392 NOTES ON THE FLORA OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, 



R.Br., (2), Wenfcworth Falls to west of Eskbaiik: H. pedunculata 

 R.Br., Leura and Blackheath; H. diffusa R.Br., Nepean to Glen- 

 brook; //. saligna R.Br., (2), Nepean, Springwood, Kurrajong 

 Heights, (in moist, sheltered gullies). 



Hihhertia nitida Benth., (Pleurandra Cneorum DC). — In 

 Barron Field's " N. S. Wales,' A. Cunningham records P. 

 Cneorum irom " Brushes on King's Tableland." Bentham, Fl. 

 Austr., i., 25, reduces this to a synonym of H. nitida Benth., 

 and gives as a locality for his species, "About Port Jackson, R. 

 Brown, Sieber n. 141, "and others, but does not mention A. Cun- 

 ningham's specimen from the Blue Mts. In the Handbook of 

 the Flora of N. S. Wales, by Moore k Betche, the only locality 

 given for //. nitida is near Sydney, in peaty soil. The writer 

 has not noted any foim of H. nitida on the Blue Mountains, nor 

 are there any specimens in the National Herbarium from that 

 locality. 



Magnoliace^. 



Drimys dipetala F.v.M.,(2), (3), Springwood (Sassafras Gully), 

 and Blackheath, a coastal brush-plant which creeps up the 

 gullies. 



Viola R1E.E. 



lonidium JlUforme F.v.M.,(l), (2), the normal coastal form is 

 collected west to Glenbrook. At Wentworth Falls, a short- 

 leaved, xerophytic form is met, which persists westward, to and 

 beyond Eskbank. 



PiTTOSPOREiE. 



Citriobatus midtiflorus A. Cunn.,(2), (3), Springwood (Sassafras 

 Gully). 



POLYGALE^. 



Comesperma sphcerocarpum Steetz, Lawson, Mt. Tomah ; T. 

 retusum Labill., Mt. Victoria; C. defoliatum F. v.M., King's 

 Tableland, Leura, Blackheath, a swamp-xerophyte, with a few 

 linear leaves, occasionally reduced to scales. 



CARY0PHYLLE.E. 



Stellar la puny ens Brongu.,(l), (2), Eskbank, in elevated situa- 

 tions. 



