24 Contributions to the Queensland Flora. 
mm.) long. Calyx cupular or hemispherical, 1-2 lines (2-4 mm.) in 
diameter, 5-lobed, the lobes deltoid or broadly ovate, less than half the 
length of the petals. Petals 5, 1-1} line (2-3 mm.) long, broadly obovate, 
on short broad claws, Stamens shortly united in 5 bundles opposite 
the petals, the outer ones scarcely longer than the petals and 2-4 of the 
longest in each bundle with larger apparently sterile indehiscent anthers, 
the inner stamens much shorter with minute filaments at the base of the 
bundle and included in the calyx-tube or nearly so. Anthers broadly 
ovate or subglobose. Ovary 3-celled, filling the base of the calyx-tube 
and adnate to it, the summit slightly convex. Stigma on a short style 
or almost subsessile. 
Hab, : Johnstone River, H. G. Ladbrook. 
This species belongs to Bentham’s section Eutristania, and differs 
markedly from other Austialian species in its larger leaves and panicu- 
late inflorescence. 
In forwarding the specimens, Mr. Ladbrook remarks that the 
species is ‘‘ a small tree, the flowers creamy white, with a rich almost 
allspice odour.” 
METROSIDEROS, Banks. 
M. verticillata, sp. nov. 
em. longis) ; calycibus 5-lobis, tubo cupulare, lobis late ovatis vel triangularibus, 
intus minute tomentosis ; petalis 5 minute tomentosis late ovatis vel suborbi- 
cularibus sepala duplo longioribus ; stamini=us numerosis elongatis tenuis (2-2-5 
em. longis) ; ovario glabro obtuse trigono triloculare. 
A tree (7), glabrous except a minute pubescence on the calyx-lobes 
and petals, the young branchlets somewhat angular on account of the 
decurrent petioles. Leaves crowded, in false whorls of 3-5, paler on the 
underside, oblanceolate or linear-lanceolate, somewhat rounded and 
often slightly mucronate at the apex, gradually narrowed to the base 
and finely decurrent on the petiole to its base, 13-34 in. (4-9 em.) long, 
3-6 lines (6-12 mm.) broad; lateral veins fine and numerous and 
Peduncles often clustered, somewhat flattened or angular, 4-8 lines (8-16 
mm.) long. Pedicels slender, 4-7 lines (8-14 mm.) long. Calyx-tube 
ovate or suborbicular, at least twice the length of the calyx-lobes. 
Stamens filiform, } to nearly lin. (2-2-5 em.) long; anthers oblong, 
basifixed. Ovary enclosed in the calyx-tube, adnate by its broad 
