68 New Australian Plants. 



short-bilobed ; capsule ovate, half emersed, loose, three- 

 celled ; its valves thin ; seeds small, numerous. 

 A tree of eastern subtropical Australia, with generally 

 ternate linear at the margin revolute exstipulate leaves, and 

 with axillary and terminal pedunculate white flowers. 

 A genus allied to Metrosideros and Pericalymma. 



Lysicarpus ternifolius. 



On low mountains between the Dawson and Mackenzie 

 River. Also on Darling Downs according to a specimen 

 communicated by Mr. C. Moore. 



This tree is esteemed for its excellent timber. 



Leguminos^. 

 Euchilus cuspidatus. 

 (Spadostylis.) 

 Tall, much branched ; branchlets thin, downy ; leaves 

 small, ternate, heart-shaped, nearly sessile, cusjiidate, 

 mucronate, flat, glabrous, entire; stipules setaceous, 

 persistent, much shorter than the leaves ; pedicels thread- 

 like, the fruit-bearing ones a little longer than the 

 leaves ; bracteoles linear-setaceous, scarcely shorter than 

 the calyx; lower lip of the calyx much reflexed, but 

 little longer than the other ; pod turgid, ovate, glabrous, 

 sessile. 

 On forest ridges around Moreton Bay. Hill and Mueller. 



ARALIACEiE. 



Panax elegans, Moore and Mueller. 



Arborescent, unarmed; leaves long, simply or double 

 pinnate ; leaflets in three to seven pairs, opposite, ovate, 

 acuminate, acute at the base, entire, veined, glabrous, 

 shining above, paler and opaque beneath; racemes very 

 numerous, spreading, collected in one ample decompound 

 panicle ; peduncles thinly velutinous ; flowers puberu- 

 lous, longer than the pedicels ; styles very short, scarcely 

 recurved ; berries round, compressed, two-rarely three- 

 celled. 



Richmond River. C. Moore. Moreton Bay. Hill and 

 Mueller. 



A magnificent plant, attaining a considerable size. Its 

 timber was exhibited at Paris, under the name Aralia elegans. 



