Aiistotelia.] XXIV. TILIACEiE. 161 



pendulous; testa hard, often pulpy outside; albumen fleshy; embryo straight, with 

 flat or undulate cotyledons.— Shrubs. Leaves mostly opposite or nearly so, entire 

 or toothed. Flowers axillary or lateral, in racemes, or in the Australian species 

 solitary or 2 or 3 together, often polygamous. 



Besides the 2 Queensland species, which are endemic, the genus has 1 in Tasmania, 2 from 

 New Zealand, and 1 from Chili. 



Leaves ovate, acuminate, pubescent underneath. Berry globose . ... 1. A. australasica. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, pale underneath. Fruit ovate-acuminate, red, 6 



to 9 lines long 2. A. megalosperma. 



1. A. australasica (Australasian), F. r.. M. Fraym. viii. 2. A slender 

 shrub of several feet, with a few soft hairs on the young branches, petioles, and 

 principal veins on the under side of the leaves, otherwise glabrous. Leaves 

 opposite, on slender petioles, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, pale on the under side, 



2 to Sin. long, serrate, 3-nerved at the base. Peduncles about 2in. long, usually 

 axillary, bearing 1 to 3 flowers. Pedicels about 9 lines long, with 2 narrow 

 bracteoles, about f line long at the base, which are soon deciduous. Sepals 5, 

 ovate-oblong, about 2 lines long, membranous, pilose, with woolly-eiliate 

 margins. Petals about 3 lines long, glabrous, tender, obovate-cuneate, the apex 

 shortly 3-lobed. Stamens 12 to 16 ; filaments short. Anthers pointless, narrow- 

 oblong. Ovary somewhat glabrous. Style scarcely 1 line long, filiform. Stigma 

 very minute. Berry globular, about 4 lines diameter, nearly dry. 



Hab.: Southern parts of the colony ; North Coast line of railway. 



2. A., megalosperma (long-seeded), F. v. M. Fracpn. ix. 81. A small tree, 

 the branchlets at first with appressed hairs. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 2 to 4in. 

 long, long-acuminate, pale on the under side. Peduncles very short or wanting ; 

 pedicels from 8 to 12 lines long, solitary or in pairs. Sepals lanceolate-linear, 8 

 lines long, puberulous inside. Petals 5, almost oblong, imbricate, shortly 

 crenulate at the top, silky at the base. Stamens 12 ; anthers 1 line long, point- 

 less, oblong-linear, hispidulous at the apex. Style undivided, 1^ line long, 

 subulate. Stigma very small. Ovary glabrous. Fruit ovate, acuminate, red, ^ 

 to fin. long, 1 to 2-eelled, 1 seed in each cell. Pericarp coriaceous ; seeds about 



3 lines long ; testa brown, very thin. 

 Hab.: Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy (P. v. M.) 



7. ELiEOCARPUS, Linn. 

 (Supposed resemblance of the fruit of some species to the Olive.) 

 (Monooera, Jack.) 

 Sepals 4 or 5, usually valvate. Petals as many, fringed, lobed, or rarely entire, 

 inserted round the base of the torus, induplicate-valvate, and embracing some of 

 the outer stamens in the bud. Stamens indefinite, inserted on the torus, within 

 a glandular ring ; anthers oblong or linear, opening at the top in 2 valves (that 

 is, the cells placed back to back and opening in short, terminal, confluent slits). 

 Ovary 2 to 5-celled, with 2 or more ovules in each cell ; style subulate. Fruit a 

 drupe, with a hard often bony putamen, 2 to 5-celled or 1 -celled by abortion. 

 Seeds solitary in each cell, pendulous (or rarely erect ?) ; testa hard ; albumen 

 fleshy; cotyledons broad, flat or undulate. — Trees. Leaves alternate or rarely 

 opposite, entire or serrate. Flowers in axillary racemes, sometimes polygamous. 

 A large tropical Asiatic genus, extending to the Pacific Islands, New Caledonia, and New 

 Zealand. The Australian species are all endemic. — Benth. 

 Young growth rusty-pubescent, the leaves becoming glabrous, ovate, 

 obovate, 2 to 4in. long, 1 to 2in. broad. 

 Sepals 4. Petals 4, 7 lines long, top 3-lobed, silky outside. Drupe 

 velvety, nearly globular, 1 Jin. long, putamen smooth . 1. E. Bancroftii. 



