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floribus absunt. Stamina 7-8, breviter inserta, filamenta ciliata. 

 Discus capillaris. Ovarium triloculatum, uno ovulo in singula 

 cella. Capsula tiibus angulis obtusis, prope aequa ad apicem, 

 aperiens loculicide, glabra in parte exteriore et intus. Semina 

 ovata, crasso arillo formato simili poculo ad fundum. 



A bushy handsome glabrous tree about 40 feet high with a 

 stem-diameter of about 18 inches. Leaves with two leaflets on 

 a petiole ^ to f inch long; leaflets oblong-elliptical, obtuse, 2J to 

 3 J inches long and about 1 \ inches broad, dark and shining on 

 the upper side, paler below. Flowers in axillary or terminal few- 

 flowered panicles not above 2J inches long in the specimen seen, 

 on short pedicels, unisexual as far as seen, the staminate flowers 

 with a rudimentary ovary, the pistillate ones with only a few or 

 no fertile stamens, and apparently without petals — unless the 

 petals drop off in a very early state. Sepals orbicular with thin 

 slightly and sparingly ciliate edges, otherwise glabrous, imbricate, 

 rather above 1 line in diameter. Petals shortly clawed, somewhat 

 smaller than the sepals, nearly as broad but narrower, on the 

 inner side with two inflexed orange-coloured auricles at the base 

 of the lamina above the claw, the claw and the lower edge ciliate. 

 Stamens 7 to 8, shortly exserted, with ciliate filaments. Disk 

 hairy. Ovarium glabrous, 3-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell. 

 Capsule obtusely 3-angled, nearly flat at the top, opening loculi- 

 cidally in 3 valves, orange-coloured, glabrous outside and inside, 

 expanding to about 1 inch in diameter when open. Seeds ovate, 

 almost black, with a thick cup-shaped greenish-yellow arillus at 

 the base, not \ the size of the seed. 



Our new species is allied to C. anacardioides A. Rich., or 

 perhaps closer to C. Wadsworthii F.v.M., but is so well dis- 

 tinguished from both that we need not point out the distinctions. 

 In general appearance it resembles more Cupania semiglauca 

 F.v.M. (Guioa semiglauca Radlk.), but the fruits and seeds are 

 very different. According to Prof. Radlkofer's classification of 

 Sapindacese, it belongs to the genus Cupaniopsis, to which belong 

 three other species from New South Wales, viz., C. anacardioides, 

 C. Wadsworthii and C. serrata. 



