IOT j Win.uv Flora cf f-'tr/ona and South Artslralio \'-'^ 



(I94&) the author reunvs both /* f>iifarfj?ef0 j.ml W (>ul»*tns for that State, 

 K'^arkinc Hrtdei the latter >pecnrs-. "Near the preceding, hut the stems mostly 

 erect, the leaves more cimratc towards base, the peduncle shorter ami obeoni- 

 cal, not much exceeded oy the leafy bracts, the j>etak obWa and &hoi'tcr than 

 tlit sepals . stamens only 4" in Victoria [heie is no such correlation of these 

 s fiaracters -even in a single community of plants — and it his been fountl 

 quite nHpOssfbtt: to rcioutiuc B. (intuit us as a variety, niudt less a specie*. 

 1 am indebted to Mr, A. Clitf. tfeyugleliole, of Gura'c West (Vic.) for an 

 excellent nitres of field research, embodied in the following repmt (11/12/35) 



Who* I BCflt tiowti « Fior/niie lr*»s. long .ig«r. -iinl ymt ffifttttlH It K />,>/»■ o**v 

 I wo»(1'""icd if isc uMliy lt;»u />. fivrvifltirtr .to well .ir l*orrl:ni*(. I M.irfUe{( for .i 

 loittf ijwfe* »nj O'io *U> MU milled iitmii plant* tin our |il»c<< which, r>:i tfcr tymt. I 

 ihomfliT Iru) 8 RttiMfrM f\;uer. afl«| |iie>$itn!, J hiUl reason to dlelh rtirm, and 

 taifUt>nc ittV stitjjiiv wluin I f<Hi«fl umIv 4 surmcns' At »hf fmck t>l my tiuhO, I 

 lifjd ih-niigltrs ih.^t 1 of TllC 8 W«»|N;i1$ wtic rtfWj! ttnidrwin; J tult) l'<:n:y ;md 

 Kngmc Finc.lr dfcnnt it, .im1 ratlrrf for a Ui-.nt'H£U ittvoUtroliuil v( \hc iiulM-i. 

 Tlti» vrr iliil on ML Ulajf VvY ruillirfeil litmdici'U or llowcis; tin* vnsr niajorirv 

 tkad ihe * si -intern.* but ttie Inlrfnr* liad i lo j \V< fouetd 0t.it foui of On: 

 Xiamen* ar* is»rlv .lecnim,..- nil right — tlu^tt Spc <hnmr than th* tttfof |v>iAKr^m 

 4, tti cjuiiiunitiR in til* fr*rsh Mate. ywi» "-'an Mitt vlwre ihrs*: iiaincuA fall **ff . . 

 t fcjavc out pfCjjAfttil 6j>ieiMiUI m Inch hail tTiicc OJiO»» ElOtoC" WHU ttie [yMovM"« 

 ruiuit^. ^. f* w»t B suinpns. 



PHEBAL1UM MlLLnBKANLm /. ft. /fiV/?.r. itaios nftw ct no»«v:n 

 novtmi. 



t.riojlrnwtt Uitlrbruudii X Mticlt ill Tf.ix.*. p/»7. V>v. I-')./ '; 1i; tlBiV), 



Vrti br^vtffwn I*'. MiwM i/.r). 

 l'UrbnH\rni mVpifW -m"> J- M tfl»Ck ft7«M V. .-J«(tl **\ l k 2 -191 nj,». OH 



tSACATIO: AITSTTMLK MKRU^ICWAIJS, ||bj i»< i«.omihus T.ofry <■* 

 fiitrossn saUiru iiivciiituT. 



tMCTOTVPUS- h\ fttifi MEI. s]>ccimcn h^oc o.noUoi coniitans — 



4 7L>iu. , f/r>iH>u hitUOn'ntdi* fcrtJ Mlltllcr ; A. trr'S-inlotutin, Mt. I.cifly 3<anp.t , fT, 

 Amhrrs re<J f H>r, f«tl .MiK'.Hcr" ii>rohahiht( i r Aum. IK.it,)]. 

 F, Mueller's description of h'tivstanwit UilU-bromiii (/,<,) e*ol>raccii two 

 distinct species, viz. the Victorian Phrbtttimn Jn(<jbmn t.indl. (whidi h>i 

 Oesigual^s :*& s»il>5i>ei.ies or variety "iofiijifoHiis*') and a Uiltu^\ inuch >ioaHti- 

 leavcd SooLli Ausirailan plant (drsigtiatccl h; mihsp. nr var. "OiCTtftttins'') — 

 .unfortunately Mueller flCtitftj iipatrfirieiitl.v u^si^n^d his hri'Vitolivs ckmtni 

 10 the "Victori;* Ranges" instr-ail of thv Mt. Lofty Ranges. Since ti*i* autlmi 

 reii>acket.l ( ^hii highly ornamental plant - lias been ileserioed hy l>r. 

 Liiidlcy as a sijeci<*s . . . uild&E the iwme of Phebuhttw bttahitxi''. he admits 

 that the species had a prior tt&A)?, MH\ sO t, htilcbrcnttfii must he rejected a> 

 Minerfliiou3 when published. However, it seem* desirable tcf reinMate 

 Mueller's epithet for the short-leaved element in bis composite desciivuion. 

 tether than cboolfC any other, and, to do this, T have e^tahhsficd the new 

 name PUcbaltuut tviUA'rotulii (in accuttlanee with Article -SI of the 5focT(lrt>ifll 

 Code, 1950). 



Bt'.ulhaio \j't/nu Attjl I 340 (1^:1) had lonsitWrKl Oiat Onlj one \*ii-inl>le 

 species was involved, aivi he syiionyinizeJ /J. hiflcbnwdu under /\ kilohirm, 

 ini9-5pellhig the epithet a.-> "hihtebmnrfU ' — a mistake perpetuated since by 

 Ewarl (UWO) and Curtis (1956) in Ihcii' r^ftftttl^e lloras of Victoria and 

 Tasmania. Other writers, including I. M. Black (19K). have aJo|/ted tlw's 

 view. However, iliedifl^rences Ltd baUH, lohage and fruit are so piououneed 

 as to iu^-lify fiY.ogfn.iuon of two specific. t;i^a; they may lie summarized as 

 follows- .' 



P. Si tf.O&OM— Shrub erect, U> 6 H Inftwmus not CJtCeedhvJ tl*0 last leaves 

 L^OtH't H cm lv>»s. Jt Ivii^i .J iJhicC as lo»>fi as hiwid Misnally 

 Hiorc.l, oiilon^ to liuMi, u%umIIx lirandi:>i lowwd ccrnt".-, glal»ruus aittl 

 UimiMsr; ni.i'fj'iis rtpltfleuThlC. flU|Af»J VeH4<c Tivn i»( tvuii is(raif.t!l, 

 with Kriviin.U lws;.V .iiirt ivWiltv \ciol»un 



