54 PROCEEDINGS OP THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND. 



Wendlandia buddleacea F. Muell. Pap PI. ii. (viii) 45. 

 Astrolabe Range (296). 



Hedyotis Auricularia Linn. Sogeri. 



Hedyotis sp. On range between Sogeri and Javararie. 

 Apparently a new species close to H. pinifolia Wall., distin- 

 guished from it chiefly by the very short coroUatube, i.e. much 

 shorter than the calyx (instead of longer than it as in .flf^. 

 pinifolia) and the small capsule. 



Musssenda Whitei S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Frutex ; ramulis sat validis breviter ferrugineo-tomen- 

 tosis ; foliis ovatis breviter acuminatis apice acutis basi in 

 petiolum aliquanto angustatis membranaceis supra subsparsim 

 subtus dense pubescentibus costis lateralibus utrinque 10 uti 

 costulse inter costas more Brideliarum fere rectae pag. inf. 

 eminentibus pag. sup. parum perspicuis ; stipuhs triangularibus 

 bifidis facie utravis pubescentibus ; cymis terminalibus foUis 

 circiter sequilongis e cymulis pluribus laxe ordinatis compositis 

 ferrugineo-tomentosis ; floribus pro cymula pluribus breviter 

 pedicellatis ; bracteis subulato-setaceis pubescentibus ; ovario 

 cylindrico uti calycis segmenta lineari-setacea sordide albo- 

 tomentoso ; calycis segment© fohaceo dum adsit ovata obtuso 

 stipite brevi insidente utrinque pubescente albo ; corollce. 

 parvae tubo ultra medium gradatim sed leviter ampliato extus 

 pilis fulvis appressis dense vestito lobis ovato vel oblongo- 

 lanceolatis acutis pubescentibus ; fructu . 



Mafulu (502). 



Foha plerumque 7-10 X 4-6 cm. ; petioU 2-3 cm., 

 sti pulse 7 5 mm. long. Cymse usque circa 10 X 8 cm. Bracteae 

 ^ 8 mm. long. PediceUi circa 2 mm. long. Ovarium 4 mm., 

 calycis segmenta 5-6 mm. long. ; hujus segmentum foliaceum 

 5x4 cm. stipite 7 mm. long, excluso. Corolla ex schedis cl. 

 detectoris flava ; tubus 21 mm. long., inferne 1 mm. sublimbo 

 3 mm. lat. ; lobi 5 mm. long. 



A very distinct species with its small corollas and short- 

 stalked fohaceous calyx-segments among other features. 



M. procera Bail. ? Bail. Queens. Agric. Journ., iii, 155 

 (1898). Astrolabe Range ; [Boku, Mrs. H. P. Schlencker.] 

 No specimen of this either at the British Museum or at Kew. 

 Not identified among New Giiinca species in those collections. 



M. Jrondosa Linn., var. pilosissima Engl. Sapphire Creek, 

 Sent under the above name by Mr. White, but some doubt 

 must attach to the determination ; I have seen no authentic 

 dsecimen of this variety. 



