208 MR. S. MOORE ON THE FLORA 
Hab. Viget loco haud accuratius indicato inter Coolgardie et 
Mt. Margaret, ubi mens. Mart. florescebat. 
Frutex altitudinis innotate. Rami sat validi, penne corvine 
crass., dense suberei; ramuli eirca 0:06 em. diam., juniores foliis 
fere in toto absconditi. Folia modica, 02 cm. long., 0075 em. 
lat., dorso plus minus canaliculata, glaucescentia deinde auran- 
finca. Pedunculi 0:2 em. long. Calycis lobi subzquales, vix 
0:25 em. long. Corolla tota 0:7 cm. long. basi 0:12, sursum 
025 cm. lat., extra et intus pubescens, lobi superiores usque 
ad 0:1 em. long., inter se liberi; lobi laterales 0°16 em. long., 
lobus infimus lateralibus paullo longior. Stamina didynama, 
prope basin tubi inserta. Ovarium glabrum, 0:16 em. long. 
Stylus ovarium duplo superans, glaber, apice uncinato-incurvus. 
Capsula ? 
The habit of this plant is almost exactly that of Pholidia gibbi- 
folia, F. Muell. (Eremophila gibbosifolia, F. Muell.), and it would 
be difficult even for a botanist to tell the two apart until they 
flower: then the difference is manifest, for the calyx of Ph. 
gibbifolia is glabrous and its lobes are almost setaceous; its 
corolla. glabrous outside, has a sudden basal constriction, and its 
lobes are differently shaped, the lower lip’s mid-lobe being much 
larger relatively to the rest, and acute instead of retuse; its 
anthers, too, are much smaller and are set on longer filaments 
which arise considerably higher up in the tube. I cannot but 
cousider this to be one of the most remarkable cases of vegetable 
homoplasy on record. 
By some mischance the collecting-note has got separated from 
the specimens, so that I cannot localize the habitat of this plant. 
I have an idea that it was found somewhere near, if not at, 
Pendinnie soak. 
PnoLIDIA CERULEA, sp. nov. Suffruticosa, erecta, ericoiden, 
sursum copiose foliata, foliis sat magnis sessilibus approximatis 
alternis anguste linearibus obtusis subteretibus leviter glanduloso- 
tuberculosis cito omnino glabris, floribus sessilibus ex axillis 
foliorum summorum aliquorum oriundis, calycis lobis parum 
imbricatis linearibus vel lineari-lanceolatis ciliatis, corolle tubi 
parte attenuata calycem paullo excedente sursum subito ampli- 
ficata, lobis superioribus altius connatis lobo medio reliquis 
majore intus barbato, antheris inclusis vel brevissime exsertis, 
ovulis collateralibus. 
