206 XXIX. RUTACE^. [Gdjera. 



1. Cr. Helmsise (after Mrs. Helms), Bail. A small glabrous tree with greyish 

 bark ; the branchlets wrinkled. Leaves smooth, ovate, tapering towards each end, 

 2 to 3^in. long, 1 to 2in. broad in the centre, obtuse or obtusely-acuminate, some- 

 what thick, coriaceous ; petioles about fin. long. Glossy on both sides, but rather 

 pale on the under side. Oil-dots small and numerous, not seen well without a 

 lens ; primary lateral nerves distant, fine, reticulate veins obscure. Panieles 

 terminal and from the axils of the upper leaves, about Sin. long and 4in. broad. 

 Flowers white and numerous, differing from G. Muelleri in nothing except in 

 their somewhat larger size. Cocci 2 or 3 maturing, 4 or 4J lines long, 3 lines 

 broad, and deeply corrugated on the outside, cohering at the base. Endocarp 

 freely separating, yellowish. Seeds pyriform, brown, with a large hilum, 

 probably never so glossy as in other species. 



Hab.: Childers, Mrs. Helms. 



This new species differs from G. Muelleri somewhat in foliage, but principally in the oocci 

 and seed. The cocci are very like those of Melicope neurococca. 



2. G-. IVEuelleri (after Baron von Mueller), Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 364. 

 Nankeen dye-wood. A glabrous tree. Leaves ovate or obovate-oblong, 2 to Bin. 

 long, narrowed into a rather long petiole, coriaceous, with a prominent midrib, 

 the lateral veins slender and rather distant. Panicle compact, scarcely equalling 

 the last leaves. Flowers rather larger than in the other species. Petals nearly 

 1| line long, distinctly imbricate, obtuse, without inflexed tips. Cocci 2 to 8 

 lines long, distinctly but very shortly beaked, very spreading, but cohering at the 

 base. Epicarp slightly tuberculous. Endocarp persistent. Seeds glossy, black.— 

 Goatesia paniculata, F. v. M. Pragm. iii. 26 (in part). 



Hab.: Cumberland Islands, if. Brmon ; Araucaria woods near Moreton B&j, F. v. Mnellei- ; 

 Curtis Island, Henne. 



This species was generically distinguished by F. Mueller, on account of the imbricate sestivation 

 of the petals, and a slight difference in the fruit, but the habit is that of the other species, and 

 the genus is too closely allied to Zanthoxyhmi, which contains species with valvate as well as 

 with imbricate testivation, to admit of dividing it solely on that ground. — Benth. 



Heart-wood dark, beautifully clouded, the rest of a light color, all hard and close-grained, 

 suitable for cutting into veneers for cabinet work. — Biiiley's Gat. Ql. Woods 4.5a. 



3. Gr. salicifolia (Willow -leaved), Srhott Fraijm. Bid. t. 4 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 i. 864. A moderately-sized tree, glabrous or with a minute hoary pubescence on 

 the inflorescence, and sometimes on the underside of the leaves. Leaves from 

 ovate to ovate-lanceolate or rarely oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate, mostly 

 3 to 4in. long, entire. Coriaceous, narrowed or rarely rounded at the base, with a 

 rather long petiole. Panicles rather loose, broadly pyramidal, but much shorter 

 than the last leaves, alternately branched, with numerous small white flowers. 

 Petals about 1 line long, valvate. Cocci often reduced to 1 or 2, obovoid, not 

 beaked, 2 to 3 lines long. Epicarp slightly tuberculous, the endocarp persistent 

 or partially separating. Seeds glossy, black. — G. latifolia, Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. 

 Austr. 236. 



Hab.: Broadsound, R. Broii-n ; Moreton Bay and Brisbane Eiver, A. Cunninghavi, F. v. Mueller, 

 and others ; Brigalow scrub on the Burdekin, and near Warwick, F. v. Mueller ; Wide Bay, C. 

 Moore ; Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Bockhampton, Thozet ; Mantua Downs, Mitchell. 



Sohott's figure represents a remarkably narrow-leaved form, which I have only seen in Brown's 

 specimens, and in those from Warwick and Bockhampton. These, however, pass into the 

 common broad-leaved form. — Benth. 



Wood of a light-yellow (no dark heart- wood), hard, close-grained, of a somewhat greasy 

 nature ; suitable for engraving, skate-rollers, and hand-screws. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Voods No. 46. 



4. G. parviflora (small flowers), Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 102 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. i. 364. " Wilga," southern border. A tall shrub or small tree, with 

 slender, erect or pendulous branches, glabrous or the inflorescence and young 

 parts slightly hoary. Leaves linear, acute or obtuse, 3 to 6in, long, and rarely 



