10 II. DILLENIACEiE. [Tetmcm-a. 



outer. Petals veined, 3 lines long, obovate, velvety, with the margin eiliate like 

 the sepals. Filaments much dilated, and more or less bifid at the apex. The 

 anther-oells thus being widely separated. Carpels usually 3, hirsute, SJ lines 

 long. Seeds black, glossy, enveloped in a fringed crimson arillus, which when 

 expanded has a diameter of 4 or 5 lines. 



Hab.: Herbert Eiver, H. G. Eaton; Cairns, E. Cowley. 



8. T. Wuthiana (after D. E. Wuth), F. v. M. Fragm. x. 49. A tall 

 climber with a smooth bark, and hard wood. Leaves on rather long petioles, 

 ovate entire, somewhat acute, 3 to 5in. long If to 2in. broad, texture somewhat 

 thiok-chartaceous, smooth, shining on both sides, the primary veins somewhat 

 distant and prominent, rarely exserted beyond the margin in minute teeth. 

 Panicle pilose with appressed hairs, from a few inches to a foot long, pedicels 2 to 

 10 lines long. Bracts lanceolate to subulate-linear 1| line or less long. Flowers 

 for the most part bisexual. Bractioles minute silky. Sepals 4, glabrous inside, 

 unequal in length and nerveless, 2 or 3 lines long. Petals 8, scarcely equalling 

 the sepals, slightly eiliate, white. Filaments suddenly much dilated at the upper 

 end ; anther-ceUs thus widely separated. Ovary sericeus, carpels 8. Style 

 glabrous 1 line long. Stigma dilated. Eipe fruit not yet obtained. 



Hab. : Daintree Eiver, E. Fitzalan ; Eookingham Bay, J. Dallachy. 

 The fungus Dimerosporium Tetracera, Cke., sometimes infests the leaves. 



4. T. Dsemeliana (after B. Dsemel), F. v. M. Fragm. v. 191. A tall 

 glabrous climber. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 4 to Tin. long and about If to 2Jin. 

 broad, decurrent upon short petioles, smooth, shining, and remotely-reticulate 

 between distant primary veins. Panicle about 7in. long, upon peduncles of 

 moderate length. Flowers bisexual. Bracteoles oiliolate. Sepals 5, glabrous, 2 

 or 3 lines long, almost ovate, obtuse, nerveless. Petals 4 or 5, glabrous, 

 fugaceous, scarcely exceeding the calyx. Stamens numerous. Carpels 8, 

 glabrous, tapering into short styles. Eipe fruit as yet not collected. 



Hab. : Cape York. — E. Deamel. 



2. WORMIA, Eottb. 

 (After 0. Wormius, a Dane.) 

 Sepals 5, spreading. Petals 5. Stamens numerous, with erect linear anthers 

 opening at the summit in two pores, the inner ones often longer and recurved. 

 Carpels 5 to 10, scarcely cohering, with several ovules in each, dehiscent when 

 ripe. Seeds with an arillus. — Trees often very lofty. Leaves large, with raised 

 parallel veins diverging from the midrib, the petioles often bordered with narrow 

 deciduous wings. Flowers large, in loose terminal panicles, 



A tropical genus, extending over tropical Asia and the Indian Archipelago, with one Mada- 

 gascar species. The only Australian one is endemic. Benth. 



1. W. alata (winged), B. Br. in DC. Syst. Veg. i. 434 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 16 ; 

 F. V. M. Fragm. vii. 124. Attaining the height of 60ft., with a stem diameter of 2ft. 

 Glabrous, or the young parts very slightly hoary. Bark loose, papery, of a reddish 

 colour. Leaves oval or nearly orbicular, rounded at both ends, 4 to Sin. long, 

 entire or slightly sinuate, rather rough to the touch, with about 9 prominent veins 

 on each side of the midrib and transversely reticulate veinlets, the petiole lin. 

 long or more, with longitudinal wings about 2 or 3 lines broad, which fall off in the 

 greater part of their length. Peduncles terminal, not usually exceeding the leaves, 

 bearing 2 or 3 large flowers on pedicels of nearly lin. Sepals 6 to 8 lines long, 

 ovate, concave, eiliate. Petals obovate, Ifin. long, narrowed at the base. 



