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The plant is of interest because of its extrorse unilocular 

 anthers, unusual in Solanacere, and of its habit of growth, which 

 is different to all other species of this genus. The genus, 

 with its quadri-staminate flowers, is closely related to the Scrophu- 

 lariaceffi, in which order it was formerly placed by Bentham, and 

 this species in particular is also closely related to those woolly 

 Verbenacese (Chloanthoideae) which have four stamens and 

 regular flowers, so that it forms a connecting link between the 

 three orders — Verbenacese, Scrophulariacege, and Solanacese. 



Elder Exploring Expedition, 1891, R. Helms, Victoria Desert, 

 Camp 58, and VVarangering, W.A. ; Victoria Springs, Young, 

 1875 ; and Cowcowing Sand Plains, W.A., Max Koch, 1904. 

 [Exhibited January meeting, 1907.] 



Bromheadia palustris, Lindley — Orchidacese. 

 North Queensland, Mrs. Rowan, 1891. 



This genus of Malayan orchids has not previously been re- 

 corded for Australia. Its presence here is not surprising, and a 

 secondary introduction seems hardly possible in this case. 



Deyeuxia (Agrostis) MONTANA, Benth. — Gramineae. (Deyeuxia 

 quadrisela, Benth., var. moutana.) 



Specimens obtained from Mentone by Mr. Tovey, in December, 

 1906, while bearing a general resemblance to D. montana, Benth., 

 in other respects agree with D. quadriseta. These species are both 

 very variable, and run into one another at all points. The sole 

 distinction lies in the prolongation of the axis of the spikelet in 

 D. montana as a glabrous or hairy bristle, which is usually absent 

 in D. quadriseta. Some specimens, however, show the bristle 

 quite well, though otherwise agreeing with the type specimens, 

 and very occasionally the bristle may bear a glume or imperfect 

 flower, as in D. montana. There can be no doubt that D. mon- 

 tana is merely a mountain variety of D. quadriseta, not constantly 

 differing in any one feature from that species, but with a strong 

 and variable tendency towards the prolongation of the axis of the 

 spikelet, or even to the production of a second flower. Except 

 in this respect the descriptions of the two species in Rodway's 

 " Tasmanian Flora " are practically interchangeable. The species 

 therefore becomes D. quadriseta, var. moyitana. 



Specimens of Deyeuxia exhibited at the January (1907) meet- 

 ing of the F. N. Club. 



Eragrostis lacunaria, F. v. M. — Graminese. {Eragrostis 

 rankingi, Bailey, Fl. of Qld., p. 1907 ) 



Bailey's specimen of E. rankingi tallies exactly with type 

 specimens of E. lammaria, F. v. M. The description of this 

 plant as a new species can only be due to a mistake in idenlifica- 



