168 VVAKrraa-n, Want of Vkiorta; Neiv $ ft civs, tie* [^v^.w* 



pistributtmi: latent Victoria (Mr, Little Dick, near Bnithen, Little 

 Kivtr Kails. Wulijulmeranj* ; Mt. Tara, near Bnchan; N*>wa Nowa* Mr. 

 Buck, near Orhost; etc); also in *outh-ea stern New South Wale*. 



Typkal 7". MimbuafoHus ha* the leaves once pimme; the pinnae are 

 lanceolate iu ovate, acuminate, and with margin.* regularly denllc'ulatt, 1)01 

 [Huufltifirl or lobed- This occurs iu New South Wales, from the Sydney-Blue 

 Mountains area to New KtiRlaurt 



What is regarded a-< belonging to T. sawhucijoCuts in Victoria, differs- "from 

 the typical plant tn having the teai -margins entire, not denticulate, and the 

 leaflet* are obtuse or ± acute but not acuminate, This ranges from centra! 

 districts iMt. Disappointment, Dandcnong TVanges, etc ) eastwards (Delatitc 

 Kivcf, Wilson's Promontory, Mt. St. Bernard, Cann .River, etc.) into New 

 South Wales. In (ho atp$ and xtibalps the plant has primary pinnae usually 

 linear and obtuse, occasionally only 2-3 cm. long and 2-3> mm. wide. Tin* 

 development occurs also at lowtr elevations, where it grades into the typical 

 lowland form which has lanceolate to ovate katlcts (occasionally even as 

 large as 18 x 13 cm.). F. Mueller applied the ijaJticg Paua,\- vttgusf if f/Iiur and 

 F J dendroider respectively to these two forms. The broad form is- occasionally 

 bipinnate, with up to about twenty lanceolate pinnae each 3-4 cm. long; but 

 such secondary pinnae are not narrow-linear, pirmatind or lobed as are those 

 of 7*. >"i'lhfi(fus, 



AH leaf characters mentioned above apply to the foliage of mature 

 (■flowcrinc) branches. Leaves of juvenile growths arc less dissected 3nd their 

 leaflets may he ir regularly lobed ct coarsely Scolhett or ^ regularly 

 denticulate- 



tn sunilt-t^stem New South Wales and eastern Cfippsland, where T jam- 

 bnafo(ins (forma) and 7'. \tiuHifu1\us buth oo^ur :»tAuKla»Uly, extensive held 

 observation over a period of many yeaTs ha*, failer! to reveal to the writer 

 any intermediate states or connecting links between the two. 



Genus aSTROTRICHA: A N«w Specie*, ond Comments on Irs Allies 



ASTRQTRICHA PAttViFOUA sp, nov ft) fibres socio A. U>H<*Hoc DC. 

 conionnans, sctl jam distinguitur foliis pcrbrevibm angustis (6*15 x 

 1-2 mm.) sessdibus nitidis reflects haud auperis ttuberctili pauci inarui 

 a ditmt ) . 



HOLOTYPR: Near Providence Ponds, eastern Victoria; /r* T. S. Hart, 

 15/U/19L9 (MEL; duplicates to l>e sent to K and NSW). 



A small, erectly branched shrub; leaves crowded and almost all refle^ed. 

 sesstle, 6-15 mui. loitg, i-2mm. wide, obtuse, the margins somewhat recurved, 

 upper surface shiny and smooth except liar several large tubercles; vesuture 

 very sparse and loose, aoort disappearing from the upper stems and the 

 branches of the inflorescence; flowers and fruit as in the A- kdifvlia ffroup. 



Distribution. Apparently eiulemie in the dry sandy country of east-central 

 Gippsland, F, Mueller collected it 'between Latrobe ajtd Merrimans CreeV", 

 buth on April 26. 1853 and in November 1854; there ft D further specimen 

 from the type locality (Providence Ponds, kit. ftuth Clarke, 4/11/1951) ; and 

 a third area for the plant is indicated hv a j-mall specimen labelled "Avon 

 Country, June 1955" (tco. W. Cane). 



This species belongs to a group of closely related forms which have usually 

 been retarded a? the one species. The other Victorian representatives oi "he 

 group arc as follows: 



A, ledifotia DC— Leaves flat *hoM and oblong to lon£ and narrow- 

 lanceolate, a* mm. or more wide, the margin$ hardly recurved, the upper 

 Mufaee dull and .nimrtely ?>cabrous; vestituie a tight or loose mat of very 



