242 PLANTS FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 



Stems when produced comparatively stout, and not exceeding 

 J inch in height. Leaves from J to 1 inch long. Pedicels from 

 J-J inch in length. 



In floral characteristics this species closely approximates M. 

 distylis, F.v.M., but differs widely in the stouter although dwarfed 

 habit, in the peculiar spongy, white taproot, the foliage, and in 

 the terminal umbellate inflorescence. 



M Y P R I N E ^. 



Eremophila virgata, sp.nov. 



An erect compact shrub with virgate branches, the slender 

 branchlets and leaves viscid and scented. Leaves alternate, erect, 

 semicylindrical, with acute hooked points, thick, channelled above. 

 Flowers white, axillary, on slender recurved viscid pedicels, 

 usually solitary or occasionally 2 from the same axil, ebracteate. 

 Calyx divided nearl}' to the base, segments hardl}' overlapping, 

 ovate, acute, thin, viscid, ciliate with white viscid hairs, veined 

 after flowering but hardly enlarged. Corolla broad, the base very 

 short, the upper part campanulate and much longer than the 

 base; sprinkled outside with a few hairs, throat denseh^ hirsute; 

 lobes very short, nearly equal, upper ones reflexed, lower spread- 

 ing. Stamens didynamous, included. Style sparingh' hirsute, 

 prominently hooked at the end ; stigma prominent : ovulary 

 slightly hairy at the tapering apex. 



Loc. — Paddington; in ferruginous gravelly or sandy soil (W. 

 Y. Fitzgerald; September, 1898). 



Height of plant 10-12 feet; leaves not exceeding ^ inch in 

 length; pedicels 1^-2 lines; calyx IJ lines, segments 1 line long; 

 corolla 6 lines with lobes not exceeding 1 line long. Ovulary 

 2-celled with apparently only 1 pair of ovules at the summit of 

 each cell. Fruit not seen. 



The species differs from E. Paideyi, F.v.M., chiefly in the 

 foliage and in the not enlarging cal3^x-lobes; and rightly belongs 

 to the section including R. Brown's Pholidia. 



