292 XL. SAPINDACE^. [Cupania. 



7. C. curvidentata (referring to the curved teeth), Bail. Ql. Agri. Journ. v. 

 488. A small tree, not, so far as known, attaining a height of more than 20ft. 

 Leaves about ijft. long, pinnate, with alternate leaflets. Petiole stout, almost 

 terete, about Sin. long, petiolules 1 to l^^in. long, slender ; leaflets about 20, 

 oblong-lanceolate, to 6in. long and 2in. broad, coriaceous, bordered by rather 

 large, blunt, incurved teeth, acuminate at the apex, cuneate and more or less 

 unequal-sided at the base, upper side smooth, the veins showing but slightly, the 

 numerous parallel nerves and reticulate transverse veins very prominent on the 

 under side ; the petiole and rhaehis dark-coloured and closely dotted with small 

 light-coloured lenticella. Panicles puberulous, erect, narrow, about llin. long, 

 with a few racemose branches below the middle. Flowers in small clusters, 

 nearly or quite sessile ; sepals 5, dark-purple, the colour concealed on the outer 

 side by the hairy surface, nearly orbicular, about 2 lines long. Petals yellowish, 

 wavy, about half as long as the sepals. The scales at their base very wavy and 

 hairy. Stamens 8, the short filaments hairy at the base. Ovary ferruginous, 

 hairy, 3-lobed ; stigma coloured. No fruit to hand. 



Hab.: Stony Creek, near Cairns, L. J. Nugent. 



8. C foveolata (foveolate), F. v. M. Bragm. ix. 95. A tree attaining 

 about 40ft.; bark somewhat smooth, wood hard. Branchlets, petioles, and 

 peduncles slightly puberulent. Leaves with from 5 to 13 leaflets, rhaehis 

 angular ; the leaflets oblong-lanceolate, from 3 to Gin. long and f to IJin. broad, 

 thin, coriaceous, shortly decurrent upon the petiolule, the apex elongated but 

 blunt, glabrous on both faces, the under of somewhat paler colour, repando- 

 crenate, the principal veins on the under side with dimples in their axils. 

 Branches of panicles angular. Sepals rather large, nearly glabrous ; inner ones 

 roundish, IJ to 2 lines long. Petals minute, bearing auriculate hairy scales at 

 their base. Stamens 8. Filaments longer than the calyx, slightly tomentose. 

 Anthers oval, \ line long. Disk crenulate, silky-tomentose as well as the ovary. 

 Capsule about fin., 8-angular-globose, woody ; the outside silky-tomentose, the 

 inside woolly. Seeds nearly covered by the arillus. 



Hab.: Various localities in tropical Queensland, Carron, Dallachy, and W. Hill. 



9. C. tomentella (tomentose), F. v. M. Herb.; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 458 in part. 

 Possibly a variety of C. serrata, of'which it has the flowers. Branches, petioles, 

 and inflorescence softly tomentose, almost villous. Leaflets 5 to 8, oblong or 

 obovate-oblong, obtuse, 2 to 3 in. long, minutely and remotely denticulate or 

 nearly entire, on petiolules often 2 lines long, thinly coriaceous, glabrous above, 

 softly tomentose underneath. Panicles not much branched. Bracts rather large, 

 tementose, deciduous. Flowers nearly sessile. Sepals orbicular, and petals 

 small with a short scale as in C. serrata. Anthers oblong, slightly pubescent. 

 Capsule 3-angled, thickly coriaceous, velvety-tomentose and rugose, fin. broad. 



Hab.: Moreton Bay, W. Hill. 



10. C. pseudorhus (resembling a Miw^, A. Rich. Sert. Astrol. 34, t. 14; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 459 ; F. v. M. Fragtn. ix. 92. " Moorjung," Taromeo, 

 Shirley. A spreading tree of moderate size, the young branches and petioles 

 densely rusty-tomentose. Lea-aes crowded under the panicles ; leaflets 13 to 21 

 or even more, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 1^ to Sin. long or rarely 

 more, very oblique or almost falcate, nearly glabrous and shining above when 

 full-grown, more or less tomentose or pubescent underneath. Panicles usually 

 much-branched and rather dense, rarely exceeding the leaves, tomentose. Flowers 

 rather small, on very short pedicels. Sepals ovate, less imbricate than in the 

 preceding species, the longest scarcely exceeding 1 line, Petals red, orbicular, 



