482 XXXVIII. SAPiNDACE^. [_Dodon<ea. 



1 to 1^ Hues long, ratTicr thick. Anthers narrow-oblong. Style often elon- 

 gated. Capsule slightly 3- or 4-angled, not winged, glabrous, 3 or 4 lines 

 long, the persistent dissepiments broad. Seeds ovoid, smooth^ and rather 

 shining. — D. sororia, Miq. in PL Preiss, i. 225. 



^V. Australia. Swan River and Eottenest Island, Preiss, n. 2388 and 2439, Dram- 

 mond. Coll. 1844, «. 231 and 2^2, and others ; Bonache Island, Frdser. I can perceive no dif. 

 ference between the two forms described by Miquel. The fruit-pedicels vary from 3 to 8 lines. 



* 21. D. bursarifolia, BeJtr mid F. MuelL in Trmis. Vict, Inst. i. 8. 

 A glabrous much-branehed shrub, scarcely viseid, the smaller branches slender, 

 terete or scarcely angled. Leaves from obovate to oblong-cuneate or oblong, 

 usually obtuse, under -^ in. or rarely f in. long, entire, coriaceous, the lateral 

 veins inconspicuous. Pedicels shorty solitary or 2 or 3 together, axillary or 

 terminal. Sepals narrow-lanceolate. Anthers oblong, usually exceeding the 

 calyx. Styles often elongated. Capsule 4 to 5 lines long, 3- or 4-angled, 

 either not winged or with very narrow wings ; dissepiments splitting and 

 falling off with the valves, leaving only the filiform axis persistent. — F. MupU. 

 PL Vict. i. 87. t. 5. 



Victoria. Murray desert, F. Mueller, 



. Australia. Pine Forest, near Salt Creek, Behr ; barren ridges and dry scrubby 

 plains, near St. Vincent's Gulf, F. Mueller, 



VST. Australia. In the interior, Brummond, n, 14 ajid 187. 



Yar. (?) major. Leaves rather longer and not so broad in proportion, very rarely coarsely 

 toothed. Fruit not seen, and therefore the species doubtful. — Sharks Bay and Dirk Hartog's 

 Island, Milne, 



22. D. Baueri, Endl. in IIueg.Enum, 13. A small or spreading shrub, 

 with short slender but rigid branches, glabrous and more or less viscid. 

 Leaves broadly ovate, obovate or almost orbicular, obtuse or truncate, usually 

 slightly sinuate-toothed, mostly 4 to 6 lines long, coriaceous, 1 -nerved, the 

 lateral veins inconspicuous. Pedicels short, recurved, axillary and solitary 

 or few in a short tenninal raceme. Sepals broadly ovate, rather thick. Cap- 

 sule small, 3- or 4-angled, the angles very rarely produced into veiy narrow 

 wings at the upper outer edge. — J), dejlexa, F. MuelL in Trans, Yict. Inst. L 

 8,.andPLyict. L 87. 



Victoria. In the Murray scrub, F. Mueller, 



S. Australia, S. coast, R, Brown ; Flinders Range and Spencer's Gulf, F, Mueller ; 

 Venus Bay, Warburion, 



23. D. humifasaj Miq, in PI, Preiss, I 226. A low, diffuse or pro- 

 strate, much-branched shrub, often rooting at the nodes, glabrous or the 

 young branches slightly pubescent and scarcely viscid. Leaves crowded, 

 linear-cuncate, oblong-spathulate or rarely almost triangular, obtuse or rarely 

 acute, mostly under | in. and rarely | in. long, entire or deeply 3-toothcd, 

 coriaceous, 1-nerved, the lateral veins rarely conspicuous, Plowers usually 3 

 or 3 together on rather long pedicels. Sepals ovate or ovate-lanceolate, often 

 2 lines long in the males, smaller in the females. Style often elongated. 

 Capsule about 3 lines long, 3- or 4-angled, the angles acute or expanded 

 toAvards the top into very narrow wings. 



IV. Australia. Clayey and gravelly plains. Hay district, Preiss, n, 2441 ; towards 

 Cape Kiche, Brummond, hth Coll 7i, 250 and 251 ; Tone river and Tulbnmup lake. Old- 



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