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PETALOSTIGMA BANKSII, Britten & 8. Moore, 
in Journ., Bot., 1903. 225., M53 (Euphorb.) BoL, Cook, 
Voy., 87., ^286. 
S wears Is., Gulf of Carpentaria. J. F. Bailey, 1901. 
Leaves, glossy on the upper surface in this freshly 
gathered material, but not so marked as in P. quadriloculare, 
P. V. M. Originally described from fruiting specimens 
collected at Endeavour River, by Banks and Solander 
(1770), and flowering specimens collected on the Islands of 
the Gulf of Carpentaria, by Dr. Robt. Brown (1802). 
ASTREBLA PECTINATA, P. M. var.- curvifolia, 
Bail. (Gramineae). 
Roma, C. T. White. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 
I. Pultencea petiolaris. (a) leaf enlarged to show 
recurved margins and long petiole; (al) stipules; (h) 
calyx and appendages ; (c) standard ; (d) a wing petal ; 
(e) a keel petal ; (/) pistil ; {g) pod, nat. size ; (h) same 
slightly enlarged. 
II. Maesa dependens var. pubescens. (a) fruit, nat. 
size ; (5) same enlarged ; (c) transverse section of fruit ; 
(d) seeds enlarged. 
III. Maesa haplohotrys. (a) fruit, nat. size ; (6) same 
enlarged ; (c) transverse section of fruit ; (d) seed enlarged. 
IV. Randia Moorei. (a) a stipule ; (b) axillary spines ; 
(c) flower, enlarged; (cl) bracteoles ; (d) bracteoles at 
base of calyx much enlarged ; (e) top portion of corolla 
laid open ; (^) a fruit, nat. size ; (h) section of fruit, nat. 
size. 
V. Alyxia ruscifolia. (a) a specimen of the normal 
form with five leaves in a whorl ; (b) the same with 
four leaves ; (c) a specimen of var. pugionijormis. 
Bail. Ql. FL, p. 979, with three leaves in a whorl ; {d) the 
same with six leaves in a whorl at the end of a branchlet ; 
(e) a specimen of var. ulicina, Bail., QL FL, p. 979, with 
seven leaves in a whorl at the end of a branchlet ; (/, g, 
and h) flower in various stages ; {j) top portion of corolla 
laid open; {k) fruit. A, b, c, d, e, and li, nat. size. /, g^ 
h, and j, enlarged. 
