AtalayaJ] XXXVIII. SAPINDACE^. 4G3 



1. A. salicifolia, Blume, Rtmiplda, iii. 186. A small tree, quite gla- 

 brous, green or somewliat glaucous. Leaflets m our specimens 2 to 5, oblong 

 or oblong-laaceQlate, 3 to 5 in. long, narrowed at tlie base, but not petiolu- 

 late, thinly coriaceous^ with numerous pinnate veins, and more or less reticu- 

 late, tlie margins not thickened. Panicles loose, perfectly glabrous, as well 

 as the flowers, except a few hairs on the fihaments and petal-scales, Flou-ers 

 otherwise those of A, hemiglauca, Samarre about f to 1 in, long, including 

 the wing, and perfectly glabrous. — Sopindm salicifoUus, DC. Prod. i. COS; 

 Cupania saHci/olia^Bciie. Herb. Tim. Descr. 115 ; Tlioidnia amtraUs, A. Eich. 

 Sert. Astrol. 31, t. 12. 



^•Australia- Careening Bay, NAY. coast, ^. Cunnlngliam ; ^Tclville Island (not 

 Moretou Bay), Fraser and A. Cunningham, Also in Timor, the specimens precisely similar 

 to the Australian ones. 



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2. A, multiflora, BenUi. A tall slirub or small tree, glabrous except 

 the inflorescence. Leaflets 2 to 6, ovate or oblong, very obtuse, 2 to 3 in. 

 long or rarely more, distinctly petiolnlate, corinceous and strongly reticulate. 

 Panicle pedunculate above the last leaves, oblong or pjTamidal, mimitely 

 toracntose-pubescent. Flowers very numerous, the small scale-like bracts 

 more conspicuous than in the other species. Flowers of A, hemiglauca. 

 Ovary slightly pubescent. Samara? 1 to 1|- in, long, Including the straight or 

 falcate wing, very divaricate, pubescent or nearly glabrous, 



Queensland. Cape York and Trinity Island, M'Gillkray ; Brisbane river, W, Hill, 

 J^' Mueller. 



y. A, hemiglauca, F. MuelL Herb. A tall shrub or small tree, quite 

 glabrous except the flowers, and more or less glaucous. Leaves usually 

 pinnate; leaflets few, from narrow-oblong to linear, obtuse or scarcely acute, 

 from 2 or 3 to 7 or S in. long, often somewhat falcate, narrow^ed at the base 

 hut rarely petiolnlate, rigidly coriaceous, with numerous pinnate and reticulate 

 veins and a somewhat thickened margin, the common petiole terete or nearly 

 SO; sometimes, however, the petiole becomes w^ingcd, or the leaves are quite 

 simple, oblong, or linear, or the leaflets are deeurrent on the petiole forming 

 a large 2- or 3-lobed leaf, or rarely the simple leaf is ovatedaneeolatc, and 

 8 to 10 in. long. Panicles rather dense, the rhachis and branches glabrous 

 or nearly so; pedicels 1 to 2 lines long. Sepals orbicidar, nearly glabrous, 

 li or the inner ones nearly 2 lines long. Petds pubescent, oblong, 3 to 

 4 lines long, with a hirsute scale at the base. Filaments pubescent. Ovary 

 densely silky -pubescent. Samarae pubescent, with minute apprcssed hairs, 

 1 to \\ in. long, including the wing, which is nearly as broad as long, the 

 cavity hairy or nearly glabrous inside. — Thouinia Jiemiglaiicay F. Muell, 

 I'^agm. i. 98. 



N. Australia. N.W, coast, Bi/noe ; Hannnerslcy Range, Nieliol Bay, F. Gregory ; 

 Aikrt river, lienne, 



Queensland. E. coast, R, Brown; 0:^lcy*s Station, Lekhhardi ; Rockhainptoii, 

 ■^hozet ; Brisbane river, A. Cunnivgham^ Fraser; Jlooni river, MiichelL 



N. S. ^Wales. Liverpool plains, A. Civiuhigham ; Boweu and Castlcrcagh rivers, F. 

 Mueller ; desert of the Darling, and thence to Stokes range and Cooper's Creek, Victorian 

 E-^pedition and others. 



4. A. variifolia, F. Muell. Herb. A tall slmib or small tree, the young 



