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11. T. oblongata, F. v. M. — A specimen, in leaf only, from the scrub, lat. 

 17° 30 ', in McDouall Stuart's CoUection. 



12. T. petiolaris, A. Gunn. — Point Cunningham, Cygnet Bay and York 

 Sound, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham. 



13. T. platyphylla, F. v. i/.— Borroloola, No. 666, G. F. HiU, 8/11/11. 



Recorded. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, Henne ; Vic- 

 toria, Ktzmaurice, and Roper Rivers, F. v. Mueller ; Port Essington, Arm- 

 strong. 



14. T. platyptera, F. v. M.— Hodson Downs, G. F. HiU (828), 5/6/1912. 

 Recorded. Amhem's Land, F. v. Mueller ; Lynd River, Leichhardt. 



15. T. pterocarya, F. v. M. — Copeland Island, A. Cunningham ; sand- 

 stone tableland between the Upper Victoria River and Macadam Range, F. v. 

 Mueller. 



16. T. volucris, Herb. R. Br. — ^Port Keats and Cambridge Gulf, N.W. 

 Coast, A. Cunningham ; Victoria River, F. v. Mueller ; islands of the Gulf of 

 Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Sweers Island, Henne ; in the interior, lat. 18° 35', 

 McDouall Stuart's Expedition. 



2. LUMNITZERA, Willd. 



1. L. racemosa, Willd. — Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, 

 Henne. 



3. MACROPTERANTHES, F. v. M. 1862. 

 1. M. Keku'ickii,F. v. Jlf.— Newcastle Waters, G. F. Hill (475), 17/7/1911. 

 Recorded. Newcastle Waters, lat 17° 30', McDouall Stuart's Expedi- 

 tion. "Bulwaddy" Tree. 



MELASTOMACEAE. 



Tribe I. — Osbeckieae. — ^Leaves with 3, 5 or more ribs. Anthers opening 

 in a single terminal pore. Ovary more or less adherent except the convex or 

 conical summit, 2 to 6-celled. Fruit capsular or rarely pulpy. Seeds coch- 

 leate. 



Anthers all similar and equal or nearly so. Fruit capsular, opening in 

 valves. — 2. Osbeckia. 



Anthers alternately smaller or dissimilar. Fruit succulent or pulpy, 

 bursting irregularly. — 1. Melastoma. 



Tribe II. — Memecyleae. — ^Leaves with the midrib prominent, the veins 

 pinnate or inconspicuous. Anther-cells adnate to a much thickened connective, 

 and opening in separate slits or pores. Ovary adnate, 1-celled, with a central 

 placenta. Fruit a berry — 3. Memecylon. 



1. MELASTOMA, Burm. 

 1. M. malaiathricum, Linn. — Between Providence Hill and McAdam 

 Range, and Adelaide River, F. v. Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong. 



2. OSBECKIA, Linn. 1753. 

 (Amblyanthera, Blume, 1849 ; Asterostoma, Blume, 1849 ; Beckia, Rafin, 

 1838; Ceramicalyx, Blume, 1849; Hedusa, Rafin, 1838; Kadali Adans' 

 1763.) 



1. 0. Australiana, Navd. — Edith Creek, Gilruth and Spencer Julv 

 August, 1911. ' ^ 



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