60 IX. CAPPARIDEi^. [Capparh. 



11. C. lucida (leaves shiny), R. Br. Herb. : Benth. Fl. Amtr. i. 96. 

 Aboriginal name at Cloncurry " Thoogeer," Pahner. A shrub, very nearly allied 

 to C. nobilis, but more often pubescent. Leaves ovate or oblong, obtuse, 2 to 3 

 or rarely 4in. long, coriaceous and shining when old, but often thinner than m 

 C. nobilis and more reticulate. Flowers white, rather smaller than in C. nobilu, 

 and usually several together in a terminal cluster or short raceme, the outer 

 ones in the axils of the uppermost leaves. Buds globular, on pedicels of about 

 lin. Fruit globular, like that of C. nobilis.— Thylacium lucidum, DC. Prod. i. 

 254 ; Busbeckia corymbifiora, F. v. M. Fragm. i. 163. 



Hab.: Burdekin river, Howitt's isles, Hope islets, Port MoUe and Port Denison. 

 Eipe fruit eaten by natives, Palmer. 



12. C. Mitchelli (after Sir T. Mitchell), Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. i. 

 315 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 96. Native pomegranate ; Bumble ; " Kam-doo-thal," 

 Cloncurry, Pa;«?er; "Hondo," N. Queensland, Thozet ; " Eeger," St. George, 

 Wedd. A much-branched shrub, more or less clothed with a minute yellowish 

 or whitish tomentum, sometimes soft and dense, sometimes disappearing on the 

 older leaves. Stipular prickles short, somewhat hooked, often wanting on the 

 flowering branches. Leaves ovate or oblong, obtuse, 1 to l-|in. long, narrowed 

 into a petiole of 2 to 3 lines, coriaceous and rather thick, obscurely veined. 

 Pedicels few, axillary, 1 to l^in. long, thickened upwards. Buds ovoid- 

 globular, usually acuminate, nearly \vd.. long. Outer calyx thick, opening 

 irregularly or sometimes into 2 valvate concave sepals. Inner sepals 4 to 8 lines 

 long, more or less pubescent, especially at the base, thin and glabrous on the 

 edges. Petals similar but larger. Ovary tomentose, on a long neary glabrous 

 stipes. Berry globular, 2in. diameter when ripe. Seeds 4 to 5 lines long, 

 embedded in a hard dry pulp. — Busbeckia Mitchelli, F. v. M. PI. Vict. i. 53, t. 

 suppl. 4. 



Hab.: A common tree inland. 



The aborigines and bushnien consider the bark to possess healing properties, and use it in 

 oases of sores and piles. 



Wood whitish, close-grained, hard ; suitable for engraving or carving. — Baileifs Cat. Ql. 

 Woods No. 6. 



Fruit eaten by natives, Thozet, Palmer. 



Twigs sometimes infested with th? fungus Calonectria Otagensis. 



13. C. loranthifolia (Loranthus-leaved), Lindl. in Mitch. Trop. Amtr. 

 220 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 97. A scrubby bush with more or less tomentose 

 branches. Leaves from oblong-linear to broadly lanceolate, obtuse or acute, IJ 

 to 2Jin. long, obtuse at the base, on a petiole of 1 or rarely 2 lines, coriaceous 

 and at length glabrous. Pedicels in the upper axils about lin. long, thickened 

 upwards. Buds ovoid, scarcely acuminate, the outer calyx not so thick as in the 

 other species of the section Busbeckia. Inner sepals larger, thickened in the 

 centre. Petals longer, thinner, villous inside. Stamens numerous. Ovary 

 glabrous. 



Hab.: Not uncommon inland. 



14. C> umbonata (form of fruit), Lindl. in Mitch. Trap. Austr. 257 ; Benth. 

 Fl. Amtr. i. 97. A shrub with tomentose branches like the last, but the leaves 

 usually much longer, often 7 to Sin. long, and rarely under 3in., always lanceo- 

 late, and narrowed into a rather long petiole. Pedicels axillary, thickened 

 upwards, 1 to l^in. long. Buds ovoid, the outer calyx very thick and coriaceous. 

 Petals as in C. Mitchelli. Fruit apparently small, glabrous, not always marked 

 with the terminal protuberance which suggested the specific name ; the stipes 

 very long. 



Hab.: Brigalow scrub on the Belyando, Dawson Eiver, and other localities. 



