Flora of Aiisfralia. 61' 



confused with J/, pustulata. Hitherto it is only known from 

 Victorian localities. Attention to the possibility of this plant 

 provinir to l)e a new species was first drawn by Mr. St. Eloy 

 DAlton. Hence its popular name might be D'Alton's Melaleuca. 

 /labitof, near Diinl)Oola. CnNerfor, St. Eloy D'Alton. Dafe^ 

 Noveinher. 1000. 



PnYSALis viscosA, L. (Sohinaceae). " Ground Cherry." 



Railway Reserve. X. Melbourne ; J. 1{. Tovey and C. French,, 

 jnr., March. 1000, and April, 1910. 



The plant is a native of the Southern Regions of North 

 America, where it is common, usually on light or sandy soils 

 near the coast. It is a perennial with somewhat creeping 

 subterranean shoots, and hence would be difficult to eradicate- 

 when once established. It has apparently been introduced with 

 ballast, and has not yet appeared from any other locality. The- 

 berries do not appear to ripen readily in this climate. Tlie 

 plant is easily recognised by its short pubescence of stellate or 

 forked hairs. 



Prasopiiyllum intricatum, C. vStuart. 



New England, Timbarra (New South Wales), C. Stuart. 



This Tasnianian and Victorian plant is only recorded pre- 

 viously from a single locality in New South Wales. (Blue 

 Mountains, Fitzgerald's Australian Orchids). The present speci- 

 men was wrongly named P. Archeri. 



PULTENAEA VILLIFEKA, Sieb. 



East Gippsland, November, 1896, H. B. Williamson. 



This plant is given in Mueller's key as from the North West 

 only of Victoria. In addition to the present locality it also 

 occurs in the St)Uth and South-West (Macedon, (ieelong, Port- 

 land). 



Sagittakia SAfiiTTAEKOLlA, L. " Arrowhead." 



A semi-aquatic plant, native of Europe and temperate Asia,, 

 growing in swamps, shallow ponds and streams. It is now 



