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Port Augu&t^i and Lake Torrens to the Far North; also 

 in the western part of New South Wales. This widely dis- 

 tributed species is easily distinguishable from its allies by its 

 almost globular hairy perianth-tube and its four short un- 

 equal slightly divergent spines. 



Bassia limbata, n, sp. Pruticulus ramosus tomento 

 denso albo-cinereo paene lanato tectus, foliis lineari-clavatis 

 sessilibus 10-20 mm. longis, floribus solitariis, perianthii 

 fructiferi tubo subcylindrico 3 mm. longo ad apicem 4 mm. 

 lato ad basin oblongam vix excavate cum limbo erecto 

 aequilongo albo-tomentoso, spinis 2 divergentibus rigidis 

 crassiusculis 8-12 mm. longis usque supra medium tomentosis, 

 tertia spina vel tuberculo minuta, semine horizontali. 



Leigh Creek, Parachilna, Mount Parry (Flinders Range) ; 

 also near Broken Hill, New South Wales. Allied to B. 

 hicormsy (Lindl.) F. v. M., but the latter has a much larger, 

 harder, and more woolly perianth- tube, fiercer spines, less 

 conspicuous limb, and has no third spine or tubercle on the 

 inner face. The basal area of attachment, oblong and 

 scarcely hollowed, in fact only a broad groove, is much the 

 same in both species. 



Bassia decurrens, n. sp. Fruticulus sube rectus, ramis 

 lanatis denique glabrescentibue, foliis lineari-subteretibus 

 acutis sessilibus parce pilosis 10-15 mm. longis, floribus 

 solitariis, perianthii fructiferi tubo subcompresso glabro vel 

 circum basin lanulato laevi coetato-sulcato circ. 3 mm. longo 

 latoque ad basin ovatam paulo excavato, spinis 2 glabris 

 divergentibus basin versus dilatatis 6-8 mm. longis, quarum 

 una in 3 spinas brevissimas vel tubercula decurrit, limbo 

 tubum aequante ad apicem truncato et ciliato, semine 

 verticali. 



Near Port Augusta; also in western New South Wales. 

 Differs from the other species with vertical seeds in its smooth 

 ribbed glabrous perianth-tube, with two broad-based divergent 

 spines of which one terminates at the base in three very short 

 spines or tubercles, while the base of the tube is ovate or 

 almost orbicular and only slightly oblique and hollowed on 

 the inner face. 



Bassia paradoxa, (R. Br.) F. v. M., var. latifolia, 

 n. var. Variat foliis 15-25 mm. longis 5-8 mm. latis dense 

 tomentosis, capitulis 15 mm. diametro, spinis (in paucis 

 speciminibus quae adsunt) ad 5 cornua brevia obtusa reductis. 



Strzelecki Creek, S. A. White. The five short obtuse and 

 rather soft horns are very different from the usually sharp 

 rigid spines of typical B. paradoxa, but it is certain that con- 

 siderable variation exists in the lensfth and texture of the 



