Contributions to the Queensland Flora. 
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Order DILLENIACEZ:. 
TETRACERA, Linn. 
ae oe F.v. M. To the description in ‘‘ Queensland 
Flora,” p. 10, add :—Ripe carpels strigose-hirsute, about 3 
lines long ;_ seeds black, glossy, arillus yellow, fringed. 
Hab. : Dunk Island, EZ. J. Banfield ; Johnstone River, Rev. N. Michael. 
Order GUTTIFERZ. 
GARCINIA, Linn. 
G. Cherryi, Bail. To the description in ‘‘ Queensland 
Flora,” p. 103, add :—Sepals very coriaceous, as broad or 
broader than long, 2 lines diam.; petals coriaceous, broadly 
obovate, 5-6 lines long. 
Hab. : Good flowering specimens have been collected in the Atherton 
district by Ws Mocatta (received through the Director of Forests) ; 
at the time of writing the description in the ‘‘ Queensland Flora” flowers 
in the bud stage only were available. 
Order MALVACEZ. 
SIDA, Linn. 
S. acuta, Burm. Fl. Ind. 147. Undershrub. Leaves 
nearly panes 2-3 in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute, serrate, 
shortly petiolate ; stipules subulate, longer than the petiole. 
Peduncles as Jong as the petiole, articulate in the middle. 
Calyx-tube subglobose, sepals triangular, acute. Petals 
yellow, twice the length of the sepals. Carpels 5-9, rugose, 
awned. Wight Ic. t.95; S.carpinifolia, Linn. f. non Bourg., 
Hook. Fl. Brit. India I. 323. 
Hab.: Cro ydon, fk A, C. Wilson ; Townsville, EH. W. Bick; 
Gordonvale, H. Jarv 
A common weed of most tropical countries. 
e nearest ally of this species is S. rhombifolia, Linn., 
from which it differs principally in the shorter peduncles and 
in the carpels being rugose and constantly awned. 
