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his residence in South Australia. The description was pub- 

 lished in a Dutch periodical (the "Nederlandsch kruidkundig 

 Archief"), and doubtless Mueller had no opportunity of read- 

 ing a proof. — J. M. B.] 



More recent records for M. halmaturorum are: — 



South Australia. — In salt land on banks of Patawalonga 

 River (J. M. Black, No. 1, March, 1904) ; numerous in salt 

 swamps along Military Road, north of the Grange (J. M. 

 Black, January, 1919) — at both these places the trees often 

 reach a height of 7 or 8 m., and have a whitish bark which 

 peels off in strips; Outer Harbour (J. M. Black, January, 

 1911), often a small shrub 2-4 m. high; Port Elliston (Dr. R. 

 S. Rogers, September, 1907), recorded in Trans. Roy. Soc. 

 S. Austr., xxxii., 264 (1908), as 31. puMulata; Robe (C. D. 

 Black, No. 2, October, 1910) ; Mount Barker, J. Staer, 

 March, 1911); Beachport (J. M. Black, No. 3, December, 

 1917, near brackish water or on it, papery bark, 2-3 m. 

 high); Port Lincoln (H. Griffith, October, 1909); Victor 

 Harbour, at mouth of River Hindmarsh (J. M. Black, Sep- 

 tember, 1907). 



Victoria.— St. Eloy (D' Alton, 1903); Lake Charm, 

 North-west Victoria (C. Walter, March, 1887); Dimboola 

 (H. B. Williamson, June, 1913). 



31. halmaturorum is figured on pi. xxxviii., accompany- 

 ing this paper. It is commonly known in South Australia as 

 a "paper bark tea-tree/' and varies in size from a small shrub 

 to a tree of moderate height. 



Melaleuca pauperiflora, F. v. M. The original descrip- 

 tion given by Mueller (Fragm., iii., 116 [1863]) is as 

 follows : — 



"Fruticosa, foliis breviusculis alternis semiteretibus vel 

 teretinsculis acutis muticis petiolatis, capitulis multifioris, 

 bracteis subovatus trinerviis margine membranaceis, calycis 

 lobis enerviis antice rotundatis tubo glabro, phalangibus 

 albidis 9-12-andris glabris profunde filamentosis, stigmate 

 minuto, fructibus subglobosis. — In montibus Phillips Range, 

 Maxwell." 



It is also described by Bentham in Fl. Aust., iii., 161 

 (1866). 



Diels and Pritzel, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., xxxv., 425 

 (1905), refer to this species, and quote as localities in Western 

 Australia: W T yola, Southern Cross, Bullabulling, Coolgardie. 

 They also note its close affinity to 31. SJieathiana, W. V.. 

 Fitze. 



