"«•!?] VVaki-mki.u, ftcro u,i I'lLtoria: AVto Sptcies, etc W 



xitccvnens l cited above), and thi& is located at Kew, England, On January 

 20. \%A. thh iJift-lavftjj! plant was ubscr.vcd, Wltii binoculars, to be growing 

 coo 911 the inaccessible pnx ibices 00 llM oppose (eastern) aftfa of the Snowy 

 Krvcr. 



The species is remarkable fatt its ability to cow on vcuica! eliits, in stroll 

 crevices tee-mingly devoid of soil 



Wk'Sl kJA'C'JA CXASSJi : OU/1 sp. nov. valde distinct*: frutcx ercrtup; 

 verticilli trifrlian ; Jolia angusto-cl!iptica. crasna, ohlusa, super concava, 

 uibcer Senium rujjosa, ufriikpje minute luhfroilata, f^ia ohfeura, rnar- 

 ytniliu* baud reourvis ; Mores sulsessiles. ptunuret; calyx 4*!j mm. longus, 

 lobis crassis aeuus J. 5-? nun, kmuis; corollar loin mmquani retes!. 



HOT-QTYPE; Junction oi fbe Parish boundaries of Humley. Neilborough 

 aitiJ Whirrakee (Beiidigo Wlnpsliek), about 10 usltai north of Httfdigo, Vic- 

 toria: fay. John W. Kellam, Sept. In, K>56; "plant* up to 7 ft. high and verv 

 spituhv, £fr&Wln*g anion;* Mrt'tlntra- nnouoia mainly' rWBL-i *htfilicates l'* 

 be nait to K and NSW. J 



Erect aiuulj; brauchlcts longitudinally rotate, shejilly pubescent; Icauvs 

 in whorls of 3, shortly petiolatc, narrow elliptical, 5-15 mm. long, I.5-2.5 mm. 

 wide, thick, upper-sur faros concave, underneath becoming wrinkled, both 

 ailftftCCS minutely tubeuuiale and slifihtly pubescent, tnarft'nts nkuiltely 

 denticulate not recurved, apex obtuse but with a ■sliftht calmsc point, the 

 midrib t'-ot apparent except as an indefinite thickening on the mider-imriace; 

 flowers stihscfisilf , OPyV 4-5 mm. ion\r, scaly-pubescent, sracrrly ribbed Ibe 

 lobes triangular (hick acute and 1 5-2 nun", fong : corolla purple, scaly - 

 pubescent outside, sparsely village inside, the lobe* not at all bifid or rctuse 

 (the" centra) lower one truncate, the- other* rounded). 



Dixtrihutimt : Apparently confuted to lite Brndigu Whipstick Scrub in rhc 

 vicinity ot "Westriueja Kutee". | >ee I'ict. A' erf. .?' T : 95 and Vict. j\'at. 10: 

 l°5 and 20$, under the name "IVvshbujia fiiffttfti v»r, i/wWum"]. 



The leaves of If-*', croxsi folia migircst iu affinities with a group oi four 

 northern species: \¥. pttnrijalia White and Francis und IV. foikpmi B. 

 Ooteati — vAi. h ni wbirb has leaves nbovat^ attd much shorter, aitrl §ciri>|l?£ 

 more bristly inside and witb retuse lobes—, II'. tcKitirauli* White and Francis 

 — winch has slender uulnaudied stems about 1 ft bigh, acute {'pungeOl) 

 leaves and ^ruminate ca>> \-lobes , nnd If'-'. rhi\'Hi Wnid. and Rrtcbe, h^vinn 

 acute leavec with z*: definitely recurved niargin.-;, flower. 1 ; jji terminal leafy 

 cltHtcts and lUecaJjx glabrous. 



GphlsCNaPHaUUM-, Spec^tc Status for nn Alpine Plant 



GNAPHAUUM ARGILNTFFOUUM n.m. et sU*. nov. 



Bmsic byilunym: G. coifvtvm var. ? radiean? F. \lucll. ex rlcnth. i-/. 

 AuAtr .?• oS4 



f.E(.TOTVP£ "Sumnuvs of the AusirnK-an Alps"' >•*//. F. Mueller, \Thh 

 material— sceJi l*y Rentham ami now in M RI- — appears to be part of a suitt 

 Of spcciriKilA, now HI vafio.ta hCibin'Hau fcldci^, collected undei* the ordinal 

 laf.el •- 



!ti |n ,'.1. \-t. sliioiibia Itiomiuni Mttn. ;• fit: Moimta'iis.^ ntpIfiMmum ahit.idim 

 3 6^00 ft Jaii. 'SS, Di. ferU MiifUer. * , 



Stems ascending, J-5 env long:, aris5n# from a maih-hrauched rlhzoniic 

 system; leaves disp03ed along the stems, usually crowed bnt pot Of hardly 

 forming basal tuffs, densely cortuny (silvery) on both surfaces: flower-heads 

 sessile, solitary ur few together in an irrogular leal'y cutyinb; invulucral 

 bracts Up to about 4 mm, loOfr, obUiSf, achci'fS Al&ljfOnfr 



Distribution: Australian Alp* of Vichtria a.id New South Wales. Besides 

 the type material (Irani !\'c\v South Wales?, there arc at MEI- tipeCtm^Hs 



