402 XXXIV. CELASTKINE^. [Denhamia. 



Moreton Bay), Fraser ; Victoria river and Arnhem's Land, F. Mueller; Port Essington, 



Armstrong, 



Queensland, Mitchell; Broad Sound, E. Brown; Newcastle range, between Gilbert 



and Burdckin rivers, F. Mueller, 



Muell 



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tree, the trunk, according to Thozet, beautifully striated. Leaves lanceolate 

 or rarely ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 in. long, obtusely serrate, 

 nan-owed into a petiole, coriaceous, with very prominent pinnate and reticu- 

 late veins, not so glaucous as in the other two species. Cymes pedunculate, 

 fe^v-flowered, on short leafless branches on the old wood or at the base of 

 young leafy branches. Calyx- segments broadly orbicular. Petals ovate, 

 about 1 line long, rather thick at the base. Ovary fleshy, completely 3 -celled, 

 with 3 or 4 ovules in each cell. Capsule globular, attaining in our specimens 

 ^ in. or rather more, but many of them opening when not half that size, the 

 thick woody valves bearing the dissepiments on their centre. 



Queensland. Wide Bay, Bidwill ; sources of the Burnett river, C, Moore; Rock- 

 hampton, Tho;:et ; Warwick, Beckler ; Keppel Bay and I'itzroy river, Herb, F, Mueller. 



4. ELJEODENDRON, Jacq, f. 



Plowers often polygamous. Calyx 4- or 5-cleft, rarely 3-cleft. Petals as 

 many as calyx-segments, spreading. Disk thick. Stamens as many as petals, 

 inserted under the edge of the disk ; filaments short ; anthers nearly globular. 

 Ovary continuous with the disk, conical, 3-cclled, rarely 2- or 4- or 5-celled; 

 style very short ; ovules 2 in each cell. Drupe succulent or nearly dry, the 

 putamen hard, 1-2- or 3-celled. Seeds usually solitary, without any anllus; 

 testa membranous or spongy ; albumen scanty or copious, cotyledons flat. 

 Shrubs or small trees, usually quite glabrous. Leaves opposite or alternate, 

 entire or crenate. Flowers small, in dichotomous cymes, usually axillary or 

 lateral, oft', n clustered. 



The species are numerous in East India and sonthern Africa^ with a very few lU tro- 

 pical America; none are kuown from tropical Africa. The two Australian ones are en- 

 demic. 



Ovaiy 2-celled, Drupe red. Veins of the leaves scarcely con- 

 spicuous above i 1, E. austraJe. 



Ovary 3-celled. Drupe black. Veins of the leaves conspicuous on 



both sides 2. ^. vielayiocarpum. 



1. E. australe. Vent, Jard, Malm. L 117. A glabrous, small or 

 middle-sized tree. Leaves opposite, or here and there alternate, ovate, ob- 

 ovate, elliptical, or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, 2 to 4 



nan' 



ceous, the reticulate veins slightly prominent underneath ami scarcely conspi- 

 cuous above. Flowers 4-merous, in slender cymes, much shorter than the 

 leaves. Calyx-segments broadly ovate. Petals from a little more than 1 

 line to nearly 2 lines long, ovate, often broadly and shortly 3-lobcd. Ovary 

 confluent with the disk in a conical mass, 2-celIed ; style either very short or 

 attaining f line. Drupe ovoid or globular, rarely above ^ in, long, of a 

 bright-red colour, which it often retains in the dried specimens. Putamen 

 hard and woody, usually 1-seeded, but showing the traces of the abortive cell. 



