16 
oblong or cylindrical, about } or 2 in. long and 3 lines diameter, the 
pink tips of the perianths just appearing above the white wool. Bracts 
anthers all 5 perfect 
seed obliquely ovate, glossy, dark-brown or black. 
Hab. : Monkira, @. L. Debney. 
Order POLYGONACEA, 
Tarse RUMICEZ. 
RUMEX, Linn. 
R. crispus, Linn.; Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 44; Benth, Flora 
Austr. v. 263. The Curled-leaved Dock. A perennial with a thick 
dense terminal panicle. Inner segments of the fruiting perianth 
broadly ovate, entire or slightly crenate, with a coloured tubercle 0B 
the midrib of one or each segment. ; 
Hab, : Naturalised in Southern Queensland. 
BR. obtusifolius, Zinn.; Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 53. The 
Broad-leaved Dock. Stems 2 or 8 ft. high, erect, slightly branched, 
per part. Badical 
round, furrowed, leafy, rough chiefly in the u 
Hab.: Naturalised about the Brisbane River. 
Order PIPERACEZ., 
PEPEROMIA. 
P. enervis, ©. DC. et F.v. M,, Vict. Nat. Nov. 1991. Lae 4 
dwarf, sometimes attaining the height of 1 ft., erect or diffuse, fact 
glabrous ; the upper branches angular. Leaves 6 to 9 lines long) 
cuneate-obovate, the lateral veins almost obliterated. Flower-spike* 4 
