Cupania.] XL. SAtlNlDACE^. 293 



rather exceeding the sepals, the inner scales hirsute, as long as the lamina. 

 Statnens 8 to 10. Filaments puberulent. Anthers oblong. Ovary purple, 

 villous. Capsule globular, slightly lobed, almost woody, densely hirsute with 

 short velvety hairs, about |in. diameter. Arillus small. 



Hab.: Common from the Brisbane to the Barron River ranges. 



Wood of a light colour, grain close, very tough ; would be excellent for mok-handlea.— Bailey's 

 Cat. Ql. Woods No. 93. 



IJ . C. pleurophylla, F. v. M. Vict. Nat. iii. 170 (1887.) 



12.JC. xylocarpa (woody carpel), A. Cunn. Herb.; F. r. M. Tram. Vict. 

 Inst. iii. 27 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 469. A moderate-sized tree, the young branches 

 rusty-tomentose. Leaflets 3 to 6, rarely more or reduced to 2, ovate-obovate or 

 elliptical-oblong, obtuse or scarcely acuminate, 2 to Bin. long or rarely more, 

 slightly and irregularly sinuate-toothed or entire, glabrous and shining above, 

 more or less pubescent underneath or rarely almost glabrous, with hairy tufts 

 almost always conspicuous in the axils of the raised primairy veins. Panicles 

 short and little branched, often reduced to simple racemes, and rarely above 2in. 

 long, shortly tomentose. Flowers small, the upper male ones sessile, the lower 

 hermaphrodite and pedicellate. Sepals ovate, tomentose, under 1 line long, 

 unequal and slightly imbricate. Petals very small, with a minute scale at the 

 base. Stamens 8 to 10. Filaments oblong. Ovary tomentose, occasionally 

 4-merous. Capsule nearly globular, 3-angled, about \\n. broad, woody, glabrous 

 or minutely tomentose outside, the valves villous inside. Arillus small. 



Hab.: Burnett Eiver, F. d. MjteHcr ; Brisbane Eiver, A. Cunningham; Logan Biver, Frascr ; 

 Curtis Island, Senrie. 



The foliage of this species often closely resembles that of Nephelium tomentosum. — Benth. 



Wood very tough, of a light-yellow colour, the grain resembling that known in Europe as 

 Lanoewood : would be useful for making tool-handles. — Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods No. 94. 



13. C. nervosa (veins prominent), F. v. M. in Trans. Vict. Inst. iii. 27 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 469. A moderate-sized tree, the young branches and 

 inflorescence minutely hoary-tomentose, otherwise glabrous. Leaflets 3 to 6, 

 rarely more or reduced to 2, lanceolate or rarely elliptical-oblong, mostly 3 to 6in. 

 long, sinuate-toothed or entire, glabrous, with very rarely small tufts underneath 

 in the axils of the raised primary veins. Bacemes usually simple, axillary, 1 to 

 2in. long, the flowers all pedicellate and larger than in C. xylocarpa. Sepals 

 narrow-ovate, slightly imbricate, above 1 line long. Petals very small, with a 

 very short scale. Anthers oblong, hirsute at first, but soon glabrous. Capsule 

 nearly globular, 3-angled, about fin. broad, woody, glabrous or nearly so outside, 

 the valves villous inside. 



Hab.: Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller; Bookbampton, ■ 2'/so2ct ; also in A. Cunningham's and 

 Leiohhardt's Collections without the precise station (Benth.) 



Cunningham's and Leiohhardt's are the only specimens I have seen in flower, the others are 

 in fruit only, and may possibly include some glabrous specimens of G. xylocarpa, to which this 

 species is very nearly allied. It is also closely allied to, although not quite identical with, C. 

 falcata, A. Gray, from the Fiji Islands. — Benth. 



The outer wood light-coloured, that nearer the centre dark-brown, close-grained, very tough 

 and strong. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 94a. 



14. C. Bidwilli (after J. C. Bidwill), Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 460. A tree, the 

 young shoots and inflorescence minutely tomentose. Leaves 2 to 4, ovate-oblong 

 or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or scarcely acuminate, 3 to 6in. long, entire or 

 obscurely sinuate-toothed, glabrous on both sides, with few or no tufts in the 

 axils of the raised primary veins underneath. Panicles terminal, much branched, 

 but shorter than the leaves. Flowers small, all pedicellate. Sepals tomentose, 

 narrow-ovate, slightly imbricate, about 1 line long. Petals rather shorter than 



