BY J. H. MAIDEN AND E. BETCHE. 747 



Parsonsia lanceolata, R.Br., var. mollis, F.v.M. 



Townsville, Queensland (E. Betche; August, 1901). 



This seems to be identical with R. Brown's P. mollis, united 

 by both Bentham and Mueller with P. lanceolata as a tomentose 

 variet3^ The flowers of our Townsville specimens differ from 

 the flowers of the typical P. lanceolata in the following characters : 

 the calyx-lobes are shorter and more obtuse, the corolla-lobes are 

 more obtuse, the anther-cone is shorter and more obtuse, and the 

 filaments are not twisted in the flowers we have examined, 

 though they are united in the upper part. 



Parsonsia Leichhardtii, F.v.M. 



Blue Mountains (E. Betche; July, 1888: J. H. Maiden; April, 

 1899: J. Gre^son; February, 1903). 



This species seems to be common in the Blue Mountains, but 

 it is not often collected, probably because of its usual winter- 

 flowering habit. The Blue Mountain specimens differ in some 

 points- from the type-specimen collected by Dr. Leichhardt at 

 Wide Bay, Queensland, the only specimen which was at 

 Bentham's disposal when he drew up the description for the 

 ' Flora Australiensis.' The corolla of the Wide Bay specimens 

 is described as "densely bearded in the throat," while in the 

 Blue Mountain specimens the throat of the corolla is only slightly 

 hairy, with short reversed hairs; further, the hypogynous glands 

 are described by Bentham as "emarginate" and by Mueller as 

 " two-lobed," while they are quite entire in our specimens. There 

 is no other essential difference between the Queensland and New 

 South Wales specimens; the latter are always quite glabrous, 

 with narrower leaves, hardly cordate at the base, but the plants 

 are not sufficiently distinguished to separate them as varieties. 



SOLANACE.a:. 



SoLANUM violaceum, R.Br., var. album, var.nov. 



Mt. Dangar, Gungal, near Merriwa, also Wallsend (both J. L. 

 Boorman; September, 1904). 



