386 XXXI. MEiiACE^. [Otcenia. 



A'ar. {?) pubeseens. Young slioots and inflorescence softly pubescent; flowers still smaller 

 and more numerous. — Moutt of the Victoria river, F, Mueller {Hb. F, 3hieU.). 



3. O. venosa, T. Muell, in Boole Ktw Joiirn. ix. 304. A tall arbores- 

 cent slirub, quite glabrous, the youug shoots slightly glutinous. Leaflets 6 

 or 8, obliquely oblong or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or emarginate, 2 to 3 or 

 rarely 4 in. long, coriaceous, prominently pennineiTed, slightly reticulate un- 

 derneath, the petiole angular or sometimes broadly winged. Panicles narrow, 

 3 to 5 in, long, glabrous. Tlowers not yet open in our specimen, but appa- 

 rently like those of 0. acidula, except that the staminal tube is exceedingly 

 short, but possibly it may grow out as the bud advances. Sepals orbicular, 

 about 1 line diameter, 



Queensland. Between the Dawson and Burnett rivers, F, Mueller; Rockhampton, 

 TliozeL 



4 ? O. cerasifera, F. Muell. in Hook. Kew Joiirn. ix. 305. A smcall 

 tree. Leaflets 6 to 10, obliquely oval-oblong, obtuse, \\ to 3 in. long, nar- 

 rowed into a very short petiolule, glabrous above, pubescent underneath as 

 well as the common petiole, blowers not seen. Drupe globular, 1 to 1^ m. 

 diameter, black, with a red sarcocarp, Putamen hard, rugose outside, 13- 

 celled, with 1 seed in each cell. 



Queensland. Burdekin river, F. Mueller. Until the flowers have heen seen, this spe- 

 cies must remain in some measure doubtful. 



6. O. retxc-olata, F, MiielL i7i Hook. Kew Journ. ix. 305. A small 

 tree, quite glabrous. Leaves often above a foot long, tlie common petiole 

 angular or slightly dilated, terminating in a short'point. Leaflets 4, 6, or 8, 

 sessile, ovate or broadly ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 4 to 8 in. long, oblique at 

 the base, coriaceous, smooth above, with very prominent pinnate veins and 

 numerous raised reticulations underneath. Panicles loose, very divaricate, the 

 branches often 6 in. long or more. Flowers sessile, clustered. Sepals above 

 1 line long, orbicular. Petals twice as long. Staminal tube often divided to 

 near the middle into 10 flat 2-lobed teeth or lobes. Ovary 2- or 3-celled. 

 *mit 11 in. diameter, the epicai-p fleshy but not thick. Putamen hard and 

 very rugose.— 0. xerocarpa, P. Muell. Pragra. iii, 13. 



W, Australia. Near Nichol Bay, WalcoU ; islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, E. 

 Brown, F. Mueller, Henne. 



8. CARAPA, Aubl. 



(Xylocarpus, Keen.) 



Calyx small, 4- or 5-lobed. Petals 4 or 5, free, imbricate in the bud. 

 Staminal tube urccolate, ercnate or lobed ] anthers 8 or 10, within the suui- 

 mit. Disk thick, surrounding the ovary. Ovary 4- to 5-celh'd, with 2 to G 

 ovules in each cell ; style short, with a farge disk-like stigma. Capstde glo- 

 bular or ovoid, fleshy or woody, the dissepiments often disappearing. Seeds 

 several in a compact mass round the remains of the central axis, large, thick, 

 with a ventral hilum; testa spongy; cotyledons superposed, often united; 

 radicle dorsal.— Maritime trees. Leaves pinnate with entire leaflets. Pani- 

 cles axillarv- 



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