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MiCROSERis scAPiGERA, Sch. Bip. in Pollichia XXII.-XXIV., 310 (1866), 

 (O. Hoffm. in Engiers Pflanzenfamilien Teil IV. Abt. 5, p. 358 

 (1894), (Scorzonera scapigera, Forst. Prod. 534 (1786), (Micro- 

 seris Forsterl,Iioo\i, f Fl. Nov. Zel. 1, 151 (1853), (Compositae.) 



According to Article 48 of the Vienna Botanical Congress (1905), 

 Forster's original specific name lias priority over that of Hooker's. 



OxALis PURPURATA, Jacq. " Purplish Wood-Sorrel" (Oxalidaceae). 



Kyneton, Victoria, E. J. Semmens. 



An additional locality in Victoria for this South African weed. 



Paulownia tomentosa, Steud. (Paulownia imperialis, Siebold, and 

 Zuc), "Downy or Imperial Paulownia" (Scrophulariaceae). 



A hardy, deciduous tree, height 20 to 30 ft. Branches horizontal 

 tortuous; leaves opposite, entire or three-lobed, broad, soft, villous or 

 pubescent, 6 to 18 inches long; flowers showy; corolla pale violet, with 

 dark spots on the inside, 1^ to 2 inches long, with an elongated tube, 

 and a five-lobed spreading limb; panicles terminal, with opposite, 

 many-flo'wered branches. Capsule usually 1 in. long, ovoid acuminate. 

 In a rocky gully on the edge of a stream at Wandiligcng, Victoria, J, 

 A. Eraser, March, 1922. 



This deciduous tree is a native of Japan, and has not been previ- 

 ously recorded as growing wild in Victoria. It is sometimes grown 

 in gardens as an ornamental tree. The seed has probably been carried 

 down the stream by storm water and lodged in the gully, where it has 

 propagated and developed into a tree. As it is only recorded from one 

 locality, it may be classed as an exotic not yet sufficiently established 

 to be considered naturalised. 



Pterostylis alata (Lab.), Rcichb, f, var. robusta (Ewart), comb. nov. 



(P. praecox, Lindl. var. rohusta^ Ewart, in Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict. 



XXVII., 234 (1916). 



Herba 10-15 cm. alta; foliis et floribus majoribus quam typi — 

 P. alata. 



Tlie general appearance and habit of the plant is the same as P, 

 alata^ but it is taller and stouter, the hood being 2-3 times as large. 



Scorzonera laciniata, L., "Torn Vipers Grass" (Compositae). 



A perennial with long tapering roots; stems sub-erect, naked and 

 one-headed at the apex; leaves deeply cut (pinnatisect) ; lobes linear, 

 entire; flowers yellow, involucral scales slightly hooked at the apex. 



Kerang district, E. J. Semmens, Sept., 1921. 



It is a native of the Mediterranean regions and the Caucasus. It 

 has not been previously recorded as growing wild in Victoria. It may 

 be classed as an exotic not yet sufficiently established to be considered 

 naturalised. Several species of Scorzonera are cultivated in gardens 

 for the use of their long, tapering roots, which are cooked in a similar 

 way to those of the " Salsify." 



