244 ON PLANTS NEW TO SOUTH QUEENSLAND, 



Hovea linearis, R. Br. in Ast. Hort., Kew iv., 275. 



At Burleigh Head and other localities through the district. 

 Indigo fera saxicola ? F. v. M. in Fl. Austr. ii., 199. 



It' cannot with certainty be determined whether the specimens 

 gathered at Coodria on the Teviot Brook, belong to this species or 

 to an extreme variety of the widely distributed /. austr -a lis Willd. 

 approaching /. saxicola. The number of leaflets in the Coodria 

 specimens is invariably five, rather orbicular in shape, with latent 

 veins; characters belonging to /. saxicola exclusively. Other 

 characters obtained from the calyx and indumentum of the plant, 

 point likewise to /. saxicola. Besides its habit, which gives a name 

 to the species, is to grow among stones, where this plant is 

 generally to be found. As the original specimens from which 

 /. saxicola was described, are from such distant stations as North 

 Australia, and Port Essington, and seemed to be confined there, a 

 reasonable doubt may arise that the Coodria specimens are not of 

 /. saxicola, but pertain to some extreme variety of the proteiform 

 /. australis. If so, a link exists between /. saxicola and I. australis, 

 which would render unstable the position of I saxicola as a distinct 

 species. 



Acacia viscidula, A. Cunn. in Hook. Lond. Jour, i., 363. 



At Minto's Craig on the Upper Teviot. The same species has 

 been observed to grow in abundance in the neighbourhood of 

 Stanthorpe. 



Albizzia Rendersoni, F. v. M. Trin. Jour. 1872, p. 10. 



This and its congener, A Tozeri, F. v. M., grow very luxuriantly 

 on the banks of Tallebadgera Creek. As graceful shrubs to adorn 

 a garden, they can be compared to few plants. The characters on 

 which the generic distribution of Albizzia and Pithecolobium rests, 

 have been deemed of too slight importance by Baron von Mueller 

 to warrant the antonomy of both genera ; and thus they have been 

 fused by him into one genus, under the name of Albizzia. The 

 extra- Australian genera so closely allied to them. Calliandra, 

 Benth, Enter -olobium, Mart. Serianthes, Benth, follow the same 

 course, loose their independent status, and are admitted only as 

 sections or sub-genera of Albizzia. These genera are difficult to 





