[Proc. Eoy. Soc. Victoria, 30 (N.S.), Pt. II., 1918]. 



Art. XVIII. — Contributions to the Flora of Australia, 

 No. 26} 



BY 



ALFRED J. EWART, D.Sc, Ph.D. 



(Government Botanist of Victoria, and Profaesor of Botany and Plant 

 Physiology in the Melbourne University). 



[Read 13th December, 1918]. 



Acacia glandulicarpa, F.M. Reader. (Leguminosae). 

 " Hairy Pod Acacia." 



Whipstick Forest, near Bendigo. Collector, David J. Paton, 

 September, 1917. A native of Victoria, previously only recorded 

 from the Mallee. 



Cynosurus echinatus, L. (Grainineae). "Rouojli Do,t,''s Tail Grass." 



Mentone, Collector, J. R. Tovey, December, 1916, Ferguson, near 

 Beech Forest. J. Murchison, February, 1917. New localities in 

 Victoria for this introduced grass, which has previously been 

 recorded from the Drouin district only. 



Crovvka exalata, F. v. M. (Rutaceae). "Crowea." 



Whipstick Forest, near Bendigo, D. J. Paton, December, 1916. 

 This is a new -locality in Victoria for this plant. It had previously 

 been recorded from the east and north-eastern localities only. 



Mr. Paton says that the plant is fairly abundant in the Whip- 

 stick Forest, in two or three localities, notably near Eaglehawk, 

 whence the present specimens are taken. It seems to be associated 

 with the Mallee-like flora of the Whipstick, as I have not observed 

 it on the southern side of Bendigo, where the flora is of a different 

 type. As found here it is a low erect or straggling shrub, seldom 

 attaining three feet in height, and often much less. November and 

 December is the best flowering period, though a few flowers may be 

 gathered at almost any season of the year. 



1 No. 25 in Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, iniT, vol. xxi\. (ii.s.), pt. ii., p. 142. 



