m Ike Victorian Naturalist Vol.. 73 



FLORA OF VICTORIA: NEW SPECIES AND OTHER ADDITIONS— U 



By U. A. WAKtPiELo, Noble Park 



Genos CRASSULA; A Nortliern Victorian Species Hitherto Umf-ascribed 



CRASSUI.A TRIPARTITA sp nov. inter cougencrns Ausualienac* unicas 

 trautes caespiica. erecti, 2-3 cm alti; folia ciixitcr 2.5 mm Itniga, per 

 foftata , flores sohlarii, tcvillaref-. stthsessifts, hif^trhti 



HOLOTYPE: Rutherglen, N.E V'irtoria. &gjr. (V. .V Morrow, M/9/W3*> 

 1.MEI.; duplicates to be sent to K and NSW >. 



Plant densely tufted, 2-3 em. high, the erect stems utibrandu'd , haves 

 perfoliate, ±: triangular, about 1.5 mm. lone, obtuse, the base broadly winged 

 and this the widest part ol the (cat ; interuodes 1-2 mm. lorijjj; flowers solitary 

 it) the tipper a^ils (tate)y with a second abortive one), sessile oi almost £0. 

 each *ubtcnried by one or two much reduced leaves or bracts; sepals 3, 

 acumiuate, about 1 mm long; petals 3, acuminate, hyaline, snorter tlf.m the 

 >epals, stamens X, stammodrs .1, linear with dialed aivcx, almost as long a? 

 I lie stamens; carpels truncate witb a short point ; needs I (rarely 2) in each 

 cat pel. light brown. longitudinally costate. 



Distribution', Northern Victoria, As well as the type locality (Ruthcrcrlen), 

 the species occur;; at Graytoit (between Nagatnbi& and Heathcote). Jt W3J 

 noted in the latter locality by (be writer in 1939, on moist flat 1 ; in open grac- 

 ing land; and 0«e only specimen preserved { winch differs tiom type by its 

 somewhat branched stems) was lodged in flip North Queensland Herbarium. 

 Cairns. C. tripartita is not closely related to any other Australian species of 

 the genus. 



Genus WESTRINGIA: Two New Species Endemic in Victoria 



H'iiSTRINGlA C8EMXOPHU.4, $o, «ov. VfW<5 distinct.^ frutcx dense 

 rauiosus. u«(|ue ad 60 cm. latus, in rimis mnrorum rupum creseens, baiio 

 versus;* con ice scberoso profmide frssmaio pmediius; veriicilli trifoliari, 

 foha line-aria, marginihus re volutin ; ramufi Horifcri (caultbUR toliis 

 calycibuscmc) tibique albo-toinentosi ; ralycis lobi acuti i(intm tubus lupO 

 forcviofev 



HOl.OTYPR : Porphyry cliffs above Snowv River, east or Rutchers RitfRe; 

 N. A. WakebeUi, No. 4772, about 21/I/195J (MEL; v^lyyes, No-. 4774. 

 to be donated to K and NSW). 



Much -branched shrub, growing iri crevices of rock cliff* ; bark, of larger 

 &tCpl3 thick, corky, funowed, leave*-, in whorls of $ (iJirely 4), 1-2 cm. long, 

 1-2 mm. wide, margins revolt) te, apex obtuse but -t. mucr/inate ; flowers 

 solitary in the axils, subscssile, calyx-lobes acute, about hatf as Ions as the 

 tube; corolla mauve, about I cm. long, densely Inspkl on the outside, -* illo.se 

 in the throat, all hve lobes indented at the apex with the lowest tmc more so 

 <u;u»te bitched) and longer than the others; rfowerinp. branchlets Z-Q cm. long:, 

 universally invested (on stems, leaves and calyces) with dense, -t-apprresed, 

 whitish tome»l»«m 



Distribution: Abundant but very localised, on several of the many porphyry 

 cliffs overlooking the Snowy River, east ot Butchers Pi.iv. eastern Victoria. 



W . crewtutphtiu wa-» discovered hi about l£50 r by Mr. Leo Hodge of 

 \V Tree, and he cultivated it Quite effectively in his native- flower garden. 

 The writer collected iotnt material ol it at Hodge's "VVesHirmia Cliff*' on 

 Aoglbt 31. 1952 (N. A vVakcbeld, Mo 4687) * and Dr. R- Melville took 

 -i i r ' i ■ I : materia] Eroro the same spot at the tunc ot U»e collection of the typp 



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