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to Professor Leoomte, replied: — "Frankenia fruticulosa, 

 DC. N'est pas le F. tetrapetala, Labill. Nous ne possedons 

 que 2 petits eehantillons de l'espece de Labillardiere ; ils ont 

 les feuilles un peu plus grandes, luisantes, tres glabres, 

 ponctuees ; ils n'ont que quelques fleurs qui semblent bien 

 tetrameres." De Candolle, in his description of F. fruticulosa 

 (D.C. Prodr., i., 350), says: — "foliis basi non ciliatis" ; 

 whereas our plant shows the sheathing base finely ciliate 

 under the lens, although the cilia wear off with age. How- 

 ever, as F . fruticulosa was gathered on the Isle of St. Francis, 

 which is not far from Murat Bay and Thevenard Peninsula, 

 it seems the most probable identification of our species. It 

 was placed by Bentham under F. pauciflora, DC, but he does 

 not appear to have analyzed the specimens. The plant from 

 Thevenard Peninsula will certainly, with its sessile leaves and 

 solitary ovules, not go under F. pauciflora . 



Thymelaeaceae . 



Pimelea trichostachya, Lindl. Murrayville, Victoria 

 (H. B. Williamson). This place is so near the South Aus- 

 tralian border and Pinnaroo that there can be little doubt 

 the species will be found in Dist. M. 



Halorrhagidaceae. 



Halorrhagis heterophylla, Brongn., var. r/laucifolia , 

 Schindl. Carrieton and Woolshed Flat. This determination 

 was made by Mr. J. H. Maiden. Jl . heterophylla, Brongn. 

 Myponga (IT. H. D. Griffith). Almost the typical form, with 

 narrow leaves. H . elata, A. Cunn. Between Gladstone and 

 Crystal Brook (Dist. N). 



Umbelliferae. 



Eryngium rostratum, Cav. Woolshed Flat (Miss J. 

 Mills; Dist. S or N). The vesicles surrounding the calyx- 

 tube are obovoid and obtuse, instead of linear and acute, as 

 they are in southern specimens. 



Didiscus eriocarpus, F. v. M. Quorn (border of Dists. 

 N and S). The woolly fruits resemble the heads of Tri folium 

 tomentosum, L. 



BORRAGINACEAE. 



Rochelia Maccoi/a, F. v. M. Carrieton; Quorn (Dist. 

 N); Minnipa (Dist. L or W) ; Hawker (Dist. S). Remark- 

 ably like Eritrichium australasicum, and has probably often 

 been mistaken for it. 



