158 THE FLOEA OF THE NOETHEEN TEEEITOEY. 



5. MURRAYA, Linn. 

 1 . M. exotica, Linn. — ^Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



6. ATALANTIA, Coee. 



1. A. recurva, Benth. — Careening Bay, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham ; 

 Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



SnVIARUBACEiE. 



Tribe I. Ovary lobed or carpels distinct. Leaves pinnate. — 2. Bruoea. 

 Tribe II. Ovary entire. Leaves 3-foholate. — 1. Harrisonia. 



L HARRISONIA, R. Be. 

 1. H. Brownii, A. Juss. — Islands of the GuK of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



2. BRUCEA, Mill. 



1. B. sumatrana, Roxh. — Arnhem's Bay, R. Brown, Victoria River, 

 F. V. Mueller. 



BURSERACEiE. 



Calyx 5-lobed, the disk Uning the tube, with the stamens on the margin. — 

 2. Garuga. • 



Calyx, 3-lobed, the disk free, with the stamens outside or on the margin. — 

 L Canarium. 



1. CANARIUM, Linn. 1754. 



(Canariopsis, Miq., 1859; Cenarium, Linn., 1759; Colophonia, Comm., 

 1824 ; Mehenbethene, Besl., 1788 ; Pachylobus, G. Don., 1832 ; Pimela, Lour., 

 1790 ; Scutinanthe, Thwaites, 1856). 



1. C. australianum, F. v. M. — At Black Rocks, MacArthur River, G. F. 

 HiU (No. 646), 22/10/191 1 . Tree 35 ft. high. Fruit eaten by natives. 



Recorded. Careening Bay, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham ; Port Essington, 

 Armstrong ; Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, Henne. 



An AustraUan species is poisonous according to GreshofE. It contains a 

 fish poison. Bloomfield River natives use the gum as a cement. Wood of a 

 grey colour. 



2. GARUGA, RoxB. 



1. O. floribunda, Descne. — Port Nelson, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham. 

 The wood close-grained and tough, of a grey colour. 



MELIACEZE. 



Tribe I. Meliece. — Stamens united in a tube. Ovules 2 in each cell. 



Seeds not winged, albuminous. 



Leaves simple. Petals very long and narrow. — 2. Turraea. 



Leaves bipinnate. — 3. Melia. 



Tribe II. Trichiliece. — Stamens united in a tube. Ovules 2, rarely 1, 

 or (in Carapa) more than 2 in each cell. Seeds not winged, without albumen. 

 Leaves pinnate. 



Disk tubular or cup-shaped, enclosing the ovary. — 4. Dysoxylum. 



