CXII. THYMELyEACEiE. 
1371 
Phaleria .] 
description refers rather to the other specimen with pubescent perianths which appears to be 
the same as the Javanese D. longifolium , Teysm., and is perhaps also identical with Deciisne’s 
Timor P. laurifolia. The Australian specimens have the leaves rather broader and less 
tapering than is usual in the Javanese specimens of either species. — ■ Bentli . 
2. P. Neumanni (after L. Neumann), F. v. M. ; Bentli. FI. Austr. vi. 
38. A bushy shrub, glabrous except the flowers. Leaves oblong-elliptical, 
shortly acuminate, tapering below the middle, much narrowed at the base 
and narrowly decurrent along the short petiole, 4 to 8in. long, 1| to 2fin. broad. 
Flower-heads terminal, sessile or nearly so. Involucral bracts 4 to 6, rather 
broad, obtuse. Flowers numerous in the head. Perianth hoary-pubescent 
outside, the tube 7 to 8 lines long ; lobes usually 5 but sometimes 4 only, about 
2 lines long, obtuse. Fruit rather larger than in P Blumei and more frequently 
1 -seeded by abortion . — Drymispennn Neumanni , F. v. M. Fragm. v. 26. 
Hab.: Rockingham Bay and Herbert River, Dallachy. 
Probably not distinct from the true P. laurifolia from Timor, of which, however, I have seen 
no specimen for comparison. — Benth. 
3. P. clerodendron (like a Clerodendron), F. v. M.\ Benth. FI. Austr. vi. 
38. An arborescent shrub, scarcely 12ft. high, quite glabrous. Leaves elliptical- 
oblong, much acuminate, tapering at the base but distinctly petiolate, 6 to 8in. 
long. Flower-heads axillary or lateral, nearly sessile. Perianth glabrous outside, 
the tube If to Hin. long, the lobes usually slightly pubescent inside, about 3 
lines long. Involucre and fruits not seen .- — Drymispermum clerodendron, F. v. M. 
Fragm. vii. 1. 
Hab.: Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 
This species comes very near to D. Cumingii, Meisn., from the Philippine Islands, but the 
flowers are still larger. — Bentli. 
Order CXITI. EL/EAGNACEjE. 
Flowers hermaphrodite or dioecious. Perianth tubular, free but persistent at 
the base and contracted above the ovary, the upper portion deciduous, 2 or 
4-lobed, or in male flowers the perianth divided to the base. Stamens equal to 
and alternate with the perianth-lobes or twice as many, inserted at the mouth of 
the tube or at the base of the perianth ; anthers versatile, with two parallel cells 
opening longitudinally. Ovary 1-celled, with 1 erect anatropous ovule. Fruit 
indehiscent, consisting of the persistent enlarged and usually succulent base of 
the perianth lined by the thin pericarp. Seed with a membranous or rather thick 
testa; albumen none or very thin; embryo straight, with a short inferior 
radicle. — Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing, more or less covered with a 
scurfy or silvery indumentum consisting of stellate or peltate scales. Leaves 
alternate, entire. Flowers usually yellow or greenish, in axillary clusters cymes 
or short spikes, with 1 bract often very deciduous under each flower. 
A small Order, chiefly Asiatic and European, with a very few American, northern, or tropical 
species; the only Australian genus has nearly the same area as the Order. 
1. EL/EAGNUS, Linn. 
(A classical name of the Wild Olive, hence the English name “Oleaster” 
for the European species.) 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth 4-lobed. Stamens 4, inserted at the orifice 
of the tube. Style elongated, recurved at the top, with a lateral stigma. 
This, the principal genus of the Order, has several Asiatic or European and one North 
American species ; the only Australian species is one widely distributed over Ceylon, E. India, 
and the Eastern Archipelago. 
