(Page 271.) Gentiana montana, Porst,, and /3 G. Blemensh.
MueUer says that these are different species ; G. montana is annual, rarely biennial, flowers first, and has
smaller flowei-s ; and that G. Biememis, Griseb., is perennial, has larger flowers, produced later, aud is always very
alpiue.
(Page 272.) 2. Villarsia exigua, [Limnanthemum, Mnell. Fragin. Phyt. p. 4 0 ); glabra; foliis
minntis ovatis indistincte venosis, pedunculis solitariis paucisve, calycis 5-fidi dentibus lanceolato-doltoideis,
corolla calycein paulo superante flava lobis integerrimis, stylo brevi, capsula basi calyce adnata.
H a b . Salt-marshes, at Southport, Oldfield [Mueller).
aiueller describes this as a small, stoloniferous, floating herb, with ovate or rounded leaves 3-6 lines long.
Peduncles as long as the petioles or shorter. Calyx scarcely 3 lines long. Petals naked. Capsule ovate, adnate
with the calyx below.—AUied to V. capitata, Nees, of Swan River, and V. mmima of tropical AustraUa [Mueller).
Liparophylluin.
Mueller i-educes this to a section of Limnanthemum, Gmel. [Villarsia, Vent.), and I have uo doubt correctly,
and it may hence bear the name of V. or L. Gunnii.
(Page 275.) C. Mitrasacme rfrcJeri (Hook, fil.); cæspitosa, glaberrima; foliis parvis imbricatis
oblongo-lingulatis basi iu tubulum connatis coriaceis cartilagineo-marginatis, floribus solitariis terminalibus
sessilibus, sepalis 4, 2 exterioribus foliiformibus basi connatis 2 interioribus parvis, stylis distinctis.
H a b . Western Mountains, Archer.
A small, densely tufted species, alUed to if . montana, Hook. fib. and precisely like it in the straeture of the
calyx, whieh appears to consist of only the two inner, small, ovate-lanceolate segments, the two outer being altogether
Uke the leaves, aud connate into a tube at the base.—A mmute, glabrous, tufted herb. Stems -J-I4 inch
high, with imbricating, glossy, coriaceous, almost cartilaginous, Uuear-oblong, subacutc leaves, which have pale edges
and a very few cilia at the margin, near their connate bases, 4 - ^ inch long. Flotcei- sessile, soUtary. Corolla
short, four-cleft to the middle; lobes ovate, acute. Siamens inserted just within the throat. Capsule with broadly
diverging lobes exactly as in ilf. montana.
(Page 278.) Cuscuta «Kí/ra/ií, Br.
Engelmann considers the Tasmanian plant to be distinct and very remarkable on account of its almost funnel-
shaped stigma. It, however, agrees perfectly with Bi-own’s character of C. australis, except in tlie' scales reaching
halfway up the filaments. The styles are verj' long ; the stigmas large, obscurely bilobed, and the caljTV-lobes
narrower than in another Australian species called C. austraUs by Mueller (east coast, tropical Australia, B. Moore,
and Goulbourn River, Victoria, Mueller), and which is referred by EugeUnann to a var. [squamü vix ullis) of the
South American C. obtusiflora, II.B.K. My New Zealand C. densiflora is considered by Engelmann to be scarcely
distinct from the C. racemosa of S. America ; it has broad sepals, very large fimbriated scales rising a little above the
bases of the filaments, and capitate, obscurely four-lobed stigmas. The whole genus appears to me to be in confusion.
(Page 280.) Cynoglossum suaveolens, Br., referred to in the, observations under C. australe, Br.,
has been confounded by me with that plant from having been accidently mixed in Gunn’s collections.
Their diagnoses (well given by Brown) are as follows :—
1. Cynoglossum australe (Br. Prod. p. 495) ; racemis ebracteatis, foliis omuibus lanceolatis.
H a b . Abundant iu dry pastures throughout the Island, Gwin, etc. [v. v.)
D i s t e ib . New South Wales and Victoria.
2. Cynoglossum suaveolens (Br. ). c.) ; racemis bracteatis, foliis superioribus basi latioribus.
H a b . A b u n d a n t i u d ry so il, Gunn, etc. [v. v.)
ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, ETC. 36'J
D is t r ib . New South Wales, Victoria, and Swan River.
Of these species C. mmieokm is generaUy, but not always smaUcr, has bracts at the base of the pefficel of
each flower, and sm.aUer yellowish iiowers smelling strongly of storax; the flowers of C. a M i , are bine and
inodorous.
(Page 281.) Mentha gracilis, Bi-., is considered by Archer to be a form of M. australis, Br.
(Page 284.) 4. Prostauthera cuneata, Benth.
Mueller tells me this is the P. retusa, Br. Prod. p. 509, whicli name it should bear.
(Page 28o.) Westriugia angusiifolia, Br., is very different from W. eremicola, A. C. [Mueller).
(Page 288.) Solanum aviculare, Forst.
BeMes oblong, yellow.-Mneller remm-ks that the plant wliich I have described under this name is certainly
borsters. and is Brown’s i*. laciniatnm; but that his -S. ccscm. which Oldfield assures him is not found in Tasmania,
IS a very different plant, has invariably large, gi-een, eatable berries, and is the “ Gunyang” of the aborigines
MueUer also thinks that tlic figm-e of i ”. laciniatnm, Bot. Alag. t. 349, is his veseim.
(Page 289.) Aiitbocercis Tasmanica, Hook. fil. For Tab. LXX XVIII. A. put XCTI.
It is veiy nearly aUied to, if not identical with, A. albicans, A. Cunn. (Sweet, FI. Aust. t. 16).
(Page 291.) Gi:B.i\o\apubescens, Br.
Kuefler informs me that this is found in „lions parts of Tasmania, and I have exceUent specimen, from
Archer, who suggests the possibility of all th . three described Gra&fc proving forms of one.
(Page 296.) Euphrasia alpina, Br., callina, Br., and niutticaulis, Benth., are, accoptling to Archer
forms of one species. '
(Page 297.) Euphrasia euspidata. Hook. fil.
H a b . Mount Lapeyrouse, Oldfield. Western Mountains, Archer.
(Page 304.) Plantago Brownii, Rap.
Mueller has fouud a plaut very closely resembling this on the Austi-aUac Alps, and called it P. stellata with a
queiy as to whetlier it may uot be a variety of P. Brownii.
(Page 310.) Trichiiuum spathulatum, Br.
Tab K riV ' ¡1.
(Page 318.) Cassytba pubescens, Br.
Berry spherical, gieen {Mueller). C. glabella, Bc.— Beny often red [Mueller).
(Page 321.) Persoonia Gunnii, Hook. fil.
Berry dull-red [Mueller).
(Page 323.) Grevillea Stuartii, Meisn., is a var. of G. australis, Br. [Mueller).
(Page 325.) Hakea lissosperma, Br., attains a height of 30 feet, Archer.
(Page 329.) Lomatiapolymorpha, Br.
Mueller iiifoims me that he was m error in supposing this to be a native of Victoria.
(Page 330.) Drnpctes Tasmanica, Hook. fil.
H a b . Summit of Mouut Lapeyrouse, Oldfield.