294 Eirart, White ami Wood : 



HiBBKRTiA MONTANA, Steud., var. CONFKKTIFOLIA, (Dilleniaceae). 



Lowden, Preston River, West Australia, Max Koch, Oct., 1909. 

 No. 1950. 



Hypocalvmma robustum, Eudl. (Myrtaceae). 



Donnybrook, Preston River, West Australia, Max Koch, Sep., 

 1909. No. 1949. 



JuNCUS BUFONius, L. (Juncaceae). 



Lowden, Preston River, West Australia, Max Koch, Oct., 1909. 

 No. 1938. 



JuNCUS homalocaulis, F. v. M. (Juncaceae). 



Lowden, Preston River, West Australia, Max Koch, Oct., 1909. 

 No. 19.39. 



Labichea punctata, Benth (Leguminosae). 



Lowden, Preston River, W^est Australia, Max Koch, Sep., 1909. 

 No. 1947. 



LiNUM albidum, Ewart and White, a.sp. (Liiiaceae). " Rodway 

 Flax." (PI. LIV., Figs. 1, 2, 4). 



Western mountains, Tasmania, 4000 feet altitude. L. Rodway. 



A glabrous herb from about 6 inches to 1.5 feet high. Steins 

 slender, upright, and rather ribbed, with few basal leaves. 

 Leaves 2 lines to half-an-inch length, alternate, lanceolate, 

 pointed, exstipulate, sessile, but slightly ensheathing and nar- 

 rowed at the base. 



Inflorescence as in Linurn marginale, forming a loose irre- 

 gular, terminal corymb. Sepals 2-3 lines long, ovate, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, with a narrow scarious margin as in L. marginale, 

 but they differ from this species in not possessing a very pro- 

 minent midrib, the sepals have a more loigose surface, and a 

 broader membranous base. 



Petals whit-e, about twice as long as the sepals. 



Stamens 5 united into a basal ring, the 5 staminodia being 

 represented by minute points attached to the ring, alternating 



