Dj/so.vyloH.] XXXm. MELIACEiS. 2^1 



Leaves 1 to 2ft. long; leaflets 11 to 21, from ovate to almost lanceolate, shortly 

 acuminate, 3 to 6in. long, very oblique at the base, one side rounded, the other 

 truncate and shorter, almost coriaceous. Panicles pyramidal, f to 1ft. long, much- 

 branched and many-flowered. Calyx cupular, ^ to f line long, pubescent, 4- 

 lobed. Petals i, nearly glabrous, about 5 lines long, adhering to the staminal 

 tube to about two-thirds their length. Staminal tubs truncate and minutely 

 crenulate, hirsute outside. Disk narrow-tubular, nearly half as long as the 

 staminal tube. Ovary hirsute, 4-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell. Fruit tardily 

 splitting into 4 valves ; arillus orange-coloured, enveloping the seed. 

 Hab.: Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, and other southern parts. 



Wood of a red colour, prettily marked ; a useful wood for the joiner and cabinetmaker. — 

 Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 61a. 



10. D. Becklerianum (after Dr. Beckler), CDC. Mmw. Phan. i. 509. 

 The young branches velvety, green. Leaves abrupto-pinnate, on moderately long 

 petioles, 4 or 5-jugate. Leaflets opposite, very shortly petiolulate, oblong- 

 lanceolate, base equal-sided and acutely cuneate, the apex very shortly, somewhat 

 obtusely cuspidate, membranous, opaque, faintly punctulate, nerves on under side 

 hairy, about 3Jin. long, the upper ones a little longer. Petiole and rhachis 

 densely villous, about 2in. long, terete. Panicle elongate, branches very short, 

 puberulous, flowers subsessile. Calyx cupuliform, with 4 roundish ' lobes, 

 puberulous outside. Petals 4, about 2^ lines long, apex sharply acuminate. Disk 

 cylindrical, glabrous, one-third the length of the petals. Ovary hirsute, cells 

 2-ovulate, ovules superposed. — D. Lessertiamim, var. pubescens, Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 i. 382. 



Hab.: Southern portions of colony. 



11. I>. IVernstii (after J. Nernst), F. v. M. Fracjin. v. 176. Branches pilose 

 or glabrescent. Leaves alternate, glabrous, with few leaflets. Leaflets ovate, 

 aciyninate, on short petiolules almost equilateral at the base, thin-chartaceous, 2 

 to 4in.' long. Panicle short or very shortly pedunculate, the secondary peduncles 

 and pedicels very slightly pilose. Calyx acutely 5-dentate. Petals 5, yellowish, 

 3 or 4 lines long, quickly falling. Teeth of staminal tube alternately larger. 

 Anthers ovate, ^ line long, alternately short and tall, somewhat exserted. Disk 

 f line high. Style 2 lines long, the lower part and the ovary pilose. Stigma 

 truncate-hemispherical. Ovary 4-celled, cells 2-ovulate. 



Hab.: Scrubs about Eoekingham Bay, J. Dallachy (P. v. M., I.e.) 



12. S. rufum (red), Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 382. A slender tree of 30 to 70ft., 

 with a smooth bark, the young branches, petioles, and under side of the leaves 

 clothed with a soft often rust-coloured pubescence. Leaves alternate, 1^ to 2ft. 

 long ; leaflets numerous, very shortly petiolulate, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 3 to 6in. long, very oblique at the base, glabrous on the upper side. 

 Panicles axillary or lateral, not much branched, pubescent. Flowers sessile, very 

 fragrant. Sepals 5, almost free, orbicular, imbricate, about 1 line long. Petals 5, 

 pubescent, |^in. long, adhering to the staminal t#be to about the middle. 

 Staminal tube truncate, with 10 retuse short lobes or teeth ; anthers tipped with 

 a short point. Disk broadly tubular, very hairy. Ovary hirsute, 5-celled, with 

 2 ovules in each cell. Fruit depressed-globular, lin. diameter, densely hirsute 

 with short rigid, almost golden hairs. Seeds arillate. — Hartighsea> rufa, A. Rich, 

 Sert. Astrol. 29, t. 11. 



Hab.: Southern scrubs. 



Wood a light-yellow, hard, and close-grained.— BaiZe?/'s Gat. Ql. Woods No. 62, 



Var. (?) glabrescens. Leaves quite glabrous. Fruit tomentose, with very short golden hairs, 



Eockhampton, Port Denison, Elliott and Herbert Elvers. Wood straw-coloured, of coarse grain, 



easy to work. — Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods No. 62. 



