43S XLii. SAXIFKAGE^. ' [Quintbua. 



celled, with several ovules in each cell, the free summit broadly conical, 

 tapering into a persistent 3- to 5 -furrowed style, with a capitate 3- to 3-lobed 

 stigma. Capsule inferior, opening at the summit in teeth or valves continuous 

 with the styles, which separate up to the stigma. Seeds ascending, long, 

 spindle-shaped, with a loose testa; embryo (very minute?) in a fleshy albu- 

 •men. — Glabrous trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, without sti- 

 pules. Flowers small, white, in racemes, either simple in the axils or several 

 forming a terminal panicle. 



Besides the 2 following species^ which are endemic in Australia, there are 2 iu Ivew 

 Zealand. 



Racemes in a terminal leafless pauicle ^- Q. Siehen, 



Racemes simple, axillary i. Q- y erdonii, 



1. Q. Sieberi, A. DO. Monoffr. Camp. 90, and in DC. Prod. iv. 5. A 

 spreading tree of 30 to 40 ft. Leaves oval-elliptical, shortly acummate, 

 mostly 3 to 4 in. long, entire, narrowed into a petiole of about ^ in., coria- 

 ceous, reticulate. Eacemes numerous, in a terminal panicle, scarcely longer 

 than the last leaves. Pedicels very short, rarely 1 line long. Calyx-lobes 

 very short and broad. Petals oval-oblong, spreading, about 2 lines long. 

 Styles separating in the ripe capsule up to the stigmas, which remain ^^^^^' 

 Seeds obovate or oblong, with a loose reticulate testa, but not winged. Eucli. 

 in Flora, 1832, ii. 389, t. 3, and Atakta, 10, t. 10 (the plate wanting m our 

 copy) ; F. Muell. Fragm. ii. 126. 



N. S. "Wales. Blue Mountains, Sieber, n. 261, A, Cunningham, and others ; souij- 

 ■ward to Illawarra, J, Cuitningharn ; and the dividing range towards the Yowaka, Leic - 

 TiardU 



2. Q. Verdonii, t. Muell, Fragm. ii. 125. Very near Q. 'S^'^Sm, the 

 leaves of the same shape and size, but much less reticulate. Eacemes in t^ 

 specimens seen all simple and solitary in the upper axils, 3 to 4 m. long. 

 Flowers rather smaller than in Q. Skberl, on pedicels about 2 hues long. 

 Calyx lobes narrower, about half as long as the petals. Capsule smnue 

 than in Q. Skheri. Seeds small, ovoid-oblong, obtuse, not winged, 



N. S. Vl^ales. Macleay and Hastings rivers, Beckler. 



iouth- 



POLYOSMA 



Calvx-tube ovoid, adnate to the ovary, the limb small, 4-tootliecl, persis^' 

 teiit. Petals 4, valvate, linear, erect and frequently cohering in at. 

 spreading at the end, deciduous. Stamens 4; anthers linear, erect. ^ i 

 inferior, I -celled, with numerous ovules attached to 2 parietal P''"^^^^ ^,'^^.^1 

 truding far into the cavity and almost dividing it into 2 cells; style m^^^^^- 

 with an entire termiual stigma. Berry ovoid, inferior, with a smgle laig ^ 

 seed ; testa rather thick ; embryo small, in the summit of a fleshy '^.'°" "J [pg. 

 Trees. Leaves opposite or nearly so, usually turning black m ) 

 Flowers white or greenish, in termiual simple racemes. f om B. 



Besides the Australian species, wliich is endemic, the genus comprises sevcra 

 India, the Archipelago, and S. Pacific Islands. . 



1. P. Cunningliamii, /. J. Benn. PL Jav. Ear. 196. ^t^'^f ovate- 

 small tree, quite glabrous except the inflorescence and flowers. ^^^'' 



