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Plants Collected in Central Australia, 



Between lat. 22= 30' and 28° S., and long. 136^ 30' and 139" 

 30' E., by Cir. AYinnecke, Esq., during his expedition 

 in 1883 ; examined by Baron EiiRD. vox Muellee,. 

 K.C.M.G., M.D., Ph.D:, E.B.S. 



\_The following list was published in Mr. Winneche's official 

 report, hut has received corrections from the author, and loas 

 ordered to he printed in the Transactions, hy the Council of the 

 Boyal Society, December 14, 1884 : — ] 



Lepidimn papillosum, ¥. v. 31. 



Erysimum Bleunodia, F. v. M. 



Capparis Mitchelli, Lindley. 



Capparis lasiantha, B. Brown. 



Drosera Indica, Linne. 



Owenia acidula, jP. v M. 



Bergia perennis, F. v. M. 



Tribulus hystrix, B. Brown. 



Zygopbyllum Howittii, F. v. M. Petals about one-eigbtb inclt 

 long ; filaments witbout appendages ; anthers, when fully 

 opened, almost roundish; radicle often three times as- 

 long as the cotyledons. 



Erodium cygnorum, Nees. 



Gossypium Australe, F. v. 31. 



Lavatera plebeja, Sims. 



Abutilon leucopetalum, F. v. 31. A rariety with yellow petals- 

 of nearly two inches in length ; some of the stamens fully 

 as long ; upper part of the styles exserted ; fruit not seen. 

 This plant offers an approach to A. exonemum, 3Ions. 

 Thozet, sent from Muellersville, specimens with flowers- 

 fully three inches long. 



Melhania iucana, Heyne. 



Seringea integrif olia, F. v. 31. 



Triumf etta "Winneckeana, F. v. M. Leaves roundish or verging 

 into an oval form, denticulated and somewhat crisp at the 

 margin, velvet}' on both sides ; sepals narrow, dorsally 

 terminated by a minute conical appendage, petals downy 

 towards the base ; stamens numerous ; ovary three-celled ;. 

 fruit large, on slender stalklet, almost globular, indehis- 

 cent, thinly tomentose, copiously beset with long spreading 

 bristle-like, nearly glabrous at the summit, hooked prickles. 

 The nearest affinity of this plant is with T. leptacantha, 

 but the fruits are much larger, and not glabrous ; indeed^ 



