1W? 1 W ii-ii- h'lora of Vn-1*me and So\ith Atutralfo 1 99 



In Victoria a, fiorosa is not uncommon in depression* between Ouyen and 

 Murray vihc, extending a? scattered communities across the ftig Desert to a< 

 far south as the Diinhoola-Kiata. district.. E wart's record for Uu<di\eorch 

 (nncter "£. "^'("(r 1 ) is certainly open VO tp'-c$tion, In growth (onn, the 

 ^pectcK varies from a shapely Bprtsdlilg irt-r, with single trunk about I ft- "• 

 diaraeccr, to a biaclcish "wbipstick" mallee thr bark 13 rough and Iwjx.Jifce 

 rvCepi Ml Hie smaller, smooth. hrowiu»h-^re> branches 



Gentiariae«a? 



GKNTIANKM.A DIEMENSIS {Grisch.) J. 1L Witlts. cnrribnir.lio n.,va. 



•CrMrtam? tiiitttciitijt ij'.iich, 6\*r*. 51te£. oVti/t.i'i. ii/*i (;£jyj: 



The wenus Gentuint'fla Mocnch differ.* from Genti-an-a i - in the follow ma 

 Mgnifkam chambers , no connective membrane between tlic calyx teeth., im 

 small tohe* alternating with lhr. major corolla lobes ( which arc 5 10 9-vcinod, 

 nGt .1 -veined as 111 O'cuhenia), dnttrtiK versatile and nectaries present *?»» tin. 1 

 corolla (notsr base of ovary). Alt the Australasian species (chiefly mountain 

 plants) hitherto referred to Ctnttma shuuld he transferred to C/fniiancfta, 

 and l lit above new cumbiiiatimt is made for the single common plaitl of aotlUi 

 eastern Australia (in four States}, 



Lab ratal 



PROSTANTHERA SAXLCOLA It Br Prodr. 502 (IBQf. 

 car BtfACTROLATA J. tf. W'Mu, sw; 8 RW im.w. 



f rff^/iA F. MueH fmtjm. P.Vo. -'turf .*: M7 (AUr U,Mf 



lu his otiginaJ diagnosis, of f*rosM>illh?fn tjttbtiu frcm the ViclnrMii Uiam- 

 piarw, h. Mueller (/**.) drawn attention in th« plant's cujsc relationship to 

 F. .wi irqfri R- Br.— 



u ab has reri*tft>ns few! rttffj tfrfj n'VAitintUihs, \*r$ctitoU& k*m4 &rffVwrfW>fiy 



corolla itiauirr framus ttmlHusqiw puhrruhh' 

 Alter examining much maierial of ^- ovntr-j/tf -mckidiny its two vanities. 

 u:njor titntrr. ll£70[ aod M/W/jtrU1 A. A, Kaonlt.ou [7^-^r Lilffl*, SV NSiV. 

 4?~ 26$ (1920)]— I'r-im \ r *triou!> p<irt*> oi \"vw Sooth W-itcn, I ^m led to the 

 conclusion that P dffbliis differs ottfv in the constant development of floral 

 bracieoks, which a>'c consisicmly longer than m any Kuown forvn of 7 J ( sttMcola 

 (wnr. stfict.) ; hot this character alone cannot justify the recognition of two 

 ^pCfio?; 



P iijruoh varies greatly in size, hatrmess a:»d colour or fiowcrs (purpl-. 

 to almost wJtite), while the fedvefl uia>' In- i.anuw vith t-lnscly mtairt,'t;'J 

 margin* or broadly cUivtie iiud quite flat , mostly, it is a decumhrnt shrub tM 

 only a fw inches in height, The hracteolcs may fsc entirely RbiUttV. rcdurcd 

 to niete f>oint^ or t!ibeTCle>, of lib lo ),$ mm. hJUg ( On* maxiintmi devel'jj)me:il 

 attained in varieties major ajaf matUatw) . At Jrrvu Bay, KvS.W.^ Dr. li. 

 (j^uiba cf.lic. 'ed (.^Q/S/I9ri3) a ionn having microscopic bracrcolcs but verj 

 lar£< q-Jabrour; fiowt-r.^, blue-veined at (he thront as in l J . smohflonr F. MueM. 

 of inland moinuain*, 



lu Victoria P. tidnlix always has hmcteolcs 2-4 mm. .long, sometimes almost 

 as loop; as the caly\; ii^e.if, hut they vnry froin setaCPO*.is (and about 5 mm.) 

 in some Grampians collections to niuch broader and shorter in the Man- 

 di;ran^ district. Comparablu pO]njlalions with long; lirai-l^Jc-; are loiown from 

 Capertee, Molouij, Oul^rmg and the W^'rrinnhce.Rle Ranges, N-S.W 



5n rcdncitig' Mueller's ^nerics to a third vastly of f J , tox'icoln. 1 hiavc 

 adopted the new epithet l>rucU , u!<.tUt, inasmuch as a variety 'Wi>i7ijf p would V 

 ahi-urd--fiuf upright nhruhi; ro 4 ft, hlfth oe^t;r ar Maryborough, Vic, and are 

 proltaJily as Jarge a* any form assumed by /-\ SCFfrlCQra throuyhtmt its ran^t 

 Jn addition to rhe Grampians, MarvhurongK ^nd Miindui-anp records, there 

 art Victorian occurrences o( l\ .va.rrmla var. brottvoiot<t h\ the BenctisO 



