200 XXIX. EUTACE^. [Erodia. 



Petioles IJ to 5Jin. long, margins slightly winged' in the upper part, 



often terete in the lower portion. Leaflets 3J to lOin. long, sessile, 



thin-herbaceous. Panicle in the upper axils 3 to Tin. long, lower 



branches distant. , Petals scarcely J line long. Stamens shorter. 



Style pubescent. Cocci rugose i. E. alata. 



Petioles 1 to Sin. long. Leaflets 2J to 5in. long, shortly petiolulate. 



Cymes lateral ; flowers dense, peduncles short. Calyx puberulent. 



Petals pink, 3 lines long. Filaments 4 lines long. Style 3 or 4 lines 



long 5. E. accedens. 



Petioles 2 to Sin. long. Leaflets oblong-acuminate, 5 to 6in. long, 



coriaceous, glabrous, except the young growth. Panicles or cymes 



near the ends of the branohlets. Sepals minute. Petals 1 line long, 



base or claw woolly. Filaments hairy at the base &. E. littoralis. 



Shrubs. 

 Petioles 4 to Sin. long, somewhat terete. Leaflets 5 to 6in. long, 



chartaoeous, petiolulate. Panicles terminal. Peduncles long, thinly 



pubescent. Flowers minute, shortly pedicellate. Petals scarcely 1 



line long. Filaments slightly silky I.E. vitiflora. 



1. E. micrococca (small-fruited), F. r. M. Fracpji. i. Hi, and ii. 180; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 861. A tree often of considerable size, quite glabrous. 

 Leaves digitately 3-foliolate with long petioles ; leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 mostly 1^ to 3in. long, entire, narrowed at the base, the central one almost 

 petiolulate. Flowers in dense cymes or trichotomous panicles on short lateral 

 peduncles below the young shoots. Sepals 4, orbicular, small. Petals 4, about 

 2 lines long, glabrous, slightly imbricate, with inflexed valvate tips. Filaments 

 slightly dilated, ciliate, the attenuate tips folded inwards in the bud, exserted in 

 the open flower. Cocci not 2 lines long, not separating so completely as in the 

 Melicopes, rugose-glandular outside. Seeds black and shining. 



Hab.: Many parts of southern Queensland. 



Wood of a light-yellow colour, close in the grain, and tough. — Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods No. 41. 



2. E. xanthoxyloides (Xanthoxy Ion-like), F. i\ M. Fragm. iv. 155. A 

 tree, the bark smooth. Leaves trifoliolate. Petioles minutely puberulent, 5 to 

 Bin. long. Leaflets 6 to lOin. long, thin-chartaceous, sessile, ovate, shortly 

 acuminate, glabrous above, the nerves on the under side puberulent, margins 

 entire. Cymes many-flowered. Peduncle and pedicels of fruiting specimens 

 giabreseent, 2 to 4 lines long. Calyx 1 line or shorter, repandly 4-lobed. 

 Petals deciduous (not seen). Cocci subovate, turgid, very obtuse, 3 to 4 lines 

 long, outside glabrous, inside with an appressed pubescence. Seeds globose- ovate, 

 scarcely 2 lines long, dark-brown, shining. 



Hab.: Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy (P. v. M., I.e.) 

 Wood hard, heavy-scented, yellowish (F. v. M., I.e.) 



8. E. Bonwickii (after J. Bonwick), F. v. M. Fragrh. v. 56. A large tree. 

 Leaves trifoliolate, glabrous. Petioles 2 to Sin. long, semi-cylindric. Leaflets 

 7 to loin, long, 8-|- to 4fin. broad, obovate-lanceolate, sessile, the under side pale. 

 Cymes umbellate, many-flowered. Primary peduncles about lin. long, secondary 

 shorter, thinly pubescent. Pedicels almost silky. Sepals imbricate, orbicular, 

 nearly 1 line long. Petals valvate, about If line long, glabrous and reddish 

 outside, the inside densely bearded. Filaments subulate, about f line long, 

 glabrous. Anthers purple, oblong, glabrous, % line long. Disk inconspicuous. 

 Indumentum of ovary yellow. Style ^ line long, glabrous. Stigma minute, 

 undivided. Cocci 4, almost globose, slightly compressed, about 2 lines long. 

 Seeds black, shining. 



Hab.: Eookingham Bay, J. DallacJiy (F. v. M., I.e.) 



4. E. alata (winged), F. v. M. Fragm. vii. 142. A tree, seldom tall, with a 

 short velvety pubescence. Leaves trifoliale. Petioles 1| to 5fin. long, the upper 

 portion more or less winged at the edges, the lower portion nearly terete. Leaflets 



