220 iCXX. SIMAfeUBE^. [Cadellia. 



Carpels 5, the styles inserted above the ndddle. Ovules pendulous. Drupes 

 about 1| line long, nearly globular, with an inner angle, somewhat coriaceous, 

 with a crustaceous endocarp. Embryo much curved or circinate like that of 

 Suriana ; cotyledons much broader than in that plant, variously folded according 

 to F. V. Mueller, in the seed I opened flat, except following the general curvature 

 of the embryo. — Benth. 



Hab.: Near the border or N.S.W. 



2. C. monostylis (style one), Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 375. A glabrous slender tree 

 or shrub. Leaves petiolate, from ovate-lanceolate to elliptical-oblong, shortly 

 acuminate, mostly 8 to 4in. long, narrowed at the base, membranous or thinly 

 coriaceous. Racemes, in the few specimens seen, very short, slender, 2 to 4-flowered. 

 Pedicels about 2 lines long, in the axils of minute bracts. Sepals nearly 2 lines long, 

 shortly united at the base, membranous, persistent, and spreading after flowering. 

 Petals rusty-tomentose, about twice as long as the sepals. Stamens 10, but in 

 some of the flowers 1 or 2 are semi-abortive. Carpels in all the flowers seen 

 solitary, with the style silky and quite basal as in Suriana. Ovules as in 

 G. pentastylis, collateral, but horizontal or slightly ascending. Drupes oval, 

 purple, about |^in. long. — GuilfoyUa monostylis, F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 34, where 

 he states that the tree attains the height of 100ft. I have never seen the Queens- 

 land form more than about 15ft. In later works the Baron placed the tree back 

 in the old genus, as here given. 



Hab.: Mt. Mistake (a tall shrub). Mueller says, Fragm. vi. and viii., "A tree of 100ft." 



Wood of a yellowish colour, somewhat resembling some kinds of walnut and satinwood. It is 

 of a pretty grain, and might be found useful for making toys ; also for cabinet-work. — Bailey's 

 Cat. Ql. Woods No. 57a. 



5. SURIANA, Linn. 



(After Dr. Surian, of Marseilles.) 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, as long as the petals, persistent and closing 

 over the fruit, imbricate in the bud. Petals 5, imbricate in the bud. Stamens 

 10, filaments filiform. Disk none. Carpels 5, free ; styles distinct, filiform, 

 inserted near the base of the carpels ; stigmas capitellate ; ovules 2 in each carpel, 

 ascending. Fruit-carpels coriaceous, indehiscent. Seeds solitary, ascending, 

 without albumen ; testa membranous ; embryo curved. — A maritime shrub. 

 Leaves alternate, simple. Peduncles in the upper axils, 1 or few-flowered. 



The genus is limited to a single species widely spread over the seacoasts of most tropical 

 countries. It is in many respects anomalous in the , structure of the fiowers, but is certainly 

 allied to Cneorum and Gastela, and, with them, appears to be better placed among Siviambea: 

 than in any other Order to which it has been jreferred, although it is deprived of the bitter prin- 

 ciple of the majority of Simarubea. — Benth. 



1. S. maritima (coast), Linn.; W. and Am. Prod. 861 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 

 376. A rigid, much-branched shrub, more or less hoary or tomentose with 

 simple, often capitate hairs. Leaves crowded, linear-spathulate, obtuse, 1 to 

 l^in. long, narrowed at the base, quite entire, rather thick, scarcely veined. 

 Peduncles short in the upper axils, bearing 1 or very few flowers, often forming 

 short leafy terminal corymbs. Sepals rather thick, acute or acuminate, 3 to 4 

 lines long, slightly enlarging and closing over the fruit. Petals yellow, scarcely 

 as long as the sepals. Nuts or drupes about half as long as the calyx, minutely 

 pubescent, with a thin epicarp and crustaceous endocarp. Embryo in the seeds 

 examined as much curved as in Cadellia, but the cotyledons narrower. 



Hab.: Islands off the N.E. coast, R. Bruicii, F. l\ Mueller, and others. 



