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gerente ; foUis subsessilibus ovatis npico rotundiitis ipso microscopice 

 inncronnlatis Lusi obtnsissiniis membranacels supra l.ncte viridibus subtus 

 gbuicij? ; slipulis parviilis Uneari-lanceobitis acuininatis scariosis brunneis 

 (liutule per^istoiitibus :y?(?n7>?^5 S solum vlsis exigiiis in fascicules paucifloros 

 braotcis scariosis stipulis siniilibus stiitatos digestis pcJicellis brcvibus fili- 

 fonnlbus insiJoiitibus ; sepalis inter so liberis obovatis apioe rotundatis ; 

 (jlandulis 6 bone evolutis ovatis obtusis ; stamhnhus 3 filamentis brovissimis 

 liberis antboris subgdobosis tranyversim dLdiiscentibus. 



Cape York; DaenieL 



Caulis 26 cm, alt., uti r.nnidi rabro-lirunneur^. Folia suminuni 10 X C'5 

 mm., pleraque ± G X 4'5 mm. ; potioli summiim vix 1 mm. lon^-. Stipula^ 

 '75 nnn. lonii'. Pedicelli a^o-re 1 mm. lono-. Flores 1-25 mm. dianu 



n O ^--^ 



Sepalii -5 mm. long. Antliorte "2 mm. di;mi. 



Nearest F. simplex^ Rei/., wliicli is entirely different in foliage and has 

 larger male flowers with larger glands and stamens, the latter with longer 



filaments. 



rjiYLLANTHUS (§ J^u-FIiyllantliUs) Leai, sp. nov. Tlanta splthamea vel 

 semispithamea otnnimodo glabra; caide siiiuoso-ascendente ramulos filiformes 

 foliosos hac atqiie iliac einittentej folfis subsessilibus oblongis vel anguste 

 oblongo-obovutis obtusis vel oblussissimis basi obtusis uiembranaceis ; shjmhs 

 lineari-hincoolatis acnminatis decoloribns diutule persi»tentibus ; Jiorihus in 

 axilUs pleruiiique solitariis vel binis breviter peJicellatis braeteis scariosis 

 stipatis ; fioribus ^ sepalis obovatis apico rotundatis uti sepala ? linea 

 perspicua percursls glaiidulis pusillis subglobosis staniinibus 3 filamentis in 

 columnam brevem connatis antlieris subglol>osis connatis transversim dehis- 

 centibus; Jiorihus $ quam S majoribus glandulis bene evolutis ovatis 

 mombranaceis ovario subgloboso trisulco stigmatis ramis brevibus a basi 

 divergentibus bifidis, 



N. Australia, Palmerston ; Rev. T. S. Lea. 



Folia pleraque 12-17 mm. long., 4-6 mm. lat., in sicco griseo-viridia. 

 Stipule circa 1 mm. long. Pedicelli S '5 mm. ? 1 mm. long., hi superne 

 incrassati. Flores ^ 1'2 mm. diam.; sepala "4 nun. long.; antherge 0-15 

 mm. lat. Flores ? 2 nnn. diam.; sepala segre ] mm. long.; ovarium 

 •5 nnn. diam. Capsula hucusque vix matura glabra, 2 ram. diam. 



This is also near P. simplex, Retz. Among its peculiarities may be 

 mentioned the broader leaves, the short pedicels, and the united filaments 



and anthers. 



P. lampro]}hjUus, Muell. Arg. Queensland, Barrow River and Myola ; 

 Podenzana. Sandy Cape and Port Bowen ; MacfjiUivray , 62. A note by 

 Major Gage in the Kew Herbarium led to this identification. The Kcw 



