212 Wakefield, fftaft fif I'xcUma: Ufa* Scries, etc. Cyli^'f 



brown (sometimes ^hmmg in lower pari) , pith open in texture {tmeroscop- 

 icafljr), much interrupted, inflorescence usually 4-6 an. long, consisting uf 

 a ftruup of several :t timlaiexal racemes (each 1-2 cm. long and acvcral- 

 fiowcred) With a second similar fcroup terminating an elongated bare branch 

 above it, sometimes more compound; pefianth segments suhequal, acute, 

 2*Z 5 (rarely 3) ItW loni*, membranous-winged; stamens normally (S (fewer 

 lu -iome flowers), rarely J: capsule finally about as lone; as perianth, oval. 

 in* or slightly Truncate, soeds. very numerous (about LOO). 



/. jM^.r.vioirfiix is widespread m lowland areas, of about 20 inches rainfall 

 net annum. Irt Victoria, including the* Gipp*1and plain*., and i1 OOCOti 10O in 

 New South Wales and South Australia. 



The distribution of the specks ts indicated by the following specimens in 

 the Melbourne National Herbarium: 



KEW SOUTH WAULS: Armi.Un- (Permit) j Part-arjialta (Wonll^ . 

 Med way and Nartai (L. Calvert i ; Rockton (hf. A. Wakefield No. 4915. 

 38/1 /W57); Bull Plain, Riverina (R. A. Black, 7/6/1940*. VICTORIA 

 Kangaroo Flit, near Bendigo (A. J. Tadeell, Oct. 1934) , Cavtlername I'A. J. 

 Tadpclh Nov. 1032); Movston (D. Sullivan, Dec, 1871); near Dinihoola 

 (data;). SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Satoafe (H VVehl 1891). 



VVtthtn the range of typical /, .snkr£cundns, plants vary greatly in tige ; 

 those from Balorme have stems about 10 cm. nigfa and 0.5 mm dlartr. while 

 ihe inflorescence is about 15 mm. lam* ; those from Castlemaine have, the 

 inflorescence up to \d cm. long (but *ixlrernely sparce) with ihe ultimate 



branches up to 5 cm, long, 



/. sitb3e<:w.du$ is doiely allied to /. ro-d^h; but in the latter Ifte pith o\ 

 the cuhu [$ invariably continuous, certain part' (upper colitis, branches of 

 inflorescence and backs ol perianth segments"} arc 3ca'jrous_ and the flower* 

 are more distant from each other 



i\oie Besides the unique T, ttujeus, there are 9 ypecies t>( the June* fttovbv 

 in Victoria. Each shows major variation in development of inflorescence and 

 in mw R-.vl.rusivi* hVld observation indicates ihal, (hough various grouping* 

 of species occur in many place*, suites of intermediate forms are not to he 

 found There aie however Occasional plant* which are- evidently hybrids 

 between pairs, of species with which they occur, [t is the intention of the 

 writer to enlarge upon these statements at some fntnre. date, and to Tabulate 

 tiaU p* 1 * raining fo them, in a survey of the local species of the ,cioyp. 



Gunus PIMECEA: A New Species from the Austiolion Alpi 



PtMELE.4 Bl FLORA sp. nnv. alpina divtmttissima: luftrutox orwiino 

 prostvatus, vakdt tAmosus , iolia oval*, 5-9 nun. tonga, muter *rngo*io- 

 hirsuta, super glabra; innVrescfuitiae terminalea, nuistpjc biftoTa. idlus 

 mvotucraii 4, demuni proiifctaej corolla? tubus, gracilis villosu*, inter 

 ruber, lohis brevibus. 



TrOI.OTYPF. S pert men in MF(. ( wirh original hthcl. ''Hiinc'fnsa hi 

 oioutium Munyang Mountains grasninjosis atlitudium 4-5 000 ft., Jan, "55, 

 Dr. ford. Mueller". Some Sprunacltt, apparently from the same plant, were 

 plarcd by Mueller together with some of rather different appearance, in a 

 different folder, and labeled "ML i.nskruKka^. 



Stems prostrate, stout, rough, much branched, several inches To over o fi»t 

 long : foliage very dense, usually forming a rnaL; leaves all opposite, sub- 

 tessilr, ovale. S-9 tnm, Ir.ng, undr.r -surfaces strigr>s«r, iipper-surfaccs irlahrniu; 

 InRorescetict's terminal, consisting of 2 flowers subtended by 2, pairs oi normal 

 (or slightly larger) teaVclt and with also 2 vegetative buds one or Loth ol 

 which later develop into new branchteu: corolla shortly villose, the tube 

 about 5 mm. long, the lobes al>out 1.5 mm. long, the interior red. 



