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Flindersia australis, R.Br. 
The Native Teak. 
(Natural Order MELIACE^E.) 
I give a key to the species of Flindersia, premising that one of the species 
(F. maculosa) has already been figured and described (Part X). 
The characters on which Bentham (B.P1. i, 388) chiefly bases his key to the 
species of Flindersia, i.e., the number of leaflets, and opposite or alternate leaves, 
are very misleading. The number of leaflets is always much less on flowering 
branches or near the inflorescence than on sterile branches, and F. australis, the only 
species with alternate leaves according to Bentham’s Key, has opposite leaves near the 
inflorescence. 
Key to the N.S. Wales species of Flindersia. 
Seeds winged at the end only. Cone large. 
Leaflets very coriaceous. Overlapped part of the cone-valves smooth 
Leaflets comparatively thin. Overlapped part of the cone-valves muricate 
Seeds winged on both ends. 
Leaves pinnate, the rhachis never winged. Cone large, i.e., above 2 inches long. 
Leaflets sessile, or nearly so, with a broad very oblique base ... 
Leaflets narrowed into a short but distinct petiole 
Leaves simple, or if pinnate the rhachis winged. Cone small, i.e., 1 to 2 inches long. 
Leaves pinnate, with obovate leaflets. Tall tree of the gullies of the Macpherson 
Range 
Leaves simple, or if pinnate with narrow leaflets. Small tree of the dry 
western districts. 
F. Bennettiana. 
F. australis. 
F. Schoitiana. 
F. Oxleyana. 
F. collina. 
F. maculosa. 
Botanical description. —Genus, Flindersia, R. Br. in “ General Remarks 
on the Botany of l'erra Australis,” a supplement to “A Voyage to Terra Australis,” 
by Matthew Flinders, 1814. See Part X, p. 209. 
Following are Brown’s remarks in regard to the systematic position of the 
genus :— 
The affinities of the genus are not perhaps very evident. 1 have referred it to Cedreleae , an order 
certain genera of which are annexed by Jussieu to Meliacece, but which I have separated from that family 
chiefly on account of the structure of the fruit, and of the winged seeds. 
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