Queensland. Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, F. Mueller and others; Koclihanipton, 

 JJallachy; CrocodRe Creek, Bowman. 



f^B-®,: "^"^^^^ I'ort Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown and others; Bernma 

 and Kichmond river, C. Moore; Hastings and Macleay rivers, Beckler i lUavvarra, A. C««- 

 mngham and others. 



4 C. pentameraj ¥. Muell. Tragm. iv. 82. A tree attaining a consi- 

 derable height, glabrous or the young shoots slightly silky. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceo ate or elliptical, slightly acuminate but not acute, contracted into a 

 very short petiole, coriaceous, shining and reticulate above, opaque and less 

 veined underneath. H to 2i in. long. Male flowers in very shortly pedun- 

 culate dusters of 3 to 5. Calyx 1 line long, 5-lobed. Corolla twice as long 

 as the calyx, 5-lobed, the tube short. Stamens 15 to 20. Female flowers 

 not seen Fruits solitary, sessile, the subtending calyx enlarged, appressea 

 or the lobes slightly spreading. Berry globular, about \ in. diameter.- 



n. ?C^!'S//'^' Brisbane river, Fraser ; Queensland woods, London Eihibition, 186^' 



bitkfn ^I'ft^^^'^^'n ^]f^^^^ ^^^ Richmond rivers, C. Moore; Sydney woods Paris ^xtj- 

 a JW ' ""■ ^' ^^'<^riknr, n. 30, C. Moore; London Exhibition, 1862, u. 44, 



3. MABA, Forst, 



nv,n!'^'^"^''\' ""^^^^ Corolla.lobos as many. Ovaty 3-ceUed with 2 



ovules m each cell, without any or rarely with an imperfect spurious di^^^P^ 



ment between them. Styles connate. Fruit ovoid or rarely globiJar.- 



288 LXXIT. EBENACE.E. \CaTgillm 



Leaves elliptical-oblong, shortly acuminate, narrowed into a short petiole, / 

 ratlier thin, drying black, the veins prominent underneath, 3 to 4 in. long. [ 

 Male flowers 4.merous, in small dense sessile cymes or clusters. Calyx Ij | 

 lines long, the lobes shorter than the tube, nearly glabrous. Corolla silky- 

 pubescent, nearly twice as long as the calyx. Stamens about 16. Female 

 flowers and fruit not seen, but the fruit, according to C. Moore, a scarlet 

 h^xx^,—Mala qnadridentata, F. Muell. Fragm. v. 162. 



N. S. "Wales. Tweed river, C. Moore. The affinities of this plant must remain 

 doubtful until the female flowers and fruit shall have been examined. 



3. C. australis, R. Br. Prod. 526. A small tree, glabrous or the 

 young parts very minutely mealy-pubescent. Leaves from oblong to oval- 

 eliiptical, obtuse, narrowed into a short petiole, coriaceous, penniveined and 

 reticulate, but the veins less conspicuous ou the underside, 1| to nearly 3 in. 

 long. Male flowers several together, in little axillary clusters or dense 

 cymes. Calyx about 1 line long, 4-lobed. Corolla about 2^ lines long, the 

 tube as long as the calyx; lobes 4, contorted in the bud. Stamens about 13, 

 slightly cohering to the base of the corolla; anthers acuminate. Female 

 flowers solitary or 2 or 3 together, larger than the males ; stamens usually 

 fewer and imperfect. Qvaiy 4-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell without any 

 trace of dissepiment between them. Fruiting calyx enlarged to nearly \ m- 

 diameter. Berry globxdar.— A. DC. Prod. viii. 243; Bot. Mag. t. 3274; 



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