DILLENIACE.E. 23 



branches, and smoother as well as broader, oblong-oval or obovate 

 leaves; and the typical form, with narrowly oblong or sublinear 

 leaves, more narrowed at the base. In the Hookerian herbarium it is 

 named P. parviflora (from Sydney, Dr. Hooker, and Bass's Straits, Mr. 

 Bynoe) ; but it has no stellate pubescence. The upper surface is sca- 

 brous with short, hispid hairs, which leave a broad base or scar when 

 they fall away. 



2. Pleurandra acicularis, Labill. 



Pleurandra acicularis, Labill. Fl. Nov. Holl. 2, p. 6, t. 144 ; DC. Syst. 1, p. 421, 

 & Prodr. 1, p. 73. 



Hab. Sydney, New South Wales. 



The specimens accord with Labillardiere's figure. My Tasmanian 

 specimens from Mr. Gunn have shorter and more crowded leaves. 



3. Pleurandra stricta, R. Br., in DC. I. c. 



Hab. Port Jackson, New South Wales (where Mr. Brown first 

 gathered it). 



