Acronychta.\ XXIX. EUTACE^. 209 



2. A., tetrandra (four stamens), F. v. M. Frar/m,. ix. 104. A shrub with 

 very thinly pubescent branches. Leaves of a single leaflet, ovate-lanceolate, 

 sometimes very shortly obtusely acuminate, 3 to 7in. long and about 2 to Sin. 

 broad, chartaceous, glabrous, petioles about lin. long. Panicles short and almost 

 racemose, or on slender peduncles of about Sin. long, shortly branched towards 

 the end, the small flowers velvety, on pedicels as long as themselves. Calyx 

 4-lobed, lobes deltoid. Petals ovate, acute, 1^ line long, valvate, silky outside, 

 tomentose inside. Stamens shorter than the petals ; filaments pilose, anthers 

 oordate-rotundate, emarginate, yellow. Disk annular, glabrous. Style very 

 short. Ovary velvety, 4-celled. Fruit oval, about -J-in. long, 1-seeded. — Eoodia 

 haplophylla, F. v. M. Fragm. v. 179. 



Hab.: On the ranges about Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy (F. v. M., l.o.) 



3. A., laevis (fruit smooth), Forst. Cluir. Gen. 63, t. 27 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 

 366. A tree, sometimes large, glabrous except the stamens. Leaves irregularly 

 opposite or alternate, of a single leaflet, obovate-oblong to oblong-elliptical, 

 obtuse, 1^ to 3 or rarely nearly 4in. long, coriaceous when old. Cymes 2 or 

 3-ohotomous, usually shortly pedunculate and few-flowered. Sepals very short, 

 rounded, glabrous. Petals narrow, induplicate-valvate, with inflexed tips, 2 to 2|^ 

 lines long, glabrous. Filaments rather thick, dilated and ciliate towards the base, 

 subulate and inflexed at the top. Ovory hirsute round the base of the style, 

 otherwise glabrous ; style rather long, the stigma not thickened, obscurely 4-lobed. 

 Fruit succulent, with a crustaceous 4-C6lled endocarp, obtusely 4-angled, truncate 

 at the top and depressed in the centre, -Jin. diameter or rather smaller. — Lawsonia 

 Acronychia, Linn, f.; Labill. Sert. Austr. Caled. 66, t. 65 ; Cyminosiim uhlomji- 

 folium, A. Cunn. in Bot. Mag. 3222 ; Acronychia laurina, F. v. M. Fragm. i. 27. 



Var. normalis. Sometimes forming a rather large tree. Fruit hardly showing angles, leaves 

 scarcely glossy, and smaller than in other forms. Hab.: Mountain scrubs and creek sides in 

 southern and northern Queensland. 



Wood close-grained, hard, and light-coloured. —BaiJej/'s Gat. Ql. Woodx No. 50. 



Var. purpurea. A small tree. Fruit axillary, of a purplish or plum colour, leathery, with 

 very prominent angles, very hollow; dark-green foliage. Hab.: Creek sides in southern 

 Queensland. 



Var. leiicocarpa. A slender often tall tree. Fruit white, somewhat fleshy, with obtuse angles, 

 borne in lateral cymes ; leaves bright glossy-green, about 4in. long, and 1 to IJin. wide. Hab,: 

 Eumundi. 



4. A. imperforata (referring to the minute oil-dots), F. o. M. Fraijm. i. 26; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 367. Usually a small tree, very nearly allied to A. hecis. 

 Leaves of the same shape and size, but on much shorter petioles, and much more 

 coriaceous, the minute pellucid dots only visible before a strong light. Inflores- 

 cence and flowers as in 4. Icevis, except that the peduncles are much shorter and 

 the flowers rather larger. Filaments much ciliate. Fruit somewhat obovoid and 

 obscurely or not at all angular, and not depressed at the top. 



Hab.: N.E. coast, R. Brown; Brisbane Biver, W. Hill, F. v. Mueller; Herberton, J.F.Bailey. 

 Wood of a bright-yellow and hard. — J. F. Bailey. 



5. A. melicopoides (Melicope-like), F. v, M. Fragm. v. 3. Tree attaining 

 a height of from SO to 50ft., with a smooth grey bark. The branchlets, petioles, 

 and peduncles clothed with a very thin pubescence. Leaves trifoliolate. Petioles 

 1 to Sin. long, leaflets sessile, glabrous, lanceolate-ovate, 4 to 5in. long, thin- 

 coriaceous. Cymes axillary and terminal, common peduncle about lin. long, the 

 secondary ones opposite, |in. or shorter. Pedicels 1 to 1| line. Bracts and 

 braoteoles deltoid, minute. Sepals or calyx-lobes rounded, about 1 line long. 

 Petals 4, yellow, about 3^ lines long, sessile, inflexed at the apex, linear- 

 semilanceolate, glabrous. Filaments 2| to S lines long, flattened towards the 



