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C. JPrenticei is very remarkable, tHougli tlie latter, wliicli as yet 

 is only known from Thursday Island in Torres Straits, con- 

 forms with the ordinary type in the genus as regards narrow 

 irregular and somewhat crenulate reflection of the frond- 

 margin for forming indusia over crowded sporangia, while the 

 underside of the fronds is clothed with short hairs and the 

 veins are much less prominent. Finally it may be added that 

 C JPrenticei is closely allied to Cfragillima. 



Newcastlia Dixoni. 



An erect undershrub, moderately branched, attaining to two 

 feet, densely tomentose ; leaves from rhomboid to cordate-ovate, 

 sessile rather short, flat, thinly tomentose on both sides with 

 whitish branched hairs ; lobes of the calyx narrow semilanceolar, 

 considerably longer than the tube ; corolla about thrice as long 

 as the calyx, slightly bearded inside near the base, otherwise 

 almost glabrous ; corolla-lobes narrow semilanceolar, nearly as 

 long as the tube ; stamens hardly half as long as the corolla- 

 tube, inserted near the base ; anthers cordate-orbicular ; style 

 short, as well as the ovary glabrous. 



On sand-ridges at Ral-ral on the Eiver Murray, 30 miles 

 from the Victorian border ; also at Crystal Brook ; Mr. Samuel 

 Dixon. 



Leaves from one-third to two-thirds of an inch long and 

 nearly as broad. Calyces thinly tomentose outside. Corolla 

 almost half an inch long. Ovary longer than broad, attenuated 

 into the style. 



Nearest to N. spodiotricJia as regards form of corolla and 

 anthers, but in other respects very different. 



The two following species are also additional to the flora of 

 extratropical South Australia : — 



STEi^opETALrM CROCEUM, Buuge (emended by F. v. M. in 

 Frag. Phyt. xi. 8), at Innaminka on Cooper Creek (Mr. James 

 McLeod !) ; the trisect petals are yellow. This plant has 

 hitherto been known only from the western districts of West 

 Australia. 



G-EiJERA SALiciEOLiA. — This graceful tree has now been 

 traced by Mr. Samuel Dixon from the Eiver Darling district 

 into South Australian territory to Eal-ral on the Eiver 

 Murray. 



