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MACADAMIA, F. v. M. ; 
M, Yo a, F. v. Moore. Having just received fruit 
specimens of this large, straggling shrub from Eumundi, I ge ney : 
i i e plant. 
Fruit vermilion, from globose to oval, and more or less pointed at each 
end, attaining 1} in. long and 13 in. diameter, indehiscent, slightly 
escent ; suture prominent. The fruit becoming uneven or rugosé 
Hab.: Yandina and Eumundi scrubs. 
The fruits of this plant have been suspected of poisonous properties. 
Order SANTALACEZ. 
SANTALUM, Linn. ; 
S. lanceolatum, FR. Br, var. angustifolium, Benth, ™ 
Flora Austr. vi. 214, An erect shrub of 8 or10feet. ‘Leaves narrow 
lanceolate, often with a fine incurved point, 2 or 3 in. long, on slender | 
petioles of about 3 or 4 lines. The fruit oblong with the circular scat 
near the summit. 
Hab.: Diamantina, Dr. Thos. L. Baneroft. 
Order EUPHORBIACE. 
Trine PHYLLANTHE. | 
PHYLLANTHUS, Linn. oe 
P. hypospodius, F'v.If, Vic. Nat. March 1892. (Referring 
the grey colour of underside of leaves.) A glabrous shrub, of 
14 ft. in height. Leaves also distichous, entire, attaining 4 ™ oi 
le 2 in. in breadth, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, a 
petioles, thinly veined, upper surface dull-green, whitish-grey 02 er 
underside. Sepals pale-coloured. Staminate flowers minute, 00 
D. teretifolium, var. aureum. Branches long, slender, droF 
ing. Leaves 1 to 14 feet long, with a diameter of from 1 to 
