;326 Eivart and White : 



" Romulea '" (Ann. du Cons, et du Jard., Bot. de Geneve, 1907- 

 1908), pp. 14-15, no variety " parviflora " is recognised under 

 M. rosea, but a variety parviflora, Beg., is given under R. 

 cruciata (Jacq.), Beg. from the Cape of Good Hope. As Beguinot 

 does not mention Baker's Romulea longifolia, and gives Tricho- 

 nema cruciatum under R. cruciata, var. vulgaris, the difficulty 

 still remains unsettled, 



Trichonema ochroleuca, Ker. of Benth. Flora, vi., p. 399, is 

 made Romulea cJiloroleuca by Baker, and is classed as a variety 

 chloroleuca of R. rosea by Beguinot, The Kew Herbarium (Kew 

 Bulletin, 1908, pp. 307-309) does not accept Beguinot's views, 

 and refers our plant to Romulea Bulhocodium, 8eb. and Maur., 

 with R. rosea, Eckl., as a synonym. 



SciloKNUS NiTENs, Poir., var. MAJOR, n. var. 



The spikelets are in clusters of up to 20 or more, instead of 

 2 to 6, and the plants up to 16 inches in height, instead of 

 1 to 12 inches. 



Near Mt. Hunter, National Park, Wilson's Promontory, 

 Aucks and St. John, Oct., 1909. 



Stylidium DiKLSiAXUM, E. Pritzel. Fragiu. Pliyt. Austr. Occ, 

 p. 596. (Stylideae). 



The plant comes near to ^S'. Merrallii, F. v. M., the basal or 

 rosetted leaves having white margins, and being minutely 

 apiculate, the labellums in both is small, rounded with two 

 pointed basal appendages, but the gynostemium in S. Diel- 

 sianum is shorter, the leaves narrower, and the plant has creep- 

 ing leafless runners. Nevertheless the two species may prove 

 indistinguishable as such when material from varied localities 

 is available, 



'I'HELYMITRA CARNEA, R. Br. (Orchideae). 



This widely spread species of orchid occurring in South Aus- 

 tralia, Tasmania, Victoria and N.S.Wales naturally varies 

 slightly in different habitats, and several forms have been 

 described as distinct species. Thus : — 



