114 THE FLORA OF THE NORTHERN TEEEITOEY. 



3. STENOPETALUM, R. Br. 1821. 



1. S. pedicellare, F. v. ikf.— 60 miles N.E. of Camp II., G. F. Hill (No. 

 264a), 7/6/1911. 



S. nutans, F. v. M., recorded in National Herbarium Census from North 

 Australia. 



4. ALYSSUM, Linn. (Meniocus Desv.), Mad wort. 



1. A. linifolium, Steph. — Lacrosse Island, Cambridge Gulf, N.W. Coast, 

 A. Cunningham. 



Blennodia nasturtioides, Benth. ; Blennodia canescens, R. Br. ; Lepidium 

 strongylophyllum, F. v. M. ; Lepidium pedicellosum, F. v. M. ; Lepidium 

 ruderale, Linn. ; recorded in National Herbarium Census from North Australia. 



CAPPARroACEffi. 



Herbs with a capsular fruit. 



Torus short, the stamens inserted immediately within the sepals 



and petals. Seeds several. — 1. Cleome. 

 Torus elongated, bearing the stamens at the top under the ovary. — 



2. Roeperia. 



Shrubs or trees, with an indehisccnt succulent fruit. 

 Ovules and seeds many. 



Torus elongated, with a tube-like appendage at the base. — 



4. Cadaba. 

 Torus short without any basal appendage. — 3. Capparis. 

 Ovules and seeds usually solitary. — 5. Apophyllum. 



1. CLEOME, Linn. 1735. 



{Aleome, Neck., 1790; Anomalostemon, Klotzsdh., 1861 ; Atalanta, Nutt., 

 1818 ; Buhsia, Bunge, 1859 ; Corynandra, Schrad., 1846 ; Lagansa, Rumph., 

 1838; Micambe, Adans., 1763; Peritoma, B.C., 1824; Physostemon, Mart., 

 1824 ; Podogyne, Hoffm., 1840 ; Polanisia, Rafin, 1818 ; Rorida, J. F. Omel., 

 1791 ; Roridula, Forsk., 1776 ; Siliquaria, Forsk., 1775 ; Sinapistrum, 

 Town., 1745 ;' Tetrateleia, Bond., 1859). 



Stamens 4 to 6, or rarely 8. 



Stemless, with radical leaves and 1-fiowered scapes. — 1. C. oxalidea. 

 Erect and leafy, with racemose flowers. — 2. C. tetrandra. 

 Stamens 8 to 16. — 3. C. viscosa. 



1. G. oxalidea, F. v. M. — Gravelly plains on the Upper Victoria River, 

 and table land at the head of Sturt's Creek, F. v. Mueller. 



2. 0. tetrandra. Banks. — N.W. Coast, Bynoe ; Victoria River, F. v. 

 Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong ; Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



3. C. viscosa, Linn. [Polanisia viscosa). — Hermansburg, Finke River, 

 G. F. Hill (No. 66), 11/3/1911. 



Near Haast's Bluff, Macdonnell Ranges, G. F. Hill (No. 204), 26/5/1911. 



90 miles W. of AJice Springs, G. F. Hill, 9/5/1911. 



60 miles N.E. of Camp II., G. F. HiU (No. 379), 7/6/1911. 



Edith and Maude's Creeks, Gilruth and Spencer, July- August, 1911. 



Recorded. Along the whole coast from Westward of Victoria river to the 

 limits of Queensland, and abundant about the GuLf of Carpentaria, R. Brown, 

 and others. Dog's Mustard. A troublesome tropical weed. Used in disease? 

 of the ear in Bombay. 



