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filiform; anthers small, not much longer than broad, 2-celled, the 



cells parallel, opening in longitudinal slits. Ovarium 3-celled, 



with two collateral ovules in each cell. Fruits not seen. 



The new species of Baeckea belongs to Bentham's Section ii. 



Euryomyrtus^ and is sharply distinct from the few species in this 



Section in the broad, neatly ciliate leaves, and, above all, by the 



terminal inflorescence. The terminal inflorescence is unique in 



the genus, as far as we know, but it shows a state of transition 



from axillary to terminal inflorescence; the bracts supporting the 



rays of the terminal umbel are deformed leaves, and, therefore, 



the inflorescence might be described in other words : flowers 



axillary in the crowded uppermost leaves which are reduced to 



bracts. 



COMPOSITiE. 



Olearia FLOCKTONiE, n.sp. 



Dorrigo Table-land, on a clearing where Fagus Moorei formerly 

 grew, within 2 miles of the east of the township (J. L. Boorman: 

 March, 1909). 



Fruticosus, dense ramosus, 1-1 J m. altus, partibus juvenilibus 

 tectis capillis minutis crispatis non glutinosis. Folia linearis, 

 conferta, 5-10 cm. longa, vix ^ mm. lata, marginibus recurvati&. 

 Capitula radiata circiter 20-30, paniculo terminali corymbosoque. 

 Involucrum hemisphaericum circiter 15 mm. transversim, squamis 

 acutis. Flores radiales circiter 30, albi violaceo tincti. Styli 

 appendices angustse. Achenia omnia dense sericeo-pilosa; pappi 

 setae prope longitudine sequales. 



An herbaceous plant attaining 4 to 5 feet in height, much 

 branched from near the base, the stems unbranched till near the 

 top and then branched again, terminating in the corymbose 

 inflorescence, covered with minute crisped but scarcely glandular 

 hairs, as is also the young foliage. Leaves linear, crowded, 2-4 

 inches long and i-^ inch broad, sessile, the prominent midrib on 

 the underside running down the stems and giving them a striate, 

 somewhat angular appearance, the margins recurved. Flower- 

 heads rather large, about 20 to 30 in a terminal corymbose 

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