26 Dansk Botanisk Arkiv, Bd. 2. Nr. 8. 



in the few (1 — 2) ovules on the placentas; F. pauciflora having 

 several on each placenta. The short and comparatively broad 

 leaves and the paler and smaller flowers are also characteristic. 



The Australian (espec. West Australian) Frankenias are a neg- 

 lected field of investigation, to which I shall return later on when 

 dealing with my plants from the south-western part of W. A. 

 (See pp. 47—55)" 



Rhizophoraceæ. 



Ceriops Caudolleana Arnott, Ann. Nat. Hist, I (1838) 363; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. II (1864) 436; W. V. Fitzgerald, in Journ. Müll. Bot. 

 Soc. II (1903) 22. 



Point Samson (Cossack), mangrove, in full flower and with 

 seedlings ready to drop (No. 1150, 2. Nov. 1914). 



The species was common in the mangrove of Point Samson 

 near the jetty; the shrubs were hardly more than the height 

 of a man. 



On the whole, the specimens collected agree well with the 

 Asiatic form, especially as regards the three capitate bristles of 

 the petals, but the leaves are smaller and more obovate-spathulate 

 than in the type and the sepals longer and narrower (triangular- 

 linear). As I have not access to other Australian specimens I do 

 not know if these differences are of a general character or only local. 



Rhizophora mucronata Lam., Encycl. meth. VI (1804) 169; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. II (1864) 435. 



Port Hedland, mangrove (common), in flower and with the 

 seedlings beginning to grow out of the pericarp (No. 1149, 3. Nov. 

 1914). 



Myrtaccæ. 



Careya australis (Benth.) F. v. Müll., Fragm. Phytogr. Austr. Ill 

 (1866) 183; W. V. Fitzgerald, in Müll. Bot. Soc. II (1903) 48; C. 

 arborea, var. (?) australis Benth., Fl. Austr. Ill (1866) 289. 



Derby, common in the savannah forest (No. 1184, 7. Nov. 

 1914). A small tree with rather flexible young branches, with 

 whitish flowers and green fruits. 



Eucalyptus. The best authority on this difficult genus, Mr. 

 J. H. Maiden, F. R. S., Director of the Botanical Gardens, Sydney, 

 has been so kind as to identify my Eucalyptus, for which I am 

 much indebted to him. 



