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specimens. R. Brown says nothing about the habit of the plant 

 in either of these works, nor does the figure help us in this respect; 

 and as Bentham had only seen herbarium specimens, he seems to 

 assume too much when he writes : " An erect shrub with the 

 habit, inflorescence and flowers of G. acanthifolia.^' 



Cunningham describes it as " G. acoMthifolia, var. quercifolia " 

 (Cunningham MSS.); this may have misled Bentham, or possibly 

 the species may be variable in habit and not always so prostrate 

 as in our specimens. 



EUPHOEBIACE^. 



RiCINOCARPUS BOWMANI, F.V.M. 



The Rock, near Wagga Wagga (Mrs. A. R. Phillips; Septem- 

 ber, 1904). 



The specimens sent by Mrs. Phillips are remarkably beautiful, 

 with larger flowers and broader leaves than ever recorded. The 

 leaves are ^ to J inch long, linear-oblong with recurved margins, 

 dark green above, white-tomentose underneath (in the typical 

 form the margins of the leaves are revolute, generally completely 

 concealing the under surface); the flowers, attain fully IJ inches 

 in diameter, and are of bright rose colour bleaching to white as 

 they fade away. The exceptional size of the flowers may perhaps 

 be attributed to the favourableness of the season. 



CASUARINACE^. 



Casuarina Luehmanni, R. T. Baker. 



Minembah, Whittingham, near Singleton (Roderick Browne; 

 August, 1904). 



Most eastern locality recorded. \ 



CYPERACE^. 



ScHCENUs scuLPTUS, Boeck. 



Mt. Dangar, Gungal, near Merriwa (J. L. Boorman; September, 

 1904). 



Recorded by us as new for New South Wales in these Pro- 

 ceedings for 1903 (p. 922); we now add a third locality to the 

 two New South Wales localities previously recorded. 



