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underside of the leaf. Inflorescence lateral, on the two years' old 

 wood. Racemes seldom exceeding in length 2 inches, the pedi- 

 cels about ^ inch ; drupe blue, oval, f inch long, the pericarp 

 juicy, sharply acid ; stone deeply pitted, containing 1 or 2 seeds. 



The second was a species of Sideroxyloii, which, having 

 been met with upon Mount Eerwah, has been named S. Eenvah. 

 The tree is one of medium size, but only loose leaves and very 

 early and fully matured fruit were obtained. From such meagre 

 material it might be considered unsafe to found a species. They, 

 however, differ considerably from all the other Australian species 

 of the genus, so may well bear a distinctive name. The leaves 

 closely approach those of .S'. ohovata, being obovate or broadly 

 elliptical, obtuse, decurrent upon the petiole, and, including the 

 latter, measure about 5 inches m length, with a breadth of about 

 IH inches at the broadest part. The pedicels are glabrous, and 

 from 3 to 4 lines long ; calyx-segments obtuse, nearly orbicular, 

 glabrous, except for the ragged membranous margins being 

 ciliated, about 1 line in diameter. Ovary with a dense ring of 

 glossy-brown hairs at its base, the rest part glabrous. Ripe fruit 

 of a reddish-purple colour, oval, but often tapering much towards 

 the base, and thus becoming pear-shaped, 2 to 2^ inches long, 

 containing 1 or 2 seeds ; the 2-seeded fruits much compressed. 

 Seeds, when there are two in a fruit, shaped like a cowrie- 

 shell, from I to 1^ inch long ; hilum broad, the length of the 

 seed. What is wanting in the above description can be added 

 when material is at hand to furnish it. 



Durnig this excursion the Australian Dursera was frequently 

 met with in full fruit ; the tree was found to be by no means 

 rare in the locality, but no local name seems to have been given 

 it. This species was first discovered by two of our members 

 while botanising in the district in 1892, but their specimens 

 were obtained from a biugh which had been blown down by the 

 wind. From the better specimens now obtained, the description 

 given in Botany Bulletin V. 8, may be extended and revised in 

 the following particulars : — Tree comparatively large, shedding 

 its bark in hard, thick, woody scales somewhat similar to the 

 Red Cedar and some Yellow-woods. Leaflets often 7 ; the larger 

 ones attaining the length of 4 inches, on petiolules of 9 lines, 

 the common petiole often 2 inches long. Drupe with, when 

 fully ripe, a very juicy epicarp. 



