14 Contributions to the Queensland Flora. 
Order SAXIFRAGEZ, 
POLYOSMA, BI: 
P. hirsuta, sp. nov. 
rbor, ramulis dense pubescéntibus ; foliis breviter petiolatis ovato-lanceo - 
latis acuminatis marginibus remote dentatis vel raro integris ; foliis novellis 
n d ; 
rhachide hirsuta ; floribus pedicellatis, pedicellis pubescentibus basi bracteatis ; 
calyce dense hirsuto ; corolla tenuiter pilosa; bacca ovoideo-globosa, apice 
angusta, 
A tree of medium size. Branchlets ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves. 
petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, sharply acuminate and apiculate at the 
apex, the margins irregularly notched with a few distant teeth, some- 
times entire, the upper surface clothed with brown hairs in the young 
state but becoming glabrescent with age, the nerves on the under 
surface prominent and densely pubescent, the surface of the blade 
pabsocent in the young stage but becoming glabrescent with age, length 
23-4 in. (63-10 cm.,), breadth 3-13 in. (2-4 em.), petiole densely pubes- 
cent, 3 Tins (7 mm.) long. pats mes shorter than the leaves, rhachis 
densely pubescent. Flowers shortly pedicellate, with 2 linear bracts 
at the base of the icel, Pedicel hirsute, 1 line (2 mm.) long. Calyx 
hirsute, teeth linear. Corolla pilose, 3 lines (7 mm.) long. Fruit ovoid- 
globose, contracted at the top, 4 lines (9 mm.) diam.—P. aliangacea, 
Bail. Rep. Bot. Bellenden-Ker Exped. (1889), non F. v. M 
Hab.: Johnstone River, Rev. N. Michael (type); Harvey’s Creek, F. M. 
Bailey. 
The present plant differs from the game! described Queensland 
species in its densely pubescent characte 
Order MYRTACEZ, 
XANTHOSTEMON, F. v. M. 
X. pubescens, C. 7. White, Proc. Roy. Soc. Ql. xxix. (1917) p. 57, 
fig. 13. 
Arbor alte, she apa, inflorescentiis vate i pebteeconbint: ‘ Voecye: er 
centibus ; inflorescentiis cymosis terminalibus vel sub- terminalibus ; ; pedunculis 
pedicelliaque dense pubescentibus ; calyce dense hirsuto, tubo eatinpannletd, 
lobis triangulo-ovatis ; petalis dense poe hes. glanduloso-punctatis ; staminibus 
numerosis ; Ovario glabrescente ; capsula supera sub-globosa trivalva, 
A large tree, branchlets, inflorescence, and under surface of the 
leaves pubescent. aves lanceolate, _average size 4} in, (11-5 em.) 
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the exception of the midrib; which is more or less densely pubescent 
in the lower half. Flowers in terminal or subterminal pedunculate, 
