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not crowded. Calyx-tube or ovary white with appressed hairs ; limb nearly 
glabrous outside, above 2 lines broad, densely woolly inside. Stamens and style 
glabrous. Drupes ovoid, somewhat compressed, obtuse or acuminate, about lin. 
long, surrounded usually by a prominent acute angle, which sometimes in the 
dried state almost assumes the appearance of a narrow thick wing, but in other 
specimens is scarcely prominent. 
Hab.: Snapper Island, A. Cunningham,; Port Denison and Edgecombe Bay, Fitzalan, 
Dallachy ; and many other localities in the tropics. 
Wood of a light-yellow, close-grained, hard and tough. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 162. 
9. T. Muelleri (after Baron von Mueller), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 500. 
“ Eandi,” Batavia River, Ward. A small tree in the scrub with a blackish 
rough bark, growing to a considerable height in the ranges, glabrous or the young 
buds minutely silky. Leaves undistinguishable from those of T. melanocarpa, 
broadly obovate, obtuse, usually 8 to 4in. long, narrowed into a short petiole, 
rather coriaceous, the primary veins prominent underneath and rather distant. 
Spikes loose as in T. melanocarpa, flowers rather larger, and the calyx-tube as 
well as the limb glabrous outside. Drupe ovoid, said to be blue when fresh and 
rather acid, about fin. long, without wings or angles. — T. microcarpa, F. v. M. 
Fragm. iii. 92, not of Decaisne. 
Hab.: Islands of Howick’s Group and off Cape Bedford and Cape Flattery, F. v. Mueller ; 
Cape York, M'Gillivray ; Edgecombe Bay, Dallachy ; Rockingham Bay. 
Wood yellow, pinkish towards the centre ; tough and light ; suitable for axe-handles. — 
Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 163a. 
Var. minor. Leaves narrower. Fruit smaller. — T. glabra, R. Br. Herb., but scarcely of 
Roxb. — Endeavour River, Banks and Solander ; islands of Carpentaria (no fruit), R. Brown. 
10. T. porphyrocarpa (purple-fruited), F. v. M. Herb.; Benth. Fi. Austr. 
ii. 501. A handsome tree, the young branches and petioles densely tomentose. 
Leaves crowded on the short branchlets, obovate, 2 to 3in. long, on petioles rarely 
exceeding -|in., loosely and softly tomentose-pubescent on both sides or becoming 
glabrous above when old, the primary veins prominent underneath. Spikes 
usually shorter than the leaves, rather dense. Calyx glabrous outside, the adnate 
tube about 1^ line long, the limb fully 2 lines diameter, densely woolly inside. 
Fruit ovoid, glabrous, without wings or angles, said to be blue or purple. 
Hab.: Mount Archer, Rockhampton, Dallachy ; Fitzroy River, Boxcman. 
Wood of a yellow colour, nicely marked, close-grained, hard and tough ; useful for house- 
building and cabinet work. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 163c. 
Var. (?) eriantha. Ovary and calyx densely silky-tomentose. — Mount Archer, Dallachy. 
These specimens are in flower only, and resemble in foliage T. platyptera as much as T. 
porphyrocarpa, but have the larger flowers of the latter species. — Benth. 
11. T« platyphylla (broad-leaved), F. v. M. Fragm. ii. 150; Benth. 
FI. Austr. ii. 502. “ Durin,” Flinders River, F. Palmer. A moderate-sized 
tree, the young branches and petioles more or less hoary or rusty with a short 
soft tomentum or sometimes densely tomentose and almost woolly. Leaves 
broadly obovate or ovate, very obtuse, 4 to 6in. long, 2 to 4in. broad, shortly 
narrowed into a petiole never exceeding lin. in some specimens, rather longer in 
others, coriaceous, softly pubescent on both sides or nearly glabrous above. 
Spikes usually shorter than the leaves with numerous rather small flowers, loose 
or crowded. Calyx silky-pubescent or villous outside, densely villous inside. 
Drupes tomentose, ovoid or oblong, obtuse or acuminate, not winged. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; Flinders River, E. Palmer; Thursday 
Island. 
The species appears to be chiefly distinguished amongst other large obtuse-leaved ones by its 
soft pubescence and by the tomentose drupes. From the few specimens seen, the latter appear 
to be variable in shape. In R. Brown’s specimens they are ovoid-oblong, obtuse, often surrounded 
by a slightly prominent or obscure angle ; in one of F. v. Mueller’s from Roper River they are 
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