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[ ; EXPLANATION OF PLATE 77 (FLOWERS). 



A. Flowering branch with the flowers of natural size. 

 . B. Flower (enlarged). 

 c. Expanded flower showing (a) Petals, (b) Stamens, (c) Stami- 



nodia, (<Z) Disc-, (c) Ovary, (/) Stigma. 

 D. Part of flower showing (a) Stamens, (b) Staiuinodia, (c) Disc,. 



(d) Ovary, (e) Stigma. 

 K. Stamens. 

 F. Staminode. 



o. Transverse section of ovary. 

 ir. Calyx. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 7S (FRUITS). 



A. Leaf (with lea Hots) or portion of stem showing articulation of 



petiole. 



B. Fruit. 



c. Capsule opening septicidally. 

 D. One valve of capsule. 

 K. Seed, winged all round. 



N.B. The fruits were drawn from specimens attached to leaves, and there- 

 fore their botanical origin is not open to doubt. 



Flinders la Ox ley ana, E.v.M. 

 THE YELLOW- WOOD. 



Botanical Name. Oxleyana, in honour of John Oxley, Surveyor-General 

 of New South Wales, who, with Messrs. Uiiiacke and Lieutenant Stirling, 

 discovered the Brisbane River (the locality where this species was first 

 found) in the year 3823. 



Vernacular ^Vame.s. " Yellow-wood," or perhaps " Light or Pale Yellow- 

 wood," is its commonest name. 



" Long Jack " is a name frequently used in northern New South Wales 

 for this tree, in reference to its great height. 



Leaves. The leaflets arc softly tomentose underneath, and more readily 

 wilt than those of any other species. The common rhachis is also torrnentose^ 

 Sometimes the venation on the under side of the leaf is very conspicuous. 



The leaflets arc? not always strictly opposite. 



The articulation of the leaves is usually rounded. It has no sharp 

 edges. 



Mr. W. Dunn says that the foliage, in mass, reminds him of that of the 

 Teak (F. australis), but the leaves are shorter and hairy. 



Bark. Smooth in young or medium trees; patchy in appearance, but 

 not flaky, in older trees. A bushman's description is, l ' It has a cracked 

 sort of bark, a little resembling that of Teak, but less rough, and not 

 flaky." 



