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XLVii. coMBKETACE^. [Lumuitzera. 



i in. long at the time of flowering, continuous with and narrowed nito a some- ^ 

 what flattened pedicel of 3 or 3 lines ; lobes of the hmb short, broad and 

 obtuse. Petals exceeding the calyx-lobes by about 2 hues ; stamens twice as f 



long. Pruitiiig-calyx abdve 1 in. long. 



Queensland. Endeavour river, Bauh and Salander ; edges of mangrove swamps 

 Cape York. M'Gillivray. We have precisely the sa.ne form from the ieejee Islands ; the 

 common Malayan specimens have usually rather smaller flowers. 



3. L. racemdsaj Willd. ; DC. Prod. iii. 22. A glabrous tree or tall 

 shrub, with the foliage of L. coccinea, but the racemes arc all axillary usually 

 about as long as the leaves, and the flowers are smaller and white Calyx at 

 the time of flowering about 4 lines long, and not above \ m. when m truit, 

 the lobes or teeth very short. Petals about 1| lines long, and the stamens 

 very little longer. 



N.Australia. Islands of .the Gnlf of Carpentaria, /2. 5/oitJ«, /A-m^. 

 Queensland. Cairncross Island, Torres' Straits, M'Gilhvray, Ilenne ; Titzioy nver 



and near Keppel Bay, Thozet. • i a ;» 



This appears to be the commonest of the two Species on the coasts of tropical Asia. 



3. MACR6pTBRAWTHES, r. Muell. 



Calyx-tube produced above the ovary and scarcely contracted, the limb 

 rather broader, shortly 5-lobed or 5-toothed. Petals 5. Stamens iu or 

 fewer. Ovules 10 to 12, pendnlous ; style filiform, with a minute stigma. 

 Pruit (oblong ?) crowned by the persistent calyx. Seed . . .— biiky-wmie or 

 tomentose shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite* or clustered at the noae 

 small obovate or oblong, entire. Flowers in pairs on axillary (or tei'minaj . j 

 peduncles. Bracteoles adnate in the centre to the base of the calyx ; i 

 margins free, milch enlarged after flowering, forming wings to the Iruiui ^ 

 calyx. , 



The eenus is endemic in Australia. It is very closely alicd to Lumntzera, ^^^'^""S '" .j® 

 wings o'f the fruitiug-calyx and in the numher of ovules, and the species are not 



maritime. 



Leaves almost sessile, clustered at the nodes, oblong, silvery -white. 



Bracteoles or calyx-wings much shorter thaa the fruitiug-calyx . 1. ^' ^^^^ 



iiractcoles or calys-wings aS long as or longer tnan me iiuiuug- JT kimc/tiL 



c^lvx - * ' * * a* M Leichhardtiu 



Leaves distinctly petiolate, opposite, obovate, tomentose ..••*'' -^* . 



1. M. montanai F. MuelL Fragm, iii. 91. A small tree, AvitU rigid 

 divaricate branclilets, occasionally spinescent. Leaves clustered at the no^^^^ 

 narrow-oblong, obtuse, narrowed into a very short petiole, ^^^^^^'^' ^*^^^^^^gj._ 

 on both sides. Flowers only seen loose and not perfect. Calyx alter o 



ing attaining nearly 1 in. but not yet ripe, densely silky-pubescent out > ■ 

 with short lobes. Petals apparently oblong or obovate, about 4 m. n- 

 Stamens longer. Bracteoles about' two-thirds as long as the calyx, n^^^^J 

 orbicular, the broad almost scarious free margins folded back, -i^^f 

 montana,Y. MuelL Fragni. ii. 119. 



Queensland. Arid hills, Newcastle Range, F. Mueller. • 



2. M. Kekwickii, F. MuelL Fragm. iii. 151. Branches rigid, proba ^y 

 spinescent, and leaves small, oblong, silvery-white, clustered at the no > 



