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On two New Species of leucopogon. 



By Edwin Cheel, Botanical Assistant, National 

 Herbarium, Sydney. 



(Communicated by J. H. Maiden, Honorary Fellow). 

 [Read May 13, 1915.] 



In May, 1911, Dr. J. Burton Cleland made a collection 

 of about fifty-seven species of plants in the neighbourhood 

 of Coonalpyn, Ninety-mile Desert, South Australia, which 

 apparently has been imperfectly explored, and the two fol- 

 lowing species of plants included therein appear to be 

 undescribed : — 



Leucopogon Ci-elandi, n. sp. 

 Frutex parvus erectus 5-6 poll, altus, ramis gracilibus 

 ilnplicatis paulo pubescentibus, foliis parvis obovatis vel 

 ovatis, leviter basi cordatis sessilibus, 1| lin. longis 

 convexis supra glabris subtus riiinute pubescentibus 

 striatisque apice mucronatis, floribus solitariis in axillis 

 foliorum pe^unculo leviter recurvo circiter 1| lin. 

 longo, bracteis ixiinutis, bracteolis 2 longis |-| lin. acutis, 

 sepalis 1^-2 lin. longis acuminatis, corolla extra tuba 

 hirsuto sepales aequante, lobis acuminatis leviter recurvis 

 circiter | lin. Ovario dense hirsuto 5 squamis linearibus, 

 styla corollam paene aequante filiforme. 



An erect, small shrub about 5 to 6 inches high, with 

 somewhat intricate slender branches, which are more or less 

 pubescent. Leaves small, obovate to ovate, slightly cordate 

 at the base, sessile, about H lines long, convex, glabrous 

 above, minutely pubescent and striate beneath, with a dis- 

 tinct mucro at the apex. Flowers solitary in the axil of the 

 leaves on a slightly recurved peduncle about H lines long. 

 Bracts very minute ; bracteoles two, about one-third as long 

 as the sepals, sharply pointed; sepals 1^ to 2 lines long, 

 acuminate. Corolla slightly hairy outside the tube, equal in 

 length with the sepals, with acuminate, slightly-reflexed 

 lobes about h line long. Ovarium densely hirsute, with five 

 linear scales; style about as long as the corolla; filiforme. 



The species has affinities with L. cordifolnis, Lindl., but 

 may be distinguished by the much smaller leaves and distinct 

 floral characters. 



The species has been named in honour of Dr. J. Burton 

 Cleland, Principal Microbiologist, Department of Public 



