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■ loose spikes, rarely contracted into dense heads, either axillary or clustered on 

 me Old nodes. Calyx-tube usually small and narrow, the limb much broader. 



AfSr .^Tx •''^^^n't T'' "f'"'^^ ^^' '''^^^' ^^"^^ ^^ t^^ ^'^^'^ ^"t is most abundant in . 

 ucaaudAsm. J he Australiau species appear to be all endemic, with the exception of 



i Ul^ Z?""' '''''^^ '' ^''"^ ''' '^^^^^^'- ^^''^'^^ ""^^^^^ however are as yet insufficiently 

 Known They are often not to be distinguished without the fruit, which, when succulent . 



' l, .rV' •"^' ' '" ^''**'^^ ^^'"^^^^ '"^ herbarium specimens, and we do not as yet know ho^r 

 1 t>.l f r ^^"^^^ ^^''^ "^ ^^*^ ^^"^^ species. Some with broadly winged fruits have precisely 



I he cr- ^"^ ^"^ flowers of others which have wingless fruits. The circumscription of species 

 le given nmy^ therefore require much revision when more perfect materials arc obtained, 

 itie subdivision of the genns into sections, or with some botanists into distinct genera, 

 nas been founded on the fruit alone, and although the line of demarcation is often very in- 

 enmte, no better character has as yet been found. TJie Australian species are included 

 ^^t/iuncoa, with 2 or S distinct wings to the fruit, Ca/appa with 2 wings, conliueut above 

 m ,^. ^° ^® completely to encircle the drupe, and 3I^ro^ahm(s without win^s; but in 

 ■ f(?/«6';7i' the wings are often slightly confluent so as to do away with all rcal'distinction 

 e vveeii Chnncoa and Caiappa, and even between that and Myrobalams, the acute angles of 

 wuT'^ °- ^- ?>z^/<7?/(?m?7M almost pass into the wings of Cafappa, The section Pehiapiera 

 1 li 4 or 5 wings to the fruit, is as yet unknown in Australia. Among the following spe- 

 s several are only known from very imperfect specimens, and may henceforth require 



nch correction in their circumspription, althouG;h I do not think they will be much reduced 

 in number. x ? & i 



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, . Catappa. — Fruit with 2 longitudinal membranous or coriaceous wings^ or 

 ^^ig> in thejirst 3 species, with a third narrow tving or pro7ninent nerve. 



^"it, including the wings, nmch broader than long. 

 i'^it. including the win^s, three times as broad as Ipng ; wings 

 quite distinct. Leaves velvety-pubescent underneath .... 1. Z platgpfera. 

 '"UU, including the wings, not twice as broad as long ; wings often 

 continent above and below. Leaves nearly glabrous. Spike 

 slender, interrupted. ' , 

 Leaves obovate, much reticulate. Fruit-wings scarcely confluent 2. T. volucris, 

 itcaves cuneate-oblong, much reticulate. Truit-wings shortly cou- 

 p, . fluent 3. T, oblongata, 



' including the wrings, rather longer than broad and quite sur- 



rouuded by the confluent wings. 

 ■"^ves lanceolate or obloni:, silky-pubescen^. Spikes elongated, 



dense. Fruits under | in. long . .."..' i. T. bursarina, 



^aves lanceolate or oblong, mostly silky-pubescent. Spikes short, 



Gense. Fruits f to above 1 in. long ' ' 5. ^. circumalafa. 



^^aves obovate, glabrous. Si}ikcs short, dense.' Fruits | to above 

 *. . -l in. long .... ...-.- ^' T. jiterocarpa. 



orbicular, quite snrrounded by a narrow wing. Leaves obovate, 

 ^'ich reticulate, glabrous. Spikes slender . / 7- 71 TIiozetiL 



Sect. II. W.YTohK\2Ln\xB.— Fruit globular or more frequently ovoid, terete or sUghily 

 ^^pressed, or surrounded hy a prominent acute angle, but not distinctly winged, 



^ves very obtuse, usually broad. Flowers rather small ; stamens 



»ot above 3 lines loner, 

 leaves quite glabrous. 



■leaves large, narrowed into a short petiole. 



'-alys-tube white, with oppressed hairs. Drupe glabrous, sur- 



rounded by a very prom-uent angle % T. welanocarpa. 



Calyx-tuhe quite rfabrous. Drupe ovoid, without any angle . 9. T, Muellen. 

 leaves large, with a^ short broad flat petiole. Calyx tomentose. 



Drupe ovoid, without any angle 1^- ^- ^^^*^^^- 



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