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CARYOPHYLLE^. 
PoLYCARPjEA spirostylis. 
F. V. M. plants of Babbage’s Expodit. 8. 
Islands at the Papuan Gulf ; C. Hartmann. 
FICOIDEiE. 
Mollugo stricta. 
Linii(5, spec, plant, edit. alt. 131. 
Islands on the south-coast of New Guinea ; Rev. J. Chalmers. 
AMARANTACEiE. 
Deeringia Indica. 
Zollinger in De Cand. prodr. xiii. pt. ii. 236. 
Towards Port Moresby ; Edelfelt (communicated by Th. Gulliver 
Esq.). 
Shrubby j reminds of Phytolacca. 
LEGUMINOSA?:. 
Indigofera parviflora. 
Heyne in Wall, numeric, list, 3457. 
Fisherman’s Island ; Rev. James Chalmers. 
Kennedya retusa. 
F. V. M. fragm. phytogr. Austr. v. 106. 
On the Fly-River ; D’Albertis. Also found during Capt. Everill’s 
Expedition. 
Leaflets to o inches long. Seeds black, not shining, inch long. 
Canavalia ensiformis. 
De Candolle, prodr. ii. 404. 
Saibai-Islaiid ; C. Hartmann. 
PONGAMIA GLABRA. 
Ventenat, jard. de Malmais. t. 28. 
Islands on the south-coast of New Guinea ; C. Hartmann. 
P. volubilis, mentioned by Scheffer, is identical with Derris clliptica, 
Bciith. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. suppl. Ill ; while D. Timorousis does 
not differ from D. scaudens, as observed by J. G. Baker. 
