Herbarium catalogue

NATIONAL HERBARIUM OF N.S.W. Alloxylon lbrachycarpum (Sleumer) PH. Westo,, & Crisp FLORA OF NEW GUINEA | Distributed by the | HERBARIUM AUSTRALIENSE, C.S.I.R.O., CANBERRA, A.C.T. with the request to be notified of new identifications, 4 | ‘Coll, R.PULLEN . No. 7228 Date 1 Sept. 1967 Creel brn chgonrg en. (Leas) Slssm. C. 3 miles E. of Morehead Patrol Post, along Arufi road, Western District, Terr. of Papua. xo] cy =] - co n 4 las = Da E 2 fe) oO Rain-forest. Alt. c. 100 feet. a & : 1 Tree 83 feet tall, bole 45 feet, diam. ce. 34 inches. Form crooked, and centre infested with black termites. Bark brown and grey, reticulately cracked. Buttresses to 4 feet. Blaze red-brown, sapwood crean, heartwood pinky brown. Flowers on spikes, upright among the current foliage, bright red (RHS colour Red $6C). Perianth splitting down one side as the pistil emerges, and recurving at the apex away from the stigma. This recurved corolla portion somewhat paler on the inner surface, with 3 darker lines running the length, and 4 yellow anthers sessile within the lobe apex. Flowers in FAA. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH Specimens in CANE LAE. L. Ae 1G UR HUME at MQ00322