1108 SOME HITHERTO UNDESCRIBED PLANTS OF N.S.W., 



elliptical, but truncated into an almost quadrangular form, its 

 stalk-like base not much longer than the calyx ; seeds generally 5-6. 



Near Wollongong (L. Stephenson, B.A.). 



Innovations somewhat hairy. Branchlets about ^ inch broad. 

 Leaves alternate, chartaceous in texture, almost distichous, hardly 

 spreading, ^--f inch long, equilateral, on short stalks, blunt at the 

 base ; veins particularly visible underneath ; stipules green, 

 attaining a length of nearly ^ inch. Sfcalklets very thin, about as 

 long as the leaves. Bracteoles none on the upper part of the 

 stalklet unless very fugacious. Calyx scarcely exceeding g inch in 

 length ; its lower lobes proportionately large. Petals not seen. 

 Filaments nearly as long as the connate portion of the stamens. 

 Fruit bent downward, scarcely one inch long, and ^ inch broad, 

 almost flat, prominently margined, but not obtained in a fully 

 matured state. 



Recognised by the erudite finder as a distinct species ; nearest to 

 B. heterophylla (as a form of which it may cursorily have been 

 hitherto passed over), but easily distinguished by uniformly broader 

 not incurved leaves, longer and thinner stalklets without any 

 bracteoles towards the middle, smaller calyces, blunter and less 

 stipitated fruit ; approaches in some respects the West Australian 

 B. linojihylla, but the leaves are constantly broader, the stalklets 

 of the flowers longer, the calyces more deeply lobed, while the 

 stipes of the fruit is shorter ; moreover from both, and indeed 

 most congeners, Mr. Stephenson's plant is separated by the large 

 but slowly brownishing stipules. 



Incidentally it may be here observed that B. cordigera has 

 been found by Mr. Wooster, at Bolwarra ; B. foliosa by Mr. 

 Bauerlen, on the Genoa ; B. buxifolia by Dr. Lauterer, on the 

 Turon ; B. microphylla by Mr. Stirling, on the Dargo ; B. Armitii 

 by Mr. Armit, on the Etheridge and Percy Rivers; further it may 

 be noted, that on the mountains near Braidwood, B. Kiamensis 

 was found to ascend to 3,800 feet (W. Bauerlen), the height of 

 the plant ranging from J to 10 feet ; its fruit is much compressed, 

 rhomboid-ovate, and about half an inch long. Meisner already 

 recorded 8-12 ovules as those of B. eriocari^a. 



