1t>4 WAKf.nr.ui, Worn of Vutmia: New Species, etc. [?$$£*' 



R, V. Smith; Cunhowcr CTrcck (near Cohuna), teg, Tietlcens ; Wcrnbce. 

 hit. FuUager; Mooroopna. 11/11/1942, teg. R. A. Black. 



Mo? I of these specimens had been confused with S\ austnttieusts (Maid. 

 •V Befchc) 5. T, Rl-alce This tatter Has a spreading hahit ; far more numerous 

 TOtns; -^pikelets fewer in each cluster, smaller, somewhat reddish; and the 

 nut is acutely triquetrous, usually much Ion per than wide, and it becomes 

 filially pale orange m colour. .S. o-'Uim/fV^/.v belongs to arid areas (north- 

 western Victoria to south-western Queensland and Centr.il Australia) 



The Creswick collection wis reported at .V congrous (Nees) S. T Blake. 

 iu Vict. Not, 09; 1^0 (Feb. 195J) , which species Nw broad hyaline openly 

 reticulated wings to the glumes, ami an acutely triquetrous nut. This. plant 

 extends from Jar-western Victoria (near ^H. Arables and T.cwan Sliirch to 

 West Australia 



In habit and the appearance ot the inflorescence, .5*. vtetorit'nsis is not 

 rceognixalily different from either SL pfoiyoirfins S. T. Bfake or S- o/n>- 

 wrptts S. T- Blake,; both these however have 3-jtnminate flowers; and larger, 

 sltiny blark, differently marked nuts. 



Genus PULTtNAtA: Tw« HerheMe Unrecognised Specks 



tHiLTENAHA PLAIYPHYLLA s«, nov.. e.\ amnitate P, tctusve 5m. el 

 P (ii*pMiou1t?i WeivJf. Kerf aib utmquc a rharar.tcrihus scqucntihus dis- 

 tinguitur: foliii elliptscis, liiurginibm; planis (hand recurvatis), apicc 

 cniar^inato (nee rel»i=.n OpC tnilt ronato) 



HOLOTYPE: Ml. Tarrengower, near Maldou, central Victoria to, 

 Kcv. W C, Tippctt, October 1*21 1&1EL). 



Svn. . p dppfylpi/ici car jHtrwflorn H. B Williamson (Proc, V$V, $$*. 

 VitJ. S2; 212). 



Tali bin nb; leaves elliptical, \-l cm, long. J-6 mio. wide. ur>f>e>* surface 

 giabi i-jij: and concave with the midrib not visible, margins Hat apex rounded 

 and indented, underneath with the midrib not very prom mem : ftoweis in 

 terminal hracteale clusters; hracis broad, entire; hracteolc 1 ; high on the 

 calyx-tube, strap-like, pubescent : calyx densely pubeiccnl. 



Distribution . Victoria (^Giampiaiis" ; Mt TarreuKoiver ' WarLv Ranges, 

 T. Mnrley, Sept. 1945; Eldorado, H. B. Williamson, Sent 19. 1920; Upper 

 Murray District C i'remh Jut.. I88GJ . also New South Wales. 



P, plfltyfrhylhi- is not closely" related to P, daphnoides Wendl. The Inner 

 has the leaves cutieale, truncate, mucronate. with recurved margins, ami the 

 midrib is very prominent beneath aud a little so ahove; die hrarts are trifid 

 At the apex with the middle lobe pubescent, and the bracteotes are lanceolate 



The new sprites is similar to P. stricta Sims ; hut the latter has the leaves 

 smaller, pointed and recurved al the apex and recurved at the margins, and 

 its bractcolcs arc glabrous except on the margins, 



r*\ pfatyfthvfla h mos* elosely related to P. retnsa Sha . ; the latter differing 

 in having Ita I -margins recurved, apex of leaf truncate and ± bilobcd. and 

 lhe flower*; and leaves of the latter are ahout half as h\% as those of the 

 lormer. 



PVL'fE\ : AEA AMQRNA Sk*. ex ft, A. Wakefield sp nov.; P. iino^hyih 

 Stlirad pro.vima, vtd dilTert Soliis liueari oblongis. supra g-laferis apjee 

 suhcmarj?inutis et liracieis rulesccntihus orhicularihus, atfinis / J . rrrifttr 

 Stn a <|i»a h^ lrtf>^ semper pubescent! apicc vi\ decurvaio el braeteis 

 persir.tcntihus trilohalis f«cilc coguo$t:itur. 



HOLO'l YPF: Soec^nien at MR1 .. labelled "Pultr>utr<r W4wftri S*ct/\r, 

 Sieber flora nov. Hollandiac N'o. 4I4". 



