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NOTES ON SOME PLANTS NEW TO TASMANIA. 



[By Leonard Eodwat.] 



Pomaclerris elacho^phylla, F. v. M. A small leaved shrubby 

 species of Dogwood. Tlie infloreseuce is looser and more in- 

 terni]3ted than in most plants of the genus. It had hitherto 

 only been recorded from Victoria. Last September I found 

 a patch, of it growing near Longley, on the road towards 

 Kingston. 



CorysantJies hie dear ata, R. Br. This plant somewhat re- 

 sembles C. fimbriata, but is easily recognised by its very 

 different labial petal, and the leaf being red-brown beneath 

 instead of primrose. I believe it had not been found sonth of 

 the northern districts of N.S. Wales till lately, when it was 

 discovered near the Scamander, and also at George's Bay, by 

 Mr. Wm. Fitzgerald. 



Pterodylis concinna, E. Br. This orchid, like P. uana, and 

 P. proecox, is delicately pubescent on the scape. It is easily 

 recognised from its nearest allies by the labellum being rather 

 shorter than the column, of equal breadth throughout, and 

 broadly bifid at the apex. It is at present flowdng freely on 

 the heathy country between Bellerive and Beltana, and is, no 

 doubt, common in many parts throughout the island, but 

 overlooked. In the same locality P. proecox was flowering. 

 Together with these I found an orchid of an intermediate 

 type. Instead of the basal rosette of leaves of P. concinna, 

 or the leafless but bract-bearing scape of P. proecox, it was 

 between the two possessing true petisled leaves, but they were 

 inserted on the scape, the lowest being the largest. With this 

 intermediate type of foliage, there was an intermediate type of 

 labellum ; that organ was longer than that of P. concinna^ 

 and less so than P. proecox, and at the same time it tapered 

 towards the apex, as in the latter, but was bifid, thereby 

 approaching the former. After making a copy of this 

 interesting plant, I sent it to Baron von Mueller, but, un- 

 fortunately, the material was too meagre for him to come to 

 any decision. For my part, I think lengthy observation will 

 reveal many varieties between these two species, and possibly, 

 also, between them and P. nana. 



Chorizandra cymharia, R. Br. This sedge was discovered 

 some months ago, near Remine, by Mr. Wm. Fitzgerald. Its 

 principal home is W. Australia, but it has also been sparsely 

 formed in N.S. Wales, Queensland, and once in Grippsland. 



