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from, the last-named locality are pubescent with short stellate 

 hairs. [Has a wide range, and was met with all over the 

 sandhill country.] B. canescens, R. Br. (pi. xli., fig. 1). Lake 

 Blanche. The linear-cylindrical pods are sometimes 5 cm. 

 long. The specimens agree with other northern ones except 

 that the seeds are bordered by a rather broad wing, while 

 those of the type are, as usual in the genus, quite wingless. 

 I therefore propose calling this variety pterosperma. Capt. 

 White says the flowers resemble those of a garden stock and 

 vary from white to pink. B. trnsecta, Benth. Mount Lynd- 

 hurst. [Only met with in the stony country.] B. carda- 

 minoides, F. v. M. Tinga-tingana, Strzelecki Creek. These 

 far-northern specimens are more or less covered with rather 

 long, simple or forked hairs, otherwise they agree with 

 specimens from the Murray which have the typical stellate 

 pubescence. [Common plant, eaten by goats and sheep.] 

 B. nasturtioides , Benth. Lake Blanche. 



Menkea sphaerocarpa, F. v. M. Lake Blanche; Mount 

 Lyndhurst. Mueller, in his original description, says the 

 petals are purple; Tate, in his Extratrop., Fl. S. Austr., 17, 

 says 'petals yellow." The dried petals in our specimens 

 appear distinctly yellow. 



Lepidium phlebopetalum, F. v. M. Trinity Well. L. 

 papillosum, F. v. M. Trinity Well; Innamincka ; Mount 

 Hopeless. [Widely distributed ; found growing throughout 

 the country, and varies much as to size.] 



Capparidaceae. 



Capparis Mitchellii, Lindl. "Native Orange." Cooper 

 Creek. [Several of these trees were met with, generally on 

 the edge of the sandy country ; the branches are thickly 

 covered with sharp recurved spines; a shapely tree.] 



PlTTOSPORACEAE. 



Pittosporum phillyraeoides, DC. East of Mungeranie. 

 The usual narrow-leaved, small-fruited form found in the Far 

 North. [Small clumps of these shrubs were met with on stony 

 tablelands, covered in bright-orange fruit, often attaining a 

 height of 20 feet,] 



Leguminosae. 

 • Trigonella suavissima, Lindl. Murteree ; between Inna- 

 mincka and Kanowana. [Found growing in damp localities 

 along the creek and near waterholes.] 



Lot it* a ust ralis, Andr., var. parviflorus, Benth. Lake 

 Blanche. [Fairly plentiful on the lower Strzelecki : growing 

 in other bushes for protection from stock.] 



