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Bay of Shoals, K.I. (Tate Herbarium) ; Lake Torrens (Vic- 

 torian National Herbarium). 



Frankenia foliosa, nor. sp. (tab. xvii.J. Fruticulus 

 cinereus 7-15 cm. altus, caulibus erectis ramisque dense 

 pubendis, foliis sessilibus 3-7 mm. longis late linearibiis 

 obtusis margin e revolutis sed planiusculis fills minutis con- 

 spersis et crusta alba obtecti* inferioribus 6-16 ad, nodis 

 aggregatis et internodia aequantibus, nervo median o infra 

 lato prominente, vagina ciliolatd, floribus in cymas densas 

 dichotomas dispositis, calyce oroide o-oblongo 5 mm. Ion-go 

 2-2'5 mm. lato, petalis 5 roseis liberis, staminibus 6, styli 

 ramis 3, stigmatibus crassis dimidium ramorum decurrentibus, 

 placentis 3 parietalibus, ovidis 8-9 ad q a am que placentam, 

 funiculus ascendentibus, micropyle inferd, seminibus papil- 

 losis. 



Marree ; Farina. An erect, dwarf, asliy-grey shrub with 

 bright pink flowers ; flowering in October and November. 



Frankenia muscosa, nov. sp. (tab. xvii.J. Fruticulus 

 nanus cinereus vel ferrugineus, caulibus ascendentibus saepe 

 ad nodis radicantibus, foliis sessilibus par vis (circiter 3 mm. 

 longis) sed approximatis et internodiis multo longioribus 

 lineari-subcylindricis margine revolutis parce puberulis et 

 crustd alba obtectis, nervo mediano prominente, vagina 

 ciliolatd, calyce 5 mm. longo 2'5 mm. lato 5-dentato, petalis 

 6, staminibus non visis, placentis 3 parietalibus, ovidis 

 circiter 5 ad quamque placentam . 



South Australia. Dalhousie Springs. 



Northern Territory. Finke River, between Crown Point 

 and Horseshoe Bend. Captain S. A. White, who collected 

 the specimens at botli places in August, 1913, says: — "This 

 little prostrate plant is evidently very rare. It has a moss- 

 like appearance." The condition of the specimens showed 

 that they grew in damp soil. Flowering was over and only 

 one or two withered calyxes remained. The flowers are 

 apparently solitary. 



Frankenia cordata, nov. sp. (tab. xvii.J. Fruticulus 

 ramosus, ramis parce pilosis, foliis sessilibus ovatis vel 

 oblongis basi plus minus cordatis margine revolutis J/.-6 mm. 

 longis supra glabris punctatis infra puberulis, nervo mediano 

 inconspicuo, vagina ciliolatd, -floribus solitariis, calyce 6 mm. 

 longo basin versus in costis piloso superne glabra 5-dentato, 

 petalis 5 apice laceratis potius quam dentatis, staminibus 

 Jf-6, styli ramis 3, stigmatibus crassis dimidium ramorum 

 decurrentibus , placentis 3 parietalibus, ovidis 2 ad quamque 

 placentam, funiculi.? deflexis, micropyle superd. 



