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Bracteoles inserted on the base of the calyx tube, about two 

 lines lonp:, obliquely broad linear, narrowed towards the apex, 

 hairy on the back. 



Calyx silky hairy, about .tliree lines long; lower lobes narrow 

 and rather longer than the tube ; upper lobes more connected 

 and somewhat falcate. 



Standard about half as long again as the calyx, emarginate ; 

 wings and keel a little shorter than the standard. Ovary villous 

 tapering into the flattened, sparsely ciliated style. Pod not 

 seen. 



Collected by Mr. H. B. Williamson at the Pipehead Reservoir 

 of the Hamilton Waterworks, on the Victoria Range, Dundas 

 County, Victoria. November, 1904. 



When the leaves of the species classed in section Eupultensea 

 are nearly flat, the recurvature of the margin of the leaves is 

 usually more noticeable in the withered leaf In cases where 

 this characteristic is absent, the leaves are generally paler 

 underneath instead of darker, and more hairy. In P. maideni 

 no recurvature of the margin of the leaf in the specimens 

 examined exists, and the tendency of the leaf is to be concave or 

 folded together rather than recurved, revolute or convex, but the 

 under surface is paler and more hairy than the upper ; hence this 

 species will find a place in section Eupultengea. 



P. maideni is related to P. retusa, beiithami, scabra, striata, 

 and gunnii, and much resembles the two latter species. From 

 these it differs in the bracteoles, being larger, and fixed on close 

 to the base of the calyx, larger calyx, in the bracts being trifid, 

 &c. From P. retusa it is distinguished by the difference in the 

 position and shape of the bracteoles and larger calyx. In P. 

 benthami the calyx is about of the same size, but the upper lobes 

 are united above the middle, the flowers are larger, and the leaves 

 are different in shape, &c. 



The bracts in P. scabra are very small, or there are none, the 

 calyx is smaller, and the position and shape of the bracteoles 

 different. 



The species is named in honour of Mr. J. H. Maiden, Govern- 

 ment Botanist of New South Wales, and Director of the Botanic 

 Garden, Sydney, eminent for his researches in Australian botany. 



St. John's Wort, Hypericum 'perfoUatum, Linn. — The record 

 of this introduced plant, so far as Victoria is concerned, is very 

 bad, and is dealt with in full by Mr. C. French, F.L.S., Govern- 

 ment Entomologist, in the November number of the Victorian 

 Journal of Agriculture. The article emphasizes the danger 

 likely to occur if this pest becomes established in the fertile 



