Hedyearya. | CII. MONIMIACEE. 291 
tifolia, A. Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. Sér. lii. 915. A 
tall nb o or small tree, the young a: and inflorescence slightly 
hoary-pubescent, the adult parts | labrous. Leaves on — long 
petioles, from ovate- elliptical to oblong- “lanceolate, pre d minate, 
acute or rarely rounded at the base, irregular ee eer or 
almost entire, mostly 3 to 4 in. rem d 7 idly mem éánoidi penniveined 
and m reticulate. Flowers in short axillary raceme-like cymes, 
the e s very nf ig in e digi th. Bracts vanne d ery small or none, 
— 
diameter, with 8 or r 10 Soi inflexed lobes. dtum s very numerous 
covering the whole disk or concealing a yc € ntral ace. 
very numerous, surrounded by a few abortive ones (or staminodia ?). 
Drupes 10 to 20, nearly globular "e succulent, each 1 to 14 lines dia- 
meter, all closely packed and almost connate in sgiobalta ug o 
e ter. Endocarps pe minutely mi nope. 
ninghamii, Tul. in Arch. Mus pil viii. 408 ; tata, var. austra 
Sond. P menses xxvii. 228 ; BUR ERU RA Wei cli. im ee ii 
78; suomorus, F. Mu C in Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict. ii. 63, Pl. 
s L Y M suppl. 2 
S. Wales. Hastin 8 river, Fowetie Hastings n Clarence rivers, 
Bangs and Macleay ri sth C. Moore; New En dn | Stuart; Blue Mou 
FM Cun E Miss Atkinson ; southward to Ilawarra, "Backhouse; Twofold "ar; 
Victoria. In moist forest gullies of the fern-tree country from Cape Otwa, 
i y from Cape y to 
Mount Disap Disappointment, and sur h the Western Port district and Gipps’ Land to 
iison’s Promontory, P^. Mueller. 
ir leaves are so variable in breadth on the same specimen, that it is impossible on 
ground to separate two distinct varieties. 
7. PALMERIA, F. Muell. 
Se bees Ue aha Male perianth bina a sic 4 or 5 conni- 
inodia n i dulous ovule in eae 
Wis filiform € slightly Voice through the orifice of the poit. 
ting perianth enlarged, i globular or Peas a m com- 
aem Seed pendulous, but n ripe.— 
Ert (or trees ?). “Leaves pis Flowers tunt i in oxi 
ne. 
'amens about 20, 3 > . 1. P. scandens. 
pee about 60, emen is = po Seas Sculls tec >: s Be IP. nacomonn, 
LP, scandens, F. A tall 
l. Fragm. iv. 159, v. 2. oody 
limber, the bine s x PRence tomentose or woolly saga Tut 
