96 IX. CAFPARiDE^. [Capparh, 



inner sepals broadly ovate, \ in. long, firm in the centre^ thin on the edges- 

 Petals 4, white, larger and thinner than the sepals, pnbescent inside. Stamens 

 veiy numerous. Fruit globular, about 1 in. diameter, with a small protu- 

 berance at the top, the stipes ^ in. to nearly 2 in. long. Seeds numerous, 

 embedded in a hard almost woody pulp. — Busheclda jiobilis, Eudl. Prod. Fb 

 Norf. &^ I- Busheclda arhorea, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 163. 



Queensland. Erisbaue river, Eraser, A. Cunningham ; Brisbane and Fitzroy rivers, 

 P. Mueller. 



N, S. Wales. Hastings and Clarence rivers, Becller and others. 



\^r. pifhescenSy petioles shorter, leaves more pnbescent uuderneathj fruit scarcely umbo- 

 nate, Brisbane river, A. Cunnhigham, 



The same species is also found in Norfolk Island- 



8. C. canescens^ BanH in DC. Frod. i. 246. Habit and foliage so 

 nearly that of C.nobilis that some specimens withont the bnds are difficult to 

 distinguish from it^ bnt in general they are of a paler more glaucous green, 

 either minutely pubescent or glabrous. Stipulary prickles subulate, wanting 

 on the flowering branches. Leaves as in C. nobilis, or more frequently broader 

 and more obtuse, mostly 1|^ to 2 in. long, those of the barren shoots some- 

 times broadly ovate-cordate with a prickly point. Pedicels solitaiy or 2 to- 

 gether in the upper axils or terminal, 1 to 2 in. long. Buds tomentose, 

 larger than in C nobilis, and prominently 4-angIed. Flow^ers, of wJiich I 

 have only seen fragments, apparently like those of C. nofjilis. Truit (not yet 

 ripe) as in C. nobilis^ but on a longer stipes. 



Queensland. Bay of Inlets, Banls ; Northumberland islands and Keppel Bay, -B. 

 Brown; Burdekin and Lynd rivers, F. Mueller, 



Var. gJauca, Leaves 3 to 1 in. lon^, very thick and glaucous. Between tbe Flinders 

 and Lynd rivers, F. Mueller, 



9. C lucida^ R, Br. Herb, A shrub, veiy nearly allied to C. nohilis, 

 but more often pubescent. Leaves ovate or oblong, obtuse, 3 to 3 or rarely 

 4 in. long, coriaceous and shining when old, bnt often tliiuner than in C, no- 

 bilis and more reticulate. Flowers white, rather smaller than in C, nobihs, 

 and usually several together in a terminal cluster or short raceme, the outer 

 ones in the axils of the uppermost leaves. Buds globular, on pedicels ot 

 about 1 in. Fruit globular, like that of <7, nobilis.- — Thylaciiwi tucidiimy DC. 

 Prod. i. 254 ; Busbeckia cori/mblflora, Y. Muell. Fragm. i. 163. 



W. Australia. N."W". coast. A, Cunningham; Booby islands, Ton-es Straits, Hero^ 

 Banks, 



Queensland. N.E. coast, R. Brown, A, Cunningham; islands of Hovvitt's group 

 and on the Burdekiu river, F, Mueller ; Howitt's isles, Hope islets, and Port jNloIle, M'Gd- 

 livray ; Port Denison, Fitzalan. 



10. C. Mitchelli^ ZzW/^. in Mitch. Three Exped. I 315. A Ruu-h- 



branched shrub, more or less clothed with a miiuite yellowish or whitish to- 

 mcutum, sometimes soft and dense, sometimes disap})eariug on the oldei 

 leaves. Stipular prickles short, somewhat hooked, often wanting on the 

 flowering branches. Leaves ovate or oblong, obtuse, 1 to 1^ in. long, narroweu 

 into a petiole of 2 to 3 lines, coriaceous and rather thick, obscurely veined- 

 Pedicels few, axillary, 1 to \^ in. long, thickened upwards. Buds ovoid- 

 globular, usually acuminate, nearly ^ in. long. Outer calyx thick, opening 



