OWENIA. MELIACEÆ (AUCTORE C. DE CAND.). 595 
cundariis subtilibus, numerosis. Rhachis supra in medio costulata, 
cum petiolo ad 4 cent. longo semiteres. Paniculæ cymulæ breves, 
9-1-flore. Flores bracteolis 3 fulti. Calyx cum petalis circiter 2 mill, 
longis, scariosus. Antheræ oblongæ, mucronulatæ, 1 mill. superantes. 
Stylus glaber, ovarium superans. Stigma globosum, 3-denticulatum 
loculi 4-ovulati. Drupa 3 cent. longa, putamine crasso, durissimo. 
. In Queensland (Ferd. Muell. in herb. Kew.) et in N. S. Wales 
(herb. Kew.). 
2. 9. vernieea (F. Muell.! Fragm. 3, 15); foliis longe petiolatis, 
impari-pinnatis, 8-jugis; foliolis oppositis, sessilibus, lanceolatis, 
basi æquali obtusiusculis, apice acute acuminatis ; paniculis longius- 
cule peduneulatis, quam folia brevioribus, ramosis ; floribus subses- 
silibus ; sepalis 5, ellipticis, extus pilosulis ; petalis 5, ellipticis, utrin- 
que hirtellis ; tubo subcampanulato-cylindrico, acute 10-dentato, 
intus villosulo ; antheris 10 ; je glabro, basi eum tubo connato. 
— Benth. ! Flor. Austr. v. i, 
Planta glabra, ramulis “sante cicatricibus foliorum delapsorum 
notatis, junioribus glutinosis. Folia apice ramulorum conferta, circi- 
ter 27 cent. longa, foliola firmula, subpellucida, epunetulata, pallida, 
ad 9 cent. longa, 1-2 cent. lata; nervis secundariis subtilibus, nume- 
rosis. Rhachis semiteres, supra complanata, in medio costulata. Pe- 
tiolus subteres, circiter 9 cent. longus. 
In Australia ad ostium fluvii Victoriæ (F. Muell. in herb. Kew.); 
ad Portum Darwinii (Schultz in herb. Kew.). 
3. ©. venosa (F. Muell. ! in Hook. Journ. Kew. v. 9, p. 304); 
foliis modice petiolatis, abrupto-pinnatis, 3-jugis ; foliolis oppositis 
subalternisve, suboblique elliptico-lanceolatis, basi subæquali aeutis, 
apice obtusis leviter emarginulatis; paniculis pedunculatis, quam 
folia brevioribus, breviter ramulosis, glabris ; floribus subsessilibus, 
subglobosis, glabris ; sepalis 4-5, petalis 4-5 ; antheris 9 ; ovario gla- 
bro, 3-loculari ; drupa globosa. — Benth. Flor, Austr. v. 4, p. 386. 
Frutex arborescens, altus, glaberrimus, ramulis junioribus gintiqo- 
sis, in sicco fuscis vel cinerascentibus. Folia ad 12 cent. longa ; foliola 
subcoriacea, opaca, superiora ad 8 !/; cent. longa, 2 !/, cent. lata, infe- 
riora circiter 6 cent. longa; nervis secundariis subtilibus, patulis. 
Rhachis eum petiolo ad 3 1/, cent. longo semiteres, supra leviter cos- 
tulata. Sepala rotundata, subtiliter ciliolata. Antheræ oblonga, suba-. 
cutæ. Drupa circiter 12 mill. longa, putamine crasso durissimo, 
In Australia, inter flumina Dawsonii et Burnettii (F, Muell. in herb. 
Kew.); Rockhampton (Thozetin herb. Kew.). 
4. ©. retieulata (F, Muell. in Hook. Kew. Journ. v. 9, p. 305); 
