Flindcrsia.] XXXIII. MELIACE^. 241 



size, glossy, slightly tapering at the base, the valves protruding at the end of the 

 fruit and forming a 5-rayed star. Seeds winged all round, often solitary on one 

 side of the placenta and 2 or 3 on the other, the single one including wings Ifin. 

 long, when 2 or 3 about half that length. 



Hab.: Evelyn, near Herberton, J. F. Bailey. 



Wood light-coloured, but as yet not much used. — J. F. Bailey. 



8. r. Fimenteliana (after J. M. de 0. Pimentel), F. v. M. Fragm. ix. 132. 

 An umbrageous tree of about 40ft., bark smooth. Branchlets, petioles, and 

 peduncles slightly puberulent. Leaves pari or impari-pinnate, glabrous, opposite, 

 3 to 9-foliolate, the rhachis not winged. Leaflets on rather long petiolules, 

 unequal-sided, lanceolate or falcate-oblong, or ovate, apex obtuse, long protracted, 

 3 to 4in. long, upper side deep green, under opique. Pellucid dots scattered. 

 Panicles ample, on long peduncles, branches opposite. Calyx scarcely over \ line 

 long. Petals \\ line long, deep red, glabrous inside, silky-pubescent on the back. 

 The fertile filaments hispid about the apex ; staminodia very short, somewhat 

 acute. Anthers yellow ; connective not excurrent. Style very short ; stigma 

 dilated. Fruit densely echinate ; cells 2-seeded. Seeds winged at both ends. 

 Young fruit only examined. 



Hab.: Bookingham Bay, Mount Maoallister, J. Dallachy (F. v. M., I.e.) 



9. P. Bourjotiana (after Dr. A. Bourjot), F. v. M. Fragm. ix. 133. A 

 large umbrageous tree ; bark light-coloured ; the branchlets, petioles, and panicles 

 bearing small stellate hairs. Leaves scattered opposite, on long petioles, 3 to 9- 

 foliolate. Leaflets chartaceous, almost sessile, opaque on both sides, epunctate, 

 equilateral, ovate-lanceolate, the nerves and veinlets not prominent. Panicles 

 divitiflorous, branches opposite except the upper ones, which are scattered. Calyx 

 lobes semi-ovate or semi-orbicular. Petals not bearded on the inside. Fertile 

 filaments pilose towards the top. Anthers pointless, staminodia broadish, a little 

 acute. Style very short. Stigma peltate. Fruit large, echinate. Seeds winged 

 at both ends. 



Hab.: Bangee about Bookingham Bay, J. Dallachy (P. v. M., I.e.) ; also at other localities in 

 the tropical parts of the colony. 

 Wood strong, durable, easily worked, light-coloured.— Bailee's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 73a. 



10. r. Brayleyana (after E. W. Brayley), F. v. M. Fragm. v. 143, vi. 252. 

 A large, umbrageous tree, bark of the trunk smooth, pale coloured. Branchlets 

 glabrous, green, elenticellose. Leaves large, opposite on somewhat long petioles, 

 pari-pinnate ; rhachis not winged. Leaflets 2 to 6 petiolulate pairs, upper side 

 subglancescent, almost ovate or oblique, ovate-lanceolate, oil-dots copious. About 

 6in. long and 2in. broad, veins indistinct. Panicles ample with opposite glabrous 

 branches. Flowers fragrant, pedicellate. Calyx deeply 5-toothed, teeth glab- 

 rous, ovate. Petals 5, hairy on both sides, white, ovate, scarcely 1| line long. 

 Stamens and staminodia 5 each. Anthers mucronulate. Ovary globose, 5- 

 eelled, style shorter than the ovary. Stigma orbicular, ovules in each cell 2, 

 collateral. Fruit ellipsoid, 2^ to 3in. long, lin. diameter, shortly tuberculose, 

 carpels or cells 2-seeded, seeds winged at both ends. 



Hab.: Several of the tropical scrubs. 



11. P. Schottiana (after H. Schott), F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 25 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Aiistr. i. 388. " Bunji Bunji," Herberton, J. F. Bailey. A tree of moderate 

 size, or sometimes tall. Branchlets very thinly puberulent. Leaves 

 opposite, crowded under the panicle ; leaflets 8 to 12, with or without 

 a terminal odd one, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate, 4 to 5in. 

 long, more or less falcate, sessile, with a broad very oblique base, somewhat 



