National Herbarium of Victoria. 209 



shortly pedunculate, serrated, not pungently pointed or deeply 

 sinuate as in B. Aquifolium, Some of the upper leaves hairy 

 beneath. Flowers, solitary, axillary, standard and wings yellow, 

 keel purplish red; flowers on pedicels usually as long as the 

 calyx. Inner bracts and bracteoles more persistent than B. Aqui- 

 folium. Calyx, I-I4 lines long; lobes, two upper ones broadly 

 truncate, lower 3 shorter, but pointed. Standard 3 times as long 

 as calyx, lower petals slightly shorter. Ovary, 3 ovules. Pod 

 about I inch long, and \ inch broad. 



Pemberton and Manjimup, Warren district. West Australia, 

 Max Koch, No. 2244 Oct., Dec, 1918; Western AustraHa (in 

 National Herbarium, Melbourne, without collector's name or 

 precise locality). 



Its nearest afiinity is B. Aquifolkim, from which it differs in 

 being a tomentose shrub of 15-20 feet, colour and size of flowers, 

 shape of leaf, calyx and standard. 



Named in honour of Wm. Laidlaw, B.Sc, Government Botan- 

 ist for Victoria. 



Bromus tectorum^ L. '* Wall or Downy Brome-Grass " 

 (Gramineae). 



Parkville, near Melbourne, A. O'Brien, Nov., 1921. 



This grass, a native of Europe and Asia, is introduced and 

 widely spread in United States, America, where it is looked upon 

 as a very objectionable grass, but it has not been previously re- 

 corded as growing wild in Victoria. 



Caladenia angustata, Lindl. " Slender Caladenia " 

 (Orchidaceae). 



Hurst Bridge, Victoria, Miss S. Llewelyn, Oct., 1921. 

 A new locality in Victoria for this orchid. 



Choretrum pendulum, sp. nov. 

 (Santalaceae). 



Pendens aut f rutex arbuscula lacrimosa alta circiter sex pedes ; 

 folia redacta ad crustas minutas, satis persistentia, paulum curva 

 ad apices acutas. Rami inferiores interstincti aut striati ; ramus- 

 culi angulares exacute. Flores parvi (sed maiores quam C. 

 lateriflorum), soli, pedunculi breves, corolla alba. Flores sparsi 

 et cum longioribus intervallis quam in C. lateriflorum; quisque 

 flos circumplexus ovi forma pravis bracteis et bracteolis. Ovarium 



