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sides, 2 in. to over 6 in. long, on petioles of above 1 in. Flowers in dense 
clusters in the axils or at the old nodes, softly pubescent, the pedicels 
shorter than the flower. Calyx- -segments usually 6, very broad, 7 
ar, obtuse, concave, the 2 outer ones villous, he others less so a 
ciliolate, all ease above 1 line diameter. Corolla-lobes 6, scahaal 
filaments in the flowers examined filiform, with abortive anthers. 
— of: aay corolla-throat, small, linear. Ovary surrounded by a 
se ring of hairs (6-celled 2); ovules laterally attached. Style short, 
thick, glabrous. Fruit, green, smooth, and gla abrous ; when ripe, oval, 
about 1} in. or rather more long, flesh soft and juicy. Seeds 4 or 4, 
compressed, the hilum nearly as long as the seed; albumen not very 
_ cotyledons oblong 3-neryed; radicle short.—Flora Austr. in 
par 
i ab: Musgrave, Cape York spore: Geo. Jacobson, who recommends the 
tree for planting forshade. He says that catt tle and horses are very fond of the 
e, and that in times of oe city of feed this tree is cut down i fodder. 
There is no doubt but what the foliage 3 is nutritious. We know that the inner bark 
of ano other species of this genus was at one time used for food by the mative of the 
Maroochie distri trict. 
Order APOCYNACES. 
Tre ECHITIDEZ. 
WRIGHTIA, R. Br. 
W. Baccelliana, F. v. W, Vict. Nat. March 1892. (After Pro- 
fessor Baccelli.) Branches rather stout, somewhat loosely spreading, 
i irs eaves of a firm tex- 
ture, from subcordate to lanceolate-ovate, seldom quite lan ceolate, 
attaining 5 in. in length and 2 in. in breadt th, above scantily but 
beneath more copiously hairy; primary veins prominent on t the under 
side. Cymes axillary or terminal, the axillary ones usually in pa 
seldom above 1 in. long, hairy. Bracteoles narrow and poll 
Flowers es Agra ee segments lanceolate, pointed, without 
conspicuous re about 3 lines long. Coro 
tube pubescent < ota e, ten ‘the length of the calyx, much narrowed 
downwards, and co nstricted at its termination ; lobes amply ove 
i 
or spathula-elliptic, glabrous segments. Stamens fixed about wid 
middle of the corolla-tube, perfectly enclosed ; filaments very 89? 
Anthers free, yellowish, glabrous, gradually poirited, minutely 2-lobed 
at the base, a little over 1 line long. Style glabrous; stigma nearly si 
long as the style, ovate-conical, annular-turged at the base, bimucront 
late at the apex. Fruit not yet — ted.—F. v. lM. Le. 
Russell River, Stephen Jo. 
Order ASCLEPIADEZ. 
Trine CYNANCHE. 
GOMPHOCARPUS, R. Br. 
(From the club-shaped fruit.) 
Oslre 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-parted, mostly reflex 
5-parted, erect or suberect, as long as th tege or mach ronge 
eel ae laterally : palate &s flexed, 
Ye 
