28 Contributions to the Queensland Flora. 
Order COMPOSITZ. 
HELICHRYSUM, Gertn. 
H. obovatum, DC. Prodr., vi., 180. Stems densely woolly-white, 
at least in the young stage. Leaves obovate, mucronate, petiolate, 4-1 
in. long, densely tomentose or glabrous on the underside. Flower-heads 
in loose, terminal, tomentose panicles. Involucre campanulate, nearly 
2 lines long, densely covered with soft white hairs. Florets about 20. 
Achenes glabrous or with a few minute hairs. 
Distribution : New South Wales. 
Var. longifolium, var. nov. 
Foliis longioribus, linearo-lanceolatis, ad 9 em. longis. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, triplinerved, attaining 34 in. in length. 
Hab. : Upper Tallebudgera Creek on the slopes of the Macpherson Range, 
J. E. Young, C. T. White. 
The normal form has not so far been found in Queensland. 
Order ASCLEPIADEZ. 
VINCETOXICUM, Moench. 
V. ovatum, Benth., Fl. Aust., iv., 330. To the description in the 
“Queensland Flora,’’ iii., , add :—-Follicles usually single, ovate, 
acuminate, 2-2} in. (5-1-6-4 em.) long. Seeds flat, ovate, with a very 
narrow border, 3 lines (6 mm.) long, coma about 10 lines (2-1 em.) long. 
Hab. : Beaudesert, C. T. White. 
Order LABIATZ. 
OCIMUM, Linn. 
O. basilicum, Linn. 
An erect herb, glabrous or pubescent. Stems quadrangular or 
4-suleate in the upper part. Leaves on long petioles, ovate, dentate or 
entire, 1}-2 in. (3:8-5-1 cm.) long. Bracts petiolate. Flowers mostly 
in whorls of 6 in terminal racemes. Pedicels as long as or rather shorter 
than the calyx. Fruiting calyx 3-4 lines (6-8 em.) long, the uppermost: 
lobe the shortest, broad and rounded ; two lowermost lobes the longest, 
narrow ; lateral lobes broader than the lowest ones. Corolla 4-3 in. 
(8-12 mm.) long. Nutlets ovoid, dark brown or almost black, about: 
1 line (2 mm.) long. 
Hab. : Hammond Island, F. M. Bailey ; Charters Towers, C. F. Plant. 
Distribution : Tropical Africa, Asia, the Philippines, and New Guinea. 
Order LA 
BEILSCHMIEDIA, Nees. 
B. elliptica, sp. nov. 
bor,'ramulis glabris, lenticellatis, foliis ellipticis vel elliptico-lanceolatis, 
breviter petiolatis, utri glabris et reticulati ; se 
18 ; paniculis quam folia brevioribus 
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