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differs from the type chiefly in the absence of all viscidity; and 

 in the short spreading hairs, which densely cover the whole plant, 

 except the old branches. The capsules attain fully J of an inch 

 in breadth. Male flowers not seen. Though Bentham describes 

 the species as glabrous, we find the tendenc}'- to hairiness in 

 several specimens, amongst others in Mitchell's specimens collected 

 at Mt. Pluto near the Warrego River, and described by Lindle}' 

 in "Mitchell's 'Tropical Australia,' p. 342, as E. j)uhescenii. Ben- 

 tham's remark in the 'Flora A^ustraliensis' in regard to D.piihescens, 

 " the supposed pubescence is apparently a mistake," shows that he 

 cannot have seen the type specimens, for Major Mitchell's speci- 

 mens are distinctly hairy, though viscid, sparse-leaved, and %vith 

 all the characteristics of a plant grown in dry country, very 

 different in appearance from the luxuriant hirsute form found by 

 Mr. Boorman at Jennings. 



LEGUMINOS^. 



OXYLOBIUM PULTEN^A, DC. 



Hastings River (W. Best, communicated by W. Forsyth ; 

 August, 1901). Most northern locality recorded. 



PULTEN.EA PLUMOSA, Sieb. 



Bombala (J. H. Maiden; November, 1901). 



A rather rare PultencEa, confined to New South Wales. 

 Bentham gives its habitat as "Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains " 

 Since then man}^ additional localities have been discovered within 

 the borders of New South Wales. The most northern locality . 

 known to us is Apsley Falls, in the Walcha district, and its 

 southern limit has now been extended to Bombala. 



PSORALEA ERIANTIIA, Benth. 



Paldrumatta Bore, on sandy ridges (P. Corbett; October, 1901). 



A rare plant in New South Wales, though with extensive range 

 in Central Australia. A sparingly branched erect shrub about 

 3 to 4 feet high, densely covered with a soft tomentum of white 

 hairs, especially long on the calyces. The flowers are white, with 



