Species novae ex: F. M. Bailey, Contribut. of the Flora of Queensland. VIII. 493 
CII. Species novae ex: F. M. Bailey, Contributions 
of the Flora of Queensland and British New Guinea. VIII. 
(Ex: Fhe Queensland Agric. Journ., XXVI, 1911.) 
38. Capparis ($ Busbeckia) areolata Bail, 1. c., p. 126, pl. XII. — 
A small tree or shrub of about 12 ft.; usually met with on borders of 
scrubs and river sides. Bark of a light-grey colour, roughly furrowed 
and corky on the thick branches, and more deeply so on the stems. 
Branchlets hoary, white terete. Leaves broadly elliptic, from scarcely 2 
in. long and 1!/, in. broad to about 23/, in. long and 2!/, in. broad, 
more or less tapering on to the petiole, and bearing at the apex a short 
prickle. The parallel lateral nerves regular and rather numerous. Pe- 
tioles about 1 in. long, hoary, and rather slender. Flowers white, axil- 
lary, solitary, or more in the upper axils; peduncles about 1!/, in. long, 
often flattened and hoary. Buds conical, with 4 prominent angles. 
Petals very irregularly shaped, tomentose, especially at base. Fruit 
globose, obout 3 in. diameter, strongly and irregularly netted on the 
outside. Stipe thick, netted, about 3 in. long. Seeds embedded in a 
rich dark-yellow pulp. — Queensland: Tiaro, North Coast Line, J. 
Mc. Mullan. 
39. Macadamia Lowii Bail, l. c., p. 127, pl. XV. — A tree glabrous, 
except the inflorescence, from 15 to 20 ft, often forming from 6 to 
20 stems from a hard, spreading, flattish, woody rhizome, several of 
these stems have been observed to die after fruiting. Branchlets slender, 
of a glossy purple dotted with white lenticels. Leaves of thin texture, 
opposite or in whorls of 3 or 4, undulated, somewhat linear-lanceolate, 
with distant fine prickly teeth or entire, the laminae tapering at the 
base almost to the branchlet, from 3 in. long and ‘}, in. broad 
to 5!/, in. long and 1 in. broad. Inflorescence in the upper axils, 
racemes about 6 in. long, very slender, more or less clothed with 
Short hispid hairs; pedicels slender, about 2 lines long, and scarcely 
any longer on the fruit; the hypogynous glands united in a ring. Ovary 
villous. Fruit near 1 in. diameter, rather prominently pointed and rib- 
bed, the putamen of a dark glossy-brown, rugose. — Queensland: 
Maroochie (Yandina). John A. Low. I have referred to this plant be- 
fore, particularly in Botany Bulletin, No. XIL. — ,Maroochie Nut.* 
40. Andropogon sericeus R. Br. var. geniculatus Bail., l. c., p. 128. — 
Stems slender, glossy, 6 to 15 in. high, with few erect branches, First 
internode 1 to 3 in. long, bent like the knee; nodes prominently silky. 
Leaves narrow, hairly at the orifice and border of sheath, usually 
clothing most of the stem. Ligula prominent, more or less ciliate. 
Spikes slender, about 1 in. long, usually 6 to 7 or more. Awns about 
