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unpublished." The specimens were held for a time in the hope 

 of obtaining complete material with flowers, but as these have 

 not been obtained, a description of the original specimens is now 

 published. 



Fig. 1. Shoot of Beyeria virgata, Ewart. (a) Capsule showing a single seed. 

 Fig. 2. Portion of shoot enlarged. 



A rather compact woody shrub from 3 to 5 feet high, with 

 tough greyish virgate branches, the ends covered by densely set 

 very small sessile leaves. The leaves are about 2 mm. long by 

 1 mm. broad, thick, oblong with a relatively broad prominent 

 midrib beneath, flat above, quite glabrous and glaucous. Female 

 flowers scattered singly, sessile, terminal or lateral, stigms 2. 

 Fruit a small, dry oval capsule, with a single seed, and splitting 

 oy five valves. 



Claytunia pmrfoliata, Don. "Perfoliate Olaytonia." 

 (Portulacaceae). 



Golton South, Victoria, A. \V. Howard, September, 1920. An- 

 other locality in Victoria for this introduced plant. 



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