368 NOTES FROM THE BOTANIC GARDENS, SYDNEY, XIV., 



The fern is evidently very rare in New South Wales. Mr. 

 Harrison writes " I know of only one specimen in the Tweed 

 district." The most southern Queensland locality recorded by 

 Mr. Bailey is : gullies of the Blackall Range " in 26° 4.5 S.L.. over 

 100 miles north of the border of New South Wales. 



Oleandra neriiformis Cav. New for Australia. 



Herberton, North Queensland (R. F. Waller, 1908). 

 The genus Oleandra has not previously been recorded for 

 Australia. 0. neriifoinnis is a very variable species, with an 

 extensive range over Malaya, the Pacific Islands, and Tropical 

 Asia. The leaves of the Queensland specimens attain a length of 

 60 cm.; the stipe is 6-7 cm. long, and the articulation is less than. 

 1 cm. from the rhizome. 



MARSILIACEiE. 

 Marsilea angustifolia R.Br. 



Coolabah (J. H. Maiden and J. L. Boorman; December, 1908), 

 forming a dense turfy mass along the sloping (at present), 

 unsubmerged part of the dam. 



A new locality for a plant rare in New South Wales. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES XXXI.-XXXIL 



Plate xxxi. 



Halorrhagis Lucasi, n.sp. 



Fig. A. — Flowering twig; nat. size. 



Fig.B.— Bud. 



Fig. C— Flower. 



Fig.D. — Flower, opened out. 



Fig.E. — Portion of flower. 



Fig.F. — Anther. 



Figs. G-H.— Young fruits. 



Fig.K. Vertical section of young fruit, showing pendulous ovules. 



Fig.L. — Transverse section of ovary. 

 Fig. M.— Portion of leaf. 



