Bornnia.] XXIX. RUTACE^. 187 



above when full-grown, hoary or rusty underneath with a minute tomentum. 

 Peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered, shorter than the leaves. Sepals broad, obtuse but 

 valvate. Petals twice as long or more, attaining 4 or 5 lines, valvate in the bud, 

 minutely tomentose outside, with a prominent midrib. Filaments short, as in 

 several allied species, slightly oiliate or glabrous, clavate and glandular upwards ; 

 anthers more or less apiculate. Ovules usually, as in some allied species, almost 

 or quite collateral. Style clavate, with a slightly furrowed stigma. Seeds smooth 

 but not shining. — Eeichb. Icon. Exot. t. 74 ; LaxiopHalum ledifoUum, Vent. Jard. 

 Malm, under n. 59 ; Juiostemon panulo.i-um, Sm. in Rees, Cycl. xiii.; Boronia (! ) 

 parado.va, DC. Prod. i. 722. 



Hab.: Burnett River, J<'. v. 31.; Moreton Bay and Islands, A. Cimninyham, Friiser, etc. 



Var. rosiiiarlidfoUu. Leaves rigid, usually narrow, small, and all simple. Peduncles very 

 short. — B. roxiiiariiiifoUa, A. Cunn. in Hueg. Enum. 16. To this form belong especially most of 

 the Moreton Bay and other south Queensland coast specimens. 



5. B. lanceolata (lanceolate), 7^'. r. M. Frarpn. i. 66 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 

 314. A tall shrub with tomentose branches. Leaves simple, petiolate, oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse or mucronulate, 1 to 2in. long, flat or the margins recurved, 

 glabrous above, tomentose underneath. Peduncles very short, bearing an umbel 

 of 3 to 5 small flowers, rarely reduced to a single flower. Sepals small, ovate, 

 with a subulate point, sometimes very short, sometimes nearly as long as the 

 petals. Petals broad, attaining about 2 lines in length, valvate in the bud, 

 tomentose outside with a prominent midrib. Filaments glabrous, thickened and 

 glandular at the top ; anthers scarcely apiculate. Seeds smooth but not shining. 



Hab.: Cave Creek, Dalby, IF, E. Armit (F. v. M.) 



6. B. Bowmani (after E. Bowman), F. c. M. Fmgm. iv. 135 ; B. platyr- 

 rJiachis, F. v. M. Fragm. vii. 37. A slender-branched glabrous or nearly glabrous 

 shrub with pinnate foliage. Leaflets usually 5, broad-linear, entire on a more or 

 less winged rhachis. Peduncle axillary, short or very short, 1 to 5-flowered in 

 the umbel. Sepals valvate, lanceolate. Petals lanceolate, about 2 lines long, 

 greenish. Stamens with ciliate filaments, apiculate. Style very short, glabrdus. 

 Stigma minute. Cocci 2 lines long. Seeds black, hardly exceeding 1^ line long. 



Hab.: Cape River, Bowman (P. v. M.) ; Percy and Gilbert Rivers, R. Daintree (P. v. M.) 



7. B. microphylla (small-leaved), Sieb. in Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post 148 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 318. A low stunted shrub, glabrous but often very glandular. 

 Leaves pinnate : leaflets 5 to 11, obovate or oblong-cuneate, obtuse or acute, 

 rarely above 3 lines long, and usually about 2 lines, thick and rigid. Peduncles 

 in the upper axils, 1 to 3-flowered. Flowers of B. pimiata, or rather smaller, 

 the anthers often conspicuously apiculate. Stigma slightly enlarged. Seeds in 

 our specimens shining and reticulate. — Eeichb. Icon. Exot. t. 72. 



Hab.: Stanthorpe. 



8. B. pinnata (leaves pinnate), Hm. Tracts, 290, t. 4; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 

 318. A glabrous shrub, attaining several feet, but sometimes dwarf or diftuse, 

 the small branches more or less angular. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets 5 to 9 or 

 rarely more, linear or oblong-lanceolate, acute, rigid, the pairs rather distant and 

 the common petiole often dilated between them. Flowers rather large, usually 3 

 or more together, in loose axillary or subterminal corymbose cymes. Sepals 

 small, acute. Petals attaifiing 3 to 6 lines, imbricate, glabrous or minutely 

 tomentose inside, usually mucronate. Filaments woolly-hairy, especially towards 

 the thickened summit; anthers very minutely or not at all apiculate. Style 

 short. Seeds smooth and shining. — DC. Prod. i. 721 ; Andr. Bot. Eep. i. 58 ; 

 Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 38 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1763 ; P. v.' M. PI. Vict. i. 115 ; B. 

 florihimda, Sieb. in Spreng, Syst. Cur. Post. 148; Eeichb. Icon. Exot. t. 71. 



Hab : Islands of Moreton Bay and similar localities in the south of Queensland. 



