Flora of Australia. 3 



This grass is a native of South Africa, and apjjears to have natu- 

 ralised itself as an alien in Victoria. It appeal's to grow in dry 

 situations, but is apparently too stiff and harsh to be of much value- 

 as a gi-azing plant. It lias no injui'ioiis properties so fai- as is 

 Known. 



DlUKls PUNCTATA, 8ni., var. ALBA. (Orchidaceae). 



Sydenham, Victoria, P. H. H. St. John, October, 1912. 



This is given in Bentham's Flora as D. alba, the chief distinc- 

 tion being the white flowers with smaller parts. The flowers may 

 vary from pure or nearly pure white to white with purple spots or 

 lines, or diffusely purple nearly all over, and some of the most 

 purple flowers were also the smallest. The plant is evidently a 

 variety oidy of D. punctata. 



DoDONAKA TKiQUKTHA, Wendl. " Large-leaved Hopbush.'' 

 (Sapindaceae). 

 Heathcote, Victoria, W. J. Stephens, December, 1912. 

 Recorded in Mueller's " Key to the System of Victorian Plants." 

 .as from the East only. 



Eucalyptus Pkrkiniana, author ? (Myrtaceae). 

 The first published description of this plant is given by Rodway, 

 in the Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 

 p. 181, 1893. Rodway gives the name as E. Perriniana, F.v.M.. 

 and refers to the plant as being described at the meeting of the 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, Melbourne. 1890. Xo 

 such name is printed in the Proceedings, and in Mr. Perrin's paper 

 •on Tasmanian Eucalypts, a reference merely occuis to a specimen 

 No. 2, Avhich he thought would prove to be a new sjjecies. Tlie 

 species appears to be not merely Tasmanian, but also to grow in 

 Victoria and New South Wales — (Dargo High Plains, Victoria, Dr. 

 Heber Green, January, 1913; Tingiringi Mountain and Snowy 

 Mountains, New South Wales, W. Bauerlen). According to the 

 •Congress rules, the authority for the name Avould be Rodway, who 

 first published the name and description, although he assigned tlie 

 name to Bamn von Mueller, apparently being under the impi'essi<;in 

 tliat a name and description had been published in 1890. 



Eucalyptus SMrniii, R. T. Baker. "Gully Gum." (Myitacpne). 



Gippsland, Victoria, Mr. Howitt, March, 1879. 



Previously placed as a variety of E. Stiutrtiana, F.v.M., near to 

 E . rosfrafa. The species will be an addition to the Flora of Vic- 

 toria. 



