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11. S. diversifolia (leaves various), (t. Don, Gen. Syst. i. 516 ; Benth. Fl. 

 AuHr. i. 229. Kurrajong ; "Dewtie," Taromeo, Shirley; "Kalan," Palmer 

 River, Both. A tree of from 20 to 60ft., quite glabrous except the flowers. 

 Leaves on long petioles, glabrous and shining, either entire and from ovate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, or more or less deeply 3 or rarely 5-lobed, the 2 lateral lobes 

 sometimes very short, sometimes all lanceolate, 2 or Sin. long, the simple leaves 

 or their lobes always ending in long points. Flowers in axillary panicles, rarely 

 exceeding the leaves. Calyx very broadly campanulate, slightly tomentose when 

 young, attaining when fully out 7 to 9 lines diameter, acutely lobed to the middle, 

 of a yellowish- white and glabrous except the ciliate margins outside, reddish and 

 glabrous within. Staminal column also glabrous. Ovary slightly tomentose. 

 Follicles nearly ovoid, 1 J to 2 or even Sin. long, thick and glabrous, on stalks of 

 1 to 2in., the endocarp and outer coating of the seeds very shortly hirsute and 

 cohering. — Purilndermh jjopulnea, Schott, Melet. 33; BrnchycJiiton pnpulmwn, R. 

 Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Ear. 234 ; F. v. M. PI. Vict. i. 156, and Suppl. 5. 



Hab.: Dawson Eiver, Eookhamplon, and in the interior. 



Wood soft, of coarse grain. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 27. 



Twine made from bark by Palmer Eiver natives Roth. 



Specimens from this locality show entire leaves, linear-lanceolate to 6Jin. long and 13 lines 

 broad, with the same long thread-like points, coriaceous, with petioles 13 to 14 lines long. Fruit 

 also larger than in normal' form. 



12. S. caudata (tailed), Hewanl in Herb. (Junn.; Benth. FL Awstr. i. 230. 

 " Kel-lan," Princess Charlotte Bay, Roth. A tree, quite glabrous except the 

 flowers. Leaves ovate-cordate, entire, long-acuminate, mostly 3 or 4in. long, the 

 veins more transverse than in any other species, some occasionally narrow-oblong 

 or linear. Flowers rather small, in short axillary panicles, the rhaohis and 

 pedicels quite glabrous. Calyx broadly campanulate, deeply lobed, 6 to 7 lines 

 diameter when fully out, very tomentose outside, pubescent inside, especially at 

 the bottom, but without appendages. Staminal column slender in the males, 

 short in the females, pubescent at the base. Ovary very tomentose. Follicles 

 glabrous, ovoid, rather large and thick, almost sessile. — Brackychiton diremi folium , 

 R. Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Ear. 234. 



Hab.: Princess Charlotte Bay.— TF. E. Roth. 



Fibre used for dilly bags. — Roth. 



18. S. rupestris (from growing in rocky places), Benth. Fl. Awstr. i. 230. 

 Narrow-leaved bottle-tree; " Binkey," N.Q., Thozet. A considerable tree, the 

 trunk often swelling out to a large size, contracted at the top and bottom. Leaves 

 quite glabrous, ejther quite entire, oblong-linear or lanceolate, 3 to 6in. long, or 

 digitate, consisting of 5 to 9 linear-lanceolate sessile leaflets, often above 6in. 

 long. Panicle tomentose, usually longer than the petioles. Calyx about 4 lines 

 long, campanulate, deeply lobed, tomentose both inside and out. Staminal 

 column short, hirsute at the base. Follicles ovoid, acuminate, about lin. long, 

 on stalks longer than themselves. Seeds, when deprived of the outer coating, 

 which remains adherent to the endocarp, smooth and shining, marked with a 

 large scar at the chalazal end, but the radicle in those I have opened always next 

 to the true hilum. — Delabechea rupestris, Litadl. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 166 ; 

 Brackychiton Delabechii, F. v. M. PI. Vict. i. 157. 



Hab.: Isolated summits of the Grafton range; Wide Bay; Dawson, Mackenzie, and Burnett 

 Elvers ; Eockhampton, Peak Downs. 



The digitate leaves grow on luxuriant barren branches. — Benth. 



Wood soft and spongy.— Bai^rj/'s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 28. 



Natives ot N. Queensland eat the roots of the young plants and seeds, Palmer, Thozet. They 

 also refresh themselves with the mucilaginous sweet substance afforded by the tree, and also 

 make nets of its fibre, Thozet. 



