A imich smaUer, prostrate, more diffusely-branched, slenderer species than H. gramineum, with smaUcr leaves
aud flowers, Many states o f it in New Zealand are with difficulty to be distinguished from H . gramineum. The
sepals and leaves are however always broader and flatter, and the capsules more rounded.
G en . n . E U C R Y P H IA , Cav.
S e p a la 4 , scariosa, subcalyptratim coadunata, basi circumscisse decidua. F e ta la 4 , convolutiva, decidua.
S tam in a plurima, disco carnoso inserta, lib e ra ; a n th e ra versátiles. Ovarium sessile, 5 -1 2 -lo c u la r e ; o vu lis^ ,
uniserialibus, pendulis ; s ty lis 5 - 1 2 , filiformibus ; stigm a tiè iis simplicibus. Capsula oblonga, costata, septicide
5 - 1 2 -v a lv is ; v a lv is cymbiformibus, e x axi centrali solu tis. Semina pauca, inversa, compressa, alata. Fim-
bryo in a xi albuminis parei rectus ; cotyledonibus foliaceis, e lliptic is ; ra d icu la brevissima, supera.— Arbores
V. frú tic e s; ramulis foliisque o ppositis ; pedunculis a x illa rih u s, so lita r iis , 1-Jloi'is, b asi bracteatis.
A beautiful genus, o f which only thi-ee species have hitherto been detected, one in Chili and two in Tasmania.
The Chilian species differs from the others in its twelve-celled capsule, very oblique petals, and crenate leaves. The
Tasmanian species form shrubs or trees.— Branches opposite, terete; buds and young leaves covered with gum
Leaves opposite, exstipulate, glaucous below. Flowers axillary, solitary, pedieelled ; pedicels with bracts at the base.
Calyx small, o f four searious sepals, that cohere into a calyptra, which dehisces irregularly near the base o f the
flower. four, membranous. numerous, inserted in many series on a pubescent disc ; short,
versatile. Ovary five-ceUed in the Tasmanian species, with as many filiform styles and capitate stigmas. Cells
with several pendulous ovules. Capsule five-valved ; valves concave, with the outer coat separating ft’om the inner.
Seeds few, winged. (Name from well, and closed; in allusion to the calyptriform calyx.)
1 . E u c r y p h i a B iU i a r d i e r i (Spach, Su ites à Buffon, v . 3 4 5 ) ; foliis breve p e tiolatis lineari-oblongis
obtusis.— Carpodontos lucida, L a b . Toy. ii. 1 6 . 1 . 1 8 , FI. N . E o li. ii. 1 2 2 ; D C . P ro d r . i. 5 5 6 . {Gunn, 2 7 2 .)
H a b . Mountainous districts, e specially in tire interior and towards tlie we st and sou th coasts, L a b illa r diere,
e tc .— (FI. Eeb.)
One o f the most beautiful trees in Tasmania, growing 7 0 -1 0 0 feet high, according to Gunn, though more
generally 2 0 -4 0 , with a trunk 6 -7 feet in circumference, and very straight.— Leaves 1 4 -2 4 inches long, linear-
oblong, rather broader at the base, blunt at both ends, shortly petioled. Peduncles longer than the petioles.
Flowei-s very numerous, white, 1 4 - 2 inches across. Ovary pubescent. Capsules linear-clavate, f inch long.
2 . E u c r y p h i a M i l l i g a n i i (H o ok , fil.) ; foliis (parvis) late lineari-oblongis retusis emarginatisve.
{Gunn, 1 0 3 4 .) (T a b .Y I I I .)
H a b . Maequarrie Harbour a n d M ou n t Sorrell, D r . M illig a n ; Eranklin River, Gunn.— (El. March.)
A much smaller, more alpine species than E . lucida, but otherwise very simüar.— A bush or small tree, 1 5 -2 0
feet high, densely branched. Leaves broader and shorter than in E. lucida, 4 - 1 inch long, retuse or emarginate at
the apex. Flowers 4 - f inch diameter. Capsules 4 inch long. Pollen of very minute hyaline elliptic grains.—
P l a t e VIII. A , specimen from Maequarrie Harbour ; B , from Mount Sorrel ; C, fruiting specimen -.— a ll natural
size ; fig. 1, petal; 2, stamen; 3. pollen; 4 , ovaiy; 5, transverse section o f ovary ; 6, valves of fmit ; 7, immature
seed :— all %
N a t . O r d . X IX . SAPINDACEÆ.
S a p in d a c ea are very we ll represented in Australia, where about e ighty species have been discovered,
chiefly b e lon g in g to Bodoncea, wbich occurs all over th e continent, bu t is most common in th e extratropical
parts. The other genera, o f wbich th e principal one is Cupania, are chiefly tropical.
Gen. I . D O D O NÆ A , L .
Flores polygami. Sepala 3 - 5 . Corolla 0 . S tam in a 5 v . plura, receptáculo in se r ta ; jllam e n tish iQ -
vissimis. Ovarium sessile, 2 -5 -g o n um , 2 -5 -lo c u la r e ; o vu lis quovis loculo 2 , superimpositis. Capsula
membranácea, 2 -5 -v a lv is ; v a lv is dorso alatis, a columna centrali persistente alata solutis. Semina lo cu lis 2
v. abortu solitaria; te s ta Crustacea.— Erutices v . arbores sæpe r e s in o sa ; foliis alte rn is, ex stip u la tis ,in te rd um
p in n a tis ; floribus racemosis p a n icu la tis v e .
This is a very abundant genus in Australia, where fuDy fifty species have been discovered, which is more than
have been found iu any other part of the globe. All are shnibs or small trees, with alternate leaves, pinnate in some
Australian species, always very variable in form and often full o f resinous secretion.— Flowers generaUy panicled,
unisexual or polygamous. Sepals thi-ee to five. P eta ls none. Stamens flve or more ; anthers generally linear-oblong,
often sessüe, Ovary sessüe, two- to five-ceUed and angled; ovules two, superimposed in each ceU. Capsule membranous,
two- to five-valved. Valves winged at the back, separating from a central winged column. Seeds with a
crustaceous testa. (Named in honour of Rambert Bodoens, a German botanist of the sixteenth century,)
1. Dodonæa visco sa (Forst. Prodr. 27) ; foliis ob ovato-oblongis lanceolatis v . lanceolato-spathulatis
basi cuneatis viscosis, capsula 2 -3 -a la ta .— B C . F ro d r. i. 6 1 4 ; FI. N . Zeal. i. 3 8 .
Var. /3. a sp len iifo lia ; foliis lineari-obovatis acutis v . apice inæqualiter trilobis.— D . aspleniifolia, Budge
in L in n . Soc. Trans, ii. 2 9 7 . t. 2 0 . D . aspleniifolia, var. E o o k . Journ. B o t. i. 2 5 1 , ii. 4 1 5 . D . spathulata,
Sm ith in Bees' Cycl. xii. D . conferta, B o n , S y st. Gard. {Gunn, 3 7 7 .)
H a b . Var. Common in poor soil, especially near the coast, L a b illa rd ie r e .— (El. Sept.) {v. v.)
D i s t r i b . AU warm and hot latitudes, N ew Zealand, Pacific Islan d s, Malay Islan d s, In d ia , Tropical
Africa, and America.
I have no hesitation in reducing the Tasmanian species to a state of the ubiquitous B . viscosa, which has much
larger leaves in moister climates thau in Tasmania and Australia south o f the Tropic. The leaves are seldom toothed
in my specimens, and I find toothed leaves in T exan ones, which, together with there being no difference in the flower
or fmit that is not common to aU localities, leaves no doubt of its identity. Indeed, consideiing how wide the
range o f D. viscosa is, and that it is common thi'oughout the Northern and Middle Islands o f New Zealand, its absence
in Tasmania would be anomalous.— A smaU tree, according to Gmm 6 -1 0 feet high, and extremely vaiiable
in habit and foliage. Wood described in New Zealand as very hard, variegated black aud white. Branchlets compressed
or angular. Leaves 1—3 inches long, very vaiiable in breadth, linear-obovate or spathulate or obovate-lanceolate,
naiTowed into a slmrt petiole, blunt or acute, entire or obliquely two- or three-toothed at the extremity.
Flozvers abundant, as arc the capsules, which arc densely crowded, on short racemes, with slender pedicels. Capsules
two- to four-winged; ivings 4 - 4 inch broad, vaiiable in length and breadth.— The whole plant, especiaUy the yoimg
leaves, abounds in a resinous secretion.
2. Dodonæa sa lsolifolia (A. Cuun. MSS. Hook. Journ. B o t. i. 2 5 1 ) ; foliis confertis anguste
lineari-elongatis integerrimis subacutis superne cauahculatis subcarnosis, floribus masculis glomeratis, foemi-
n e is subsolitariis. {Gunn, 9.)
H a b . N o t uncommon by banks o f rivers, etc. ; Launceston, N ew Norfolk , etc ., Fraser, Gunn.— (El.
Oct.) {v. V.)
D i s t r ib . Port Jackson {fid. A . Cunn.).
A smaU sluub, much branched and densely leafy.— Leaves crowded, | - 1 inch long, 1 line broad, narrow-linear,
fleshy, quite entke. Male flowers smaU, three or four together, 011 short axiUary peduncles. Sepals lanceolate.
Stamens five or six, almost sessile. Female flowei-s solitaiy, or few together. Capsules similar to those of D. viscosa,
but rather smaUcr.