PLATE 2779. 
VERTICORDIA ROEI, £nd. 
ee 
Myrracee. Tribe CHAMELAUCIE®. 
V. Roei, Endl. in Ann. Wiener Mus. der Ni aturgesch, vol. ii. (1838), 
p. 194; yietdes a V. insigni foliis parvis crassis concavo-convexis 
recedit, 
utes nanus, giaber, ahs ramosus, ramis gracilibus. Folia 
profunde plumoso-fimbriata. Petala 5, quam sepala breviora, crassiora, 
ovalia, aia dentata vel simpliciter fimbriata. Stamina 10, brevis- 
sima, cum staminodiis palmatifidis ee alternantia. Ovarium 
10-costatum, esa oa'e infra medium tomentosum, uniloculare, a 
brevissimo. Ovula 2, placentz basilari Serre collaterniees ails 
r Australia : Railway between Cunderdin and Dedari, G. H. 
ri lest -Dyer 
ponenea bin, Austral. vol. iii. p. 28) dealt with Verticordia Roei, 
Endl., as ‘ appearing to be only a small-leaved variety’ of V. insignis, 
Endl., ak with more complete materials there is no doubt that it is 
apecifically different. The late Sir Ferdinand Mueller called Seaton 
to this fact when sending a specimen from the sources of the Blackwood 
River, collected by Miss Cronin, in 18 t I cannot find that he 
published anything about it. In the Botany of the Elder Expedition, 
ueller and Tate (Zrans. Roy. So lia, vol. xvi. pa 
[189 4), a specimen of this species is referr ig 
This was collecte P. A. Gwynne, es north-east from 
Esperan ay r also a specimen in the Ke rba 
from the Oldfield Range, collected by G. Maxwell. An original 
specimen, collected . Roe, is labelled ‘ Interior, 8.W. Australia.’ 
Kew now possesses JV. Rovi from five different and distant localities, 
and all the specimens agree in character, except that the one from the 
Blackwood River has unusually eis g pedicels. —W. Borrine Hemstey. 
Fig. 1, a pair of leaves — to branch; 2, a edge) etnies by bracteoles ; 
’ ealyx-lobes two of the xed outer series and o the inner erect series ; 
a petal; 5, one of the tas aE 6, stamens and stam inades Yi Siiabeiins 8, pistil ; 
ry section of ovary, showing attachment of the ovules, “Au enlarged. 
