[Proc. Rot. Soc. Victoria, 34 (N.S.) Part II., 1922.] 



Art. XX r. — Contributions froTn the National Herbarium 

 of Victoria. — No, 1. 



By J. R. TOVEY and P. F. MORRIS. 



(With 2 Text Figures.) 



(Communicated by Wm. Laidlaw, B.Sc.) 



[Read 8th December, 1921.] 



The present paper contains the descriptions of two species 

 new to science, both from Western Australian localities. A 

 new variety has also been established, a native of the alpine 

 regions of Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. Three 

 foreign plants have been recorded for the first time, whilst the 

 orchid Corysanthes bicalcarata, a native of New South Wales, 

 Queensland and Tasmania, has been added to the Victorian 

 Flora. In addition several new records of the regional distribu- 

 tion of native and introduced plants are given. 



It is proposed to continue these contributions as material be- 

 comes available and opportunity offers. 



Aponogeton distachyum, Thunb. " Cape Pond Lily '' 



(Naiadaceae). 



Stony Creek, Lome, Victoria, Rev. A. C. F. Gates, November, 

 1921. 



This South African plant has escaped from cultivation, and is 

 now spreading in several parts of the above-named creek, where 

 it will no doubt become naturalised. 



BossiAEA Laidlawiana, sp. nov. (Leguminosae). 



Frutex arbuscula concinna, alta quindecim ad viginti pedes, 

 rami tomentosi. Folia longa dimidiam partem unciae; lata cir- 

 citer tres partes unciae, adversa, pedunculi breves, serrata, baud 

 pungenter acuta aut alte sinuata codem modo quo B. Aquifolium. 

 Nonnulla foliorum superiorum hirsuta infra. Flores, soli, axil- 

 larii, vexillum et alae flava, carina purpurea, fiores in pediculis 

 plerumque tam longi quam calyx, bracteae interiores et bracteolae 



