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conuatis, capitulis terminalibus solitariis, involucre cam- 

 panulato, 6-7 mm. longo, bracteis exterioribus obtusis 

 appressis brunneo-nitidis, interioribus cum laminis brevi- 

 bus obtusis flavis, floribus circa 15 bisexualibus, achaeniis 

 sericeo-villosis, pappi setis 15-20 liberis. 



Gawler Ranges, Eyre Peninsula (S. A. White, September, 

 1912). Unfortunately only one specimen of this small plant,. 

 7 cm. high, came to hand. (Plate v.) 



Orobanchace.e. — Orohancht ccrnua, Lcefl., or 0. Aus- 

 tralianay F. v. Muell. As is well known, our only native 

 species of Orohanche was considered by Bentham to be the same 

 as 0. cernua^ Loefl., a Mediterranean plant. Mueller con- 

 sidered the differences sufficient to justify its being treated 

 as a separate species. Tate has a note on the subject in Proc. 

 Roy. Soc., S.A., vi., 174. Last year I sent to Kew several 

 specimens obtained at Glenelg and Port Noarlunga, along with 

 drawings showing the condition of the fresh flower, and asked 

 for the opinion of the Kew botanists. The reply was : ''After 

 a careful examination of the material we do not think that 

 0. cernua, var. Austi-aliana, Beck (Monograph Orobanchaceae,. 

 p. 144), can be regarded as specifically distinct from 0. cernua. 

 The sepals of both the variety and the type are several- 

 nerved.'' 



AMARANTACEiE. — "^'Amavantus alhus, L. Fulham (H. H. 

 D. Griffith, January, 1913). A native of North America, 

 where it is known as a "tumble weed," and naturalized in the 

 Mediterranean region. A rather prickly weed. 



Conifers. — Callitris Drummondii, Benth. et Hook. Arno 

 Bay, Eyre Peninsula (J. W. Mellor, June, 1911). These speci- 

 mens have been determined by Mr. J. H. Maiden, Government 

 Botanist of New South Wales, as above. Hitherto this species 

 of Native Pine has only been recorded from Western Australia, 

 as far east as Esperance Bay. 



Iridace^. — ^Synnotia bicolor, Sweet. Hillsides on road 

 to Waterfall Gully. — South Africa. Closely allied to Sparaxis, 

 but the flower is 2-lipped, the upper lip purple and the lower 

 one white and yellow. 



Gramine^. — ^Trisetum pumilum, Kunth. Gawler Ranges, 

 Eyre Peninsula (S. A. White, September, 1912).— Mediter- 

 ranean region and South Africa. A dwarf grass resembling 

 small specimens of Koeleria 'phleoides, Pers. This and Era- 

 grostis minor, Host, are curious instances of Mediterranean 

 grasses collected in the far interior of our State without having 

 been discovered in the southern districts. "^Lolium rigidum, 

 Gaud. Adelaide Plains, Glenelg, Brighton, Robe. A stiff 



