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MR. SPENCER MOORE : A CONTRIBUTION 



per^amaceis supra glabris subtus in axillis nervorum proxiniis pilosis ; 

 panicuhs axillaribus terminaUbusvo foliis siepius brevioribus ferrugineis ; 

 Jiorihtfs pedicel lis perbrovibns carnosis insiJontibus ; calijcis lobis ovatis obtusis 

 glabn^s ; p^^a/is ovato-oblongis obtusis calycem longe oxcedentibus ;y7/a?ji^n/i5 

 subulatis antheris circiter requilongis ; ovario subgloboso glabro in stjluni 

 crassuai abcunte; st?/lis apico inodo liberie. 



flab. Queensland, Cuinborland Islands; ./?. Broicn, dist. no. 5424. 



Foliorum rhacbis usque ad 4'5 cm. long, Foliola 3-4 cm. long,, rarius 



adusque h cm,, l"2-2 cm. lat., in sicco brunnea, maxim*^ Inaiquilatera, obscurt^ 

 venosa. Punicula) circa 3*5 cm. long. Calyx totus 1-2 mm. long., hujiis 

 lubi '4 mm. Petala concava, 2'5 mm. long. Filamenta fere 1 nun. long. ; 



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anthcra? oblong;x3. Discus perspicuus, lobulatus. Ovarium 1*2 mm. diam. 

 Stylus iere 1 nun* long. 



Tbe genus consists of some half-dozen species, most of which are New 

 (/alodonian. The above-described is tbe second Australian species, differing 



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f. chiefly in the small leaflets pilose on the underside 



m the axils of the lower nerves, the short panicles, narrow petals^ and large 



globular ovary. 



(E.falcatas^ Ilook. f, var. anr/nstifi 



has leaflets more like those of E. parvifoUus than of tbe type^ but its 

 inflorescences are those of typical E. falcatas. 



MYRTACE.E. 



Verticordia Fontanesii, DC, var. hracJii/pI/i/Ua^ Diels. Tliis Viirictj was 

 founded on Pritzel 820, from the Avon district of West Australia: 

 Drummond's 29 of the 3rd colL is tlio same thino. Owinfr to its reduced 

 leaves, short peduncles, and greatly divi<led calyx-lobes this looks different 



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rom 



the 



typical examples, but a series shows intermediates in all these 



respects. This is no doubt a very variable species. 



F. ForrestiafM^ F. Miiell* Fine specimens of this rare plant were pre- 

 sented a few yeju's ago to the Museum by Miss De Pledge. So far as Miss 

 De Pledge was able to ascertain, the plant grows exclusively on the sides of 

 sandhills about 80 miles inland from tbe iown of Onslow, never apparently 

 descending to the surrounding flats. The colour of flowers varies from white 

 through ail shades of pink to a deep blackberry red, this being one of the 

 few pink-flowered plants found in those parts, the prevailing colour being 

 pale mauve* A photograph accompanied the material. 



Calythrix Wickhamiana, sp. nov. Copiose ramosa, glabra ; ramulls 

 tenuibus frequenter foliosis inferne crebro cicatricif'eris ; foliis pusillis primo 



