1 Noy., 1898.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 353 
Botany. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF QUEENSLAND. 
By F, MANSON BAILEY, F.L.S., 
Colonial Botanist. 
Order MELIACE. 
ELINDERSIA, R. Br. 
F, Leichhardtii, C. DC. Mono. Phanero. 1.731. Branchlets densely puberulent, 
greyish yellow, elenticellose. Leaves opposite, rather long petioles, impari- 
pinnate, 2-jugate ; leaflets opposite, shortly petiolulate, sub-oblique oblong- 
elliptical, equal sided and acute at the base, the apex acuminate, glabrous on 
both sides, membranous, subpellucid, pellucid-punctate, about 4 in. long, about 
1 in. broad, veins thin. Panicles axillary, about as long as the leaves, thinly 
puberulent, peduncle about 1 in. long. Flowers shortly pedicellate. Calyx of 
5 round-ovate, ciliate sepals. Petals 5, glabrous, about 2 lines, membranous, 
elliptical, obtuse. Staminodia °5, filaments bearded at the top. Anthers 
scarcely }-line long, reniform ; apex obtuse. Disk membranous, entire, connate 
at the base with the filaments. Ovary subglobose, 5-celled, hirsute. Ovules 
‘1 each cell 4, in 2 series. Style glabrous, shorter than the ovary. (From 
CG. DC. Mono. Phan. I. 731.) 
Hab.: Moreton Bay (Leichhardt in Herb. Mus. Par.) C. DC., lc. I have no knowledge of 
this tree, neither can I find it recorded in Baron Mueller’s writings. 
F. pubescens, Buzl. A large umbrageous tree; branches, especially. those 
bearing leaves, closely covered with a velvety tomentum, stout, and strongly 
marked by the scars from the fallen leaves. Leaves opposite, impari-pinnate, 
or pari-pinnate from the abortion of terminal pinna, on stout petioles of 
about 5 in. semiterete. Rhachis from 10 to 15 in. long, and with the petioles 
clothed with a similar tomentum as the young branches. Leaflets 6 or 7 pairs 
and a terminal one, 5 to 9 in. long, 14 to 3 in. broad, more or less rugose, lateral 
parallel nerves, 18 or 20 on either side of the midrib, glabrous, punctate and 
glossy above, more or less hairy on the underside, oblong-lanceolate or some 
oblong; the lateral ones auriculate at the base, the terminal one cuneate at the 
base and on a petiolule of 1 in., the lateral petiolules very short, the leaflets 
nearly sessile ; pellucid dots minute, only visible with the aid of a lens. 
Panicles terminal, widespread, and dense. Flowers pedicellate, numerous, white, 
and very fragrant. Calyx-lobes rotund, about 3-line diameter, the margin 
laciniate-ciliate. Petals white, oblong-linear, about 2 lines long, 1 line broad, 
woolly-hairy on the face in the lower half. Jilaments incurved, hairy at the — 
top. Anthers greenish, ovate-apiculate. Disk orange, connate to the base 
of the filaments, undulately lobed. Stigma sessile, minute. Ovary hairy. Fruit 
echinate outside, about 5% in. long, dividing into 5 boat-shaped valves. Seeds 
about 24 in. long, winged at both ends. This may be the tree alluded to in 
Fragm. v. 143 as L. Schottiana, var. pubescens, but even so it should, in my 
opinion, rank as a species. : 
Hab. : The above description refers to trees now (October) flowering on Wickham Terrace and 
other town reserves. The seed from which they were raised was obtained by Mr. Walter Hill, the 
late Colonial Botanist, from tropical Queensland. Asa shade tree it would be difficult to find its 
superior. ‘The first tree planted has borne fruit for the eae few years, and Mr. Robt. McDowall, 
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who has charge of the reserves, has carefully collected the seed, and raised plants which have 
been used for planting and distribution. 
