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NOTES FROM THE BOTANIC GARDENS, SYDNEY. 



No. 9. 

 By J. H. Maiden and E. Betche. 



RANITNCULACEJE. 

 Ranunculus rivularis, Banks & Sol., var. inconspicuus, Benth. 



Brown Mountain, near Lyttleton (E. Betche; January, 1893). 



The specimens agree exactly with Hooker's figure of R. incon- 

 sjncuus in Fl. Tas. i. t.2B. It forms dense masses in swamps on 

 the top of the Brown Mountain, between Lyttleton and Nimity- 

 belle, N.S.W. Recorded previously only from Tasmania. 



EUTACE^. 

 ZiERiA Smithii, Andr., var. tomentosa, n.var. 



Mt. Useful, Vic. (A. H. S. Lucas; January, 1886): Mt. Tomah, 

 N.S.W. (Jesse Gregson; December, 1897). 



This variety is distinguished from the large-leaved normal form 

 by the dense stellate tomentum of the underside of the leaves 

 and young branches. From the tomentose Z. furfuracea, R.Br., 

 it differs only in the absence of the tubercular glands and in the 

 more close tomentum. Mueller united Z. fnrfuracea with Smithii 

 as a variety; our new variety resembles Z. Smithii strikingl}' in 

 every respect, except the indumentum, and we take this as a 

 corroboration that Mueller's view of Z. furfuracea is correct. 



We have previously published in these Proceedings (1901, p. 79) 

 a herbarium note from F. v. Mueller with the MS. name of Z. 

 Smithii var. Fraseri. We find now that Mueller's var. Fraseri 

 is so closely allied to Z. cytisoides, Sm., that, in our opinion, it 

 should be included in that species. 



