Canthium.] LXIV. EUfelACE^. 763 



1. C. latifolium (broad- leaved), F. v. M. Herb.; Benth. Fl. Austr. iii, 421. 

 A small glabrous tree or sometimes glaucous shrub, nearly allied to C. lucidum. 

 Leaves broadly ovate, very rigid, the pinnate veins and reticulations much 

 more prominent than in C. lucidum. Flowers much smaller than in that spe6ies, 

 and in looser cymes, otherwise their structure as well as the inflorescence the 

 same. 



Hab.: Various localities south and nortli. 



Wood pink, with darker streaks ; close-grained and hard ; a cabinet wood. — Bailey's Cat. Ql, 

 Woods No. 247. 



2. C. attenuatum (attenuated), R. Br. ms.; Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 421. 

 " Dun-jo," Cooktown, Both. A glabrous shrub or small tree, very nearly allied 

 to C. lucidum. Leaves narrower, from oblong-elliptical and about 2in. to narrow- 

 lanceolate and 5 or 6in. long, the pinnate veins much more oblique and more 

 prominent than in C. lucidum. Flowers nearly the same, but in shorter and 

 more dense cymes, and the tube of the corolla longer in proportion to the lobes. 



Hab.: Sweers Island, Henne ; Burdekin and Burnett Rivers, F. v. Mueller ; Port Denison, W. 

 Hill ; St. George's Bridge on the Balonae, MitcheU. 



3. C. lucidum (bright). Hook, and Am. Bot. Beech. 65 ; Berltk. Fl. Austr. 

 iii. 421. "I-am-boto," Red Island, "Nyam-mal," Cooktown, Roth. A tall 

 shrub or small tree, perfectly glabrous. Leaves ovate, obovate, or elliptical- 

 oblong, obtuse or scarcely acuminate, narrowed into a short petiole, scarcely 

 exceeding 2in. in some specimens, 4 to 6in. long in others, coriaceous, 

 very smooth and shining, with distant very oblique veins scarcely prominent. 

 Cymes axillary, shortly pedunculate, often large and many-flowered but shorter 

 than the leaves. Pedicels short or sometimes the flowers sessile, except those in 

 the forks. Corolla glabrous outside, slightly hairy inside, the tube about 1 line ; 

 lobes about 2 lines long. Anthers exserted. Stigma thick, ovoid, more or less 

 mitre-shaped (hollowed at the base round the style). Fruit, when both carpels 

 ripen, somewhat compressed and didymous, 8 to 4 lines broad, but often 1-seeded 

 and nearly globular. — G. lamprophyllum, F. v. M. Fragm. ii. 133. 



Hab.: Gulf of Carpentaria and E. coast, R. Brown; Dawson and Burnett Rivers, F. v. 

 Mueller ; Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Edgecombe Bay, Dallachy ; Rockhampton, Thozet ; Brisbane 

 River, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham, /i'. v. Mueller, and others. 



Wood of a yellow colour, close-grained, tough, and nicely marked ; likely to prove a good 

 cabinet wood. — Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods No. 248. 



4. C. Oleifolium (Olive-leaved), Hook, in Mitch. Trap. Austr. 397 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. iii. 422. " Boorgqolbean," St. George, Wedd. A small tree or tall 

 glabrous shrub, sometimes glaucous, a few branchlets occasionally def;onerating 

 into short spines. Leaves oblong, obtuse, narrowed into a short pmiole, rarely 

 above 1-Jin. long in the flowering specimens, larger in barren ones, thick and 

 smooth but scarcely shining,, the veins usually inconspicuous. Flowers in short 

 almost sessile axillary cymes, rather smaller than in C. lucidum, and varying 

 in the number of parts 4 or 5. Corolla-tube nearly as long as the lobes, the 

 flowers otherwise the same as in C. lucidum.. Fruit also the same, didymous 

 when both carpels ripen. 



Hab.: Burdekin River, F. v. Mueller; Suttor River, Sutherland. 



5. C. buxifolium (Box-leaved), Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 422. Glabrous and 

 much-branched small tree. Leaves ovate or broadly elliptical, obtuse or obscurely 

 and obtusely acuminate, narrowed into a short petiole, rarely exceeding lin. in 

 length, coriaceous, very smooth and shining, the veins few, very oblique and 

 scarcely conspicuous. Flowers 4-merous, very small, rather numerous, in pedun- 

 culate cymes about as long as the leaves, the pedicels short except those in the 



