Polpsma.] XLil. SAXiFiiAGE^:. 439 



elliptical, acuminnte acute or rarely obtuse, 3 to 4 in. long, irregularly notched 

 with callous teetli, much narrowed into a short petiole, somewhat coriaceous, 

 peuuivehied. Racemes usually shorten than the leaves. Pedicels 1 to 2 lines 

 long, with 2 minute bracteoles under the ovary. Calyx-teeth small. Corolla 

 about 5 lines long, slightly pubescent outside with appressed hairs, the petals 

 remaining long coherent in a narrow tube. Fruit ovoid, above ^ in. long,- 

 crowued by the small persistent cup-shaped calyx-limb. 



N. S- "Whales- Illawarra, A, Cunningham^ M' Arthur ; near Graftou, Clarence river, 



Beckler, 



5. AWOPTEEUS, Labill. 



Calyx-tube very short, adnate to the broad base of the ovary ; lobes 6 to 

 9j short, persistent. Petals as many as calyx-lobes, imbricate, spreading, de- 

 ciduous. Stamens as many as petals; anthers versatile. Ovary free, except 

 the broad base, 1-cellcd, with several ovules attached to 2 parietal placentas; 

 style 2-lobed, the lobes stigmatic along the inner side. Capsule oblong- 

 conical, thickly coriaceous, openuig in 2 recurved valves with the placentas on 

 fteir margins. Seeds pendulous, imbricate, flattened; testa membranous, 

 dilated at the hilum end into a broad nicuibranous wing, the nucleus at the 

 opposite end small, oblong; embryo minute, in a tleshy albumen.— Shrubs or 

 small trees, quite glabrous. Leaves alternate, evergreen, coriaceous, without 

 stipules. Elowers white, rather large, in short terminal racemes. 



The genus is endemic in Australia. 



Flowers mostly 6-merous. Capsule not exceeding | in 1. ^. glandulosus. 



*Wffers mostly 8- or 9.merous. Capsule 1 in. long or more . . . 2. J(. Macleayanus. 



I. A. glandulosus, lahill Fl, Nov, IIolL \. 86, L 112. A handsome 

 evergreen shrub, in some localities growing into a tree of 30 to 40 ft. Leaves 

 •^liiefly at the ends of the branches, from elliptical-lanceolate to almost obo- 

 ^'ate, but usually narrow^ shortly acuminate, mostly 4 to 8 in. long, obtusely 

 (^r callously serrate, narrowed into a very short petiole, coriaceous and shnung, 

 peaniveined. Racemes 3 to 6 in. long, somewhat drooping. Bracts large, 

 Jienibrauous and imbricate at the base of the very young raceme, but soon 

 ^ingaway, those in the raceme small and narrow. Pedicels 3 to o hues 

 S"{?- Petals usually 6, ovate, 5 to 6 lines long. Capsule i to Tin. long. 

 ^^< Prod. iv. 6 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 151 ; Bot, Mag. t. 4377- 



Tasmania. In forests, ahundant in many, especially the subaipine parts of the colony, 

 ''• ^' Hooker, 



^2. A. Macleayanus, F. Muell. in Journ. Pham. Soc FicL 1859. 



% closely allied to A. alandulosus iu aspect as well as m cliaracLer, and 

 "•ay prove to be a variety only. Leaves usually rather longer and narrower. 

 ";ore acuminate, on petioles of i to I in. Calyx-lobes petals and stamens 

 °/'^" 8 or 9 eaeli. Capsule and seeds much larger than mJ. glandulosui, 

 the former from 1 to U in- long, the seeds i to | in., including the wing. 



Q'^eensu^a^ Monnt Lindsay, at an elevaliou of 4000 to 5000 ft., W. ihlL 

 ^' S. Wales. Hastings river. BecHer ; Clarence river. 6. Moore. 



Tribe II. CuNONiE.E.-Shri.bs or trees. Leaves opposite (scattered in 

 '■ - , .1 _ iStameiis twice as 



I'^'-'icarp^a) . Stipules usually present, but deciduous, 

 "^''"y as calyx-scgraenls or indefinite. Styles free, ^t leas 



t at the top. 



