228 Alfred J. Ewart : ' 



Eleusine indica, Gaertn. (Graniineae). 



The specimen from Borroloola, G. F. Hill, No. 606, 9/10/1911, 

 given under Leptochloa sub digit at a. Trim, on page 47 of the 

 Flora of the Northern Territory should be transferred to Eleusine. 

 indica, Gaertn. This makes an addition to the list of grasses of 

 the Northern Territory. 



Erica lusitanica, Rud. " Spanish Heath." (Ericaceae). 



Wheeler's Hill, Victoria, J. W. Audas, 11/8/1916; Beaconsfield, 

 Victoria, Mrs. Dancocks, December, 1916; Selby, Victoria, C. 

 French, Jnr. v 



The above was recorded in the Victorian Naturalist, vol. xxxiii., 

 p. 69 (1916), and the Proceedings of the Royal Society of 

 Victoria, vol. xxix, p. 145 (1916), under the name of Erica 

 arborea, L. These two species though bearing a superficial re- 

 semblance are quite distinct, thus: — 



E. LUSITANICA. E. ARBOREA. 



Shrub— 10 to 12 feet high. Tree— 10 to 20 feet high. 



Branches — Clothed with simple hairs. Brandies — Tomentose. 



Leaves — ^-inch long, grooved beneath, Leaves — Grooved beneath, 3-4 in a 



irregularly arranged. whorl. 



Flowers — Slightly fragrant. Flowers — Fragrant (smells like 



honey). 



Corolla — Cylindrical, about £-inch long. Corolla — Bell shaped or globular, 



i-inch long. 



Stigma — Small, red. Stigma — Flattened, white. 



E. lusitanica is a native of Western Europe; E. arborea is 

 native to the Mediterranean regions and the Caucas. 



The true Erica arborea, L. has been recorded as naturalised 

 in the Research District, Victoria. 



Eucalyptus miniata, A. Cunn. (Myrtaceae). 



Mr Maiden states that the specimen, No. 809, given under 

 the above heading in the Appendix iii. to the Flora of the North- 

 ern Territory, p. 312, belongs to E. ptychocarpa, F.v.M., and 

 should be transferred to that species on the same page. 



Frankknia sktosa, W. V. Fitzg. (Frankeniaceae). 

 East Geraldton, West Australia, 1889 (without collector's 

 name). 



An additional locality in West Australia for this plant. 



