OF NORTH AUSTRALIAN PLANTS. 15 



CoCHLOSPERMEjE. 



Cochlospermum lieteronemum ; arborescens, foliis reniforrai-cordatis 

 sinuato-3— 5-lobulatis utrinque cum petiolis pedunculis ramulisque 

 velutinis, filamentis seriei extimae inferioribus 7-11 declinatis subu- 

 latis, ceteris capillari-filiformibus. 



Hab. In collibus planitiebusque siccis praesertim lapidosis, ad flumen 

 Victoria, in tractu M'Adam's Kange aliisque locis. 



Bombax sp., Stokes, Disc, in Austr. Cochlospermum Gossypium, 

 Leichhardt, Overland Expedition, passim. 



Capparide^e. 



Roeperia, n. g. — Sepala 4, lanceolato-linearia, longe acuminata, de- 

 cidua, posticum columnam suffulciens. Petala 4, imo toro inserta, 

 elongato-oblonga, unguiculata, unilateraliter versa, integerrima, de- 

 cidua, 2 exteriora angustiora. Stamina 5 vel 7. Filamenta unilate- 

 ralia, inferne inter se et cum stipite germinis connata, superne libera, 

 interiora longiora, altius connata. Anther a biloculares, basifixae, mox 

 revolutae, deciduae, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Germen 

 longe stipatum, uniloculare. Gemmulce juxta placentas intervalvu- 

 lares geminas numerosae, amphitropae. Stylus filiformis, elongatus. 

 Stigma minutum, semiglobosum. Capsula siliquaeformis, longe sti- 

 pata, unilocularis, bivalvis, valvis a replo persistente seminifero sece- 

 dentibus. Semina numerosa, reniformi-ovata, transverse rugosa, 

 strophiolo inferne hippocrepico superne compresso semiamplexa, ex- 

 albuminosa. Cotyledones incumbentes.— Herba Australia intratro- 

 piece annua, glandulosa, Qleoxms facie ; foliis 3-5-foliolatis, exslipu- 

 latis, foliolis angusto-lanceolatis integerrimis ; pedunculis axillaribm 

 et terminalibus ■, solitariis, unijloris ; corollis magnis, luteis. — Genus ad 

 Gynandropsin accedens, Roeperam, Adr. Juss., ad Zygophyllum retuli 



in 'Linnaea,* xxv. p. 374. 



R. cleomoides. 



Hab. In plaga elevata arenoso-rupestri secus partes fluvii Vietoriae 



necnon Wickhami australiores. 



15UETTNERIACE.*:. 



Seringia nephrosperma ; foliis cordate- vel oblongo-ovatis obtusis supra 

 velutinis glabrescentibus subtus tomentosis repaudis vel subsinuatis, 



