964 LXXVI. EBENAOE^. [Mala. 



ovoid, 3-celled, tapering into a short thick style^ Ovules 2 in each cell, but 

 separated by an incomplete spurious dissepiment. Fruit globular, about Jin. 

 diameter, the fruiting calyx enlarged, cup-shaped, with short broad recurved 

 lobes. 



Hab.: Brisbane River, F. f. iV/Hrf/e;- ; Queensland woods, London Exhibition, 1862, n. 100, 

 W. Hill ; Eockkampton, Dallachy. 



Wood of a light colour, with black specks or streaks ; close-grained, strong, elastic ; suitable 

 for carving wood-stamps. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 268. 



7. IKE. compacta (habit compact), B. Br. Prod. 528 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 

 290. An erect shrub of 4 or 5ft., quite glabrous when in fruit. Leaves on 

 rather longer petioles than in the other species, oval or oval-oblong, very obtuse, 

 coriaceous, much reticulate, 2 to Sin. long. Flowers unknown. Fruit closely 

 sessile ■ and solitary, the calyx expanded quite fiat under i]t, with short broad 

 recurved lobes. Berry globular, about \va. diameter. " Seeds with a simple 

 testa ; embyro fully as long as the albumen ; radicle terete ; cotyledons shorter 

 than the radicle, ovate, flat, the tips inflected " {R. Brown, ms.) — A. DC. Prod, 

 viii. 242. 



Hab.: Some imperfect specimens from Low Island, Henne, and from Bockingham Bay, 

 Dallachy, may belong to this species. — Benth. 



8. IKE. reticulata (netted veins prominent), R. Br^. Prod. 528 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. iv. 291. A tree, attaining 20 to 30ft., glabrous except the flowers. 

 Leaves shortly petiolate, obovate to oblong, obtuse, much reticulate on the upper 

 side, 2 to Sin. long. Male flowers several, in short racemes or clusters. Calyx 

 glabrous or nearly so, 1 to IJ line long, shortly and obtusely 3-lobed. Corolla 

 silky-pubescent, the tube scarcely so long as the calyx, the lobes rather longer. 

 Stamens 9 to 12. Female flowers solitary, without stamens or staminodia. 

 Ovary 3-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell, without any spurious dissepiment 

 between them. Berry globular, in a somewhat enlarged cup-shaped calyx. — 

 A. DC. Prod. viii. 241 ; M. interstans, F. v. M. Fragm. v. 163. 



Hab.: Prince of Wales and Cumberland Islands, E. Brown; Cape York, M'Gillivray, Darnel; 

 Bockingham Hay, Dallachij. 



Wood of a light colour, with black specks or streaks near the heart ; very close in grain, 

 strong, elastic ; useful in making carpenter's bench and hand-screws. — Bailey's Cat. 01 Woods 

 No. 268a. 



9. M. geminata (fruit often in pairs), R. Br. Prod. 527 ; Benth. Fl. Austr, 

 iv. 291. A small tree, with an irregular dense or spreading head, very nearly 

 allied to M. hmniUs, but with larger leaves, usually more ovate than obovate, 

 more coriaceous and shining, but always obtuse, l\ to 2in. long, the reticulate 

 veinlets scarcely conspicuous.. Male flowers dens"ely clustered, rather small. 

 Fruits solitary or 2 together. Berries ovoid, in a cup-shaped appressed calyx, 

 rather larger than in M. humilis. — A. DC. Prod. viii. 242. 



Hab.: Keppel Bay, R. Brown; Brisbane Biver, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham, Fraser, F. v 

 Mueller; Queensland woods, London Exhibition, 1862, u. 50, W. Hill; Boekhampton and 

 Edgecombe Bay, Dallachy ; Port Denison, Fitzalan ; Dawson Biver, Bowman. 



Wood light-coloured near the outside, black in the centre ; close in grain, hard and tough • 

 the black a good substitute for ehony.— Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 296. ' 



10. IKE. humilis (low ; tree small), R. Br. Prod. 527 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 iv. 291. " Athea," Batavia River, Ward; " Thankoin," Mitchell River, Palmer. 

 A bushy shrub or small tree, glabrous except the flowers. Leaves obovate or 

 obovate-oblong, very obtuse, narrowed into a short petiole, not very coriaceous 

 more or less reticulate, mostly | to lin. but sometimes fully IJin. long. Male 

 flowers in small clusters, females usually solitary. Calyx about li line long 

 nearly glabrous, 3-lobed to about the middle, CoroUa very silky, about 



