176 R. W. CHALLINOR, E. CHEEL, AND A. R. PENFOLD, 
very shortly pedicellate. Bracts 2, greenish, enveloping 
the buds and soon falling -off when the flowers reach 
maturity. Calyx-tube glabrous, sepals 5, ovate, valvate, 
more or less sprinkled with prominent oil-glands, the mar- 
gins fimbriate with a woolly fringe. Petals 5, white, 
orbicular but distinctly clawed, giving them a somewhat 
spathulate appearance. Style 2—3 mm. long, with a 
capitate stigma. Stamens about 25 to 30. Ovarium 
glabrous. Oapsules 5-celled, the valves slightly domed 
and usually about the same size as the calyx-tube. 
Credit is due to Rev. H. M. R. Rupp for the first discovery 
of this interesting species. He forwarded some. specimens 
(in fruit only) to the National Herbarium in August 1911, 
from Copmanhurst, Clarence River, New South Waies. 
Additional specimens were obtained from Mr. G. Savidge 
from the same locality in December 1912, but were not 
sufficiently perfect for complete investigation. 
In September 1916, during a trip to the northern rivers 
with Dr. T. Guthrie, Mr. A. D. Ollé, and one of us (H.O.) 
visited Copmanhurst, and made special investigation of 
this species and secured a fair amount of material, including 
a quantity of ripe fruits and seeds, for the purpose of 
studying the plants in different stages of growth to see if 
they were really distinct from Leptospermum flavescens 
var. grandiflorum, which it very closely resembles. As 
a result of this trip, one of us (H.O.) has been able to 
raise a large number of seedlings, and has planted them in 
various localities in different kinds of soil, and finds that the 
characters, as well as the, citron-scented oil contained in 
the leaves, are constant and identical with the parent 
plants, and quite distinct from any other species of Lepto- 
spermum. Some difficulty was encountered during the 
early stages of growth of the seedlings, as it was found 
that the plants require careful nursing; this probably 
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