330 PLANTS OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA 



Loc. " Common on the Murray, and in the interior." 

 D. Stm-t. 



Desc. SufFrutex pubescens, subcinereus ; ramis striatis 

 nee omnino teretibus. Polia sesquipollicariaj linearia, 

 acuta. Fasciculi multiflori. Calycis foliola obtusa, pube 

 tenui cinerascentia. Corolla glabra ; tnbo absque squa- 

 mulis denticulisve, ventricoso ; limbo vix longitudine tubi, 

 laciniis conniventibus sinistrorsum imbricatis. Coronse 

 foliola e basi dilatata adnata linearia, indivisa. Massse 

 PoUinis (PolHnia) lineares. 



Obs. Doubah was originally found by Sir T. Mitchell^ 

 but with fruit only, in one of his journeys, and also in his 

 last expedition ; and, according to him, the natives eat the 

 seed-vessel entire, preferring it roasted. Captain Sturt, 

 on the other hand, observes that the natives of the districts 

 Avhere he found it eat only the pulpy seed-vessel, rejecting 

 the seeds. 



82] 16. Jasmintjm lineare. Br. prodr. 1, p. 521. 



Jasminum Mitchellii. lindl. in Mitch, trop. Austr. 

 p. 365. 



Obs. In Captain Sturt's collection there are perfect 

 specimens of this plant, on which a few remarks may be 

 here introduced, chiefly referring to its very general exist- 

 ence in the sterile regions of the interior of Southern Aus- 

 tralia, and even extending to the north-west coast. 



The species was established on specimens which I collected 

 in 1802, in the sterile exposed tract at the head of Spencer's 

 Gulf. With these I have compared and found identical 

 Mr. A. Cunningham's specimens gathered in the vicinity of 

 the Lachlan, in 1817 ; Captain Sturt's, in his earlier expe- 

 ditions, from the Darhng ; those of Sir Thomas Mitchell, 

 in his different journeys ; and specimens collected in one 

 of the islands of Dampier's Archipelago. In this great 

 extent of range, it exactly agrees with a still more remark- 

 able plant, and one much less likely to belong to a desert 

 country, namely, CHanthus Dampieri. 



I have considered Jasminum Mitchellii as hardly a 

 variety of J. lineare, the character of this supposed species 



