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Health, Sydney, New South Wales, who has made several 

 valuable collections of Australian plants, and presented them 

 to the National Herbarium, Sydney. 



Leucopogon intermedius, n. sp. 



Ramis gracillimis diffusisque, ramulis minute pubescentibus, 

 foliis glabris 2J-3J lin. paulo recurvis oblongo-ellipticis 

 et mucronatis, floribus paene sessilibus solitariis vel raro 

 per paria in axillis foliorum, bracteis minutis, bracteolis 

 tribus vel pluribus acutis maxima longa paene ^ lin., 

 sepalis 1| lin. longis acuminatis, corolla tuba gracile 

 sepales aequante, lobis tubam aequantibus, primum 

 inflatis elongatis acuminatis demum recurvis detegentibus 

 magnas fuscas antheras, ovario glabro cincto disco 

 undulate anulato, stilo paene corollam aequante, stig- 

 mate leviter capita to. 



Habit of plant not given, but the branches of the 

 specimens examined are slender and of a straggling nature ; 

 the branchlets minutely pubescent. Leaves glabrous, 2| to 

 3| lines long, slightly recurved, oblong-elliptical, tapering 

 into a pungent point. Flowers almost sessile, .solitary (or 

 rarely in pairs) in the axil of the leaves. Bracts minute ; 

 bracteoles 3 or more, acute, the largest barely more than 

 I line long. Sepals 1^ lines long, acuminate. Corolla tube 

 slender, about as long as the sepals, the lobes about as long 

 as the tube, at first inflated, and tapering at the apex into 

 an acute point, afterwards recurving and exposing the rather 

 large dark-coloured anthers. Ovarium glabrous, surrounded 

 by a wavy annular disc; style nearly as long as the corolla 

 with a slightly capitate stigma. 



This has close affinities with L. hirtellus, F. v. M., and 

 L. Fraseri, A. Cunn., and is intermediate between the two 

 species, but may be distinguished from the former by the 

 leaves and branchlets being glabrous, and from the latter in 

 the leaves being less acuminate and smooth margin, whereas 

 those of L. Fraseri have the margin minutely serrulate. 



I desire to express my thanks to Miss Frances Graham 

 for kind assistance. 



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