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XLV. SAXIFRAGES. 
[Cuttsia. 
Filaments free, linear-setaceous. Anthers cordate-ovate, introrse, 2-celled, dorsi- 
fixed ; cells dehiscing longitudinally. Style short, simple, stigma depressed- 
globular, slightly 4 or 5 crenulate-lobed. Disk small, entire, connate with the 
base of the calyx. Ovary 4 to 5 -celled, superior, many-ovulate, affixed in the 
axils of the placentas. Capsule superior, 4 to 5-celled. Seeds minute, wingless. — 
A tall shrub or small tree. Leaves alternate, without stipules, lanceolate, serrate, 
thin chartaceous. Panicles terminal, the branches corymbose ; flowers white, 
capsules minute. — F. v. M. Fragm. v. 47, t. 40. 
1. C. viburnea (Viburnum-like), F. v. M. Fragm. l.c. Branches terete and 
as well as the petioles and leaves glabrous. Leaves like those of Abrophyllum, 4 
to 8in. long, 1 to 2in. broad, penninerved, the reticulation of thin veins, apex 
acuminate marginal, rather large and distant, tapering at the base to a petiole of 
about lin. Panicle ample, the pedicels, bracts, and calyxes shortly pilose. Bracts 
solitary, narrow semilanceolate, scarcely over 1 line long. Calyx 1 line long, 
deeply divided. Petals glabrous, 14 to 2 lines long. Filaments a little over 1 
line long, glabrous ; anthers | line long. Style scarcely f line long, glabrous, 
persistent. Stigma ^ line broad. Ovary glabrous ; capsule globose-ovate, some- 
what hard, 2 lines high, valvate to the middle. Seeds almost J line long, brown, 
ovate, very slightly tessellately-punctate. 
Hab.: Mountain creeks in southern Queensland. 
Wood white, close-grained, and very tough. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 152a. 
5. POLYOSMA, Blume. 
(Very fragrant ; flowers.) 
Calyx-tube ovoid, adnate to the ovary, the limb small, 4-toothed, persistent. 
Petals 4, valvate, linear, erect and frequently cohering in a tube, spreading at the 
end, deciduous. Stamens 4 ; anthers linear, erect. Ovary inferior, 1 -celled, 
with numerous ovules attached to 2 parietal placentas, protruding far into the 
cavity and almost dividing it into 2 cells ; style filiform, with an entire terminal 
stigma. Berry ovoid, inferior, with a single large erect seed ; testa rather thick ; 
embi’yo small, in the summit of a fleshy albumen. — Trees. Leaves opposite or 
nearly so, usually turning black in drying. Flowers white or greenish, in 
terminal simple racemes. 
Besides the Australian species, which is endemic, the genus comprises several from E. India, 
the Archipelago, and S. Pacific Islands. — Benth. 
Nearly or quite glabrous. 
Leaves thin-coriaceous, 3 to 4in. long, irregularly notched with callous 
teeth, some longer and almost bristle-like ; petioles short. Fruit 
compressed, 6 to 9 lines long, 4 to 5 lines broad about the centre, 
black, on pedicels of about 2 lines 1. P. Cunnmghamii. 
Leaves thick-coriaceous, minutely and distantly toothed, teeth with 
callous tips, 2 to 3in. long, on petioles about 2 lines long. Fruit 
ribbed, broad at the base, about 4 lines long, on pedicels of 4 lines . . 2. P. rigidiusculu. 
Leaves narrow-lanceolate, with long acuminate points, entire, 1J to 2Jin. 
long ; petioles 3 to 4 lines long. Fruit smooth, about 2£ lines long, 
the capsule protruding from the calyx-tube, on pedicels of about 2 lines 3. P. reducta. 
Hirsute. Leaves entire or with a few distant obscure teeth, 3 to 5£in. 
long, J to 2£in. broad, on petioles of 1 to l^in. Fruit globose-rostrate, 
4 lines long,~3£ lines diameter, reddish, marked with short whitish lines 4. P. alaiujiacea. 
1. P. Cunninghamii (after A. Cunningham), J. J. Benn. PI. Jav. Pear. 
196; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 488. A tree said to attain the height of 80ft. but 
usually much smaller, quite glabrous except the inflorescence and flowers. Leaves 
ovate-elliptical, acuminate acute or rarely obtuse, 3 to 4in. long, irregularly 
notched with callous teeth, much narrowed into a short petiole, somewhat 
coriaceous, penniveined. Racemes usually shorter than the leaves. Pedicels 1 to 
