242 XXXIII. MEhlkCEM. [Flindema. 



coriaceous, glabrous on both sides or softly pubescent underneath when young. 

 Panicles terminal, ample and many-flowered, but not exceeding the leaves. Petals 

 about 2 lines long, glabrous outside, sprinkled on both sides at the bottom as well 

 as the anthers with a few hairs. Fruit echinate, 4 or 5in. long, separating into 

 5 boat-shaped valves. ■ Seeds nearly 2in. long ; winged at each end. 



Hab.: Wide Bay, Bidwill ; Cumberland Islands, Herh. F. v. Mueller ; Brisbane River, A. 

 Cunningham; and many other southern and northern localities. 



12. F. pubescens (pubescent), Baiil. Ql. Agri. Joiirn. iii. part 3. A large 

 umbrageous tree ; branches, especially those bearing leaves, closely covered with 

 a velvety tomentum, stout, and strongly marked by the scars from the fallen 

 leaves. Leaves opposite, impari-pinnate, or pari-pinnate from the abortion of 

 terminal pinna, on stout petioles of about 5in., semiterete. Ehachis from 10 to 

 15in. long, and with the petioles clothed with a similar tomentum to the young 

 branches. Leaflets 6 or 7 pairs and a terminal one, 5 to 9in. long, \\ to Sin. 

 broad, more or less rugose, lateral parallel nerves, 18 or 20 on either side of the 

 midrib, glabrous, punctate and glossy above, more or less hairy on the uiider side, 

 oblong-lanceolate or some oblong ; the lateral ones auriculate at the base, the 

 terminal one cuneate at the base and on a petiolule of lin., the lateral petiolules 

 very short, the leaflets nearly sessile ; pellucid dots minute, only visible with the 

 aid of a lens. Panicles terminal, Widespread, and dense. Flowers pedicellate, 

 numerous, white, and very fragrant. Calyx-lobes rotund, about ^ line diameter, 

 the margin laeiniate-oiliate. Petals white, oblong-linear, about 2 lines long, 1 

 line broad, woolly-hairy on the face in the lower half. Filaments incurved, 

 hairy at the top. Anthers greenish, ovate-apiculate. Disk orange, connate to 

 the base of the filaments, undulately lobed. Stigma sessile, minute. Ovary 

 hairy. Fruit echinate outside, about 5^in. long, dividing into 5 boat-shaped 

 valves. Seeds about 2^in. long, winged at both ends. 



This may be the tree alluded to in Fragm. v. 143 as F. Schottiana, var. pubescens, but even so 

 it should, in my opinion, rank as a species. 



Hab.: The above description refers to trees now (October, 1898) flowering oh Wickham 

 Terrace and other town reserves. The seed from which they were raised was obtained by Mr. 

 Walter Hill, the late Colonial Botanist, from tropical Queensland. As a shade tree it would be 

 difficult to find its superior. The first tree planted has borne fruit for the past few years, and 

 Mr. Bobt. McDowall (who has charge of the reserves) has carefully collected the seed, and raised 

 plants which have been used for planting and distribution. 



13. r. COUina (found on hills), Bail. Ql. Arjr. Journ. iii., part 3. A small 

 tree, the bark falling off in rather larger patches than in allied species, but leaving 

 the same pale-coloured patches upon the stera ; branchlets corrugated, and when 

 young more or less covered with short ferruginous hairs. Leaves opposite, 

 impari-pinnate, petioles about lin. long, flattened, the edges thin but scarcely 

 winged. Leaflets 3 to 5, obovate-cuneate, sessile, the terminal one sometimes 

 Bin. long and fin. broad, the lateral ones smaller, equilateral ; apex obtuse, trun- 

 cate, often emarginate, parallel lateral nerves erecto-patent, numerous, often very 

 prominent on the upper side, which is very glossy, under side thinly hoary or pale- 

 coloured. Ehachis slightly winged. Panicles terminal, about 2|in. long and 

 nearly as broad (or in the Childers specimens 4 or Sin. long and broad)^ densely 

 branched, usually on very short peduncles, more or less covered with a close 

 stellate pubescence. Flower-buds globose, slightly 5-angled. Calyx small. 

 Petals imbricate, ovate-oblong, thick in the centre, hairy on both sides. Filaments 

 shorter than the petals, glabrous, rather thick and angular. Anthers ovate- 

 cordate. Fruit echinate, oblong, 1^ to 2in. long, dividing tardily into 5 separate 

 valves. 



Hab.: Eanges southern parts of the colony. , 



Wood hard, close-grained, yellow, strong, and durable.— /?««<■«'« Cat. Ql. Woods No. 73(j 

 [gbrenasF. StneUcMana,\ax. latifoUa). 



