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The place oE tliis very distinct species saems to be next G. clirysodendron, 

 R. Br., which, amoii<r otlier distinctive features, lias much larircr- and loimer- 

 lobed leaves inid pedicelled flowers^ besides being Avitlioiit the rubiginous 

 tomcntum. 



G. (§ Calothyrsus) L^im\h.RX)T\i^ sp. nov. Verisimiliter fruticosa ; ramis 

 subterotibus crebro foliosis sublilissiiue sericeis ; foliis subsessilibus ambita 

 late ovatis basi lati 



idriiino trmicatis margiiie utrhH[ue 8-9-lol>uIatis lobi> 



tnangularibus uti folii apex acute mucronafcis ulrinque porspicue nervosis 

 coriaccis pag. sup. minute pubc-r^centibus pag. inL appresse fulvo-sericeis ; 

 ^loiibus secundis in raceuios terminale.< folia facile excedentes plurifioros 

 .dabros digestis; pedicellis floribus hvii\\ovi\m^ ; peyiantldi glabri a basi 



to 



gradatiin leviter<pie 



a C 



feandj scrubland west side of gulf" [Carpentaria]; 



amplifieati segraentis linearibus apice obovatis ; toro 

 valde obli(pu); <jlamJala conspicua seniiannulari bilobo; ovario stipiti satis 

 clongato iuiposito glal^ro ; stijlo com])resso sub stigmate laterali ovoideo baud 

 incrassato. — G.jjunyens, Bcnth. Fb Austral, v. p. 45() pro parte, non K. lir. 



N. Austi'alia, 

 Jjoichardt, 



Folia ploraque 1'5 cm. long., propc basin totidern lat. ; horum lobuli inter 

 se in^quales, inaxiina pro parte 2-4 mm, long., rigidi ; petioli 1-1'5 mm. 

 lung. Kacemus basi luidus, usque ad 7 cm. long, Pedicelli graciles, 3 mra. 

 long. reriaiitliium in toto 12 mm, long., liujus segmenta 6 mm. long, 

 Glaudida 1 ]nm. alt. Stipes 4'5 mm. long. Ovarium 1 mm., stylus 7 mm. long. 



It is difficult to understand how Bentbam could have regarded the plant 

 here described as conspecific with G.puuf/ens, IL Br., so dillerent in foliage 



arc the two. Brown's plant has leaves several times longer^ deeply pinnatisect. 



and with lono- line: 



^ ir segments. The flowers of the two 



are 



very 



hi 



ve 





altliough Cr, Leichardtn has tliera somewhat larger and broader in the 

 perianth, wbile its torus is more oblique. Gulliver's Maria Island plant in 

 the Kew herbarium, also referred by Bentham to G\ jmngens^ is conspecific 

 with Leichardt's. 



Dryandka (Series OhvaUatce) GilbertiIj sp. nov. Fruticosa ; ramis sat 

 validis ramulos perbreves foliosos apice floriferos pubesccntes deinde 

 ;labrescentes emittentibus ; /(;?u's breviter petiolatis rigide coriaceis ambltu 

 oblanceolatis piniuitifidis lobis 7-12 patentibus triangularibus apice pungenti- 

 bus panels inferioribus gradatim imminutis supra glabris nitidisque subtus 

 subtiliter tomentosis ; eajjitidis ovoideis foliis areie stipatisj involucri bracteis 

 pluriseriatis lanceolatis (intimis lineari-lanceolatis linearibusve) })aucis in- 

 fimis interdum spinoso-acuminatis ceteris acutis omnibus dorso cinereo- 

 vel fusco-tomentosis ; perianthio glabro segmentis angustt? linearibus f ulvo- 

 villosis apice glabris ; stylo pcrianthium excedente inferno villoso alibi 



glabro ; stigmate obtuso. 



W. Australia ; Gilbert^ sine no. 



