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Branehlets pubescent, almost hirsute; bracteoles with, a long sharp 
point of about 1 mm., prominently ciliate; sepals 4 mm. long, 
gradually and lengthily acute, soon recurved, margins ciliate; 
corolla 5 mm. long . . . . . . . . . . . . L. recurvisepala. 
Leucopogon rupicolus sp. nov. 
Frutex densus, 1.5 m. altus, ramulis rigidis albo-villosis. Folia 
conferta, ere eta vel deinde patentia margine valde plerumque ad costam 
mediam revolnta utrinque breviter et plus vel minus dense pubescentia, 
supra viridia subtus glaucescentia, breviter petiolata, lineari-lanceolata, 
apice acumine pungente 1-2 mm. longo terminata, lamina cum acumine 
1-1.4 cm. longa, petiolo vix 1 mm. longo. Flores axillares, solitarii, 
subsessiles, bracteis minutis, bracteolis subrotundis 1 mm. diam. ciliolatis. 
Sepala ovato-lanceolata, 3 mm. longa. Corolla 7 mm. longa, tubo 4.5 mm. 
longo, faucem versus ampliato, lobis angustis 2.5 mm. longis. Antherae 
obtusae, lineares, 1 mm. longae* apicibus sterilibus nullis. Discus hypo- 
gynus cupularis, 5-dentatus. Ovarium 1-2-loculare in parte superiore 
pilis albis plus vel minus sparsis vestitum. Fructus 6 mm. longus, 
ellipsoideus, leviter et irregulariter striato-costatus. 
Moreton District: Glasshouse Mts., alt. 1,760 ft., on summit of 
mountain, D. A. Goy 63 (flowers and young fruits), Oct. 1935 (small 
bushy subshrub, flowers white). Burnett District: Biggenden Bluff, alt. 
2,000 ft., in rocky places, liillslopes, C. T. White 7723 (type: flowers and 
fruits), Aug. 1931 (shrub 1.5 m. of rather dense growth, flowers white). 
The present species is very close to L. margurodes R. Br. but the two 
can be distinguished as follows : — 
Small tree 2-3 m. in sandy land, leaves glabrous or hairy, 0.7-1 cm. 
long, acumen very short, rather blunt; flowers in 3-fld. spikes, 
sometimes reduced to 1 flower and rudiment, corolla 4 mm. 
long, shorter than the calyx, fruit prominently striate with a 
sterile base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. margarodes. 
Shrub 1-1.5 m. in rocky places, leaves hairy on both sides, 1-1.4 cm. 
long, acumen 1-2 mm. long, strong and very pungent; flowers 
solitary, corolla 7 mm. long, tube considerably longer than the 
calyx, fruit slightly striate without a sterile base . . . . L. rupicolus. 
Family Solanaceae. 
Solanum discolor R. Br. var. procumbens var. nov. 
Planta procumbens, foliis ellipticis vel ovatis. 
Darling Downs District: Upper Teviot, Rev. B. Scortechini (type: 
Herb. Melb.). Moreton District: Canungra, in rain-forest, C. T. White, 
May 1917. Wide Bay District: Kin Kin, C. T. White, Jan. 1917. 
In the National Herbarium, Melbourne, Scortechini ’s plant bears 
a label honouring his name by Mueller. The field label in Scortechini ’s 
handwriting is as follows: “Solanum discolor ? R. Br., Upper Teviot. 
It trails closely to the ground, forming large patches, the calyx is deeply 
lobed, the berry is red, characters removing it from S. discolor.” 
In Bentham’s “Flora Australiensis ” iv. 456 and in Bailey’s 
“Queensland Flora” iv. 1082 the berry of S. discolor R. Br. is described 
as greenish wdiite. It is a very common shrub, however, in Queensland 
and the berry so far as I have observed is always a bright red when ripe. 
The type comes from the Coen River, Cape York Peninsula, so it is more 
than likely when examined the southern plant may be found distinct. 
