(7) LEO FARMAR. CONTRIBUTIONS TO AUSTRALIAN AMAUAN i WCK..E. 1091 



Gomphrena sordida Farmar sp. uov.; typus in Herb. Kew.; ad 

 G. confertam accedit, habitu graeiliore diffusiore, capitulis solitariis 

 axiliaribus numerosis diflert. 



Planta annua gracilis, ramosa, diffusa, 10-15 cm. alta, 0,23-0,3 in. 

 lata. Caules parce lanati. Folia lineaiïa, marginibus recurvatis, 

 13-26 nun. longa. Capitula ovata, axillaria, sessilia, sordide cana, 

 8-12,5 mm. longa, 6 mm. lata. Bractea minuta, triangularis, acuta, 

 enervosa; bracteolas valde complicata, circa 2,5 mm. longse. Perianthii 

 segmenta circa 2,5 mm. longa, obtusa, medio late viriclia, marginibus 

 albidis, apice facile fissa, extra inferne valde lanata. Staminum tubus 

 brevissinius, truncatus; filamentä vix dilatata, apice vix denticulata 

 dentibus nullis interpositis. Stylus cum stigmati ovario aequilongus; 

 Stigmata longa, recurvata, perianthii segmenta sequantia. 



N.-W. Division, W. Australia, E. Clement, 1897. 



This may be a suitable opportunity for pointing out that D r Briquet 

 lias described (see Ann. Conserv. et Jard. Bot., Genève, 1900, p. 216) 

 two new Gomphrenas, viz. G. Caleyi and G. insignis, which are stated 

 to hâve been collected by Caley on the North coast of Australia. They 

 are quite distinct, as D r Briquet mentions, from ail the known Austra- 

 lian members of the genus, not only in the large size of the capitula, 

 which measure 3,5 cm. in diameter, but inother respects. — Caley, awell- 

 known Australian botanist and collector, made collections in New South 

 Wales and the adjoining portion of Queensland from 1799 to 1810. It 

 should be noted. however, that from 1816 to 1822 he was Curator of 

 the Botanic Garden, St- Vincent, West Indies. Taking this into considé- 

 ration and the tact of the species in question being very closely allied 

 to Brazilian ones, there is certainly room for doubt as to their 

 being of Australian origin. 



