12 Contributions to the Queensland Flora. 
T. australis, sp. nov. 
D bionic aie Lesa a lanceolatis vel eee oe in utrinque nitidis ; 
si 1s ramulis tenuiter pubescentibus ; floribus masculis 
ignotis ; Aaribas inns heed pedicellatis ; calyce late RESTS truncato 
minute 5-denticulato ; petalis 5 apice minute apiculato ; staminodiis 5 ad apicem 
utrinque pilis albis longis obsitis ; ovario glabro ; fructu dimidiato, hine sicco, 
illine carnoso (in sicco parte carnosa subevanida, parte sicca nitida valde 
nervosa 
A tree. Leaves nglagieet Tearenn or oblanceolate, 3-5 in. 
(7-5-13 em.) long, 1-12in. (2-5 em.) broad, coriaceous, both sides 
more or less glossy, tapering ee a aid of 2-4 lines (-5-lem.) Flowers 
unisexual in axillary cymes, the branches of the inflorescene thinly 
Petals 5, ovate, 13 lines (4 mm.) long, inflexed and minutely apiculate 
at the apex. Staminodia 5, flat, covered with white hairs towards the 
top on both sides, Style short. Ovary glabrous. Fruit bluish green 
and glossy, about 1} in. (3-2 em.) long, 6-8 lines broad, and bearing a 
fleshy gibbosity of a dirty-white or light-brown colour, Seed flat, 
lanceolate. (In the dried specimens the fruit is glossy, flat, and strongly 
veined, and the fleshy part dried into a thin fold of skin.)—A podytes 
brachystylis, F. M. Bailey (non F. v. Mueller) 2nd Add, 3rd Suppl. Syn. 
Queensl. Fl. p. 107 (at end of Cat. Indig. & Nat. Pl. Re 
1890) ; Queensl. Fl. p. 248 ; Comprehens. Cat. Queens. Pl. fi 
Hab. : Johnstone River, Dr. T. L. Bancroft, Rev. N. Michael, H. G. Ladbrook. 
Bailey l.c. remarks that he was unable to find anthers in the only 
flower examined by him. From the Rev. N. Michael I have received 
a number of flowers preserved in spirits, but in no case could I find 
any trace of anthers, from which it must be inferred that the plant is 
dicecious or polygamous. Male flowers are as yet unknown, but I have 
little hesitation in referring the plant to the genus T'ylecarpus. 
Two other species of the genus have been described, viz., 
T. papuanus (Becc.) Engl. and 7’, samoensis, Reinecke 
Order CELASTRINEZ. 
SIPHONODON, Benth, 
S. membranaceum, Bail. To the description in Queensland Flora, 
p. 262, add :—Calyx irregularly partite. Petals fleshy, almost orbicular, 
24 lines diam. Stamens about | line long, filaments flattened, 1 line 
long and almost as broad ; anthers 2-celled, cells divergent. Disk thick, 
fleshy, lobed. 
Hab. : Evelyn, J. F. Bailey (type) ; Johnstone River, On N. Michael (flowers); 
Tringilburra Creek, F. M, Bailey ; Barron River, E. Cow ley. 
