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the inflexion greatest above, where the angles are often salient, directed 
towards the stigma; apex either truncate or variously twisted. ae ers 
membrane-tipped. Pollinia compressed, pendulous, tee poiu 
truncate. Stigma et ag Follicles ventricose, bearing soft shred like 
processes. Seeds comose. Erect shrubs or undershrubs with opposite 
eaves. Mostly ental to Africa, 
G. fruticosus, 2. Br. The Arghel of Syria. A tall shrubby plant, 
the branches pubescent. Leaves lanceolate-linear, mucronate, petiolate, 
egal sues nicass long. Flowers white, in pedunculate umbels, 
Corolia Corona attached to the gynostegium of 5 laterally 
Grteciond ‘broad het segments as long as the anthers, truncate at 
he top. 
Follicles inflated, membranous, covered with long soft 
processes 
Hab.: Monduran, NV. Walsh. 
An African Seat which - spread as a weed in all the treads colonies ; is 
now becoming the same in Queensland. Probably it will not be much of a pest 
here, as Soe African plants eve not usually like our Queensland clima Where 
this plant abounds it is considered i injurious to stock, which is probably pelo It 
she said that the leaves of this shrub are used to adulterate the Alexandrian (Nubian) 
Order SOLANACEZ, 
SOLANUM, Linn. 
s. oligacanthum, F. v. Jf, in Trans. Phil. Soe. of Vict. 1-19, and 
n Hook., Kew Journ. viii. 167 ; Flora Austr. iv. 454; _ Fragm 
145. (Name referring to the few prickles.) A 8 e 
batch. foliage, and inflorescence clothed with a close a és stellate 
tomentum, Prickles slender, straight, scattered, none on the leaves or 
calyxes. Leaves very shortly petiolate orbicular, or very broadly and 
obscurely cordate, obtuse, more or less undulate, thick, scarcely exceed- 
- in diameter, tripli- quintu- -plinervate. ew 
stains in lateral racemes ; the ¢ ommon peduncle often eye igo or 
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to 
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—wa 
4 
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densely eit bine, deeply lobed ; lobes ibid int blunt, estat 
ing to a little over 4 in. in diameter. Stamens 5; filaments very short 
and slender; anthers glabrous, linear-oblong, about 2 lines long, opening 
: 
by termina pores. Berry globular, about 3 lines in diameter, brown, 
‘early or quite glabrous; seeds large, glossy, chestnut colout, the 
d 
Tied pulp amber- coloured and very bitter. 
Hab.: Annand dale, Eyre’s Creek, Dr. Thos. L, Bancroft. 
: The above seems the first full deo which has been published of _— 
interesting * Species, and although I hi tained Baron Mueller’s name 
here : searcely sullicient distinction to separate the species from 
» orbiculatum, 
Order PEDALINEA, 
Trrpe MARTYNIEZ. 
MARTYNIA, Linn. 
Sunp-aenus CaRPOCERAS. 
M. diandra, Glox. Tiger-claw or Devil’s-claw. (Name referring 
to the two fertile wee as nnual with stout erect aie 
3 glandulose-pilose s stems 2 to 3 feet high. Leaves round, cordate, 
