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TO THE FLORA OF AUSTKALIA. 



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Leptospermqm (§ Eitleptosperm^ini) Maxwellit, sp. nov- Vei-isiiuiliter 

 frutex; ramuVis foliosis ultimis Lrovissiinis |irimo luicroscopice serieeis cito 

 ^liibrescentibus ; foliis parvis oblancuolatis u])ice ohtusissiniis ipso obscure 

 mucronatis basi in petioluin brevissimum angiistatis coriaccis glabris 

 utrobique <:^" Ian Jul is levitor eininentibus* crebro inspcrsis ; foribus 1-2 sub 

 apico raniulorum ultiinoruin plane p(3cliceliutis ; hracteolis fugaccis; cahjcis 

 tubo c;nnpanuIato crassiusculo ruguloso glabro vol potius obscure pruiiioso 

 lobis triaTigulari-dekoideis obtusiursculis cilioiatis quani tubus paullulum 

 brevioribnw ; petalis breviter ungulculatis suborbicularibus calycis lobis 

 lungioribus; stantinihiis vavq{x16 ; ocario 5-locuLu'i; oviilis qaove in loculo ^ . 



W. Australia, Fitzgerald Kiver ; Mawwell^ 202. 



Folia pleraquo 4-7 nnn, long,, apiceni A^ersus 2-3 mm. lat.^ obscure 



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trinervia^ iu sicco griseo-viridia. PediccUi cir^'a 3'5 mm. long, Calycis 

 tubus 2 mm, loug., apice totidem lat, ; lobi 1 nun. long. Petala vix 3 mm. 



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liam. Oapsiila ignota. 



In several respects remarkably like tbe Tasmanian, L, rupestre^ Hook. £., 

 but more slender in babit and witli smaller pedicellate flowers having 

 somewhat different calyx-lobes. 



Leptospermtjm (§ Euleplospermuni) fastigtatum, sp. no v. Ramulis 

 strictis etsi gracilibus foliosis tuberculis parvis obsitis glabris ; foliis parvis 

 ovato-oblongis apice obtusissimis ipso mucronatis basi in pctiolum brevissimum 

 cuneatim angustatis trinervibus coriaccis primo subtiliter albo-sericeis cito 

 glabris ; florihus axillaribus subsessilibus pedicellis basi bracteas paucas 

 minutas ovatas fulcientibus ; calyce campanulato in Icngltudincm coslato 

 appresse albo-sericeo lobis deltoideis acutis tid.)o brevioribus ; petalis sub- 

 orbiculai'ibus calycis lobos manlfeste excedeniibus ; daminihus circa 2^ ; 

 ovario 3-loculari ovulis quove in loculo x^ ; stylo brevi stigmate parvo 

 peltate terminato. — L.Hoeiy Diets & Fritz, in EugL Bot. Jahrb, xxxv* (1904) 

 640, non Benth. 



Coolgardie Goldfield in open sandy places ; Pritzel^ 844. 



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Folia 5-9 mm. long.^ 



summum 3 nun. lat.^ in sicco pallide viridia. 



Bracte^ mox evanidte, circa '5 mm, long. Pedicellus 1 mm. long. 



Calycis 

 Petala 



pars adnata 1*5 mm., pars libera 1 mm. long,; lobi 1 mm. long, 

 alba, 2"5 mm. diam. Stylus '75 mm. long. 



To this belong specimens collected by Webster in the Coolgardie district, 

 as also Thiselton-Dyer, 38, from near Dedari (this last in the Kew Herb.), 

 The Kew material has been assigned to L. myrtifoliinn^ Sieb., an East 

 Australian species with 5-celled ovary. 



Z/. Roei^ Benth,; has larger flowers with a villous calyx; also conspicuous 

 scarious bracts. 



