91 "2 NOTKS FROM THE BOTANIC GARDENS, NO. IX., 



WiLKiEA Wardellii, Perk., Engler's Bot. Jahrbiicher, xxv. 570 

 (1898). Syn. Mollinedia Wardellii, F.v.M., B. Fl. Austr. v. 



287. 



Tetrasynandra pubescens, Perk., Engler's Bot. Jahrbiicher, xxv. 

 569 (1898). Syn. Kibara puhescens, Benth., Fl. Austr. v. 

 290; Jlollinedia pubescens, F.v.M., Second Census. 



Tetrasynandra longipes. Perk., Engler's Bot. Jahrbiicher, xxv. 

 569 (1898). Sjm. Kibara longipes, Benth., Fl. Austr. v. 289; 

 Mollinedia longipes, F.v.M., Second Census. 



The genus Mollinedia, Ruiz et Pav., is, according to Perkins 

 and Gilg, confined to tropical America. The species placed by 

 Bentham under this genus are transferred partly to WHklea, 

 F.v.M., and partly to Levieria, Becc. Kibara, Endl., is confined 

 to the Malayan Archipelago, the Australian species being separated 

 from it under the new generic name Tetrasynandra. 



The two New South Wales genera of this group of Monimiacese 

 are easily distinguished by the male flowers. Tetrasynandra has 

 4 stamens opposite the perianth-lobes, while WHkiea has 8 to 14 

 stamens irregularly distributed in the receptacle. Both genera 

 are described as moncecious by the authors of the 'Monograph,' 

 a statement which we hesitate to accept as final till verified by 

 collectors in the field. 



JUNCACEiE. 



JuNCUS FiLiCAULis, Fr. Bucheiiau, n.sp. 



Road from Nimity belle to Cooma (J. H. Maiden, December, 

 1896). 



A densely tufted, pale-coloured, small perennial with a hori- 

 zontal rhizome, and very short internodes. Stems erect, slender 

 (h to -j^'^j- mm. in diam.), terete, grooved, 8 to 15 cm. high to the 

 inflorescence, or 10 to 20 cm. M'ith the erect leafy bract, the pith 

 interrupted, star-shaped. Sheathing bracts at the base of the 

 stem narrow, opaque, pale, striate on the back, mucronate at the 

 apex, the highest 3 to 5 cm. long. Inflorescence apparently 

 lateral, compound, densely crowded, nearly globular; the lowest 



