Maba,] LXXII. "EBENACE^. 291 



globular, about | in. diameter. *' Seeds with a simple testa; embryo fully 

 as lotig as the albumen ; radicle terete ; cotyledons shorter than the radicle, 

 ovate, flat, the tips inflected " {R. Brown, m.).— A. DC. Prod. viii. 242. 



N. Australia. Islands of the N. coast of Arnliem's Land, R. Brown. Some imper- 

 fect specimeus from Low Island, Henney and from Rockingham Bay in Qiiccuslaud, Dal- 

 lach^^ may belong to the same sx^ecies. 



7. M. reticulata, R. Br. Prod. 528. A tree attaiuing 20 to 30 ft., 



glabrous except the flowers. Leaves shortly j^etiolate, obovate to oblong, 

 obtuse, much reticulate on the upper side, 2 to 3 in. long. Male flowers 

 several, in short racemes or clusters. Calyx glabrous or nearly so, 1 to \\ 

 lilies long, shortly and obtusely 3-lobed. Corolla silky-pubescent, the tube 

 scarcely so bug as the calyx, the lobes rather longer. Stamens 9 to 12. 

 Female flowers solitary, without stamens or staminodia. Ovary 3-celled, 

 ^ith 2 ovules in each cell, without any spurious dissepiment between them. 

 Berry globular, in a somewhat enlarged cup-shaped calyx. — A. DC. Prod, 

 viii. 241 ; M, iyiterdans, F. Muell. Tragm. v. 1G3. 



Queensland. Prince of AYales and Cnmberland Islands, R. Broicn ; Cape York, 

 Ij'Gimvrai/, Daemel; Rockingham Bay, J^aUaclty. F. Mueller observed some of the 

 sowers to be 4-merous. I have not met with any such in the specimens examined. 



ta. R. Br. Prod. 537. A small tree, with an irregular 



tieiise or spreading head, very nearly allieu ' . ,• • t, f 



leaves, usually more ovate than obovate, more coriaceous and shuiing, but 

 always obtuse, l^ to 2 in! long, tlie reticulate veiulets scarcely conspicuous. 

 Male flowers densely clustered,'rather small. Fruits solitary or 2_ together. 

 Berries ovoid, in a cup-shaped appressed culyx, rather larger than m M. hu- 

 ^ihs.—Ii, DO. Prod. viii. 243. 



Queensland. Keppel Bay, R. Brown ; Brisbane river, Moreton Bay. J. Cumhgham, 

 {rater, F. Mueller; aueensland woods, Loudon Exhibition, 1862, n. oO. TF. Hill; Koek- 

 hampton and Edgecombe Bay, Dallachy ; Port Deuison, FUzalan ; Dawsoa nver, Bowman. 



M littorea, E. Br. Prod. 527, from among Ehizophoras on the N. coast, seems to me fo 

 « the samp sno/.;c=, 



same species. 



M. humilis 



small 



l>rous except the flowers. Leaves obovate or obovate-oblong, very obtuse, 

 "arrowed into a short petiole, not very coriaceous, more or less reticulate 

 'f^tly i to 1 in. but sometimes fully H in. long. Male flowers lu small 

 ;=l«sters. females usuallv solitary. Calyx about U hues long, nearly gla- 

 Jjous, 3-lobed to about the middle. Corolla very silky, about 2 Imes long. 

 ^taroens in the males few, in tlie females none in the flowers exammed 

 Ovaiy 3-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell, without any spurious dissepiment 

 \^tween them. Berries ovoid, under ^ in. long, in a closely appressed cup- 

 shaped calyx.— A. DC. Prod. viii. 242; M. obovata, K. Br. Prod. 527; 

 A- DC. Prod. viii. 241. 



J^- Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Victoria river, F. 



^"J'/«-; S«-eers Island, J«»i^. , ^ ^.,, . ■„. j- 



<?neensland. Broad Sound, R. Brown; Dawson, Burnett, and Gilbert r.er=r. 

 *«^/^^/-; Burdekin river Fitzalan ; Vioi:\h^m]>\o^, Ballachy, O'Shanesy ; >erkooi CreeK, 



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