466 XXXVIII. SAPINDACE^. [Neplielium. 



with minute appressecl "hairs. Leaflets 2 to 6, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 obtuse or scarcely acute, irregularly sinuate-toothed or rarely almost entire, 

 coriaceous, glabrous on both sides and shining above. Panicles short, little 

 branched. Pedicels short. Calyx truncate or shortly and broadly lobed. 

 Petals none. Filaments very short ; anthers oblong, scarcely pubescent. 

 Ovary tomentose^ 2- or 3-celled; fruit truncate at the top, slightly hoary 

 with a minute tomentum, the lobes, usually 2 on]y, compressed-globular, 

 united to the top, hard and indehiscent. 



N. S, IVales. Tenterfield, New Englcand, C. Stuart; "Tarampa Hill," LeichharcU, 

 P. Mueller thiuks that this may be a giabresccnt form of N. connatum, but there is a con- 

 siderable difference in general aspect ; the calyx is more open and less lobed, I can find no 

 petals, and the fruit is differently shaped. 



3. N. tomentosum, F. MaelL in Trans. Vict. Inst. \\. 64. A tree of 

 20 to 30 ft., the young branches and petioles clothed with a soft rust-coloured 

 velvety tomentum. Leaflets 4 to 8, from oval-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, or rarely obtuse, 3 to 4 in. long, acutely toothed or rarely almost 

 entire, thinly coriaceous, pubescent above or at length glabrous, tomentose- 

 pubescent underneath. Plowers small, croM^ded, on short slightly-branched 

 tomentose panicles, sometimes reduced to simple racemes. Pedicels very 

 short. Calyx nearly 1 line long, the lobes rather deep and acute. Petals none. 

 Filaments very short ; anthers oblong, exserted, glabrous or slightly pubes- 

 cent. Ovary tomentose, 2- or 3-lobed; style short, with spreading stigmns. 

 Trait softly tomentose-villous, depressed at the top, of 2 or rarely 3 globular 

 slightly compressed lobes, united to the top, 4 or 5 lines* diameter, rather 

 hard, indehiscent. Seeds half immersed in a yellowish arillus, 



Queensland. Bremer river, Moretoa Bay, A. Cunningham, W. 11111, F. Mueller. 

 W. S. ^Vales, Clarence river, Wilcox, Beckler. 



4. N. coriaceuzxiy Benth. Young tranches' slightly hoary with a very 

 minute tomentum. Leaflets in our specimens always 2, obovate-obloug or 

 elliptical, 2\ to 4 in. long, very obtuse, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous and 

 shining above, pale or glaucous uuderneath, rounded at the base, on a short 

 petiolule. Flowers not seen. Fruiting panicle branched, shorter than the 

 leaves. Calyx small, with rather acute lobes. Fruits hoary-tomentose, 

 mostly 3-lobed, much depressed in the centre, the lobes nearly globidar, cori- 

 aceous, indehiscent. 



Queensland. Brisbane river, Fraser. 



5. TJ. foveolatum, F. MnelL JTprh. A tree of considerable size, the 

 young branches and iutlorescence rusty-tomentose. Leaflets 4 to 6, ovate- 

 lanceolate, or ahuost ovate, obtuse or acuminate, 3 to 5 in. long, entire or 

 sinuate-toothed, narrowed into a distinct petiolule of 1 to 3 lines, thinly 

 coriaceous, glabrous or rarely slightly pubescent underneath, having frequently 

 a cup-shaped cavity in the axils of the prinuiry veins. Panicles in the upper 

 axils broad and many-flowered but shorter than the leaves, the flowers in little 

 dusters or cymes along the principal branches. Calyx tomentose, deeply 

 divided into lanceolate lobes of nearly 1 line, valvate in the bud. Petals 

 minute or rudimentary. Filaments nearly as lone: as the calyx; anthers 

 oblong, pubescent. Fruit tomentose, deeply' divided into 2, 3, or sometimes 



