r 



Harpullia.] 



XXXVIII. SAPINDACE.^. 471 



minutely Iioary-tomentose, otlierwise glabrous. Leaflets in die single speci- 



ff. vendnla, Pa- 



mcles^ almost reduced to simple racemes. Flowers all females, on pedicels of 

 3 to 5 lines. Sepals persistent, tomentose, about % lines long. Petals and 

 stamens already fallen awav. Ovary tomeatose, already enlar^red, but the 

 fruit not fully formed. ' * ^ o . 



Australia, Port Essington, Leichhardt, Although the specimen is veiy incora- 

 pletCj it is evidently a distinct species, with the foliai^e nearly of II. petidula, and the per- 

 Bistent calyx of 11. Hiilii. 



R 



Vict. Inst. iii. 26, and 



i^ragm, \\, 104. A tall tree, glabrous or the yonng shoots and panicles 

 unnutely hoary-tomeutose. Leaflets 3 to 6, or rarely more, from ovate io 

 ^lliptical-oblong, obtusely acuminate, 3 to 5 in. long, membranous. Panicles 

 loose and slender. Pedicels in Hower 3 to 4 lines, in faiit i to 1 in. long, 

 slcnder,^ Sepals deeiduous, about 2 lines long. Petals ovate, nearly 3 lines 

 Ic'iig, with inflected ciliate auricles at the base, representing the inner scales 

 oiniany ^\\\tx Saphuhcece. Stamens 5 to 7, much longer than the calyx, with 

 slender filaments in the males, small and short in the females. Ovary to- 

 nientose, with a long style twisted at the top. Capsule glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent, I to 1^ in. broad, the lobes inflated. Seeds apparently without 

 ''^"y arillus. 



Queensland, Moreton Bay, known as '' Tulipwood," Fraser, A, Cunningham ; Wide 

 K^' ^^^^^^' ^^^^ Dciiisoo, Fitzalan; Broad Sound, TliozeL 



*»* S. V/'ales. ClRrencR river. Bp.rklp.r - Richmond river. 0. Moore, 



14. AKANIA, Hook- f. 



Flowers regular, hermai^hrodite (or polygamous?). Calyx campanulate, 

 With 5 short lobes, imbricate in the bud. Petals 5, without any inner scale, 

 -Disk adnate to the base of the calyx. Stamens 5 to 10, inserted within the 

 ^isk. Ovary 3-celled, contracted into a thickish style, with a capitate stigma \ 

 ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit not seen. — Tree. Leaves pinnate. Panicles 

 loose, axillary or terminal. 



The ^enus is limited to a single species, endemic in Australia, allied to Harpunia, but 

 very different in the calyx and disk. 



A. HiUii, Ilooh / 



An elegant 



tree of 30 to 40 ft., glabrous except the panicle. Leaves often above 3 ft. 

 I^^ig ; leaflets numerous, lanceolate, acutely acuminate, often above 8 in, long, 

 bordered with acute often pungent serratures, rounded at the base and shortly 

 petioluhite, coriaceous, light green, shining above, marked underneath (in tiie 

 dried state) within each areola of the smaller reticulations with 3 or 4 

 ^und ovate or rcniform dots. Panicles long, loose, and little branched. 

 Pedicels long and slender. Calyx tomentose, about 2 lines long, the lobes 

 rounded, with thin edges. Petals inserted near the base of the calyx outside 

 tlie disk. Anthers oh\o\\g,—Cuj)anta hicens, F. Muell. Pragm. iii. 44. 



Queensland. Moreton Bay, Z^zW///ff?*^/ ; Pine river, W,HilL 



N. S. 'Wales. Clarence river, BecJder ; Kichmond viver, C. Moore. . 



