Nephelwm.] XL. SAPINDACE^. 303 



and not depressed in the centre, somewhat > inflated, scarcely coriaceous, hoary, 

 indehiscent or splitting irregularly. Seeds small, shining, black, in a bright red 

 eupular arillus — Spanoghea connata, F,. v. M. in Trans. Vict, Inst. iii. 26. 



Hab.: Kookingham Bay, Keppel Bay, Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, Port Denison. 



This is certainly the Sapindus cinereus, A. Cunn., referred to by A. Gray, i» Bot. Amer. Expl. 

 Exped. i. 258; but' the plant from Hunter River more especially described by A. Gray, with 

 coarsely serrate leaves and glabrous bracts, is probably different. — Benth. 



Wood light-coloured, close in grain, hard and tongh.— Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 99. 



3. M". semicinereum (leaflets grey beneath), F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 158. A 

 small glabrous tree with a smooth grey bark ; branchlets dark-coloured. Leaves 

 1, 2, or 8-jugate. Leaflets chartaceous, grey on the under side, shining on the 

 upper side, lanceolate, 4 to 7in. long, 1| to Bin. broad, lateral parallel nerves 

 erecto-patent, 10 to 18 on each side of the costule, reticulate veins numerous ; 

 petiolules rather long. Panicles axillary, 2 or Sin. long, on peduncles of about 

 the same length, with loose spreading branches, bearing small pedicellate flowers 

 near their extremities. Capsules of from 1 to 3 globose lobes, about 3 lines 

 diameter, velvety, bursting irregularly. Seeds black, about half enclosed by a 

 red arillus. 



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



4. M". SUbdentatum (somewhat dentate), F. v. M. (as a var. of N. connatum), 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 465 ; Fragm. ix. 99. A tall shrub or small tree, the young 

 shoots and inflorescence slightly pubescent with minute appressed hairs. Leaflets 

 2 to 6, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or scarcely acute, irregularly sinuate- 

 toothed or rarely a-lmost entire, coriaceous, glabrous on both sides and shining 

 above. Panicles short, , little branched.: Pedicels short. Calyx truncate or shortly - 

 and broadly lobed. Petals none. Filaments very short ; anthers oblong, scarcely 



. pubescent. Ovary tomentose, 2 or 8-celled ; fruit truncate at the top, slightly 

 hoary with a minute tomentum ; capsule lobes usually 2 only, compressed- 

 globular, united to the top, hard and indehiscent. 



„, Hab.: Rockhampton, P. O'Shanesy (F. v. M., I.e.) ; Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy (F. v. M., I.e.) 

 Also Tringilburra Creek, Bellendeti Ker Exped. 1889. 



Wood light-coloured, close-grained, and tough. — Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods No. 99b. 



F. V. Mueller thinks that this may be a glabrescent form of N. connatum, but there is a 

 considerable difference in general aspect ; the ealyx is more open and less lobed, I can find no 

 petals, and the fruit is differently shaped. — Benth. 



5. N. tomentosum (tomentose), Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 466 ; F. v. M. in Trans. 

 Vict. Inst. ii. 64, Fragm. ix. 99. A tree of 20 to 30ft. or more, the young branches 

 and petioles clothed 'with a soft rust-coloured velvety tomentum. Leaflets 4 to 8, 

 from oval-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, acute or rarely obtuse, 2 to 4in. long, 

 acutely toothed or rarely almost entire, thinly coriaceous, pubescent above or at 

 length glabrous, tomentose-pubescent underneath. Flowers small, crowded, on 

 short slightly-branched tomentose panicles, sometimes reduced to simple racemes. 

 Pedicels very short. Calyx nearly 1 line long, the lobes rather deep and acute. 

 Petals none. Filaments very short ; anthers oblong, exserted, glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent. Ovary tomentose, 2 or 3-lobed ; style short, with spreading stigmas. 

 Fruit softly tomentose-villous, depressed at the top, of 2 or rarely 8 globular 

 slightly compressed lobes, united to the top, 4 or 5 lines diameter, rather hard, 

 indehiscent. Seeds half immersed in a yellowish arillus. 



Hab.: Bremer River, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham, W. Hill, F. v. Mueller ; Rockingham Bay, 

 J. Dallachy ; and Rockhampton, O'Shanesy (F. v. M., I.e.) 

 Wood of a light-yoUow colour, close-grained, and hard. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 99a, 



