BY J. H. MATPEN. 47 



Cunningham (in Capt. P. P. King's Voyage) in June, 1819, 

 and its number is 323. 



It is figured (without pod) in " Botany of Cook's 

 Voyage " (ed. Britten), t. 88. A portion of the type is 

 figured at Plate vii. It is not figured in the Iconography. 



Coming to A. holcocarpa, the pods and seeds described 

 in B. n. ii. 408, are those later on figured by Mueller in the 



Iconography. The pods that I have seen are loose. An 

 aboriginal equivalent for A. holcocarpa is given in Bull. 



N. Qld. Ethnography. No. 2 (Roth). 



Following are Mueller's observations (abbreviated) on 

 an iinperfectly known species : — 



" A. holcocarpa, which has the veniilation of A- glaucescens, is easily 

 distinguished from A. Maideriii in various respects. . . . Mr. 

 Dallachy noted this species (holcocarpa) as dwarf, the fresh flowers as 

 fragrant, and — strange to say — as white ; so they must at all events be very 

 pale ; but Solander likewise indicated the flowers of A- calyculaia as white, 

 and thus the question arises whether perhaps the two species are identical." 

 (Mueller, in Macleay Memorial Volume, Sydney, 1893, p. 224). 



'" Specimens, ))ut in flower only, from Fitzroy Island (Walter), seem 

 referable to A. holcocarpa, but they accord so far also fully with the descrip- 

 tion of Cunningham's plant from there ; the fruit, sent with his flowering 

 s.pecimens, may re ally belong to the rather widely distributed A ■ aulacocarpa. 

 Visitors to Fitzroj' Island could easily solve this enigma. A. holcocarpa 

 has become further known from Cape Sidmouth (C. Moon), Trinity Bay 

 (W. Hill), Rockingham Bay and Hinchinbrook Island, where it is common 

 (J. Dallachy). It seems to be essentially a plant of coastal regions. " 

 (Mueller, loc. cit.). 



If collectors have solved the enigma to which MueUer 

 refers, I have not heard of it. 



Cambage, p. 401, recorded the species from Almaden, 

 and p. 41(i, Forsaj^h to Normanton. 



52. aariculceformis A. Cunn., Benth, in Hook. Lond. 

 Journ. Bot., i, 377. The type comes from '" Goulburn and 

 Sims' Islands, North Coast," which are Northern Territory, 

 It is not uncommon in the Northern Territory. 



Bentham (B. Fl., ii, 411, the spelling is auriculiformis) 

 quotes Albany Island (Hill and Mueller). He figures the 

 pod at Trans. Linn. Soc, xxx, t. 68. 



Cambage, p. 396, records it from Kuranda to Almaden. 



