230 XXiCIII. MELrACEiE. [Dysoxylon. 



6. S. Pettigrewianum (after Wm. Pettigrew), Bail. Bot. Bull. Scrub 

 Ironbark or Cairns Satin-wood. A tall, deciduous tree, with large umbrageous 

 head ; stem erect, often flanged at the base ; bark reddish. The young branches 

 stout, containing a large proportion of pith ; the bark rough, with lenticels and 

 the strong decurrent lines from the bases of the petioles. Leaves alternate, 

 puberulent ; leaflets opposite, lanceolate, 5 or 6 pairs and a terminal one, which 

 is the largest and about 9in. long and 4in. broad ; all shortly petiolulate, more or 

 less elongated at the apex and rounded at the base ; primary veins prominent, 

 nearly parallel, often nearly opposite, from 12 to 20 on each side of the midrib ; 

 petioles short and sharply angular. Flower spikes erect, in the axils of the leaves, 

 about Sin. long and coyered with a short grey pubescence. Calyx cupular, about 

 1^ line long, with 4 short sharp teeth, which are very deciduous. Petals 4, 

 linear, 4 lines long, glabrous or slightly hairy on the back near the apex. Staminal 

 tube three-quarters length of the petals, crenulate, glabrous. Anthers 8, oblong. 

 Disk tubular, about half as long as the staminal tube, sprinkled with a few minute 

 hairs outside, densely hirsute inside, the mouth ciliate with longish hairs. Style 

 and ovary hirsute, stigma large. Fruit pyriform, with 4 prominent acute angles, 

 glabrous or nearly so, the outside marked by numerous white lenticels ; when 

 ripe about 1 J in. long, 4-celled or less by the abortion of one or more cell. 



Hab.: Scrubs at the base of the Bellenden Ker Range, Bellenden Ker Exped. 1889, and the 

 Barron Eiver, E. Cowley. 



Wood hard, deep-coloured towards the centre of the stem ; outer wood yellowish, close- 

 grained, and firm. Useful for cabinet-work and joinery. — Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods No. 6i. 



7. D. Fraseranum (after C. Fraser), F. v. M. Fragm. ix. 61 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. i. 381. A tree of 80 to 130ft., the young leaves and shoots 

 slightly pubescent, glabrous when full-grown. Leaves pale-green, the terminal 

 one sometimes wanting. Leaflets 5 to 9, oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, acumi- 

 nate, 3 to 6in. long, narrowed and equal at the base, bearing occasionally tufts of 

 hairs in the axils of the principal veins underneath. Panicles in the upper axils 

 short, loose, divaricately branched, racemose slightly pubescent. Calyx cupular, 

 about 1 line long, shortly and broadly 4-lobed. Petals 4, about 8 lines long, 

 nearly glabrous, adnate to the staminal tube to about half their length. Staminal 

 tube 8-toothed, glabrous outside. Disk broadly tubular, rather longer than the 

 ovary. Ovary hirsute, 8-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Fruit 1 to IJin. long, 

 globose or pyriform, tardily dehiscing, seeds usually 4 trigono-ovate, f to f line 

 long, arillus ample. — Hartighsea Fraserana, A. Juss. in Mem. Mus. Par. xix. 262, 

 t. 16. 



Hab.: Southern ranges. 



In New South Wales said to furnish a beautiful red wood, of value for cabinetmaking, 

 turning, and carving. 



8. D. Iiessertianum (after M. Lessert), F. ,-. M. Fragm, v. 145 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. i. 382. A tall tree with erect trunk, wood red, fragrant (G. Moore), 

 quite glabrous, or the young shoots and panicles minutely pubescent. Leaflets 4 

 to 10, usually without any terminal odd one, elliptical or lanceolate, shortly and 

 obtusely acuminate, 4 to 5in long. Panicles loose, extra-axillary, 3 to 4in. long. 

 Calyx short, cupular, entire or irregularly crenulate. Petals 4 or 5, glabrous, 

 more or less adherent to the staminal tube at their base, rarely at length free. 

 Staminal tube glabrous, 8 or 10-toothed. Tubular disk broad, scarcely longer 

 than the ovary. Ovary hirsute, 4 or 5 celled, with 1 ovule in each cell. Fruit 

 hard, globose, glabrous, 4, 5, 6-valved, 4, 5, G-seeiedi.— Hartighsea Lessertiana, 

 A. Juss. in Mem. Mus. Par. xix. 264. 

 Hab.: Southern parts. 



9. D. Muelleri (after Baron Mueller), F. v. M. Fragm.. v. 143 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. i. 381. " Kedgy Keigy," Nevsmg (Schneider). A 'tree of 80 to 90ft. or 

 more, glabrous or nearly so, except the very young shoots and inflorescence. 



