Ar(jophyllum!\ XLii. saxifraue^. '437 



brj^o luinute in a fleshy albumen. — Shrubs. Leaves alternate, usually white 

 underneath. Flowers small, in terminal or axillary corymbose panicles. 



Besides the Australian species, whicli is endemic, the genus comprises 3 or 4 from New 

 Caledonia, 



1. A. Lejourdanii, 7. MuelL Tragm, iv. 33. An elegant shrub of 6 



to 7 ft., the branches and inflorescence clothed with a close silky-white of 

 reddish tomentum. Leaves ovate, aciuninate, seiTate, mostly 5 to 6 in. long, 

 on a petiole of about 1 in., not coriaceous, green and glabrous or with scat- 

 tered hairs above, silvery-white with a close silky tomentum underneath, the 

 pinnate parallel primary veins, the transverse secondary ones, and smaller re- 

 ticulations prominent underneath. Panicles terminal or in the upper axils, 

 shorter than the leaves, corymbose or more frequently ovate. Flowers, in- 

 cluding the small expanded petals, about 3 lines diameter. Capsule depressed- 

 globular, about 2 lines diameter, usually 2-celled and 4-valved, rarely 8-celled 

 and 6-valved. 



Queensland. Mount Elliott, Ballachy, The large thin serrate leaves, and their 

 elegant venation on the under side, distinguish this species at once from the New Cale- 

 doDian specimens of ^. nilidum, Labill., the plate of which it in some respects resembles. 



2. ABROPHYLLTJM, Hook. f. 



(Bracliynema, F. Muell.) 



Calyx-tube exceedingly short, adnata to the broad base of the ovary ; seg- 

 ments 5, spreading, deciduous. Petals 5, valvate, spreading, deciduous. 

 Stamens 5 ; anthers large, on very short filaments. Ovary free, except the 

 woad base, oblong, 5.furrowed, 5-celled, with many ovules in each cell; 

 stigma sessile, 5-lobed, Berry free, ovoid, 5-celled. Seeds numerous, small, 

 nearly globular ; embryo (mintite ?) in a fleshy albumen.— Shrub. Leaves 

 alternate. Flowers in corymbose panicles, terminal or in the upper axils. 



THe genus is limited to a single species, endemic in Australia. 



. 1- A. omans, Eooh.f. ms. A tall handsome shrub, the young shoots and 

 mfloi-escence pubescent with short appressed hnirs. Leaves elliptical or ovate- 

 janceolate, acuminate, 6 to 9 in. long, with a few short broad mucronate teeth 

 in the upper part, narrowed at the base into a petiole of 1 to 2 m., thm and 

 glabrous or sprinkled with a few appressed hairs on the prmcipal veins un- 

 derneath. Panicles irregularly dichotomous, much shorter than the leaves 

 Jlowers rather small, yellowish. Calyx-segments triangular-lanceolate about 

 time long. Petals about 2 lines long. Berries 3 to 4 Ime^.—Brachynema 

 ornans, F. Muell. Fragra. iii. 90. 



. W- S. Wales. Mount Tom ah, Blue Mountains, J. and R. Cunningham; Kichmond 

 "Tw, near Ballina, C. Moore. Dr. Hooker had described the genus for the Genera Plan- 

 «fim' when the specimen and character arrived from F. Mueller, whose specific name he 



onsequeutly adopted, but the generic name was preoccupied by a eurio.^ Brazilian genus allied 

 '" ^benacece, described aud fiRured in the ' linnean Transactions, xin. l-ib, t. ^i. 



3. QUINTINIA, Alph. DC. 



0. V^Uii* J.XX1XXJ., iiij^/". -'-■ 



palyx-tube obconical, adnata to the ovary, with 5 persistent teeth. 

 **« "Qbricate, deciduous. Stamens 5 ; anthers ovate. Ovary inferior, 



Petals 

 3- to 5- 



