

| {\hi«t, ^ouunrhhirr of Victorian- Diiotyl.'dflti.f 17: 



C. RKK1.KXA (Labill.) Vent.. var O.l.AHRA iUnttl.) Court, sum* nqiuft e< 

 COttik'inaUo riuva. 



<. |liWfai Undl ha Mitch. Thn-r £r/irti IL Aust. I: 48 fl&38|. 

 C RKFLEXA <UWt.) Vwt,, vai. PULCHKU.A <Af<ic*<iv i\r -SW.> fcVw*. 

 .-rtarttiK turvus ft co»rt»'tniith"t tniV-i. 



I . pHlrhr/{(} Macltav ex 5\v«rt TMr. ,•*«*;. i. 1 flggf^), 



The four varieues may be briefly described ay follows; 



Vir. REFLEXA — Leaves ovate-elliptic, often obscurely iivd^tited, U*» 

 tpjeinly reflex ou\ stellate-hairy at least on the lower surface; corolla 

 Usually more rhan twice as lojifl as broad, yellow or greenish, pink 

 or bitolorcd. (C*. vuhrti Sin. Exot. Bot. 2: 26 (1805-7), C m'tiij Sm. 

 tr ISj t. 72; f. xfrccwsa Audr. £<?f. /te^f, & t <}5a 0811), teste 

 Ait. f. gft"f T Hutt Kcfy J66 (1414)1* 



Var. C/WDJiVAUS (/•'. flff*^, &r Hook.) CaurfV-Leaves in isolated 

 pairs, Hafr<jw-elliptiC with revolutc margins, entice, seldom reflexed, 

 coarsely stellate-hatry, at least on the lower surface, and often 

 rugose; corolla usually more than twice as tony a: broad, vivid 

 scarlet with yeI*ow$reen tips, 



Var- GLABRA (ArW/,) Court — Rather uill shrubs of rocky declivities 

 (sometimes riparian); leaves elliptical, almost glabrous on both 

 surfaces; corolla al>out twice at* long as bread or leas, jrrceni*h- 

 yetlow. 



Var, PVLCHELf.A (Mnclay f,t .SV*v/> Court — Low shruhs of western 

 heaths or limestone tracts (sometimes in arid Country) *, lca\C5 

 usually broadly ovate, almost glabrous on both suda.ee*; corolla 

 about twice as long as broad or less, rosy pink. 



The difficulties facing syste-matists in dealing with this species au'se from 

 several sources. Many garden varieties and crosses have been introduced by 

 horticulturists, particularly in England, and some of these were described as 

 distinct species early last century. The specks nsctf. as indicated above, is 

 highly variable and shows j^iesi diversity of form and colour, H must be 

 remembered that the four varieties, distinguished above, are only the more 

 important ones occurring in Victoria There arc some forms of C, reflex^ 

 which cannot be assigned to any one variety ^atisiactorilv. Perhaps^ a genc- 

 tical approach to a study of this species, and indeed to the Menus C<)m>a in 

 ceneral, would yield worthwhile results. 



Tremandiceeae 



TETHATHUCA GLANDVLOSA Lebilf., var. OKBrJOUA W K 

 3hhciy ms. 



A foTriia typica speciei (ex TaMnania) folio Mibrnlumlo— quaw 

 lalo duplo longiore perraro superanti — atquc pacne mteRro (praeter 

 ciliis marginibus.) recedit. 



HOLOTYPVS: VICTOR! A— "Grampians" (Herb- MEL— C. Wohtr, 

 Oct. 1S88). 



This new vark'iy departs from the typical Tasmauiiui form of the species 

 in having almost round leaves — seldom more than twice as )<m£ as broad — 

 with almost entire margins (except for the cilia). 



The typical form of 7\ yloudnlosa occurs only in Tasmania, and can Km 

 separated easily from mainland specimens On leaf-shape alone; it was first 

 described by I.abiljardiere in 1806 from 5)>ecimciis collected In Tasmania. 



Mifftocea: 



CALLVSTf-MON MACROrVNCTATUS (PnUl Cm*) Cwt, conv- 

 binaio uovu. 



Mriros\dcro,\ mo.ro/iniu-toM DhM Cours. Bat, Cult. «l, A }'- 777 (lAflJ 



