Rhodamnia.'] 
LI. MYRTACEiE. 
653 
3. It. argentea (silvery on under side of leaf), Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 278. A tall 
tree, the young shoots, under side of the leaves and inflorescence more or less silvery- 
white with a close minute tomentum. Leaves oval or elliptical, obtuse, narrowed 
at the base, triplinerved, with transverse veins and scarcely reticulate, 2 to 3in. 
long, smooth and shining above. Peduncles axillary, solitary or 2 or 3 together, 
2 to 4 lines long, each bearing either 3 or a trichotomous cyme of 5 to 9 flowers 
on very short pedicels. Calyx tomentose ; tube about 1 line diameter ; lobes 
about as long as the tube but rather unequal. Petals slightly tomentose, fully 
twice as long as the calyx-lobes. Stamens shorter than the petals. Ovules 
rather numerous to each placenta. 
Hab.: Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham, (a doubtful form with acuminate leaves, longer than as 
above described, perhaps distinct, but the specimens insufficient). Also among Queensland 
woods, Exhibition, 1862, IF. Hill. 
The species is very near R. cinerea, Jack, from which R. spectabilis, Blume, and several others 
may prove not to be specifically distinct. — Benth. 
Wood dark-brown, close-grained, hard, tough and durable ; a pretty cabinet wood. — Baileg's 
Cat. Ql. Woods No. 220. 
4. R. Blairiana (after Dr. J. Blair), F. v. M. Fraym. ix. 141. An erect 
slender tree of 70 to 80ft., with a loose fibrous bark. Leaves on rather long 
petioles, thin coriaceous, 2 to 3in. or more long, 8 to 16 lines broad, obtuse at the 
base, broad or ovate-lanceolate, upper surface nearly or quite glabrous, under side 
ferruginous, tomentose on the young growth, nerved like a Zizyphus or Cinnamo- 
mum. Peduncles none or very short ; pedicels solitary or in twos or threes, 
Jin. or less long. Bracteoles linear filiform, 1 to 2 lines long. Calyx-lobes 4, 
alternately round and somewhat acute, about 1J line long. Fruit nearly globose, 
ferruginous, tomentose, J to fin. long. Seeds 2 or 3 lines long. 
Hab.: Mountains about Rockingham Bay. 
27. FENZLIA, Endl. 
(After Dr. Fenzl.) 
Calyx-tube ovoid, not produced above the ovary ; lobes 5, acute, persistent. 
Petals 5, spreading. Stamens numerous, in several series, free ; filaments 
filiform ; anthers versatile, with parallel cells opening longitudinally. Ovary 
1-celled with a parietal placenta, or 2-celled with the placentas attached to the 
dissepiment, with 2 or 3 superposed ovules in each cell ; style filiform, with a 
small stigma. Drupe ovoid or globular, crowned by the spreading or reflexed 
calyx-lobes, the epicarp thin, the endocarp thick and bony. Seeds 1 or 2, 
separately enclosed in the endocarp ; testa thin ; embryo very long, spirally 
involute, the outer radicular end somewhat thickened, the cotyledons linear, in 
the centre of the coil. — Shrubs, more or less hoary-tomentose. Leaves opposite, 
penniveined. Flowers pink, solitary and pedicellate in the axils, with a pair of 
bracteoles under the calyx. 
This genus is limited to the two species endemic in Australia. 
Leaves usually glabrous above. Calyx-tube and fruit at length glabrous or 
moderately tomentose, ovoid 1 . F. obtusa. 
Leaves tomentose on both sides, usually small. Calyx-tube and fruit very 
tomentose, globular • 2 . F. retusa. 
1. F. obtusa (leaves obtuse), Endl. Atalcta, 19 t. 17 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 
279. A low bushy shrub, the young shoots, inflorescence, and under side of the 
leaves hoary-tomentose. Leaves petiolate, obovate or oblong, very obtuse, mostly 
f to lin. long, coriaceous, finely penniveined, smooth and shining above. Pedicels 
sometimes very short, sometimes 3 to 4 lines long, with a pair of subulate brac- 
eoles under the calyx. Flowers pink. Calyx tomentose, the tube ovoid oblong, 
