600 XLVii. cosiBKETACE^:, [Terminally. 



■ 6. T. pterocarpa, F. Muell Tragm. ii. 152. A small tree, perfectly 



glabrous or the young shoots very minutely pubescent under a lens. ^ Leaves 

 obovnte, of a pale somewhat glaucous hue, very obtuse, about \\ to 2 in. long,, 

 narrowed at the base and shortly decurrcnt' on the petiole, the very obhque 

 pi-iraary veins and reticulate veinlets few and not very prominent-. Spikes 

 short, pedunculate, very minutely pubescent or glabroTis. Calyx-hmb much 

 shorter than the adnate tube. Disk hairy ; styles and stamens glabrous. 

 Fruit 2-winged, about | to H in. long and \ to f in. broad including the 

 wings, which are confluent above and below, completely surrounding the hard 

 f^lmost dry drupe. 



N, Australia. Copclan*! Island,, 4. Cunningham; sandstone table-land between the 

 Upper Victoria river, Alligator river, and Macadam Range, F. Mueller. 



7. T. Thozetii, Bentl. Of this I have only seen a single specimen 

 resembling T, volucris in folingo, except that it is perfectly glabrous, and the 

 fruit is very different. Leaves narrow-obovate, crowded at the euds ot the 

 branches, 2 to 3 in. long, reticulate as in T. vohcris. Flowers not seen, 

 Fruiting-spikes slender, glabrous. Fruits quite sniooth and glabrous, nearly 

 orbicular, about ^ in. diameter including the two narrow confluent ^™igs, 

 which completely encircle tlie drupe, they may not, however, be perfectly 

 ripe in the specimen, [ 



Queensland. Eoclvhampton, Thozet, 



Section II. Myrobalakus, OC.— Fruit globular or more^ freqnently 

 ovoid, terete or slightly compressed, or surrounded by a prominent acute 

 angle, but not distinctly winged. 



There is no difference whatever in inflorescence or tiowers in the two sections, and "2/^^^ 

 stant one in foliage, although in general there is a greater tendency to dry black in JHyr - 

 lalanus than in Caiappa, and the primary veins diverging from the midrib are more pio- 

 minent parallel and distant. . 



8. T, melanocarpa, Z Mnell Frogm. iii. 92. A tree, usually gla- 

 brous, exeept the silky-white young buds nnd the flowers. Leaves obovate, 

 very obtuse or rnrely obscurely and very obtusely aeuininate, 3 to 6 or evett 

 8 in. long and sometimes above 6 in. broad, narrowed into a short petiole^ 

 coriaceous, tlie primary veins prominent underneath and rather distnnt, trans- 

 versely reticulate between them. Spikes loose, about as long as the ieaje^, 

 the rhachis nearly glabrous." Tlowers numerous but not crowded. ^"^^,^ 

 tube or ovary white with appressed hairs ; limb nearly glabrous ^titside, aDo\^^ 

 2 lines broad, densely woolly inside. Stamens and 'style glabrous. ^**"P^_ 

 ovoid, somewhat compressed, obtuse or acuminate, about 1 iii- i^no' ^!^^ 

 rounded usually by a prominent acute angle, which sometimes in the an 

 state almost assumes the appearance of a narrow thick wing, but m ot 

 specimens is scarcely prominent. 



N. Australia. Shaded valleys, islands of the N. Coast, Tl. Brown. g 



Queensland. Snapper Island, A, Cunmnyhaw; Port Denison and Edgecoiuu 



• Titzalan, Dallachj. 



to a consi- 



9. T. Muelleri, Benth, A small tree in the scrub, growing to a cojj^ 

 derable height in the ranges, glabrous or the young buds Tninuteiy s ^^ 

 Leaves undistinguishable from those of T, melanocarpa, broadly obovate, 



