Embetia.] LXXIV. MYRSlNEyE. 951 



dots not plainly visible, margins entire, the veins closely reticulate, glabrescent. 

 Panicle densely tomentose, numerously branched but short ; tomentum brownish. 

 Flowers in racemous clusters very shortly pedicellate. Bracts rather large, 

 calyx-segments 5, rather long, narrow-elliptic. Petal about 3 lines long, very 

 perceptibly dotted, much less pubescent than the calyx, membranous. Stamens 

 5, about as long as the petals, linear-setaceous, hairy ; anthers broadly cordate. 

 Ovary and the lower portion of the style woolly. Fruit not seen. — F. v. M. I.e. 

 Hab.: Eussell Eiver, Stephen Johnton. 



4. ARDISIA, Linn. 



(Referring to the acute points of corolla-lobes.) 



Calyx free, 6 (or 4 ?) lobed. Corolla deeply 5 (or 4 ?) lobed, the lobes spreading, 

 contorted-imbricate in the bud. Stamens inserted at the base of the corolla- 

 lobes ; filaments short ; anthers erect, lanceolate, the slits of the cells sometimes 

 not reaching the base. Ovary superior. Style subulate, usually long and 

 persistent, the stigma not enlarged. Berry or drupe globular. — Trees or shrubs 

 or, in species not Australian, almost herbaceous. Flowers not > so small as in 

 most genera, usually in short umbel-like racemes, axillary or terminal, solitary 

 or several together in branching panicles. Corolla white or pink, frequently 

 spotted. 



A large genus, widely dispersed over the tropical and subtropical regions of the New as well 

 as the Old World. The Australian species appear to be endemic. 



Leaves 3 to Bin. long. Umbels several, in a slender but not large terminal 

 panicle. Corolla induplicate-valvate 1. A.pseudojambosa. 



Leaves 3 to Sin. long. Umbels solitary on short terminal (or axillary ?) 

 peduncles. Corolla contorted-imbricate . . . ■ 2. A. brevipedata. 



Leaves 3 to Sin. long. Peduncles Jin. long. Bhachis thick, 4 lines long. 

 Corolla contorted, black-dotted 3. ^. pachyrrhachit. 



1. iL. pseudouambosa (false Jambos),^'. o. 21. Fvagm. iv.,81 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. iv. 276. A tree, attaining about 30ft., quite glabrous. Leaves obovate- 

 oblong, acuminate, narrowed into a short petiole, entire or obscurely sinuate, rather 

 thin, the pinnate veins numerous and usually conspicuous, 3 to 5in. long. 

 Umbels several in a terminal panicle, which is sometimes sessile and shorter 

 than the last leaves, sometimes pedunculate, longer and loose, with slender 

 divaricate branches.. Pedicels 3 to 4 lines long. Flowers small. Calyx deeply 

 divided into segments of about f line. Corolla almost rotate, the tube short, the 

 lobes about 1 line long, ovate, acute, with membranous margins, .. induplicate- 

 valvate in the bud. Anthers nearly sessile, lanceolate, acuminate, the points 

 exceeding the corolla-lobes. Style long and slender. Drupe globular, about 

 4 lines diameter. 



Hab.: Eockhampton and Rockingham Bay, Dallacliy ; Kookhampton and Thozet's Creek, 

 Thozet ; Fitzroy Eiver, Bowman ; North Coast Kailway line. 



2. A. brevipedata (peduncles very short), F. c. M. hragm. vi. 163 ; Benth. 

 F'l. Austr. iv. 276. A tall glabrous shrub. Leaves oblong-elliptical or broadly 

 lanceolate, acuminate, entire, narrowed into a very short petiole, finely penni- 

 veined, 3 to Sin. long. Peduncles terminal, very short, bearing usually a single 

 umbel of rather numerous small flowers. Pedicels filiform, J to |in. long. 

 Calyi open, about 1 line diameter, broadly and shortly ;5-lobed. Corolla-tube 

 short and broad ; lobes acutely acuminate, about 1 line long, contorted in the 

 bud. Anthers almost sessile, lanceolate, acuminate but shorter than the corolla- 

 lobes. Style slender, about as long as the corolla. Fruit globular, 3 to 4 lines 

 diameter, ripening usually a single seed. Albumen mealy. 



Hab.: Rockingham Bay, DalUicliy. 



