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perianths as in most species of the section dark brown when dry. — Vrostiijma 

 ■leucotrichwn, Miq. in Journ. Bot. Neerl. 1861, 234 ; Ficm lanata, F. v. 

 Muell. Herb. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf ot Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



The bracts subtending the receptacle appear to be larger in this than in any other species. 

 — Benth. 



13. r. rubiginosa (rusty), Bcsf.; Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 114; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. vi, 168. A tree of small size in Queensland, with spreading branches, the 

 young shoots and petioles more or less ferruginoas-pubescent. Leaves on petioles 

 of f to lin., oval or elliptical, obtuse or very shortly and obtusely acuminate, 

 entire, rounded or very slightly cordate at the base, 3 to 4in., and 2 to 2|^in., broad 

 when full grown, coriaceous, glabrous above, more or less ferruginous-pubescent 

 -underneath, with numerous parallel very divergent primary veins, of which 10 to 

 12 on each side of the midrib rather more prominent than the others, and the basal 

 pair more oblique. Stipules narrow-acuminate. Eeceptacles axillary, mostly in 

 pairs, on thick broadly turbinate peduncles of 1 line or rather more, globular, 

 about 4 or 5 lines diameter, usually marked with prominent warts. Subtending 

 bracts broad, membranous, about 2 lines diameter, very deciduous. Male flowers 

 intermixed with the females. Bracts acuminate, brown as well as the perianths. 

 Anther-cells confluent at the apex into a single reniform cell, and at length very 

 -divergent so as to appear to open transversely. Stigma linear and acute, not 

 very long.,— Bot. Mag. t. 2939 ; F. australis, Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 1138 ; Urostu/ma 

 rubiijinosum., Gaspar Nov. Gen. Fie. 7, quoted in his Ricerch. Caprif. 82, t. 7, 

 t. 6 to 1.3. 



Hab.: Darling Downs, on isolated hills. 



The species not very common in Queensland, and the leaves seem usually of a less coriaceous 

 iexture. 



14. F. platypodia (petioles broad), A. Cunn. ; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Liujd. 

 Bat. iii. 287 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 169. " Djaka-oor," Taromeo, Shirley. A 

 «mall tree of robust growth, perfectly glabrous in all its parts in the typical form, 

 more or less pubescent in several varieties, but not ferruginous. Leaves in the 

 typical form on broad petioles of about |in., ovate, obtuse, entire, rounded or 

 ■slightly cuneate at the base, or the lower ones almost cordate, 2^ to 4in. long, 

 -and 2 to 2^ broad, thickly coriaceous with numerous transverse parallel primary 

 veins, the principal ones not distant, and the basal pair not very conspicuous. 

 Receptacles axillary, mostly in pairs, sessile or on peduncles not exceeding one 

 line, globular, not warted, without any umbonate prominence, 4 to 5 lines 

 ■diameter. Male flowers few, intermixed with the females towards the orifice. 

 Perianths all stipitate. Anther-cells contiguous at the apex, but scarcely 

 -confluent. Stigma linear-subulate and acute, or sometimes in the same receptacle 

 shorter and more obtuse. — Urostirjma platypodum, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 

 vi. 561. 



Hab.: Coastland southern localities. 



Wood soft, of a light-yellow colour, with a strong fibre. — Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods, No. 390. 



The following forms may, some of them, when better known, prove to be sufficiently distinct 

 to be received as species. — Benth. 



Var. petiolaris. " Kunnen," Stradbroke Island, Watkins. Glabrous. Leaves usually larger 

 than in the typical form, on petioles of IJ to 2Jin. Stipules very long. Eeceptacles rather 

 -small, on short peduncles. 



Hab : Brisbane Eiver, Fraser ; Narran Elver, Leichhardt ; Eoekhampton and Cape Biver, 

 Boioman ■ Cape Cleveland, Burdekin Expedition ; Port Denison, Fitzalan ; and nearly the same 

 form but with smaller leaves, Maranoa Eiver, Mitchell. 



Var. mollis. Leaves of the last variety but velvety-pubescent on both sides as well as the 

 young branches. 



Hab.: Eockingham Bay, Ballaehy. 



Var. .subacuminatd. Leaves large on long petioles as in the last two forms, pubescent, but not 

 so much so as in the var. mollis, and tapering above the middle so as to be sometimes almost 

 •ovate-lanceolate. 



Hab.: Whitsunday Island, Henne. 



