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any Tropical West specimen known to me. We must there- 

 fore suspend our judgment. As it has been separately 

 described, and for other reasons, it will be convenient to 

 refer to it by name. I suggest that of A. proximo,. 



Pritzel, comparing it with A. doratoxylon, says that it 

 differs in having 1 — 3 nerved phyllodes, looser spikes, and 

 the slender peduncles longer. There is a gland at the base 

 of the phyllode, consisting of a small circular orifice, which 

 does not appear to be in normal A. doratoxylon A. Ounn. 

 Flowers 5-merous on a long spike, somewhat scattered. 

 Calyx roundly lobed, covered in hair. Petals divided partly 

 down, glabrous. Pistil very small, glabrous. 



A specimen near to the above, from Meda, (Dr. H. 

 Basedow, No. 7, April, 1916), shows the following variation 

 from typical A. doratoxylon — flower spikes in clusters as 

 many as four in one group, not racemose as in A. dorat- 

 oxylon. Gland a circular orifice. Phyllodes somewhat 

 mealy, or less striate than A. doratoxylon. 



20. Fitzgerald, W. V. "Reports on Portions of the 

 Kimberleys (1905-6)," fcp. pp. 18 with a map. Perth, 

 Government Printer, 1907. The reports are two and were 

 addressed to the Surveyor-General. 



(1) "Report on a portion of West Kimberley, (1905)." 



Mr. Fitzgerald was attached to Mr. C. Orossland's party, 

 and the report covers pp. 3 - 14. The first paragraph of p. 

 3 shows the route traversed. At pp. 11-13 is a useful 

 botanical resume, and it is to be regretted that the lists of 

 the plants found, and here referred to, were not published. 



At p. 11 he makes the statement, "Prior to the deter- 

 mination of my data, within the ordinal limits already 

 mentioned, there were recorded from tropical Western 

 Australia 985 species. These are now augmented by 268, 

 making a total to date of J253 species, inclusive of 89 which 



