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PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION D. 
Genera and Species, Local or Aboriginal Name, and Order, respectively : — 
Viola betonicafolia, Sm. ; Large Violet; Violariese. White flower- 
ing plants of this violet have been met with near Brisbane. 
Hibiscus rhodopetalus, F. v. M. ; Malvaceae. A plant of this 
species has lately been met with at Mack ay, which produced white 
flowers. This has been brought into garden cultivation. 
Stylidium graminifdium , Sw., var. album , Bail.; Hair-trigger 
plant; Stylidie®. Found near Cleveland. South Queensland. 
Arfanema Jlmbriaturn , Don., var. album , Bail. ; Scrophularineae. 
Met with near Bundaberg by J. Keys. 
Dendrobium bigibbuni , Lindl. ; Orchidese. At Cape York there 
is said to be a white variety. 
Dipodium punct at ui n, R. Br., var. album , Bail.; Orchidese. On 
sandy land near the coast, near Cleveland, this variety was obtained a 
few years ago. 
Dorganthes excel sa, Correa.; Amaryllideae. A variety with white 
flowers is reported to have been met with on Mount Lindsay. 
Commelyna cyanea , R. Br. ; Commelynaeese. I have not seen 
them, but am informed that this species has been seen bearing white 
flowers. 
Aneilema gramineum , R. Br ; Commelynaeese. Plants of this 
species with white flowers have been met with near Brisbane. 
Xyris pane (flora, Willd., var. albiflos , Bail.; Xyridese. A small 
variety found on Fraser Island with white flowers. 
Other deviations from the supposed normal colours have been 
observed in the following: — 
Clematis FuivcftUi , F. v. M., var. purpurascens, Bail.; Ranun- 
culaceae. This is a form met with at Killarney, the flowers of which 
have quite a purplish tinge. 
Klaeocarpus cyamus , Ait. ; Tiliaeese. Plants of this species have 
been met with near Stanthorpe with rose-pink flowers. 
Citrus australasica , F. v. M., var. sanguinea, Bail. ; Rutacese. 
This is a form found upon Tambourine Mountain, of which the fruit is 
blood-red. 
Dendrobium Kingianum , Bidw., var. pallidum, Bail. ; Orchidese. 
Some plants of this form bear nearly white flowers. 
Dendrobium undulatmnfSi. Br., var. Droowjieldii , Fitzg. ; Orchidese. 
The flowers of this form are of a more or less bright yellow. 
Deiulrobiinn ter eti folium, R. Br.,var .aureum, Bail.; Orchidese. The 
flowers of this form found at Killarney are of a bronze or yellow colour. 
Dipodium pun eta turn, R. Br.,var. Ramiltonianum, Bail. ; Orchidese. 
Of this form, which has been met with at two very distant habitats — 
viz., the islands of Moreton Bay and about Stanthorpe — the ground 
colour of the flower is yellow. 
Chrysopogon parvijiorus, Benth., var. flaveseens , Bail. ; Graminese. 
This lovely and very distinct form is in some localities upon the 
Darling Downs plentiful. Instead of the usual purplish colour the 
inflorescence is of a pleasing yellow. 
The mentioning of this grass leads me to express regret that 
neither Baron von Mueller nor Mr. Bentham could see their 
way to retain the names, or at least some of them, given by 
former botanists to the grass recorded in the Flora Australiensis 
as Fappophorum nigricans, R. Br., and by Baron von Mueller as 
