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inin. S. 142 deg. 50 min. E., between channels of Wilson River, on loamy 
sand “claypans,” among other chenopods, ca. 300 ft., 27-6-1936, S. T. 
Blake 11838 (tufted, nearly prostrate green undershrub) and S. T. Blake 
11835 (straggling undershrub, the stems ascending to 9 in., the leaves 
dull light green — specimens less mature than 11838) ; on Tanbar, S.W. 
of Canterbury, on silt beds, S. T. Blake 12138, 15-7-1936 (tufted bushy 
dull green annual of ca. 6 in.) ; Birdsville, in drift sand between sand- 
hills, S. T. Blake 12250, 19-7-1936 (bushy somewhat spreading 
subglaucous annual of ca. 6 in.). 
Not previously recorded for Queensland. 
Bassia ramulosa sp. nov. 
Suffrutex ramosissimus, ramis hirsutis costatis deinde sublignosis. 
Folia liiieari-lanceolata, pilis longis plus vel minus dense obsita, in sicco 
leviter longitudinaliter rugulosa, 5-6 mm . longa. Flores solitarii. 
Perianthium fructiferum persistens, subglobosum, depressum, hirsutum, 
2.5 mm. diam., spinis 4 vel raro 5, quarum una brevis et bifida, hori- 
zontaliter patentibus rectis 2-3 mm. longis. Utriculus oblique verticalis. 
South Kennedy District: Banchory, 42 miles W. of Clermont, 
Bassingthwadte and Cole 6 (fruits in various stages), Oct.-Nov., 1935. 
In Anderson’s key (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xlviii. 231-235) the 
present species would be placed nearest to B. Dnmmondii (Benth.) 
F. Muell. The distinctions are as follows : — 
Fruiting perianth with 3-4 spines, 2 of which are more or less 
equal, the others smaller 
Fruiting perianth with 4 or 5 spines, one of which is shorter and 
bifid 
Bassia tetracuspis sp. nov. (Sect, Anisacantha ) . 
Suffrutex glaber, caule decumbens, ramis adscendentibus sublignosis 
valde costatis. Folia linearia, crassiuscula 0.7-1 cm. longa, in sicco ca, 
1 mm. lata. Flores solitarii. Perianthium fructiferum persistens, 
depresso-oblongum, 1-2 mm. diam.; spinis 4, subaequalibus 3-8 mm. 
longis rectis divergentibus. Utriculus horizontalis vel leviter obliquus. 
Darling Downs, District: The Oaks, 20 miles S.W. of Tara, common 
on grey clay soil, following ring-barking of Brigalow ( Acacia harpn- 
phylla), IS. L. Everist 1738 (type: fruits), 13-3-1939 (intricately 
branched subshrub, relished by sheep, local name “Bindy-eye”) ; Ilanna- 
ford, common in cleared Brigalow ( Acacia harpophylla) country, C. T. 
White 11305 (fruits), 8-2-1938 (generally regarded by local graziers as 
a useful fodder for sheep; local names “Tara Lucerne,” “Prickly Salt - 
bush,” and “Bindy-eye”). Wyaga, near Goondiwindi, C. T. White, 
Sept. 1919; Surat, T. IS. Leonard, 24-2-1927; Kindon, about 54 miles 
N.N.E. of Goondiwindi, common where there has been heavy stocking 
around troughs, L. S. Smith 599 (fruits), 7-12-1938 ; Chinchilla, J. Mann., 
12-2-1922 ; Palardo, on land which has been cleared of prickly-pear 
( Opuntia inermis) by Cart oblast is (Comm. Director of Agriculture), 
26-2-1930; Palardo, alt. 1,100 ft., Brigalow-Beelah country, very common, 
S. T. Blake 5863 (fruits), 9-5-1934 (tufted, more or less prostrate, green ; 
local name “Bindie”). Maranoa District: Mount Abundance, Story 
(local name — Dog Burr). Port Curtis District: Gogango, Cole. 
Warrego District: Morven, alt. 1,400 ft., Acacia forest on dull brown 
B. Drummondii 
(Benth.) F. Muell. 
B. ramulosa 
C. T. White. 
