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374. D. platyptera F. v. M. 



Shrub to a tree of 30ft. ; trunk to 10ft. ; diameter 6in. ; bark 

 grey, thin, rather rough and fibrous ; timber dark brown 

 and hard. 



In sandy loams. 



375. D. polyzyga F. v. M. 



An erect shrub of ■5-15ft. in height ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, 2 lines long ; anthers 10-12, linear, sparingly 

 hirsute, shorter than the sepals ; style often elongated. 



In sandy loam. 



376. Distichostemon phyllopterus F. v. M. 



Shrubby, 4— 6ft. high, with the habit and appearance of a species 

 of Thomasia ; anthers hirsute ; style red, to lin. long ; 

 fruits purplish when ripe. 



In sandy soils. 



377. Cardiospermum halicaoabum L. 

 Fitzroy and Hann Rivers. (W.V.F.). 



Stems twining to 3ft. ; flowers wliite ; fruits inflated, angled 

 or winged. 



RHAMNALES. 



RHAMNE^. 



378. Vcntilago viminalis Hook. 



Roebuck Bay (J. W. O. Tepper) ; Isdell River ; between Erskine 

 Range and Mt. Marmion (W.V.F. ). 



An evergreen tree of 30ft. ; trunk to 15ft. ; diameter 1ft. ; 

 bark dark grey, not very thick, but rougnish and longi- 

 tudinally fissured ; timber brown, tough and very hard ; 

 flowers and fruits yellow. " Steel-wood." 



Tn sandy scrubby country ("Pindan"). 



379. Alphitonia excelsa Reissek. 



Isdell and Charnley Rivers. (W.V.F.). 



An erect bushy shrub of 8-20ft. : flowers white, fruits black, 



globular, 4 lines in diameter. 

 In sandy loam. 



380. Cryptandra intratropica (W.V.F.) n. sp. 



An erect twiggy, thomless shrub, rusty or viUous-tomentose ; 

 leaves usually clustered, cuneate, oblong to obovate, 

 obtuse ; tapering into short slender petioles, the margins 

 sharply refracted, stellate-tomentose above, very villous 

 beneath, the midrib prominent ; stipules setaceous, brown, 

 persistent ; flow:ers from few to many ; in axillary clusters 

 or headUke racemes, sometimes forming a short narrow 

 terminal panicle through one leaf-suppression, each flower 



