330 PLANTS OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA 



Log. " Common on the Murray, and in the interior." 

 D. Sturt. 



Desc. Suffrutex pubescens, snbcinereus; ramis striatis 

 nee omnino tcretibus. Folia sesquipoUicaria, linearia, 

 acuta. Fasciculi multiflori. Calycis foliola obtusa, pube 

 tenui cinerascentia. Corolla glabra ; tubo absque squa- 

 nmlis denticulisve, ventricoso ; limbo vix longitudine tubi, 

 laciniis conniventibus sinistrorsum imbricatis. Corona3 

 foliola e basi dilatata adnata linearia, indivisa. Massae 

 Pollinis (Pollinia) lineares. 



Obs. Doubah was originally found by Sir T. Mitchell, 

 but with fruit only, in one of his journeys, and also in his 

 last expedition ; and, according to him, the natives eat the 

 seed-vessel entire, preferring it roasted. Captain Sturt, 

 on the other hand, observes that the natives of the districts 

 where he found it eat only the pulpy seed-vessel, rejecting 

 the seeds. 



^2] 16. J ASM IN UM iineare. Br. pro dr. 1, p. 521. 



Jasminum Mitchellii. Zi?idl. in Mitch, tvop. Austr. 

 p. 365. 



Obs. In Captain Sturt's collection there are perfect 

 specimens of this plant, on which a few remarks may be 

 here introduced, chiefly referring to its very general exist- 

 ence in the sterile regions of the interior of Southern Aus- 

 tralia, and even extending to the north-west coast. 



The species was established on specimens which I collected 

 in 180.2, in the sterile exposed tract at the head of Spencer's 

 Gulf. With these I have .compared and found identical 

 j\Ir. A. Cunningham's specimens gathered in the vicinity of 

 the Lachlan, in 1817 ; Captain Sturt's, in his earlier expe- 

 ditions, from the Darhng ; those of Sir Thomas Mitchell, 

 in his different journeys ; and specimens collected in one 

 of the islands of Dampier's Archipelago. In this great 

 extent of range, it exactly agrees with a still more remark- 

 able plant, and one much less likely to belong to a desert 

 country, namely, Clianthus Dampieri. 



I have considered Jasminum Mitchellii as hardly a 

 variety of J. Iineare, the character of this supposed species 



