BY THE REV. J. E. TENISOX-WOODS, F.L.S., F.G.S. 577 



Three or four species of Capparis are very common in .ill the 

 Brigalow scrubs. G. lasiantha, R,. Br. is the one most frequently 

 met, and this is dispersed throughout Australia as a true desert 

 plant. In Western Australia it is found as far south as the 

 G-ascoyne E-iver, and on the Eastern side of the continent it 

 extends far vi-ithm the borders of ISTew South Wales, always 

 following the Brigalow\ The other species are C. nobiJis with 

 large globular fruits, C. liemistriatus a small but rather prettv 

 shrub seldom more than two feet high, C. canescens a small tree 

 reaching 30 feet high ; C. mitchelli, another shrub about half 

 the height, and finally C. ornans a climber which spreads its large 

 white showy flowers over many of the bushes and trees. In the 

 scrubs near the coast one occasionally meets with Randia densiflora 

 which I mention here for the sake of calling attention to its 

 great beauty as an ornamental shrub. It is certainly a wonder 

 that it has not been introduced into some of our gardens, -where 

 its thick clusters of crimson blossoms ought to make it a genera^ 

 favourite. Two species of Leguminous plants may be mentioned 

 in this place. One is rather rare, BarMya syringifoJia, with 

 splendid racemes of rich yellow flowTrs possessing a fragrance 

 far more delicate and rich than the v;q\1-\\\ov;w Acacia fajiiesiana , 

 It is a very abnormal member of the Leguminosa? and is quite 

 peculiar to Australia. The other tree is Cassia hrewsteri, equally 

 conspicuous from its flowers or fruits. The former are in long 

 yellow racemes very like the Lahurnum of Europe. The pods 

 very long, black and ornamental, the well-marked dissepiments 

 between the seeds adding much to the peculiar appearance. 

 Messrs. Bailey and Scortechini are of opinion that there are two 

 distinct species confounded under this name. I should add that 

 the plant just referred to, Acacia farnesiana is not uncommon 

 amid the Brigalow\ It is scarcely necessary to remind readers 

 that this species is widely distributed over the earth's surface, 

 being found in Africa as well as India and the Indian Archipelago. 

 It differs from most Australian species in the almost orange hue 



