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Flowering from July-October. In hilly mallee country, north- 

 west from Dimboola. — F. Reader, 1895. 



This species systematically approaches A. obliqua, but differs 

 from it in the calyx being lobed, in the phyllodia 2-veined, the 

 pods glandular hairy, and other characteristics. It may easily be 

 confounded with A. armata, R. Br., but at once be distinguished 

 from that species by the non-acicular, small stipules. 



RELIQUL4E MUELLERIAN^E : 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AUSTRALIAN PLANTS IN 



THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM, MELBOURNE. 



By J. G. Luehmann, F.L.S., Curator. 



(Read before Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, 8th February, 1897.) 



Eucalyptus torquata, Luehmann. 



Leaves petiolate, lanceolate, slightly oblique at the base, about 

 4 inches long, y z to 2 /z inch broad, coriaceous, the lateral veins 

 oblique, but hardly visible except under a lens, of a dull greyish- 

 green colour on both sides. Peduncles axillary or lateral, 

 slender, nearly 1 inch long, bearing an umbel of about 7 

 flowers. Pedicels as long as the peduncle, slender, mostly some- 

 what quadrangular. Calyx about 4 lines long, the base abruptly 

 dilated into a ring with 7 to 10 prominent vertical ridges, the 

 upper portion turbinate or nearly cylindrical, slightly streaked, 

 the rim narrow. Operculum with a basal protuberance similar 

 to that of the calyx, the upper part forming a narrow cone fully 

 3 lines long. Stamens all fertile, 4 to 6 lines long, the filaments 

 of a reddish-orange colour ; anthers rather large, truncate, and 

 broader on top than at the base, opening by longitudinal parallel 

 slits. Ovulary 5-celled. Fruit not seen. 



Western Australia, in the neighbourhood of Coolgardie ; W. A. 

 Macpherson. 



Although only a single specimen of this species is available I 

 have ventured to submit a description of it on account of the most 

 singular dilatation of the calyx. It seems to have the greatest 

 affinity to E. incrassata, especially as regards the anthers. It 

 also bears some resemblance to E. decurva, but that species has 

 very small nearly globular anthers. 



NOTES. 

 Mimicry amongst Victorian Birds and Insects. — I would 

 like to draw attention to the interesting peculiarities of protective 

 and deceptive mimicry noticeable in several of our Victorian 

 birds and insects. Professor Drummond has given us a hiyhly 

 interesting account of the habits of an African species of 

 Phasmidae, which is almost impossible to distinguish from the dry 

 grass amongst which it lives. We have also the results of 

 observations made by A. R. Wallace on some South American 



