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the Prodromus is taken from A. Cunningham's specimens of L. 



reticulata ." 



It is however evident from the material in the National Her- 

 barium that Mueller was incorrect in his interpretation of Brown's 

 L. straminea ; this of course is not remarkable, seeing that, as has 

 already been stated, Brown published no detailed description of the 

 species; but.it is strange that Bentham, who consulted Brown's 

 specimens — and might have consulted his MSS., though I do not 

 think he did so — should have adopted Mueller's determination, 

 especially as he (Bentham) had observed that De Candolle's de- 

 scription referred, at any rate in part, to Mueller's L. reticulata. 

 It is the specimens from Hunter's and Williams Rivers, which 

 Bentham places under reticulata, that Brown himself has labelled 

 " Lyonsia straminea Prodr. 466 " — and it is these which he de- 

 scribes in his MSS. under that name. Moreover the very beauti- 

 ful drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, named (doubtless on Brown's 

 authority) L. straminea, is of the same plant, the characteristic 

 clothing of the lobes of the corolla being admirably shown. An 

 authentic specimen of Allan Cunningham's L. straminea also (as 

 rightly understood by De Candolle) belongs here ; and, if further 

 confirmation be needed, it is furnished by the exact correspondence 

 of all with specimens of Mueller's L. reticulata named by himself, 

 collected by Beckler at Hastings River on the expedition to the 

 estuary of the Burdekin. 



On the other hand, Brown's specimens from Port Dalryniple, 

 which Bentham accepts as his L. straminea, were never so named 

 by Brown himself. The plant is separately described though not 

 named in his MSS., and his label has "Lyonsia cfr. stramineam." 



It is thus clear that the name straminea must stand for the 

 plant to which it originally belonged, while that incorrectly so 

 considered by Mueller and Bentham must receive a new name. I 

 propose to call it L. Brownii, Brown having first recognized the 

 two species. The two plants will stand as follows : 



Lyonsia straminea R. Br. Prodr. 466 (1810), MSS.! et herb.!; 



A. DC. Prodr. viii. 401 (1844) ; Ferd. Bauer, Ic. Austral. 100 ! 

 L. reticulata F. Muell. PL Exp. Burdekin, 16 (1860) ! Benth. Fl. 



Austral, iv. 521 (1869) ; Bailey, Queensl. Fl. 989 (1900). 

 11 Ad littora Newcastle Inlet and ad ripas fluv. Hunters Pater- 

 sons et Williams Rivers, Nov. 1804 " ; R. Br. MSS. et Herb. 

 no. 2866! (pro maxima parte); " Keppel Bay" R. Br. Herb, 

 no. 2867 ! 



L. Brownii (nom. nov.). 



L. straminea F. Muell. PI. Exp. Burdekin, 16 (1860), Ic. PI. 

 Vict. t. 58 (1864-5) ; Bentham, Fl. Austral, iv. 821 (1869); 

 non R. Br. 



11 Lyonsia cfr. stramineam. In Upper Island, Port Dalrymple, 

 Jan. 1804." R. Br. MSS. et Herb. no. 2866 (pro parte) ! 



