Chrysophyllum^ Lxxi. sapotackje. 



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The species differs from the genus in the long exserted stameus and small anthers and 



m 



Ihe pendulous ovules. 



3. SERSALISIA, R. Br. 



Calyx-sefjmcnts, corolla-lolies, stamens, and ovary-cells 5. Scales (or 

 stamitiodia ?) 5, in the throat of the corolla, alternating with the lobes. Ovules 

 laterally attaclied. Seeds solitary or few; testa hard, shinin- ; hdum late- 

 ral, above half as long as the seed; albumen none; cotyledons thick and 

 fleshy.— Trees or shrubs, glabrous or tomentose. rio'ivers sessde or pedicel- 

 late, clustered. 



The genus is limited to two Australian species, one of tlieni as yet doubtful. Except the 

 seed, there is no character to separate it from Achras. 



Leaves more or less tomentose or villous underneath \. S- sericea. 



Leaves quite glabrous 2.5. galadoxyJon ■. 



1. S. sericea, K Br. Prod. 530. A tree of stunted growth, the young 



branches and underside of the leaves silky-pubescent tomentose or villous, 

 rust-coloured or hoary. Leaves shortly petiolate, mostly ovate or obovate. 

 but varying from nearly orbicular and under 2 in. diameter to broadly-ellip- 

 tical aud 2 to 3 in. long, coriaceous, glabrous above tvhen full-grown. 



1 line lon^. 

 lescent. Co- 



i^it. Hort. Kew. i. 262. ■ • 



. N. Australia. Barren hiUs, Eoe's river, Yorlc Sound, A^ Cmnimjlami Upper Victo- 



. and Gilbert rivers, F. Mueller ; Gulf of Carpentaria, B. Broicn. 



Queensland. Bav of Islets and Endeavour river. Banks and SMer; i^^PP^ ^^^ 



lirstv Son„rl Sl,n.i.:.to. -Rn„ R,.nn^«nnTid. R. Brown ; Port Denison /"^^.ato" a.ui 



Til 



^ek, etc., Boxcman, 



N. S.Wales? 



species 



Cleveland Bay, Crocodile 



A specimen In leaf only, from Tweed river. C Moore, may be this 

 species. 



There is considerable diversity in the form and indamentum ^^^ "^^J^'jJXetfaS e'S 

 mens, and the fruits are known in very few cases only. Those sent ^^y J^""'^,5f /^ ^'f^i.^^jar 

 Brow,', as above described. ^Vilh one of Tho.et's ^P-'^^-^ ^'^^ J^ th refofe,tme of 

 rmts, hke those of Mimnsops parvifolia, hut twice as _lars • Eith r hereto^ ^^^^^ 

 ^e fruits are not correctly matched, or there are mora than one species couiou 

 this one. 



,2. S.? galactoxylon, T. Muell. A tall tree, <'«P'°f V e^«^];"f ^J 



f ky juice, glabrous except the rusty-pubescent young shoots. Lea 

 shortly petiolate, narrowly obovate-oblong or oblong-cuueate, very duu , 

 thiuly coriaceous, peniiiveincd, but the veins scarcely ^^"^F^.^^^^^^^^t 

 ^P.per side, 3 to 5 in. long. Flowers unknown, rrmts on P." i^^^^^ ^"^^ 

 ijn., ovoid, 1 to H in. long, contracted at both ends the P^^^' P '^^f f^^^e 

 tbm and succulent. Seeds 1 or 2, with a smooth shimng tc.ta, and lar^e 



