BY THE REV. W. WOOLLS, 
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reagh. The late Mrs. Calvei’t also found it on the Blue Mountains, 
and according to the Flora Australiensis, it is common to Queensland 
and Victoria. This species has a more upright habit than some of 
its congeners and rises co the height of 5 or 6 feet. 
The larger species of the order, common to Queensland and the 
northern scrubs, are Cupania pseudorims, A. Rich.; C. xylocarpa, 
A. Cunn. ; C. nervosa, F.v.M. ; Ratonia pyriformis, Benth. ; R. 
tenax, Benth. ; Nephelium tomentosum, F.v.M. ; Harpullia pendula, 
Planch. ; and Ahmia Hilli, J. D. Hook. Atalaya hemiglauca, 
F.v.M., is abundant in parts of the western interior. It is a 
small tree, and on the Lachlan has the popular name of “ Rose- 
wood,” but not allied to other trees called by the same name to 
the north. The wood is of a yellowish or reddish colour, and 
being tough, is used for pick handles. The leaves are sometimes 
eight inches long, and of a harsh texture ; and the flowers are 
white, in dense panicles, and larger than those of Cupania. 
Eeterodendron oleifoUum, Desf., is also from the interior, being a 
small tree with leaves .seldom exceeding four inches in length, 
loose racemes of inconspicuous green flowers, and seeds half 
immersed in a red arillus. The sap wood is yellow, but the inner 
dark brown, hard, and closely grained, and it can be applied to 
any of those purposes for which European box is used. 
The distribution of the Sapindaceae is remarkable. According 
to the arrangement of Bentham and Hooker, 73 genera are known. 
They are for the most tropical, especially in South America and 
South Asia ; but they are found also in North America and 
Northern India, in the South of Africa, and (if Staphylea is 
reckoned in the Order) in Europe also. The anomalous genus 
Loxodiscus occurs in New Caledonia, whilst two species of the 
order extend to Tasmania, and one to New Zealand. Saptindus 
