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SelicJmjsum mitennariim, F.M. in Benth. Flor. Austr. iii., 

 632. At an elevation of 2-3000' on Mt. Field East. 



Relichrysum haccharoides, in Benth. Flor. Austr. iii. 633, 

 Mt. Field East in alpine regions. 



Selichnjsum rosmarinifolium, Less, in Stend. nom. ed. i., 

 1821 ; var. erubescens on Mt. Field East. This shrub is of 

 balsamic fragrance. 



Helichrysum li/copodioides, Benth. Flor. Anstr. iii., 634. On 

 this rare plant Dr. Story offers the following observations : — 

 " I have discovered this on another locality, the summit of the 

 rocky hills above Kelvedon, not growing by itself, as I always 

 found it previously, but amongst other plants, much shaded 

 by them ; and hence instead of being a straight stiff plant 

 from 4 to 5 feet, it has grown slender, lax, and crooked, with 

 long naked stems, but is easily recognised by its peculiar 

 flowers. When in perfection it chose a bare spot with but 

 little soil, which forms a shallow basin on the rock holding 

 some water." 



GnajyJialium indutum, J. Hook, in Lond. jour, of Bot, t. 121. 

 King's Island. 



GnapJialium Jajponiciim, Thunb. Fl. Japon. 311, var. 

 monocephala. A dwarf variety less than one inch high, 

 forming dense tufts on the flat, cold summits of Mt. Field 

 East ; its leaves are very small, lanceolate or oval, densely 

 grey — downy on both sides. The precise position of Gr. 

 Travirsi to this variety merits further enquiry, especially as on 

 the Snowy River in the Australian Alps scapelus forms of G. 

 Travirsi occur, scarcely distinguishable from this one-headed 

 variety of G. Japonicum. 



Antennaria nuhigena, F. M. in transact, Phil. Soc. Yict. i. 

 45, var. Meredithse. On the highest alpine meadows of Mt. 

 Field East in springy localities. This new form, to which 

 possibly specific value could be attributed, differs from the 

 ordinary plant in a less dense finally somewhat flavescent in- 

 dument which in age almost disappears ; moreover its stems 

 are often elongated into somewhat distantly foliate or bracteate 

 peduncles, which attain a length of 1^ inches; the radiating 

 scales are longer ; the female flowers are far less slender, also 

 less numerous and more persistent ; the bristles of the pappus 

 are more rigid and in their length more barbellate, while the 

 achenes are almost silky. These characteristics, whether 

 specific or indicating a singular variety, are sufficiently marked 

 to entitle this plant to a special record, and I avail myself of 

 this opportunity of attaching to this everlasting the name of 

 a lady, who by her artistic skill, her fondness for flowers, and 

 her literary accomplishments, has much contributed to raise a 

 taste for the local study of the lovely Tasmaniau vegetation. 



