Flora of Australia. 375- 



Mueller are not really distinct species. It seems, however, to be 

 impossible to form any satisfactory line of demarcation between, 

 these varieties and 0. glutinosa. 



PiMELEA PUNICEA, R.Br., var. BREviLOBA. (Tliv Mielacaceae). 

 "Purple-weed." 



Daly River Farm, J. R. Coney, Esq., Manager, per Dr. Gilruth_ 

 This plant is said to be poisonous to stock, which will only eat 

 it when cut up with other herbage. The plant is recorded in the 

 Flora of the Northern Territory, pp. 197, 285 as being poisonous, 

 but as in the case of some otlier species suspected of poisonous- 

 properties, the poisonous principle has not been extracted and 

 determined, and the nature of the poisonous action is uncertain. 

 As aU Pimeleas contain strong, tough fibre, the possibility of a 

 mechanical action must always be taken into consideration. 



Selago corymbosa, L. (Scrophulariaceae). "Selage or Wacerfinder. '" 



Bairnsdale, Vic, per G. Renner, Esq., March, 1918. 

 This plant has not been previously collected in Victoria. It is- 

 a native of South Africa. 



Spyridium eriocepjialum, Fenzl., and S. vexilliferum, Reissk. 



A question of the synonomy of these two species arose, but oik 

 investigation both appeared to be distinct. 



Thryptomene rricaea, F. v. M. (Myrtaceae). 



Ihis plant appears to be confined to South Australia, and hence- 

 must be deleted from the Victorian Flora. 



TRIGLOCHIN. 



Ostenfeld, in Dansk Botanish Arkiv, 1918, 30, gives a revisioni 

 of the annual species of Triglochin and recognizes tho following : — 

 Triglochin calcitrapa, Hook. Vic, T., S.A., W.A., N.S.W., Q.. 

 Stowardi, N. E. Brown. W.A. 

 ,, turrifera, Ewart. Vic. 



,, centrocarpa. Hook. All six States. 



,, minutissima, F. v. M. V., S.A., W.A. 



,, tricophora, Nees. W.A. 



Muelleri, Buchenau. W.A. 



