460 XXXVIII. SAPiNDACE^. [Cifpauia. 



all pedicellate and larger tlian in C, xylocarpa. Sepals naiTow-ovate, slightly 

 imbricate, above 1 line long. Petals very small, with a veiy short scale. 

 Anthers oblong, hirsute at first, but soon glabrous. Capsule nearly glo- 

 bular, 3-angled, about \ in. broad, woody, glabrous or nearly so outside, the 

 valves villous inside. 



Queensland. Morcton Eay, F. Mueller; Rockhampton, Thozet ; also in A. Cuuiiing- 

 hain's and Leiclihardt's collections, without the precise station. 



N. S. ^Vales, Richmond river, C, Moore ; Clarence river, BecHer, 

 Cunningham's and Leichhardt's are the only specimens I have seen in flower, the others 

 are in fruit only, and may possibly include some glabrous specimens of C. itj/locarpa^ to 

 which this species is very nearly allied. It is also closely alHed to, although not cpiite iden- 

 tical wdth, C.ftdcata^ A, Gray, from the Fiji islands, 



9 ? C. Bidwilliy Benth, A tree, the young shoots and inflorescence 

 minutely tomeutose. Leaves 2 to 4, ovate oblong or ovate-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse or scarcely acuminate, 3 to 6 in. long, entire or obscurely sinuate-toothed, 

 glabrous on both sides, with few or no tufts in the axils of the raised primary 

 veins underneath. Panicles terminal, much branched, but shorter than the 

 Iea\'es. Flowers small, all pedicellate. Sepals tomentose, narrow-ovnte, 

 slightly imbricate, about 1 line long. Petals rather shorter than the calyx, 

 oblong, concave, with 2 minute hirsute auricle-like scales at the base of the 

 lamina. Stamens about 85 filaments nearly as long as the calyx; anthers 

 oblong. Ovary hirsute. Fruit not seen. 



Queensland. Wide Bay, Bldwill. Although I have not seen the fvuit, this species 

 has all the appearance of a true Cfipania. It has some general resuuiblancc to a riiilippuie 

 Islaud species, u. 1237 of Cuiuiug, which is I believe as yet unpublished. 



7. RATONIA, DC. 



(Arytcra, Blame!) 



riowers regular, polygamous. Calyx small, cup-sliaped, 4- or 5 -toothed 

 or lobed, open, valvate, or slightly imbricate in the bud. Petals 4 or 5, 

 small, witli or without scales inside, or none, Dislc usually annular. Sta- 



mens 7 to 10, inserted inside the disk ^ filaments filiform, longer than the 



calyx. Ovary 2- or 3-celIed, with 1 ovule in each cell. Capsule either 2- 

 celled and compressed, or 3-celled and 3 -angled or 3 -lobed, loeulicidally 2- or 

 3-valvcd, rarely almost indchiscent. Seeds more or less covered by an arillus ; 

 testa crustaceous ; cotyledons thick, often curved or folded. — Trees. Leaves 

 alteniate, pimiate ; leaflets alternate or opposite, usually without a terminal 

 one. Flowers small, in terminal or axillary panicles. Petals rarely as long 

 as the calyx. 



A large tropical genus, with the same range as Ci^pmna, but especially numerous in Ame- 

 rica, The Austj-alian species are all endcinic. It is closely allied to Cirpanvr, with which it 

 is usually joined, but the gamosepalous calyx anj loug fihiuieuta appear to give it at least 

 as great a value as several other generally admitted geucra oi Sajmdaceie. 



Capsule distinctly stipifate, 3-anglcd or pcar-sha|)ed. Leaflets coriaceous. 



Leaflets large, very coriaceous, the veins scarcely prominent. Petals 5. , 



Capsule glabrous inside \, R, pyriformis. 



Leaflets thinly coriaceous, much reticulate. Petals none. Capsule 



densely woolly inside %, B- anodonia. 



Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, very coriaceous, the margins thickened; 



primary veins prominent. Capsule glabrous inside 3. -B. sfipUdla. 



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