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DESCRIPTIONS OK PLANTS PIGUllKI) 

 IN THE ATLAS. 



yj.LNDERSlA. 



Ord. Nat. Cedrelea. 



Syst. Liiin. Fentandria Monogynia, inter Ccdrelaiu et Calodeiidruin. 



Char. gen. Stamina decciii, clorso urceoli liypo^uyni 

 inserta : alterna sterilia. CapHula o-partihilis ; st\ii:- 

 inentis singulis divisis dissephnento loiigitudinali, 

 demum libero, utrinque dispermo. Scni'uia erecta, 

 apice alata. 



Flindersia australis. Tab. i. 



A tree of moderate size, observed September, 1802, both in flower and with 

 ripe capsules, in the woods and thickets near the head of Broad Sound, on the 

 east coast of New Holland, in about 23" S. iat. The examination of Broad 

 Sound was completed at the same time by Captain Flinders, to commemorate 

 whose merits I have selected this genus from the considerable number dis- 

 covered iu the expedition, of which he was the able and active commander. 



DESC. Arbor, trunco pro ratione altitudinis mediocris crasso, coma irregu- 

 lar!, ramis patulis, ramulis teretihus umbellatis cortice fusco cinerco rugoso. 

 gemmis foliorum apicibusque ramulorum gummiferis. Folia alterna, ad ai)iccm 

 ramuli conferta, exstipulata, petiolata, composita, ternata vel cum impari 

 opposito-pinnata 2-3-juga; /c'/Zo/^ oblongo-elliplica (in ramulis sterilibus quan- 

 doque lanceolata), integerrima glaberrima plana pellucido-punctata, duin 2-3 

 uncias longa 12-15 lineas lata. iV//o//^5 communis angulatus mediocris; par- 

 tialium laterales brevissimi, termiualis foliorum inferiorum 3-4 lineas ajquans. 

 Patiicida terminales confertae, ramis ramulisque alternis patentibus, pubc brevi 

 instructis; hracteis parvis subulatis. Flores parvi albi, odore debili iiaud 

 ingrato. Calyx brevis 5-fidus, extus pubcsccns, laciniis a^qualibus semiovalis 

 acutis, persistens. Feiala 5 sessilia oblongo-ovata obtusa ])lana, extus tenu- 

 issime pubescentia, basi disci staminil'cri inserta, ajstivatione imbricata. Slaruina 

 decem, infra apicem extus disci hypogyni inserta, petalis breviora. Filamenta ..'.9(5 

 5 anthcrifcra cum petalis alteruantia, nrope basin disci inserta; 5 ^/^r/AV/ petalis 

 opposita, breviora, in disco paulo altius im|)osita: omnia glabra comprcsso- 

 liliformia conniventia; JiUIicraj conniventcs ovato-cordatic ai-iiminatic glabra" 

 flavicanlcs,juxta basin aflixaj, loculis api)0:sitis longitudinalitc-r dchiix-oiilibus : 

 Foiled llavum glubobum hi'vc. Discus fij/pouj/Htis ovarium laxc circumdans. 



