400 NOTES ON THE FLORA OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, 



Backhoiisia myrtifolia Hook, k Harv., Glenbrook, in brush- 

 gully. 



Myrtns tenuifolia Sni., Springwood ("The Lagoon," Sassafras 

 Gully). 



IlMBELLIFERiE. 



Hydrocotyle laxiflora DC.,(1 j, Wentworth Falls, Medlovv Bath, 

 Mt. Victoria, on roadsides and in grassland. 



Siehera ericoides Benth.,(2), Glenbrook. 



Xanthosia dissecta Hook , Wentworth Falls, Katoomba (on 

 the swampy Hat bordering Katoomba Creek, near Yosemite 

 Park), a small, almost herbaceous plant, hardly discernible 

 among the rushes and sedges of the swamp; X. Atkinsoniana 

 F.v.M.,(2), Mt Tomah. 



Actmotus Hdianthi Labill.,(9), Glenbrook to Eskbank, a gre- 

 garious species which favours the rocky hill-tops [An isolated 

 patch, covering approximately half an acre of ground, was noted 

 on a dry, rocky ridge on the Mt. Hay Road at Leura, about 

 two miles from the Bathurst Road. Between Linden and 

 Woodford, the ridge above, and parallel to, the road and rail- 

 way-line, is covered with these plants, the area occupied ex- 

 tending rather more than a mile]; A. minor DC ,(2), Linden to 

 beyond Eskbank; A. Forsythii Maiden & Betche, Katoomba, 

 Blackheath, Clarence. 



Eryngium vesiculosum Labill.,(l), Hartley Vale, Eskbank, in 

 grassland. 



Oreomyrrhis andicola Endl., Mt. Wilson, Eskbank, 



ARALIACEiE. 



Astrotricha longi/olia Benth., Glenbrook, Springwood, Linden. 



Panax sambuci/olius Sieb.,(l;,(2), Woodford to Blackheath (a 

 broad leaved form), Mt. Victoria to Eskbank (a narrow-leaved 

 form), P cephalohotrys F.v.M., Katoomba [The only example of 

 this species collected on the Blue Mountains, was taken from 

 an isolated plant growing between the sleepers of a disused tram- 

 line leading to the old coal-mine in Miners' Glen. The tramway 

 may be approached by a short branch-track to the Orphan Rock, 

 diverging from the main track in the descent of Katoomba Falls. 



