18 ELAOCARPUS DENTATUS. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Eleeocarpus dentatus, Vahl. 
E.. dentatus, Vahl. Hook., Icones Plantarum, t. 602. 
E. Hinau, A. Cunn. 
A round-headed tree; trunk rarely exceeding 3ft. in diameter. Leaves cori- 
aceous, alternate, shortly stalked, 2in. to 3in. long, linear-oblong or lanceolate, 
or obovate; obtuse or acute, silky beneath, margins slightly serrate. Racemes 
silky, about eight- or ten-flowered ; sepals five, linear, spreading; petals five, | 
erect, margins toothed or lobed; stamens ten to twelve; filaments very short ; 
anthers tetragonous, hispid, tipped with a short gland; anthers long, with a flat 
recurved tip. Ovary silky, two-celled ; ovules four in each cell. Fruit a drupe 
sin. to jin. long, purple; stone furrowed. 
The leaves of the young state are rather longer than those of the mature 
plant ; much narrower and acute. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLate XI. 
Eleéocarpus dentatus, Vahl. Flowering specimen. 1. Sepal. 2. Petal. 
3. Stamen. 4. Ovary and torus. 5. Longitudinal section of ovary. 6. Trans- 
' verse section of ovary. 7. Fruit. 8. Longitudinal section of fruit. All except 
7 more or less magnified. 
