44 W:u.ik. ,V>i/Vj OH dit.sfrahnn Styhrfm {_ v,j/ v " 



'Vour specimens agree well with the rype of S. pihsutn m all characterise es. 

 in the appendages at the throat of the corolla too." 



I SI YLitU'UM ADHKBSSUM SfiiOu Flora Au$r, 4\ 2Z (186$), 



The cpirh^t has, without justification, boon spelt "apprfitsum" hy J, Mild- 

 hraed (10QH) and CI A. (iardncr (1930). Mrs. Erickson examined material 

 an the Sydney Herbarium labelled .>. cygvoruw W. V, Fit/g (7c»»rH. <£ ^n>t 

 Ahwlicr Hot Soc / 9 : 16-17 (June 1902)1. and found tb:»( the specimens rire 

 inseparable from our S adprts-suui, var patens [see MiuHeria i l * 16 t.Fch. 

 I056.t 1. They dilTer from Fitzgerald'* description or 5. rytfrtorvm in having: 

 much shorter loaves (seldom 1 cm., in rontrasl with his I, inches), pink not 

 vellow /lowers and without the 5 throat apptnoagt*. The exact nature of 

 Fitzgerald's species is stilt uncertain. Out it could ^present an extraordinary 

 !frhn oi & tulprcsjnm. 



4 STYf TDll'M MERRAT.UI (F.Mnelt ) PrtiHk lit olw., in Enclcr Bol. 

 Jahrb. ,?.i: 596 (1904). 

 K. Mtiellci published die species under Cmutaika (nob Styi-idinut) m fcVf 

 ■V.-rf $ 76 (iSftft) , so it is incorrect to write "S. mcrraltii F. Mue'.L" of 

 Mililbrne** and (.jardner have done. The first writer to use the combination 

 .SI iiwrrtittii would seem to In- E. Pritzet, in a footnote under his origins! 

 '.lescrijitioti of $". didsHt-num • Ue aT*u attribute*! Hie binomial to F. Mueller. 



$ STVt.TDlUW DESFF-CTUM R. Br, & S. ERACHYPHYU.UM 

 Xomi. iff Lchvu 

 These species arc almost co-extensivc. very similar. c»nd hnve betn com- 

 pletely confused in eastern Australia. However, they may he ilUtinguishril 



quite readily as fallows; 



.5* Htxpcctum lacks a basal msette and has the two posterior oetals 

 larger than the anterior, longitudinally arranged and almost touching 

 throughout their length; whereas S. brachyphytftvm has an obvious 

 rosette of radical leaves, the two posterior petal:; smaller than ihe 

 anterior and widely separated, almost forming lateral |>airs with -ftAch 

 notPtior petal 

 h. Rodwny in Tas. Fiara (1903) doos nor, mention $. hr<uhxphyltun\. 

 utather does A J- Ewart in fifofa l''ict. (1930) ; J, M. Black syitotrymiz^s it 

 under S. riespwhtw hi his Worn S Axtst, (1929), yet the species occurs in 

 each of these three States Dr. Winifred M. Curtis recently (Dec 1955) 

 found both trigxei -plants rtciwjii* neat T-ow T*Tead at the mouth of ibtr 

 Tamar River, fa?, which is Brown's type locality for .V despectwn, 

 ~(- STV£TmXnT~rEr\Xf?TtY'tkVMr~De; ProdTT~Systr-Matr~?--?8tW- 

 (1838), var. MLCRONTFOULM Bfctffc Flora Aim 4 3D n«6*» 

 — S. dichobomwfn T)C- I.e., forma. 

 Mildhracd. (1908} emphasizes the difficulty of separating certain forms of 

 S. icplophvtium from S. ditholommn; and Jars. Rricksou h.i& found tlxat ihr 

 two can a.iwear almost identical, the only reliable criterion theji neiug the 

 manner in whiclt the anthers are arranged" on the, column — transversely fi^ced 

 m the. former, and paralkt to column axis in the latter species, hi ftcnthanYs 

 vSt'iety MUffflMiJjfpHiAtt the anthers are placed as for .5", tjichotomttin t not S- 

 fcptophyttum. To make a new combination ' r 5*. tiichotvnmm* var. mxicrmu- 

 fofium", however, would be superfluous because tiirhptuwrtw iouieiinies has 

 deerdedly mucronuUte foliage* Bentham himself v-ynom/inued S~ ti.*u^/r*m- 

 /u/hum of Hooker (Pot. Mag. 453^) under S, tiuhoto-tmtm* 



7 ( STYUDrCM ROSEO-ALATUM R, Erirltsm cS /. rf, tUHkili V.ct. 

 Wat, 7Z. 133 (Dec 1955). 

 The date piven, under the original description, for collection of the 

 HOLOTVPF- \\w MF.I.) fs incorrect; it should be Oct, 26, !K& Wl Oct. 17, 



I<J48. 



