BY J. H. MAIDEN AND E. BETCHE. 147 



COMPOSITE. 

 Olbaria alpicola, F.V.M., var. aglossa, n.var. 



Jindabyne (W. Btiuerlen, Januai-y, 1890); Sawpit Creek, Mt. 

 Kosciusko (J. H. Maiden, January, 1898, and 1899). 



Differs from the broad-leaved form of Olearia alpicola in the 

 absence of the ray-flowers, in the fewer flowers in the heads (5 to 

 7 in the heads examined) and in the pinkish tint of the pappus- 

 bristles. Specimens of 0. alpicola from the Cobberas Mountains 

 in Victoria, collected by F. v. Mueller, as well as specimens from 

 Woolls' Herbarium without locality, agree precisely with the ray- 

 less Mt. Kosciusko form, except in the presence of the ray-flowers- 



Leptorrhynchus squamatus. Less. 



Mt. Twynam, Mt. Kosciusko (J. H. Maiden and W. Forsyth, 

 January, 1899). 



A comparatively broad-leaved form, uniformly hairy on both 

 sides of the leaf. The peduncle short or absent. 



Abrotanella nivigena, F.v.M. — New for N.S. Wales. 



Mt. Kosciusko, tree-line to summit (J. H. Maiden and W. 

 Forsyth, January, 1899). Previously recorded from the summits 

 of the Munyong Mountains, Victoria. 



Helipterum corymbiflorum, Schlect., var. ^microglgssa, F.v.M. 



in H.Fl. iii. 647. 



We proposed (P.L.S.JST.S.W., May, 1897) to raise this variety to 

 the rank of a species, under the name of H. microglossum. On 

 examination of additional material and as a result of a visit by 

 one of us to the National Herbarium, Melbourne, where a large 

 series of specimens was examined, we have arrived at the con- 

 clusion that the new species is untenable, although extreme 

 forms of H. corymhiflorum and its variety are very dissimilar in 

 appearance. 



Since then Prof. Tate has shown (Proc. Roy. Soc. S.A. xxii. 121) 

 that he had raised the variety microglossum to the rank of a 

 species so far back as 1883. 



