272 J. H. MAIDEN. 



veins are thicker and more prominent, yet in both it would 

 be termed fine. The pod of A. duriuscula is unknown. 



XXII. A. quadrimarginea F.v.M., Pragm. x, 31. 



Was described without flowers. The following description 

 of them is by Mr. Fitzgerald. 



"A bushy shrub, 5 — 7 feet high; peduncles often two 

 together, 4 lines long; flowers in ovoid or semi-spicate 

 heads of 20, mostly 5-merous; bracts ciliate; calyx shortly 

 toothed, half the length of the corolla, hirsute; corolla 

 divided half-way down, the petals with prominent midribs. 

 In sandy soil. Referable to A. heteroneura Benth." (MSS.) 



The type locality is Ularing, in the Menzies district, W. 

 A. (Young); Mr. Fitzgerald found it at Gwalia, W. A. 



The following specimens are referable to this little known 

 species. 



1. Ooolgardie. In flower, June, 1899 (R. Helms). 



2. On granite plateau, three miles north-east from Cue. 

 In flower, June, 1902. (W. D. Campbell). 



3. Tampa, 120 miles north of Kalgoorlie. In flower. July 

 1915 (J. T. Jutson, No. 29). 



4. Bushy shrub, 5-7 feet high. In fruit. November, 

 1903 (W. V. Fitzgerald). In two forms, one with phyllodes 

 slightly narrower than the type, and the other very much 

 narrower than the type (neither in flower or fruit), almost 

 linear. 



I have not seen any flowering specimen collected or seen 

 by Mr. Fitzgerald, and do not understand his words "Refer- 

 able to A. heteroneura Benth." (Plurinerves : Nervosse). 

 At the same time his description of the flowers is accurate, 

 although it will bear amplifying. 



A. quadrimarginea belongs to the Juliferse (Falcatae) and 

 some of the heads are short and nearly ovoid. Under the 



