502 



XlVii. CoMbretaceA. [Terminalla. 



Queensland. Mount Archer, Rockhainptou, BaUach^ ; Fitzi-oy vwer Bowman. 



°TT^e^iantka. Ovary aiul calyx densely silky-tomeutose -Mount Archer Dalhtch^j 

 These specimens are in flower only, aad resemble in foliage T. platyptera as much as T. por- 

 fhyrocarpa, hut have the larger ilowers of the latter species. 



14 T* platyphylla, I. Mnell. Fragm. ii. 150. A moderate-sized tree 

 the voun- branches and petioles more or less lioary or rusty with a short sott 

 tomentum or sometimes densely toraentose and almost woolly. Leaves broadly 

 ohovate or ovate, very obtuse, 4 to 6 in. long, 2 to 4 in. broad, shortly nar- 

 re wed into a petiole never exceeding 1 in. in some specunens, rather longer m 

 others, coriaceous, softly pubescent on both sides or nearly glabrous above. 

 Spikes usually shorter than the leaves, with uuraeroits rather smal ilowers, 

 loose or crowded. Calyx sdky-pubescent or villous outside, dense y villous 

 inside. Drupes tomentose, ovoid or oblong, obtuse or acuminate, not wmgea. 



N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown Ilemie; Victoria 

 ritzinanrice, and Roper rivers, F. Mueller ; Port Essington. Armstrong. i he species 

 appears to be chiefly distinguished amongst other large obtuse-leaveJ ones by its sot punes- 

 cence and by the tomentose drupes. From the few speciniens seen, the latter "PFf ^ « JJ 

 Tariable in shape. In R. Brown's specimens they are ovoicl-oUong, obtuse, oltcn su. ouaaea 

 hy a slightly promhient or obscure angle ; in one of F. Mueller's ironi Roper nvcr they re 

 obliquely acuminate, with a prominent angle, and shortly contracted at the '^f<^;ii another 

 of F. Mueller's, they are straight, quite terete, oWgng, rounded at both ends, battel minating 



abruptly in a narrow straight beak of about 2 Hues. , . r n i,„f the 



A specimen -from the N.W. coast, Bynoe. has the foliage of T. platyphylla, but tne 

 flowers in long loose glabrous spikes. It cauuot, however, be determiued for want oi ine . 



r- 



fruit. 



microcarpa* 



Young slioots mi- 



nutely pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate-elliptical, tarely slightly ^J.^^^^^' 

 shoillv and obtusely acuminate, 3 to 5 in. long, narrowed into a petiole o 

 about'l in., glabrous or slightly hoary underneath with a miriute P^^^scenc , 

 thinly coriaceous, with distant primary veins and copious reticulations, n 

 pellucid dots although small, yet more conspicuous than iu most speci . 

 Spikes attaining the length of the leaves. Flowers numerous but not dense y 

 crowded. Calyx rusty outside with a minute tomentum, densely villous "- 

 side, but not seen fully expanded. Drupe, according to Decaisne, on 

 shaped, acuminate, glabrous. 



W. Australia ?, Eaudin's Erpedition. Also in Timor. I have not seen ^ J^ A«^^^^^ 

 lian specimens mentioned by Decaisne as having been gathered on the b. ^|f \{. .^-aiian 

 from one of those mistakes in the labels whieh occur in so many instances in me a ^^^^ 

 collections iu the Paris Elerbarium, owing in a great measure to the dlegib e hanau ni :, ^^.^ 

 absurd orthography of the original labels of the gardener who accompanied ^^'^*: y. ^^.^isiie. 

 tion. The above description is taken from a Timor specitnen communicated Dv ^^^^ 



The specie* may possibly prove to be a variety of T, Beledca, Roxb., ^^;^^,^'^ ".„i,,tioa 

 E. India and the Archipelago. The leaves are ovate, as stated in Decaisne s aesti i 

 rather than obovate, as tliey are said to be by some mistake in the diagnosis. 



16. T. petiolaris, A. Cunn. Herb, k tree, closely resembling /.W" 

 crocarpa in foliage and inflorescence, but the petioles are much longer m P ^^ 

 portion to the lamina, the pellucid dots are quite microscopic, and the ^|^'^^j^ 

 reticulations appear pellucid when seen against the light. Young ^**^ , ^^^^j 

 nutelv pubescent. Adult leaves quite glabrous, broadly ovate, shor y * ^^ 

 obtusel-' acuminate, 2 to 3 in. long, narrowed into a petiole of trom a 



