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444. T. Hadleyana W.V.F. n. sp. 



A small much-branched evergreen tree, the branchlets not 

 very stout and, along with the leaves, more or less invested 

 with short greyish hairs ; leaves alternate, rather crowded 

 at the ends of the branchlets, ovate- orbicular, the apex 

 rounded or retuse, the base obtuse, semi-cordate, or the 

 laminae shortly decurrent, distinctly petiolate, thinly 

 coriaceous, the veins diverging, conspicuous, reticulate 

 between ; spikes solitary, axillary, simple, longer than 

 the leaves, on tomentose peduncles, the raohis scantily 

 hirsute or glabrous, the flowers loosely arranged ; 

 calyx glabrous without, densely white- woolly within ; 

 ovary and style glabrous ; fruit ovate, glabrous ; bluish- 

 purple, more or less conspicuously 2-angled and terminating 

 in a straight or curved boak. 



Sunday Island (W.V.F. ). 



Height 15-20ft. ; trunk to 6ft. ; diameter 6-9in ; bark grey 

 or brownish, somewhat rough ; timber reddish-brown, 

 very tough and hard ; leaves 3-3|-in. long, Sf-SJin. 

 broad ; petioles slender, f-lin. long ; peduncles lin. ; 

 calyx white, the tube If lines long, the limb 2-J lines in 

 diameter ; stamens 2 lines ; fruit not above fin. long, 

 with a beak of 2-3 lines long. Among quartzite rocks. 

 The fruits have an agreeable subacid flavour and are 

 eaten by aborigines. The species is named in honor of 

 Mr. S. Hadley of the Sunday Island Mission. 



Affinity to T. porphypocarpa F. v. M. 



445. 'T. chlorocarpa W.V.F. n. sp. 



Arborescent and evergreen ; branchlets stout and, along with 

 the leaves, quite glabrous ; leaves alternate, broadly 

 obovate, obtuse or retuse, the laminee slightly decurrent 

 along the petioles, very thin but coriaceous, the veins 

 promiinent and diverging and much reticulate between ; 

 spikes usually solitary, axillary, simple, loosely flowered, 

 the rachis densely tomentose ; calyx when in bud closely 

 silky-tomentose, fruit ovate, greenish, densely tomentose, 

 often somewhat rugulose, occasionally obscurely 4-angled 

 but usually without angles or wings, terminating in a 

 short obtuse beak. 



Near Goose Hill, Ord River, Dillen's Springs (W.V.F.). 



Height 30-40ft. ; trunlt to 15ft. ; diameter 1ft. ; bark greyish, 

 thin and rather smooth ; timber brown, hard and tough ; 

 leaves 4-6in. long, 3-5in. broad ; petioles lin. long ; 

 fruits about lin. long. In moist sandy loams. The fruits, 

 which have an agreeable subacid flavour, are eaten by 

 aborigines. 



Affinity to T. biangulata W.V.F. 



