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296 XL. SAt-INDACfiJE. [Ratonia. 



1. It. lachnocarpa (woolly fruit), F. v. M. Fragw.. iv. 167, v. 6, ix. 91. 

 A tree from 20 to 30ft. high, bark smooth, branchlets tomentose. Leaves 1, 2, 

 or sometimes 8 or d-foliolate. Leaflets often slightly undulate, 2^ to 4in. long, 

 1-|- to 2in. broad, ovate or lanceolate-ovate, more or less acuminate, nerves on the 

 under side tomentose-pubescent, wide -spreading, and as well as the reticulation 

 prominent ; petiolules short. Spikes 1 to Sin. long, tomentose, pedicels very 

 short. Calyx deeply deltoid-dentate, scarcely one line long. Filaments 

 shortly exserted, glabrous. Anthers very minute, almost rotund. Disk annular, 

 crenulate. Styles loose, at length revolute. Capsule 7 to 10 lines long, stipitate, 

 angular, hirsute, fusceseent, 3-valved or 2-valved and 2-angular, hairy inside. 

 Seeds solitary, subglobose or often ovate. Arillus very thin, yellow or orange, 

 3 or 4 lines long. 



Hab.: On the Bookingham Bay coast, J. Dallaehy {¥. v. M., l.o.) 



2. B>. grandissima (from its very showy appearance), F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 

 156, ix. 91. A small tree or tall shrub. Leaves plurifoliolate. Leaflets 12 to 

 16in. long, 4 to S^in. broad, the lateral nerves widely spreading, the reticulation 

 close, lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, the point short or very short, glabrous, entire; 

 petiolules 6 to 8 lines long. Racemes 7 or Sin. long. Pedicels to the fruit 1 or 

 2 lines long, the calyx 1 line or less, with 5-fid deltoid teeth. Capsule glabrous, 

 clavate-pyriform, 3-ribbed, brownish outside, hairy inside, 1 or 2-seeded. Arillus 

 at length pale and thin. 



Hab.: Bookingham Bay, J. Dallaehy (P. v. M., l.o.) 



3. B.. pyriformis (pear-shaped), Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 461. A tree of con- 

 siderable size, but flowering sometimes as a shrub, glabrous except a minute 

 hoariness on the young shoots and panicles. Leaflets 3 to 6, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, shortly acuminate, 4 to 6in. long, entire, very coriaceous, on petiolules 

 of \m. or more. Flowers very small, shortly pedicellate, singly or in little cymes 

 of 2 or 8 along the raceme-like branches of the panicle. Calyx nearly 1 line 

 diameter, shortly and broadly 5-lobed. Petals 5, scarcely exceeding the calyx- 

 lobes, cuneate or spathulate, the inner scales lining and bordering the base of the 

 lamina. Stamens in the male flower 8, much exserted, the filaments slightly 

 hirsute, in the females few, with short filaments. Ovary stipitate, slightly hirsute, 

 style filiform, with 3 diverging stigmatic lobes. Capsule globular-pear-shaped, 

 about 4 lines diameter, narrowed into a long stipes, glabrous, with 3 raised ribs, 

 appearing almost drupaceous and scarcely dehiscent. Seeds often reduced to 2 

 or 1, enclosed in the arillus ; cotyledons much folded. Radicle somewhat broad 

 and much compressed.- — Schmidelia pyriformis, F. v. M. Fragm. i. 2. 



Hab.: Brisbane Eiver, Moreton Bay, and other locaKties in southern Queensland. 

 Wood of a light colour, firm and tough, suitable for axe-handles. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods 

 No. 95. 



4. It. anodonta (toothless), Benth. FL Attstr. i. 461. A tree of considerable 

 size, flowering also as a shrub, quite glabrous. Leaflets 2, 3, or rarely 4, ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, 2 to 4in. long, coriaceous, but 

 not thick, very much reticulate, narrowed into a petiolule of ^ to nearly |in. 

 Panicle glabrous, slender, not much branched. Calyx glabrous, about f line 

 diameter. Petals none. Filaments exserted, glabrous. Ovary stipitate, almost 

 glabrous ; style shortly subulate, with diverging stigmatic lobes. Capsule pear- 

 shaped, somtwhat 8-angled, nearly -J^in. broad, the valves almost woody, densely 

 villous inside. Stipes sometimes as long as the valves. Seeds often reduced to 

 2 or 1, enclosed in the arillus. Embryo much curved ; cotyledons folded, but 

 less so than in R. pyriformis. — Schmidelia anodonta, F. v. M. Fragm. i. 2 ; Gupania 

 anodonta, F, v. M. Fragm. ii. 76. 



Hab.: Brisbane EiTer, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham, W. Hill; Mackenzie Eiver, Leichhardt; 

 Bookingham Bay, /. Dallaehy (F. v. M.) 



