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NOTES ON SOME PORT JACKSON PLANTS. 

 By J. H. Maiden and J. H. Camfibld. 



Sprbngelia incarnata, Sm., brbvistylis var. nov. 



Following is a description of a well marked variety of S. 

 incarnata. Its chief differences from the normal species lie in 

 the narrower petals which are quite free and consequently soon 

 drop off, the shorter style which does not protrude beyond the 

 anthers, and the rather narrower ovainum. 



Sydney district, viz : — Manly (1894) and Rose Bay (June, 

 1898), J. H. Camfield. 



It may be desirable to describe the inflorescence and fruit in 

 some detail. 



Inflorescence not symmetrical, but rather scattered; the flowers 

 generally borne in obtuse clusters towards and at the ends of the 

 branchlets, but sometimes singly. Flowers pale, almost whitish, 

 not much spreading, giving the impression of a half-expanded 

 flower. Sepals about 2^ line.s long, very rigid, white, faintly tinged 

 with pink, acutely acuminate, persistent. Petals barely as long 

 as the sepals, soon fading, and falling from the flowers when 

 detached from the plant. Stamens with flattish filaments which in 

 the young state take on a peculiar almost double bent-like appear- 

 ance over the summit of ovarium, but becoming nearly erect as 

 the capsule matures. Anthers coherent, slightly papillose-hirsute 

 and I line in length. Ovarium globose and depressed. Style 

 short, barely 1 line long, not produced beyond the anthers. 

 Capsule oblong with an obtuse apex. Seeds numerous, rather 

 longer than broad, very distinctly longitudinally and transversely 

 reticulate with slightly raised and broad stride. 



It is a diffuse and bushy shrub of about 18 inches high, 

 with rather slender branches, otherwise the foliage is similar to 

 that of S. incarnata, but the habit of its inflorescence is distinct 



