18$ Uu KJ m?u.. fr'hfa r</ KrMf; \icw Specie j. rfr. [^Jmh* 1 



from "Toward Mr. Holham" rie>/. A J hulgcll. Dec 14, 1014) -anti 

 BouOtig Hfgh Plains (S. M. Faw^u. 8/1/1945; J. H. Willis, 1S/1/IM6: 

 F. Roljljins. 23/1/1951) No Tasmanian malenal ol the specie* has been .sctii 

 by the writer. 



C, rtrgeHtifolium is disiingmshed from ft jnpwiuxun Thunb (Syn C. 

 f.allinitm I ahiU.) by its. dense growth — often almost cushion-like, dense le.tvc* 

 whkh do not form ba.sat rosette:; arul which do not become glabrous on the 

 upper surfaces, and by us fewer and broader (lower heads. The species is 

 superficially similar to G tr<ivcr.ui Huok f , but the Utter has definite fo.vettes 

 ol basal leaves, Ihe flower heads* arc akvays solitary and rmdunculute. and Ihe 

 achenes pubescent. 



Some variation is noted in (». ar<n*)trittiimm — ilu* Bogong material is taller 

 dip to lJ cm high), the iuvoUicral hiacts longer (to 6 torn.), and the a<licne> 

 sometimes a little pubesrent 



VASCULAR fLOKA OF VICTORIA AND SOUTH AUSTRALIA 



1 Sundry New Specie;, Varieties, Combinations, Records 

 and Synonymies! 



By |. H. \Vii.UrS, National Herbarium ol Victor™ 



Wintcioees 

 JDRIMYS XICROPHIUA Rrirmctt/iVr m Uoll. sci Kr feels;. # ft$.%r3fe 



I*, ftrenrafittt sens. t*4rm. f*,£.; 2'>8 (I8C><<)|, p«« t'lMimia F. Mucll. fftWM 

 Idrfift, £"(!>. Kltfi i: JO/l MW). lift & 4HWW0 (Voir,) Baill.i 



// piV*rrMMe A. C. Smith 111 7. At twirl Arbvr 24 130 b QS^AJi 



D. ttvictotata (Poir.) Hnill.,* vitr tmrtfit ttlin }. \V. Vicfcrry in Prtn\ t/lM, A'or. 

 & S.W 42- tjt ilW?1; 



Z>. r<rephii<i ParuK, var. ^ F, Mticlt, ex Parm. /.r, , ftW <I89<*.). 



Following her description, of Drtmyx htuccohtia vnr\ pannlottu, Mks J. W- 

 Vickery (if.) lii.tr* as "imperfectly known species" P. Parmeutier s D. xetu- 

 phifa (thnugnl to l»e probably synonymous with T) UtitcCtrhittt) , lUHtflcti 

 (doubtfully a Unwy.s at all) and P wfvntjcdia fatso probably synonymon* 

 with Di hmtctitatu) The last name, /}, itttcnutdni, may tie dismissed at once 

 as A noinvn nudum, but not so the oilier two — detailed description* <d the:;* 

 foliar and stem aoaromicv were mibli&heij by Parmentttr, and his type*, are 

 still available for innpfjetion m the Mustum ol* Natural History (Phanerogamic 

 Herbarium) at Paris. By courtesy of the Director of vhts Parisian repository, 

 I have been enabled to examine Ihe type speameni of D. tcmphilo, ilf t*\n 

 varieties aff>ttm and ummtttuo, I), itttit'ticn and what Parmentier eonsideeed 

 ai typical £>. aroniaika, $ik$i a study was ilhiminating and has resulted ri 

 the Rynonymy set <i"t :<bove 



The unusually thick cuticle (to 15 nnc ) in //. .wrtrphtln in*\>\t<.<\ itf cpillnl 

 r»od prompted its author tu write {Lt pp, 225-'6) : 



I.«h culklt^ t'lmkriMuiiie uffiecit imc «iui*AM^uT ci'itsidt'rablc; I'i»fi?-»ieut <h 

 (i'ljji.iisseur tr*^s in^trnlf *, lt> stom.-iiti sont immer^6s, 't'ona car.nctfcres )inlit||i*ril mie 



Although tlie lypcs ol D, xcrojtfuh (from ''Australian Alp**) ;imi its var 

 ttlpbia (from Haw Haws) are. barren, they are undoubtedly referable to the 

 same species, ami even the varietal distinction i? bardN warranted. It U 

 egually obvious thai: 1). toHt'eufata v^r. puntfolut J VV. Viekery IV r ) and 

 />. vtckcrianif A C Smith (/.f.) arc also conspccifti with D xt-ropUtln — the 

 prior nftmc fftf the (ft?*o»i. 



A. C. Smith, by his dehuitiott of O. vickcrianti m \943 las a compact aJt>m' 

 shrub with 2-pctcdouft flowers, c.f. 4-*>> much longer petal? mi D. tavpicf&tcrh' 

 foeus-eil attention on the evislenee ol livo <lisiinct species of tltf genus in 



" Njime L-rri>nCuii ? |v .it,|rilnUc<1 t'> t?o»ce bi t).c nutttor r.1 va r f>i*rifoha. 



