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ATRtPLFX PAFil.LATA I. 11. Willis; 



bpecies nova ob formarn pctiajtthii Iructueri inter cxmgenera:; valde 

 di?tmcta plants -;U parvn\ \ J ) <tniiii:t, inoiioicae, conitO'd plurlbus 

 prostratis stramlnitoloribiis usque ad JO cm. longis , jniiu cinerea. 

 dense Larinaeeo-papillosa, lanceolate vet linearis, pteruivunje 1-2 cm. 

 lOQtgft. s;«pe I'asciculata, lOftCgfoiifOS submUgn? nivoluiis. ftnrer masttth 

 in t?lomcruKs pnncis glfljpjij Tenninalibus; floret feminci 2-4 in axilli; 

 (oltOrum uux, quain inflorescentwe mascula; interiores sunt; pcrian* 

 tMum ir\Htif(-rum 3-5 mm, loiig'imi (praceipue 3-4 mm.), 2-3 mm. 

 latum, irrcgularitcr trilobatuin vcl subnabetlaturn, basin versus ab 

 &P(*£ndiciOt*.i vonspkuis irrtyularihus tr.ollhms papilUformilms dcm.se 

 ttfiteti-uiii, fcractcobs duohus saltern usque ad medium conuexis. 



I'AGATfQ'. VICTORIA (Itoreali-ot-eidcntalis temota) — "Gypsum workmRs, 

 about A mile? south-west p( NowingV i h'QLQTi'PUS in Herb MEL, 

 rAkATYl'l iii AD, NSW, K—J. U. Willis, 2S Aug. 19551 ; "Clay-van 

 at Hcrwftig? 1 (MEL— B. Ritmsay* 23 Jul. 1950) ; "Edge of a saLi-oan at 

 Raak" (MEL — /i. Ramsay, 2 Nov, 1949) J "Gyp*nm flat, about 7J milos 

 jjfpUft) of lite 65-itule post on Suirt Highway west pi Mfldura" (MfcJL— 

 I U. miKK&SW- 1948). 



Tn hahit and superficial appearance, the new species somewhat resembles 

 A. lcf'Unarp<'i K. Mitell., hut the fainting ptriaiU.hr, are very dissimilar. 

 Branches of A. f>af>iiloht arc proMi'Ale, siei'idet,. .sti aw -yellow and alnlost 

 glabrous, contrasting with the sage-grey mealy- papillose narrow and involute 

 leaves (api^arinx almost "fasciculate Qfi the shortened latitat branches). Matt 

 inflorescences consist of one to several dense. >vlli>\vish, globoid clusters of 

 flower* at the ends of brane tilers, the tcmale flowers being in aggregates of 

 2-4 in tower leaf axils (both immediately below and also remote tram ttic 

 male inflorescences). 



Within the group of species having equal flattened rnutinu-bracteoles, 

 united tor more than halt their length and bearing conspicuous appendages 

 A. puptihtn approaches A, acutUirncteu R. H. Anderson anil A- cornier a 

 I'Jomin; but it differs from these and all orhcr Australian congeners in the 

 UHhtcftftt&i lar»e, irregular, soft papillae which form a slar-Hke cluster around 

 (he base of the fniiriug-penaolh The upper smooth part of the bracteole is 

 flattened, irregularly tridentate or almost flabellau*. and lIW whok is miuutcly 

 \$A inaceo os -granular. Tlie few known Victorian occurrences hare all been on 

 temporarily damp clay-flats highly impregnated with gypsum, and t)ie species 

 Will most probably he found to extend over similar terrain along the Murray 

 lands tvi Kuuth Australia and into Inr south-western New South Wale*. 



HASSIA RAMSAVjT: J. H, WWis: 



species nova Ob fOrniam et dimer.siones perianihii (ruetiferi B I'Mekyp- 

 tcra (F. MucIL) R H- Anderson atque h. txkhhap^ta i ; . Muell. affinis, 

 lied a prioie pilis (oUorum apnre;-S'>villQsis (non arachnoideii) ct 

 praeeipue perianth in frucrifero puhescenli lateraliltr cxalato spinis 

 multo louL'ioribus dirlert; a B. rcjibwpsila Mi%% semper dense pilosis, 

 perianthio [ruidifero *d hjsin excavato atque spinis manifesto com- 

 planatts (dUr.um rclmatipartiluiii l'urniaiitihu>> tcric rcccdit. 



Prridhthium frtirtifrrnw '£••* .\ ?-^ mm Oma <?)»m ^plnl?) r COi"t«iiil!()vnie, 

 ptr|uiWi»fii_rninpbn.iTn.n, lc»HCt U>-C*5lflUml, in \>3Tlv mwHfl minute vub«c«rui; 

 lutrttS CJctiioimis l.S-2 n;m. tm'.K>»s (.oA busiri ctrocer 0-5 mm reniij <x<-Jvaiu^l; 

 SjtJnne 5 tf, divaric.\(aiv _v»Mt Cfi»U*lansUe. Imshi v*rs.ais £ a*ale«c:r rites (in 

 *\*hm uiduralo liucituriUli). caruru 2 iisiuit*' Untginr* 1 -. (l.'&Z.^ mm) ct 2 fj.cnr 



