2c4 xott;s proji the botanic gakiikn's, sydxky, 



Prostanthera debilis F. v. M. 



New tor New South Wales. Recorded from the Grampian Mountains. A'io- 

 toria.* Examples in the National Herbarium are from Gulgong (J. H. Maiden, 

 4, 1901), Warrumbungle Ranges (W. Forsj-th, 10, 1901), Molong (J. L. Boor- 

 man, 11, 19()(il, expert ee (J. L. Boorman, 12, 1915). An interesting range for 

 a species liitherto regarded as exclusively Victorian. Tlie New South Wales 

 forms of P. debilis approach very closely specimens in the National Herbarium 

 irom New England (the type locality) of P. sckcicola R.Br. var. major, differing 

 chiefly in the distpnt canaliculate leaves, and the dense hoary tomeutum on the 

 calyces and young shoots. The leaves of P. saxicola var. major are flat and 

 crowded and the calyces and young shoots sparsely tomentose. 



•Frag. Phyto. Austr., F.v.M., viii., 1874, p. 147 



