BY J. H. MAIDEN AND E. BETCHE. 355 



the stem, covered with short conical prickles, overruns tall forest 

 trees, attaining a length of over 120 feet and 4 inches in 

 diameter. The flowers are smaller than in the arborescent and 

 shrubby forms, and white with pale blue stamens. The young 

 branches and underside of the leaves are densely covered 

 with short soft hairs. The Acacia Creek form of C. nobilis 

 has the climbing habit in common with the Norfolk Island form, 

 the type on which the species was founded (as Busbeckia), 

 but only the habit; the shape of the leaves, the inflorescence, bud, 

 and colour of flowers are those of the continental form; the 

 fruits we have not seen. It difi'ers further from the Norfolk 

 Island form in the stem, which is smooth in the Norfolk Island 

 plant and prickly in that from Acacia Creek. Capparis nobilis 

 is truly a polymorphous plant. We have leaf-specimens of a fair- 

 sized seedling plant from Ash Island, in the Hunter River, 

 collected by one of us in October, 1903, of totally different 

 appearance. The leaves are ovate, acuminate, | to 1 inch long, 

 distichous, shortly petiolate, and with stipular spines 4 to 6 lines 



long. 



SAMYDACE^. 



Casearia esculenta Roxb. — New for New South Wales. 



Sandiland Ranges (J. L. Boorman; Nov. '04, in flower). 

 Acacia Creek, Macpherson Range (J. L. Boorman; Feb. '05, in 

 fruit). 



A shrub or small tree attaining 20 to 30 feet in height, with a 

 stem not exceeding 6 inches in diameter, as far as seen. 



The species is widely spread over the East Indies, where the 

 leaves are used by the natives as a spice in stews, hence the 

 specific name; we have no evidence that the Australian aborigines 

 made use of the plant in any way. 



This record adds a new Natural Order to the flora of the State. 



STERCULIACEiE. 

 Lasiopetalum longistamineum, sp.nov. 

 Mt. Dangar, Gungal; in moist warm places in rich alluvial 

 deposits (J. L. Boorman; Sept. '04, in bud; and Dec. '04, in 

 flower and fruit). 



