\ 



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Capparis,'] ix. capparide.e. 97 



iiTcgularly or sometimes Into 2 valvate concave sepals. Inner sepals 4 to 8 

 lines long, more or less jmbcscent, especially at the base, thin and glabrous 

 on the edges. Petals similar, but lar2;er. Ovary tomento^e, on a loni^: neavlv 

 glabrous stipes. Beriy globular, 2 iu. diameter when ripe. Seeds 4 to 5 

 lilies long, imbedded in a hard dry ^\x\^.—Bmbeckia MitclielU, F. MuelL PI. 

 Vict. i. 53, t. suppl. 4. ■ . 



K. Australia. Plains of Promise, F, Mueller. 



Queensland. In the interior, Mitchell ; Bnrdekin river, F, Mueller. 

 N. S. ^Vales. Liverpool plains, A. Ctmniugham; i^lains of the 'Bogtxn, Mitchell ; 

 iJpper Darling river, F. Mueller, 



Victoria, ]\Iallee scrub, near Eustonc Cole, F. MneUer. 



, • "A-ustralia- Prom Lake Torrcus and Mouut Murchison to Cooper's Creek, F. 



Miieller, 



A 



11. C. loranthifolia, Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Aitst. 320. A scrubby 

 bush, with more or less touientose brandies. Leaves from oblonff-linear to 

 broadly lanceolate, obtuse or acute, 1^ to 2\ in. long, obtuse at the base, on 

 ? petiole of 1 or rarely 2 lines, coriaceous and at length glabrous. Pedicels 

 w the upper axils about 1 in. long, thickened up^yards. Kuds ovoid, scarcely 

 acuminate, the outer calyx not so thick as in the other species of the section 

 Jii'sbec/da. Inner sepals larger, thickened in the centre. Petals longer 

 ttiinner, villous inside. Stamens numerous. Ovary glabrous. 



Queensland. Scrub, near :Mouiit Faraday, Mitchell. 



W. S. AVales. Between Darling river and Cooper's Creek, Keilson. 



1^. C. Timbonata, Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 25 7. A shrub, with 

 tomentose branches like the last, but the leaves usually much longer, often 7 

 to 8 in. long, and rarely under 3 in., always huiceohite and uarrowcd into a 

 rather long petiole. Pedicels axillary, tliickened upv,ards, 1 to 1| in. long. 

 Jnicls ovoid; the outer calyx very thick and coriaceous. Petals as in C. Mlt- 

 cnelh Fruit apparently small, glabrous, not always marked with the terminal 

 protuberance which suggested the specific name j tlie stipes very lojig. 



W. Australia. Victoria river and dry riJees towards Fitzmaurice river, F. Mueller : 

 D W Island, Bynoe. ' 



F mT^'^^'^^' ^"K^low scrub, on the Belyando, Mitchell; Dawson nvcr, Herb. 



7. APOPHYLLUM, F. MueU. 



Flowers dioecious. Sepals 3 or 4, imbricate, 2 outside the others. Petals 

 ^ 01' 4, sessile, imbi-icate. Male fl. : Stamens 8 to 16, inserted on the short 

 J«ri^s with filiform filaments. Ovary none. Female fl. : Stamens none or 

 «rcty 1 to 3. Ovary stipitate A\ith a sessile stigma; ovules 1 or 2, attached 

 ™ the sides of the cavity above the middle. Berry shortly stipitate. Seeds 

 alterr ''^'^^^' ^ smooth testa and involute cotyledons.— Leaves very few, small, 



riolh ^'*'""' ^^ limited;to the following species, and difllrs from C^ppnris only in its dia:- 

 "" flowers^and the usually solitary ovdc! 



1- A. anomalum, F. MucU. in Hook. Kew Journ. ix. 307. A fhrub or 

 'ree, almost leafless, with cylindrical, often pendulous brandies, siiky-white 

 ^hen young, but soon becomin- dabrous. Leaves on the young shoots lew. 



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