412 Alfred J. Ewart. 
though really quite distinct. The plant is undoubtedly native, the variety 
not being found elsewhere, but has not been recognised owing to its 
small flowers and slender character. 
22. Gnephosis Baracchiana A. J. Ewart and White, l. c., p. 542. 
A woody herb about 3 inches high. The primary stems unbranched 
or nearly so. Stems very slightly hairy. Leaves sparsely beset with 
minute hairs, lanceolate, with pointed tips, about !/, inch long, very 
shortly petiolate, entire, alternate, clusters of flower heads globular, 
terminal, with a short peduncle and provided with 5 to 8 outer foliose 
bracts not projecting beyond the heads, and one to two layers of inner 
scarious bracts, none of which exceed the florets in length. Partial 
heads 1-flowered, the involucre of each floret consists of 6 outer narrow 
bracis, each provided near the top with a tuft of fairly long hairs, and 
3 inner broader and more deciduous bracts; all the bracts are scarious 
and concave, and all have a midrib which is more pronounced in the 
outer than in the inner bracts. Receptacle convex, and roughened on 
the surface by the points of attachment of the florets. Florets herma- 
phrodite, tubular and 5-merous, the pappus consists of a flattened ring 
of minute scaly hairs attached to the base of the corolla.  Florets 
somewhat hardened at the base. Anthers distinctly tailed at the base. 
Style branches truneate. Achene compressed and surrounded by & 
conspicuous mucilaginous layer, which swells up considerably in water. 
Salt swamp near Mission Station, Dimboola. St. Eloy D'Alton. 
This plant had been originally referred to Angianthus, but there are 
9 bracts around each partial head of one flower. It has an external 
resemblance to Gnephosis skirrophora, but is readily distinguished by the 
leaf-like bracts surrounding the main heads, by the pappus and by the 
mucilaginous layer on the achene. 
23. Hibbertia stricta R. Br. var. Readeri A. J. Ewart, l. c., p. 543. 
The variety comes nearest to the var. hirtiflora of H. stricta, but 
differs in the smaller flowers, more slender and glabrous stems, the 
leaves glabrous on their upper surfaces, and in general the pubes- 
cence less developed. The flowers, instead of the usual 8—12 stamens, 
have 7—.10, 
Victoria: Casterton, 1908. F. M. Reader. 
24. Olearia Toppi A. J. Ewart and White, Le p. 543. 
Shrub freely branching, apparently 1—3 feet high. Leaves 1/; to 
1 an inch long, sessile, linear, flat, somewhat thick, with a slight 
tendency towards recurving, midrib prominent at the back, slightly rough 
and glabrous. It differs from Olearia muricata, to which it has a super- 
ficial resemblance in the conspicuous revolute leaves of the latter. 
Leaves alternate. Heads terminal, grouped into irregular leafy corymbs, 
nearly sessile, and surrounded by an involucre of 3 to 5 leaf-like bracts, 
somewhat scarious at the edges, the bracts of the inner circle are the 
longest, and those of the outermost circle the shortest. Six to 7 ray 
florets, disc florets more numerous, 5 merous and slightly exceeding the 
