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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND. 
Some New or Interesting Species. 
Calotis ancyrocarpa J. M. Black Trans. Roy. Soc. South Aus. xlv, 
18, pi. iv (1921). 
Gregory South District: Birdsville, on alluvial flats, S. T. Blake 
12230 (flg. and ftg. heads), July 1936 (bushy green annual to 6 in., ray 
white, disc yellow). 
Not previously recorded for Queensland. 
Calotis cuneifolia R. Br. in Bot. Reg. vi, t. 504 (1820). 
This species is exceedingly common in Queensland over a wide 
range. Bentham in the “Flora Australiensis ’ ’ describes the awns as 
3 in number, but in most Queensland specimens examined by me there 
were only 2. Domin (Bibl. Bot. lxxxix (viii) 1209) describes a variety 
biaristata, but apart from the 2 awns instead of 3 I can see no difference 
in the specimens examined. Three awns do occur but are rare in 
Queensland plants. 
Calotis cuneifolia R. Br. var. glabrescens n. var. 
Herba gracilis, pilis sparsis obsita ; folia anguste cuneata, plerumque 
ca. 2 cm. longa et 5 mm. lata; achaenia 2-aristata. 
Mitchell District : Torrens Creek, in Eucalyptus forest, sandy soil 
near Warrigal swamp, C. T. White 8700 (ftg. heads), 20-3-1933 (type 
of the variety). North Kennedy District: Warrigal, on Great Dividing 
Range, alt. 1,400-1,500 ft., in Eucalyptus forest on reddish brown sandy 
soil, C. E. Hubbard & C. W. Winders 7111 (ftg. heads), 2-2-1931; 
West of Pentland, between Warrigal and Burra, alt. 1,500-1,650 ft., on 
slopes of Great Dividing Range, on shallow sand overlying sandstone, 
S. T. Blake 9949 (flg. and ftg. heads), 19-10-1935 (tufted rather spread- 
ing and ascending to 1 ft., green, flowers scented, ray white, disc yellow). 
Calotis glabrescens sp. nov. 
Herba caulibus gracilibus parce ramosis ad 15 cm. altis vel 
brevioribus et subcaespitosis e caudice subterraneo perenni (rhizomate) 
orientibus, leviter costatis, pilis albis sparsissime obsitis. Folia 
angustissime lanceolata integra vel uno latere dente instructa, pilis albis 
sparsissime obsita, 3-6 cm. longa, 2-3 mm. lata. Capitula pedunculata, 
sub anthesi plana expansa; involucri phylla lanceolata, pilis strigosis 
plus vel minus sparse obsita, 3 mm. longa; ligulae numerosae, albae 
deinde purpureae, 6 mm. longae. Capitula fructifera densissima, 
sphaerica, diametro (aristis inclusis) 1 cm. lata. Achaenia obovata, 
lateribus leviter incrassata, aristis 3-5 inaequalibus retrorse barbatis et 
setis vel aristis reductis pluribus omnibus dense et longe albopilosis 
terminata. 
Darling Downs: Bybera, between Inglewood and Milmerran, 
moderately common in open forest land, C. T. White 12623 (flg. and ftg. 
heads), Sept. 1944 (herb, flowers white turning purple when dying). 
C. glabrescens is most closely allied to C. su ffruticosa Domin but can 
be distinguished by the characters given in Section 15 of the dichotomous 
key. 
Calotis scabiosifolia Sond. & F. Muell. in Linnaea xxv, 471 (1852). 
