86 AUSTRAIIAK FLAKT-Sf, 



separated from the two other species ; oflering thus a close approach of 

 this genus to Clioril<2na, 



38, Qxoy^^^ exalata, F. Muell. \ much branched; upright or diffuse; 

 twigs indistinctly angulate, wingless, pnberulous; leaves alternate or 

 fasciculate, broad, linear, gradually nan-owing towards the base, blunt, 

 minutely apiculate, with recurved margins; pedicels nearly equal in 

 length to the calyx, solitary; petals rose-red, 



Hab- On the rocky tops of Mount Macfarlane, about 5000 feet 

 above the level of the sea ; on the gravelly banks of the Mitta Mitta 

 and Livingstone Eivers, towards Lake Omeo, and on the Boggy Creek 

 in Gipps' Land.* 



Easily distinguished from Crotcea mligna by its thicker and much 

 smaller leaves, which are not gradually narrowed at the top, and also 

 by its wingless twigs and smaller; flowers. ■ 



39, Phebalium ovalifoliumy Y. MuelL ; leaves coriaceous, ovate, 

 smooth and shining above, lepidote beneath, their margins recurved ; 

 peduncles axillary, solitary, with a single flower and three or four 

 bracts, compressed, twice or three times shorter than the leaves ; teeth 

 of the calyx triangular-lanceolate, glabrous ; petals ovate-lanceolate, 

 whitish, a little longer than the stamens ; anthers affixed by their 

 back; filaments glabrous; stigma capitate, five-lobed; carpels apicu- 

 late, 



Hab. In the rocky or scrubby parts of the Australian Alps, at the 

 sources of the Murray and Snowy Eivers. 



That tlie genera Eriostemm and Phehaliim are not strictly defined 

 by clear and natural characters, has been observed previously in other 

 instances. This handsome species, again, may be referred to either of 

 the two genera, which I would propose to unite, 



40, Eriostemon trachyphyllm, F. MuelL; tall, smooth, covered witli 

 glandular warts ; leaves herbaceous, flat, entire, oblong-lanceolate, and 

 much attenuated towards the base, terminated at the apex by a small 

 point, sessile, green on both sides, and shining above • pedicels axillary, 

 solitary, shorter than the leaves ; segments of the calyx subdeltoid, 

 glabrous; filaments fringed; style smooth; stigma five-cleft; carpels 

 blunt; seeds shining, black. 



Hab. On the mountains at the Snowy Eiver, near the Pinch Eange, 

 on rocks. 



A fine plant, closely allied to E. myoporoides and E. intermedius. 



