M »m h ] Wruis t*I&$ of Fiiwiti m\d South Austral W 



xrrr (to 50 ft, with (ranks 1 ft. ».n more wide), fflvtij harrow leaves Willi fin-* 

 ■t'ui/'if MrrtfrVW ^omimn, and fcflWtl titty fMb&SA inflorescences The new variety 

 lc\x\fioro is a. tail shrub (at most 15*20 ft. high), with lony broad <k» \") 

 lather jflauccsrent leaves showing -a manifcMly retievhic venation — although 

 ■M a* boldly netlcd as in Doi.'icsta liitijolio 12. Br. Its most distinctive feaonv. 

 h'-wever, tj. the base and ritftmax* inflorescence which varies from less thiti 

 half *& long to longer than the subtending leaf-i individual flower? and fruiu 

 art* quite coumarafsle with tbo;u; of* the typical, corymljusc form of the- species 

 (Port Javkson. area), but thy Conner are almost who).y yellow and wuhinvl 

 conspicuous red-brown markings on the corolla 



In its reticulate foliage and racemes of flowers, var. toriflora would seem 

 to approach 0, foJifol'ui, but rhe large persiotnu floral bracts (2-7 mm. loita;') 

 of that species immediately separate it. A \ vrescnt the nc.iv variety is Known 

 only from Iiucolyf)}\u tteh j >MttM$is forest between the Taggeriy ami Macal- 

 Wster Rivers (including Lake Mountain, Ml. Matlock, the Hfgtu Raw* anrl 

 Mr. Skene*) , with isolated octm-rcnccs in the Grampians — racemes there sre 

 shorter and denser than in the major eastern habitat. 



PHYLLOTA REMOTAJ ff.lVWis; 



species nova n|» folia rciitota -aide distincta. P. {■•Icnnuuirftidi I*. Muell 

 affinis 9M difitrv lollU latioribiii reclis (baud vecurvattt), rlorihtw 

 ftxillarilms, hrarteolis surwcarioMi oralis huu'to f^ityturifjus (calyccrii 

 remjaiitilwp). 

 /•V'jfnv.'rj' giauilir — piocmiibelUt, niiuhl uumeiutis nmiuU i>nl.i'snmtibvbi hstintif 



tAi/ulitfi ftvip rvmota, tntertfuii) ftri&o oftptt&Itt) \jt\ vertkityiin, S to min. toogm iimu*i;* ( 



t^c-3. arte rcvoliiu). Ucvilci (Ultittftttfl, lUiidu, acabriiia a pills Uitittrcutat*:., (Mlfrp^fieffl {v->. 

 iMUc/OtUU). FfoffM tc«iltf>, jii .lXitbs- WJWTjJtl^U* so1u.it u, lu'jitb (7/d.vx xrriceo-imh. su-i- 

 tiv.iiis ^rlaber?, cirviwt- 3 mm. loiigiir, b-lA)>j.v.m; IcIh drol RwirtritfrfcH jtfiftfH Mr** [itfJrfiMtai 

 >at la 1 10 its c< |ia.u!twii loiKjioic*, (nivm: ap-ycni tOtiQd c.».t>i,Ti; lyiaeteoi^ ma^uc, caUivin 

 :•><]) 1 2:1 tes rt .-r>p!.e.i"te<, oMtMiKO-ov.itrt:, cnri'iulx!, mucnMulac, Tva-g.-.tjbus \' t \Si4 <t\U 

 scacM)»ia «rjiii'jhievii:itnt* CQf&Ut <|V«\W ( CtV.yx d^V*'* loilffi^v, i^i^nr'Hfi oj»H>:)uis itrcvitpi 

 1 iu ntf uh-ti-;.; iv-xilli hmiiirt rh<;ml>f>hi.ili4. attufH. m;t)cncu]Jai3. circ. 5 t ■( oinl.: atat 

 j-d x. },: mm.; caiiiiac ae^.tti-i'ln s^nuluti*-,!,*, .I-Iuh.u ci'ic. x '2 imti. <)rvit j '.:w viMuunn; 

 &tylu» tfUber brcvj$. uncbutus. -i^i'-iM-ii hi u^u-a,!* peUtoiiitn ~ colirtn'id't. 



^.^G'^riO : AUSTIN MJA Ml-UI DIONAL1S— Keiih, "sandy gjfe betuvei. 

 :4n<I tidKea in maMce-heatn formation" f NOLO I'V PI'S in Hcr/>. 



MEL— A'- A. .S>fffV <S* P. ffjwwWj 1054) ; BoMOIl ?oBtti Spencer Gulf, 

 '^bout 6 mil« north-east of Hon LsneoIiV* (Mlil. — C. IVUhchti, 1851 

 Veil £54). 



This ikw South Australian plain differs frpHi W Ml eongeuers in llw 

 9caittrc*i ( remote leaves (never crowded along t!te br^r.ehes). The second 

 collection, cilci above, had been JVed for a century m Melhonrnc Herrjariurn 

 under the name "Phytfota jflmufiSii&rpidfS" (.in r, IWuciler^ handwriting) ; 

 hut it denam from all forms oi that specie^ in having distant, enmnaraiivcly 

 broader leaves whkh arc never rtKorvedttiueropatc at tlie tips, conspicuous 

 axillary flowers B»rl twrw/ fa'tf.* pa f cry tizacMCf which almost envelop tlie 

 calyx, r*. pL+urivtrfvitidts has paJcff nV>wex%, almost hidden among tho ntimeroi^ 

 dense iasocles oi |L-Ave> ( ;itid nuniite braclOf>K'S at the bu*e of the calyx. The 

 recent (tytie) collection U identiojl in nil respects with that Irotn Spencer 

 Gulf (Port Lincoln urea), and T am indebted for this nulcrial to Mr* 

 Enid L. Robertson (.formerly <jf (h* : \VSi{to InttiiUite, Adel&ide) ^lio supplied 

 fhc following imnuTtar.t tield note: 



The two forms ti-?. P, plcttr{i» j froitics am! P n'ttmta) ;uo f^ntt 'li^iiitct, .tiiii 

 liDlliinw iu Oit* \\a> of iuttrr.icdiutui ban Iwcn ::Dllfic'.<;»i. TSey ;iyy vci^lj.*' d«Miii 

 (tuUhabtc in I be ilela", not ytit* by criHit.il ilf>|)Rajatig but. ,ils*o (iu:n Ihe fact tN,*it 

 t.vj^cal /' ptrlti'wvtreittte ocours o7 <ieci» tffljj] On th<* iidflc* (with 30*i0JSI oi 1 

 (tanci), am) it invariably mice's prvtinaoli ; tJW oilier toi m occur*, only nil *v.m.t 

 rtftts pettt'CAH ln< nrtffc* lovlt san<i 4 fl. yr *« tlceiO— tlii^ forni III taiJ-ronlr4 

 urn] dops not Suckeu 



