BY THE REV. B. SCORTECHINI, F.L.S. 175 



identification. The flowering must have been over months ago, 

 when the fruiting at the time of collecting was at an end. 



Santalace^e. 

 Ghoretrum lateriflorum. R. Br., Prod. 354. 



Conifers. 



Gallitris Muelleri. Benth and Hook, Gen., pi. iii., 420. 



There is no doubt as to this species. The fruit-cones, and the 

 dorsal points of their valves point to no other species. A small 

 pine-tree growing on very rocky ground. 



Liliace^e. 

 Arthropodium laxum. Sieb. in Boem, syst., vii., 441. 

 Rather abundant on grassy moist soil not far off Stanthorpe. 



Addenda. 



Bossicea scortechini. F. v. M., in S. Science Record, January, 

 1883. 



On rocky hills close to Stanthorpe, the description of this 

 species by Baron von Mueller is now going through the press. 



Description of Two New Fungi. 

 By the Rev. C. Kalchbrenner. 



Polyporus Pentzkei, Kalchbrenner (Sect. Pleuropus). 



Pileus tenuis coriaceus elongato-obovatus basi cuneatus fere 

 concavus glaber zonatus ex-ochraceo-fuscidulus, linea recta in 

 stipitem cylindricum aequilongum pallidum apice hand dilatatum 

 descendens, pari stipiti concolores albido-ochracei minimi. 



Daintree River, Pentzke. 



Paxillus hirtulus. F. v. Mueller. 



Pileus e convexo clepressus margine involutus luride fuscescens, 

 stipes deorsum incrassatus et pallidior ad basim abruptam radi- 

 catus hirtulus, lamella adnataa sequaliter decurrentes conferta3 

 angusta3 luridse. 



Daintree River, Pentzke. 



Pluribus notis P. sordario convenit sed multo minor, pileus vix 

 3-4 lineas latus stipes circiter pollicaris et sesquilineam crassus. 



