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panduriformis. Gossypium australe. Adansonia Gregorii ; 

 fruit five inches long and four inches diameter. 



Sterculiacece. — Brachy chiton Gregorii. Seringea integrifolia. 



TiliacecB. — Corchorus vermicularis, C. sidoides. Triumfetta 

 chsetocarpa. 



Euphorbiacece. — Euphorbia Drummondii, E. alsinseflora. 

 Petalostigma quadriloculare. 



Sapindacece. — Atalaya hemiglauca. 



Caryophyllece. — Polycarpsea violacea ; a stouter plant than 

 usual, and densely fasiciled at the nodes. 



Amarantacece. — Gomphrena flaccida, G. affinis, G. Brownii. 

 Ptilotus arthrolasius ; this species was collected by Sir John 

 Forrest, but as yet unrecorded, so I am informed by the Curator 

 of the National Herbarium, Melbourne. 



Salsolacece. — Enchykena tomentosa. 



Ficoidece. — Trianthema pilosa. 



Phytolaccece. — Codonocarpus cotonifolius. 



Nyctaginecs. — Boerhaavia diffusa. 



Leguminosce. — Crotolaria Cunninghami. Indigofera viscosa. 

 Tephrosia purpurea. Abrus precatorius. Cassia concinna. 

 Bauhinia Leichhardtii. Neptunia gracilis. Acacia dineura, A. 

 tumida, A. stipuligera, A suberosa. 



Combretacece. — Gyrocarpus Americanus. 



Myrtacece. — Melaleuca leucodendron, M. lasiandra. Eucalyp- 

 tus terminalis. Barringtonia acutangula. 



Santalacea. — Santalum lanceolatum. 



Proteacece. — Grevillea refracta. Hakea macrocarpa. 



Cucurbitacece. — Cucumis trigonus. Mukia scabrella. 



Rubiacecs. — Gardenia Keartlandi, Tate. 



Shrubby, branchlets thick, the young shoots resinous (the 

 resin collecting as small drops of a clear amber color). Leaves 

 shortly petiolate, oval-oblong, obtuse at both ends, coriaceous, 

 penni nerved and reticulate, not exceeding one and a-half inches 

 long, glabrous. Flowers white, terminal, solitary, shortly pedi- 

 cellate, sweet-smelling. Calyx-limb shortly tubular-campanulate, 

 with six, linear-obtuse lobes (two a little longer and wider than 

 the others) ; calyx-tube about as long as the lobes (about 4 mm.), 

 not ribbed. Corolla-tube nearly one inch long (23 mm.), slightly 

 dilated upwards ; lobes six, oblong, about half-length of tube. 

 Fruit globulose to ovoid-globular, about one inch diameter (25 

 mm.), crowned by the base of the calyx-tube ; endocarp dense, 

 hard, cartilaginous, 2 mm. thick ; the rind dry and thin, at least 

 in the dried specimens ; placentas three. 



One flower only (which has not been dissected), six ripe fruits. 

 Fitzroy River, Calvert Exploring Expedition. 



This new species differs from its Australian congeners with 



