Cai>parh.] TX. GAPPAEIDB^. 59 



flowering branches. Pedicels solitary in the upper axils, H to 2in. long. 

 Flowers large and showy. Outer sepals united into an ovoid acuminate bud of 

 above lin. long, of a woody texture, and bursting irregularly; inner sepals 

 orbicular, woolly inside, thick but petal-like. Petals (4 ?) obovate, more than 

 2in.long. Stamens numerous, about Sin. long. Ovary glabrous. Fruit not seen. 

 Hab.: Port Denison. 



8. C. nobilis (referring to size of plant), F. r. M. Herb.; Benth. Fl. Amtr. 

 i. 95. " Rarum," N. Queensland, Thozet. A small tree, either perfectly glabrous or 

 the young shoots and the under side of the leaves slightly covered with a close 

 minute pubescence. Stipularly prickles short and conical, seldom seen on the 

 flowering-branches. Leaves oval-oblong or oblong, acute, shortly acuminate or 

 obtuse, 2 to 4in. long, coriaceous and often shining above, on petioles of 3 to 6 

 lines. Pedicels solitary in the upper axils or very rarely 2 together, about lin. 

 long. Buds globular, about ^in. diameter, often slightly emarginate at the top, 

 showing the tips of the 2 outer sepals, which are perfectly united into a 

 coriaceous calyx bursting or splitting irregularly ; inner sepals broadly ovate, -^-in. 

 long, firm in the centre, thin on the edges. Petals 4, white, larger and thinner 

 than the sepals, pubescent inside. Stamens very numerous. Fruit globular, 

 about lin. diameter, with a small protuberance at the top, the stipes -l-in. to 

 nearly 2in. long. Seeds numerous, embedded in a hard almost woody pulp. — 

 Busbeckia nobilis, Endl. Prod. Fl. Norf. 64 ; Busbeckia arborea, F. v. M. Fragm. 

 i. 163. 



Hab.: Prom the Brisbane river scrubs to Eookhampton. 



Wood of a light or whitish colour, cloge-graiued, firm, should be useful for engraving. — 

 Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 4. 



Fruit eaten by natives, Thozet. 



Var. pubescens. Petioles shorter, leaves more pubescent underneath, fruit scarcely umbonate. 

 Brisbane river, A. Cunningham. 



The same species is also found in Norfolk Island. 



9. C. canescens (alluding to colour of foliage), Banks in DC. Prod. i. 246 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 96. "Mondoleu," N. Queensland, Thozet. Habit and foliage 

 so nearly that of C. nobilis that some specimens without the buds are difficult to 

 distinguish from it, but in general they are of a paler more glaucous green, 

 either minutely pubescent or glabrous. Stipulary prickles subulate, wanting on 

 the flowering branches. Leaves as in C. nobilis, or more frequently broader and 

 more obtuse, mostly 1^ to 2in. long, those of the barren shoots sometimes broadly 

 ovate-cordate with a prickly point. Pedicels solitary or 2 together in the upper 

 axils or terminal, 1 to 2in. long. Buds tomentose, larger than in C. nobilis, and 

 prominently 4-angled. Flowers, of which I have only seen fragments, ap- 

 parently like those of C. nobilis. Fruit (not yet ripe) as in C. nobilis, but on a 

 longer stipes. 



Hab.: Bay of Inlets, Northumberland islands and Keppel Bay, Burdekin and Lynd rivers. 

 Fruit eaten by natives, Thozet. 



Var. glauca. Leaves 3 to 4in. long, very thick and glaucous. Between the Flinders and 

 Lynd rivers. — F. Mueller. 



10. C Shanesiana (after P. A. O'Shanesy), F. v. 21. Fragm. x. 94. A small 

 tree with a rough bark. Branches spreading. Stipulary spines often absent, 

 short, thick, and slightly curved. Leaves 3 or 4in. long, 1 to l^in. broad, 

 oblong to lanceolate-oval, the under side velvety pubescent ; petioles 8 to 9 lines. 

 Flowers large, mostly forming a terminal corymb, pedicels of flowers 1^ to 2iii. 

 long, lengthening under the fruit to 3in., and with the branchlets and calyx 

 velvety. Buds about lin. long, the lower portion globose, the upper pyramidal, 

 longitudinally sulcate-angular. Petals 1-jin.; style 2J to Sin. long, slightly 

 woolly, ovary glabrous. Fruit globose rugose, muricate-tuberculous umbonate, 

 2in. diameter. 



Hab.: Brigalow scrubs, Bockhampton and Herbert's Creek. 



