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lxxxiv. boragine.e. 
2. EHRETIA, Linn. 
(After D. G. Ekret.) 
Calyx deeply divided into 5 segments. Corolla with a short or cylindrical 
tube ; limb of 5 spreading lobes, imbricate in the bud. Stamens inserted in the 
tube; anthers exserted or rarely almost included. Ovary 2-celled with 2 ovules 
in each cell, or 4-celled with 1 ovule in each cell ; style terminal, more or less 
2-lobed or forked, the lobes entire, without any prominent ring. Fruit a drupe, 
the endocarp forming 2 2-seeded or 4 1 -seeded pyrenes. Seeds with a 
membranous testa and usually scanty albumen ; cotyledons ovate, not folded. 
Trees or shrubs, often glabrous. Leaves entire or toothed. Flowers rather 
small, usually white, in panicles or cymes, either terminal in the upper axils or 
rarely all axillary. Bracts small. Fruits usually much smaller than in Conli'i. 
The genus is widely distributed over the tropical regions of the New as well as the Old World. 
Of the Australian species. 2 are common E. Indian ones, the 3 others are endemic. 
Skct. 1. Euehl etia. — Flower* m irreynlqrly branched panicles. Ovary 4-celled. with I 
ovule in each cell. 
Leaves glabrous underneath, rather narrow 1. E. acuminata . 
I, eaves pubescent underneath, usually broad 2. E. pilosulh. 
Sect.IL Bourrerioides. Flowers in divaricately dichotomous cymes. Ovary 2-celled , 
with 2 ovules in each cell. 
Corolla-tube longer than the calyx ; lobes shorter. Cymes mostly terminal. 
Leaves oblong or lanceolate. 
Leaves long-lanceolate, with very oblique veins. Anthers included in 
the tube or scarcely exserted 3. E. saliyna. 
Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, the veins rather oblique. Anthers 
quite exserted 4. E. membra nifolia. 
Corolla-tube not longer than the calyx ; lobes twice as long. Cymes 
sm ill. lateral. Leaves mostly ovate 5. K. lands. 
1. E. acuminata (leaves acuminate), Jl. Ur. Protl. 497 ; Bentli. FI. Austr. 
iv. 387. A tall shrub or tree of 20 to 30ft., quite glabrous, except the inflorescence, 
which is slightly pubescent. Leaves petiolate, oval or elliptical-oblong, shortly and 
obtusely acuminate, usually narrowed at the base, serrate with callous teeth, 3 to Gin. 
long. Flowers sessile and crowded on the branchlets of dense thyrsoid panicles, 
terminal and in the upper axils, scarcely exceeding the leaves. Calyx-segments 
about f line long, nearly orbicular, ciliate. Corolla-tube exceedingly short : 
lobes spreading to about 3 lines diameter. Anthers exserted. Ovary 4-celled. 
with 1 laterally attached ovule in each cell ; style-lobes in the typical form very 
short, clavate, truncate and usually conniveut. Fruit .globular, 2 to 3 lines 
diameter, the endocarp separating into 2 hard 2-celled . 2-seeded pyrenes. — 
DC. Prod. ix. 503 ; E. serrata, Roxb. Wight 111. t. 170. 
Hab.: Moreton Bay and other southern localities. 
Wood light-brown; grain coarse; firm; easy to work; resembles closely the English Elm. - 
Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 287a. 
Var. laxi flora. Leaves less toothed, sometimes almost entire. Style divided nearly to the 
base. The differences in the style may, however, depend on a certain degree of unisexuality. — 
Ben th. 
2. E. pilosula (slightly hairy), F. r. M. Erat/m. v. 20; Benth. FI. A tost r. 
iv. 388. A handsome tree of 20 to 30ft., closely allied to E. acuminata, and 
probably a variety, with the leaves broader, rounded or almost cordate at the 
base, and more or less pubescent or villous underneath. Inflorescence, flowers, 
and fruit the same as in E. acuminata. 
Hab.: Seaview Range; Rockingham Ray and Herbert River. Jntllachy : Forest Hill, Mackay. 
W 2 * * * * 7 . Macartney. 
