A COXTKIBUTIOX TO THE FLOKA OF AUSTRALIA, 



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A Ooutribiition to the Flora of Australia. 



By Spencer Le fiL Moore, B.Sc, F.L.S. 



(Plates 11, 12.) 

 [Read 19th June, 1919.] 



L Ou two Species of Trlhulus described by Robert Brown. 

 II, Some New or Rare West Australian Plants from tlie recent Collections 



of Dr. F. Stoward and Mr. J. E. C. Maryon. 

 III. Some New or Rare Australian Species of older Collections. . 



During the past few years I have devoted considerable time to \vork upon 

 the Australian collections at the British Museum, and in the followin^r^- r)n<»es 

 have put on record some o£ the results yielded by investigation of the ol(!er 

 collections and also of two others more recently received. For this work 



the cdiief guide has been Bciitham's invaluable though now somewhat 

 antiquated ' Flora Australiensis/ forlifieJ by Mueller's ' Second Systematic 

 Census of Australian Plants ' and tlie extensive and evera'i'owlnnr literature 



I)ublis]ied subsequently. No attempt, it must be understood^ is made to 

 reveal fully the Museum treasures; though had this not been the 



case 



considerable diversities in the range of species as compared Avith those given 

 by Bentham, as also in the names of collectors^ could have been set on 

 record. Especially would this have applied to some of the recent German 

 monographs dealing with the plants of Australia: namely, those written 

 without a visit to this country— a deviation from the old custom very much 

 to be deprecated — and in consequence often quite ludicrously inadequate 

 in the matter of citation. 



The work has been rendered more difficult owing to the comparative 

 rarity of Benthanrs visits to the Museum, so that his lu^ndwriting is not 



often in evidence upon the sheets. This is the more remarkable inasmuch 

 as Brown^s plants, besides those of Banks and Solander^ were easily avail- 

 able for examination. This failure to devote the requisite time to Brown's 

 collections was unfortunate, as some of the material even now remains 

 unnamed, of which neglect the reader will find an instance in the pages of 

 this memoir devoted to the genus FhjllaMhus. Another matter for regret 

 is that Brown left unpublished so many of his MS. descriptious, as theieby 

 several hundred types were lost to the establishment of which he was the 

 ornament and ever will be the glory. 



I. On two Species of Tmtbulus described by Robeut Brown 



(Plate 11. A.) 



Tnbidiis Ilystrix^ R. Br, (PL 11. A, fig. 1) is a plant which has been 

 mistaken by Bentham and other writers on the Australian flora. Brown's 



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