966 LXXVI. EBENACEiE. [Diospyros. 



3. D. mabacea (Maba-like), F. v. M. Bocum. Intercol. ExUh. 25 (1866). 

 A tree of about 20ft., the branchlets and veins on the under side of the leaves 

 strigose-pubescent. Leaves elliptical-oblong, shortly acuminate, narrowed into a 

 short petiole, rather thin, drying blaek, the veins prominent underneath, 3 to 4in. 

 long. Male flowers 4-merous, in small dense sessile cymes or clusters. Calyx 

 IJ line long, the lobes shorter than the tube, nearly glabrous. Corolla silky- 

 pubescent, nearly twice as long as the calyx. Stamens about 16. Female 

 flowers and fruit not seen, but the fruit, according to C. Moore, a scarlet berry. — 

 Maba quadridentata, F. v. M. Fragm. v. 162 ; Cargillia mabacea, F. v. M. Fragm. 

 V. 163 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 287. 



Hab. : Coastal scrubs. 



4. D. australis (southern), Benth. and Hook. Gen. PI. ii. A small tree, 

 glabrous or the young parts very minutely mealy-pubescent. Leaves from 

 oblong to oval-elliptical, obtuse, narrowed into a short petiole, coriaceous, 

 penniveined and reticulate, but the veins less conspicuous on the under side, 

 1^ to nearly Sin. long. Male flowers several together, in little axillary clusters 

 or dense cymes. Calyx about 1 line long, 4-lobed. Corolla about 2J lines long, 

 the tube as long as the calyx ; lobes 4, contorted in the bud. Stamens about 12, 

 slightly cohering to the base of the corolla ; anthers acuminate. Female flowers 

 solitary or 2 or 8 together, larger than the males ; stamens usually fewer and 

 imperfect. Ovary 4-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell without any trace of 

 dissepiment between them. Fruiting calyx enlarged to nearly ^in. diameter. 

 Berry globular. — Diospyros australis, A. DC. Prod. viii. 243 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3274 ; 

 Maha Cargillia, F. v. M. Fragm. v. 162 ; Cargillia australis, E. Br. Prod. 526 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 288. 



Hab.: Brisbane Eiver, Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller and others; Eockhampton, Dallachy ; 

 Crocodile Creek, Bowman. 



5. S. pentamera (flowers 5-parted), F. v. M. and Woolls, Docum. Intercol. 

 Exhib. 85 (1866). A tree attaining a considerable height, glabrous or the young 

 shoots slightly silky. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, slightly acuminate 

 but not acute, contracted into a very short petiole, coriaceous, shining and 

 reticulate above, opaque and less veined underneath, If to 2fin. long. Male 

 flowers in very shortly pedunculate clusters of 3 to 5. Calyx 1 line long, 5-lobed. 

 Corolla twice as long as the calyx, 5-lobed, the tube short. Stamens 15 to 20. 

 Female flowers not seen. Fruits solitary, sessile, the subtending calyx enlarged, 

 appressed or the lobes slightly spreading. Berry globular, about fin. diameter. 

 — Maba pentamera, F. v. M. Fragm. v. 163 ; Cargillia pentamera, F. v. M. Fragm. 

 iv. 82 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. jv. 288. 



Hab.: Brisbane River (Eraser, W. Hill) to Eookingham Bay. 



Order LXXVII. STYRACACE^. 



Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Calyx-tube usually more or less adnate to 

 the ovary, the limb 5 or rarely 4-lobed. Corolla regular, deeply divided into 

 as many lobes as the calyx or rarely (in species not Australian) twice as many, 

 imbricate or valvate in the bud. Stamens usually indefinite, sometimes only 

 twice as many or equal in number to the corolla-lobes, attached in one or more 

 series to the base or within the tube of the corolla, those of the outer series 

 usually alternating with the corolla-lobes. Ovary more or less inferior or rarely 

 quite superior, 2 to 5-celled, with 2 or more ovules in each cell, either all 

 pendulous or the upper ones erect. Style undivided ; stigma capitate, entire 

 or lobed, Fruit more or less succulent and indehiscent or rarely opening in 



