Flindirsla.] XXXIII. MELIACE^. 243 



14. F. Strzeleckiana (after P. E. de Strzelecki), F. v. U. Fragm. i. 65. 

 Spotted Tree. A small tree, the bark falling oif in thick, hard, scale-like pieces 

 at irregular times, leaving light-coloured indented patches upon the stem, hence 

 the name Spotted Tree ; branchlets slender, more or less quadrangular, grey from 

 a close covering of stellate scales. Leaves opposite, impari-pinnate, petioles 

 about |in. long, slightly winged. Leaflets 3 to 6, linear-oblong, usually less than 

 lin. long and 2 lines broad, the pairs usually distant, thick, veins obscure from 

 the scaly indumentum. Ehachis narrowly winged. Panicles terminal, pyramidal, 

 attaining 4in. in length. Branches opposite, short ; peduncle about ^in. long. 

 Flowers numerous, shortly pedicellate, buds globose. Calyx-lobes or sepals ovate, 

 ciliate, carinate. Petals oblong, 1| line long, membranous, glabrous on both 

 sides. Filaments 5, glabrous, about half to three-quarters the length of the 

 petals. Anthers glabrous, cordate. Disk prominent, glabrous, lobed, fleshy. 

 Ovary densely hairy. Style short, corrugated ; stigma brown, of moderate size. 

 Fruit scarcely lin. long, elliptical, almost glabrous, echinate-tuberoulate, dividing 

 into separate boat-shaped valves. 



Hab.: Brigalow scrubs of the Leiohhardt district and other inland parts. 

 Wood hard, close-grained, yellow, strong and iuvahle.— Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods No. 73b. 

 Dr. Lauterer found the gum to contain 83-5% of arabin and 16-5 of water, and states that for 

 most purposes it is as good as gum arabic. 



15. F. maculosa (stem spotted), F. v. M. in Journ. Pharm. Soc. Vict. ii. 44*. 

 Leopard Tree. A small tree, bark of trunk falling off in scale-like pieces, giving 

 a spotted appearance to the stem, hence called " Leopard Wood " and " Spotted 

 Tree." Branchlets slender, terete, bark wrinkled, when young clothed with minute 

 silvery scales and stellate hairs. Leaves simple, opposite, linear oblong 1^ to 2in. 

 long, 6 or 7 lines broad, obtuse at the apex, tapering at the base to a petiole of a 

 few lines long, closely scaly on the under side, nearly glabrous on the upper side 

 except the midrib ; parallel lateral nerves erecto-patent, numerous, plainly visible 

 on the upper side, invisible on the under side from the close indumentum. 

 Panicles terminal, pyramidal, seldom much exceeding l|in., on short peduncles. 

 Flowers globose in the bud, very shortly pedicellate. Calyx of 5 rotundate-ovate 

 ciliate sepals. Petals 5, glabrous, about 2 lines long, imbricate, obovate, mem- 

 branous, stamens glabrous. Anthers cordate-acuminate. Disk membranous, 

 serrulate, glabrous, connate with the base of the filaments. Ovary hairy, globose, 

 5-celled. Ovules 2, collateral, in each cell. Stigma almost or quite sessile, dis- 

 coid, 5-angular. Fruit elliptical, oblong, lin. or more long, densely muricate. 

 Seeds winged at both ends. — Elceodendron maculosum, Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. 

 Austr. 384. 



Hab.: St. George, Jos. Wedd. 



This small tree somewhat resembles Geijera parviflora, Lindl., but the foliage is lighter- 

 coloured. 



Wood bright-yellow, nicely marked, grain close, very hard ; suitable for bearings of shafting. 

 Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 73. 



The gum, which contains 81-4% of arabin and 18"4 of water, may be used as a substitute for 

 gum arabic. — Lauterer. 



Ordbe XXXIV. OLACINE^. 



Flowers regular, hermaphrodite or rarely unisexual. Calyx small, 4 or 5, 

 rarely 6-toothed, free or adnate to the disk (in Cansjera scarcely distinguishable 

 from the corolla). Petals 4, 5, or rarely 6, free or united in a campanulate or 

 tubular corolla, valvate in the bud (except Villaresia). Stamens as many or 

 twice as many as petals or rarely fewer, adnate to the base of the petals, or free 

 and hypogynous ; anthers 2-celled, versatile, or rarely adnate. Disk free, or 

 adnate to the ovary or to the calyx, or divided into scal^-like glands. Ovary free 



