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Herba circa 2 cm. alt. raJiee subsimplici tenerriina prfedita. Folia pleraque 

 3-5x2-4 mm., obscure trinervia, in sicco viridia, Pednnculi 1-5-5 mm. 

 vel etiam fore usque 10 mm. long. Calvx longit. 2 mm. leviter excedens ; 

 hujus lobi 1-5 mm. lat. Corolla; tubas 2-.5 mm. long. ; lobi 1-5 mm. Fila- 

 menta -35 ram. long. ; anlhera3 ovoidesR, obtusissimre^ -5 mm. long. Ovarium 

 1 mm., stylus '3 mm. long. 



Affinity with M. proUfcra, Br., but at once distinguished by the foliitge. 

 This yields a rare instance of a plant of Allan Cunningham's being un- 

 represented at Kewin the Howard donation; at least success has not attended 



a search for it there, and it could not have escaped Bentham's eye had tb 

 author of ' Flora Australiensis ' met with it. 



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VERBENACE.E. 



Among specially interesting groups of plants native to Australia is the 

 tribe Cloantheoc of the Order Verbenacefc. Although there is no doubt as to 

 the affinities of tliis group, the external appearance, usually more or less 

 densely tomentose or woolly, is so peculiar that a botanist, even of some 

 exporionco, might be forgiven fqr failure correctly to place its species in the 

 Natural System. Thanks to the good offices of Professor Ewart of Melbourne, 

 the group in question is now fully represented at the Museum except for two 

 or three items. The only unnamed specimen fit to describe is 



DiCRASTYLES Thomahle, sp. nov. Suffrutox? ; ramis saltern sursum bene 



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s obtiisis basi 



rotundatifi planis margine crcnulatis rugosis utrobique pariter albo-villosulis ; 

 cymis glomei-ulum densum globosum referentibus ; pedicellis floribus certe 

 brovioribus uti bracteoe maxima pro parte parvulse necnon calyces dense albo- 

 lanatis; calycls segmentis linearibus obtusis fere basin usque infer sese 

 liberis; corollce paullo ultra medium divisai lobis ovato-oblongis obtusis; 

 staminihus breviter exsertis; ocario ovoideo villoso ; st7/lo biramoso. 

 West Australia ; Aliss Thomas. 



Folia 1-2-1-5 cm. long., 4-5 ram. lat. Florum glomerulus circa 2 cm. 



2 



mm. 



diam. Bracteic perpauca* exteriores circa 5 ram. long., cetera; _ 

 Pedicelli summura 1 mra. long., plerique etiam breviores. Calycis segraenta 

 (indumento neglecto) 2 mm. long. Corollas tubus 1 mm., lobi 1-25 mm. 

 long. Filamentorum pars libera circa 1 mm. long. ; antherie ovoidece, "75 

 mm. long. Ovarium fere 1 mm. Styli rami -5 mm. long. 



The indumentura, flat, oblong leaves and densely headed flowers are the 

 chief features of this species. 



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