270 NOTES ON SOME PORT JACKSON PLANTS. 



elucidate two of the plants which have been so confused. Mere 

 size of a plant of course counts but little, at the same time it may- 

 be pointed out that B. integrifolia is a tree of 30 or 40 feet high, 

 while B. paludosa is a stunted bush of scarcely 3 feet. 



Returning to B. paludosa, we observe variation in the size of 

 the leaves, which are much smaller in one form and more woolly- 

 tomentose beneath; the reticulation is not quite so apparent as in 

 the form figured in Bot. Reg. t. 697. The flower-spike of this 

 form is also from 2 to 3 inches long, and under an inch broad, in 

 place of the form figured in Bot. Reg. which is 4^ inches long 

 and nearly 1^ broad. 



In another form we have the flower-spike of about the same 

 length as that figured in Bot. Reg. t. 697, but only | inch wide. 

 In other respects these forms show remarkable similarity. 



In fine, we are of opinion that B. paludosa is a good species,, 

 and we therefore recommend that Brown's name be restored. 



