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moner in the S.E. of broader and more obtuse than in var. incana and 
have no Australia, particularly in moist valleys near the sea coast, but 
also extends as far North as Queensland. It may include the B. tenui- 
folia of Bailey. (Flora of Queensland, p. 72), but no authentic specimens 
of that variety have been seen. The „B. Pantoni“ of W. R. Guilfoyle 
(Vict. Naturalist, Vol. XVII, 1900, p. 42) is merely a form of B. spinosa 
approaching towards this variety. 
50. Bursaria spinosa Cav. var, microphylla Ewart, l. c., p. 56. — The 
leaves vary in shape, but are always small, often less than half a centi- 
metre in length. Most of the shrubby, spiny specimens come under this 
variety, which mainly occurs in New South Wales, Vietoria and South 
Australia, although it also extends as far north as Queensland. A speci- 
men from Stawell (F. M. Reader, 1904) is interesting in having the leaves 
with the tomentum of var. incana on the under sides, but being otherwise 
identical with var. microphylla. — Apparently Bursaria spinosa is a plant 
which has spread over Australia in comparatively recent times, and is 
in process of adaptive modification into at least three and possibly more 
distinct species. Since all the connecting links still exist, however, it is 
not possible to separate these forms into distinct species, and the deci- 
sion, whether a particular specimen belongs to a variety or the type is 
often merely a matter of choice. 
51. Halgania erecta Ewart et Rees, |. c., p. 58, pl. XI. — Small 
branching shrub about 8in in height. Stems woody, bearing a glandu- 
lar viscid scabrescence intermingled with a few rigid appressed hairs of 
peculiar type, and as in H. strigosa attached at the centre, and having 
two processes extending apically and basally in the same line or at a 
slight angle. Leaves about !/, in. long, entire when young, usually be- 
coming slightly 3-dentate when older, appressed, sessile, slightly nar- 
rowed at the base, margins incurved, whole leaf somewhat concave, under 
surface bears a number of stiff white hairs similar to those on the stems, 
also traces of the viscid scabrescence. Flowers stalked apparently soli- 
tary and axillary—Calyx—5 sepals, 1!/, lines long, linear accuminate 
bearing short hairs. Petals dark blue rather broad, norrowing to pointed 
apex, longer and more accuminate than those of H, sírigosa. Stamens 
with very short filaments, anthers about one line long, each with long 
straight process about twice as long as anther itself, processes free at 
tip, much longer than those of H. strigosa. The plant is nearest to H, 
strigosa Schlect, but is smaller, has stouter and more numerous hairs, 
much smaller appressed leaves, and longer anther appendages. From 
H. viscosa Spencer Le Moore, it differs in having the strigose indumen- 
tum even more strongly developed than in H. strigosa, in the shorter 
and broader leaves, in the solitary stalked flowers and in the anther 
appendages, — Neu-Süd-Wales: Victoria Desert Camp, 28, September, 
1891, R. Helms. 
52. Melaleuca neglecta Ewart et Wood, 1. c., p. 60, pl. XIII. — Shrub 
not over 8 feet in height, stem two or three inches in. diameter at the 
