BY J. H. MAIDEN AND E. BETCHE. 367 



Senecio lautus Forst. 

 (Syn. *S'. capillifolius Hook, f.) 



J. D. Hooker established his »S'. capillifolius on a single Tas- 

 manian specimen in 1847. Mueller continued to keep it as a 

 distinct species in his ' Second Census of Australian Plants ' in 

 1889; but L. Rodway unites it with S. lautus in his ' Tasmanian 

 Flora' (1903). We fully agree with Mr. Rodway that it is 

 merely a form of the variable S. lautus; in fact it passes so 

 gradually into the pinnate-leaved forms of that species that we 

 cannot draw a line between them, and cannot even separate it 

 as a well-marked variety. 



The following are New South Wales localities of the true S. 

 cajnllifolius Hook, f., as figured in Hook., Fl. Tasm. t.66 : — 

 Howell (J. H. Maiden and J. L. Boorman; Aug. '05); Warialda 

 (J. L. Boorman; July, '05); Nundle (J. L. Boorman; June, '04); 

 Warrumbungle Ranges (W. Forsyth; Oct. '01); Weddin (J. H. 

 Maiden; Dec. '99). 



It extends into Southern Queensland, e.g., Stanthorpe (J. L. 

 Boorman; July, '04); Head of the Gwydir River (Dr. Leichhardt; 

 April, 1843). We have no Victorian specimens in the Herbarium, 

 and it is evidently a rare plant in Tasmania. 



STYLIDIE^. 

 Stylidium debile F.v. M. var. paniculatum, var.nov. 



Boonoo Boonoo, near Tenterfield (J. L. Boorman; Feb. '05). 



A very weak slender plant sometimes nearly 1 foot high, with 

 a paniculate inflorescence, the lower panicle-branches often above 

 1 inch long. Leaves and flowers like the type, but the calyx- 

 lobes longer and narrower, and the capsules shorter and broader. 

 Specimens collected at Wardell, Richmond River (E. Betche; 

 Aug. '84), and Wallangarra (J. L. Boorman; Nov. '04) are 

 intermediate forms between the typical S. dehile and this variety. 



EPACRIDE^. 

 Styphelia triflora Sm. 



Blackheath, on the Blue Mountains (W. Forsyth; April, '05; 

 a coast plant previously not recorded from the Blue Mountains). 



