Two new alkaloids, (+)-(3R, 6R)-3α-acetoxy-6β-hydroxytropane (2) and (+)-2α-benzoyloxy-3β-hydroxynortropane (6), together with the known tropacocaine (3β-benzoyloxytropane), have been isolated from leaves of the Queensland species Peripentadenia mearsii (family Euphorbiaceae). © 1971 CSIRO. All rights reserved.