Botanical Name. Callistenwn, already explained. (See Part LXI, p. 17); 
brachyandrus, from two Greek words, signifying short stamens. 
Vernacular Name. I know of none except " Ked Bottle Brush " in reference 
to the colour of the filaments. 
Synonyms. C. arborescens F.v.M. in Linncea xxv, 388 (1852), quoted in Fragm. 
iv, 52 ; C. acerosus Miq. in Ned.Kruid. Arch, iv, 141 (1856) (but not of Tausch). Bentham 
adds that G. pithyoides Miq. (op. cit. p. 142) " mentioned as only known in fruit, if a 
Cattistemon at all, appears to be nearer this species than to C. salignus." 
Attention may be invited to Mr. Cheel's remarks under Habitat, in regard to 
certain pine-needle leaved specimens which would certainly be appropriately termed 
acerosus. 
Habitat. In the original description we have : 
The seeds received from His Excellency Captain Grey, said to have been collected on the North 
Coast of Australia in 1843. Captain Grey was Governor of South Australia at the time, and it does not 
seem clear what is meant by the ' North Coast of Australia." 
Bentham (B. Fl. iii, 122) quotes it from 
New South Wales. Darling River and towards the Barrier Range, Victorian Expedition. 
Victoria. Murray Desert, F . Muetter. 
South Australia. On the Murray, F. Mueller. 
These localities are not far apart, and are interior or sub-arid. 
Following are the localities of specimens represented in the National Herbaria 
of Sydney and Melbourne. It will be observed that they are from the same three 
States. 
South Australia. New Holland (Mueller, February, 1847), Mount Dispersion; 
Eastern South Australia (ex Botanical Museum of Adelaide). 
Victoria. Australia Felix (Mueller). You Yangs (J. Staer, April, 1911). 
New South Wales. Nandering Camp (Victorian Expedition, June, 1861); Murray 
and Darling Rivers (Mueller, Dallachy and Goodman). Between Lachlan and Darling 
Rivers (G. Day) ; Nyngan (E. F. Rogers, August, 1913); Newcastle (R. H. Cambage). 
The last specimen is from a coastal locality ; the others are from interior ones. 
We have also specimens from cultivated plants in the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 
and from Christchurch, New Zealand, collected by E. Cheel in March, 1909, which have 
terete leaves with a distinct narrow channel on the upper side, and are identical with 
those found in a wild state in all three States. In addition, there are specimens from 
plants also cultivated in the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, October, 1914, with broader 
and more open channelled leaves, which more closely resemble the figure of Lindley. 
It is possible that these specimens with the more terete leaves are sufficiently 
distinct to be regarded as a variety, but the question cannot be satisfactorily settled 
until we have been able to trace the locality from which the seed which produced 
Lindley 's type specimen, and also those with broader and more flat leaves, referred to 
as cultivated in the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, were obtained. 
