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nales solitarie v. fascieulate 1-4" longs. Pedunculi secundarii 
tenues sepe umbellato- v. eymoso-conferti. Bractese 1-1" longs 
lanceolato-subulate decidus ad basin pedunculorum partialium 
solitari;.  Bracteole minimz orbiculari- v. lanceolato-ovate basi 
attenuatz tomentoso-serice: ad basin pedicellorum site. Pedicelli 
calycis longitudine v. eodem  conspicue-longiores, alaris sspe 
elongatus. Sepala 8-9 viridia; exteriora 2-3 circiter 1" longa 
lineari-lanceolata; tria media ovato- v. angusto-oblongo circiter 
1" longa; tria interiora orbiculari- v. rhombeo-ovalia externis 
opposita mediis alterna et his vix longiora, omnia decidua, extus 
conspicius quam intus sericeeo-pubescentia. Petala 6 glabra stamen 
sigillatim amplexantia, sepalis aliquoties breviora. Antherse cir- 
eiter 1" longw cernus; loculi ovati rima longitudinali hiantes, sed 
ez:dem ob inclinationem obiter inspectz dehiscentiam transversa- 
lem decipienter exhibentes. Connectivum puberulum. Stigmata 
depressa, subpeltata. Drups abortu sspe solitari:e subglobos:, 
4-6" metientes." Putamen compressum orbieulare 3" latum, dorso 
carinatum, utraque facie nervo cyclico aream orbicularem includente 
notatum. Albumen speciminum in statu emarcido tantum suppe- 
tentium videtur pareum nisi absens. Embryo hippocrepicus. 
CAPPARIDEJE. 
Busbeckea arborea. 
Ramulis tenui-velutinis, foliis coriaceis ovatif acutis rarius ob- 
longis et obtusis utrinque glabris v. subtus puberulis supra nitentibus, 
pedicellis solitariis geminisve axillaribus et terminalibus, alabastris 
subglobosis apice attenuatis pedicellisque velutinellis, sepalis inte- 
rioribus petaloideis glabris fere sessilibus, petalis obeordato-euneatis 
extus glabris intus pubescentibus basin versus lanuginosis, germine 
ovato umbonato. geo 
Ad flumen Fitz Roy River, Thozet; ad sinum Moreton Bay. 
Hill et Mueller. E erdr 
Arbor minor v. mediocris. Folia 2-4 pollices longa, penninervia, 
venosa, petiolo fere semi-pollicari przdita, subtus opaca aut vix 
nitidula. Pedicelli 1-2" longi. Calyx exterior ex apice in valvas 
duas irregulariter rumpens porro circum basin ruptus, nec regu- 
' lariter secus ullam suturam longitudinalem solutus, omnino erasso- 
foliaceus. Sepala duo interiora circiter semuncialia. Petala 
quatuor, 8-12" longa albida erosa. Stamina numerosa exserta. 
Filamenta alba. Antherz fulvo lineam metientis oblongz basi 
bilobe. Germen glabrum longe stipatum. Stigma cyaneum. 
Busbeckea corymbiflora. 
Fruticosa, ramulis tenui-velutinis non scandentibus, foliis char- 
taceis ovatis obtusis glabris supra nitidulis, corymbis terminalibus 
subsessilibus plurifloris, alabastris subglobosis apiculatis pedicel- 
