BY W. F. BLAKELY. 399 



capitate stigma. Fruit cylindrical or pear-shaped, 12 mm. long, but not seen 

 ripe, curved as in Phrygilanthus eucalypti f alius ; disc prominent. Cotyledons 

 unknown. 



Range. — This is a sub-tropical and coastal species. I'he typical form, so 

 far, is only recorded for the Northern Territory and North Queensland, whilst 

 the variety pulcher Ewart extends to Western Australia. 



Northern Territory. Victoria River (Mueller. T'he type, vide Mueller's 

 Report Burdk. Exped., I.e. thus "A species well marked by its blood-red petals 

 and large black stigma. The limb of the expanded calyx exceeds in its diameter 

 that of the tube") ; Darwin (Professor Baldwin Spencer, No. 649) ; Camp iii.. 

 Lander Creek (G. F. Hill, No. 319, vide Flora N. T'err., 88) ; Islands of Gulf of 

 Cai'pentaria (R. Brown, see B.FL, I.e.); Bentinek's Island (Henne, B.FL, I.e.). 



Qite^ensland : Albert River (Henne, B.FL, I.e.); Rockingham Bay ("Beautiful 

 scarlet," F. Mueller, 4. 12. 1895, in Queensland Herbarium, kindly lent by Mr. C 

 1'. White) ; near Winton, on Eucalyptus mierotheca ("Drooping Mistletoe," S. W. 

 Jackson; leaves 4-8 inches long, obscureh^ 3-nerved, thick and glaucous. This is 

 its most southern record). 



Affinities. — L. sanguineus F.v.M. shows no really close affinity with other 

 Australian species; its nearest allies appear to be L. bifurcatus Benth. and L. 

 Miquelii Lehm., both of which have the same characteristic pedicellate flowers aa 

 L. sanguineus, but are totally different in foliage and floral characters. 



The style of L. sanguineus is remarkably large, and in this respect it is 

 different from any other Australian species. 



L. WMteii shows affinity with this species in the shape of the buds, but 

 differs from it in other characters. 



Host. — Myrtaceae: Eucalyptus mierotheca F.v.M. 



Var. PULCHER Ewart. (Plate xhii.) 



Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., xxiv., 1911, 69. 



The flowers are 2^- instead of IJ- inches long, and the leaves shorter and 

 broader than usual, but otherwise the plant agrees with the type specimens. 



Range. — Napier-Broome Bay, North West Australia (G. F. Hill, No. 156. 

 The leaves of the type are 2J x 3J inches, oblong, obtuse) ; Spring Vale, Port 

 Darwin (Alfred Giles, in Queensland Herbarium, kindly lent by Mr. C. T. 

 White). 



There is only one very young leaf attached to the specimen; the flowers are 

 2J inches long with the style distinctly bowed in bud in the middle, which no 

 doubt greatly assists in opening the flower, not apieally, but in the centre of the 

 segments. The bent portion of the style had forced its way between the perianth 

 segments whilst the latter were still united at the apex. — Darwin to Gulf of Car- 

 pentaria (Professor Baldwin Spencer). The anthers are seen in this specimen 

 adhering to the base of the stigma which causes tlie style to bend outward in 

 the middle and, when released, it exceeds the anthers by 3-4 mm. Stigma verru- 

 cose. Old branches prominently lenticulate. — Darwin (Dr: H. I. Jensen, No. 

 203. Communicated by C, E. F. Allen, 1913). Leaves short, broad elliptical to 

 broad lanceolate, very thick, 3 — 5-nerved, channelled above, slightly raised on the 

 lower surface, 4^ x 21 inches; petiole terete, i-i inch long. 



It is not surprising to find this variety farther north than its first record. 

 The indications are that its range will extend to the north-eastern coast of 

 Queensland in precisely the same latitude as the typical form. 



I am not certain as to its characters being constant, but there are marked 

 differences between it and tlie typical form, which can only be satisfactorily 



