446 XLIT. SAXIFKAGETE. l^GelssoiS. 



liypogynousj filaments loTig, anthers ovate. Ovary oblong-conical, 2-cellc(l, 

 with several asceuding ovules in each cell ; styles filiform, united at the base. 

 Capsule narrow, coriaceous, 2-celled, opening septicidally. Seeds oblong, 

 flat, imbricate, produced upwards into a short wing; embryo in the axis of a 

 fleshy albumen — Trees. Leaves opposite, digitately compound; leaflets 3 or 

 5, petiolulate, coriaceous, entire or with distant serratures. Flowers purple 

 or red, usually larger than in JFeinmannia^ in simple lateral racemes. 



The genus'is from New Caledonia, where there are 3 or 4 species, but there also appears 

 to be an Australiau one, although our specimens are insufficient for defining it. A detached 

 raceme of old capsules with the seeds fallen out, from (Uoud's Creek, Hastings river, Beckler, 

 much resembles those from Xew Caledonia. These capsules are cylindrical, about f in. long, 

 ou short pediceh, the epicarp minutely tomentose, the endocarp more or less separating 

 from it. To the same species may very likely belong some speciinr us in leaf only (in Herb. 

 F. Muell.) from Hastings river, Beckler, and Duck Creek, C. Moore. They are glabrous. 

 Leaves opposite, 3-folioIate; leaflets petiolulate, ovate, 6 to 10 in. long, 3 to 5 in. broad, 

 coriaceous, remotely and not deeply toothed, green on both sides. Stipules orbicular, con- 

 aceons, more persistent than in most Oanoniea. 



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16. EUCRYPHIA, Cav. 



(Carpodontos, LabilL) 



Sepals 4, free, broad and thin but rigid, mnch imbricate, cohering into a 

 calyplra and falling off together as the flower opens. Petals 4, broad, oblique, 

 much imbricate. Stamens very^ numerous, hypogynous ; anthers small. Ovaiy 

 free, 5- to 12-furrowed, 5- to 1 2-celled, with several ovules in each cell j 

 styles distinct, with small terminal stigmas. Capsule hard, ovoid or oblong, 

 septicidally dehiscent, the carpels remaining long attached by the filifoi'tu 

 placentas. Seeds few in each carpel, oblong, compressed, produced upwards 

 into a membranous wing. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple or pin- 

 nate. Stipules very deciduous. Flowers large, white, solitary in the upp^r 

 axils. 



Besides the two Australian speeles, which are endemic, there are two Chilian *^j*^^» ^" 

 there, as in Australia, one has simple, the other pinnate leaves. The genns is placed by 

 most anthors in Hi/pericine<B, from whicli it differs in foliage, in the preseuceof stipules an 

 in the albuminons seeds. As suggested by Planchon, it appears to be mnch jiearer to 



are 



Cunonieai, notwithstanding the hypogynous stamens and very much imbricate sepals 

 petals. The fruit and seeds are very nearly those of Geissois, except that the carpels 

 more numerous. 



leaves simple \ . . \, B. BlUardlen- 



leaves pinnate . . 2. £. ^oorei. 



1. E. BiUardieri, Spach; Ilook.f. TL Tasm, I 54. A handsome tree, 

 attaining a very large size, although the smaller forms are often reduced to a 

 bushy shrub, quite glabrous, the buds and young leaves often very gummy. 

 Leaves simple, shortly petiolate, oblong, very obtuse, entire, coriaceous, ghi«- 

 cous or whitish underneath, 1 to 2 in. long in the larger forms. Vm'^ 

 white, very showy, the broad petals often 1 in. diameter. Peduncles muca 

 -aorter than the leaves. Capsules usually about i in. hng.—Carpodon 

 Ucida, Labill. Voy. t. 18 ; DC. Prod. i. 556. ^^ 



Tasmania^ 72. Brown ; mountainouB districts, especially in the interior and to>var ^ 

 S. and W. coasts, /. D. Hooker. , jj^an 



Var. MilliganL A shrub or small tree, smaller and more compact in all its pai s 



