No. 89. 
Dysoxy/oif Fra sera 12urn, Benth. 
The Rosewood. 
ALSO 
D. pachyphyllum, Hem si. 
The Apple-tree of Lord Howe Island. 
(Family MELIACEAE.) 
In Part XXIII I have defined the Rosewood, partly with reference to the confusion 
hitherto existing between D. Fraseranurn fund. D. Lessertiannm, which were supposed 
to he distinct species. I shall not repeat myself at this place. 
In the year 1830 Adrien de Jussieu described a New South Wales tree under 
the name Hartighsea Fraserana. The specimens had been given to Gaudichaud, 
botanist on hoard the Trench warship “Astrolabe,” hv Charles Eraser, Superinten¬ 
dent of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, in 1827. 
Following is the original description :— 
Hartighsea Fraserana. — H. foliis abrupte pinnatis; foliolis suboppositis, 2-4-jugis, lanceolatis 
obtusiusculis, nervis secundariis, subtus ad basim in perulam dilatatis, paniculis racemi- 
formibus, laxifloris; petalis 4 cum tubo stamineo inferne coalitis; ovario 3-loculari. 
liami novelli pube brevissima pulverulenti, adulti glabrati. Folia abrupte pinnata, 2-4-juga, 
foliolis suboppositis, lanceolatis, poll. 2-3 longis et 1 latis (infiinis, brevioribus), obtusiusculis 
glaberrimis, supra lucidis, subtus reticulato-nervosis origine nervorum secundariorum ssepe 
mire inflata et perulam intus hispidam constituente, subsessilibus : petioli poll. 5-3 longi, 
subpatuli, pulverulenti glabra'ive, supra complanati. Paniculne racemiformes, foliis duplo 
breviores, pedunculis pube brevissima tectis, communibus gracilibus a basi ramosis, parti- 
alibus patentibus bracteatis; pedicelli brevissimi, glabe'li. Calyx 1.1 longus, cupulaj 
formis, breviter et obtusfe 4-lobus, pilulis raris extrorsum puberulus. Petala 4 calyce 
triple longiora, lineari-lanceolata, dimidia parte inferiori arete cum tubo connata, superiori 
libera et reflexa, vix puberula. Tubus stamineus similiter puberulus, apice 8-fidus laciniis 
semi ellipticis, introrsum inter ipsas 8-antherifer, antheris cordato-ovatis. Tubulus ovarium 
aequans, striatus, crenulatus, glaber (nisi introrsum ad basim ubi pili rari molles). Stylus 
tubo subaequalis, glaber. Stigma ipso latius, discolor, discoideum, supra umbilicatum. 
Ovarium conoideum, hirsutum, 5 loculare loculis infra tubi staminei insertionem descen- 
dentibus, 2-ovulatis : ovula ex anguli interni basi ascendentia. Fructus.—Divers® 
lloris partis massulis resinosis extus conspicuis granulosis vermicularibusve farctae. Partium 
numerus rariixs quinarius. 
Hab. in Nova Hollandia orientali. v. s. s. in herb. Mus. communicatmn a Cl. Fraser retulerat 
Cl. Gaudichaud. ( Mem. Mus. Paris , xix, p. 262.) 
