801 XL. SAPINDACE^. [Nephetmm. 



6. N. coriaceum (coriaceous), Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 466. Young branches 

 slightly hoary with a very minute tomentum. Leaflets in our specimens always 

 2, obovate-ohlong or elliptical, 2^ to 4in. long, very obtuse, quite entire, coriaceous, 

 glabrous and shining above, pale or glaucous underneath, rounded at the base, on 

 a short petiolule. Flowers not seen. Fruiting panicle branched, shorter than 

 the leaves. Calyx small, with rather acute lobes. Fruit hoary-tomentose, 

 mostly 3-lobed, much depressed in the centre, the lobes nearly globular, 

 coriaceous, indehiscent. 



Hab.: Brisbane Eiver, Fraser. 



7. N. foveolatum (foveolate), F. v. M. Fragm. ix. 99 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 

 466. A tree of considerable size, the young branches and inflorescence rusty- 

 tomentose. Leaflets 4 to 6, ovate-lanceolate, or almost ovate, obtuse or acuminate, 

 3 to 5in. long, entire or sinuate-toothed, narrowed into a distinct petiolule of 1 to 



3 lines, thinly coriaceous, glabrous or rarely slightly pubescent underneath, 

 having frequently a cup-shaped cavity in the axils of the primary veins. Panicles 

 in the upper axils broad and many-flowered but shorter than the leaves, the 

 flowers in little clusters or cymes along the principal branches. Calyx tomentose, 

 deeply divided into lanceolate lobes of nearly 1 line, valvate in the bud. Petals 

 minute or rudimentary. Filaments nearly as long as the calyx ; anthers oblong, 

 pubescent. Fruit tomentose, deeply divided into 2, 3, or sometimes 4 ovoid lobes, 

 attaining sometimes Jin., opening in 2 thickly coriaceous valves. Seeds com- 

 pletely enveloped in the arillus. — Arytera foveolata, F. v. M. in Trans. Vict. Inst, 

 iii. 24. 



Hab.: Moreton Bay, W. Hill, F. v. Mueller; Isis scrub, Mrs. Helms. 



8. M". leiocarpum (fruit smooth), Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 467 ; F. v. M. Fragnii 

 ix. 98. A tall tree, with smooth pale variegated bark ; usually glabrous except 

 a very slight pubescence on the young leaves and shoots, and sometimes on the 

 panicles. Leaflets 2 to 6, mostly oblong-elliptical, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, ■ 

 acuminate or obtuse, 3 to 4 or even Sin. long, but more variable in size and shape 

 than in most species, entire or rarely with a few deep serratures, narrowed into a 

 very short petiolule, not coriaceous ; the rhachis angular. Panicles loose, not 

 much branched, usually glabrous. Calyx about 1 line diameter, with very short 

 broad teeth. Petals broad and short but variable, the scale usually nearly as long 

 as the lamina. Filaments often exceeding the calyx ; anthers oblong, glabrous 

 or nearly so. Fruit sessile or nearly so, glabrous, with distinct globular lobes of 



4 to 5 lines diameter, coriaceous, indehiscent or opening irregularly in a 

 longitudinal slit, or breaking off transversely. Seeds deeply enclosed in the 

 arillus. — Spanoghea nephelioides, F. v. M. in Trans. Vict. Inst. iii. 25. 



Hab.: Brisbane Eiver, F. v. Mueller ; Curtis Island, Henne (a var. with smaller, more obtuse 

 and more ooriaceous leaflets). 



9. N. Iiautererianum (after Dr. J. Lauterer), Bail. Bot. Bull. iv. 8 and 

 xiv. 9. A tall erect tree with umbrageous head ; trunk attaining a diameter of 

 1-J- to 2ft., bark smoothish. Leaves alternate, pinnate, glossy, narrow-lanceolate 

 in outline, the young growth more or less viscid and of a bright purplish red ; 

 leaflets very irregular, alternate, about 10 on adult trees, linear-lanceolate, about 

 Sin. long, ] in. wide, larger on the young trees ; margins entire or obscurely 

 toothed in the upper half ; petiolule very short and enlarged where it joins the 

 rhachis ; midrib "prominent, the lateral veins numerous, almost horizontal from 

 the midrib, with small pits at the axils. Flowers minute in' slender, widely 

 branching panicles near the summit of the branchlets, inserted shortly above the 

 axils, or angle formed by the leaf and the branch, panicle branches spike-like, 

 bearing short branchlets which produce at their extremities clusters of from 2 to 

 4, or at times solitary flowers, which when expanded scarcely exceed X line in 



