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CELASmACEJ^. 



P.sammomof/a choretroides^ Diels & Loos. This rcinarkal:>lc plant, only 

 recently assigned Lo its true place, was collected by Gilbert three-quarters of 

 a century ago; unfortauately the locality is unknowu^ tlie label having 

 gone astray. The species, it may be mentioned, is also represented at the 

 Museum by the following : — Quellington ; C, Andreivs^ ^^(>, Jiruce Rock ; 

 Stofcardy 420. Nungarin ; /t/., 4GG. 



Curionsly enough Mueller originally (h^scribed this as a Logania !, though 

 liow so accomplished a botanist fell into this error is incoinprehensIl)le. 



SAriNDAOEiE. . 



DiSTicnosTEMOX FTT.AMENTOsus, sp. nov. Rtums teiuiibus foliosis sparsim 



pubescentibus ; foliis oblongis vel oljlongo-lanceolatis (raro anguste oblongo- 

 ovatis) apice acutis obtusisve nonnunqnam obtuslssimis Lasi in ])etiolnm 

 manifestum an^iustatis margine crcnato-dentatis crenulatisve interdum in- 



tegris menibranceis sparsim ciliatis ceteroquin glabris; Jtorlhus paucis 

 polygamis terininalibus vel ex axillis suinmis ortis longipedunculatis ; sepalis 

 G-8 lanceolatis acutis oxtiis puberulis; staminihns vcrisimilitcr siltem 20 

 antheris oblongis filamentis sibi ipsis seqnilongis insidentibus ; ovario velu- 

 tino ; capsula ainbitu late obtriangiilari triquetra alls tribus quam valvai 

 angustioribus inferne imniinutis prjcdlta vulvis a dissepimento dehiscentibus. 



N. Australia, Palmersion ; Bev. T. S. Lea, 



Folia pleraque 2'5-4 cm. long,, 8-15 nun. lat, (raro 0x2 cm.), in sicco 

 viridia ; petioli 3-10 mm. long. Pcdicelli 5-25 mm. long., nonnunqnam 

 adusque 4 cm. Sepala tandem reflexa, 4-5 mm. long. Pihinienta gracillima, 

 2-3*5 mm, long. ; anthersc 3~3'5 nun. long. Ovarium 3x4 mm. Capsula 

 subtiliter velutiua, 10 mm. long., sursum circa 15 mm. lat.; ala:? capsular 

 sequialtiB, summum 5 mm. lat. Seniina nigra nitentia, 2 mm, long. 



A curious plant more like Dodoncea than DislichosleniO)iy but the calyx 

 and the numerous stamens must keep it out of the former genus. The 

 anthers on comparatively long filaments is a charactc^r neither oi Dodoncea 

 nor of JJistichosfemoji, and may perhaps indicate a distinct genus, iE iiideed 

 all the species may not with more j)ropriety be included in Dodoncea. 



Tlie material is not q^ulte satisfactory, so that tlie precise ninnber of stamens 

 was not ascertained ; but judging from the scars left upon the slightly 

 elevated receptacle, there are some 20 of them — at least in most cases. 



ANAOARDIACEiE. 



EUKOSCHINUS PARVIFOLIUS, sp. noV. 



liamuUs subteretibus subtiliter 



ferrugineis; foliis 2-3-jugis rhachi gracili ut petioluli ferruginea foliolis 

 oblongo-ovatis apice sa^pissime breviter cuspidulato-acumlnatis basi obliquis 



