1472 CXIX. URTICACE^. Fims. 



15. r. dictyophleba (netted veins prominent), F. v. ]\[. ; Miq. in Ann. Mus.. 

 Lvffd. Bat. iii. 218 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 170. This supposed species, described 

 from leaves only, very much resembles the broad-leaved glabrous forms of F. 

 jdatypoda, differing in the shorter petiole, usually from J to nearly ^in. long, the 

 more coriaceous shining leaves, with numerous veins much more prominent. 



Hab.: Islands off Cape Flattery, F. v. Mueller. 



16. r. tnacrophylla (long-leaved), Desf. ; Pers. Syn. PL ii. 609 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. vi. 170. Moreton Bay Fig. " PeeHiith," Bundaberg, Keys. A large 

 tree with a broad head, quite glabrous. Leaves brownish on the under side, 

 oval-elliptical or broadly oblong, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, entire, 4 to lOin. 

 long, and 8 to 4in broad, coriaceous, with numerous transverse parallel primary 

 veins, but with the principal ones at some distance from each other more 

 prominent than the intermediate fine ones. The tegmenta or scales of the leaf- 

 buds often Sin. long; the stipules proper about 2in. long. Receptacles nearly 

 globular or somewhat pear-shaped, f to lin. diameter, purple spotted with white, 

 peduncles often exceeding lin., the internal structure entirely as in F. platypoda^ 

 — I'rostujiiia macrophyUwn, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. vi. 560. 



Hab.: A common tree of the coastal scrubs. 



Wood light-coloured, coarse-grained, soft and light.— Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods, No. 391. 



17. F. 'Watkinsiana (after Geo. Watkins), Bail. Bot. Bull. 2. A very large- 

 glabrous tree, with lofty trunK and smooth light-coloured bark the base of stem 

 Hanging out, but not so prominently as in F. macrnphylla. Leaves lanceolate,, 

 about 6in. long and 2|in. wide in the centre, green on both sides, texture- 

 coriaceous, the transverse parallel primary veins not very prominent, the 

 intermediate ones very faint, all anastomosing and forming an intramarginal one 

 some distance within the margin, much tapering towards a rather slender petiole- 

 of about 2 to 2-Jin. Stipules about Sin. long, narrow-acuminate. Receptacles. 

 in axillary pairs, oblong, l^in. long, 1 to IJin. diameter, prominently umbonate, 

 greenish with numerous small verrucose spots ; peduncles nearly lin. long, very 

 thick and often prominently angular, about fin. long, verrucose like the 

 receptacle, expanding at the top into a broad thick smooth edge, cartilaginous 

 disk at the base of the receptacle. Male flowers seem to be confined to the top- 

 and umbonate portion of receptacle ; bracts brown, acuminate from a rather 

 broad base ; stigma acute. 



Hab: Mooloolah, Field Nahiralists, Dec. 1890; top of Bunya Mountains, H. Tryon; top of 

 Blackall Range, Alex. Anderson. 



Wood of a light colour, fairly close-grained, easily worked ; may be useful for packing-eases. 

 —Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods, No. 391a. 



18. F. magnifolia (large-leaved), F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 50, partly ; Benth. FL. 

 Austr. vi. 171. A handsome tree, the foliage slightly scabrous, but otherwise 

 glabrous. Leaves alternate, obovate- oblong or elliptical, shortly acuminate, 

 entire, contracted towards the base, but rounded or cordate at the base itself,, 

 mostly 1 to IJft. long, and 6 to Sin. broad, but smaller on some of the lateral 

 branches, the distant primary diverging veins and transverse anastomosing veinlets- 

 prominent underneath, the basal pair very oblique. Stipules narrow, rigid and' 

 often persistent. Receptacles on peduncles of about ^in., mostly in pairs on the 

 previous year's or older woods, depressed globular, J to fin. diameter. Inner 

 bracts and perianths white almost hyaline, the perianths of 4 or 5 very unequal 

 segments. Male flowers few, with 2 or 3 stamens, and in some cases stamen 

 and an ovary within the same perianth. Style glabrous, with a small obtusev 

 shortly oblong stigma. 



Hab.; Mount Elliott and Eooking'iam Bay, Dallacliy, Fitzalan. 



