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. 10. riilNDERSIA, E. Br. 



(Oxleja, J. Cunn. ; Strzeleckia, F, 31ueU.) 



Calyx small, 5-lobe(I. Petals 5, iinbricate in the bud, spreading. I)i?k 

 broad, concave. Stamens 5, inserted on the outside of the disk,^ with as many 

 or fewer staminodia alternating with them, sometimes wanting; filaments 

 subulate; anthers versatile. Qvary 5-cclled, 5-lobed; style short, thick, in- 

 serted between the lobes ; stigma capitate ; ovules 4 to 6 in each cell. Cap- 

 sule oblong, hard, tuberculnte or muricate, opening septicidally :n 5 boat- 

 shaped valves or cocci, without any persistent axis. Seeds flat, winged, 2 or 

 3 on each side of a flat placenta, which almost divides each cell into two; 

 albumen none; cotyledons flatj radicle very short. — Trees. Leaves alternate 

 or more frequently opposite, pinnate or rarely simple, marked with pellucid 

 dots. Flowers in terminal panicles. 



The species are all endemic in Australia, The genus, although allied to Cedrela and 

 therefore placed by common consent in Meliacece, is nevertheless, as observed by R. Brown 

 very closely connected with EutacecB-ZanihoxylefS, and might be very well placed there next 

 to Geijeruj with which it is connected, especially through F. maculosa. 



Leaves alternate (on different branches from the flowers). Petals to- 



meutose outside. Seeds winged at one end only 1. jF. austrahs. 



Leaves opposite (on the flowering branches). Petals glabrous outside 

 or nearly so. 



Leaflets mostly 3 to 6 pairs, very oblique, slightly coriaceous. 



Leaflets almost sessile, broad at the base. Petals slightly hairy 



inside 2. Fl SclioUlnna. 



Leaflets narrowed into a distinct petiolule. Petals quite glabrous. 



Seeds winged at both ends , 3. 2^ Oxlef/ana. 



Leaflets 3 or 5» short, oblitjaej very coriaceous. Seeds winged at 



one end only 4. F. Bennei liana. 



Leaves simple or leaflets 3 to 5, narrow, with the petiole broadly 



winged. Fruit small. Seeds winged at both ends 5. F. maculosa. 



^ 1. F. australis, H, Br. in Flind. Voy. ii. 595, t, 1. A tree of moderate | 



size, with a rugged hark. Leaves alternate, crowded at the end of short 

 barren branches, glabrous ; leaflets 3 to 6, broadly lanceolate or oblong- 

 elliptical, obtuse or scarcely acuminate, 2 to 4 in.*^ long, scarcely oblique. 

 Panicles much branched, terminating short branches without any leaves 

 except a few scale-like bracts, sprinkled Avith a stellate tomentum. Flowers 

 numerous. Calyx open, tomentose, with 5 short broad obtuse lobes. Petals 

 about 2 lines long, tomentose outside, excep^a narrow border, slightly pubes- 

 cent inside. Fmit almost woody, 3 or 3 in. long. Seeds (according to 

 the plate guoted) winged at the upper end only. 



Queensland. Scrub near Upper Head, Broad Sound, 7?. Brown {lib. R. Br). 



2. F. Schottiana, F. Mnell Frarj^a, iii. 25. A tree of moderate size, or 



sometimes tall Leaves opposite, crowded under the panicle ; leaflets 8 to 13, 

 ■with or without a terminal odd one, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate, 4 

 to 5 in. long, more or less falcate, sessile, with a broad very oblique base, sonio 

 what coriaceous, glabrous on both sides or softly pubescent underneath when 

 young. Panicles ample and many-flowered, but not exceeding the leaves. 



-Silfi. 



