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to us; we can only say we have nob seen it west of the Warrego 

 River, in spite of an extended journey in the Paroo River district 

 last year. 



For excellent sections of fruit and flower we are indebted to 

 Miss S. Hynes, B.A. 



UMBELLIFER.ffi:. 



AcTiNOTUs Helianthi, Labill. 



Portion 15, Parish of Pringle, County Inglis, 40 miles from 

 Walcha (J. F. Campbell, 1901); sandstone hills, near Wallan- 

 garra (E. Betche, December, 1891) — two isolated New England 

 localities for the common Flannel-flower. 



RUBIACE.a:. 

 Knoxia corymbosa, Willd. 



MuUumbimby (W. Bauerlen, January, 1897). New for New 

 South Wales. 



Previously recorded from Queensland, extending to tropical 

 Asia. The flowers are considerably smaller than in an Asiatic 

 specimen figured in Wight's Illustr. of Indian Botany, t. 128. 



Specimens kindly supplied by Mr. R. T. Baker. 



COMPOSITE. 



Calotis inermis, sp.nov. 



A low herb, apparently annual, branching from the base with 

 ascending striate stems, hispid all over with white somewhat 

 scaly hairs. Leaves cuneate, with a long narrow base, sessile, 

 half stem-clasping and sometimes with a slightly dilated base, 

 usually J to 1 inch long and 3 to 5 lines broad at the top, 5- to 10- 

 toothed towards the top, the uppermost leaves more linear-cuneate 

 and with fewer teeth. Flower-heads large, on long slender 

 petioles. Involucral bracts lanceolate, very acute or acuminate, 

 ciliate with long white hairs, green and herbaceous, except the 



