Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Volume II Part 51

Ipomoea maritima, Br.

Evolvulus villosus, R. et Pav.

Cuscuta carinata, Br.

Cordia orientalis, Br.

* Clerodendrum inerme, Br.

* Avicennia tomentosa, L.

Chionanthus axillaris, Br.

Olea paniculata, Br.

Maba laurina, Br.

Sersalisia obovata, Br.

Mimusops parvifolia, Br.

Terminalia, sp. allied to Catappa, Lam.

Cleome viscosa, L.

Capparis sepiaria, L.

Hibiscus tiliaceus, L.

Abroma fastuosa, Br.

Bombax australis.

Jacksonia thesioides.

Bauhiniae sp.

Caesalpiniae sp.

Ca.s.sia occidentalis, L.

Guilandina Bonduc, L.

Morinda citrifolia, L.

* Carapa moluccensis, Lam.

Zizyphus melastomoides.

* Bruguiera gymnorhiza, Lam.

Casuarina equisetifolia, Lam.

Should the botany of the sh.o.r.es of the Gulf of Carpentaria, in the vicinity of those parts, through which the above parallels pa.s.s, generally correspond (on comparison) with the above list, it is more than probable that these several species occupy portions of the intermediate interior bounded by the meridians of 125 and 145 degrees East; those plants excepted, having an asterisk prefixed to them, which as forming mangroves, or from other causes exist only on the sea sh.o.r.e.

A LIST OF PLANTS OBSERVED DURING THE LATE VOYAGES ON THE Sh.o.r.eS OF TERRA AUSTRALIS, THAT ARE ALSO COMMON TO INDIA OR SOUTH AMERICA.

Acrostichum alcicorne, Sw.

Polypodium acrostichoides, Sw.

Nephrodium exaltatum, Br.

Nephrodium unitum, Br.

Vittaria elongata, Sw.

Asplenium nidus, L.

Daval1ia flaccida, Br.

Gleichenia Hermanni, Br.

Flagellaria indica, L.

Dioscorea bulbifera, L.

Calladium ? macrorhizon, Willd.

Aristolochia indica, L.

Daphne indica, L.

Salicornia indica, Willd.

Deeringia celosioides, Br.

Plumbago zeylanica, L.

Dischidia nummularifolia, Br.

Acanthus ilicifolius, L.

Acanthus ebracteatus, L.

Ipomea Turpethum, Br.

Ipomea denticulata, Br.

Ipomea maritima, Br.

Evolvulus villosus, R. et Pav.

Trichodesma zeylanica, Br.

Tournefortia argentea, L.

Cordia orientalis, Br.

Plectranthus scutellarioides, Br.

Clerodendrum inerme, Br.

Vitex ovata, L.

Vitex trifolia, L.

Avicennia tomentosa, L.

Mimusops kauki, L.

Aegiceras fragrans, C. Koenig.

Scaevola koenigii, Vahl.

Cleome viscosa, L.

Capparis sepiaria, L. ?

Calophyllum inophyllum, L.

Morinda citrifolia, L.

Carapa moluccensis, Lam.

Sophora tomentosa, L.

Ca.s.sia occidentalis, L.

Guilandina bonduc, L.

Abrus precatorius, L.

? Acacia scandens, Willd. ?

Hibiscus tiliaceus, L.

Suriana maritima, Jacqu.

Pemphis acida, Forst.

Rhizophora mangle, L. ?

Bruguiera gymnorhiza, Lam.

Sonneratia acida, L.

Abroma fastuosa, Br.

Casuarina equisetifolia, Forst.

CHARACTER AND DESCRIPTION OF KINGIA, A NEW GENUS OF PLANTS FOUND ON THE SOUTH-WEST COAST OF NEW HOLLAND: WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE STRUCTURE OF ITS UNIMPREGNATED OVULUM; AND ON THE FEMALE FLOWER OF CYCADEAE AND CONIFERAE.

BY ROBERT BROWN, ESQUIRE, F.R.S.S.L. AND E. F.L.S.

(READ BEFORE THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON, NOVEMBER 1 AND 15, 1825.)

In the Botanical Appendix to the Voyage to Terra Australis, I have mentioned a plant of very remarkable appearance, observed in the year 1801, near the sh.o.r.es of King George the Third's Sound, in Mr. Westall's view of which, published in Captain Flinders' Narrative, it is introduced.

The plant in question was then found with only the imperfect remains of fructification: I judged of its affinities, therefore, merely from its habit, and as in this respect it entirely agrees with Xanthorrhoea, included the short notice given of it in my remarks on Asphodeleae, to which that genus was referred.* Mr. Cunningham, the botanist attached to Captain King's voyages, who examined the plant in the same place of growth, in February, 1818, and in December, 1821, was not more fortunate than myself. Captain King, however, in his last visit to King George's Sound, in November, 1822, observed it with ripe seeds: and at length Mr.

William Baxter, whose attention I had particularly directed to this plant, found it, on the sh.o.r.es of the same port in 1823, both in flower and fruit. To this zealous collector, and to his liberal employer, Mr.

Henchman, I am indebted for complete specimens of its fructification, which enable me to establish it as a genus distinct from any yet described.