BY EUSTACE W. FERGUSON. 585 



it P. Gyllenhq>li. As, however, P. reticulata Boisd., was founded 

 on the female example of the same species, that name must take 

 precedence. At present, I am ignorant of the true identity of 

 P. mirahilis Kirby. 



P , mirahunda Q^yW. — Dohrn had before him three specimens, 

 which he designated as Nos. 5, 6, and 7. No. 5, (J, bears a label : 

 ^^Phalid impressa, Dupont. N. Holl. Dupont "; and, while in a 

 bad condition, bears evidence of dense elytral clothing. No.6,jJ, 

 bears two labels: "Tasmania" and " Mus. Gall." No. 7, 9, is 

 Gyllenhal's type. 



Dohrn, after considerable discussion of the question, came to 

 the conclusion that No.5=P. impressa Boisd., Nos.6 and 7 = P. 

 mirabtinda; and he states that possibly, through long life and 

 abrasion, the one might be reduced to the condition of the other. 

 This is my own opinion, and I have little hesitation in stating 

 that P. mirahunda Gyll., = P. im^yressa Boisd. 



NOTES FROM THE BOTANIC GARDENS. No.l5. ON 

 A PLANT, IN FRUIT, DOUBTFULLY REFERRED 

 TO GYMODOGEA. 



By J. H. Maiden and E. Betche. 



(Plate xlix.) 



P0TAM0GET0NACE.5:. 



CymodoceaC?) ciliata (Forsk.) Ehrenb. 



Murray Island, Torres Straits; (Charles Hedley, September, 

 1907; and specially brought under our notice by Mr. A. H. S. 

 Lucas). 



