BY J. 11. MAIDEN AND E. BETCHE. 737 



A very handsome, erect shrub, with slightly tomentose young 

 branches, about 2 to 3 feet high. Leaves linear, with closely 

 revolute margins concealing the underside, glabrous, nearly 2 

 lines long. Flowers very numerous, almost sessile in leafy 

 clusters, forming spike-like racemes on the ends of the brfinches, 

 sometimes exceeding ^ inch in length. 



This new variety seems to stand almost intermediate between 

 C. mnara and C. lanosijlora', it has the flowers of the former, but 

 the leaves of the latter. It is the handsomest of all the Cryp- 

 tandras we know, and is distinguished from the normal form by 

 the comparatively long Erica-like leaves. 



PoMADERRis PHYLiciFOLiA, Lodd., var. ERicoiDES, var.nov. 



Tantawanglo Mountain (J. H. Maiden; December, 1896); 

 Barber's Creek (H. J. Rumsey; October, 1898); Mongarlowe, 

 near Braidwood ( W. Bauerlen; jSTovember, 1898); Mt. Kosciusko 

 (J. H. Maiden and W. Forsyth; January, 1899); Jenolan Caves 

 (W. F. Blakely; November, 1899); Mt. Wilson (J. Cregson; 

 October, 1900). 



There are two very distinct forms of P. phylicifolia common 

 in mountainous districts of this State. One has narrow leaves 

 with the margins so much recurved that the underside is quite 

 concealed; the other form has broader leaves, with less recurved 

 margins, leaving the white underside exposed. The latter form 

 is Loddiges' type, as figured in his 'Botanical Cabinet' (t. 120); 

 the former is Hooker's P. erici/olia, united by both Bentham and 

 Mueller with P. phylicifolia. Though no sharp line can be drawn 

 between the two forms, their extremes look very distinct; and as 

 Bentham omitted to give a name to the narrow-leaved form, we 

 propose now to name it var. ericoides. 



Bentham mentions under P. ledifolia a doubtful plant collected 

 by Mueller on the Macahster River, in fruit only, as P. ledifolia^ 

 A. Cunn., var. 'i angusti/olia; this is a mistake. One of Mueller's 

 fruiting specimens from the Macalister River, which we obtained 

 through Mr. Luehmann's kindness, agrees exactl5' with flowering 

 specimens of a form of P. phylicifolia ^ with Leda-like leaves, 



