12 NOTES FROM THE BOTANIC GARDENS, SYDNEY. 



Acacia vomeriformis, A. C^mn. — Specimens from Sawpit 

 Creek, Mt. Kosciusko, do not show the seeds mottled as figured 

 in Hooker, F/. Tas. (i. t. 18), nor is the mottling present in a 

 Tasmanian specimen we have examined. 



MYRTACE5;. 



Lkptospermum lanigerum, Sm., var. macrocarpum, var. nov. 



An ahxiost prostrate form of this exceedingly variable species, 

 with broad leaves and large flowers and capsules; the largest 

 capsules seen attain 7 to 8 lines in diameter. 



Mt. Tomah (J. Gregson, November and December, 1897). 



B^CKEA viRGATA, Andr., var. polyandra, var. nov. — Distin- 

 guished from the normal species chiefly by the numerous stamens 

 (about 25 to above 30) in a continuous series as in Leptosper7niii)i, 

 and by the flowers always occurring singly in the. axils and not 

 umbellate. Forms dense bushes 6-8 ft. high on the banks of the 

 Snowy River at Jindabyne (J. H. Maiden, January, 1898). 



We would rather take this plant for a new species than for a 

 variety of B. virgala, but for a Victorian specimen in the 

 herbarium, which forms a connecting link between the typical B. 

 virgata and the Mt. Kosciusko form. The Victorian specimen 

 has also single flowers, and resembles in habit the Snowy River 

 specimens, but has only 15 stamens. 



COMPOSIT.ffi;. 

 PoDOLEPis LONGIPEDATA, A. Cunn., var. ROBUSTA, var. nov. 



A very stout perennial with a hard rootstock attaining nearly- 

 2 feet in height, and more woolly than in the typical form. 

 Flower-heads above 1 inch in diameter, the scarious laminte of the 

 inner bracts only slightly longer than the claws. 



Mt. Kosciusko, 5,500 to 6,000 feet (J. H. Maiden, January, 

 1898); Kiandra District (E. Betche, February, 1897); Walcha 

 District (J. H. Maiden, November, 1897). 



