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NOTES FROM THE BOTANIC GARDENS, SYDNEY. 



No. 2. 

 By J. H. ]Maiden and E. Betchb. 



LEGUMINOSiE. 



OxYLOBiUM ELLiPTicuM, R.Br., var. ALPiNUM, var. nov. 



A compact shrub rarely exceeding 2 feet in height as far as 

 seen at present. Leaves elliptical, about 4 lines long. Inflor- 

 escence terminal, forming dense compact heads in the specimens 

 from high altitudes. In such situations it forms dense carpet- 

 like masses clinging to and following the shapes of loose masses 

 of rock. 



Mt. Kosciusko, from Jindabyne to the summit (J. H. Maiden, 

 January, 1898); BuUrock Mt., Snowy Mts. (W. Baeuerlen, March, 

 1893); Kiandra District (E. Betche, February, 1897); Bombala 

 (J. H. Maiden, December, 1896); Cooma District (W. Baeuerlen, 

 October, 1893); Blackheath (E. Betche, December, 1885). 



Acacia Maideni, F.v.M. — Como, near Sydney (J. H. Camfield, 

 November, 1897). 



Previously recorded only from the Northern Coast District, 

 now found to extend southward to beyond Port Jackson. 



Acacia Muelleriana, Maiden and Baker. — Dubbo (J. L. Boor- 

 man, December, 1897). 



Previously recorded only from Taloobie, Rylstone District. 

 The new locality brings it over a hundred miles further to the 

 westward. 



Acacia pumila. Maiden and Baker. — Described three years ago 

 from specimens collected at Kenthurst, near Parramatta; it has 

 since been received from Mt. Tomah, Lawson (Blue Mountains); 

 Kogarah (Botany Bay); and Middle Harbour (Port Jackson). 



