Mollinedia.] 
CIX. MONIMIACE/E. 
1201 
7. IWE. subternata (leaves often appearing as in whorls of three), Bail. But. 
Bull. v. 22 ; “Wonda,” Tully River, Roth. A tall shrub or small tree, with long 
•dependent branches, which, with the petioles, midrib, and primary nerves, are 
clothed by a greyish tomentum. Leaves in whorls of 3, 1 of which is often 
placed very slightly lower than the other 2, broad-lanceolate, 3J to 5 Jin. long, 
1J to 2Jin. broad, tapering or slightly rounded at the base, elongated to a 
sharp apex, which is usually furnished with a bristle-like point, glabrous except 
for the hairs upon the nerves and veins; petiole slender, about Jin. long. 
Peduncles axillary, slender, about ljin. long, bearing 2 spreading branches at the 
top, each bearing 1 or more pedicellate flowers ; receptacle hairy. Carpels 7 or 
less, shortly stipitate, roundly oval, about 4 lines long, hairy, but becoming 
nearly glabrous when ripe. Flowers not yet obtained. 
Hab.: Freshwater Creek, near Cairns, E. Cou-ley ; Tully Eiver, 1 loth. 
Wood used for fire-sticks, Roth. 
Wood of a brown colour, nicely marked, soft and light, useful for cabinet work. — Bailey's 
•Cat. Ql. (Foods, No. 306 b . 
3. KIBARA, Endi. 
(Brongniartia, Blume ; Sciadicarpus, Hassk ; Sarcostigma, Griff ; Wilkiea,. V v. Mueller.) 
Flowers unisexual, usually monoecious. Perianth ovoid-globular or hemis- 
ipherical, nearly closed by 4 short connivent lobes or teeth, usually (but not in 
•all species) indexed, or thickened inside in the females. Male fl. Stamens 4 
opposite the perianth-lobes, the filaments flattened and more or less adnate to 
the tube, and above their union either distinct or united in a cup or ring, always 
shorter than the perianth, and usually 1,2, or 3 shorter stamens within the 
four; anther-cells confluent in a single terminal cell opening longitudinally. No 
rudimentary carpels. Female perianth circumsciss. Staminodia none (unless 
the thickened interior of the perianth lobes be regarded as such). Carpels 
several, often numerous, with 1 pendulous ovule in each. Style short and 
obtuse. Fruiting carpels several, ovoid, drupaceous, sessile or stipitate on the 
■expanded receptacle. Seed with a fleshy albumen ; embryo small, with small 
erect cotyledons, the radicle superior.— Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire or 
acutely toothed. Flowers small, in axillary cymes or panicles. Bracts very 
small. 
The Australian species are endemic, the genus comprises 1 or perhaps 3 or 4 from the 
Malayan Peninsula and the Indian Archipelago. The fruits of Mollinedia, Kibara, and 
Hedycarya supply no generic distinctive characters. — Benth. 
Flowers and the whole plant glabrous. 
Leaves narrow, rigidly coriaceous. Petioles short. Inflorescence very 
short. Pedicels 2 to 3 lines long 1. K. macrophylla. 
Leaves broad, thinly coriaceous. Inflorescence loose. Pedicels lin. 
long or more 2. A', longipcs. 
Inflorescence and often the foliage pubescent. 
Panicles loose. Carpels stipitate 3 . K. laxi flora. 
Panicles short. Carpels sessile : . . 4. K. pubescens. 
1. X. macrophylla (leaves long), Benth. FI. Austr. v. 288. A tree of 
considerable size, perfectly glabrous in all its parts. Leaves on very short 
petioles, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, bordered by short 
pungent-pointed teeth or almost or quite entire, cuneate rounded or cordate at 
the base, rigidly coriaceous, shining and reticulate. Inflorescence simple or 
branched, axillary, very short, rarely above £in. long. Pedicels slender, 2 to 3 
lines long, with a small bract close under the flower. Perianth globular, quite 
glabrous, about 1 line diameter, the females with a minute orifice very minutely 
4-toothed with thick reflexed fleshy glands (points of the lobes ? or staminodia ?) 
inside, the males rather less closed and not thickened. Stamens in the males 
4 opposite the lobes, shortly free, with very shortly broad filaments, and 1 or 
