198 XXIX. RUTACE^. [Melicope. 



3. I/[. erythrococca (ooeci of a reddish colour), Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 360. 

 " Thal-ango-thera," Forest Hill, Macartney. A lofty tree with a smooth whitish 

 bark, quite glabrous. Leaves glabrous, at least on the old trees, opposite, sub- 

 opposite or alternate. Leaflets 3 or rarely 1 only, oblong-laneeolate, obtuse, 1^ 

 to Sin. long, coriaceous, entire or obscurely crenulate, on a common petiole of f 

 to l^in. Panicles terminal or in the upper axils, loose, scarcely longer than the 

 leaves. Sepals small, triangular, shghtly ciliate. Petals 1| line long, slightly 

 imbricate, valvate at the tips, minutely pubescent outside. Disk obscurely lobed. 

 Filaments dilated and ciliate to above the middle. Ovary slightly hirsute, the 

 carpels almost distinct. Styles inserted above the middle. Cocci 4 or very rarely 

 5, very spreading, ovate, about 2 lines long, wrinkled, of a reddish colour. — 

 Evodia erythrococca, F. v. M. Fragm. i. 28. 



Hab.: Wide Bay, C. Moore ; Moreton Bay and Brisbane Biver, W. Hill; Maokay, W. Macartney. 

 The bark possesses a most peculiar acrid pungency, and promotes a great flow of saliva. 



4. T/L. Broadbentiana (after K. Broadbent), Bail. A slender erect shrub, 

 glabrous except the very young growth, branchlets 4-angular. Leaves in nearly 

 equal pairs, sometimes one slightly shorter than the other ; petiolules slender, 

 2 to BJin. long ; terminal leaflet often 5^in. long and 2^in. broad, ovate- 

 lanceolate, often long-acuminate, equal sided to a petiolule nearly lin. long, 

 lateral ones smaller, sessile or nearly so, and very unequal-sided, the lamina on 

 the upper side terminating some distance above the base, all the leaflets very 

 thin ; primary veins few, parallel, about 5 on each side of midrib with fainter 

 intermediate one ; veinlets few. Panicle terminal, trichotomous, not more than 

 half the length of the petiole. Flowers few, small ; pedicels long as the flower ; 

 sepals 4, very obtuse. Petals 4, white, minutely dotted, ovate-oblong, under 2 

 lines long. Stamens 8 (4 long, 4 short) the long ones alternating with the 

 petals, the filaments thickened downwards, the lower half hairy. Disk broadly 

 lobed. Ovary glabrous, 4-lobed. Styles glabrous, free at base, erect, inserted 

 slightly below the apex at the internal angle of the carpels. Fruit not obtained. 



Hab.: Palm Camp (4000ft. altitude), Bellendeu Ker, Bellenden Eer Exped. 1889. 



5. M. australasica (Australasian), F. v. M.; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 860. A 

 handsome tree, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves digitately 8-foliolate, the 

 common petiole several times shorter than the leaflets ; leaflets oblong-elliptical, 

 or rarely obovate-oblong, obtuse or shortly acuminate, 6 to lOin. long, somewhat 

 coriaceous, entire. Panicles axillary, trichotomous, loose and many-flowered, 

 but much shorter than the leaves. Pedicels short. Sepals ovate. Petals narrow, 

 about 4 lines long, of a firm consistence, reflexed above the middle, minutely 

 pubescent outside. Filaments slightly dilated, ciliate and rigid, especially the 

 larger ones, subulate upwards ; anthers small. Disk inconspicuous. Carpels 

 nearly glabrous, but tapering into 'strictly terminal short pubescent styles united 

 at the summit. Cocci erect, distinct, angular, acuminate, not 2 lines long. 

 Seeds shining. — Evodia octandra, F. v. M. Fragm. ii. 102. 



Hab.: Pine River, W. Hill (F. v. M. Fragm. ix. 102), where the trees are said to attain 50ft. 

 in height and have a white, variegated bark ; filaments somewhat broad and smooth. 



6. M. chooreechillum (native name of Mount Bartle Frere), Bail. Eep. 

 Bot. Bellenden Ker E.rped. A large shrub or small tree, glabrous, branches thick. 

 Leaves opposite, of unequal size in each pair. Petioles 1 to 2^in. long, sulcate 

 on the upper side. Leaflets 3, obovate, tapering from a broad emarginate end to 

 the top of the petiole, IJ to Sin. long, f to IJin. broad, of a thick cartilaginous 

 or coriaceous texture ; veins faint in the fresh leaf, but prominent in the dried 

 specimens, the primary ones anastomosing far within the margin, the under 

 virface closely covered with small dots (oil-dots). Flowers in short trichotomous 



