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often elongate), 3 to llin. long, 1 to S^in. broad, ovate or ovate-elliptic or 

 lanoeolate-ovate,. acute or shortly acuminate, the petiolules ^in., or sometimes 

 less, rarely longer. The penninerved thin, and the reticulate veinlets very thin, 

 base obtuse or rarely decurrent. Panicles axillary and terminal on very short 

 peduncles. Flowers pedicellate. Calyx scarcely |in. long, teeth ovate-acute. 

 Petals 5, elliptic, distinct, glabrous, yellow, about 1 line long. Anthers 5, ovate, 

 obtuse mucronulate. Fruit ^ to |in. diameter, yellowish. Seeds ovate. 



Hab.: Many of the tropical scrubs, Eockingham Bay, Barron River, etc. 

 Wood of a grey colour, hard and tough.— JBai/e?/'s Gat. Ql. Woods No. 65. 



8. OWENIA, F. V. M. 

 (After Professor Owen.) 

 Sepals 5, short, orbicular, much imbricate. Petals 5, imbricate in the bud. 

 Staminal tube short or long, with 10 entire or 2-lobed teeth ; anthers protruding 

 between the teeth. Disk small, annular or not distinct from the ovary. Ovary 

 3 or 4-celled, or in one species 12-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell ; style rather 

 thick ; stigma globular or conical, entire or lobed, on a disk-like expansion of the 

 summit of the style. Drupe globular, the epicarp more or less succulent, 

 putamen thick, woody or bony, rugose outside, 2 to 4-celled, or in one species 

 12-celled. Seeds solitary in each cell, the outer coating spongy, the hilum broad 

 lateral ; cotyledons oblong, thick. — Trees, with the juice often (perhaps always) 

 milky, the young shoots often viscous or gummy. Leaves pinnate. Flowers 

 small, in axillary panicles. Fruit rather acid, eaten by the aborigines. 



The genus is endemic in Australia, and differs from all other known TrichUia in its globular 

 drupaceous fruit. — Benth. 

 Leaflets numerous, lanceolate, acute. 



Leaflets 1-nerved. Panicles narrow. Flowers 2J lines long 1. 0. acidula. 



Leaflets with the lateral veins conspicuous. Panicles divaricate. Flowers 



very numerous, about 1 line long 2. 0. vernicosa. 



Leaflets 2 to 10 pairs, obtuse, pennjnerved or reticulate. 



Leaflets oblong or broadly lanceolate, narrowed at the base, quite glabrous. 



Fruit 4-celled 3. 0. venosa. 



Leaflets about 10 pairs. Fruit 2 rarely 1-seeded ; pericarp pulpy-rimulose . . 4. 0. cepiodora. 

 LeaflefB large, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, broad and sessile at the base, very 



prominently reticulate underneath 5. 0. reticulata 



1. O. acidula (fruit acid), F. v. M. in Hook. Kew Journ. ix. 304, and Fragm. 

 iii. 14; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 385. "Emu Apple," Gruee ; " Bulloo," J. F. 

 Bailey; " Dilly Boolen," St. George, Wedd. A small or moderate-sized tree, 

 glabrous, with the young shoots glutinous. Leaves crowded at the ends of the 

 often pendulous branches ; leaflets from 9 to nearly 30, linear-lanceolate, acut6 or 

 mucronate, 1 to IJin. long, oblique, the midrib prominent underneath, but other- 

 wise almost nerveless, the common petiole 3 to 6in. long. Panicles narrow, 

 shorter than the leaves. Flowers nearly sessile, in clusters or on short branches 

 of the panicle. Sepals about 1 line long. Petals about 2 lines. Teeth of the 

 staminal tube subulate, but more or less connected by an undulate crenate or 

 almost fringed membrane, Disk small, annular. Ovary 3-celled. Drupe f to 

 lin. or rather more in diameter, said to resemble a russet apple, the epicarp 

 pulpy, of a rich crimson ; putamen very hard. 



Hab.: A common tree of the western plains. 



Wood reddish, close-grained, hard, but very easy to work ; useful for oabinetmaking and 

 turnery. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 66. 



2. O. vernicosa (appearing varnished), F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 15 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. i. 885. Quite glabrous. Branches thick, marked with the broad scars 

 of the fallen leaves, the young shoots glutinous. Leaves crowded at the ends of 

 the branches, larger than in O. acidula, the common petiole slightly flattened ; 



