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long. Peduncles in the axils of the terminal whorls shorter than the leaves, 

 each bearingr 1 or 2 whorls of secondary peduncles, and each of these a dense 

 cyme of nearly sessile flowers. Calyx-segmenfcs ovate, pubescent, rather 

 above 1 line long. Corolla-tube 3 to 4 lines long; lobes pubescent outside, 

 inucli shorter than the tube, the left-hand edges overlapping in the bud, the 

 throat closed by a dense rino; of hairs. Ovary hirsute at the top. Follicles 

 1 tt. long or even more. Seeds about 3 lines long, the hairs at each end 

 longer than the seed itself.— Wight, Ic. t. 422. 



vjueensland. Port Deuison, FUzalan ; EJgccoinbe and Tvockintrlif^m Bays, BaJlachy ; 

 rudd bound, Bowman. The species is widely spread over tropical Asia and Africa. 



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2. A. verticillosa, F. MnelL Frarjin. vi. 116. A tree of stronjr growth, 

 attainhig sometimes a considerable height, with abundance of milky juice, 

 t^eaves lu whorls of 4 to 7, long-lanceolate, rather obtuse, narrowed into a 

 petiole of ^ to ^ in. or sometimes very short, pale underneath, the transverse 

 yeins parallel and numerous, mostly 3 to 4 in. long but sometimes only 2 in. 

 I'eduncles in the axils of the terminal whorls, each beai'iug 1 or rarely 2 whorls 



P seconaary peduncles and each of these a loose cyme of flowers on pedicels 

 ] ^0^ 2 lines, all quite glabrous. Calyx-segments broadly ovate^ ciliol<Mte, 

 about \ line long. Corolla-tube above 1 line long, the lobes about half as 

 ^oj\g as the tube, the left-hand edges overlapping in the bud, the throat hairy 

 jnside. Ovary glabrous ; ovules rather numerous in each carpel, but less so 

 tnau in J, sckolarls. Fruit unknown. — Jlj/xia adbiophyna, A. Cunn. in Bot. 

 ^^lag. under n, 3313 ; A. DC. Prod. viii. 346. 



st^' "^^^^^a^ia- Rocks, Montague Sound, A, Cunningham; Port Essiogton, Arm- 



Q^^* ^'^c'^T gullies, sources of the Roper river, F. Mueller. 

 Rnniu l^"*^*^"*^- C^pe York, Daemeli Albany Island, W. Hill; grassy forest laad, 

 ^''J sliore of Endeavour river, A. Cunningham. 



habit "^^r' ^^iig unknown, the true geuus of this plant is somewhat uncertain, but the 

 ' ifilloresceaoe, and ovules are much more those of Alsionia than of Ali/Jcia. 



3. A. ophioxyloides, F. Muell. Fragm, i. 57. A tree, the branchlets, 

 ntlorescence, and under side of the leaves softly tomentose-pubescent. 



^aves in whorls of 3, on rather long petioles, elliptical-oblong, shortly and 

 utusely acuminate, narrowed at the base, glabrous above or nearly so, the 



unierous than in A. comtricta^ 



ritl^^^T ^^^'^^ iie^i'ly transverse, much more nunieroi 



p*' less so than in A. scJiolaris, 2 to 4 in. long. Flowers numerous, in 

 Faunculate cymes of which 5 or 6 are arranged in a terminal sessile umbel, 

 \ ^^^l^ shorter than the leaves. Calyx-segments broadly ovate, very obtuse, 

 JiiTiutey ciliolate, about 1 line long. Corolla-tube about 3 lines long, 

 U\ t ^^iside towards the throat; lobes broad, obtuse, shorter than the 

 8 t in • riglit-hand edges overlapping in the bud. Ovary glabrous. Pollieles 

 fO m. long or sometimes more. Seeds broadly obloug, silky hairy, the 

 argmal hairs at each end about as lon^ as the seed itself. 



W- Australia 



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4- A. viUosa, BUmie? ; F. Muell Fragm. vi. 117. A tall sbrub or 

 J'f ^ttainujg 30 ft., the branches and under side of the leaves softly velvety- 

 1 descent. Leaves in whorls of 3, oval-oblong or elliptical, obtuse or ob- 



