462 XXXVIII. SAPiNBACEiE. {_Ratonia^ 



elliptical or Innccolate^ obtuse, 1^ to 2 or rarely 3 in, long, mucli narrowed 

 at the base but scarcely petiohilate, thinly coriaceous, shining above, pale or 

 sometimes slightly glaucous underneath. Panicles small, little branched. 

 Calyx a little above 1 line broad, 5-lobed. Petals small, broad, the scale in- 

 side very hairy. Stamens about 8, the exserted iilauicnts woolly-bairj'. 

 Ovary stipitate, 2- or rarely 3-celled. Style rather sliort, with spreading 

 stigmatic lobes. Capsule usually flattened, 2 -celled, about |- in. broad, con- 

 tracted into a very short stipes ; valves thick, densely villous inside. Seeds 

 apparently only half enveloped in the arillus, but much injured in the speci- 

 mens e^imniiedi.—CHpania tenax, A. Cann. Herb. 



Queensland. Brisbane river, A. Cunningham, W. Ilill, F, MueUer ; Port Curtis, C, 

 3Ioore, 



5. R, distylis, F. Miiell Ileri. A tree of considerable height, glabrous, 

 except the inflorescence, and sometimes the very 3'Oung slioots. Leaflets 2, 

 or sometimes reduced to 1, at the end of a short common petiole, from 

 obovate-oblong to elliptical or lanceolate, obtuse or shortly acuminate, 2 to 

 3 in. long, nan-pwed into a short pctiolule, thinly coriaceous, reticulate. 

 Panicles small, pubescent, "vvith minute appresscd hairs, the females often 

 reduced to simple racemes. Calyx small, broad, shortly 5 -toothed. Petals 

 minute, orbicular, with a hairy scale at the base. Filaments shorter than in 

 the other species, especially in the females ; anthers rather large, pubescent. 

 Ovary broadly obcordate, strigose-pu])escent. Styles divided to the base, 



olute. Capsule flattish, 2-celled, about f in. broad; the valves coriaceous, 

 sligbtlv hairy inside. Seeds not seen. 



Queensland. Brishane river, Moreton Bay, W. Hill; Port Dcnison, Fihalan; 

 Bunija Creek Brush, Leichhardt. 



8. ATAIiAYA, Bhmie. 



Plowcrs regular, polygamous. Sepals 5, mucb imbricate in the bud. 

 Petals 5, exceeding the sepals, with an inner scale or tuft of hairs. Disk 

 annular. Stamens 8, inserted inside the disk. Ovary 3-celIed, witli 1 ovule 

 in each cell. Style short, undivided. Fruit separating into 3 distinct carpels 

 or samara, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded and indehiscent at the base, terminating in a 

 long wing. Seeds without any arillus, testa coriaceous; cotyledons thick, 

 unequal — Trees or shrubs. Leaves pinnate or rarely simple. Plowers usually 

 larger than in Cupania and Raionia, in axillary or terminal panicles. 



The genus is endemic in Australia, willj the exception of one species, which cxtenJs 

 to Timor. The flowers are nearly those of Sapindus, with the fruit of Thouinla aiirl 

 Acer, 



Flowers anrl fruit, as well as the whole plant, quite glabrous . . . . 1. ^. salwfoU^' 

 Flowers and fruit more or less j)uhescent or torncritose. 

 ' licaflets ovate or broadly oblong, the petiole not winged. Pauielc 



pedunculate, many-flowered. CarpcU divaricate 2, A. muUlford' 



Leaflets narrow-oblong or hnear, or leaves undivided, the petiole 

 often winged. Carpels diveru;ing. 



Plant glabrous, except the flowers 3. A . hemighnica' 



Branches, young leaves, and ]>aniclcs vclvcty-tomeutose. Leaflets 



and petiole -wings much reticulate . ^ ....... 4. A.varUfoVuu 



