64 E. CHEEL. 
He also remarked ‘‘this section, with the anthers and 
ovary of Darwinia and Homoranthus, is only distinguished 
from them by the calyx.’’ The section was divided into 
two subsections, namely, Subsection A.—*‘ Calyx-tube 
narrow, 5-ribbed, glabrous; primary lobes 5, erect, each 
divided into 3 to 5 long, simple hair-like lobes.”’ 
Only one species was placed under this subsection by him 
namely, Verticordia Wilhelmii F.v.M., (Trans. Vict. Inst. 
p. 122, 1855), and he remarks that— 
“This single species differs from all others of the genus in 
inflorescence and the shape of the calyx, and in its lobes forms an 
approach to those of Homoranthus” 
In 1898, Maiden and Betche, (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 
xxi11, 17) described a species from specimens collected at 
Dubbo, N.S. W., under the name of Verticordia darwinioides, 
drawing attention to the close affinity of their new species. 
with V. Wilhelmii F.v.M.,a Port Lincoln, South Australian 
species, with which it has the narrow calyx-tube in common, 
but stating that it forms a still closer connecting link 
between Darwinia and Verticordia than V. Wilhelmii does. 
They further state that “‘The general appearance of the 
plant is quite that of a Darwinia, an efiect chiefly produced 
by the large persistent bracteoles, so uncommon in Verti- 
cordia, and by the comparatively inconspicuous fringes of 
the calyx-lobes, generally so very conspicuous in Verti- 
cordia. Although the paper containing the description of 
this new Verticordia was read in March 1898, Mr. R. T. 
Baker in November of the same year, submitted for publi- 
cation in the same Journal a description of the same species 
as a proposed new genus. 
RYLSTONEA. 
_R. T. Baker (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., xx111, 768, 1898). 
Comparisons with cognate genera were given as follows:— 
