97^ LXXVlil. OLEAOE^. [Linocierd. 



2. I., picrophloia (bitter bark), F. v. M. Frcujm. iii. 139 t. 24. A tree of 

 considerable height, quite glabrous. Bark rough, dirty white. Leaves obovate- 

 oblong, elliptioal-oblong or broadly lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate, narrowed 

 into a rather long petiole, 3 to 6in. long. Flowers sessile in almost globular 

 clusters, forming thyrsoid panicles shorter than the leaves, and the individual 

 flowers rather larger than in L. ramiflora. Fruit ovoid-oblong, attaining lin. in 

 length ; Chionanthus picrophloia, F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 139 t. 24 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. iv. 301. 



Hab,: Kookhampton,. Thoset. 



8. Ii. axillaris (flowers axillary), F. v. M. in Cens. Austr. PL as a Mayepea. 

 A glabrous tree of about 40ft., the branches whitish. Leaves shortly petiolate, 

 oblong-elliptical, shortly acuminate, 3 to 4in. long, distantly penniveined. 

 Flowers small in dense sessile simple axillary spikes not above fin. long, the 

 rhachis pubescent as well as the minute broad ciliolate bracts. Pedicels 1 to 2 

 lines long. Calyx-lobes minute. Petals glabrous, very narrow, about 1 to 2 lines 

 long. Fruit small, but not seen ripe. — Chionanthus axillaris, R. Br. Prod. 523 ; 

 DC. Prod. viii. 295 ; Benth. Fl. Austr! iv. 301 ; C. acum.inigera, F. v. M. 

 Fragm. viii. 42. 



Hab.: Endeavour Biver, Banks and Solander. 



3. NOTELiEA, Vent. 



(From notos, the south, and ekiia, an olive.) 



Calyx small, 4-toothed. Corolla small, of 4 petals, quite distinct or connected 

 in pairs by means of the stamens, induplicate-valvate in the bud. Ovules 

 2 in each cell of the ovary, pendulous. Style short. Fruit a drupe. Seed 

 solitary ; albumen copious, fleshy or almost cartilaginous, more or less ruminate. 

 — Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers small, in short simple 

 axillary racemes, sometimes reduced to sessile clusters. 



The genus is limited to Australia. The species are all very closely allied to each other, 

 scarcely differing except in the uncertain character derived from the venation of the leaves and 

 the size of the fruit, which is very difficult to judge of from dried specimens. — Benth. 



Leaves with prominent anastomosing or reticulate veins, at least on the 

 upper side. 

 Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, rounded or cordate at the base or very 



shortly tapering into a short petiole . 1. N. ovata. 



Leaves narrowed into a petiole, usually rather long. 

 Leaves mostly broadly lanceolate. 

 Leaves reticulate on both sides. Fruit above Jin. diameter . . . . 2. N. longifolia. 

 Leaves scarcely reticulate underneath, but copiously dotted. Fruit 



small 3. N. punctata. 



Leaves narrow-lanceolate; veins very oblique and prominent above, 

 scarcely conspicuous underneath. Fruit about Jin. diameter when ripe 4. ,N. microcarpa. 

 Leaves thick, smooth, very obscurely or not at all veined, linear or scarcely 

 linear-lanceolate, with thickened nerve-like margins . . 5. N. linearis. 



1. N. ovata (leaves ovate), R. Br. Prod, 524 ; Benth. Fl. Amtr. iv. 299. 

 Generally a small shrub but said to attain the height of 15ft. Glabrous or 

 pubescent. Leaves very shortly petiolate, ovate or broadly ovate-lanceolate, 

 obtuse or acute, cordate broadly rounded or very shortly contracted at the 

 base, coriaceous, much reticulate and more regularly so than in .V. longifolia, 

 1| to 2in. long. Racemes short and few-flowered, but usually pedunculate 

 and most frequently inserted rather above the axils. Pedicels short. Flowers 

 and fruit of N. longifolia. 



Hab.: Eight-mile Plains. 



