166 \v ^KftrtEi.D. WW of i'lctoriit: ATdQk Specks <tc [ 



Vtcl. Nut. 

 Vol, 78 



A J. SwabyV It is not known to occur outside Victoria, but il should be 

 found in the extreme south-east of New South Wales. 



S. ±vr?y{taccniit lias leaves less broad at the apex, with lateral labes 

 tcrmiiuted to £ short callous, point ami the central lobe strongly recurved, 

 and with the upper-surfaces invevted with simple hairs. It is endemic in 

 Tasmania. 



SPYKIDIUM IftTtBSff &$. (lov, ; 5. spaiJwhto <F. MuelU P. Muell. 



ex Oeiitlu simile, sed rccedit : foliis breviprtbu* (usque ad 3-7 mm. 



loitgis) oblartceolatis (noti spathulatis) ad inargines placiis \jiOti te- 



curv&usj, super nciebus indmut'Tito daiH© appreMO obtcctis (non glabrr- 



9cen4ibu&). inflorcscoiuia eytnosa (now clongau*) 

 HQLOTYPE: Specimen m MEL. with data "Sandy Scrub, Watcrhouse", 

 presumably irum Kangaroo island. South Australia. 



Leaves oblar.ceolate or obovate, up to 5 mm, long and 2 mm. wide, tM 

 apex acute and + recurved, both surfaces invested with dense shiny appressed 

 vestiture (shorter and tighter on upper surface) ; stipules lanceolate, entire. 

 glabrous; inflorescence cymose. leafy, the individual flower-dusters --3 mm. 

 in diameter;, floral leaves creamy white, broader, shorter and less pointed 

 than the normal ones and with loose vestiture; bracts broad, reddish-brown, 

 papery, a little pubescent ; calyx sparsely villosc. 



Distribution ; Kangaroo Island* South Australia (*<■.<?. Waterhouse, 

 Tepper) \ and north -western Victoria ( Shire r>{ Lowan, leg, St. EAov 

 D'Alton). 



/.. uititfum- 'a (he same as the S, ^poUiuhtnui var. uturnpfiyHum B-etub 

 iff. Autt. J: 430), the type material of which may be » duplicate of the type 

 specimens of the former. 



S spothufatu-iti has the leaves spatluik-dc, ± glabrous on tlie upr>;r surfaces 

 and with the margins strongly recurved, and the inflorescence is elongahxl 

 along ft central axis. It occur?, in South Australia and possibly in Western 

 Australia. 



Genus: HI8BERTIA: A New Species of the Section Euf ibbertlo, 



end Sfime Taiconamic AJjustmont ta M. btlfccrfieri f , Mtfcll. 



Hl&BEKTlA SPATtWLATA sp. nor. Sect Rukibhertiat (sens. Hen- 



thami) inservnda — coins spathulans ct carpclli3 3 t omen tow — ex a.frmi- 

 tate H. hcnnanUfoUas DC, sec\ rccedit: lolii* minoribus fetn>is cost* 

 percrassa; induincnto miuuto perdeiwo. pilis omnibus stellat is sessili- 

 bu.^Quc; florihus mmoribus subse&stlibut-. 



HOI.OTYPlv: Towards Snowy River, cast of Butchers Ridge. eastern 

 Victoria: Iff. N. A. Wakefield,' No. 4S32, September 10, 1935 (MEL; 

 duplicates, to be sent to K and NSW) 



A diffuse shrub to about 4 ft. hiril and 4 ft. wide; vestiture (on upper 

 Stems, both leaf-surfaces, and the calyces) a dense mat of minute, sessile, 

 \t el late hairs: leave* spathulate, normally about 8 mm. long and 2 mm wide. 

 thick, the ape* bilobed. the margitis somewhat recurved, the upper surtate 

 green and with a shallow longitudinal channel, underneath Whitish and the 

 midrib green and much thickened, flowers lubscssiltf; stamens numerous 

 (normally about 17), surrounding the carpels, staunuodes few (normally 

 Tibout i) ; carpels J. tomeniose. 



Distribution: Apparently endtmk but locally abundant m 3 small area 

 (detailed above h on a rocky slope in porphyry formation, at about 2,500 fi. 

 elevation, associated with H, tmc*$t\s var. <'N/(j?/y/w, in a forest of Eueatyp* 

 hts jh?(whwk. A curia f>yc>umtlm and Acocui &hlif$ifv!i$. 



