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the stigmas and much longei* than these, exceeding most of the 

 stamens ; fruit capsular, rather small, depressed-globular, dehiscent 

 above the middle ; seeds about twelve, nearly lenticular, outside 

 snwoth. 



At Beringarra in subtropic Western Australia ; W. E. 

 Mossingham. 



Stems only a few inches long, as well as the branches slightly 

 reddish, not angular. Eoot probably annual. Well developed 

 leaves measuring |-i inch, all flat. Sepals yellowish towards the 

 margin. Petals about half an inch long, rounded-blunt. Fila- 

 ments and stigmas intensely yellow. Anthers sulphur-coloured. 

 Diameter of fruit hardly ^ inch ; operculum slightly pyramidal. 

 Seeds measuring about ^ inch. 



The aborigines of the locality call this plant " Oombarra," they 

 doubtless using it for food. It is quite showy. To some extent 

 this species combines the leaves of P. bicolor with the flowers of 

 F. oleracea, though the coalition of the styles renders this congener 

 at once very distinct. From P. Armitii by the colour and discon- 

 nectedness of the petals, multitude of stamens and shortness of the 

 operculum it is rendered quite distinct. The dissimilarity of P. 

 quadrifida is still greater. 



Gunnia Drummondi has recently been sent from the vicinity of 



Mt. Moore by Mr. Edwin Merrall ; it seems however only a form 



of the original G. septifraga ; the latter was gathered in 1889 by 



Mrs. Irvine near the Barrier-Range. Mollugo stricta was found by 



Madame A. Dietrich on the Pioneer-River. M. cerviaria occurs 



on the Gascoyne-River (Bunbury), Upper Darling-River (Edw. 



Ramsay), on the Finke-River (Rev. H, Kempe). It is fruiting 



occasionally at the height of only one inch. Tetragonia expansa 



extends to Esperance-Bay (Dempster). Aizoon quadrifidum has 



been gathered at Eucla by Mr. J. Oliver. Sesuvium portulacas- 



trum is now also known from Trinity-Bay (Sayer), Macarthur- 



River (Lieut. Dittrich), Port Darwin (Holtze). Trianthema 



decandra and T. j^Hosa grow on the Fincke-River (Rev. H. 



Kempe) and on the Gascoyne-River (Hon. J. Forrest). T. 

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