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v. M. The specimens from Tarcoola are noteworthy, as this 



has hitherto been considered only a coastal shrub. The 



Tarcoola specimens agree exactly with those from Port Elliot. 



*Tanacetum boreale, Fischer. Glen Osmond and Green Hill 



Roads (IT. H. D. Griffith). Inadvertently named T. huron- 



ense, Fischer, in Nat. FI . of S.A., 83. — Russia and Siberia. 



GoodeniacejE. — Goodenia modesta, sp. nova. Herba glab- 



rescens humilis, caule tenui rigidulo 20-25 cm. alto, foliis 



radicalibus longe petiolatis ovatis vel lanceolatis integris 



vel basi paucidentatis, caulinis, integris brevioribus, 



pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris bibracteolatis, 



axillis lanatis, bracteolis grandibus foliaceis pedicellum 



articulatum superantibus, calyce pubescente lobis lineari- 



lanceolatis, corolla flava saccata 12-14 mm. longa extus 



puberula, lobis superioribus ingsqualiter alatis, indusio 



ciliato, stylo piloso, ovarii septo fere ejus apicem attin- 



gente, ovulis numerosis dense sub-4-seriatis. 



Tarcoola (J. W. Mellor). Belongs to Bentham's section 



iii., Amphichila, but differs from any of the described species 



in the inflorescence and the large bracteoles. (Plate viii.) 



Gentianace^e. — *Microcala quadrangularis , Griseb. 

 Roadsides near Knightsbridge (Adelaide). — A dwarf yellow- 

 flowered annual from California and extra - tropical South 

 America. 



Scrophulariace^e. — *Bartsia viscosa, L. Established at 

 Myponga (H. H. D. Griffith). — Mediterranean region and 

 northwards to England. Veronica arvensis, L. (wall 



speedwell). Near Adelaide. — Europe and Western Asia. 



Chenopodiace^e. — *Chenoj) odium opuli folium, Schrad. 

 Sandy land near Henley Beach. — Mediterranean region. 



MyoporacEjE. — Eremophila subfloccosa, Benth. Coorabie 

 (Australian Bight). Sent by secretary local branch of Agri- 

 cultural Bureau. Hitherto recorded only for Western Aus- 

 tralia. Corolla greenish. 



Gramine^. *Eragrostis minor, Host. Along Broken 

 Hill railway and from as far north as Alice Springs.— 

 Southern Europe and Western Asia. *Hordeum maritimum , 

 With, (sea barley), has been found growing as far inland as 

 Nuriootpa. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE No. VIII. 



Acacia tarculensis, sp. nova. 1, flower and two bracts; 2, 

 pistil; 3, calyx spread open. 



Goodenia modesta, sp. nov. 1, corolla spread open ; 2, one 

 face of placenta, with ovules in about 4 rows ; 3, style and 

 indusium ; 4, vertical section of unripe capsule : a, a, calyx- 

 lobes; b, pouch of corolla-tube; c, articulation of pedicel. 



