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462. M. Loguei W.V.F. n. sp. 



A much-branchod erect shrub, the branchlets and young fohage 

 sericeous, ultimately glabrous witli age ; leaves alternate, 

 frequently vertical, linear-lanceolate, acute, alternated 

 at the bases, rigid but not thick, obscurely tri- nerved ; 

 flowers not seen but apparently small, in a loose terminal 

 spike, the axis growing out into a leafy branchlet, the 

 rachis and calyces scantily pubescent ; fruiting-calyx 

 hemispherical, truncate ; seeds numerous, not winged, 

 ouneate. 



South of the Fitzroy Biver (Mayo Logue). 



Height about 8ft.; leaves ^ to nearly lin. long; spikes about 

 lin. ; fruiting- calj'x above 1 line diameter. In desert 

 country, forming patches near aboriginal wells. 



Affinity to M. lasiandra F. v. M. 



463. M. genistifolia Smith. 



Between Isdell and Precipice Banges ; north base of Mt. 

 Brennan ; Upper Barker Biver (W.V.F.). 



Shrub, 10-15ft. high, and as much across ; filaments pale- 

 yellow. In sandy loam. 



464. M. minutifoha F. v. M. 



Between Inglis' Gap and Lenuard Biver ; Dillen's Springs, 

 Ord, Denham, King Bivers, near Wyndham (W.V.F.). 



A tree to 30ft. high ; trunk to 10ft. ; diameter 6-9in. ; bark 

 persistent, dark-grey, thin, fibrous, rough ; timber reddish- 

 brown, and hard ; filaments white. In sandy and stony 

 soils. 



465. M. dissitiflora F. v. 1\I. 

 MacNamara Creek, Harm Biver (W.V.F.). 



A tree of 25-30ft. ; trunk to 10ft. ; diameter 9in. ; bark 

 rough, greyish, flaky ; timber reddish and fairly tough 

 and hard ; filaments white. In sandy loam. 



466. Beaufortia elegans Schauer. 



Diffuse, 3-4ft. high ; filaments scarlet or purple. 



467. Tristania suaveolens Smith. 



Barker, Isdell, Harm, Charnley, Calder, Throssell, Fitzroy, 

 and Ord Bivers ; INIaoNamara and Harris Creeks ; eastern 

 base of 3It. Broome, near Wyndham (W.V.F.). 



A tree of 50ft. ; with spreading branches ; trunk to 20ft. ; 

 diameter 2ft. ; bark greyish, thin, scarcely rough ; timber 

 reddish, very tough and moderately hard ; flowers pale. 

 The " Fresh- water Mangrove " of North- West AustraUa. 

 The species occurs in Papua. 



Eucalyptus (see Introductory Note). 



468. E. mooreana (W. V. Fitzgerald) Maiden, Proc. Boy. Soc. 



N.S.W. XLVIL, 221 (1913). 



