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Cymes. —Lateral, the flowers crowded, pink, turning bluish as they die away. 
Peduncles. —Short. 
Pedicles. —About as long as the flowers. 
Calyx-lobes .—About 1 line long. 
Petals.— 2 to 3 lines long, slightly imbricate. 
Filaments. —Glabrous, filiform, 4 lines long. 
Anthers. —Oblong. 
Disc-lobes —Semi-orbicular. 
Style .—3 to 4 lines long, shortly pubescent. 
Stigma. —Minute, capitate, 4-lobed. 
Ova ry. —Yel vety. 
Cocci .—Four or less by abortion, slightly compressed, globose-ovate, about 3 lines long. 
Seeds .—Dark reddish-brown, ovate globose, 14 line long. 
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Botanical Name.— Euodia (Ecodia for euphony), from the Greek Eti, oclmos, 
sweet-smelling, fragrant in allusion to the foliage; acceclens, Latin, approaching 
or near to ( i.e ., resembling another species). 
Vernacular Names.—I know of none. 
Aboriginal Names. — “ Bunnec-walwal, ” of those of Moreton Bay. 
“ Boogoobi,” of those of Herherton. (J. F. Bailey.) 
Synonyms.— E. Flleryana, F.v.M. Fragm., v, 4, 56, 179 and vii, 22. 
Mueller in Fragm. ix, 102, gives the following synonymy:— Euodia ctccedens, 
Blume, Bijdrag. 246; Miq. Annal. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii, 242, tab. vi. 
E. macrophylla, Bl. l.c.; E. speciosa, G. Beicli. et Zoll. in Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 
xxix, 255; Xantlioxylon accedens, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, sect, ii, 671 ; X. 
macrophyllum, Miq. l.c. 
Leaves.—The leaves are sometimes infested with the fungus Fhyllosticta 
evodice, Cooke. 
Bark. —The bark of Evodia melicefolia is used for dyeing, and also in 
medicine, in China and Japan. Perkin and Hummel* have investigated the colouring 
matter—the hark contains berberine. Considering the large number of Evodias 
which occur in this State and Queensland it seems appropriate to suggest that an 
Australian chemist should subject them to careful examination. 
Timber. —Wood very white and rather hard. Its timber is not of high 
importance ; it might be useful for carving. The chief value of this species is as 
an ornamental tree. 
Exudation. —I have seen a little gum resin exuding from a tree of this 
species. 
* Proc. Chem Soc., lxvii, 414, and Journ. Soc. Chem. fiat.. May, 1S95, p. 461. 
