208 XL. SAPINDAOEiE. [Ratonia. 



pubescent below. Anthers dorsifixed, almost ovate. Capsules including the 



stipes, 8 to 12 lines long, clavate-pyriform, rufescent, glabrous,^ not regularly 



valvate. Style rostellate. Seeds oval, nearly |in. long. Testa brown. 

 Hab.: Kookingham Bay, J. Dallachy (F. v. M., I.e.) 



9. R. I.essertiana (after M. Lessert), Benth. and Hook. /., Gen. PI. i. 400; 

 Bail. Bot. Bull. ix. 7. A large shrub or small tree. The branchlets, leaf-petioles, 

 rhachis, and inflorescence puberulent, but the dark-reddish colour of the bark 

 plainly visible. Leaflets 4 or 5 (on the specimens examined), opposite or 

 alternate, usually lanceolate, 4 to Tin. long, and from IJ to 2in. broad in the 

 widest part ; the apex obtuse, but often elongated ; base cuneate to the short 

 slender petiolule ; texture thin; primary veins distant, and the reticulation 

 delicate. Inflorescence a racemose panicle, slender and drooping, 4 to Sin. long ; 

 the branches very short, or one If or 2in. long ; flowers minute, only seen at base 

 of fruit. Capsule red, fin. long, globose-pyriform, glabrous, stipitate, triquetrous 

 towards the base ; all examined 1 -seeded. 



Hab.: Daintree Eiver, E. Cowley. 



The above species, with which I believe our Australian to agree, and under which I place it, 

 enjoys a wide range, being, according to Sir J. D. Hooker, met with in Tenasserim, South 

 Andaman Islands, Malacca. 



10. R. O'Shanesiana (after P. 0. O'Shanesy), F. v. M. Fragm. ix. 96. A 

 shrub or small tree with a whitish bark. Leaves 2 to 5-foliolate ; rhachis 

 slightly angular ; petioles If to 2in. long. Leaflets somewhat thick, ohartaceous, 

 2 to Sin. long, 1 to 2in. broad, obovate, quite entire and glabrous, on very short 

 petiolules. Panicles axillary or terminal, often several inches long. Calyx 

 minute ; lobes deltoid-semi-ovate. Petals ciliate, inflexed, 2-lobed. Stamens 8. 

 Anthers oval, puberulent. Capsule deeply split, almost woody, obtuse, trigonous, 

 shortly stipitate, rufescent or fuscesent outside, lanuginous inside, glabrous. 

 Valves about fin., long. Seeds broad, ovate, brown outside. Arillus yellow or 

 orange, thick. 



Hab.: Gracemere, Rookhampton, O'Slumesy (F. v. M., I.e.) 



11. R. Daemeliana (after E. Dsemel), F. v. M. Fragm. ix. 96. A small 

 tree, the young branches thinly tomentose. Leaflets about 8, on short petiolules, 

 broad or lanceolate-ovate, 2 to 6in. long, 1 to 2in. broad, discolour, the margins 

 repandly-undulate, rarely orenate, almost glabrous. The upper side deep-green 

 and glossy ; veins very thin. Apex produced into a blunt point ; rhachis angular. 

 Panicle thinly-tomentose, rather long. Calyx minute, lobes semi-lanceolate, 

 deltoid, f line or less long. Petals cuneate or orbicular-obcordate, about 1 line 

 long, glabrous outside, the margins inside puberulent, the two scales semi- 

 adnate, bearded. Filaments many times longer than the anthers, thinly pilose 

 near the top. Disk glabrous, somewhat thick, completely annular. Capsule 6 to 

 8 lines long, not stipitate, thick, woody, 3-valved, obtuse 3-angular, densely silky 

 tomentose inside. Arillus bilobed, pale-yellow, much shorter than the seed. 



Hab.: Cape York, Dcemel. 



12. R. Martyana (after M. Marty, % French botanist), F. v. M. Fragm. 

 V. 6, ix. 94. A tree attaining the height of 40ft., with brownish smooth bark, 

 the branchlets and petioles and peduncles ferruginous-tomentose. Leaves 2 or 

 3-foliolate, rarely reduced to 1 ; rhachis nearly terete. Leaflets somewhat thick, 

 ohartaceous, 2 to 4in. long, 16 to 20 lines broad, broad or ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate, quite entire, the veins and costule on the under side pubescent ; 

 petiolules shortly pubescent. Peduncles, pedicels, calyx, and ovary tomentose. 

 Panicles about 6 or 7in. long. Bracts at the base of the pedicels, 1 to 1^ line 

 long, subulate-semilanceolate, long persistent. Pedicels 2 or 3 lines long. 



