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We have V. Boei from beyond the sources of the Tone River 

 (Muir), the Upper Gordon River (Mrs. Knight), the Upper 

 Blackwood River (Webb), sources of the Pallinup River (Miss 

 Cronin), Mount Caroline (Miss Sewell). 



Veiiticoiidia picta, Endl W.A., near Gnarlbine ; Red 

 Kangaroo Hill. 



Galyoottirix tenuiramea, T^lrcz. W.A., between Iraser 

 Range and Esperance Bay (Gwynne). Leaves thicker than usual, 

 bracteoles broader, petals more acute. 



Calycotiikix Watsoni, n. sp. AV.A., 53 ndles l^.^V. from 

 Eraser Range. 



Erect shrub, two to three feet high. Branchlets puberulous ; 

 leaves distinctly petiolate, very short, from ovate- to narrow- 

 elliptic, flat or somewhat concave above, turgid beneath, soon 

 glabrous ; flowers rather small, nearly sessile, mostly scattered ; 

 bracteoles almost cuneate-ovate, apioulate, but otherwise very 

 blunt, deeply disconnected, outside puberulous ; calyx-tube soon 

 longer than the bracteoles, rather turgid, near the summit 

 attenuated, prominently five-streaked ; calyx-lobes comparatively 

 short, nearly lanceolate-linear, narrowed gradually and hardly 

 setular upwards, about as long as the petals, outward as well as 

 the tube much beset with hairlets ; petals whitish, blunt ; 

 stamens numerous, their anthers ovate-ellipsoid, pale; style 

 glabrous ; fruit narrowly fusiform-ellipsoid. 



This species differs from C. plumulosa in shorter, broader and 

 more angular leaves, in smaller flowers, in neither long-setular 

 nor towards the base suddenly dilated calyx-lobes, and in much 

 less slender calyx-tube. Erom C strigosa it is distinguished at 

 once by the broader leaves, the smallness of flowers, the almost 

 truncate bracteoles, the much shorter and more turgid calyx- 

 tube, the upwards broader calyx-lobes, the more obtuse petals, 

 pale not bright-yellow filaments. 



Our new plant shows also some affinity to C. brachychaeta, 

 which, however, is a species confined to Arnhem's land. 



Named in honor of Professor Archibald Watson, M.D., of the 

 Adelaide University, who, amidst other researches, aided also the 

 expedition, during which this evidently rare plant was dis- 

 covered. 



Lhotzkya violacea, Lindley, var. Merrelliana, nov. W .A., 

 between Red Hill and Yilgarn. Also sent by the late Mr. Merrell 

 from near the eastern sources of Swan River. The leaves shorter, 

 the flowers fewer, the petals pale. The typic form was brought by 

 the Hon. W. M. Parker from the vicinity of Mount Stirling. 



Thryptomesb stexogaia-x, F. v. M. W.A., Victoria Desert, 

 C. 54. 



Thryptomese Maisonneuvii, F. v. M. S.A., Cootanoorma, 



