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SAPINDACE.® OF AUSTRALIA, 
is a large shrub ^\’ith angular branches ; and in Queensland, where 
it attains greater size, the wood is utilised on account of its close 
grain. B. viscosa, Linn., is also very widely distributed, and 
when it can be found sufficiently large, the wood is used for 
xylography and turnery. This is a most variable species, and 
according to Mr. Bentham, it is found in differing forms in 
America, Africa, Asia, New Zealand, and the Isles of the Pacific. 
D. attenuata, A. Cunn., was first noticed by A. Cunningham on his 
way over the Blue Mountains, but some forms of D. viscosa can 
scarcely be distinguished from it. D. cuneata, Rudge, is a small 
spreading .shrub, very common in some places between Sydney and 
the IMountains. B. truncatiales, F.v.M., is a tall shrub with long 
narrow leaves, and capsules with very divergent wings. It is 
found principally in rocky places on the banks of creeks. In the 
pinnate series of the genus, B. megazyga, F. vM., has occa.sioned some 
difficulty, as only a solitary specimen of it was found on the banks 
of the Parramatta River by the writer ; and though many persons 
have since searched for a similar tree, they hav^e not succeeded in 
finding one. Baron INIueller thought it probable that the form 
was a pinnate variety of B. viscosa, but as Mr. Bentham had 
leceived similar specimens from other quarters, he had described 
it in the ilora Australiensis as a distinct species. B. finnata, Sm., 
is a small softly hirsute plant found on the banks of the Nepean ; 
and probably rare. As far as known, it is confined to N.S. Wales. 
B. muUijuga, G. Don, marked Port Jackson by R. Brown, was 
found on George’s River by the writer, but is more common on the 
Blue Mountains and to the southward, and differs from the last in 
being very viscid and in haring the flowers in loose racemes. B. 
horoniifolia, G. Don, is usually regarded as a species belonging to 
the western side of the Blue Mountains, but the writer collected 
specimens of it in a sandy bush between Richmond and Castle- 
