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CX. LAURINEyE. 
[Hernandia. 
lower down with a small bract undereach pedicel. Male perianth slightly pubes- 
cent, the segments 8 in each row, almost petal-like, veined, about 2 lines long. 
Stamens 3, shorter than the segments with short filaments. Female flowers with 
a cup-shaped entire truncate involucel a little below the ovary and 14 line long 
at the time of flowering, but soon enlarged and growing over the ovary or 
perianth-tube. Perianth-tube from the first completely adnate to the fleshy ovary, 
segments 4 in each row, the outer ones ovate 2 lines long, the inner ones narrow. 
Glands 4, large and nearly globular. Style villous, thickened upwards, with a 
dilated oblique irregularly lobed glabrous stigma, the whole style deciduous with 
the perianth-lobes. Fruit completely enclosed in the involucel which has become 
inflated globular, smooth and fleshy, above 14in. diameter with a circular 
entire orifice of about iin. diameter. Fruit about lin. diameter, more or less 
distinctly marked with 8 broad raised longitudinal ribs, with a raised terminal 
umbo. Seed very hard, about fin. diameter. Embryo divided into 4 or 5 
thick fleshy ruminate lobes. — Seem. FI. Yit. 205, t. 32. 
Hab.: Frankland Islands, M'Gillivray ; Dunk Island, Dallachy ; and a few other tropical 
localities. 
The species extends over the sea coasts of the South Pacific and Eastern Archipelago, 
westward to the Mascarene Islands and northward to the Philippine Islands and Loo Choo. 
2. H. bivalvis (2-valved), Benth. FI. Austr. v. 314 ; Cudgerie or 
Grease-nut. Leaves on long petioles, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
rounded or slightly cordate at the base peltate on young plants only, 3- or 
rarely 5-nerved, 4 to Gin. long. Inflorescence of H. peltata, the involucre of 4 or 5 
bracts, the central female flowers sessile, the two lateral male ones on short 
pedicels articulate below the middle. Involucel of 2 distinct broad concave 
bracts enclosing the perianth-tube or ovary. Perianth-segments usually 8 in the 
males, 10 in the females, about 3 lines long, in 2 rows (one of the inner rows 
deficient in one flower examined). Stamens 4, the filaments slender, with 2 
•glands. Style slender, glabrous, with a broad crenate stigma. Involucel en- 
closing the fruit nearly 2in. long, very broad, cordate at the base, much inflated, 
when fresh red and almost fleshy, of an almost membranous texture when dry 
md reticulate, divided nearly to the base into 2 valves. Fruit black, about 10- 
ribbed, with a very small terminal umbo. Seed as in H. peltata. 
Hab.: Brisbane River. Fraser; Wide Bay, Bidwill ; Moreton Bay, Brisbane River scrubs. 
The shells of the fruit of this tree contain a dye, soluble in soda, but not in ether, alcohol 
or water. The kernel contains 04'8 per cent, of oil, which is similar to common laurel oil, 
is of the same consistency, and also the same stearine and narcotic smell. — K. T. Staiger. 
Wood of a dark-grey colour, grain close, light and soft; suitable for carriage-brakes, lining- 
•boards, and similar uses . — Bailexfs Cat. Ql. Woods, Xo. 324. 
Order CXI. PROTEACEjE. 
Flowers hermaphrodite or rarely partially unisexual. Perianth regular or 
Irregular, deciduous, consisting of 4 segments valvately united in the bud, the 
claws forming a tube cylindrical or dilated towards the base, the laminae 
short, forming a globular ovoid or rarely elongated limb ; the segments 
at length separating either from the base upwards or revolute from the 
laminae downwards, leaving a portion of the tube entire or open on one side, 
the laminae sometimes cohering long after the segments have separated lower 
down. Stamens 4, opposite the perianth-segments and usually inserted on 
them, either with the filaments wholly adnate leaving the anthers sessile at 
the base of the laminie, or the filaments shortly free below the laminae, 
or very rarely the stamens entirely free from the perianth ; anthers various 
all perfect or rarely partially abortive, most frequently with 2 parallel cells 
adnate to a connectivum continuous with the filament. Hypogynous or 
perigynous glands or scales in many genera 4, alternating with the stamens, 
