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NO. 71 . 
Flindersia Sckottiana, F.v.M. 
The Cudgerie. 
(Natural Order MELIACEyE.) 
Botanical description. —Genus, Flindersia, see p. 209, Part X. 
Botanical description. —Species, F. Sckottiana, F. Muell., Fragm, iii, 25, May, 
1S62. 
A tree of moderate size, or sometimes tall.* 
Leaves. —Opposite, crowded under the panicle, leaflets 8 to 12, with or without a terminal odd 
one, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate, 4 to 5 in. long, more or less falcate, sessile, with 
a broad very oblique base, somewhat coriaceous, glabrous on both sides or softly pubescent 
underneath when young. 
Panicles. —Ample and many-flowered, but not exceeding the leaves. 
Petals. —About 2 lines long, glabrous outside, sprinkled on the inside as well as the anthers with 
a few hairs (B.F1. i, 388). 
The first fruit of this species seen by me was collected at Tintenbar by 
W. Bauerlen, February, 1892. Bentham writes in his description of this plant in 
the Flora Australiensis : “ Fruit not seen.” Bailey published the first description of 
the fruit in his Queensland Flora, vol. i, page 242 (1899) : “ Fruit echinate, 4 or 5 
inches long, separating into five boat-shaped valves. Seeds nearly 2 inches long, 
winged at each end.” The fruits of F. Sckottiana are chiefly distinguished from 
llioso of F. australis by the smooth sides of the valves of the former, and the valves 
are longer and narrower; the prickles on the valves are as stout as in F. australis, 
but shorter. Those of F. Sckottiana arc distinguished from those of F. Bennettiana 
and F. Oxleyana by the much stouter and less numerous prickles. 
Mueller, Fragm. v. 113, has described a var. yubesccns from Buckingham Bay, 
Queensland, presumably collected by Dallachy. I have also specimens from Pioneer 
Creek (Dr. Griffiths) and Cairns (E. Betche). 
Bailey, Queensland Flora, 242, has raised this form to specific rank under the 
name of F. pubescens. “ As a shade tree it would be difficult to find its superior.” 
* It is perhaps one of the finest-looking trees of any of the Ftindcrsias, having loose pendulous branches and leaves. 
Stems are of enormous height, say 80 to 120 feet, whilst the girth 3 feet from the ground is from 8 to 10 feet.—(W. Dunn and 
J. L. Boorman, Acacia Creek, Maepherson Range.) 
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