ceous and shining, naiTowed at the base, the common petiole often slightly 

 dilated towards the end. Panicles axillary, loose, but shorter than the leaves. 

 Calyx very short, with 5 short teeth or lobes. Petals 5, about 2 lines long, 

 glabrous or minutely ciliate. Starainal tube broadly urceolate ; anthers 10 ; 

 the tips slightly protruding. Ovary 2- or 3 -celled, with 1 ovule in each cell. 

 Fruit obovoid, hard and almost woody, uaiTowed almost into a stipes at the 

 base, 2- or 3 -celled. Seeds nearly globular, laterally attached near the top, 

 apparently without any arillus. 



Queensland. Moreton Bay, W, Hill. 

 N- S. Wales. Eichmond and Clarence rivers, Beckler. 



The species has much of the habit of some 'Dysoxyla^ but the want of any free disk and 

 the form of the staminal tube agree better witb Amoora, 



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6. SYNOUM, A. Juss. 



CaljTt 4- rarely 5-cleft. Petals 4, rarely 5, valvate or slightly imbricate in 

 the hud, Staminal tube cylindrical, slightly crenulate ; anthers twice as many 

 as petals, within the summit of the tube. Disk continuous with the thickened 

 base of the ovary. Ovai-y 3-celled; style short, with a disk-like stigma; 

 ovules 2 in each cell, attached collaterally to a thickish placenta pendulous 

 from the apex of the cavity. Capsule 3-celled, opening loculicidally in 3 

 valves, or reduced by abortion to 2 valves and cells. Seeds 2 in each cell, 

 attached by a broad lateral hilum, and half embedded collaterally in a fleshy 

 arillus formed by the enlarged placenta. — A. tree. Leaves pinnate, with en- 

 tire leaflets. 



The genus consists of a single species, limited to Australia. 



1. S. glandulosum^ A. Juss. in Mem. Mas. Par. xix. 237, t, 15. A 

 moderate-sized tree, glabrous or the young leaves and shoots slightly silky- 

 tomentose. Leaflets 5 to 9, elliptical-lanceolate, acuminate, mostly 2 to 3 

 in. long, naiTowed at the base, somewhat coriaceous, the lateral veins few and 

 scarcely prominent. Flowers in short dense axillary panicles, rarely exceedmg 

 1 in. Sepals small, orbicular, spreading. Petals about 2 J lines long. Sta- 

 minal tube broad, slightly crenulate, glabrous or with a few hairs inside; an- 

 thers sometimes slightly protruding. Ovary villous. Capsule depressed- i 

 globular, glabrous, about f in. diameter, fun-owed opposite the dissepiments f 

 so as to be almost Z -loh^di.— Trichilia glandulom, Sm. in Rees' Cycl. xxxvi. 



Queensland. Muretoa Bay, W, HilL 



If, S. IrVales, Sandy shores about Port Jackson, R. Brown and others ; to the south- 

 ward, A. Canmngham; inland to the Blue Mountaius, Miss Atkinson; northward to Hast- 

 ings Viwtr, Becktcr. "Native Rosewood" of some colonists. It has the general hahit of 

 some BysoTfjla, but, besides ^the want of any free disk and the curious insertion of the ovules 

 and seeds, it is easily recognized by its very short inflorescence. 



7- OWENIA, F. Muell, 



Sepals 5, sliort, orbicular, much imbricate. Petals 5, imbricate la the bud, 

 Staiiiiual tube short or long, with 10 entire or 2-lobed teeth; anthers pro- 

 truding between the teeth. Disk small, annular or not distinct from the 



