88 NOTES FROM THE BOTANIC GARDENS, NO. VII,, 



1900). New for New South Wales. Previously only recorded 

 from the Eremian region of South Australia. The Inspector of 

 Stock in Bourke, Mr. Hatton, who seems to be a reliable observer, 

 informs us that he has met with the plant in the south within 100 

 miles of Bourke, while in the north the Culgoa River seems to be 

 its eastern limit. 



The New South Wales specimens form dense patches exceeding 

 two feet in diameter in old plants, and are, according to Mr. 

 Hatton, by no means uncommon in the sterile red clay country 

 of the far north-west. They differ from the description in 

 Bentham's Flora Australiensis and from the fragmentary South 

 Australian specimen we have seen, in the size of the spike, which 

 is quite cylindrical and above 1 inch long, and in the pinkish 

 colour of the sepals. 



PEOTEACE^. 



Hakea Fraseri, R.Br. 



Tia Falls, New England (W. Forsyth, October, 1900). 



A shrub about 10 feet high. Fruit nearly straight, smooth, 

 about 1\ inches long and about 5 lines broad. 



As the fruit of this apparently very local handsome shrub has 

 not been hithorto known, we have given the above description 

 from a few old capsules (without seeds) collected by Mr, Forsyth. 



JUNCACE.®. 

 JuNcus CiESPiTiTius, E. Mey. 



Centennial Park, Sydney (E. Clieel, December, 1900). 

 New for the Port Jackson district. Previously only recorded 

 in this colony from the southern districts. 



CYPERACE^. 

 Elynanthus capillaceus, Benth. 



National Park, near Sydney (J. L. Boorman, December, 1900). 



Most northern locality recorded. First recorded as a New 

 South Wales plant from Twofold Bay in Proc. R. :Soc. JSf.S. Wales. 

 Vol. xKvii. p. 84, 1893. 



