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Stamens numerous, or more than 15. 



Sepals very unequal, the largest Jin. . . . . . . 4. C. nummularia. 



Sepals slightly unequal, about 3 lines .... , . 5. C sarmentosn. 



Flowers small Sepals 2 lines. Petals 4 line;; . . . 6. C. uberiflora. 



Sect. II. Busbeckia. — Two outer sepals broad, very concave, completely united in the bud, 

 and separating irregularly as the flower expands. 



Leaves mostly ovate or oblong. 

 Leaves mostly 2 to 4in. long. Ovary glabrous, JPruit from J to a little 

 more than lin. diameter. 

 Flowers mostly axillary, distant. 



Leaves ovate. Buds ovoid, acuminate, lin. long, almost woody . . 7. C ornans. 



Leaves ovate or oblong. Buds globular, Jin. long, coriaceous . . . 8. C nobilis. 



Leaves ovate. Buds 4-angled 9. C canescens. 



Leaves oblong. Buds globose-pyramidal 10. C Shanesiana. 



Flowers in a terminal corymb or short raceme. Buds globular . . .11. G. lucida. 



Leaves mostly 1 to IJin. long. Ovary tomentose. Fruit 2in. diameter . 12. C. Mitchelli. 

 Leaves lanceolate or long and narrow. 



Leaves obtuse at the base. Petiole very short . . .... . . 13. C loranthifolia 



Leaves coriaceous, narrowed into a rather long petiole .... . 14. C. umbonata. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, membranous. Petioles short 15. C. humistrata. 



Leaves very narrow, on very short petioles 16. C. Thozetiana. 



1. C. umbellata (form of inflorescence), R. Br. in DC. Prod. i. 247 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 93. Shrubby, -with the young branches tomentose. Stipulary 

 spines small, nearly straight or recurved. Leaves from ovate to narrow-oblong, 

 mostly 1| to 2in., or when full grown Sin. long, at first membranous, softly 

 pubescent or tomentose, at length stiff and usually glabrous, on petioles of about 

 2 lines. Pedicels slender, 6 to 9 lines long, usually 6 to 8 together in terminal 

 umbels, sessile above the last leaves, or sometimes on short, lateral, leafless 

 branches. Buds small, globular. Outer sepals thin, but stiff, equal, 2 to 2f 

 lines long, orbicular, concave, slightly imbricate, glabrous, inner ones scarcely 

 longer, much imbricate. Petals about 3 lines long, pubescent. Stamens 

 numerous. Ovary glabrous, with 8 to 10 ovules to each placenta. Berry 

 globular, smooth, in our specimens not lin. diameter, on a stipes of lin. 

 Seeds separated by spurious partitions. 



Hab.: Coast scrubs from Port Denison to Cape York. 



The species is mostly nearly allied to the common Indian C. sepiaria, differing chiefly in its 

 sessile umbels and less numerous flowers. 



2. C. lasiantha (alluding to clothing of flowers) R, Br. in DC. Prod. i. 247 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 94. " Wyjeelah" or " Thulla-Kurbin," Cloncurry, Palmer. A 

 much-branched shrub, clothed with a soft tomentum, usually rust-coloured on 

 the young branches and inflorescence, afterwards paler, and sometirnes disap- 

 pearing on the old leaves. Leaves from ovate to narrow-oblong or almost 

 lanceolate, obtuse, 1 to 2in. long, rounded at the base, with a very short petiole, 

 thickly coriaceous when full grown, with very oblique primary nerves. Pedicels 

 axillary, solitary or 2 together, one above the other, much shorter than the leaves. 

 Outer sepals very concave and unequal, slightly imbricate, softly tomentose, the 

 larger one about 3 lines long and almost saccate at the base ; inner sepals and 

 petals ovate, 4 to 5 lines long, very tomentose outside. Stamens about 12. 

 Ovary glabrous, with 10 to 12 ovules to each placenta. Young fruit ovoid, on a 

 slender stipes of IJin. 



Hab.: Many parts of the colony. 



Pulp of fruit eaten by natives. — Palmer. 



3. C. quiniflora (alluding to number of flowers together), DC. Prod. i. 

 247 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 94. Branches weak and flexuose, the young ones and 

 very young leaves rusty-tomentose, but soon becoming glabrous. Leaves ovate, 

 obtuse or acuminate, 3 to 4in. lorig, rounded or almost cordate at the base,,, on 

 petioles of 3 to 4 lines, rather coriaceous. Pedicels usually under ^in. long, 3 to 



