Contributions to the Queensland Flora. 21 
Gilg in Engler and Prantl’s ‘“ Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien ” 
includes Leucosmia under Phaleria, and is followed by most systematists. 
As since the publication of Bailey’s ‘ Queensland Flora ’’ two additional 
species of Phaleria have been recorded, the following key to the Queens- 
land species might replace that on p. 1370 of that work. The key is only 
provisional, for, as remarked by Bentham, the different species of the 
genus are very difficult to discriminate, and there are several species in 
the Queensland Herbarium represented by imperfect material which I 
am unable to satisfactorily determine :— 
Flower-heads terminal. 
Perianth-tube glabrous. 
Leaves 4-7 in. long. Perianth-tube 5-6 lines long .. P, Blumei. 
Leaves 34-43 in. long. Perianth-tube 7-8 lineslong .. P. pedunculata, 
Perianth-tube pubescent. 
Leaves 4-8 in. long. Perianth-tube 5-8 lines long .. P. Neumanni. 
Flower-heads terminal and axillary. 
Perianth-tube pubescent. 
Leaves 2-3 in, long ; perianth-tube 4-5 lines long .. P. Chermsideana, 
Flower-heads axillary or lateral. 
Perianth-tube glabrous, 
es 6-8 in. long ; perianth-tube 1-1} in. long .. P. clerodendron. 
Order CYCADACEZE. 
BOWENIA, Hook. 
B, serrulata (André), Chamberlain, Bot. Gazette, liv. (1912), 419; 
B. spectabilis, F. v. M. (non Hook.), Fragm., viii. (1874), 279; B. 
spectabilis, Hook, f., var. serrata, André, iii. Hort. 26 (1879), 184, pl. 
366 ; B, spectabilis, Hook. om var. serrata, Bailey, Queens. Fl., 1507 
(1902). 
Hah. : This species, very common, and biotin! supposed to be confined to 
the Maryvale and Byfield region near Rockhampton, has recently been collected 
at Kuranda (Barron River), North Queensiand, fy: Mr. J. g. The only 
other species of the genus, B. spectabilis, Hook. f., is very common in North Queens- 
land, Cooktown, Babinda, ares Atherton Sebi lasnl, and Upper Johnstone 
River, Rockingham Bay 
Professor C. J. ae who a few years ago visited Australia 
for the special purpose of studying our Cycadacee, recognises the plant 
previously known in Queensland under the name of B. spectabilis var. 
serrata as a distinct species under the name of B. serrulata, and gives the 
following distinctions between the two species :— 
Subterranean stem more or less carrot-shaped, bearing 2-5 leaf 
and cone ee branches at the top. Pinnules entire. 
B. specta 
Subterranean a spherical or turnip-shaped, bearing 5-20 slender 
leaf and e bearing branches at the top. Pinnules serrate. 
B. sie 
