164 XXIV. TILIACE^. [Elaocarpm. 



upper part ; apex often elongated, but blunt. The young growth, petioles, and 

 midrib more or less clothed with appressed, short gray hairs, which are also 

 sometimes found sparsely scattered over the lamina on the under surface. 

 Inflorescence lateral on the two-year-old wood. Eacemes seldom exceeding 2in. 

 in length, pedicels about -|in. Flowers not seen. Drupe (not quite ripe) oval, 

 fin. long ; pericarp juicy, sharply acid ; putamen deeply pitted, containing 1 or 2 

 seeds. The fruit structure reminds of the Indian species E. ohlonga, 



Hab.: Eumundi, Field, Naturalists, March, 1894. 



7. Zi. grandis (one of the largest trees in scrubs, hence the name), F. v. M. 

 Fragm. ii. 81 ; Benth. Fl. Atistr. i. 281. Quandong ; " Moorqun," Upper Barron, 

 ./. F. Bailey : " Caloon," Nerang, Schneider. A tall tree, glabrous except the young 

 shoots, slightly silky-hairy. Leaves on short petioles, oblong or lanceolate, obtuse 

 or scarcely acuminate, 4 to 6in. long, crenulate, narrowed at the base, scarcely 

 coriaceous, the smaller veins not prominent. Flowers large, in short dense racemes. 

 Sepals fully Jin., including their long subulate, points. Petals longer, divided into 

 about 5 deeply fringed lobes, silky-pubescent on the margin towards the base. 

 Stamens very numerous ; anthers linear, the upper valve pointed and ending in 

 1 or 2 short fine setae. Ovary silky-tomentose, 6-oelled, with about 4 ovules 

 in each cell. Drupe blue, globular, lin. diameter ; putamen hard and rugose. 



Hab.: A scrub tree ot North and South Queensland. 



The large flowers, pubescent petals, and pointed anthers, refer this species to the section 

 Monocera, usually considered as a distinct genus, but the group is neither natural nor accurately 

 defined. — Benth. 



Wood of a light colour, grain close, considered a useful timber where toughness is required. — 

 Bailey's Gat. Ql. IVoods No. 36. 



8. a. foveolatus (foveolate) F. v. M. Fragm. v. 157, vi. 172, viii. 2. 

 Branchlets silky-tomentose or glabrescent with age. Leaves coriaceous, 2 to Sin. 

 long, 10 to 15 lines broad, almost entire or repand-crenulate, lanceolate, point 

 obtuse, rusty-tomentose on the under side and foveolate in the axils of the 

 principal nerves ; reticulation copious, the upper side glabrous. Petioles 6 to 18 

 lines long. Eacemes about 2in. long. Pedicels 6 to 8 lines long, rather stout, 

 curved at the end, with a clothing of rusty hairs as well as the peduncles. Flower 

 buds almost globose. Sepals fugaceous, 2 to 2|- lines long, silky outside. Petals 

 valvate, almost entire, silky outside. Stamens 30 to 40. Anthers a line or a 

 little more long. Style short, about a ].ine long. Ovary ovate, 8-celled. Fruit 

 elliptical-ovate, about 8 lines diameter, on a peduncle of about 6 lines. 



Hab.: Mountain Eanges, Rockingham Bay, J. Dallacliy (F. v, M.) 



9. E. ruminatus (ruminate), F. v. M. Fracpn. viii. 1, x. 4. A tree of about 

 60ft., the branchlets glabrescent. Leaves 2 to 4in. long, 1 to l^in. broad, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, repand-serrulate, under side pale, reticulation close, often 

 foveolate at the axils of the principal nerves. Eacemes 2 to Sin. long, hoary 

 when young. Flower buds pyramidal-ovate. Petals silvery-silky outside. 

 Stamens 20 to 25, anthers mucronulate, ovary silky. Fruit blue, about 6 lines 

 diameter. Pericarp slightly spongy and acid. Putamen woody, usually 1-seeded. 



« 

 Hab.: Dense scrubs, Eockingham Bay, J. Dallacliy (F. v. M.) 



10. E. 'Grrahami (after Dr. George Graham), F. v. M. Fragm. x. 3. A 

 tall tree, the branchlets silky tomentose. Leaves chartaceous, broad-lanceolate, 

 4 to 6in. long, 1 to IJin. broad, point slender, crenate- serrulate, the principal 

 nerves on the under side silky-pubescent, the reticulation a little prominent. 

 Eacemes Sin. long, numerous, slightly pilose. Pedicels 4 to 8 lines long, 

 capillary. Bracts and bracteoles subulate, about 1 line long. Flower buds 



