'M '.Vn t ■'-. llcm fij Viitoyia and South Australia L to. TO 



Utographui-d ruiiyc. mxio* b> w*wr<oit it being regarded as speoficnlly dis- 

 niict; (lie Whole plant *e decidedly more hisfriil than /?. anttncmfpHa and the 

 flowers arc different." l'h rot.- chow the trauge at if. HHVtttouijolus aiid &, 

 i.U atiy n'4, so many variations mi .shape, sfcc *ft4 <ti«scctk»n of leeftcn occur 

 with, varying degree* r.t hairiness flat it i* iinpcacticable to recoginxe 

 dentifffTQ even as a marked vr.riety, 3^ did Ew-mr |F/t>ro P'tVrf. (&9 (19j0*)"|, 

 [ have compared typ.;> »;>! ibrtip nvri s.M'ei* ^ and share the. -(pimm <>f Dr 

 Melville, who woie Iro.m Kew (23/3/(055) : "There does not appear to be 

 any corurant difference between \IucIKt'> species nnd IS. anemomjofht 

 A. Cu;m_ with »Jk tyjjt: of which il has bceo eoiupared." Eo l*er recent 

 .<TJirrft*Jif> F/om cf t'oititmnti (l95n). Ur, W. M, Ctirris has omitted B. 

 iVK'moiitfrttia altogether ; hut in Meiiwwrne Herbarium there are specimens 

 llul wer* coKected on M. Paul's Dome (just cast o( Avoca) by C. Stuart in 

 IR48. This early Tasmanian material w comparable with Cunningham*.; Blue 

 Mountains tyye ^cxtejjt -.s lo larger size'i and is surdy con specific. 



Cheers /? dctitu/rrvi^f, wb»< h Dr. Melville (2J/J/19.>5) heliewt) worthy 

 of specific rank \ea> differentiated by «« aathoi with lite comment "similar 

 in general appearance to /?. ienJif/cra F.v.M., hut the leaves arc more eutti- 

 0O1Hk1, bei|ig tyrfOS kmate, and life leaflets more or less flattened ioict dentate 

 at the apc\." Here a $2 in, the points of distinction from B. wieutonifotia are 

 just ax hazy ^.ud lll-dehned m tile held as wete those ptcrp&fliKg 10 separate 

 the litter from ft ffrutitjevo. Indefinable transition!, ceeur, and tKr writer 

 prefer* lo teftar<t ft*l tiwiHgtiroidei ai another form o£ P. Ep9#fft0&£frr%i having 

 in gviicraJ more divided anrl flattened IraflrK the comparatively shorter, 

 jtrlahrcjs ca'vx lobes {t 2 mm.) approach those of typical Qfiemomfclia, but 

 they arc aUvaj.^ ionner (to 3 inn ) at id hairy in the datligt'*** fornt. 'll;is 

 rfcu.'iiyrrcu^.T form extends *'rom N^vv KfRlavtd motJittain^, south through thu 

 IityltumJs ol New Suiah Wales LO the JPutjicalix Groups Bass birait, where 

 it is luxuriant and abundant on granite [leaks — called "stink-bush" by local 

 TgtftfKiQrfi frc.'ii iti oiT»:niively rnn^ent aroraa. 



Both Otitis any Melville regard &nr/mki variabilis Hook, ^s a distinct 

 .-species endemic in Tasnuima ; but the Writef wonl<l follon* Kentham in 

 releg^linii it U> variutal rwnk unncr & ^tumx'fUJtUui \Florti. Aitvt, 7! $}[ 

 ( I Boo J] Curtis rmplnnize.'. diit "the species i* polymorptiic" [S'tudcnt's 

 J'lom Tns. 1 : 101 (1956) J ; and so it is, grading lrnpttxcvribly on the island?. 

 o* H^?.5 St'Jiit into the $*$fag*r4id£$ form o< C". nntmcnifolu?. In general,, the 

 leaUeti ai&.l tlieir s-:.v.utulaey divisions are quite glaljrou-i. hroud, obtuse., flat 

 aftfl rather disuni giving an alniost Wfiirwuc Appearance l*J tbe loltage. 

 There is a specitii<c-n of B. cn/e ?.<;/? iw'/oiw vmj. VaftafrSis (Ktiok.) Benth >n 

 Melbourne K.rh.iriiim irotn Porlai button. Vic. (Duhn?on, 1870^. and at 

 bat also been repot led fiom tbt WaniLah Bay -Wil^JiTb Prt.»Ti)unlory «rca, 



BOROKTA PARVTFl.ORA Stow TthcIs Nat. Hist 295, T.6 (1798) 



B. ^UitufuM L;ibill- Nov rtcM Plkwl 5AKiMu-n i: 98, T l?rt (t^M.); 

 n bnjiiAtr*! J II, Mi«<!*n ic J, M. Bucx (u r»^i»/ roj. $*t. $ Atft. 

 j.^; I (I?10. 



iientlum [ Flora A Ml J 324 (1363)1 HyMOiiynnted Ute Ta^nauia" Boroma 

 pthnema Labill. under. 8, f>urV2,'lora Sm. without comment, and rhfc opinion 

 is nt.:\v einlorsed Hr-wcvtr, Curtis \ Students Ffora Tas. 3: Il>2 (\9$6)] 

 TC%\afe£> b. /'//o'/e^iii ior Tasi-iatna and Victoria, di'|>arvr!tl_v consider tng it lo 

 he. 5uceihrally distinct from the Port Jackson H. for-vtHont. Kxnminalion oi 

 a large ttuho o( mat^rlfiil [torn the tour so .ttb- extern States, in Melbourne 

 Herbarium, disclose* no apjtaront line of demarcoilo" ! indeed, Smith's type 

 illu<;tr»lii.tu »/» \(j\ L-J & porvifioru might well have been drawn from the 

 Souilipott (Tas) material, collected by C .Stuan in the satn^ general region 

 Vroin ivhich L&b»lnrdiere obtained ht> B. pitautnw 



A ltf0hjt$1i td (jLtite a ibiTertilt kmo 1 s,»»in.Lrn? the tdentitv <*-fc liorowa 

 fatnrttti Maiden X Bbcfc fn f, M. RUrb'.t r/drtj S. Wi^.'wl 2. ^ ? ; 4^4 



