146 NOTES FROM THE BOTANIC GARDENS, SYDNEY, 



MYRTACE^. 



Rhodamnia trinervia, Blume, var. glabra, n.var. 



Richmond River (in fruit; W. Biiuerlen, April, 1891); Mullum- 

 bimby (in flower; W. Bauerlen, December, 1895); Burringbar (E. 

 Betche, April, 1896). (Mr. Bauerlen's specimens were received 

 from Mr. R. T. Baker, Curator, Technological Museum). 



Chiefly distinguished by the absence of all hairs. Shrub 5 to 

 10 feet high (as far as seen); the two side-nerves of the leaves are 

 less prominent than in the typical form and closer to the margin. 



UMBELLIFER.ffi. 

 AzoRELLA MuELLERi, Bentli. — New for N.S. Wales. 



Mt. Kosciusko, 5500 ft. to summit (J. H. Maiden, Januaiy,. 

 1898); tree-line to 7000 ft. (J. H. Maiden and W. Forsyth, Jan- 

 uary, 1899). Previousl}^ recorded from the summits of the Mun- 

 vong Mountains, Victoria. 



Bentham has a note, " This species in man}^ respects approaches 

 Hydrocotyle in character as well as in habit." Most persons 

 would, we imagine, collect it for a Hydrocotyle. 



Oreomyrrhis andicola, Endl. 



Mt. Kosciusko, on the very summit, and at various elevations. 



Specimens which differ from the typical form chiefl}^ in the 

 short fruiting pedicels which (B.Fl. iii. 377) are described as 

 " longer than the bracts." 



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Crantzia lineata, Nutt. 



Apsley River, near Walcha (E. Betche, December, 1898). 



The leaves are described in the Flora Aicstraliensis as " from 

 under one inch to two or three inches long or even more." The 

 species is quite amphibious on the Apsley River, growing in mud- 

 banks with short leaves, or floating with leaves generally six: 

 inches to one foot long, attaining 18 inches in extreme cases. 



