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specimens in the Tate Herbarium, without date or name of 

 collector, but very probably gathered by Professor Tate him- 

 self. One of them is marked for transmission to Baron von 

 Mueller, but it appears, from enquiries at the National 

 Herbarium of Victoria, that none was sent. The species 

 stands nearest to S. apogoJiy Roem. et Schult. 



Iridaceae. 



^Moraea xerospatha, MacOwan, var. monophyllat 



n. var. Yariat folio radicali semper unico. 



In the typical South African form of this little plant, 

 very common in our southern districts, and especially near 

 Adelaide, the number of leaves is given by Baker as 3-4, and 

 by the Kew authorities as 1-4. 



ChENOPODI ACEAE . 



Chenopodium carinatum, R. 6r., var. inelanocarpum» 



u. var. Variat perianthio fructifero demum nigrescente, 

 ejus segmentis pilosioribus margine contiguis semen tegentibus 

 subacute carinatis. Accedit Ch. ccistato. 



Flinders Range; Far North and North-West. Also in 

 Western Australia and at Broken Hill, New South Wales. 



Chenopodium microphyllum, F. v. M., var. desert- 

 orum, n. var. Variat caulibus erectioribus et crassioribus, 

 foliis ovatis vel rhomboideis crassis supra concaviusculis infra 

 dense farinosis 5-12 mm. longis, spicis densius vestitis folia 

 superantibus (10-15 mm. longis), staminibus 5. 



Murray lands; Port Augusta westward to Ooldea. 



This variety, with thick, often rhomboid, almost papillose 

 leaves and longer spikes, looks very distinct, but some speci- 

 mens from Baroota, between the Flinders Range and Spencer 

 Gulf, are in some respects almost intermediate between the 

 type and the variety. 



Bassia ventricosa, n. sp. Fruticulus ramosiis, ramulis 

 albo-tomentosis, foliis lineari-clavatis sessilibus acutis 

 sericeis demum glabrescentibus 5-15 mm. longis, floribus 

 solitariis, perianthii fructiferi tubo parce tomentoso subgloboso 

 3 mm. diametro ad basin oblongam vix excavate, limbo lanato 

 sat longo, s})inis 4 (rarissime 5), quarum duabus 3-5 mm. longis 

 ceteris valde brevioribus una nonnunquam adnata vel paene 

 obsoleta onmibus rigidis subdivergentibus plus minusve 

 pilosis, pericarpio superne indurato, semine oblique 

 horizon tali. 



