26 IV. ANONACE^. [Saccopetatum. 



1. S. Bidwilli (after J. C. Bidwill), Benth. Fl. Aiistr. i 53. A shrub, the 

 branehlets densely hirsute with short rusty hairs. Leaves very shortly stalked, 

 oblong or obovate oblong, obtuse or very shortly acuminate, 3 to 4in. long, 

 rounded at the base, glabrous above, hairy underneath. Flowers lateral, solitary 

 or 2 together, on very short pedicels. Sepals thin, lanceolate, hairy, about 2 lines 

 long. Outer petals similar, but twice aa long. Inner petals when fully developed 

 Ijin. long, not saccate at the base only, as in most other species of the genus, 

 but hollowed into a broad boat-shape all the way up, with the upper end turned 

 inward, thin, and very hairy both inside and out. Stamens numerous, the 

 anther-cells contiguous and conspicuous, terminated by the small flat tip of the 

 connectivum. Carpels very hairy in the flower, when ripe nearly sessile, oblong, 

 6 to 8 lines long, thick and hard, covered with rusty hairs, containing 3 to 6 

 flattened seeds. 

 Hab.: Wide Bay. 



2. S. Brahei (after W. Brahe), F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 159. Branchlets only 

 slightly, never densely, hirsute. Leaves l^in. long, broad-lanceolate, acute or 

 acuminate, narrowed to a very short petiole. Pedicels lateral or terminal, 

 solitary or in pairs, slender, and 3 to 5 times as long as the small flowers. Sepals 

 and exterior petals about 1 line long, interior petals about ^in. long, saccate at 

 the base, the margins velvety. Anthers imbricate, cordate, about ^ of a line 

 long. Carpels about 20, very slightly pilose. 



Hab. : Port Denisou. 



10. EUPOMATIA, E. Br. 



{Eu, well ; poma, a lid ; the calyptra consolidation.) 



Sepals and petals completely consolidated into one mass, the upper part falling 

 off in a conical lid, leaving the lower companulate tube (or enlarged peduncle) 

 filled with the thick flat-topped torus. Stamens inserted on the margin of the 

 torus, the inner one in many rows, converted into petal-like obovate staminodia, 

 the x)uter ones in fewer rows, perfect, linear-lanceolate, curved, with acuminate 

 tips and longitudinal dorsal anther-cells. Carpels many, immersed in the torus, 

 appearing like the cells of a single inferior ovary, the stigmas adnate on the flat 

 areolate surface ; ovules several in each carpel or cell. Fruit several -celled, 

 formed of the enlarged perianth-tube more or less enclosing the carpels, becoming 

 turbinate or ureeolate and succulent. Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell, irregularly 

 angular ; albumen ruminate, and embryo precisely as in the more normal Anon- 

 acea. Small trees, shrubs, or undershrubs, quite glabrous. Leaves alternate, 

 entire, shortly petiolate. Peduncles short, 1-flowered, terminal or lateral. 



The genus is confined to Australia. 

 Petioles shortly deourrent. Flowers terminal. Outer staminodia spreading 



and longer than the stamens. Fruit turbinate . X. E. Bennettii. 



Petioles not decurrent. Flowers lateral. Staminodia all oonnivent, shorter 



than the stamens. Fruit ureeolate 2. E. laurina. 



1. Z:. Bennettii (after G. Bennett), F. v. M. Fragm. i 45, Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 i 54. A shrub or undershrub. Roots fleshy, almost tuberous. 1 to 2ft. high 

 and quite glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate or acute, 3 to 5in. long, 

 narrowed at the base into a short petiole, which ' is again enlarged at the base 

 and shortly decurrent on the stem, leaving oblique raised lines when they fall off. 

 Flowers solitary, terminal, on a short peduncle above the last leaf, when fully 

 expanded rather more than lin. diameter. Petal-like staminodia very nume- 

 rous, yellow, the outer ones stained with orange or blood-red, beset with stipitate 

 glands and bordered with stellate hairs spreading and completely concealing the 

 perfect stamens, which are reflexed on the peduncle, the inner staminodia shorter 



