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Leaves opposite, pinnate, 6 or 7-jugate with sometimes a terminal one on 

 a long petiolule, often denselypubesoent like the branches. Petals woolly- 

 hairy inside, and at the base outside. Fruit about 5Jin. long, separating 

 into free, boat-shaped pieces. Seeds winged at both ends 12. t\ pubescens. 



Leaves opposite, pinnate. Leaflets 3 to 5, sessile, equilateral. Petals 

 thickened in the centre, hairy on both sides. Fruit IJ to 2in. long, 

 separating into free valves 13. F. collina. 



Leaves opposite, pinnate. Leaflets very irregular as to number, 3 to 6 or 

 less, sessile, linear. Petals glabrous on both sides. Fruit about lin. 

 long, separating into free valves 14. f. StrzeUckiana. 



Leaves opposite, simple, 1 to 2in. long, linear-oblong. Petals glabrous. 

 Fruit about lin. long . . . . , 15. F. maculosa. 



1. P. australis (Australian), B. Br. in Flind. Voy. ii. 595, t. 1 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. i. 388. Crow's Ash. A tree of moderate size, with a rugged bark. 

 Branchlets striate, lepidote-puberulent. Leaves alternate, crowded at the end of 

 short barren branches, glabrous ; leaflets 3 to 6, broadly lanceolate or oblong- 

 elliptical, obtuse or scarcely acuminate, 2 to 4in. long, scarcely oblique. Panicles 

 much branched, terminating short branches without any leaves except a few scale- 

 like bracts, sprinkled with a stellate tomentum. Flowers numerous. Calyx 

 open, tomentose, with 5 short broad obtuse lobes, terminal or lateral. Petals 

 about 2 lines long, tomentose outside, except a narrow border, slightly pubescent 

 inside. Fruit almost woody, 2 or Sin. long, the valves not separating at the base. 

 Seeds winged at the upper end only. 



Hab.: Hill sides in many parts of southern Queensland. 



Wood yellow, close-grained, very hard, and of great strength and durability ; does not rust 

 iron.— Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 70. 



2. P. Oxleyana (after J. Oxley), F. v. M. Fragm. i. 65, iii. 25 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. i. 389. Yellow Wood. A tall, much-branched tree, attaining often 100ft. 

 Leaves opposite, crowded under the panicles ; leaflets 4 to 10, with or without a 

 terminal odd one, broadly lanceolate, obtuse or shortly acuminate, 2 to 4in. long, 

 oblique and almost falcate, narrowed into a distinct petiolule, glabrous or 

 sprinkled underneath with minute stellate hairs, thinly coriaceous, rattier 

 sparingly glandular-dotted. Panicles loose and many-flowered, but shorter than 

 the leaves. Sepals very small. Petals about 2 lines long, obovate-oblong, glab- 

 rous or nearly so. Fruit woody, 3 to 4in. long, muricate. Seeds winged at both 

 ends. — Oxleya xanthoxyla, A. Cunn. in Hook. Bot. Misc. i. 246, t. 54. 



Hab.: Brisbane Biver, Fraser, A. Cunningham, F. v. Mueller. 



Wood a bright-yellow, strong, and fibrous. Used, in cabinet-work ; not readily attacked by 

 white ants; adapted for making handscrews and buggy shafts, &c. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods 

 No. 72. 



3. P. Iieichhardtii, C. DC. Mono. Phan. i. 731. Branchlets densely 

 puberulent, greyish yellow, elenticellose. Leaves opposite, rather long petioles, 

 impari-pinnate, 2-jugate ; leaflets opposite, shortly petiolulate, sub-oblique oblong- 

 elliptical, equal-sided and acute at the base, the apex acuminate, glabrous on both 

 sides, membranous, subpellucid, pellucid-punctate, about 4in. long, about lin. 

 broad, veins thin. Panicles axillary, about as long as the leaves, thinly puberu- 

 lent, peduncle about lin. long. Flowers shortly pedicellate. Calyx of 5 round- 

 ovate, oiliate sepals. Petals 5, glabrous, about 2 lines, membranous, elliptical, 

 obtuse. Staminodia 5, filaments bearded at the top. Anthers scarcely ^-line 

 long, reniform ; apex obtuse. Disk membranous, entire, connate at the base 

 with' the filaments. Ovary subglobose, 5-celled, hirsute. Ovules in each cell 4, 

 in 2 series. Style glabrous, shorter than the ovary. — From C. DC. Mono. Phan. 

 i. 731. 



Hab.: Moreton Bay, Leichhardt (in Herb. Mus. Par.), C. DC. I.e. 



I have no knowledge of this tree, neither can I find it recorded in Baron Mueller's writings. 



