448 JiOTES ON THfi GENUS LEPtDtUM, 



elliptical, and slightly emarginate, as opposed to the ovate siliqua 

 of L. niderale Linn., with its broadly emarginate apex. 



Thellung (p. 303) quotes the following specimens of the above 

 — S. Australia: Mount Lyndhurst, 1898, Max Koch, n.324 - 

 ibidem, 1899, Max Koch, n.272. — West Australia: Gascoyne, 

 Carnarvon, L. Diels, n.3683. We have a co-type specimen of 

 Max Koch's n.324, Mt. Lyndhurst, August, 1898, from the 

 collector; and the following examples from New South Wales — 

 Wyalong. Rev. J. W. Dwyer, 9.1915: Nyngan, J. L. Boorman, 

 8.1903; West Maitland, J. t\ Burgess, 1.1911. 



L. DUBIUM Thell. 



Easily recognised by its spine-tipped branches and compact 

 habit. This is the L. ruderale i^inn., var. (?) spitiesceits of 

 Bentham, Fl. Austr. (in part), quoted from S. Australia. 



One locality only is recorded by Thellung (p. 311) for this 

 species, viz., Victoria : near Lake Corangamike (Corangamite, 

 A.A.H.), leg % distrib. F. v. Mueller. 



In "Contributions to the Flora of Australia,'' No.25(Proc. Hoy. 

 jSoc. Vict., xxix., N.S., p.l42, 1917), Professor Ewart records 

 Bentham 's var (?) s^9mcsc«7is from Camperdown, Victoria, inci 

 dentally questioning its relationship to L. ruderale Linn. Pro 

 fessor Kwart's locality is some 12 miles west of Lake Coranga- 

 mite. It was recorded in Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, xxiv., 

 p. 64 (1899), from Narrabri in "Notes from Sydney Botanic 

 Gardens, No, 5" by Messrs. Maiden and Betche. Other speci- 

 mens in the National Herbarium are from Temora, N.8.W,, Kev. 

 J. W. Dwyer, 10.1915: and an example from West Australia, 

 Dr. F. Stoward, n 271, 12.1913. 



In addition to the above, we have a co-type specimen of L. 

 Muelleri Ferdinandi Thell., from the collector, Max Koch, n.388, 

 Mt. Lyndhurst. S.A., 1898, the only record given by Thellung 

 (p.290). 



L. Hoivei insulce ThelLy (p.291) is also represented by speciiueiis 

 from Lord Howe Island, J. H. Maiden, 4.1898, and other 

 collectors. 



