New additions to the Flora of Western Australia. 7 



4. Stirlingia Endl. 



1. S. (Simsia*) seselifolia n. sp. 



Planta perennis, S. tenuifoUae Endl. proxime af finis; 

 caulis gracilis, strictus, subsulcatus, glaberrimus sed praeci- 

 pue infra tenuiter glauco-pruinosus, apice pauciramosus vel 

 haud raro simplex, circa semimetralis vel interdum humilior, 

 ad medium distantim pancifoliatus, insuper aphyllus nudus- 

 que; folia plurima ad caulis basin approximata, glauca, 

 rigidiuscula, diehotomo-multifida (cirea 6 X bifida) : laciniae 

 tenue filiformes, teretes, subexsulcae, subaeutae, omneš eree- 

 tae (nec divaricatae!) quam in S. tenuifolia multo longiores; 

 involucrum e squamis minutis c. I mm longis ovatis consi- 

 stens; capitula quam in S. tenuifolia majora, diametro 1 cm 

 vel paulum ultra lata; flores structura iis S. tenuifoliae 

 persimiles sed manifeste majores. 



W. A.: Mallet, A. A. Dorrien-Smith. 



Species čerte distincta, primo aspectu foliorum laciniis 

 erectis longioribus, caulibus subsimplicibus, floribus majori- 

 bus dignoscenda. 



2. S. latifolia Steud. Nomencl. bot. ed. 2. II. 644 (1841) 

 Eenth. Fl. Austr. V. 358 (1870). 



Simsia latifolia R. Br. Prot. Nov. 9 (1830), Meissn. in 

 PÍ. Preiss. I. 517 (1844-45), in DC. Prodr. XIV. 326 (1856), 

 F. v. MuELL. First Census 66 (1882), Sec. Census 113 (1889). 



Stirlingia paniculata Lindl. Swan Riv. App. 30 (1839), 

 Meissn. in PÍ. Preiss. I. 517 (1844—45), in DC. Prodr. XIV. 

 326 (1856), F. v. Muell. Fragm. VI. 248 (1868). 



W. A.; Mt. Toolbrunup, A. A. Dorrien-Smith. 



5. Synaphea R. Br. 



• 1. S. polymorpha R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. X. 156 

 (1810), Prodr, 370 (1810), Meissn. in PL Preiss. I. 529 

 (1844-45), in DC. Prodr. XIV. 315 (1856), Benth. Fl. Austr. 

 V. 360 (1870), F. v. Muell. First Census 66 (1882), Sec. 

 Census 113 (1889). 



*) The name Simsia R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. X. 152 (1810) 

 niig-ht be kept, as Simsia of Persoon (Syn. II. 478, 1807) is as syno-. 

 nym of Encelia (Compositae) annulled. 



