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CIX. MONIMIACEjE. 
[ Mollinedia 
2in. long, but varying from H to 3in., of a much thinner consistence than in 
M. Huegcliana, and the primary veins scarcely conspicuous. Panicles thrysoid, 
loose, often as long as the leaves. Pedicels 2 to 3 lines long. Male perianth 
obovoid, globular, li line diameter, with 4 short broad connivent lobes. 
Stamens 15 to 20, irregularly lining the perianth as in the American Mollinedia;. 
Fruiting perianth circumsciss, the carpels or drupes ovoid-globular, obtuse, 
glabrous, 4 to 5 lines long, very shortly stipitate on the flat expanded perianth- 
base or disk . — Wardellia paniculata, F. v. M. Fragm. vi. 252. 
Hab.: Rockingham Bay, Dallacliy. 
4. wr. macooraia (aboriginal name of South Peak of Bellenden-Ker), Bail. 
Bat. Bull. v. 23. A tall shrub or small tree, quite glabrous except the inflore- 
sence ; leaves coriaceous, smooth, lanceolate, on very short thick petioles, 2 or 
3in. long by ljin. wide in the middle ; margins quite entire, the apex more or less 
elongated ; lateral veins numerous and almost parallel. Peduncles terminal or 
becoming lateral from the growth of the shoot, enlarged under the receptacle, 
but sometimes a common very short peduncle bearing two branches, 
but usually single. Receptacle hairy, carpels 4 to 12, iin. or more long, oblong, 
nearly or quite sessile. 
Ilab.: Bellenden-Ker Range up to the summit of the South Peak, 5,000ft. 
This plant somew hat resembles M. Wardellii ; but differs too much in fruit and foliage to 
allow of its being placed under that species. 
5. WE. loxocarya (oblique fruit), Benth. FI. Austr. v. 287. A glabrous 
shrub, apparently very nearly allied to M. Wardellii, the branches often com- 
pressed under the leaves as in Kibara macrophylla. Leaves elliptical-oblong, 
contracted into a rather long petiole as in il I. Wardellii and of the same con- 
sistence, obtuse or shortly acuminate, quite entire, 3 to 4in. long. Flowers 
not seen. Fruiting panicles to 2in. long, resembling those of M. Wardellii, 
but with a pair of small leaves under the first pair of peduncles and the 
carpels or drupes closely sessile ovoid and shortly obliquely and obtusely 
acuminate. 
Hab : Rockingham Bay, and other tropical scrubs. 
Wood yellowish, close-grained, ad prettily marked. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. B'oods, No. 307. 
G. XVE. acuminata (leaves pointed), F. v. M. Fragm. v. 155 ; Benth. FI. 
Austr. v. 2S7. A small tree, quite glabrous or the inflorescence slightly 
pubescent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or elliptical, acutely acuminate, contracted 
into a rather long petiole, entire or obscurely and irregularly denticulate, 2 to 
3in. long, rather thinner even than in the last two species but not seen in an 
old state. Panicles thyrsoid, shorter than the leaves, axillary or terminal. 
Flowers small. Male perianth glabrous, depressed-globular, about H line 
diameter, with 2 short broad bracteoles sometimes adnate at the base ; lobes 8 in 
2 rows, the 4 outer ones orbicular and much imbricate, the 4 inner narrower and 
almost valvate. Anthers rather numerous, nearly sessile, occupying the whole 
disk or with a few abortive hairy carpels in the centre ; the outer ones with 2 
parallel dorsal cells opening longitudinally as in Hedgcanja, the inner ones with 
the cells confluent at the apex as in Mollinedia. Female flowers and fruits 
unknown. 
Hab.: Rockingham Bay, Dallacliy. 
This plant, with the habit and general aspect nearly of il/. H’ardelli, is evidently not a 
congener, the perianth and androecium being much nearer to, although certainly not identical 
with, those of Hedycnnja. In the absence, however, of female flowers and fruits its real genus 
cannot be determined, and I have therefore refrained from giving it a new name to be rejec 
hereafter as another superfluous synonym. — Benth. 
