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420. Cochlospermum heteronemum F. v. M. 



Varies from a shrub of 3ft. to a deciduous tree of 30ft. ; trunk 

 to lOtt. ; diameter about 1ft. ; bark greyish-brown, smooth, 

 or sUghtly rugose, with a, very tough inner fibre ; timber 

 pale, soft and light ; branches spreading ; stipules setaceous, 

 Jin. long, caducous ; flowers sweetly scented ; sepals finely 

 ciliolate, pale yellow, streaked with reddish-purple ; petals 

 glabrous, spreading, broadly obovate, deeply emarginate, 

 |-lin. long, J-Jin. broad, yellow, streaked with reddish- 

 purjiie ; stamens very numerous, the filaments 4—6 lines 

 long, 10-15 of the lowest sharply refracted, the balance 

 (60-70) normal ; style bent downwards laciniate ; capsules 

 ovate to ovate-globose, obtuse or sUghtly depressed, near- 

 ly or quite glabrous, brown and reticulate where ripe ; to 

 above 2in. long ; seeds numerous, reniform, brown and 

 rugose, 2 lines diameter. 



Distributed throughout Kimberley in sandy and rocky locali- 

 ties and known as " Cotton- tree," or " Kapok-tre9." 

 Possibly through irdsreading a label it is described in the 

 " Flora Australiensis " as O. heteroneurum F. v. M. 



VIOLACE^. 



430. lonidium amantiacum F. v. M. 



Ascending or erect to 1ft., branched ; flowers orange-red. 

 Growing in stony beds of water courses. 



PASSIFLOR^. 



431. Modecca australis R. Br. 



Stems climbing many yards ; flowers white to pale yellow. 



MYRTIFLORffi. 



THYMELACE^. 



432. Pimelca punicea B. Br. 



Erect, 6-r2in. high ; flowers crimson. 



433. P. ammocharis F. v. M. 



Specimens were collected near the summit of Mt. Leake, Lady 

 Forrest Range (W.V.F.) which are doubtfully referred to 

 this species. The plant is erect, 2ft. high ; leaves Jin. 

 long ; flowers white, hermaphrodite ; perianths persistent. 

 In the crevices of quartzite. Possibly a different species, 

 it is the only one known to be peculiar to that region. 



The Section Epallage, as defined in the Flora Australiensis is 

 unsatisfactory. 



