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differs in the pink and shorter corolla, the leaves ovate instead 

 of orbicular, and to some extent in the inflorescence. The 

 specific name is given in allusion to the name of the locality, 

 but the swamp has now been drained to a considerable extent,. 

 and consists chiefly of small lakes or marshes, interspersed 

 with woodland. 



Sebaea albidifiora, F. v. M. Robe; Dismal Swamp. 



CONVOLVULACEAE . 



Wilsonia Backhousii, Hook. f. Covering considerable 

 areas on the flats beside Lake George at Beachport. The 

 following observations were made on the fresh plant : — Leaves 

 succulent, lanceolate, tapering at base ; corolla white, the tube- 

 nearly twice as long as the green, succulent calyx ; anthers 

 oblong, purple, spirally twisted after flowering ; stigmas ovoid, 

 greenish, somewhat laterally affixed to the summit of the 

 geniculate style-branches. 



Evolvulus alsinoides , L. Wynbring, East-West Railway 

 (Dist. W; S, A. White). 



Cuscuta tasmanica, Engelm. Beachport, on southern 

 shores of Lake George. The whole plant has an orange tint, 

 so that its tangled masses make broad orange patches or bands 

 on the ground, sometimes taking the shape of rings. Parasitic 

 on Wilsonia Backhousii, Lepturus incurvatus, and other lowly 

 plants. 



^Convolvulus arvensis, L. Millicent. Flowers almost 

 white. 



BORRAGINACEAE. 



Cynoglossum, suaveolens, R. Br. Millicent; Lucindale. 

 Corolla white ; scales closing the throat yellow ; flowers not 

 scented. 



Verbenaceae. 



Dicrastylis verticillata, n. sp. (tab. vii.J. Fruticulus 

 ramosus, omnino pilis stellato-ramosis vestitus, foliis plerisque 

 ternis verticillatis sessilibus linearibus 7-10 mm. longis margine 

 revolutis et saepe rugosis, floribus subsessilibus in fasciculos 

 ternos 2-^-fioros (cymas abbreviatas) aggregatis verticillastros 

 distantes formantibus, bracteolis sub quoque fasciculo 2 lanceo- 

 latis, bracteis verticillastri 3 ovatis, omnibus longe ciliatis, 

 calyce 1/. mm. longo usque ad basin in segmenta linearia diviso, 

 corollae albidae tubo calycem subaequante intus barbato, lobo- 

 infimo orbiculato J/, mm. longo ceteros breves rotundatos multo 

 superante, staminibus 5 exsertis, ovario stylo et parte inferiore 

 ramorum styli dense pilosis, ramis stylo longioribus. 



Hundred of Goode, north of Murat Bay (B. P. Bowering). 

 Placed in Dicrastylis on account of the long style branches and 

 the 5 stamens, the leading characteristics of that genus, but in 



