Tetranthera. ) CIII. LAURINEE. 305 
l. T. laurifolia, Jacq., Meissn. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 178. A small 
tree, the branches foliage and inflorescence more or less hoary-pubes- 
cent or the older leaves glabrous. 
s. or oblong, obtuse, shortly acuminate or rather acute, 4 to 8 
in, een 
on sides or glaucous underneath, the primary veins prominent on 
RID 3 to 6 lines long, clustered or racemose, the 
e ; or 
the inner ones with a pair of glands at the base. Fruit pon 3 or 
Persistent perianth-tube somewhat enlarged but flat or slightly concave. 
—T. apetala, Roxb. Pl. Corom. ii. 96, t. 147; R. rod. 408. 
N. Au ia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, Henne; Port 
Darwin, Schulz, 
md. Port Denison, Fitzalan, Dallachy; Elliott river, Bowman. 
€ Australian specimens belong chiefly to Meissner's var. citrifolia, with acuminate 
or almost acute leaves, but Brown’s include also some with very obtuse leaves. 
Secr. 9, CyLicopapunr.—Perianth-tube more enlarged under the 
nit than i haped. ( 
Female peduncles 2 to 3 lines long, in almost sessile clusters, 
unl Us-pubescent as well as the bracts. Flowers sessile. Pe- 
1 d somewhat el stigma. Fruit (not seen ripe) protruding 
| pow e enlarged persistent cu -shaped truncate perianth-tube.— 
Queen ; F. Muell. j^ 
sland. Summit of M‘Alister hill, Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 
R. Br. Prod. 403. A tree of 30 ft. or more, 
s ? * * . 
“Mary ;n8 above, ferruginous- ubescent underneath, with raised pri- 
“tek the vt and transverse veinlets, Peduncles clustered in the axils 
VOL nod nodes, 3 to 6 lines long in the males, shorter in the females. 
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