Plate 2449. 



SAMADERA BIDWILLII, Oliv. 



SlMARUBE^. 



S. Bidwillii, Oliv. ; ramulis rectis teretibus appresse et minute cano- 

 pubescentibus, foliis subcoriaceis anguste ovalibus utrinque angustatis 

 obtusmsculis V. interdum emarginatis, venis obscuns subparallelis m 



pnecipue 



pilis minutis appressis sparsis instructis v. glal^rescentibus, flonbus in 

 fasciculis paucifloris axillaribus sessilibus v. brevissime pedunculatis, 

 pedicellis alabastro baud longioribus, floribus 4-5-meris, sepalis parvis 

 fere liberis ovato-deltoideis crassiusculis, petalis late ovato-eUipticis ((orso 

 parce birsutis, filamentis liberis late dilatatis intus__fere ad apicem 

 ligula hirsuta instructis apice abrupte angustatis, ovarus birtis apicibus 

 in stylura confluentibus, stigmate breviter 4-5-lobulato.-Hyptiandra 

 Bidwillii, ffk.f. in Gen. FL i. 29 i ; Benth. Fl. Austral, i. 3<4. 



Hab. Queensland : Wide Bay, Bidwill 



Arhuscula verbsimiliter, ramulis ultimis crassitie pcnns corvina-. 

 Folia alterna, petiolata, 3-4^ poll, longa, 6-9 lin. lata ; petiolus In. 



j.'ona aiierna, peiioiata, o-t^ pun. n/n^", -^ - -- , ^ 



longus. Alahastra ovoidea v. subglobosa ; flores c. 2 lin. cliam. 

 a^stivatione coutorta v. interdum petalo unico omnmo mcluso. 



Anther ce 



breviter oblongce. Discus crassus. 



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Bepresenting the fruit, we have two detached carptj ^'^'f^l'^'^f'^ 

 hy Sir F. V. Mueller, from Endeavour River, under ^^^%''^^^%^^^'l- 

 They are about 5 lines in length, with a broad basal scar of attachment, 

 rhe outer perica,-p is pubescent, thin ; endocarp thudy <^7^^^^J2V 

 seed solitary, with papery testa, exalbuminous ; radicle short, exserm , 

 ovoid ; cotyledons obovoid, plano-convex, fleshy. i + +« c^ma- 



I should scarcely have ventured to reduce t^^^^^^^ P^'^f ^^/^^^^^ 



dera (although in floral structure I find no more i«^P?^*f ^^ j^' '"^e 

 than the height on the filament to which the characteristic hai^ gule 



Mr, Bailey, Queensland 



Colonial Botanist, na^KiiKuj ^T^r^^^^^^ 

 ^v specimen trom the IJellenrten-Ker region, under the "'"^"^^ °^ ^ ^.; 

 Jiidwillii var. grandiuscuJa, Bail. & F. v. M. {.W*- Q>'f\f- f;^^ 

 ^Suppl iii. 12), which agrees with our plant '» J''^^"!? t'^-^^'^ ^^^ 



narrowed into their petioles unlike typical f ^"^^'^''1!' ^" J^ lenus 

 florescence and flowers characteristic of the Indian ^^'^^^i. ^^ *;^^^^^ 

 A figure is given of this plant on the following plate.-l^- ulivk . 



■r.- , ,„ , At Ppf-i! J». •'^tiinicng, inner and 



iMg. 1. Flower, petals un<\ stamens rfmnved. i. i"'i'- • 



«^uter views. 4. W-rtical sfcciion of a lobe of ovary. Mi oUaigea. 



