50 Some hitherto unknown Australian Plants. 



From Newcastle Range to Darlings Downs, chiefly in the 

 Brigalow Scrubs. 



A large shrub, or more frequently a small tree. Bark of 

 the branchlets smooth, at last black. Leaflets about twice 

 as long as the terete petiole, \-i inch long, rather tender, 

 green, opaque, 4-5-nerved, finely veined. Stipella in the 

 sinus of the leaflet-pair, shorter than one line, rusty brown. 

 Corymbs terminating the branches, but when the latter are 

 reduced to mere innovations apparently axillary or lateral, 

 few-flowered, with a short or no peduncle. Pedicels crowded, 

 solitary, 2-3 lines long, upwards gradually thickened, at the 

 base provided with three lanceolate-subulate bracteoles, 

 which are shorter than one line, brown, silky, and early 

 falling, calyx 4-6 lines long, sometimes teethless and oblique 

 truncate, not membranous. Petals dark red, free, upper one 

 ovate, about \ inch long, on both sides scantily silky, taper- 

 ing into a claw shorter than one line. Lateral petals of the 

 form of the upper one, which they cover, but a little larger, 

 and inside glabrous. Lower petals oblong-ovate, 4-5 lines 

 long, outside silky, inside nearly glabrous, with a claw mea- 

 suring 1^-2 lines. Stamens all fertile, free, the upper ones 

 but little, the lower ones long exserted. Filaments filiform, 

 dark or pale red. Anthers oval, versatile, hardly one line 

 long, yellow with red margin. Pollen golden-yellow. Stalk 

 of the ovary longer than the petals. Style pink, 2-4 lines 

 long. Stigma convex, oblique terminal. Pods two to four 

 inches long, one inch broad, blunt at the apex, acute at the 

 base ; their stalk slender, often fully an inch long. Seeds 

 compressed, roundish-ovate, brown, smooth, 3-4 lines long, 

 slightly angular. 



I name this stately plant to acknowledge permanently the 

 arduous services which were rendered by Mr. Carron in the 

 last disastrous expedition of Mr. Kennedy. A perusal of the 

 sorrowful account, published by Mr. Carron, of this unfortu- 

 nate journey, will likewise render evident how far he, in 

 throwing so much light on the vegetation of North-East 

 Australia, deserves the small tribute of botany paid to him 

 on this occasion. 



Bauhinia Leichhardtii. 

 (Seot. Lysistemon. ) 

 Leaflets orbicular- or broad-ovate, as long as the petiole, free 

 to the base, at last glabrous; corymbs few-flowered on 

 very short peduncles; peduncles, pedicels, and calyces 



