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349. Antidesyna. Ghfesembilla Gaertoer. 



Careeiiing Bay (A. Ciimi.). Isdell and Chaniley Rivers : 



Edldiis Range : base of Ai-tesiaii Range, (AV.V.F.) 

 A tree of 25-40fT. ; tnuik o-15ft. : diameter 1ft. or more : 



bark dai-k-coloured, rugose : timber pale to brownish, 



fairly hard and rather tough . fruits red. In moist black 



or sandy soil. 



3oO. Briedella tomentosa Blume. 



Pi-inee Regent's River (J. Bradshaw A' -\llen). Swan Point 



OV.V.F.) 

 An erect slirub of 6-1 :2ft. In sandy soil. 



351. B. phyUanthoides AV.V.F. n. sp. 



An erect much-branched slirub, ferruginoiis-tomentose in every 

 part excepting the flowers ; leaves petiolate. ovate, very 

 obtuse, rounded at the base, of firm consistence, the 

 margins somewhat repand, the diverging \-eins 9—12 

 pairs, with the fine transverse veinlets very e^'ident ; 

 flowers glabrous, monoecious, both sexes together, forming 

 globose axillary chisters wMch consist of few to many 

 males with 2-3 females ; bracts ^-ery ntmierous and 

 rather broad ; male flowers sessile or shortly pedicellate : 

 calyx- segments scarcely spreading, deltoid ; petals less 

 than half as long as the calyx-segments, several-toothed : 

 disli naargin broad and slightly repand : staminal cohunn 

 slender, the free portion of the filaments much shorter, 

 the anthers closely stuTounding the aborti^"e tri-lobed 

 pistil ; female flowers on short stout pedicels, the calyx- 

 segments narrowly deltoid, obtuse ; petals stipitate. 

 obovate. dentate, half as long as the calyx-segutents ; 

 disk bi-mai'gined. the outer margin flat and slightly re- 

 pand. the iimer surrounding the o\-a.ry and consisting of 

 five erect, broad, ahuost free. sHghtly denticulate scales ; 

 ovaiy 2-ceUed ; styles 2. recurved, each deeply bifid ; 

 young fruits ovate, each cell 1-seeded. 



Base of :\It. Broome (W.V.F.). 



Height 0-Sft. Leaves 1-11 in. long ; the petioles 1-H lines. 

 Flowers greenish, segments of the niales |^ line long, of 

 the females above |^ line long. In sandy loam tmder 



trees. 



Affinity to B. tomentosa Bliuue. 



352. Peialostigma luuuili^ W.V.F. n. sp. 



Stems ntunerous and nuich-branched, erect from a tluckenod 

 stock, the plant appearing as a low diffuse shrub, closeh' 

 silkj'-pubescent ; lea\-es petiolate. orbicular to broadly 

 ovate. the apices rounded or retuse. rounded at the base, 

 not becoming glabrous with age. flat, the maa-giiis entire 



