78 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND. 
In Ulbrich’s account of the Chenopodiaceae (Pflanzenf. ed. II 16c. 
1934) I should say B. Walkeri would come under his genus Austr obassia 
(Sect. V entricosae ) . 
In the horizontal utricle and seed, large cavernous base of (the 
fruiting perianth and irregular upright spines, Bassia Walkeri seems to 
come closest to B. anisacantkoides (F. Muell) Anders, but it is very 
distinct from that species. Ulbrich l.c. follows Domin in retaining this 
latter species under Coilocarpus F. Muell. ex Domin but does not recog- 
nise that Anderson, after an examination of the types, united Bassia 
brevicuspis F. Muell. with Echinopsila anisacantkoides F. Muell. The 
full synonymy of this species is therefore as follows : — 
Bassia anisacanthoides R. H. Anderson Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 
xlviii. 330 (1923). 
Echinopsila anisacanthoides F. Muell. Trans. Phil. Instit. Vic. ii. 
76 (1858) (oldest name) . 
Sclerolaena anisacantkoides Domin Bibl. Bot. Bd. xxi. Heft 89, 
Teil 1, 624 (1921). 
Anisacantka brevicuspis F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 150 (1864). 
Kentropsis brevicuspis F. Muell. l.c. 
Tkvelkeldia brevicuspis F. Muell. ex Benth. F. Austr. v. 198 (1870). 
Bassia brevicuspis F. Muell. First Census 30 (1882), and Icon. 
Austr. Salsol. PI. Plate lxvii. (1889). 
Coilocarpus brevicuspis Domin Bibl. Bot. Bd. xxi., Heft 89, Teil 1, 
625 (1921). 
Distribution. — Queensland and New South Wales. Very widely 
spread and common especially in the former State where it is popularly 
known along with B. echinopsila F. Muell. as Red Burr. 
Family Monimiaceae. 
Steganthera australiana sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ramulis subteretibus glabris. Folia opposita, petio- 
lata; petiolus ca. 5 mm. longus; lamina glabra, lanceolata 9-12 cm. 
longa, 2.5-4 cm. lata, apice gradatim acuminata, basi cuneata, chartacea, 
integra vel in parte superiore distanter dentata vel margine in sicco 
undulata et semi-dentata, nervis venisque supra parum conspicuis, subtus 
subprominentibus, venis laxe reticulatis, nervis praecipuis 6-8 in utroque 
latere in venam intramarginalem prominulam 3-5 mm. a margine con- 
fluentibus. Flores masculi in cymas paueifloras (semper 3-floras in 
speciminibus nostris) laterales dispositi, pedunculis pedicellisque pilis 
brunneis longis obsitis, pedunculo ca. 1 cm. longo, pedieellis 1.5-2 mm. 
longis; flores (alabastri ?) depresse globosi, 3 mm. diam., pubescentes. 
Stamina 4, filamentis applanatis, dense hirsutis, antheris 0.5 mm. latis. 
Flores foeminei et fructi ignoti. 
Cook District: Garradunga, common in rain-forest, C. T. White 
11738 (flowers), 5-12-1941 (small tree, flowers cream). 
The genus previously contained seventeen described species all but 
one of which, in the Celebes, were found in New Guinea. Among pre- 
viously described species the Australian plant seems to come closest to 
S. Schleckteri Perk, and the two can be distinguished as follows: — 
