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The Queensland Naturalist. 
July, 192^’ 
under L. Gardncriy in the wide sense in which this species 
is now taken. In Australia it is confined, so far as known, 
to New South Wales and Southern Queensland. 
Lysurus pentagonus (Bail.) C. T. White n. comb.. 
Aiutimis pentagonus Bailey Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric. Brisbane 
(1^95) 35 (with a fig.) ; Lloyd Phalloids of Australia 
(1907) p. 10 fig. II ; “Synopsis of the Known Phalloids’' 
(1909) p. 30 fig. 28; M. pentagonus var. Hardyi Bailey in 
Queens. Agric. Journ. XVL (1906) 494 pi. 2g; M. Hardyi 
Bailey Compreh. Cat. Queens. Plants p. 746 fig. 8io. 
This, in my opinion, is one of the most valid and well- 
marked species of the genus. Judging from the large 
numbers of illustrations published by Lloyd in his various 
papers, the species in general anpcarance seems to approach 
most closely to L. Mokusin (Cibot) Fries of Japan. 
Distribution. — So far as known, confined to South- 
Eastern Queensland. 
Acknoivlcdgemenf. — To Prof. A. J. Ewart, of Mel- 
bourne, my thanks are due for kindly sending me, on loan,, 
copies of the ‘‘Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens Pera- 
deniyaG containing Petch’s valuable papers on the Phalloi- 
deac of Ceylon. 
A NEW FOSSIL PLANT. 
By Joiix Shirley, D.Sc. 
Noeggerathiopsis Tryoni. 
Fronde simplici, longissima, speciosa. obovato-elongata.. 
lateralibus inaequalibus, iongitudinaliter striatis, basi atten- 
uata, 175 X 15-40 m.m. ; rhacide valida. lineata ; nervis 
secundariis parallelis, tenerrimis, simplicis. 
F^rond simple, elongated, of graceful outline, obovate — 
elongate, unequally divided by the mid-rid, longitudinally 
striate, 175 by 15-40 m.m.; mid-rib strong, grooved;: 
secondary veins parallel with the mid-rib, slender, simple. 
Differs from N. Hislopi (Feist) and N. prisca (Feist) 
in the possession of a mid-rib, and from N. media (Dana) 
in shape. 
Hab. — Petrie's Quarry, near Brisbane. (F.N.C. Excur- 
sion, June, 1918). 
