Argophyllum.\ 
XLV. SAXIFRAGES. 
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Hab.: Mount Elliott, Ballacliy ; Walsh’s Pyramid. 
Wood yellow, close-grained, and hard. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 151a (Mount Perry form). 
Var. cryptophleba, F. v. M. in Herb. Leaves lanceolate, about 6in. long and 1J to 2in. broad, 
or sometimes more oblong in form and 9in. long and 5in. broad, the texture of these large leaves 
being almost membranous ; the margins bordered with numerous sharp, short teeth. 
Hab.: Mulgrave River, Bellenden Ker Exped. 1889. 
2. A. nitidum (shining), Forst. Char. Gen. 30, t. 15. A shrub or small 
tree. Branches erect, terete, silky-tomentose. Leaves ovate, narrowed at both 
ends, 2 to 4in. long, undulate, entire or somewhat serrate, above greenish-brown, 
beneath like the petioles ; panicles and calyxes shining silky-white, the young ones 
somewhat fulvous. Inflorescence paniculate towards the top of the branches, the 
common peduncle elongated, axillary. Flowers 5 rarely 6-merous, the petals 
much longer than the calyx. Capsule obovate, generally 3-celled and 3-valved. 
Seeds numerous. — Grertn. Fruct. t. 210; Labill. FI. Nov. Caled. 38, t. 40; DC. 
Prod. vii. 578. 
Hab.: Mount Perry, Jas. Keys; Logan River, Rev. B. Scortechini. 
Var. fulva. Branches and leaf-veins rusty-coloured ; leaves smaller, ovate-lanceolate. 
Hab : Mount Bellenden Ker (a tree up to 25ft.), TP. A. Sayer ; Mount Bartle Frere, S. Johnson. 
The species is also in New Caledonia. 
3. ABROPHYLLUM, Hook. f. 
(From beauty of leaf.) 
(Brachynema, F. v. M.) 
Calyx-tube exceedingly short, adnate to the broad base of the ovary ; segments 
5, spreading, deciduous. Petals 5, valvate, spreading, deciduous. Stamens 5 ; 
anthers large, on very short filaments. Ovary free, except the broad base, oblong, 
5-furrowed, 5-celled, with many ovules in each cell ; stigma sessile, 5-lobed. 
Berry free, ovoid, 5-celled. Seeds numerous, small, nearly globular ; embryo 
(minute ?) in a fleshy albumen. — Shrub. Leaves alternate. Flowers in corym- 
bose panicles, terminal or in the upper axils. 
The genus is limited to a single species, endemic in Australia. 
1. A. ornans (beautiful leaves), Hook. f. ms.; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 437. A 
tall handsome shrub or small tree, with a smooth bark, the young shoots and 
inflorescence pubescent with short appressed hairs. Leaves elliptical or ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, 6 to 9in. long, with a few short broad mucronate teeth in 
the upper part, narrowed at the base into a petiole of 1 to 2in., thin and glabrous 
or sprinkled with a few appressed hairs on the principal veins underneath. 
Panicles irregularly dichotomous, much shorter than the leaves. Flowers rather 
small, yellowish. Calyx-segments triangular-lanceolate, about ^ line long. Petals 
about 2 lines long. Berries 3 to 4 lines. — Brachynema ornans, F. v. M. Fragm. 
iii. 90 ; Habrophyllum ornans, F. v. M. Fragm. vii. 150. 
Hab.: From Brisbane River to Rockingham Bay, Mt. Wheeler, F. v. M. Flowering in October. 
Dr. Hooker had described the genus for the “Genera Plantarum ” when the specimen and 
character arrived from F. v. Mueller, whose specific name he consequently adopted, but the 
generic name was preoccupied by a curious Brazilian genus allied to Ehenacece, described and 
figured in the “ Linnsean Transactions,” xxii. 126, t. 22. — Bentli. 
4. CUTTSIA, F. v. M. 
(After J. Cutts.) 
Calyx 5 to 7-partite, segments narrow, semilanceolate, deciduous. Petals 5 to 
7, lanceolate, the base truncate, sessile, valvate, deciduous. Stamens 5 to 7, 
almost hypogynous, opposite the calyx-segments, alternate with the petals. 
