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8. S. eerwah (after Mt. Eerwah), Bail. Proc. Roy. Soe. of Ql. April 1894. 

 A medium or large-sized tree. I have only-leaves, young fruit (probably not 

 more than two or three weeks old), and fully ripe fruit, scarcely enough to 

 establish a species, only that, these being so very distinct from all the other 

 Australian species, it is better for it to bear a distinctive name, and the descrip- 

 tion can be filled up at some future time. The leaves closely approach those of 

 S. argenteum, being obovate or broadly elliptical, obtuse, decurrent upon the petiole, 

 including the latter about 5in. long, with a breadth of 2^in. at the broadest 

 part. Pedicels glabrous, 3 or 4 lines long. Calyx-segments obtuse, nearly 

 orbicular, glabrous except for the ragged membranous oiliate margins, about 

 1 line in diameter. Ovary with a dense ring of glossy brown hairs at the base, 

 the rest glabrous. Ripe fruit of a reddish purple, oval, but often tapering 

 towards the base so as to become somewhat pear-shaped, 2 tp 2|in. long, con- 

 taining 1 or 2 seeds, the 2-seeded fruits much compressed. Seeds when 2 in a 

 fruit shaped like a cowrie shell, from f to IJin. long ; hilum broad, the length 

 of the seed. 



Hab.: Near Mount Eerwah, Field Naturalists (24th March, 1894). 



9. Sa euphlebia (veins prominent), F. v. M. Frarpn. vii. 110. A tree 

 almost glabrous. Leaves 2 to Sin. Ipng, thick-coriaceous, lanceolate- ovate or 

 cuueate-obovate, the reticulate veins dense and proininent, decurrent upon the 

 petiole, glabrous on both sides ; petioles about lin. long. Flowers in axillary 

 clusters, few in each cluster, when on the young leafless branches, the 

 infloreeseence appearing spicate. Calyx-lobes orbicular, silky, about 1 line 

 diameter ; scales at the throat of corolla narrow, acute. Fruit sessile, 8 to 

 16 lines long, almost globose. Seeds 1 to 4, red, 8 to 12 lines long, oblique, 

 ellipsoid-ovate, slightly compressed. Testa glossy ; hilum lateral, broad-linear ; 

 albumen fleshy ; cotyledons flat, ovate ; radicle cylindrical. 



Hab.: Roekingham Bay, J. Dallachy (F. v. M. I.e.) , 



10. S. Brownlessiana (after Dr. A. C. Brownless), F. i. M. Frac/m. vii. 

 111. A tree of about 40ft. high ; the young growth silky. Leaves thin- 

 coriaceous or almost chartaceous, 2 to 4in. long, 8 to 12 lines broad, hoary 

 on the under side, on rather short petioles. Pedicels axillary, solitary, or 

 in twos or threes, 6 to 12 lines long. Sepals 5, somewhat thick, imbricate, 

 3 outeif, 2 inner, about 3 lines long, outside thinly, inside densely silky. 

 Corolla yellow ; tube cylindrical, glabrous outside ; lobes S, ovate, imbricate ; 

 scales at throat spathulate-oblong. Filaments free, from about the middle 

 of the corolla-tube. Anthers oblong-ovate, acute, extrorse, 2-oelled, dehiscing 

 longitudinally. Style silky, filiform, 3 lines long. Stigma minute, ovary 5- 

 celled. Mature fruit not seen, young 2-celled, 2-seeded. 



Hab.: Eoekingham Bay, J. Dallachy (F. v. M, I.e.) 



11. S. duguUa (aboriginal name), Ql. Journ. of Argr. i. "DuguUa," 

 Barron River, E. CoioZey. Tree of about , TOft^ , trunk diameter 2ft.; bark grey, 

 with numerous shallow longitudinal cracks;' the young growth slightly hairy. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3 to 5in. long, and seldom exceeding lin. wide at 

 broadest part, tapering from above the middle to a petiolcrlike base ; the apex 

 usually very blunt, glabrous on both faces, the upper glossy, texture thin. 

 Flowers not seen. Fruit nearly sessile and almost globular, green, lin, or 

 more in diameter, containing 5 seeds, embedded in a soft pulp. Seeds brown, 

 glossy, Jin. long. 



Hab.: Barron River, E. Cowley. 



Fruit eaten by natives. The pulp Mr. Cowley describes as of an oily nature. 



