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only three in eaeh ovary. Near var. hiriiflora, Benth., 

 except for the number of ovules. Var. glabriuscula, Benth., 

 occurs at Wanilla, the specimens being similar to others from 

 Fulham, Blackwood, and Pinnaroo. H. fasciculata, R. Br. 

 Ivaroonda (Dist. M). 



Frankeniaceae. 



Frankenia tetrcvpetala, Labill. (?) This is in many ways 

 a doubtful species (see Fl. Aust., i., 152, and Diels, Fragm. 

 Phyt. Aust. occid. 390), but a small ashy-grey plant from 

 Thevenard Peninsula is near it and is almost certainly the 

 same as the specimens mentioned by Diels from Israelite Bay, 

 Eucla, and Esperance Bay. Branches mostly ascending : 

 flowers white, tetramerous or pentamerous, usually terminat- 

 ing short branchlets, rarely axillary or in the forks, style- 

 branches and placentas two, with only one ovule to each 

 placenta ; leaves 2-3 mm. long, sessile and united by a con- 

 spicuous ciliolate sheath. All the flowers on some specimens 

 are tetramerous and on others all are pentamerous. Until 

 botanists who have the opportunity examine carefulty Labil- 

 lardiere's types and compare them with specimens from the 

 Great Bight or elsewhere it will be impossible to come to any 

 satisfactory decision on this question. 



Thymelaeaceae . 



Pimelea. trichostachya, Lindl. Minnipa (border of 

 Dists. L and W). 



Myrtaceae. 



Eucalyptus clarfocalyoc, F. v. M., ann. 1852 (E. 

 rorynocalyx, F. v. M., ann. 1860). " Sugar Gum." Wanilla 

 and thereabouts, but on Eyre Peninsula it is a lower, more 

 straggling tree than in the North and is often reminiscent of 

 Peppermint (E. odorata) on the Adelaide foothills. 



E. calycogona, Turcz. Scrub between Murray Bridge 

 and Callington ; Warunda, E.P. Fruits urn-shaped, about 

 10 mm. long, strongly 4-ribbed ; leaves often black-dotted and 

 glossy. Var. gracUis, Maiden (E. gracilis, F. v. M.). Min- 

 nipa. A fair-sized mallee, with smooth, white bark on the 

 upper stem and branches, and rough, dark, peeling bark 

 below; fruits small, glossy, sometimes slightly angled: leaves 

 usually narrow and black-dotted. Baroota — the same, but a 

 taller tree, called "Red" or "White Mallee" according to the 

 rolour of the bark. Port Vincent, Ardrossan, Arno Bay, 

 Milang Road, between Murray Bridge and Callington — 

 usually a dwarf mallee in these places. 



E. dive?- si folia, Bonpl., ann. 1813 (E. santalifoHa, F. v. 

 M., ann. 1855, partly). East Wellington: Coorong (S. A. 



