Canjoxivninm.] XXXVI. CELASTEINE^. 259 



C. arborescens (a tree-like shrub), F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 202, viii. 279. A 

 tall glabrous shrub or small tree. Leaves chartaoeous, ovate-lanoeolate, obtuse, 

 acuminate, dentieulations remote and minute, 2 to 4in. long, 1 to IJin. 

 broad, under side pale, upper deep-green, lateral nerves looping some distance 

 from the margin. Petiole narrow, about ^in. long. Stipules minute. 

 Panicles axillary or lateral, sometimes very short. Pedicels about 1^ line long. 

 Flower-buds truncate-globose below, the upper part pyramidal. Calyx-lobes 5, 

 semi-lanceolate, ^ line long, a little distant in the bud. Petals persistent, 

 valvate, yellow. Stamens 5, alternate with the petals, very short. Anthers 

 cordate-rotund, yellow, obtuse, dorsifixed. Style very short. Stigma simple. 

 Ovary depressed, glabrous, 2-celled. Cells 2-ovulate. Fruit red, globose, 3 to 5 

 lines diameter, 1 or 2-seeded. Pulp macilaginous. Seeds basifixed, erect. Testa 

 tenni-crustaceous. Albumen fleshy. Embryo 1^ line long. Cotyledons ovate- 

 orbicular. Radicle tenni-eylindric. 



Hab : Eoekinghiim Bay, J. Diillrichy (F. v. M., I.e.) 



8. ELiEODENDRON, Jacq. f. 

 (From the resemblance of the fruit to the Olive.) 

 Flowers often polygamous. Calyx 4 or 5-cleft, rarely 3-cleft. Petals as many 

 as calyx-segments, spreading. Disk thick. Stamens as many as petals, inserted 

 under the edge of the disk ; filaments short ; anthers nearly globular. Ovary 

 continuous with the disk, conical, 3-celled, rarely 2 or 4 or 5-eelled ; style very 

 short ; ovules 2 in each cell. Drupe succulent or nearly dry, the putamen hard, 

 1, 2, or 3-celled. Seeds usually solitary, without any arillus ; testa membranous 

 or spongy ; albumen scanty or copious, cotyledons flat. — Shrubs or small trees, 

 usually quite glabrous. Leaves opposite or alternate, entire or crenate. Flowers 

 small, in dichotomous cymes, usually axillary or lateral, often clustered. 



The species are numerous in East India and southern Africa, with a very few in tropical 

 America ; none are known from tropical Africa. The two Australian ones are endemic. — Benth. 

 Ovary 2-eelled. Drupe red. Veins of the leaves scarcely conspicuous 



above 1. B. australe. 



Ovary 3-celled. Drupe black. Veins of the leaves conspicuous on both 



sides . . 2. B. melanoearpum. 



1. E. australe (Australian), Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 117 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 

 402. A glabrous, small or middle-sized tree. Leaves opposite, or here and there 

 alternate, ovate, obovate, elliptical, or ol^ong-lanceolate, obtuse or obtusely 

 acuminate, 2 to 4in. long, entire or broadly crenate, narrowed into a very short 

 petiole, coriaceous, the reticulate veins slightly prominent underneath and scarcely 

 conspicuous above. Flowers 4-merous, in slender cymes, much shorter than the 

 leaves. Calyx-segments broadly ovate. Petals from a little more than 1 line to 

 nearly 2 lines long, ovate, often broadly and shortly 3-lobed. Ovary confluent 

 with the disk in a conical mass, 2-celled ; style either very short or attaining f 

 line. Drupe ovoid or globular, rarely above fin. long, of a bright-red colour, 

 which it often retains in the dried specimens. Putamen hard and woody, usually 

 1-seeded, but showing -the traces of the abortive cell. Albumen copious.-^F. v. 

 M. Fragm. iii. 61 ; Portenschlagia australis, Tratt. Arch. t. 250. 



Hab.: Wide Bay, Moreton Bay, Ipswich. In flower in September. 



Var. angustifolia. Leaves lanceolate or narrow-oblong, entire or nearly so ; fruit more 

 ellipsoid. — Portenschlagia integrifolia, Tratt. Arch. t. 284 ; Elaodendron integnfoliuvi, G. Don, 

 Gen. Syst. ii. 12. — Burnett, Dawson, and Pine Eivers, in Queensland, i^. ?;. JlfMeZZ«j- ; Warwick, 

 Beckler. 



According to F. v. Mueller, the fruit in E. Australe is occasionally 3-celled; but this must be 

 rarely the case, as I have never found more than 2 cells to the ovary in any of the numerous 

 specimens I have examined. The above references to Trattinick's Archiv are quoted after G. 

 Don ; I do not find the second volume of that work in any of our libraries. — Benth. 



Wood of a pinkish colour, close in grain, and very tough, but warps a good deal in drying if 

 cut up before perfectly seasoned ; useful for tool-handles.— ^5aiZej/'s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 78. 



