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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND. 
Calotis squamigera sp. nov. 
Herba annua, caulibus ca. 10 cm. longis plus vel minus 
decumbentibus paucis obsitis, parce ramosis. Folia anguste spathulata 
basin versus in petiolum gradatim angustata, pilis albis subtus parce 
obsita, integra vel plerumque utroque latere dente acuminato instructa, 
ca. 1-5 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, sed folia inferiora saepe elongata in 
petiolum longum attenuata, cum petiolo ad 6 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata. 
Capitula axillaria, numerosa, sessilia, flores ligulati pauci, 2 mm. longi • 
involucri phylla sparse hirsuta, lanceolata, 3 mm. longa. Capitula 
fructifera densissima, sphaerica, diam. cum aristis ca. 1 cm. Achaenia 
matura atro-castanea, cuneata, muricata, aristis 4 vel interdum 5 
squamis oblongis vel fere rotundis 1 mm. latis alternantibus. 
New South Wales. — Macintyre River, near Queensland border at 
Goondiwindi, C. T. White 12621 (type: fig. and ftg. capitula), Sept. 
1944. 
Queensland. — Maranoa District: Bungeworgorai, nr. Roma, very 
common in sandy soil, C. T. White 9532 in part (ftg. capitula), Oct. 1933 
(a common weed, local name ‘ ‘Bindi-eye”). Warrego District: Murweh, 
R. Cameron. North Kennedy District : Charters Towers, weed on race- 
course, H . Flecker (ftg. heads) 6-8-1942 (N.Q. Nat. Club 7925). Burke 
District: Maxwelton, on grassland, alt. abt. 550 ft., S. T. Blake 12650 
(fig. heads), August 1936 (shortly creeping, ascending or erect, up to 
4 in., green, flowers yellowish). More ton District: Eight Mile Plains, 
nr. Brisbane, weed of cultivation introduced with sheep manure, 
C. T. White (fig. and young ftg. heads), 26-10-1930. 
The Section Cheiroloma Benth. FI. Austr. iii. 501 is characterised 
by the numerous flower-heads sessile in the leaf axils and the ray florets 
very inconspicuous. It contains only two species, C. hispidula F. Muell. 
and the present one. They are the true “Bindi-eyes” of inland parts 
though this term has become rather loosely applied to a number of burr 
plants. C. squamigera C. T. White and C. hispidula F. Muell. grow 
together and are difficult to distinguish in the field but can usually be 
separated at a glance in the dried specimens due to the more glabrous 
character of the burrs of the former. It is difficult to decide whether we 
are dealing with a species or variety, but as the characters are constant 
over a wide range the present plant seems worthy of specific rank. The 
differences between the two are given in section 15 of the accompanying 
key to the species of Calotis. 
Calotis suffruticosa Donvin Bibl. Bot. lxxxix (viii), 1209 (1929). 
Darling Downs District : Dalby, on open ground on dark brown clay, 
alt. abt. 1,100 ft., S. T. Blake 5921 (fig. and ftg. heads), May 1934 
(tufted, more or less erect, flowers bright yellow). Mitchell District: 
Yalleroi, between Blackall and Jericho, in mixed open forest on reddish 
sand, alt. abt. 1,160 ft., S. T. Blake 6774 (fig. and ftg. heads), July 1934 
(diffuse rather glaucous, flowers yellow; local name Bindie) ; Oakley, 
north of Longreach, on sparsely timbered low sandy ridge, alt. abt. 600 
ft., 8. T. Blake 11649 (flg. and ftg. heads), June 1936 (base woody, stems 
numerous, tufted spreading to erect ca. 6 in., plant rather deep green, 
fls. yellow) (a hispid and robust form). Leichhardt District: Emerald, 
on open sandy ground, alt. abt. 600 ft., S. T. Blake 6915 (flg. and ftg. 
heads), July 1934 (tufted, more or less spreading perennial (?), flowers 
bright yellow). 
