Tenmnalirt.] XLvii. combretage.i:- 



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tuse, usually 3 to 4 m. long, narrowed into a short petiole, rather coriaceous, 

 the primary veins prominent underneath and rather distant. Spikes loose as 

 m T. mdanocarpa, flowers rather larger, and the calyx-tube as well as the 

 limb glabrous outside. Drupe ovoid, said to be blue when fresh and rather 

 acid, about | in. long, without wings or angles.— I', microcarpa, F. Muell. 

 Fragni. iii, 92, not of Decaisne. 



Queensland. Jslauds of Howick's Group and off Ca])e Bedford and Cai)e Flattery. 

 /^ Mueller; Cape York, WGiUivray ; Edgecombe Bay, Dallachy. 



Vai-. minor. Leaves uarroaer. Fruit smaller.— Z'.V/^^m. R. Br. Herb., but scarcely of 

 Koxb.-^Endeavour river, Banks and Solander- islands of Carpeotaria (no fruit), R. Brown. 



10. T. latipeSy Benth. Branchlcts glabrous with a loose bark. Leaves 

 broadly obovate, 3 to 5 in. long, very obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous and glau- 

 cous, abruptly narrowed into a very short petiole, Which as well as the midrib 

 13 very broad and tlat, with the primary veins proniiuent and very divaricate. 

 Spikes rusty-tomentose, about as long as the leaves. Flowers small, rather 

 numerous, tonientose. Drupe ovoid, straight, without wings or angles. 



N. Australia. Victoria river, Bi/noe. 



A. Cunniiighaiu's herbarium contains specimens of a species apparently allied to the 

 above, but with longer and more slender petioles and Slender glabrons spikes. They canuot, 

 however, be deterrniucd fur want of the fruit, 



11. T. edulis^ F. Muell. Tragm. ii. lol. A tree, the fruiting specimens 

 quite gLibrous. Leaves very broadljy^ ovate, very obtnse at both ends, 4 to 8 

 m. long, coriaceous with proniiuent distant primary veins, on petioles of 2 or 

 3 in. Flowers unknown. Drupes ovoid-obloiig/acUmiuatc, sometimes sur- 

 rounded by a slightly prbminent angle and said to be yellowish when fresh. 



N. Australia. Victoria, Pitzmaurice, and Alligator rivers, F. Mueller ; South Goul- 

 l^uru Island, J. Cunninyham. The specimens are insnfficient for distinguishing them satis- 

 factorily from T. me^anocarpa and several others ; the jjutloles are, however, longer than in 

 ^ny other Australian speeies except T, petiolarisj which has very difFercntiy shaped leaves. 



12. T. discolor, F, Muell, Fragm. iii. 92. A tall shrub, the branches 

 and young leaves hoary with a very minute pubescence. Leaves ovate or 

 obovate, obtuse or shortly and obtiiscly acuminate, mostly 2 to 3 in. long, 

 iiiore narrowed at the base than in T, Mudleri and the priinaiy veins less 

 pi'ominent, coriaceous and at length shining above, pale or whitish with a 

 Jiiiniite tomentum underneath. Flowers not seeh, but from the scars on the 

 old rhachis the spikes are probably loose. Fruit only seen imperfect, ovoid- 

 globular, without wings or angles, 



N. Australia. Hcaraon Island, Nichol Bay, P. Gregory s Expedition, The spcci- 

 ttiens are much too imperfect for a satisfactory diagnosis. 



13. T. porphyrocarpa, T. MuelL Herb, A handsome tree, the yjoung 



branches and petioles deusely toinentose. Leaves crowded on the short 



brauchlets, obovate, 2 to 3 in. long, on petioles rarely exceeding ^ in., loosely 



sjid softly tomeutose-pubescent on botli sides or 'becoming glabrous above 



^'hen old, the primnry veins prominent underneath.- Spikes usually shorter 



than the leaves, rather dense. Calyx glabrous outside, the adnate tube 



about \\ iiucs long, the limb fully 2 lines diameter, densely woolly 



inside. Fruit ovoid, glabrous, w^ithout wings or angles, said to be blue or 

 purple. 



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