290 IXXTT. EBENACE^. [Maba, 



+ 



silky-villoits, the calyx tubular-conical, about 3 lines long, the corolla as yet 

 enclosed in it, and the stamens not numerous. Female flowers not seen. 

 Fruits solitary, nearly sessile. Calyx cup-shaped, appressed, with broad 

 triangular lobes nearly as long as the beiTy, which is globular, silky-hairj', 

 4 to 5 lines diameter, but as yet unripe. 



Queensland. Eockingham Bay, Dallachy. 



M. cu'pulosa, r. :Muell. Fragm. v. 164, from the same locality, appears to tne to be either 

 the same plant in a more advanced state or a slight variety, less hairy, with the fruit more 

 ovoid, and the tips of the calys-lohes shortly spreading. I do not find the calyx concrete 

 ^\W\ the fruit, but sei)arated from it hy the hairs which line the calyx-tnbe and cover the 

 berry. Both M. sericocarjpa and M, cupulosa may, when known in all their stages, prove 

 to be a variety of M. laurina. 



3. M, hemicycloides, Z MuelL Herh. A small tree, with sleiuler 

 branches, quite glabrous except the fruit. Leaves shortly petiolate, ovate or 

 oval-oblong, shortly and obtusely acuminate, thinly coriaceous, finely veined, 

 3 to 4 in. long. Plowers not seen. Fruit nearly sessile and solitary. Calyx 

 very small, ghibrous, 3-Iobed, spreading. Beny ovoid or globular, minutely 

 silky-hairy^ about \ in. long in the specimens, but not quite ripe. 



Queensland. RocTvingham Bay, Ballachy. The foliage and small calyx are nearly 



those of M. laotiiJorn. nf wliipVi it i-nn\T nnQciKlr nrn^-P fn bp tbft female. 



M 



petiolate, oval-oblong or elliptical, acuminiite, coriaceous, shining but reticu- 

 late above, obscurely veined imderneath, mostly 3 to 4 in. long. *^°^^" 

 smallj rather numerous, in loose sessile dichotomous cymes longer than 

 petioles. Calyx short and broad, slightly 3-lobed. Corolla scarcely 3 lines 

 long, with 3 broad very obtuse lobes. Stamens about 20. Ovary rudimen- 

 taiy, quite glabrous as well as the whole flower. Female plant not seen. 



Queensland.' Rockhaniptou, O'Shavesij. The foliaee is nearly that of M.frscicum^ 

 hut the flowers are much smaller, differently shaped, and the inflorescence much looser. 



5. M. fascictdosa, F. Muell. Fragm. \. 163. A tall tree, quite ^ 

 bious. Leaves petiolate, oval-oljlong or elliptical, obtuse or obtusely aeiiiu^ 

 nate, sLining above and scarcely oparpie underneath, not mucli reticula e^^^ 

 to 5 in. long. Female flowers often numerous, in axillary clusters or s^ ^^ 

 cymes. Calyx about 2 lines long, the lobes deeper and more sprea"!"^^^ 

 tlie time of flowering than in other species. Corolla-tube short, the 

 broad. Staminodia none in the female flowers. Ovary ovoid, ^-(* j 

 tapering into a short thick stvle. Ovules 2 in each cell, but separated oy 

 incomplete spurious dissepim'ent. Fruit globular, about i in. diameter, 

 fruiting calyx enlarged, cup-shapcd, with short broad recurved lobes. 



Queensland. Brisljane river, F. Mueller; Queensland woods, London ExMbition' 



An erect shrub of 4 or 5 ^ 



an 

 the 



1882, n. 100, W. Mill; Rockhampton, Ballach'y. 



6. M. compacta^ R. JSr. 



quite glabrous when in fruit. 



other species, oval or oval-oblon^, .., .„..._„.-, -^ j^, 



to 3 in. long. Flowers unknown. Fruits closely sessile and ^°^^^^\^ 

 calyx expanded quite flat under it, with short broad recurved lobes. 



Leaves on* rather longer petioles ^^^^'J^^^^ g 

 g, very obtuse, coriaceous, much reticu > 



