XXIX. RUTACE^. 189 



a. CROWEA, tim. 



(After JaiiiGs Crow, a British botanist.) 



Calyx 5 -cleft. Petals 5, imbricate in the bud. Disk annular. Stkmens 10, 

 shorter than the petals ; filaments flattened, ciliate or -woolly ; anthers linear, 

 hirsute, tipped with long hirsute appendages. Ovary 5-lobed ; styles inserted 

 above the middle of the carpels, immediately united into one filiform style with a 

 small or globular stigma. Ovules 2, superposed or almost collateral. Cocci 2- 

 valved, rounded or truncate at the top, the endocarp cartilaginous and separating 

 elastically. — Glabrous shrubs or andershrubs. Leaves alternate, simple. 

 Flowers rather large, red, purple or green, glabrous, solitary, axillary or 

 terminal, 



The genus is oonlined to Australia. It is united by F. v. Mueller with Eriostemon, from which 

 it differs chiefly in the long hairy appendages of the anthers. — Benth. 



X 1. C. saligna (Willow-leaved), Anclr. Bot. Rep. t. 79; Benth. Fl. Austr. \. 

 329. Shrubby and erect, the branches prominently angular. Leaves mostly 

 lanceolate, narrowed at each end, acute or obtuse, 1 to 2in. long, of a mueh 

 thinner consistence than those of Kriostemon .mlicifolitis, which this species some- 

 times resembles, in some specimens passing into a broadly oblong or elliptical- 

 ovate shape, in others almost linear, like those of C. exalata. Flowers red, on 

 axillary pedicels shorter than the leaves, thickened upwards, with 2 very minute 

 bracts at their base. Sepals short and broad. . Petals 7 to 9 lines long. 

 Appendage of the anthers longer than the cells memselves. Style very short, 

 with a large globular stigma. Cocci short, united to near the top. Seeds 

 reticulate, somewhat shining. — Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 7 ; Bot. Mag. t. 989 ; DC. 

 Prod. i. 720 ; C. latifolia, Lodd. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. i. 792 ; l<hiostem.on Crou'ei 

 (partly), F. v. M. PL Vict. i. 119. 



Hab.: Southern localities. 



C. latifolia, Paxt. Mag. Bot. xiv. 222, with a fig., is one of the commonest forms of this species, 

 In some specimens from Manly Beach, Woolls (Herb. Muell.), the leaves are nearly twice as 

 broa,d. In others from between Bichmond Elver and EaymoM Terrace, A. Ralston (Herb. 

 Muell.), they are linear, elongated, mostly rounded or truncate atlthe top. Again, in numerous 

 specimens collected by R. Broicn on the Hawkesbury River, they are linear, but smaller and 

 more crowded, -approaching those of C. exalata : but in all the pedicels are axillary and 

 leafless. — Benth. 



4. ERIOSTEMON, Sm. 



(Alluding to the woolly stamens.) 



Calyx 5-cleft or rarely 4-cleft. Petals 5, rarely 4, imbricate. Disk usually 

 more or less thickened. Stamens 10, rarely 8, shorter than the petals ; filaments 

 hairy, attenuate or rarely obtuse at the top ; anthers usually tipped with a very 

 small point or appendage. Carpels 5, rarely 4 or fewer, distinct from the base 

 (or in one species united to the middle), usually produced into a short appendage 

 above the cells ; styles inserted below the middle and immediately united into 

 one ; stigma small. Ovules 2 in each cell, superposed. Cocci 2-valved, usually 

 more or less beaked at the top or at the outer angle ; the endocarp cartilaginous 

 and separating elastically. Seeds solitary.— Shrubs, either glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent, without scurfy scales. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, the glands 

 often large and prominent. Inflorescence axillary or terminal ; peduncles bearing 

 a single flower, or an umbel of few white, pink, or rarely blue flowers. Calyx 

 small, with short broad lobes or sepals. 



Besides the Australian species, which are all endemic, the genus comprises one from New 

 Caledonia. F. v. Mueller proposes to extend its limits so as to include Phebalium, Microcyhe, 

 Qele^novia, Croicea, Philotheea, Drummondita, and Asterolasia, which are all no doubt nearly 



