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M. yauciflora are white, which certainly does not agree with 

 our typical specimens. 



Rhamnaceae. 



Spyridium phlebophylhfm, F. v. M. Pichirichi Pass, 

 between Woolshed Flat and Quorn. This shrub, peculiar to 

 South Australia, was growing on rocky ground, and was not 

 numerous. The site mentioned in the "Flora Australiensis" 

 (Elder Range), lies about 50 miles further north. 



Malvaceae. 



Plagianthus glomeratus, Benth. Mount Remarkable 

 (Dist. N). 



Dilleniaceae. 



Ilibhertia acicularis, F. v. M., var. sessiliflora, J. M. 

 Black. Flinders Range, between Gladstone and Bundaleer, 

 and near Laura (Dist. N). These northern specimens have 

 often 6 stamens, and sometimes 8. 



Frankeniaceae. 



Frankenia fruticulosa, DC. Thevenard Peninsula, E.P. 

 This plant was recorded as F . tetrapetala, Labill, ( ?) in these 

 Trans., xl., 68. Since then the enquiry as to its identity 

 has been advanced a little, but it cannot be said that an 

 entirely satisfactory conclusion has been reached. Specimens 

 were forwarded to the Victorian National Herbarium, to the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Kew ; and to the Museum d'histoire 

 naturelle, Paris. Professor Ewart replied : — "Your specimen 

 of Frankenia tetrapetala agrees with the only specimen we 

 have under that name in the herbarium. It is, however, one 

 of Drummond's. We have no specimen of the original or of 

 that collected by Diels." The Director of Kew (Lieut.-Col. 

 Sir D. Prain) determined the specimen as "Frankenia thymi- 

 folia, Desf." This is a North African species, and the 

 descriptions of it which are available here show that it very 

 closely resembles our plant in habit. It seems, however, to 

 be implied in the descriptions that F. thymifolia has several 

 ovules to each placenta, whereas our plant has but one. There 

 is also the great distance which separates the two countries, 

 and the introduction of a dwarf shrub of this character from 

 North Africa to the shores of the Great Bight is highly 

 improbable. Exactly similar specimens to ours were gathered 

 by Mr. J. G. O. Tepper at Ardrossan in 1879, and are placed 

 in the Tate Herbarium under F. pauci flora. There is, there- 

 fore, little doubt that F. fruticulosa will be found in many 

 other places along our coasts. Mr. Danguy, botanical assistant 



