HarpuUia.] ^ XL. SAPINDACE^. 309 



5 to 11, broadly-oblong or oval-oblong, very obtuse, 3 to 5in. long, or more in the 

 large leaves of barren shoots, thinly coriaceous, shining, the common petiole not 

 winged. Panicles loose, little branched, shorter than the leaves. Pedicels 2 to 

 3 lines long. Sepals persistent, broadly-ovate, 2 to 3 lines long. Petals oblong, 

 8 to 4 lines long, without auricles. Male flowers not seen. Stamens in the 

 females 5 or 6, with very short filaments and acute anthers, probably imperfect. 

 Capsule l^in. broad, fulvous, thick-chartaoeous, shortly stipitate, slightly 

 tomentose outside, the turgid lobes divaricate, hirsute inside. Seeds ovate, 4 to 



6 lines long, in the young state showing no arillus, but, according to Beckler, of 

 an orange-yellow when ripe and enclosed in a rich red membrane. — Benth. 



Hab.: Moreton to Trinity Bay. 



Wood of a close grain and light oolonr.— Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 103. 



4. H. pendula (pendulous), Planch.; F. v. M. in Trans. Vict. Inst. iii. 26, 

 Fragm. ii. 104 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 471. Tulipwood. A tall tree, having a sinuous 

 trunk and a pale-coloured bark, glabrous or the young shoots and panicles 

 minutely hoary tomentose. Leaflets 3 to 6, or rarely more, from ovate to 

 elliptical-oblong, obtusely acuminate, 3 to Sin. long, membranous. Panicles loose 

 and slender. Pedicels in flower 3 to 4 Unes, in fruit ^ to lin. long, slender. 

 Sepals deciduous, about 2 lines long. Petals ovate, nearly 3 lines long, with 

 inflected ciliate auricles at the base, representing the inner scales of many other 

 Sapindacea. Stamens 5 to 7, much longer than the calyx, with slender filaments 

 in the males, small and short in the females. Ovary tomentose, with a long style 

 twisted at the top. Capsule chartaceous, glabrous or slightly pubescent, 1 to l|in. 

 broad, the lobes inflated. Seeds apparently without any arillus. 



Hab.: Moxeiion'&ti.j, Fraser. A. Cunningham; Wide Bay, C.Moore; Port Denison, i^'teatoi ; 

 Broadsound, Thozet ; and Eookingham Bay. 



Wood of a light colour, of some trees showing a more or less quantity of a beautifully figured 

 and coloured dark wood towards the centre. The outer or light wood very tough, easily 

 worked, and might suit for engraving purposes. This outer wood is considered the best we have 

 fpr lithographers' scrapers. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 104. 



13. AKANIA, Hook. f. 



(Leaves thorny.) 



Flowers regular, hermaphrodite (or polygamous?). Calyx campanulate, with 

 5 short lobes, imbricate in the bud. Petals 5, without any inner scale. Disk 

 adnate to the base of the calyx. Stamens 5 to 10, inserted within the disk. 

 Ovary 3-celled, contracted into a thickish style, with a capitate stigma ; ovules 2 

 in each cell. Capsule globose-ovate, shortly umbonate at the apex, 8 to 12 lines 

 long, 3-celled, rarely 2-valvate ; valves almost coriaceous, glabrous inside, 

 maturing 1 or 2 ovate-globose a little angular seeds. Testa bony-crustaceous, 

 putaminous. AriUus scarcely any.— Tree. Leaves pinnate. Panicles loose, 

 axillary or terminal. 



The genus is limited to a single species, endemic in Australia, allied to HarpuUia, but very 

 different in the calyx and disk — Benth. 



1. A. Hillii (after Walter Hill), HooJc.f. in Benth. and Hook. Gen. PL 409 ; 

 Fragm. ix. 91 ; Benth. hi. Austr. i. 471. Turnip-wood. An elegant tree of 30 to 

 40ft., glabrous except the panicle. Leaves often above 2ft. long ; leaflets numerous, 

 lanceolate, acutely acuminate, often above Sin. long, bordered with acute often 

 pungent serratures, rounded at the base and shortly petiolulate, coriaceous, light 

 green, shining above, marked underneath (in the dried state) within each areola of 

 the smaller reticulations with 8 or 4 round ovate or reniform dots. Panicles long, 

 loose, and little branched. Pedicels long and slender. Calyx tomentose, about 



