260 J. H. MAIDEN. 



have it also from Kellerberrin (F. H. Vachell and A. E. 

 Lankester); also Kwelkan, north of Kellerberrin, a shrub 

 of 7-8 feet (Dr. F. Stoward, No. 153). 



A. filipolia Benth. 



This species was described in Hooker's Lond. Journ. Bot. i r 

 369, (1842) in words of which the following is a translation. 



161. Glabrous with terete branchlets; phyllodes long, filiform, 

 rigid, terete, very finely striate, shortly and straightly mucronate 

 at the apex j spikes ovoid, dense, solitary, sessile. Phyllodes 4-6 

 in., much thinner than in the following ones (ephedroides, xylo- 

 carpa, arida, oncinophylla, J.H.M.) and not uncinate at the apex. 

 Spikes sometimes almost globose. Swan River, Drummond. 

 Bentham in London Journ. Bot. i, 369 (1842). 



It will be observed that the describer had only phyllodes 

 and unexpanded flower-buds. 



There is a reference to the species in PI. Preiss, i, 18 r 

 with a statement that Drummond's No. 302 (one of the 

 specimens quoted under A. ephedroides in B. Fl. ii, 400) is 

 referable to it, and he adds that it is not found in Preiss's 

 collection. 



While Bentham sinks it under his A. ephedroides Benth., 

 the specimens that I attribute to A, ftlifolia are certainly 

 not that species. I will supplement the description of A. 

 ftlifolia as I interpret it in the following particulars. [I 

 may say that I have not a specimen of the type, and that 

 the specimens I have seen attributed to that species only 

 agree in having filiform leaves.] 



Phyllodia 4-6 inches long, terete, or slightly flattened,, 

 with fine striate lines, some more nerve-like than others. 

 Sometimes with a slight hoary tomentum. Attachment 

 terete, slightly wrinkled. Flowers in short ovoid spikes^ 

 sessile or with very short peduncles, about £ inch long r 

 5-merous. Occasionally in pairs. Floral bract eapitate,. 



