Corchoms.] XXIV. TILIACE^. 169 



and thinner, scabrous tomentose above, more densely tomentose underneath. 

 Flowers in nearly sessile clusters. Calyx tomentose-villoua, 2 to 3 lines long, the 

 buds often tipped by the tooth-like points of the sepals. Petals narrow, in some 

 flowers very small. Stamens numerous, on a small torus. Capsule slender, f to 

 near 2in. long, tomentose or villous, more or less torulose, 2 or 3-celled. Seeds 

 oblong, often distant in each cell, although rather numerous on the whole. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria. 



7. C. trilocularis (capsule 3-eelled), LIuh.: Masten in Fl. Trap. Africa, i. 

 262. Annual or perhaps perennial, with numerous erect or decumbent purplish, 

 smooth or pilose, branching stems. Leaves elliptic, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 

 1 to Bin. long, \ to lin. wide, orenate- serrate, either with or without basal lobes. 

 Petioles very short, pilose. Stipules setaceous. Pedicels 2 to 3-flowered. Petals 

 spathulate, bright yellow. Pods 2 to Sin. long, erect, straight or curved, slender, 

 3 to 4-angled, 3 to 4-valved ; valves scabrous, deeply pitted on the inner surface, 

 and ending in a short straight point. Seeds numerous. 



Hab.: Rookhampton, Burdekin Biver, and Rockingham Bay, F, u. M. in f'ragm. viii. 5. 



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5. SLOANEA, Linn. 



(After Sir Hans Sloane, principal founder of the British Museum.) 



(Including Echinocarpus australis, Benth.) 



Sepals or calyx-lobes 4 or 5, valvate or imbricate in 2 rows. Petals none or 

 1 — 4, imbricate or subimbricate, entire or dentate. Stamens numerous, free, 

 covering the broad, thick, pitted disk from the petals to the ovary ; anthers linear, 

 the cells placed back to back, and opening from the top in a slit extending more 

 or less down the sides. Ovary 3 or 4 -celled, with several ovules in each cell ; 

 style subulate. Capsule thickly coriaceous or woody, densely echinate or covered 

 with setsB, 3 or 4-celled or 1-celled by abortion, opening in 3 or 4 valves. Seeds 

 several, or solitary and pendulous, ovoid ; testa hard ; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons 

 broad, flat. — Trees. Leaves entire or sinuate-toothed, with pinnate veins. 

 Peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered, solitary or clustered, or forming terminal panicles. 



The Australian species are endemic. The authors of the " Genera. Plantarum " seemed to 

 consider that the distinction between the genera Sloanea and Echinocarpus was scarcely enough 

 to keep them apart, and Baron Mueller having described 3 out of the 4 Australian species under 

 Sloanea, I have thought it better to follow him in this instance. 



Leaves obovate-oblong, 6in. or more long, coriaceous, sinuate-toothed. 



Petals glabrous. Capsule 3 — 4-valved ... 1. S. iiustralis. 



Leaves lanceolate-ovate, 3 to Sin. long, chartaceous, nearly or quite entire. 



Petals velvety. Cupsule 2-valved . . . . 2. S. Langii. 



Leaves obovate, 2 to 6in. long, thin, coriaceous, crenulate. 



No petals. Capsule pyriform-ovate, 2-valved 3. S. ilacbrydei. 



Leaves lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 3 to .5in. long, coriaceous, remotely 

 toothed. 



No petals. Capsule 2-valv6d, about Jin. long 4. ,S. Woollsii. 



1. S. australis (Australian), F. c. M. Fraijnt. iv. 91 ; (Echinocarpus, Benth. 

 Fl. Aiistr. i. 279). A large tree, bark thin, scaly; branchlets furfuraceous, adult 

 foliage glabrous. Leaves obovate-oblong, 6 to 12in. long, shortly acuminate, 

 more or less sinuate-toothed, much narrowed towards the base, but obtuse or 

 slightly cordate at the petiole, coriaceous. Inflorescence furfuraceous-pubescent, 

 forming a terminal raceme to the branchlets shorter than the last leaves. Pedicels 

 1 to 2in. long. Sepals ovate-oblong, 4 or 5, about 4 lines long. Petals glabrous, 

 white, 4 or 5, oval, about 7 lines long, 8 or 4 lines broad in the middle. 



