166 A. R. PENFOLD. 
LEPTOSPERMUM FLAVESCENS, Sm., var. LEPTOPHYLLUM, Cheel. 
L. flavescentes similis sed foliis, leptophyllous-augustatis. 
The general habit as well as the flowers and fruits of this 
variety are very similar to the typical species in the neigh- 
bourhood of Sydney, but the leaves are thinner in texture 
and narrower and longer than the typical form. 
Specimens in the National Herbarium are as follows: 
Copmanhurst, HK, Cheel and J. L. Boorman; Ponds Creek, 
near Tingha, R.H. Cambage (No. 987); Narrabri, G. Burrow; 
Pillaga Scrub, HK. H. F. Swain; Western Australia, W. de> 
Beuzeville and Dr. J. B. Cleland; Cuttabri, J. L. Boorman 
and H. I. Jensen. In Queensland it has been collected 
from the following localities: Noondah Creek, near Brisbane 
©. T. White; Chermside, C. T. White and Francis; Chin- 
chilla, R. C. Beasley; Noosa, R.L. Higgins; Mount Perry, 
J. Keys (No. 583); Rockhampton, J. H. Maiden. Bal 
My thanks are due to Mr. J. H. Maiden, I.S.0., F.R.S., 
Director of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, for his kind 
permission to use the records of material contained in the 
National Herbarium. 
To the above original description kindly furnished by 
Mr, EH. Cheel, the writer can only add, that through the 
courtesy of Mr. Gordon Burrow of Narrabri, he was afforded 
an opportunity of inspecting this plantin the field. It was 
growing in the hard sand on flats adjacent to running water, 
a habitat identical with that of L. flavescens var. micro- 
phyllum. 
The Essential Oil. 
220 Ibs. of leaves and terminal branchlets obtained from 
the State Forest at Narrabri, New South Wales, in August 
1921, yielded on distillation with steam 1°13% of a pale 
yellow coloured mobile oil of pleasant odour. This com- 
paratively large yield readily distinguishes it from that of 
the variety microphyllum. 

