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Barringtunid.] Lt. M YRTACE /E. 
Stamens not much longer than the petals. Ovary 2-celled, with 2 pendulous 
ovules in each cell. Fruit oblong, 4-angled, lin. long or rather more. — Wight 
and Am. Prod. 333; Stravadium ruhrum, DC. Prod. iii. 289. 
Hab.: Around the Gulf of Carpentaria. 
Common in most parts of India as well as in the Archipelago. I find but 2 cells to the ovary 
both in the Indian and in the Australian specimens.— Benth. 
31. CAREYA, Roxb. 
(After Dr. Carey, the divine, and Indian linguist.) 
Calyx-tube thick, turbinate or ovoid, not produced above the ovary, the limb 
deeply 4-lobed. Petals 4, spreading. Stamens numerous in several series, quite 
free, the outermost longer ones or the innermost shorter ones or both without 
anthers, the intermediate ones or nearly all perfect ; anthers small, with parallel 
cells opening longitudinally. Ovary inferior, 4 or rarely 5-celled, with several 
small ovules in 2 rows in each cell ; style elongated, with a somewhat capitate 
or slightly 4-lobed stigma. Fruit globular, fleshy, with a hard rind, crowned by 
the calyx-limb. Seeds several, enveloped in a fleshy pulp, and usually irregularly 
scattered ; testa thick ; embryo undivided. — Trees, or in one instance an under- 
shrub. Leaves alternate, usually crowded at the ends of the branches, penni- 
veined and not dotted. Flowers large, in racemes or interrupted spikes, usually 
short. 
The genus comprises several E. Indian species, one of which (C. arborea , Roxb.) is very 
like the Australian one. 
1. C. australis (Australian) F. v.M. Fragm. v. 183. “Go-onje,” Cloncurry, 
Palmer; “ Gunthamarrah,” Mitchell River, Palmer: “ Ootcho,” Mitchell River, 
Palmer: “ Barror,” Rockhampton, Thozet ; “ Kuiperi,” Batavia River, Roth; 
“Jo-ora,” Palmer River, Roth. A tree attaining a large size. Leaves from ovate 
and shortly acuminate to obovate and very obtuse, minutely crenulate or entire. 
Flowers large, pedicellate, few together in very short cymes, terminating 
short leafy shoots. Calyx-lobes 4, orbicular, unequal, the larger ones minutely 
ciliolate. Petals when fully out obovate-oblong, in some specimens 2in. long, 
in others much smaller. Perfect stamens as long as the petals, without any 
barren filaments outside, but a few short ones inside without anthers. Ovary 
4-celled, with 10 to 12 ovules in each cell. Fruit broadly ovoid, l|in. long or 
more, not at all angled, crowned by the persistent calyx-lobes. — C. arhorea, 
Roxb. var. (?) australis, Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 289. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, He line ; Cape Grafton. Bunks and 
Solander ; estuary of the Burdekin , Fitzalan : Rockhampton, Di iliac hi/. 
Fruit eaten when ripe. — Palmer. 
Bark made into twine. — Roth. Bark used for poisoning fish. — Murrell, Palmer, and Roth. 
Wood of a light-grey colour, red in the eentre ; close in grain and tough ; easily worked. — - 
Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods Xo. 230. 
Order LIT. MELAST0MACE7E. 
Calyx-tube enclosing the ovary, and either cohering with its angles, leaving 
intermediate cavities, or entirely free or more or less adnate to it, the limb entire 
or with 3 to o or rarely 6 lobes or teeth, usually imbricate in the bud. Petals as 
many as calyx-lobes, inserted at the orifice of the calyx-tube, imbricate (usually 
contorted) in the bud. Stamens usually twice as many, sometimes only as many 
as petals and inserted with them, the filaments curved down in the bud; anthers 
2-celled, opening in 1 or 2 pores at the top or very rarely in longitudinal slits, 
and before flowering their tips are usually contained in the cavities between the 
