162 XXIV. TTLIACB^. [Elmocarpu 



Leaves oblong, IJ to 3in. long, IJ to IJin. broad. Drupe bright-blue, 



ovoid, 6 to 7 lines long, i or 5 lines diameter, putamen tubereulate . . 2. E. ariihermcus. 



Leaves oval-elliptical, 2 to 4in. long. Petals divided into about 7 linear 



obtuse lobes. Drupe globular-ovoid, blue, putamen rugose or tubereulate 3. E. obovatus. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3 to 4in. long. Petals divided into 10 to 12 acute 

 lobes, some united in pairs. Drupe globular-ovoid, blue, putamen 

 rugose . . . . . 4. E. cyaneus. 



Leaves oblong, lanceolate, often with glaucous patches, 4 to Sin. long, 1 to 



IJin. broad. Drupe ovoid, about Jin. long, putamen rugose . . . 5. E. Kirtonii. 



Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, 3 to Sin. long, 1 to IJin. broad. 



Drupe oval, Jin. long, brown, with sometimes a bluish tinge . . 6. E. emnmtdi. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 5 to 6in. long. Petals dividedinto about 5 deeply- 

 fringed lobes, silky on the margins near the base. Drupe globular, 

 blue, often more than lin. diameter, tubereulate I.E. f/randis. 



Leaves coriaceous, 2 to Sin. long, 10 to 15 lines broad, lanceolate. Petals 



nearly entire, silky outside. Drupe elliptical, about 8 lines diameter 8. E. foveolatus. 



Leaves 2 to 4in. long, 1 to IJin. broad. Petals silvery-silky outside. Drupes 



blue, Jin. diameter 9. E. ruminatus. 



Leaves chartaoeous, broad-lanceolate, 4 to 6in. long, 1 to IJin. broad. 



Petals finely fringed 10. E. Grahami. 



Leaves oval-lanceolate, 2J to 3iin. long, thin-coriaceous. Petals minutely 



denticulate . . . . " ... . . 11. E. sericopetahts. 



1. £. Bancroftii (after Dr. T. L. Bancroft), F. c. M. et Bail, in Proc. Roy. 

 Soc. Ql. vol. ii. 142. Ebony-heart, of Cairns. A large handsome tree, 

 often attaining more than 100ft. in height, with a diameter of more than 

 2ft. of stem. Bark scaly, of a brownish colour, about -J-in. in thickness, 

 resembling the American Lignum-vitm, and might serve for the same purposes. 

 The young growth and inflorescence clothed with a short rusty pubescence, the 

 older leaves glabrous. Leaves clustered at the ends of the branches, ovate, 

 obovate, or lanceolate, 2 to 4in. long, 1 to 2in. broad ; the smaller ones at times 

 very obtuse, tapering into a petiole of from 1 to nearly 2in. long ; the midrib and 

 few distant primary veins prominent, the small reticulations also often distinct, on 

 both sides. Flowers in lateral or axillary umbel-like racemes, bearing at the 

 summit 3 to 5 rather large flowers, with often 1 or 2 lower down the stalk ; 

 pedicels about 5 lines long. Sepals 4, valvate, rigidly coriaceous, oblong or 

 lanceolate, about 5 lines long and 2 lines broad, densely clothed on the inside by 

 rather long silky hairs, the outside rusty. Petals 4, broadly cuneate, about 7 

 lines long and 6 lines broad at the top, which is wavy and lobed with 3 short 

 obtuse lobes ; the outside of the petals slightly silky. Stamens numerous, over 

 25 ; filaments flexuose, inserted on an annular lobed disk ; anthers linear, about 

 2 lines long, the terminal 2-valved opening prominent, giving a lobed appearance 

 to the apex. Ovary 4-celled ; ovules generally 4 in each cell, hairy. Style 

 subulate, hairy at the base. Stigma small. Drupe velvety, ovoid or nearly 

 globular, about Ijin. diameter ; in drying, when fully ripe the thin epicarp readily 

 separating from the mealy rather thick sarcocarp, this also separating freely from 

 the hard smooth-pitted putamen. Putamen thick, but the 4 cells prominently 

 marked, 3 of which are abortive ; thus the fruit contains but a solitary seed, 

 which resembles the kernel of a peach-stone, has an agreeable flavour, and is 

 eaten by the settlers. 



Hab.: Johnstone River p^nd other tropical hillside scrubs. 



Wood hard and durable, resembling the American Lignum-vitaa, and might serve for the 

 same purposes. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 33o. 



2. H. amhemicus (from Arnheim's Land), F. i: M. Rep. Intercol. E.rhib. 

 1867 ; E. ohoi-atm, var. (?) foveolatun, Bentli. Fl. Av-ttv, i. 281. A small tree, 

 height about 80ft., diameter of trunk about 8in., with a whitish-grey smooth 

 bark; wood white, with a closely interlocked grain. The bark of the smaller 

 branches or branchlets dark-brown and closely dotted with lenticels. Leaves 

 oblong or broadly and obtusely ovate, 1^ to Bin. long, 1| to Ifin. broad, obscurely 



