Criji>tocar>ja.\ 
CX. LAURINEJE. 
1299 
shining above, very prominently penniveined and reticulate underneath, the veins 
rusty-pubescent, often glaucous between them. Panicles loosely corymbose or 
thyrsoid. Pedicels very short. Perianth scarcely above 1 line long, the segments 
about as long as the tube. Glands large, free from the inner stamens, nearly sessile. 
Fruiting perianth ovoid or oblong, about Jin. long. 
Hab.: Cape York, W. Hill; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy ; also in other tropical scrubs. 
Wood of a grey colour, close-grained and hard. — Bailey's Cat Ql. Woods, No. 310a. 
3. C patentinervis (nerves spreading), F. v. M. in 1>C. Prod, xv. i. 508 and 
Fragm v. 1G6 ; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 296. A small tree, the branches and in- 
florescence ferruginous or hoary with a close tomentum. Leaves ovate to oblong- 
lanceolate, acuminate, 2 to 4in. long, glabrous above, softly or minutely pube- 
scent and more or less glaucous underneath, the primary veins prominent, the 
reticulate veinlets also somewhat conspicuous. Cymes sometimes solitary in the 
axils, more frequently several in short terminal thyrsoid panicles, the flowers not 
numerous, hoary-pubescent. Perianth li line long, the tube turbinate, rather 
shorter than the lobes. Glands of the inner stamens shortly stipitate. Stamino- 
dia sessile, thick, acuminate. Fruiting perianth ellipsoid-oblong, nearly iin- 
long, the pericarp rather more distinct from it than in most species. — C. rigida , 
Meissn. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 508. 
Hab.: Towards the Tweed River, Rev. B.'Scortechini. 
Wood of a light colour marked with black streaks and spots, hard and tough. — Bailey's Cat. 
Ql. lVoods, No. 310b. 
4. C. obovata (obovate), R. Br. Prod. 402 ; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 296. A 
fine bushy-headed tree, the young shoots and inflorescence minutely tomentose- 
and more or less ferruginous. Leaves oblong to obovate, very obtuse and 2 to 
4in. long in the typical form, larger broader and sometimes shortly and obtusely 
acuminate in northern specimens, rather thick, the margins often recurved, 
glabrous with the veins scarcely conspicuous above, often glaucous or even very 
minutely pubescent when young underneath, with the primary pinnate veins 
very prominent, the reticulations scarcely conspicuous. Panicles loosely thyrsoid, 
numerous and many flowered, the upper ones forming a terminal panicle. 
Flowers rather larger than in C. glaucescens. Perianth-segments as long as the 
oblong tube. Glands stipitate, appearing to belong as much to the outer as to 
the inner staminal series. Staminodia sessile, acuminate. Fruiting perianth 
globular, about iin. diameter. — Meissn. in DC. Prod. xv. i. 73, 507 ; C. hypospodia, 
F. v. M. Fragm. v. 170. 
Hab.: Rockingham Bay, Dallachy (with large leaves) ; Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, 
A. Cunningham, F. v. Mueller, IV. Hill. 
Wood of a light colour, very tough ; a useful wood if not exposed to the weather. — Bailey's. 
Cat. Ql. lVoods, No. 311. 
Var. tropica. The northern form with broader leaves. 
Wood of a light-colour, close-grained and tough. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql Woods, No. 311a. 
5. C. glaucescens (greyish), B. Br. Prod. 402 ; Benth. FI. Austr. v. 297. 
A tree of 40ft. and upwards, the young branches and petioles minutely pubescent 
when young but soon becoming glabrous, the inflorescence usually hoary- 
pubescent. Leaves ovate-elliptical or oblong, obtuse or shortly acuminate, 
shortly contracted at the base, flat, not usually so rigid as in C. obovata, penni- 
veined and reticulate but the veins rather fine and the reticulations little con- 
spicuous or in some varieties conspicuous or even prominent on both sides, both 
surfaces green or somewhat glaucous, rarely above 4in. long in flowering speci- 
mens, but larger on luxuriant shoots. Flowers numerous, shortly pedicellate, in 
thyrsoid panicles shorter or longer than the leaves, the upper ones often form- 
ing a large terminal panicle. Perianth 1 to 1J line long, lioary-pubescent, the- 
tube oblong when fully out, turbinate when young, the segments about as long 
