228 i CXIV. SANTALACEJE, [Exocarpus. 
leafless species closely resemble some species of Leptomeria, but are at once distin- 
cbe byt the free ovary. Some spec cies S the fruiting pedicel very succulent are 
own to the colonists by the name of “ rry. 
ge aprann ETE Tr ponet 
ves ovate, 021i o - - 1. E. latifolia. 
58i ^ 10 lines lon 2. E. odorata. 
Leaves reduced to paeva tooth "ike varaiitinng persistent 
scales . 3. E. cupressiformis. 
Leaves linear- subulate, 1 to 2 lines Jong and ‘deciduous, or 
rarely rather longer and persisten 4. E. spartea. 
Spikes vey short and scarcely pe side the rhachis pubes- 
cent. Branches stout, often spinescent, y DM t to 
minute ovate deciduous cani v4 . E. aphylla. 
Tall erect shrub, with fattened lsali sieti . . . 6. E. homaloclada. 
ll ere , wit er ngu noche Leaves 
minute, subulate, very decidu . E. stricta. 
Procumben ved - branched iic wit terete rigid branches. 
L ced to minute alternate tooth-like persistent 
scales . 8. E. humifusa. 
Prostrate much branched dwarf shrub. Leaves reduced 
to minute tooth-like scales mostly opposite . . 9. E. nana. 
E. latifolia, R. Br. Prod. 356. A small tree, the "e g parts 
slight hoary with a noite stellate or Sagrat scaly pube escence. Leaves 
adl 
ternate, petiolate, from y o to oval-oblong, end sn 
coriaceous, with several more or bu distinot nerves diverging from 
ase, 1 to 9 in. long. Spikes rather slender, mostly about 4 in. long, 
shortly pdunculate, wiped or several in a short raceme in the u 
axils. wers 5-merous or rarely 4-merous , not closely pac ed. 
Fruit dvo, 3 to 4 lines lng, on a t ickly T tranente peli of 
—A a, Zi 
luzon- 
pei 2 lines ; xiv. FE. miniata, Zipp. an 
gue. 
Presl ; “A. DC. Le.; UE ovata, Schnitzl. Teena i. t. 10 
P eR F the Gulf of Carpe ntaria, R. Brown, Henne; Los ! 
and mainland, N, Coast, A. Cunn io acea ; Point Pearce 'and Üyper Victoria river, 
Mueller ; Port Da arwin, "in ltz, n. 358. 
à . Ke epe redi VEN y, R. Brown; Wide bay, Bidwill ; Bu dei 
river, F. Mueller ; Port eter sn n; Rockingham bay and Rockhampton, 'Dallac yi 
wen river, Bowman ; y district. Daintree (with leaves 23 in. long and broad 
N. S. Wales. Teo T Eh Guilfoyle. 
eae species is generally dispersed over the Eastern Archipelago to the Philippine 
E. odorata, 4. DC. Prod. xiv. 689. An erect densely branched 
shrub. Leaves crowded, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, 
mostly about in. long on the flowering branches, sometimes twice a8 
long or more on barren ones. epee axillary, 2 to 3 lines long in e 
wice i i 
id 
tooth-like. Perianth-segments more frequently 4 than 5, triangular, 
about 4 line long. Anther-cells nearly globular, LM allel. Stigma 
nearly sessile, "a pius scarcely lobed. Fruit nearly globular, 
about 1 line diameter, resting in the slightly enlarged iron bep RE 
shaped perianth, ag pede only slightly thickened.— Leptomeria 
Mig in in Pl. Preiss. i. 613. 
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