Saiitalum.] CXV. SANTALACEiE. 1385 



rugose. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or rarely alternate, petiolate, entire, 

 •coriac^us or somewhat fleshy, the midrib only or when old a few lateral pinnate 

 veins conspicuous. Flowers rather larger than in the other genera, in small 

 axillary or terminal trichotomous panicles usually shorter than the leaves and 

 sometimes almost reduced to simple racemes. Bracts very small and scale-like, 

 falling off long before the flowers open. 



Besides Ihe Australian species which appear to be endemic, there are a few nearly allied ones 

 in East India, the Eastern Archipelago, and the N. and S. Pacific islands. 



Flowers several in the panicle. Perianth 3 lines long or more. Fruit J to 



fin. diameter, mirked with the soar of the perianth-lobes considerably . 



below the summit . 1. ,S. lanceolatum. 



Flowers few (rarely above 3) on the peduncles. Perianth rareiy 2 lines long. 



Fruit 3 to 4 lines diameter, the terminal soar enclosing a small area. 



Leaves oblong or lanceolate, obtuse 2. S. ohtusifolium. 



1. S. lanceolatum (lanceolate), B.. Br. Prod. 356; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 

 ■214. " Bolan," Palmer Eiver, Roth. " Tharra-gibberah," Cloncurry, Palmer. 

 An erect shrub from 2 or 3 to 15ft. high, or sometimes a small tree, 

 •with pendulous or spreading branches. Leaves mostly oblong or lanceolate, 

 rather acute and shortly tapering into a petiole of 2- or 3 lines, the limb usually 

 1|- to 2^in. long but occasionally varying much in size and breadth, rarely 

 obtuse, the lateral veins often conspicuous on old leaves. Flowers rather large, 

 in trichotomous panicles in the upper axils or at the ends of the branches, rarely 

 ■exceeding the leaves. Perianth 3 to 3| lines long, the adnate turbinate base very 

 ■short, the lobes about as long as the cainpanulate free portion. Anthers 

 ■oblong, rather large, on short filaments alternating with broad thick obtuse or 

 spathulate scales or glands. Drupe obovoid-globular, ^ to fin. diameter, the 

 circular scar of the limb considerably below the summit. — A. DC. Prod. xiv. 682 ; 

 F. V. M. Fragm, i. 85 ; S. oblongatum, E. Br. Prod. 355, A. DC. Ic. 688. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, i?. J37-ow)!; Endeavour Eiver, Banks and Solander, 

 A. Cunningham; Port Denison, Fitzalan, Dallachy ; Rockhampten, Thozet, and others; 

 Balandool lUver, Looker ; Nerkool Creek, Bowman ; Arraadilla, Barton. 



Wood of a bright-yellow color, close in the grain, firm; useful for cabinet viotk.—Bailey's 

 ■Gat. Ql. Woods, No. 353. 



Leaves buriit in the fire to withstand mosquitoes. — liotli. 



Ya,i: angustifolium. Leaves narrow, often with a fine incurved point. " Natives Willow " 

 ■of some. — Diamantina, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft; Georgina River, Bailey; Blackall, 11. A. 

 Ranking ; Charters Towers, G. F. Plant. 



Var. venosiim. Small tree. Wood fragrant. Branchlets slender, often somewhat ilattened, 

 ■often somewhat purplish. Leaves oblong, membranous, 3in. long, lin. broad, pale-green above, 

 glaucous beneath, tapering into a slender rather flattish petiole of a few lines ; primary veins 

 ■except the lowest not so oblique as in the other form, but as well as the veinlets very distinct. 

 Peduncles slender, about lin. long, with 3 terminal branches about Jin. long, bearing at the 

 summit usually 3 branches about Jin. long, each bearin" from 3 to 6 shortly-pedicellate flowers. 



Hab.: Somerset, Frank L. Jardine, who wrote me word that the wood is fragrant and is being' 

 exported to China where it fetches a good price. The thin texture of the leaves and fragrant 

 -wood distinguish 'this from other varieties. 



2. S. obtusifolium (leaves obtuse), B. Br. Prod. 356 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 -vi. 215. A tall slender shrub of livid aspect {A. Cunn.). Leaves opposite or the 

 ^uppermost rarely alternate, linear-oblong lanceolate or broadly oblong, obtuse, 

 rather thick, the margins often revolute in drying, 1 to 2in. long. Flowers few, 

 in small shortly pedunculate axillary racemes or cymes, the short pedicels or 

 lateral branches rarely bearing 2 or 3 flowers. Perianth not 2 lines long, the 

 tube carapanulate, shortly adnate at the base, the free part much longer ; lobes 

 shorter than the tube, triangular, concave. Scales or glands alternating with 

 the'stamens, ovate or triangular. Ovary semisuperior, with an elongated style, 

 the placenta acuminate as in 8. lanceolatum. Fruit purplish, globular or ovate- 

 globose, 3 to 4 lines diameter, the scar of the apex enclosing a small area. — A. 

 DC. Prod. xiv. 632 ; F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 11. 



Hab.: Maophersou Range, H. Schneider and H. Tryon. 



