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118. DIOSPYROS MABACEA, F. Muell. Austral. Veg. in Intercolonial Exhibition Essays, 



186667, p. 35 (1867). 



D. foliis alternis, ovalibus, apice breviter acuminatis, basi cuneatis, chartaceis, costis 

 exceptis subglabris, breviter petiolatis ; floribus masculis 5 7-nis, dense cymosis, tetrameris, 

 calyce campanulato, 4-fido, lolis deltoideis acutis, corolld extus sericed, campanulatd, profunde 

 lobatd, lobis ovalibus, staminibus 15 16, glabris. 



Cargittia mabacea, F. Muell. Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. V. p. 162 (1866), Benth. Fl. Austral. 

 IV. p. 287. n. 2 (1869). 



Mala quadridentata, F. Muell. Fragm. I.e. 



A tree, 20 feet high; young branches strigose-pubescent. Leaves oval or oblong, char- 

 taceous, alternate, cuneate at base, narrowed or shortly and obtusely acuminate at apex, 

 pubescent on midrib and principal veins beneath and on the depression of the midrib 

 above, nearly glabrous on the rest of the leaf, somewhat shining beneath, of same dark 

 green colour on both sides, 3 4 in. long by 1^ 1| in. wide ; petioles \ J in. long, hispid- 

 pubescent ; lateral veins slightly depressed on upper surface of leaves. 



(5 . Flowers 5 7 together, in short axillary hairy cymes ; peduncles very short ; pedicels 

 -fa ^ in. long ; bracts ovate ; flowers tetramerous. Calyx campanulate, dark green, puberu- 

 lous outside, glabrous inside, 4-fid ; lobes deltoid acute. Corolla pale silky outside, about 

 twice the length of the calyx, deeply 4-lobed ; lobes oval, emarginate, imbricated sinis- 

 trorsely in bud. Stamens 15!, 16, many in pairs and inserted at base of corolla, a few 

 hypogynous, all glabrous, in. long ; anthers narrowly lanceolate ; filaments short. Ovary 

 rudimentary, represented by a bunch of hairs. 



5 . " Fruit a scarlet berry." 



Australia, Tweed River, G. Moore f 



119. DIOSPYROS PENTAMERA, Woolls and F. Muell. ex F. Muell. Austral. Veg. in Inter- 

 colonial Exhibition Essays, 186667, p. 35 (1867). 



D. foliis alternis, ovali-lanceolatis, apice obtuse acuminatis, basi attenuates, coriaceis, gla- 

 bris, breviter petiolatis ; floribus masculis 3 5-nis, pubescentibus, brevissime cymosis, sccpius 

 pentameris, calyce hemispJimrico, lobis deltoideis, corolld brevi, profunde 5-lobd, staminibus 15 

 20, filamentis brevissimis glabris, antheris villosis, ovarii rudimento pubescente ; floribus fe- 

 mineis 1 3-nis, fructibus solitariis, subsessilibus, globosis, apice excepto glabratis, 1 4-focw- 

 laribus, seminum albumine non ruminato. 



Cargittia pentamera, Woolls et F. Muell. in F. Muell. Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. IV. p. 

 82 (1864), Benth. Fl. Austr. IV. p. 288. n. 4 (1869). 

 Maba pentamera, F. Muell. 1. c. V. 163 (1866). 

 C. arborea, A. Cunn. MSS. 



A large tree attaining 80 100 feet in height and 2 3 feet in diameter, glabrous 

 except the young shoots and inflorescence, somewhat rigid in habit. Leaves alternate, lan- 

 ceolate or oval, cuneate or attenuate at base and usually as much so at the apex, coria- 



