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(C. St.), Camden et Port Jacksou (WooUis), Bliie Mountains (Cal- 

 vert), Newcastle (Lcieliliardt), New Eugland (C. St.), Ilastings- 

 et-McLeay-EiYcr (Bcckler), Clarcncc-liiver (Wilcox), Ricluuoud- 

 River(Faweett), Cast]ereagh-River(Woo]ls),Moretou-Bay (F. M.), 

 Severu (Hartmann), Rockhamptou (0'Sbanesy), Buniett-River 

 (Hely)j Darliug Downs (Lau), Bowen-River (Bowmau), Rocking- 

 ham-Bay (Dallachy). Plautam qnoque iu collectioue Sieberi t^ub 

 496 videbis. HunuUIma usque uhiaris. Folia omuia radicalia, 

 |-2 raris^ime usquc ad 3'^' Inta, plauiuscula vcl caualiculata, per- 

 raro teretiuscula, vix unquam vcro rite filiformia, sed scmpcr pupra 

 saltem aUquotenns applauata, non raro late plaoa, subtus laivia vel 

 scabra, satis conspicue marginata, iutegerrima vel rarius summo 



4- apice in deutes perpaucos acutos perbrevea producta. Eiacteaj 



nunqunm i^ra^longa^. Pedicclli recnrvi, rarissime uulli, Flores 

 flavi, in panicula spitliama?a v. breviore sparsi. PcduucuU fre- 

 qucntissime scabri, sed pcdicelli sempcr hvves. Sepala cxtcriora 

 obtusa, uitida, membranea, iuterioribus opacis carnulentis vix acu- 

 tiusculis propria bititudine paulo longioribus evidenter superata, 

 nou iu basim contractam couuata, Filameuta perbrevia. Authcra^ 

 oblongo- V, cordato-ovatffi. Capsulai hevcs. Nescio, an X. deuti- 

 culato et X. laxa (R. Br. Pr. 261) ad X. Thuubergi pertineant, 

 quod inspcctio coliectionis Brownii facilc docebit, Pra^clarus 

 Sonder iu varietate sessihflora X. tenuifoliam vidit. Aliam varie- 

 tatem et quidem exlmiam, nempe filifoliam, foliis teretibus v. tere- 



-- tiusculis douatam in tractu Grampians haud procul a moute Zero 



detexi, qua; quasi transitum ad X. micrautham praibet. 



Xerotes effusa (Lindl, in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 101 ; X. 

 fragrans, Sond. et Mucll. in Linna?a, xxviii. 219) e regionibus fere 

 orientalibus Austrahas! in occidentales exteudit* Exemplaria e 

 locis sequeutibus servavi : Portland-Bay (Allitt), Wimmera (S. 

 Wilsou), Avoca, Loddon-River, Murrray-RIver, Murrumbldgeo 

 (F. M.), Darling-Eiver (Mitchell), St. Aruaud's (B. Moore), Ed- 

 wards-River (Mein), Gawler-River (Osswald), Encounter-Bay 

 (Hillebrand), IIoldfast-Bay (F. M.), York's Peniusula (Salmon), 

 Champiou-Bay (Guerin), Port Gregory (Walcott et Oldfield). Ut 

 X. longifolia et X, rigida apice foliorum couspicue dentigcro pra3 

 ceteris congeueribus signatur ; longitudlue ct acutatioue sepalorum 

 omues alias excellit. Folia |-1^'" lata, supra opaca, Fubtus ni- 

 tentia, nonnunquam margine scabra. Pedieelli utriusque sexus 

 sparsi, longitudinem |" attinentes, interdum brevissimi. Sepala 

 circiter 3'" longa, omuia membraneaj dilute flavescentia. Anthera) 

 ovatfe, vix J'" long^, pallide flavae. Capsula longitudinaliter 

 striolata, 4'" metiens, aplce non depressa. Semina ovata, 2'" longa, 

 extus viscidula et fuscesceutla. 



Xerotes rigida (R. Br. Pr. 261 ; Lomandra rigida, La Bill. Nov. 

 Holl. Plant. Specim. i. 93, t, 120) ad promontorium Cape Arid 

 statu impcrfecto a Maxwell reperta est. Rhizoma horizontallter 



