ciliau;-t ringed, thr latter aboui half as long as the calyx, sepals about 1 Jinn. 

 long, acuminate, minutely friiiRtfil; corolla tube about (J5 mm, Mg, ri*c k»r>es 

 i»mi\' j* U>n£ ; ovary 3-loeular. 



Distribution : .Mpine regions oi Victoria (Hotham-Rogoi)& area). 



As well ns the type collection, 3iiot!wr was Made liy Wfltta from ihe \ame 

 general area (Buckeiy Ptom eaw of Mount <.ope , J8/l/l^*?>« OiIkcwisc 11k 

 >|ieeie* is known from an early -collection made hy F Mueller, presumably 

 in December l#54; duplicates of this wen: labelled ' Sources of the. Mitta 

 MilU" and "Snowy PfifcittS on the Cobongrj" (.s>cl, and were annotated in 

 various ways ^ forms or varieties ot f*$t\&Qp(\fi(m cotHmts, under which 

 specie Bentham included ifats materia! in /-'/ora Anxtraticttxh 4 . 191. 



A. tottirnts is an cteet, strongly branched shrub \vu\i leaf margins spmulnsr- 

 denticulate, with larger inflorescences and (lowers, and >virh the ovary 

 .Mocular. 



U&C OPOGON RIPARWS sp..nov., oil influrccniuam 1. rifrvftfa* l< Br 

 v»We afl'iiMH sed fofiiy majoribub (usque ad IS mill tuii&is* pMCcipne 

 ohlauceolaiis acini* t?labris tcmnhus nitidis marjgiuibiis vix rccureatis 

 distui£uUux. 

 HOI.OTYPR- \l<\e Ikioiij" Geek (Sivnvy River), Wiori.i; K r . A. Wafcv- 

 firJd No. Jjj6; 21/9/1.^47; riparian in granite rock crevices; iMEL, dupli- 

 cate* to lie r-enl to K and NSW*;. 



Erect bbHjb* io ! metre i;:gh. trunk to 2,/h eni, diameter: branch^* erect, 

 j eddish, .-.Ji^hrly pubescent; kaecs np to 18 mm. Ioii#. I.^ij imo wide, 

 UneaX'Umceolate in oblanceoVate. crowded and erect on sienle branches, acme 

 and acicular at the apes, margins entire and a little or not recurved, r.l*uiy, 

 <jtlfto glabrous except when very young; spikes axillary, '- to 4-fioWcred, 

 shorter than the leave*, the axis minutely pubescent ; bracts broad, htuni ; 

 sepals about 1.5 matt. Innj», obtuse, minutely eiliate fiinged ; corolla tift»c 

 evcecilhig the calyx, the IoIh*s about 1.5 mm. long; ovary ovoid, ptibesceot, 

 imperfectly jolocular; style about 1.5 mm. long; stigma globular, 



Distribution ; Snowy T\iver, extern Victoria. 



Besides ibt type material, an earlier collection (in fruit) was made- ftt 

 tfete Belong C«*k INA W. N<1 M35; about December Wo), and further 

 material (not flowering) was collected in porphyry formation on the Snowy 

 .River, east oi Bntcbeii Ridge (N A.W. No. 477J ; aljool 22/1/1953) 



T|iC new sprries ba> ihe inflorcst*"nrc of /.. ctftniaps T£ Bt'., but il diUCTS 

 considerably irom it in foHagv. The typical L. enciy'u(e.\ has spreading, d'n^ely 

 |iitl>C5ccvit branches: the leaves oblong, bronel at ihe base itnd wilb btuni, 

 tTiuconaie apices, the jurl'yce pul>es<ent an<l the margins r-.trorigjy iec«r\*ed. 

 In Victoria il is usually more pubescent than in \ T ew South Wales, and in 

 eastern Victoria it grows abundantly on sandy heatlilands near ihe fi04£ti 

 ir>ct!Miin^ some areas near the Snowy Kiver. Jt is evidait that L. npariux h 

 genetically distinct from the widespread specie* 



LUUCOPOGON GFJ. IDUS (?Wh.) comb, w Syn. 7. tomcolohti vat: 

 Qetidus lienth, fi Austr, 1 : 186. 



LECTOTYPE: Specimen in MET. (seen by BentUam) bearing thcitriginal 

 data " Lencopogon yt'luiux Ferd. Mm:llcr, BarkJy Kangc". Tbcrc are several 

 eluplicaieb oi tin*, with various other siniot^tioii^ ; rase, and other materia! 

 ei*ed by Bewfhmno (Cobborar : . Monnta»n t i, S.000 it.; Feb 1854; and sumtnil 

 of i\lotir»t Baw J3aw, souiCCs of the Yarn*, Albert Range, Dec. I860; botfi 

 collected by Muc-Hcrj become Paratypes. 



An erect or spreading shrub; leaves 12-lfi mm. long, obtenKeoUtc or 

 obovalc, somewhat ItucK- , ypikes usually about li" nam. long, 4- t»> 8-flc*wcre<t 



