M i"y;'] Win is, hlorti .,/ rutoria and South AuMralta )W 



yiaurous; the stend<r style i* aboot j*; lung ji (1 »e ovary and capped by ti 

 ^wall swollen *titfma. 



It Was included by lientbam in his loose circumscription oi tf puwaio $m. 

 Wi' mhtfi/cW \Ptoro Jht-il I, 319 tl863)] ( together with clement* from 

 Sources of the Ihinyip River" "near Portland Bay" anil "towards the mouth 

 ot the GieneJg" all specimens rollected by F. Mueller [ liavr nnt seen cilher 

 ^tityjM- of var. HHH'Hrrt l'n'jiM Portland $r rbe ("»!enel$\ but I strongly suspect 

 that these are referable to a form of 8, (titoxa l.nbill., having leaflets larger 

 than usual and completely (glabrouv — a iatnitiar plant in the far south-west 

 G»f the State, where no member of the pinuitta group is at present known to- 

 occur. K. Cheel, in raising Ueurham'* var. mttfMcrt to specific rank [/. f'OY, 

 .Vuf\ NSt$i 5H; \A7 (\9'M)). -clearly iypifi»s this twion by means of the 

 niiuvip ftfVftr material, several sheets ol which arc represented in -Melbourne 

 Herbanum ; but he Fails to indicate the identity of, or even to discuss, fne 

 remaining' ibrce *yntypes of vac w/te//eW — including the Grampians plant 

 now described as new. 



8. falipovta has long besui known hi Victoria a:* "B. pinnate ' (fWC EwdfC S 

 WflfH ftftittj p 701, and books hy other authors? ; but to continue '*1u(nrymK ,r 

 jr under that species would logically require tlie similar hision ot £f> vuwiUri, 

 U. ttutjM and &■ tfimm*, whtOi is unthinkable. Analysis nf Uic essential <>H 

 ij desirable and might wrll !end support to the recognition of ft. faHpintw U 

 a specific eniity. It is a robust and handsome shrub with laigc bright pink 

 rtow*"TS (a whirr fwTfl !s atao Vnnwn^, and j$ apparrntly endo-mic in ihe 

 Oranipians ; although rather wifely distributed through tbese sandstone 

 ftuiff&. the spoocs ftvours mounlam tops — c.jr. Mts. William, Rosea and 

 PifV.uilt 



UOKONIA NANA H-M>k Icon Plant. T.270 (IB4CU, 



var PLBESCENS (Btntk.) J fl. rWtffo ctnnbmatio nova. 



B, pt/hf/ci-fplw Sir.., v:ir. ffifojR'Uft Bcnlh. Fhrtt .lntt, 1. J2l {td6.it; 

 &, /iii/'.^ &. CUd iu .* rv.v. 4*". S.S M. Ml 8(13 I W2*V. 



E. Cheel rai.sed Bculham'* varici.y pubc.tcois (i.e.) to specific rank, as 

 ftofriitio hisphln, in die belief tbat tin* endemie Grampians plant was Ittilfii- 

 frslU' distinct from all form? u( what was then called "H. f*yl\*#a1ifiilh'\ 

 Dr F. McJvtIIc has nccntly shown [Kao /?«//. Ko. 3; 46M65 (1954) | that 

 tin 1 true simple leaved and twn)tJffpfa glabrous 8, fiulytjiiltfalui Sni itoes not 

 exttftn as far scailh as Victoria or Tasmania, wbere its place j$ taken by ihc 

 crttvliaK 1 B, ruma Hr>olc. and its Mrnpte-lcaved, almu.st co-extdusive variety 

 hysscpifoHa Melville (Ac p- 4o'J)— both distinauisbed from #. pfjh&pHfofiQ 

 in having hirsute stems ( with a concentration of hairs in longitudinal groove* 

 irotn the decui'rcnt leaf bases), sinminrd lilaments Hot gfadttally nairowinsr 

 upwards, baicy styles and les* sprca<iiug stigniatir lolie^ 



Cbecl s B. hKipttht differs Trom typical O. nana only in being mudi m&ib 

 futti'} . tin* vhnrt cCwrSe hairs ( U) 0(i mm. long) .ire by no mean? eonbnctl l*> 

 hands alon*; the stem, but invert it completely and extend also over the leave*. 

 pedicels, calyces, petals and filaments, Within the Grampian-* there i*. every 

 acadaiion ^o\)\ densely hairy to sh'ehtly hairy plants, with leaflets varying 

 Irani imcar to rotund, and it is deemed expedient to restore Bcntham's 

 epinVi ptiih'sceny ior the inoie Itirgute population, making the new Vftfftt&l 

 ronthination now calfcd for under HnrtMutt nana. 



BOkON T ,lA ANliMCJNirOi.IA A. Cunw. in Weld, 182?. 



B. tlmliacra Fi Mnt'M. in rVwflti Vfe tvuti ji C 1 8 3 i > ' 



llcntham [Flora rfitfl T; J?l r 1863) J reduced F Mueller's 0nti>\iD 

 dcntv.fcrti to carittal rank under /i. Cii<m-oti(ff)Ho A. Cuwl E. Cbecl [7. toy. 

 Soc A'i.H'. <^! ^Vl-2 (17^.)/ reinstated it ais « species, with tile cement: 

 "tiie structural character of the leaves and hispid sepal*, at well as the distinct 



