388 LXXX. boraginE-t:. [Ehrelia. 



30 ft., quite glabrous, except the inflorescence, which is sllg-litly pubescent. 

 Leaves petiolate, oval or elliptical-obloug, shortly aiul obtusely acuminate, 

 usually narrowed at the base, serrate with callous teeth, 3 to 6 in. Ion.:?. 

 Flowers sessile and crowded on the branchlets of dense thyrsoid panlcL^s, 

 terminal aud in the upper axils, scarcely exceeding the leaves. Calyx-seg- 

 ments about f line long, nearly orbicular, ciliate. Coro1 la-tube exceecUugly 

 short ; lobes spreading to about 3 lines diameter. Anthers exserted. Ovary 

 4-celled, with 1 laterally attached ovule in each cell; style-lobes m the 

 typical form very short, clavate, truncate and usually connivent. Fruit 

 'lobular, 2 to 3 lines diameter, the endocarp separating into 2 hard 2-cellea 



or 



2-seeded pyrenes. — DC. Prod. ix. 503. 



Queensland. Moreton Ray, F. Mueller. . . 



N. S. VTales. Port Jackson aad Blue Mouatains, B. Browa and others ; Emu pUuiis. 

 A. Cunningkam ; Clarence, Hastings, aud Richmond rivers, Beckler, C. Moore^^i^^ others ; 

 Illawarra, A, Canningham^ M' Arthur, 



Var. laxiflora. Leaves less toothed, sometiracs almost entire. Style divided nearly to 



3 base. To this belong all the'speciiueus both iiortheru and southern, except those trom 



e Mountains. The differences in the style may. however, depeua 



the base. 



Port Jackson and the Blue 



rort JacKson ana the ±5lue Mountams. The ditterences m the styie may, ul^^'^-m —i ^^ 

 on a certain degree of uuisexuality. The coinmon East iLiJian E. serrata, Rosb., ma) n 



be specifically distinct from E. acuminata. 



2. E. pUosula, F. Maell. Fragm. v. 20. A handsome tree of 20 to 

 30 ft., closely allied to E. acuminata, and probably a variety, with the leaves 

 bi-oader, rouaded or almost cordate at the base, and more or less pubescent o 

 villous underneath. Inflorescence, flowers, and fruit the same as in A. acu- 

 minata, 



Qaeeasland. Rockingham Bay and Herbert river, Dallachj. 



r 



Sect. It. BouRREai.v, DC.—YWxen in dlv^aricatcly dlcliotoiuDUs cyiW'- 

 Ovary 2-ceIlecl, with 3 ovules in each cell. Fruit of 4; l-seecle,l pyrenes. 



3. E. saligna, R. Br. Prod. 497. A shrub or tres, quite g^^^'^^^^^ 

 the foliage apparently glaucous. Leaves long-lanceolate or linear, tapei a 

 to a fine point, quite entire, contracted into a rather long petiole, ra 

 thick, very obliquely veined, 3 to 5 iu. long. Flowers in divaricately di ^^^ 

 tomous shortly pedunculate cymes. • Calvx-segments narrow-ovate, a m = 

 acute, f line long. Corolla-tube cylindrical, fully 1 line long; loues j 

 spreading, nearly as long as the tube. Anthers included in the tube or ^^ j 

 shortly protruding. Ovary 2-celled, with 3 ovules in each cell. , 

 deeply forked, with obtuse stigmas. Fruit about 2 lines diameter, con . 

 ing 4 distinct, not very hard pyrenes. — DC. Prod. i.K. 504. 



N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpcutana, R. Brown ; Victoria river, 



Mueller. ' 



Queensland? N.E. Australia, precise station not given, i='/Vra/<?«. 



4. E. mem'brauifoHa, 7t. Br. Prod. 497. A shrub or tree, qu^ « 

 glabrous, with slender brancidets.' Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 

 tuse, membranous, obliquely veined but not near so much so as m A. ^'^''^ ' 

 1^ to 2i in. long, on slender petioles. Flowers small, in loosely '^^'^'^^^J 



F. 



shortly pedunculate, dichotomous cymss. Calyx-segments broad, J"0^i" 

 ciliate, about i line long. Corolla-tube | to nearly 1 Hue long, the 



3 



