1056 NOTES ON THE RUTACEiE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS, 



Eriostemon alpinus, F. v. M. 



This is identical with the P. squamulosum var. alpinum of 

 Bentham ; and although stated by that authority to have a consi- 

 derable range in New South Wales, as from Port Jackson to the 

 Blue Mountains, Liverpool Plains, Clarence River, &c, it is 

 certainly here restricted to some of the higher peaks of the Austra- 

 lian Alps, such as Mount Pelot, 6,000 feet, Mount Bogong, 6,500 

 feet, &c. I have seen specimens with more coriaceous leaves on 

 the summit of the mountain in northern aspects, and others on the 

 southern slope, which answered fairly to the typical description 

 given by Bentham. 



Eriostemon ovatifolius, F. v. M. 



I have obtained specimens of this much branched shrub from the 

 stony ridges towards the summit of Mount Kosciusko on the intru- 

 sive granite areas, at an elevation of 7,000 feet above sea level; it 

 extends westerly, on the summits of the highest mountains, to the 

 sources of the Macalister River. I have not observed any forms 

 below 5,000 feet. It is identical with Phebalium ovatifolium of 

 Bentham. 



Eriostemon correifolius, F. v. M. 



This species is not only separated as a distinct genus {Asterolasia) 

 by Bentham, but two well-marked varieties, one a lowland form, 

 and the other sub-alpine, have been described as distinct species (A. 

 correifolia, and A. Muellerii). I believe the difference in the 

 characters to be variable and inconstant, and entirely due to 

 habitat ; A. Muellerii occurring, as stated, in deep ravines of the 

 granitic Buffalo Mountains and other localities, and A. correifolia 

 at Port Jackson and Parramatta. Bentham directs attention to 

 the fact that " the curious tendency to an increase in the usual 

 number of stamens is observable in some species of both sections f 

 i.e., the two sections into which he proposes to divide the species 

 of Asterolasia. 



