>P mT 7 ] W***W«tf. Ftoiif of Vift&fc* ^ .Sptcicx, etc. 167 



M tjr&lhtflqk) was originally discovered by tin* writer no January 22, 195-1, 

 bus il was tiol flowering at the time- A second visit was made to the same area 

 on September 1 0, 1955. to collect flowering specimens, nnd though it was 

 ;-umewhat early in the season, a lew precocious flowers Were found And their 

 characters ascertained. 



The species is mo.it closely allied to TJ. ficnunn mi folia DC. of eastern New 

 South Wales. The latter has leaves much larger (op lo 24 mm, x 8 mm ) ; 

 rounded a* the apex, lh< nudrih Thinner; the flower* arc .larger and stalked 

 (peduncles up to 15 turn, long) ; and the wsiHure is looser and of larger 

 somewhat ditYeieni Visits (nornr simple, some 01 the ^Icllatu i'*tn*» stalVed) 



Two sp-ecies are involved iu the material classified as H. vithtifwri F. 

 Muell. by Bent ham (M. .4»«rr. 7: 28). Thcic are as follows. 



niBBflKTlA AS-PERA DC £|tf, U&\ 1- 430 (ifc|S) 



BttA> sh«*ub, upper >tenis densely stellate zt\f\ somewhat long-pilose; leaves 

 from narrow to broadly obovale, apex rounded, margins normally only a Utile 

 recurved, upper surfaces aiperons- with small tubercle? and small stout 

 stellate hairs mixed with a few long pimple ones, underneath usually whicisll 

 and densely sleltate-lomentose: flowers on slender peduncles usually with out* 

 reduced leal -or Iirart under the i alyx ; sepals ahout 4nmt. long, invested with 

 both stellate and simple hair*. 



Distribuli'tn ! Widespread nH south-eastern Australia, ironi south- eastern 

 Queensland 10 Vasni*ni» and SOJflln AushatiH. hi aoulh-vseMerti Victoria 3M<\ 

 South Australia, the species lacks the usual loupf pilac, and tlie common fonti 

 hi Tasmania has larger leave.* arid les.s pubescence. 



Both Plciirontirf? ri)}?w and ft purvifloro, holh of R.Ri. e* T>C. Ms-' 417. 

 <1S respeerivt.lv), are apparently synonyms of //. (Hffi'M. 



HIBBUK'JiA ASTtiROTMCUA !>eU ex Snreiig.) uomb uov. 



1A31S.U Synonym: Ph't\rnndrn ayhirolrit'lHi Sicb, ex Spreiis;. ')<■$/. Of 



Posl,;'\9\^(\H27). 

 Equivalent Synonyms: PU'ttrondra ovak* Labill. Nov Holt. Pi &pfft Z\ 



5 I 14,1 (ISOlJ) ; PlcHfimilr* xcahra R.Br, ex DC fe?.: MS. (Roth these 



specific epithets arc pre-occupied In Whhertia.) 



Sprawling, long-branched shrub; upper branches reddish, bearing fii>e 

 stellate hair* and longer setae; leaves obovale to elliptical, usually ±-ac»lc. 

 the margin* a little recurved, upper surfaces scabrous with pale tubercles an J 

 lOiXfij setae (but no stellate hairs), underneath glabrous or with tiny hooked 

 hairs on the lamina (bur ncine. stellate) anil the midribs bejff£r»g stellate hairs 

 and btistles; flowers on long slender peduncles; calyx setiferous. 



H. *UTi*r%\ttretui is almost co-extensive with H. ospt'ra, hut it does not occur 

 5<1 western Victoria :»r South Australia. 



Genus TIEGHEmOPANAX: A Mew Species Allied to T. sumbucdoloiuv 



llECtfF.MOi'.Ms'AX MULTN'iDUS sp. nov. ob iunoreicentiaol T. som- 

 httojvtio (Sieb. ex UC) Viguicr affims, ned dififerf foliis bipuitiatis 

 vel cripuuutis; pinnis ultimis eirciter 2 mm, latis, plenirnctue puuMurid**: 

 pintiuhs atque loins acutmnati:;, mafghtihtifi intc^ris. 



HOl.OTYPR- W Tree, lu m, north of Buchau. Victoria; HAM. No. 

 4833, 2.V1/19-V CMI3L duplicates to be sent «o K ( NSW). 



Bushy shrub, usually low, rarely Jo several feet high] leaves hi- to tri- 

 pitinatc, the pmuae (sevoiidiiry and ternary) mostly irregularly pinuatihd; 

 the ultimate pioitulei and lubes about 2 mm wide, acuminate, with entire 

 margins ; fiosvtr^ and fruit as in T sfln\bitfif&fin£ (Sieb. ex DC.) Viguier. 



