r.H W'll:s, tew t'uziUhft Atybt fte&itu [ V vi *J L 



<bfm#e accordingly. The view of Smith-White, (and other;*) — that LtucopiitjoM 

 hookcri a;td £ Miiw&i&ttj (rnmh, nov.) should be treated as sepaiate species— 

 is endorsed. The former has conspicuously bearded corolla lobes 1.2-1.5 nm 

 long", m)0 I* I "be; slightly exceeding the raly v , in the al)V- »t ftnwr? 

 Ki'vetnber Decembci (as early as Scptemhrr Fit ilutudes of about 3,00U ft, 

 hi Victoria), and tUe fruit ripen* quickly, falling before whiter. The Inner 

 specks has shorter (about 1 mm.) and virtually edabrous enrol la kpTG? 

 (.Aipillate under the mtCTuicopc), with tube riot exceeding I he udyx: it 

 lionets January Fehtuftry *M flt< young fruit overwinters, ripening the 

 fallowing' summer Svnitfr-Wltltc Tabulates a leaf difference also \Auxt. J num. 

 Br-t. J 1 : 6£ (1955)1 — margins Rfontit plane in L hookcri, but manifestly 

 recurvec! in L. mtfntuMliS, This distinction rioes fwt aUwyfi hold, however, for 

 lowci -altitude examples of honk^ri often display unite, rcvolntr leave.?, 



Li'ucapotjtiu kaok&i is. much the more variable pl;uit---j;rnatl-leaved in the 

 high alps where often dwarlid lo a few inches, out attaiiunjgr heights up to 

 6 ft. i*i lower nvountn u Valleys (ejr Lurniypnts drtefftitttixis forest a'onj? the 

 upper J£-ittK River, .»nd at Oih.irwrra.. Vic.) wherv its leave*, may be frfi \'Az~r 

 as to be mistaken f0r those nl L. Imicrolatus. tt ian§es from l-ake Mountain 

 eastward to the "N.S.W. bonier, with occurrences on Mr 5. Ruber and 

 Buffalo and an isolated at'i>eardin.c on Ml. Maeedon {Encnlypt.u\ doV- 

 (taicu.us occurs there also). L ttwhiaws is restricted in Viclorta to the holiest 

 alps above tree-line (e.g. summits qi Mrs. fingflnr, Kelson, Fcatbertort and 

 T-oeh), n»Kl it ii. always Quite small; J have not seen H growing in dose 

 proximity to the other commoner spocics. A. B, Costin \A Study 0) tfu? 

 ftcosvsfr-ws of the Montsro Rt'(/um n] NJ>SV.: 277 (1954)) lUti the. two 

 xjjprirs ;ts foftriirisj separate associations in bis- "Qxvfolmtm cMpr'am—* 

 Pvd\Karp{is ulpinu.s' Alliance*' 



Melbourne Herbarium pus.sevse* an interesting early collection of CI SluarlV 

 frtin Tasmania, labelled "Western Mts. near Cummins Head"; ;l hns the 

 beardless corolla of L Wtptfcmtti And comes r.carot 1o tb;it specie?, btlt c:ie 

 lubes arc tis long a* kl L. kuokirl and the eorollft tube almost tivteriuediate. 

 Pi. R. Melville (Royal Botanic Gnrdens nt Ke\v> lias inspected Ibis material 

 iind suggests (^3/J/195S) that it may In*, a hybrid between the two, uuvcr- 

 iheless. it reinains yet to be denioiiittAted iHTittinr uatttfal hybridism c*ti 

 occur at al* among any of our Ausuahar Hpacriaaccrc. Some Mt. Ro^on? 

 collection*.; of /- tn>uk*-*i. on the other baud, show an approach to L. m&\wmnx 

 *h f\\t\* *mall ^laHire, smaller flowcrt xM shorter boards (ban nre l)jt(Sl] T u 

 the former p.aut. 



FLORA OF VICTORIA : NEW SPECIES AND OTHER ADDITIONS— a 



By N- A. WAKt-tittu. Noble Pa»>c 

 Genus LEUCOPOGON: Some Hirberto Unrecognised Speces 



UlUCOt'OGOW FfLlh'EKUS sp. uov. d)ytmcti«3ntia: tamufi mimerosisMmi 

 l|hfo»inC», ^olia iincari-ablonga eonnn margined pi lis longi? Tenu'hus 

 scricci* siraedittsl^spicac paucidorae inter folia termuiales. bracttae 

 bracteol.ac etcalycis lobi sRjtfrj subfilher fonhi inr- . rorn|, 1 ae tubus peroral* 

 (eirciccr OS mm.) lobis ionjrior'bus (circ. I mm), ovarium triloculare. 



HOLOT\ PE: Bogong Hi^lt Plains. Victoria ; Head oi Wilti Horse Creek. 

 nr^r Ally's Ha* lea. J H- Willis ., 19/1/ 1 04-7 (MF.Ln 



A low, spreading huvicately bmncbed plant. Ibe Iwigs- lihioun: le.ivrs 

 crowded, oniony, acute, up to 4 mm. long and abiiut 1 mm. svure. the n.urjcr:n> 

 a htite recurved and IjeaiiiLe' ioflfl fou nlk$ Mrs: sfJkCti abotn 5 mm. lon^ f 

 few-flowcre<l, terminal arnongst the leave?;; bracr$ hivX bracteole? acjtc 



*MKI, — Valinr.at ICetV.riuni 3t" Vi<:t'">r : n. Mvlhrurne; K — Royal 3fctanfe *7j 'ieus, 

 K<w: i\S\V .V^tiaaal ll;rbnriitm bl New South Wdlei, Syd)i«?> 



