2^4 XL. SAPIKDACE^. [(hpania. 



the calyx, oblong, concave, with 2 minute hirsute auricle-like scales at the base 

 of the lamina. Stamens about 8. Filaments nearly as long as the calyx. 

 Anthers oblong. Ovary hirsute. Fruit not seen. 



Hab.: Wide Bay, Bidwill. 



Although I have not seen the fruit, this species has all the appearance of a true Gwpania. It 

 has some general resemblance to a Philippine Island species, n. 1237 of Cuming, which is, I 

 believe, as yet unpublished. — Benth. 



G. nervosa and G. Bidwilli are considered as varieties only of C. xylocarpa, A. Cunn. by 

 F. v. M. 



15. C. Mortoniana (after L. Morton), F. v. M. Fragm. v. 177, ix. 94. A 

 small glabrous tree, leaves 2 to 6-foliolate. Leaflets 3 to 5in. long, IJ to 2in. 

 broad, chartaceous, lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, quite entire, both sides shining, 

 very slenderly penninerved and copiously reticulate. Panicles a few or several 

 inches long. Flowers scattered, somewhat large. Sepals 5, broadly imbricate, 

 1^ to 2-|- lines long, membranous, ovate-orbicular. Petals 5, white, nearly 2 lines 

 long, deciduous, their scales much shorter and barbellate. Disk slightly crenulate. 

 Stamens 8, the lower part of the filaments slightly hairy. Anthers ovate, introrse. 

 Style scarcely 1 line long. Ovary glabrous, ovules erect, 1 in each cell. The 

 young fruit 3-angular, contracted at the base. 



Hab.: Mackay River, J. Daliachy (F. v. M., I.e.) 



16. C. erythrocarpa (arillus scarlet), F. v. M. Fragm. v. 7, ix. 91. A tree 

 of about 30ft., glabrous, with 10-foliolate leaves, the rhachis angular. Leaflets 

 lanceolate, long-acuminate, quite entire, shining on both sides, decurrent upon 

 the short p.etiolules, thin-coriaceous or somewhat thick chartaceous, 4 to Bin. or 

 near 1ft. long, from 2 to near 4in. broad. Panicles several inches long. Calyx-lobes 

 deltoid, scarcely 1 line long. Petals 5, sometimes exceeding the calyx, rhomboid- 

 orbicular, glabrous outside, the inner scales oblong, lanuginose-barbate. Disk 

 annular, repandulous. Stamens usually 8. Filaments 2 lines long or shorter, 

 pubescent, glabrous towards the top. Anthers almost ovate, obtusate. Style 

 short, glabrous. Stigmas very short. Capsule about 7 to 10 lines, subglobose or 

 triangular, shortly narrowed at the base, red outside, corrugated and glabrous. 

 Seeds about 5 lines long, black, ovate ; arillus scarlet, small, perhaps sometimes 

 wanting. 



Hab.; Banges about Eockingham Bay, J. Daliachy (P. v. M., I.e.) 



17. C. sericolignis (Silkwood), Bail, Hot, Bull. No. v. Tree glabrous, 

 said to produce a good timber ; branehlets angular. Leaves alternate, pinnate, 

 leaflets from 2 to 7, usually about 5, irregiilar both as to number and position 

 upon the rhachis, oblong to ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or bluntly acuminate, the 

 terminal one the largest, and attaining 6in. in length and 2in. in width, texture 

 thin, sessile or on petiolules of 1 or 2 lines, the primary veins prominent on the 

 under side, rather distant. Inflorescence (all male flowers on the specimens 

 examined) lateral or axillary, often forming clusters of delicately slender racemes, 

 about Ifin. long at the nodes on the branches below the leaves. Flowers white, 

 minute when expanded, about 1| line diameter. Sepals 5, imbricate, orbicular, 

 unequal in size. Petals 6, larger than the sepals, oblong, with a tuft of ciliEe on 

 either side near the base, otherwise glabrous. Disk annular, dark, glabrous. 

 Stamens 8, subulate, of about equal length with that of the petals or rather 

 shorter ; the whole length of the short filament densely clothed with white soft 

 scale-like hairs. Fruit not yet obtained. 



Hab.: Mulgrave River, BelUnden Ker Expedition; scrub about the Barron River, E. Cowley. 



The specimens which I obtained on a creek off the Mulgrave River had rather longer racemose 

 panicles, and the leaflets were more sharply acuminate, with a paler under side, and were 

 gathered off small-sized creek-side trees. 



Wood soft, of a greyish colour. 



