TjWWfiW^f (185*) and remarked &fter his description oi the forme* plant 

 (Vol. 1, ik 247] . 'So similar rp J.<:ncopo{ji>n Iwuktri that it is difficult to 

 cliiiuugio^h ibem." Fruit of the Ltsstutiht' was. descrilied as "lat&e, white", 

 VfMc immature drupes of the Lt'ttcofotjou .ne illustrated ('1! 75) as yellowish, 



F Mueller I/">*i(7«*. PJhjfi -■****! 6: 43 ( S<*i»» . 1867 >| yfnQttplB&A I- 

 hfttsln'i'i under ins .i'typfioho wonhum without comment, attributing Id it an 

 abundant- ucrnrrvurc l'"en|iin*isii#m'") throughout the alps of Australia and 

 Tasmania, with a reappearance in the litKh mounUms of New England, 

 N SAY. i Ren Lomond and the sources of Hasting* Kiver) ; he described the 

 drupes as li&lil reiK However, frgtifctet ;* aubsviiuent cnitcelion (Sept. l&St>, in 

 Horn. MELi, from the summit ot Ml Af.tcedou, He ha* written "Styfifn'iio 

 iTHitttotta, car kpok&i. 



G. Ben I ham [Flora Aust 4i 176 i1fl69)| reinsured both specie* undei the 

 separate genera ir.erl by Honker, and agam empha-ji/cd ihw grcai ;imilariiv. 

 He refer* to an observation by K. C. Gunn. Tljft di.iincu,shed Tajiiiuuiaii 

 t>otanUt, thai, whereas Lixxantttv tuontaiui h*s dtitpes lVitli "itioir irnnshn-nu 

 pulp" those of Lcuca^oifon haakcri aie tliick nn«J o|kU|oc 



1. H Mwdcji ami E. 13e.tche hPrpr. linn. $iir\ V.J W *3 }t\ Qw* 

 1&9S)] point cm onro more the floral difierruees. tliar MfTvt rp *1i-u.inguisb 

 (Rft$ t*ft spn. iVh — uirulh ahum 2 nun. long, with heat diets lolxs in /. 

 nuw ttWti t hah" .is tony, again and with hearded l>»bcs m L. hoofcrn. I, RoUwxy 

 (lOO.v) and A. I. kwirt (1930) ul-,o uphold both sjiec'ks in their resycii\e 

 Stale floras ot TasTturuiu aiul Victoria, describing the drupe: of f mon/mM 

 as white W red. ihose a\ 9 ■ fo>i*itf*''t a*, white. 1 have jtig) examined mature 

 trqils c«f the former plant, h;n in undoubted L. liooken Dom -^aiioui ylpmc 

 atid siilMlpnK- ?lation.s in \ jttoria 1 lrtv4 always fotmd the "l<npr$ io be em^il 

 red ^ikI opaciuo 



Iti view ol the rtrnaikot'le i-nuiloyjlj between these wo heaths, and 'he. 

 fact lliai nt one pcrfetyl von Muetler <ven regarded them as con<-i>ecilic the 

 -lii ■■ii-M. naturally anncs, "why jbould Uitv be aligned lo ierwrat*' seners r*' 

 In delining I tsspmhr, Bcittham \Pfata Auxt. 4-z 175 (i^fW)l 5TMC5 ihM U 

 diffiT* fri«m Leiteopayon "wkly in the want ni the hairs or beards uf tlw 

 iohet. ot the osrolla iO universal in that jrcnus." This docs not sc/n» a vory 

 saliifadory trtlerion (or 6<egregcptJlfg ^enerd, fS)K:t!^lly wticn the tle^rte lit 

 hinrmesa of tlie petals v^nei cbtmftjernbl^ tlirouftlio-.il I he lat ee ^enus 

 LrxrccpOfttin it.uilt. The type mitorial nf Brown'; Lissatitlu* MAiifmifl fntn 

 Mt. H'eHum(on, Tfe, \\ttqj]ic;ilc r*vcciintii.s in MclttOurne Herlxinumf. shuwi 

 crowded i>apttlac on ilte corolla lol>c9, and this reature is matched CHACtly 

 on ip*ctuH*W iVom Wt- Nelson Bogony tliffh 1'lains, Vic. (6.20(1 ft. alt.). 

 By CWl{ejl*ti Lit.uintfw xtrjgfjvti (Sm.) K.Br. [tfis very nuuvuelv |>«pilloie, 

 hut not papiHale. lob»?y. It would bo difiVult m drcido wheilici a flnc.il c^fRan 

 Ixnc loiifi I'apiUr-ic or <,hon liairs, hi'th having originated in the ^arne way ! 



fortunately, poll^n-ftrain and (jPiiiftlpM itivvsti^aiions luve ennte to th^ 

 icsetk- during recent years, and S. Sniiih White has ihown conchiNively 

 [,'iuit. Journ. fiot, J 1 : 61-2 i May 19;oJ ) ihat the h^ploid chroniosotnc uiiinbcr 

 ill rule J. U sit n the Spy [it 7_. supnto 1? Bi. au>* i> tfrnjosn CSl|i J l^ Br.] is 7. 

 while in /.. im»t/owo and LfUC$#affo$ hoflkcrt it i& 14. Smith-White compares 

 ihesc two ali>nie plants cJoscly, and he hints not only the same chromosome 

 number but veiy iinulat tetiada of i>olkn and »jihi1ai* «> nodioecic iiofyinorphisin 

 among individuals- Ke concludes with the remark, "it is probable thai they 

 ciMtttitttle leproduetivelv isolated populations.", and it is obvious th<it he H 

 di.siwised to r^Rard Uwrtfl as consfneiic species. Tarlton Payment's mde[>ciulouL 

 ^and aji-yet unpublished) wr»rk in Mtlln^urni- on noMuiaiinn attrj ]ndkn-ftr.ii«i 

 phylcjis, throiiftboul tJic epacridace^us genera, lends weight to this o|Muiou. 



i dm convinced that "Ltswtitthr" bl#nl(bt(! is indeed a L.'f.< nfiotfiVI, in whi-:h 

 the corolla heard has either fMilcd 10 devetui) in llic u.tual way »>r is i educed 

 to microscopic proportiiwis, and I havt^ made the necessary nonieneUlut.ii 



