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vel subnullis paucifloris, bracteolis setaeeis brevibus, alabastris 
fere obovatis, petalis calycem :equantibus oblongo-cuneatis, capsula 
bi-valvi tortuosa aptera, loculis interruptis. 
In loeis siccis ad originem fluvii Sturt's Creek, ubi Corchoro 
aeutangulo consociatus. 
Caules sub-pedales vel paulo longiores, ramosi. Folia $—1" 
longa. Flores 2-3" longi. Petala lutea. Stamina pauciora 
quam C. sidoidis. Capsule puberule.  Loculi capsule dissepi- 
mento alternatim marginibus adnato interrupti. Septula nulla. 
Semina nigra, ovata, lzvia, opaca. 
C. sidoidi valde propinqua, vix tamen ejus varietas. 
BixaACEE. 
Scolopia Brownii. 
Phoberos Brownii, F. M. coll.; Phoberos sp. Bennett in Horsfield's Plant. 
Javan. rarior. p. 192, adnot. 
Glabra, foliis lanceolato- v. rhombeo-ovatis integerrimis re- 
pandis v. remotissime denticulatis obtusis v. obtuse acuminatis in 
petiolum breyem v. breviusculum angustatis, floribus parvis race- 
mosis, calyce octosepalo, glandulis hypogynis in cyclum dense 
confertis, processu antherarum loculis breviore. 
Ad flumen Hunter's River ; R. Brown; A. Scott. In silvis ad 
flumen Clarence; J. Wilcox. 
Arbor habitu laurinaceo, ut videtur inermis, ligno durissimo. 
Ramuli teretiuseuli. Folia coriacea, plana, 2—3" longa, 3-11" lata, 
supra nitentia, subtus pallidiora et nitoris pzene expertia; nervis 
secundariis patentibus reti venarum junctis. Racemi axillares, 
pluriflori, solitarii, 1-23" longi.  Rachis tenuis, subangulatus. 
Pedicelli solitarii, floriferi tenues et circa 2" longi, basi bracteola 
media triangulari minuta et bracteolis duabus lateralibus minutis- 
simis suffulti; fructiferi crassiores, sed paulo longiores. Sepala 
eiliolata; exteriora 4 orbiculari-ovata, circiter 2" longa; interiora 
4 rotunda, paulo majora. Filamenta tenuissime capillaria, glabra, 
inequilonga, 2-13" metientia. Antherze pallide flavz, addita 
appendieula vix 3" metientes, dorsifixz, biloculares, loculis longi- 
iudinaliter dehiscentibus, appendicula carnulenta brevissime biloba 
terminate. Germen in stylum cire. 1" longum crassiusculum 
sensim attenuatum. Stigma depressum, stylo haud latius, trisui- 
catum. Glandule 16 hypogynz, flavzs, carnosm. Bacca nigra, 
ovato-globosa, pisi majoris magnitudinem tenens, stylo rostrata, 
glabra. Semen unum alterumve tantammodo maturescens, linea 
paulo longius, pyriformi-globosum. Albumen earnosum.  Cotyle- 
dones viridule, planz, cordato-orbieulares, radicula ter longiores. 
. Aliz species Australian, quas cl. Bentham ( Proceed. Linn. Soc. v. 
Suppl. ii, 86) adnotat, in nostra collectione haud exstant, 
