2888/71.

MUELLERIA

An Australian Journal of Botany

VOL. 2, No. 2. AUGUST, 1971

NATIONAL HERBARIUM

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, MELBOURNE
VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

D. M. CHURCHILL, Director and Government Botanist

2888/71.

CONTENTS

Page

Otto Carl Berg’s Types of Myrtaceae in the National Herbarium

of Victoria — J. A. Anderson .. 119

Additions to the Flora of the Northern Territory — J. R.

Maconochie & N. Byrnes . . . . . . . . 133

A New Combination in the Genus Bossiaea Vent. ( Papilionaceae )

—A. B. Court . . . . . . . . 139

A New Species of Mountain Heath from Tasmania — A. M. Gray 143

Further Collections of Two Little-known Stylidiaceae from

the Northern Territory — J. R. Maconochie & S. A. Parker 145

Colourless Algae of the Flagellate Genus Monosiga from

Victoria, Australia — B. V. Skortzov & Mitsuzo Noda . . 147

OTTO CARL BERG’S TYPES OF MYRTACEAE IN THE
NATIONAL HERBARIUM OF VICTORIA

by

J. A. Anderson*

The collections of the National Herbarium of Victoria house many
thousands of important and authentic specimens from botanists of the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and amongst these are members
of the Myrtaceae studied by Otto Carl Berg (1815-1866). Much of
this huge collection of old specimens formed the basis of the famous
Sonder herbarium most of which was purchased by the Victorian
Government towards the end of last century. This purchase included
thousands of sheets of specimens closely connected with Martius’ Flora
Brasiliensis , but the full extent of this association still remains obscure.
The fact that this material is still in existence and available to bona fide
workers is clearly very important and should be made known to
systematists everywhere.

This paper deals exclusively with Berg’s types of species and varie-
ties originally described in Martius’ Flora Brasiliensis 14 : 1-655
(1857-1859) and cited for Sonder’s herbarium. The results of this
study are given below, in the order of Martius, as a list of presumptive
types known to be filed in the Melbourne Herbarium. Berg’s types of
Myrtaceae from other regions of tropical South America, e.g. Surinam
and Venezeula, have been located also, but these will form the basis
of another paper.

A thorough search of the collections has been made for Berg’s
Brazilian types alluded to above, but a few have probably escaped
detection. For each specimen listed below, the following details are
given : Melbourne Herbarium registration number ; name of the species
or variety under which Berg originally described it ; precise place of
publication ; locality details including collector and collector’s number ;
Berg’s annotations with respect to the name written exactly as on the
sheet.

A facsimile of Berg’s handwriting is reproduced in Fig. 47 on
page 122.

The author hopes that the list of types given below will prove
useful to systematists, but it must be remembered that these are
presumptive types. Each specimen should be examined carefully by a
taxonomist who is studying Myrtaceae before it can be declared a type.

•Formerly National Herbarium of Victoria.

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LIST OF PRESUMPTIVE TYPES

MEL 1007445 Gomidesia Hartwegiana Berg in Mart. Flor. Bras

14 1 : 22 (1857).

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasil. Widgren 544i ”
in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Gomidesia Hartwegiana Berg ” in
Berg’s hand.

SYNTYPE.

1007446 Gomidesia Widgreniana Berg in Mart. /. c. 26.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasiliae. Widgren 546 ”
in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Gomidesia Widgreniana Berg ” in
Berg’s hand.

HOLOTYPE.

1007447 Rubachia Neuwiedeana Berg in Mart. /. c. 29.

Labelled “ C. Frio ” in an unknown hand and
Prinz v. Neuwied ” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated “ Rubachia Neuwiedeana Bg ” in Berg’s
hand.

ISOTYPE.

1007448 Calyptranthes Widgreniana Berg in Mart. /. c. 39.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes. Widgren 537 ” in
Sonder’s hand.

Designated “ Calyptranthes Widgreniana Bg ” in
Berg’s hand.

HOLOTYPE.

1007449 Calyptranthes pteropoda Berg in Mart. /. c. 47.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasiliae. Widgren
549 ” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as Calyptranthes pteropoda Bg ” in
Berg’s hand.

ISOTYPE.

[See Plate 16.]

1007450 Calyptranthes variabilis cc . pulehella Berg in Mart. /. c.
49.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasil. Widgren 1185"
in Sonder’s hand.

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Designated as “ variabilis a . Bg ” in Berg’s hand.
HOLOTYPE.

1007451 Aulomyrcia ramulosa /?. pauciflora Berg in Mart. /. c.

Labelled “ Rio Janeiro, v. Martius ” in Sonder’s
hand.

Designated as “ Aulomyrcia ramulosa, var. /?. pauci-
flora Bg ” in Berg’s hand.

ISOTYPE.

Fig. 47 — Facsimile of Otto Carl Berg’s handwriting filed in MEL.
1007452 Aulomyrcia ramulosa y. acutata Berg in Mart. /. c. 62.

No locality details are given with this specimen
which appears to be the only one that Berg exam-
ined in Sonder’s herbarium.

Designated as “ Aulomyrcia ramulosa, var. y.
acutata Berg ” in Berg’s hand.

1007453 Aulomyrcia Widgreniana Berg in Mart. /. c. 70.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes. Widgren 545 ” in
Sonder’s hand.

Designated “ Aulomyrcia Widgreniana Bg ” in
Berg’s hand.

62.

ISOTYPE.

HOLOTYPE.

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1007454 Aulomyrcia longpipcs y. latifolia Berg in Mart. /. c. 94.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasiliae. Widgren 547 ”
in Sonder’s hand.

Designated “ Aulomyrcia longpipes, var. y. latifolia
Bg ” in Berg’s hand.

HOLOTYPE.

1007455 Aulomyrcia Sonderiana Berg in Mart. /. c. 110.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasiliae. A. F. Reg-
nell 1—134” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Aulomyrcia Sonderiana Berg ” in
Berg’s hand.

SYNTYPE.

1007456 Aulomyrcia Sonderiana Berg in Mart. /. c. 110.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasiliae. Widgren
544 ” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Aulomyrcia Sonderiana Berg ” in
Berg’s hand.

SYNTYPE.

Another specimen, labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasi-
liae. Widren 544| ” in Sonder’s hand and des-
ignated as “ Aulomyrcia Sonderiana Berg ” in
Berg’s hand has been located in the collections.

1007457 Aulomyrcia Salzmanni Berg in Mart. /. c. 116.

Labelled simply “ Bahia ” in an unknown hand.
Designated as “ Aulomyrcia Salzmanni Bg ” in
Berg’s hand.

ISOTYPE.

1007458 Aulomyrcia Lingua /?. rufa Berg in Mart. /. c. 130.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasil. Widgren 555 ”
in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Aulomyrcia Lingua var. /*?. rufa
Berg ” in Berg’s hand.

HOLOTYPE.

1007459 Aulomyrcia vacciniifolia Berg in Mart. /. c. 140.

Labelled “ Serra de Itambe, Brasiliae ” in Sonder’s
hand.

Designated as “ Aulomyrcia vacciniifolia Bg ” in
Berg’s hand.

ISOTYPE.

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1007460 Engeniopsis Clausseniana oc . rufa Berg in Mart. /. c.
146.

Labelled “ Rio de Janeiro ” in an unknown hand.

Designated as “ Eugeniopsis Clausseniana oc . rufa
Berg ” in Berg’s hand.

SYNTYPE.

1007461 Myrcia Kegelianaoc. latifoiia Berg in Mart. /. c. 168.

Labelled “ Surinam, Hostmann 485 ” in Sonder’s
hand.

Designated as “ Kegelianaoc. latifoiia Bg ” in Berg’s
hand.

SYNTYPE.

1007462 Myrcia communis oc . latifoiia Berg in Mart. /. c. 183.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasiliae. A. F. Reg-
nell 1-135 ” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “Myrcia communis var. cc . latifoiia
Berg ” in Berg’s hand.

ISOTYPE.

Berg has added the note “ Ab M. puberula Camb.
toto caelo diversa Bg ” to the specimen.

1007463 Eugenia Widgrenii Sond. ex Berg in Mart. /. c. 227.

Labelled Minas Geraes, Brasiliae. Widgren
538 ” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Eugenia Widgrenii Sond.” in
Sonder’s hand. There are no annotations by Berg
with this specimen.

HOLOTYPE.

1007464 Eugenia Franciscensis Berg in Mart. /. c. 233.

Labelled “ Rio S. Francisco ” in Sonder’s hand.
Designated as “ Franciscensis Bg ” in Berg’s hand.
ISOTYPE.

1007465 Eugenia rhombocarpa Berg in Mart. /. c. 239.

Labelled “Minas Geraes, Brasil. Widgren 540 ”
in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ rhombocarpa Bg ” in Berg's hand.
HOLOTYPE.

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1007466 Eugenia ambigua Berg in Mart. /. c. 241.

Labelled “Minas Geraes. Widgren 1027 ” in
Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ ambigua Berg ” in Berg’s hand.
HOLOTYPE.

1007467 Eugenia Regnelliana Berg in Mart. /. c. 245.

Labelled “ Caldas, Minas Geraes, Brasiliae. Reg-
nell 2-120” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Eugenia Regnelliana Bg ” in Berg’s
hand.

SYNTYPE.

1007468 Eugenia Regnelliana Berg in Mart. /. c. 245.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasil. Widgren 556 ”
in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Regnelliana Bg ” in Berg’s hand.
SYNTYPE.

1007494 Eugenia Maxiniiliana Berg in Mart. /. c. 250.

Labelled “ Brasilia. Prinz v. Neuwied ” in Sonder’s
hand.

Designated as “ Maximiliana Bg., nec DC.” in Berg’s
hand.

ISOTYPE.

1007469 Eugenia Klotzschiana Berg in Mart. I. c. 255.

Labelled “ Brasiliae. Widgren 528 ” in Sonder’s
hand.

Designated as “Eugenia Klotzschiana Bg ” in
Berg’s hand.

SYNTYPE.

1007470 Eugenia cauliflora Berg in Mart. /. c. 268.

Labelled “ Bahia, Salzmann ” in an unknown
hand.

Designated as “ Eugenia cauliflora Bg, nec DC.”
in Berg’s hand.

ISOTYPE.

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1007471 Eugenia Sonderiana Berg in Mart. /. c. 270.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasiliae. Widgren
542 ” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Eugenia Sonderiana Bg ” in Berg’s
hand.

HOLOTYPE.

1007472 Eugenia cassinoides /3. gracilis Berg in Mart. /. c.
286.

Labelled “ Bahia ” in an unknown hand and
“ Salzmann ” in Sonder’s.

Designated as “ Eugenia cassinoides, f3. gracilis
Berg ” in Berg’s hand.

HOLOTYPE.

1007473 Eugenia sphenophvlla fS. angustifolia Berg in Mart.
/. c. 288.

Labelled “Minas Geraes, Brasil. Widgren 539 ”
in Sonder’s hand.

Designated “ Eugenia sphenophylla /?. angustifolia
Bg ” in Berg’s hand.

HOLOTYPE.

1007474 Eugenia Moraviana Berg in Mart. /. c. 304.

Labelled “ Habitat in Via quae ducit ad Morav-
ianos ” in an unknown hand.

Designated as Eugenia Moraviana Bg ” in Berg’s
hand.

ISOTYPE.

1007475 Eugenia inundata oc . nienibranacea Berg in Mart. /. c.
318.

Labelled “ ad fluvium Rio Negro ” in an unknown
hand.

Designated as “ oc . membranacea Berg ” in Berg’s
hand.

SYNTYPE.

1007495 Stenocalyx inipunctatus Berg in Mart. /. c. 336.

Labelled “ Ad Caldas, Minas Geraes, Brasiliae.
Regnell 1-123 ” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Stenocalyx impunctatus Bg ” in
Berg’s hand.

HOLOTYPE.

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1007476 Mitranthes eugenioides ft. ovata Berg in Mart. /. c.
355.

Labelled “ Bahia ” in an unknown hand and
“ Salzmann ” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Mitranthes Cambessedeana ft.
ovata Bg ” in Berg’s hand.

HOLOTYPE.

Evidently Berg decided to adopt Saint-Hilaire’e
epithet when he published his description of
Mitranthes eugenioides but failed to make any
alteration to Sonder’s label. Sonder’s specimen has
also been designated as “ Calyptranthes eugenioides
A SHJL.” in an unknown hand.

1007477 Myrciaria strigipes Berg in Mart. /. c. 364.

Labelled “ Princ. Neovid ” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as Myrciaria strigipes Bg ” in Berg’s
hand.

SYNTYPE.

1007478 Siphoneugena Widgreniana Berg in Mart. /. c. 379.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Widgren 541 ” in Sonder’s
hand.

Designated as “ Siphoneugena Widgreniana Berg ”
in Berg’s hand.

HOLOTYPE.

1007479 Psidium Widgrenianum Berg in Mart. /. c. 392.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasil. Widgren 534 ” in
Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Widgreniana Bg ” in Berg’s hand.
HOLOTYPE.

1007480 Psidium incanescens ft. parvifolium Berg in Mart.
/. c. 403.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes. Widgren 529 ” in Sonder’s
hand.

Designated as “ incanescens Mart., ft. parvifolium
Bg ” in Berg’s hand.

SYNTYPE.

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1007481 Blepharocalyx longipes Berg in Mart. 1. c. 423.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasiliae. Widgren 550 ”
in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Blepharocalyx longipes Bg ” in
Berg’s hand.

SYNTYPE.

1007482 Blepharocalyx longipes Berg in Mart. /. c. 423.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasil. Widgren 553 ”
in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Blepharocalyx longpipes Bg ” in
Berg’s hand.

SYNTYPE.

1007483 Blepharocalyx Widgreni Berg in Mart. /. c. All.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasil. Widgren 548 ”
in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Blepharocalyx Widgreni Bg ” in
Berg’s hand.

HOLOTYPE.

1007484 Abbevillea maschalantha y. oblongata Berg in Mart.
/. c. 433.

Labelled “Rio de Janeiro” in an unknown hand.

Designated as “ Abbevillea maschalantha y. oblon-
gata Bg ” in Berg’s hand.

HOLOTYPE.

1007485 Abbevillea Fen/liana 8. brevipes Berg in Mart. /. c. 434.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasiliae. A. F. Regnell
1-127 ” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Abbevillea Fenzliana, 8. brevipes
Bg ” in Berg’s hand.

HOLOTYPE.

[See Plate 17.]

1007486 Campomanesia heterophylla Berg in Mart. /. c. 440.
Labelled “ Widgren 534i ” in Sonder’s hand.
Designated “ Campomanesia heterophylla Bg ” in
Berg’s hand.

SYNTYPE.

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1007487 Campomanesia pubescens oc. effusa Berg in Mart.
I c. 443.

Labelled “ Prov. Pernambuco, Martius ” in Sonder’s
hand.

Designated “ Campomanesia pubescens, cx . effusa
Bg ” in Berg’s hand.

This is the only specimen labelled oc . effusa found
amongst the Sonder material and might be

HOLOTYPE.

1007488 Campomanesia pubescens p. coarctata Berg in Mart.
/. c. 443.

Labelled 4fc Minas Geraes, Brasiliae. Widgren 530 ”
in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Campomanesia pubescens p. coarc-
tata Bg ” in Berg’s hand.

ISOTYPE or SYNTYPE.

1007489 Campomanesia obversa oc . latifolia Berg in Mart.
/. c. 445.

Labelled 44 Minas Geraes, Brasil, Widgren
530i ” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Campomanesia obversa oc . latifolia
Bg ” in Berg’s hand.

Whether or not this specimen can be a type will
depend upon a thorough examination of this
material in conjunction with the next specimen cited
below.

1007490 Campomanesia obversa p. angustifolia Berg in Mart.
/. c. 446.

Labelled “ Ad Caldas prov. Minas Geraes. Regnell
1-1 25c.” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as 44 Campomanesia obversa, p. angus-
tifolia Bg ” in Berg’s hand.

It seems possible that the label accompanying this
specimen has been confused with that referred to
above and that Berg annotated both labels incor-
rectly. It is also possible that Berg cited these two
specimens wrongly in Martius’ Flora. No annota-
tions by Miquel who originally described Psidium
obversum (cited by Berg) have been noticed on
the label.

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1007491 Campomanesia Widgreniana Berg in Mart. /. c. 447.

Labelled “ Minas Geraes, Brasiliae, Widgren
531 ” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Campomanesia Widgreniana Bg ”
in Berg’s hand.

HOLOTYPE.

1007492 Britoa Sellowiana Berg in Mart. /. c. 463.

Labelled “ Ad Caldas in Minas Geraes, Brasiliae.
Regnell 2-118” in Sonder’s hand.

Designated as “ Britoa Sellowiana Bg ” in Berg’s
hand.

SYNTYPE.

1007493 Lecythis Martiana Berg in Mart. /. c. 487 (1858).

Labelled “ Para, Brasiliae, v. Martius ” in Sonder’s
hand.

Designated as “ Lecythis Martiana Bg ” in Berg’s
hand.

HOLOTYPE.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author wishes to extend her sincere thanks to the Director
of the Botanical Museum, Berlin, for assistance with the identification
of Berg’s handwriting and to Mr. A. B. Court, National Herbarium of
Victoria, for suggesting this topic for study and for his guidance during
the author’s examination of Berg’s specimens.

ADDITIONS TO THE FLORA OF THE NORTHERN

TERRITORY

by

J. R. Maconochie* & N. Byrnes!

INTRODUCTION

A total of forty-nine species are recorded as new for the Northern
Territory. The new records are mainly from the tropical sector and
the western border area of the arid zone.

One species, Atnsinckia hispida (Ruiz, et Pav.) I. M. Johnston, is
an exotic weed in the eastern and southern states, and its introduction
into the Northern Territory may be the result of seed dispersal by
either a tourist vehicle or dry feed from the south.

LIST OF SPECIES

MONOCOTYLEDONEAE

Gramineae

Eragrostis australasica (Steud.) C. E. Hubbard

S. A. Parker 317, Alice Springs Sewerage Farm, 10 October 1970.

Eragrostis clelandii S. T. Blake

J. Must 336, 17 miles N.W. of Andado Homestead, 10 August 1968.

Sporobolus elongatus R. Br.

D. J. Nelson 484, 24 miles S. of Alice Springs, 21 August 1962 ;
A. C. Beauglehole 20667, Valley of Eagles, 35 miles E.N.E. of Alice
Springs, 13 October 1966.

Hydrocharitaceae

Blyxa aubertii Rich.

F. R. Higginson, s.n. Wirowawoi Lagoon, Grove Peninsula, 14 August
1969 (NSW 130162).

Maidenia rubra (W. V. Fitzg.) Rendle

N. Byrnes 850, Humpty Doo Road, 23 April 1968 ; N. Byrnes 657,
Survey Creek, Tipperary Station, 2 May 1968.

Liliaceae

Tricoryne elatior R. Br.

J. H. Willis s.n., Mt. Sonder, 20 July 1966 (MEL) [this is the form des-
cribed as T. tenella R. Br.]; C. Dunlop 1986, 20 miles N.N.E. of Docker
River Settlement, Petermann Ranges, 29 October 1970.

* Arid Zone Research Institute, Alice Springs, N.T.
t Primary Industries Branch of N.T. A., Darwin, N.T.

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Orchidaceae

Nervilia discolor (Bl.) Schltr.

N. Byrnes 1698, Green Ant Creek, 6 March 1970.

Nervilia holochila (F. Muell.) Schltr.

N. Byrnes 1700, Mt. Bundy, 6 March 1970.

Pontederiaceae

Monochoria hastata (L.) Solms.

N. Byrnes 669, 5 miles E. of Litchfield Homestead, 3 May 1968.

Typhaceae

Typha orientalis Presl

TV. Byrnes 1667, West Coast, opposite Peron Isle, 26 August 1969.

DICOTYLEDONEAE

Amaranthaceae

Ptilotus royceanus E. Beni

J. R. Maconochie 780, in a gorge i mile E. of Ewalinga Rockhole, Peter-
mann Ranges, 19 September 1969.

Ptilotus leucocoma (Moq.) F. Muell.

E. C. Black s.n. near Granites, September 1936 (AD 96215257).

Boraginaceae

Amsinckia hispida (Ruiz, et Pav.) I. M. Johnston

F. C. Vassek 680914-29, 53 miles W. of Alice Springs, 14 September 1968.

Chenopodiaceae

A triplex suberecta I. C. Verdoorn

R. A. Perry 5464, 5 miles S.E. of Ringwood Station, 9 September 1955.

Bassia astrocarpa F. Muell.

P. K. Latz 595, 4 miles S. of Sangster’s Bore, Tanami Sanctuary, 27 May
1970; J. R. Maconochie 1074, 23 miles N. of Chilla Well, 29 July 1970.

Bassia articulata J. M. Black

A. C. Beauglehole 10298, 13 miles S. of Henbury Craters, 4 July 1965.

Bassia brachyptera (F. Muell.) R. H. Anderson

A. Nicholls 934, 3 miles E. of Victory Downs Homestead, 18 September

1968.

Bassia georgei E. H. Ising

P. K. Latz 946, approx. 55 miles S.E. of Docker River — Pottoyu Hills.
3 November 1970.

Bassia minuta E. H. Ising

J. R. Maconochie 1093, in a rock-hole 58 miles S.E. of False Mt. Russell, 31
July 1970.

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Kochia radiata P. G. Wilson

A. E. Orchard 872, Gibson Creek ca. 56 Km. N. of Tennant Creek, 19
July 1968.

Malacocera tricornis (Benth.) R. H. Anderson

F. C. Vassek 680918-13, 2 miles E. of Victory Downs, 18 September
1968 ; A. Nicholls 935, 18 September 1968.

Suaeda australis (R. Br.) Moq.

N. Byrnes 1687, 5 miles N. of Finnis River, West Coast, 27 August 1969.

Combretaceae

Terminalia crassi folia Exell

N. Byrnes 1864, Fletcher Creek, 8 April 1970; N. Byrnes 1868, Wearyan
River, 8 April 1970.

Terminalia fitzgeraldii C. A. Gardner

N. Byrnes 1251, Elizabeth River, 19 December 1968 ; N. Byrnes 1630,
Reynolds River, 14 May 1969.

Compositae

Brachycome tesquorum J. M. Black

G. Chippendale , 17 miles S.W. of Huckitta Homestead, 13 August 1959
(N.T. 6511); J. H. Willis s.n., Gosse’s Bluff, 26 July 1966 (MEL).

CraSvSulaceae

Crassula color ata (Nees) Ostenfeld

A. C. Beauglehole 27991, 31 miles E. of Andado Homestead, Simpson
Desert, 29 July 1968 ; A. C. Beauglehole 28051, Granite Knobs, 29 miles
S.E. of Kulgera, 30 July 1968.

Dicrastylidiaceae

Newcastelia cladotricha F. Muell.

J. R. Maconochie 930, ca. 1 mile N. of False Mt. Russell, 2 August 1970.

Euphorbiaceae

Omalanthus populifolius Grah.

N. Byrnes 1678, 8 miles N.E. of Wangi Homestead, 26 August 1969.

Goodeniaceae

Leschenaultia helmsii Krause

J. R. Maconochie 1071, i mile S. E. of Chilla Well, 29 July 1970.

Mimosaceae

Acacia pachyacra Maiden & Blakely

J. R. Maconochie 754, 10 miles W. of Chirnside Creek, Petermann Ranees
18 September 1969. b ’

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Myoporaceae

Eremophila polyclada (F. Muell.) F. Muell.

P. K. Latz 154, 5 miles W. of Tarlton Downs Homestead, 11 February
1968.

Eremophila turtonii F. Muell.

J. R. Maconochie 801, H miles W. of Docker River Settlement, Petermann
Ranges, 20 September 1969.

Papilionaceae

C rot alar ia alata Flam.

N . Byrnes 603, Tortilla Flats, Adelaide River, 9 May 1968 ; N. Byrnes
784, Pine Creek-Oenpelli Road, 4 miles E. of Mary River, 16 May 1968.

Crotalaria quinquifolia L.

N. Byrnes 205, Beatrice Hill, 15 March 1967.

Crotalaria verrucosa L.

C. S. Robinson 55, Katherine, 9 June 1968.

Cyclocarpa stellaris Afz. ex J. G. Baker

N. Byrnes 1915, ca. 10 miles N. of Mudginberri [This is the first record
for mainland N.T. ; Specht (1958) in Records of the American- Austra-
lian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 3: 42 recorded it from

Bickerton Island.]

Mucuna urens DC var. papuana F. M. Bailey

N. Byrnes 1901, Adelaide River-Daly River Road on river bank, 15 April
1970 ; N. Byrnes 217, loc. ipse, 4 April 1967; N. Byrnes 1802, Green
Ant Creek, Stuart Highway, 6 March 1970.

Smithia conferta Sm.

E. S. Robinson 24, Humpty Doo, 28 April 1967.

Portulacaceae

Anacampseros australiana J. M. Black

P. K. Latz 407, Valley of Eagle, Alice Springs area, 28 December 1968
[Noted by J. H. Willis at S. foot of Mt. Sonder and in George Gill Range,
July 1966.]

C aland rinia disperma J. M. Black

A. Weidemann s.n. 15 miles N. of Andado Station, 12 August 1968 ;
J. Must 113, 17 miles N.W. of Andado Station, 11 July 1968; R. Carotin
5213, ca. 15 miles E. of Curtin Springs.

Proteaceae

Grevillea erythroclada W. V. Fitzg.

N. Byrnes 472. Daly River near crossing, 23 August 1967 ; G. F. Hill
s.n., 20 miles S.W. of Borroloola, 7 September 1911.

Grevillea pterosperma F. Muell.

G. Chippendale, 18 miles S.W. of Glen Edith, 24 June 1959 (N.T. 6272);
A. C. Beauglehole 26551, 1 mile N.E. of Reedy Rockhole, George Gill
Range, 11 July 1968; A. C. Beauglehole 26942 Kathleen Spring, George
Gill Range, 15 July 1968.

J. R. Maconochie & N. Byrnes: Additions to the Flora of the
Northern Territory

137

Hake a rhombales F. Muell.

J. R. Maconochie 688, 12 miles E. of Docker River Settlement, Petermann
Ranges, 21 January 1969; J. R. Maconochie 764, 20 miles E. of Docker
River Settlement, Petermann Ranges, 19 September 1969.

Rhamnaceac

Emmenosperma cunninghamii Benth.

N. Byrnes 1494, East Point, Darwin, 16 April 1969.

Rutaceae

Geijera linearijolia (DC) J. M. Black

R. E. Winkworth 1123, 15 miles N. of Alice Springs, 2 May 1955.

Santalaceae

Santalum album L.

N. Byrnes 882, Thring Creek, Darwin, 18 July 1968.

Scrophulariaceae

Mimulus prostratus Benth.

J. R. Maconochie 1043, 5 miles S.E. of Mongrel Downes Homestead, 26
May 1970.

Mimulus repens R. Br.

S. A. Parker 286, 45 miles S.W. of Mongrel Downes Homestead, 2 August
1970.

Zygophyllaceae

T rib ulus hirsutus Benth.

J. R. Maconochie 1075, 24 miles N.W. of Chilla Well, Tanami Sanctu-
ary, 29 July 1970; P. K. Latz 728, 46 miles S.W. of Mongrel Downes
Homestead, 1 August 1970.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors wish to thank the various State herbaria and in par-
ticular the staff of Sydney, Perth and Adelaide for their assistance
given with the identifications of various difficult species.

A NEW COMBINATION IN THE GENUS BOSSIAEA VENT.

(PAPILIONACEAE)

by

A. B. Court*

Bossiaea bossiaeoides (A. Cunn. ex Bench.) A. B. Court comb. nov.

Acacia bossiaeoides A. Cunn. ex Benth. in Hook. Land.

J. Bot . 1 : 323 (1842), non sens. Seemann Europ.

Eingef. Acac. 7 t.l (1852).

Bossiaea phylloclada F. Muell. in Trans, phil. Inst. Viet.

3:52 (1859).

During studies on Australian Acacias, the author elucidated the
identity of A. bossiaeoides which, hitherto, has been regarded as an
Acacia known only from sterile specimens. Since it is conspecific with
Bossiaea phylloclada , a younger name, the new combination B. bossi-
aeoides becomes necessary and B. phylloclada is regulated to synonymy
accordingly.

Bossiaea bossiaeoides is widely distributed in northern Australia
and ranges from the Isdell River in the Western Kimberleys to West-
moreland Station in far north-west Queensland. All known occur-
rences of this species lie to the north of 18°S.

LECTOTYPE OF ACACIA BOSSIAEOIDES

Specimens of A. bossiaeoides were first collected near the mouth
of the Liverpool River ( ca . 12° 15'S and 134° 12'E) on the north
coast of Australia by Allan Cunningham on 7 August 1819 under the
number 405/1819. Cunningham thought his specimens represented
an Acacia for he wrote the following remarks in his diary: —

“ 405.

Acacia bossiaeoides. caule aphylloalato glaucescens, denticulis alternis
patentibus decurrentibus rigidis mucronatis, margine inferirore. subuni-
glandicluo (sic!), bracteis imbricatis exterioribus persistentibus. A tall
shrub (witht. fructn.) in dry barren elevated Deserty Banks, Liverpool
River 7 Augt.”

George Bentham subsequently described this material as Acacia bos-
siaeoides on Cunningham’s authority and added the following comment:
— “ Though I have not seen the flower, this is so remarkable a species
and so evidently allied to A. alata, that I was unwilling to have it
unnoticed.”

* National Herbarium of Victoria.

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A. B. Court: A New Combination in the Genus Bossiaea Vent.
( Papilionaceae )

Plate 18

Lectotype of Acacia bossiaeaides A. Cunn. ex Benth.

A. B. Court: A New Combination in the Genus Bossiaea Vent.
( Papilionaceae )

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Plate 19

/

Lectotype of Bossiaea phylloclada F. Muell.

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A. B. Court: A New Combination in the Genus Bossiciea Vent.

( Papilionaceae )

Two Cunningham specimens are filed at K. One of these (illustrated
here by Plate 18) is from Cunningham’s personal herbarium written
up by Robert Heward and referring directly to Cunningham’s manu-
script. This specimen is chosen as the lectotype of Acacia bossiaeoides
A. Cunn. ex Benth. The second specimen, although almost certainly
part of the same collection originally filed in the Hooker Herbarium,
bears no definite indication that it is part of Cunningham’s number
405/1819. A duplicate of Cunningham’s 405/1819 is filed in BM and
should be regarded as an isotype.

LECTOTYPE OF BOSSIAEA PHYLLOCLADA

No part of the type collection of this species can be found in the
Melbourne Herbarium. However, two specimens that may be regarded
as types are filed in K. One of these, chosen here as lectotype (illus-
trated in Plate 19), is labelled “ Bossiaea phylloclada, F. Muell. In
rupibus ad fluv. Fitzmaurice. Oct. 1855 ferd. Mueller.” in Mueller’s
own hand. The other, also labelled in his hand, bears the following
data “ Bossiaea platyclada ferd. Mueller. Rocks on the Fitzmaurice
river. Oct 55 ferd. Mueller ” is almost certainly part of the same
collection but it should not be taken as the lectotype.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author wishes to acknowledge the kind assistance rendered to
him by the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the
Keeper of the Herbarium, Museum of Natural History, London.

A NEW SPECIES OF MOUNTAIN HEATH FROM TASMANIA

by

A. M. Gray*

Richea curtisiae sp. nov.

Frutex erectus vel decumbens, intcrdum diffusus, 30-1 50cm. altus,
fortasse originis hybridae, R. scoparium Hook. f. atque R. dracophyllam
R.Br. maxime accedit, sed differt: a R. scoparia foliis multo majoribus
(10-20cm. longis) mollioribus vix pungentibus atque usitate recurvatio-
ribus, spatiis inter pedunculos inferiores elongatos quam his inter
pedunculos superiores sessiles congestos majoribus, corolla parviore
(6— 8mm. longa) aliquanto deplanata; a R. dracophylla habitatione
omnino alpina vel subalpina, foliis rigidioribus persistentibus (in caulibus
omnibus, non apud extremitates rami restrictis) sed in parte § inferiore
caulis mortuis et putrescentibus, corolla rosea usque ad aurantiam
parviore aliquanto deplanata atque multo minus congesta.

Holotypus: Lake Fenton, Mt. Field National Park, Tasmania,
Alan M. Gray , 11.1.1970 (HO— ISOTYPI in MEL).

An erect, spreading or decumbent shrub 30-1 50cm. high. Branches
few, divaricate, clothed with persistent leaves, those on the lower § of
the stem dead and decaying. Leaves 10-20cm. long, narrow-lanceolate
to lanceolate, spreading, recurved or somewhat erect, flexuous; the base
broad, sheathing and imbricate; margins cartilaginous, minutely and
sharply serrate; apex tapering to a long acuminate point. Lower bracts
of inflorescence similar to the foliage leaves although usually somewhat
smaller and more erect, the base broadening widely and with narrow,
membranous wings. Upper bracts with a broad base and membranous
wings, the apex tapering suddenly to an erect, acute point. Inflorescence
a terminal panicle 10— 20cm. long; fertile flowers occuring only on the
upper $ of the floral axis, absent on the lower (or minute, vestigial
and abortive); fertile and abortive flowers subtended by 3 to 4 small
caducous bracteoles 6-9mm. long, the outer ones with a broad base,
the inner ones narrower and somewhat smaller, the apices of these
bracteoles minutely hooked. Peduncles 5- to 10-flowered, short, 2-4mm.
long, longest peduncles at the base of the fertile portion of the
inflorescence and becoming progressively shorter towards the apex.
Internodes between the lower peduncles lengthening slightly after the
outer bracts have fallen. Individual flowers borne on very short pedicels
and subtended by 2-3 (4) small linear bracteoles or 1 or 2 larger
ovate-lanceolate bracteoles, all of which are caducous, the base and
middle of the larger bracteoles expanded and half-enclosing each
flower. Sepals 5, broadly triangular, obtuse, 1-3 mm. long. Corolla
pink to orange in colour. Operculum 6— 8mm. long, narrowly obovoid
to cylindrical-conical, occasionally somewhat flattened, its apex obtuse

* Fern Tree, Tasmania.

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and with 5 minute obscure teeth. Anthers versatile, 3-4mm. long,
joined to the filament slightly below the middle and opening by a single
longitudinal slit. Style half as long as the stamens and inserted in a
depression in the top of the ovary. Nectar scales 5, broadly elliptic-
oblong, truncate, half as long as the ovary. Nectar copious. Fruit a
5-locular capsule 3-4mm. diam., depressed at summit, with persistent
style; seeds bright brown, lustrous, ellipsoid, slightly flattened,
0-7-1 -0mm. long.

Distribution:

Known only from scattered localities within Mt. Field National
Park, Tasmania (i.e. Lakes Fenton and Dobson and at Wherrett’s
Lookout), also from Carruthers’ Creek in the northern portion of
Cradle Mountain National Park.

Habitat:

Found as isolated specimens, at fairly high altitudes (± 4,000 ft.),
among populations of Richea scoparia Hook. f. and the tall R. pandani-
folia Hook. f. usually in the shelter of a protecting boulder or bush at
the margins of tarns and creeks.

Discussion:

It has been suggested that R. curtisiae may be of hybrid origin, with
R. scoparia and R. pandanifolia as parent species. Affinities with
R. scoparia and R. dracophylla R.Br. certainly seem to be close, and
the characters of the three taxa are comparable. This novelty differs
from R. scoparia in its very much larger, softer, usually more recurved
leaves that are scarcely pungent, in the more elongated lower peduncles
of the inflorescence (more distant from each other than the very short
upper peduncles which are crowded) and in the smaller somewhat
flattened corolla. From the typically lowland-inhabiting R. dracophylla
its most noticeable departure is in the persistence of leaves on all the
stems (instead of being confined to the ends of branches); flowers are
somewhat smaller than in R. dracophylla and much less crowded toward
the base of the “ spike ”, while the corolla-colour is pink to orange
( cf . white or creamy and never flattened in R. dracophylla ) .

The new Richea has been named in honour of Dr. Winifred
M. Curtis, in recognition of her interest in its occurrence and of her
monumental works on Tasmanian vegetation, e.g. Student's Flora of
Tasmania (in four parts — three published) and the text for Lord
Talbot de Malahide’s sumptuously illustrated Endemic Flora of
Tasmania (three volumes published).

REFERENCE:

Gray, A. M. (1969) — A new Richea species. Australian Plants 5
(39): 130-131 (with line drawing) — preliminary description.

FURTHER COLLECTIONS OF TWO LITTLE-KNOWN
STYLIDIACEAE FROM THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.

By

J. R. Maconochie* & S. A. Parker*

Levenhookia chippcndalei Erickson & Willis in Viet. Nat. 85 (5) :
107 (1966).

This species was previously known only from the holotype collection,
G. Chippendale (NT 2260), 39 miles S. (i.e. S.W.) of Hooker’s Creek,
12 July 1956. A second collection of this interesting species is J. R. Macono-
chie 919, Pump Waterhole, False Mount Russell, Tanami Desert at 21° 07'
S., 129° 18' E., 1 August 1970, where the species was growing in damp
soil beneath bushes of Melaleuca nervosa (Lindl.) Cheel by a waterhole,
together with Scirpus laevis S. T. Blake, Lipocarpha microcephala (R. Br.)
Kunth, Cyperns spp., Fimhristylis sp., Fuirena incrassata S. T. Blake, Drosera
indica L. and Drosera hurmannii Vahl — collected by S. A. Parker & C. R.
Dunlop (BRI, AD, K).

Stvlidium inaequi pet alum J. M. Black in Trans, roy. Soc. S. Aust. 62 :
106 (1938).

Previously known only from material collected by J. B. Cleland near
Ayers Rock in June 1937. Further collections are: E. Giles s.n., Macdon-
nell’s Range [Camps 14 to 21 — i.e. between Haast Bluff & Mt. Udor],
September 1872 (MEL — as “ S. florihundum R.Br.”, in err.)\ J. H. Willis
s.n., King's Canyon in George Gill Range, 30 July 1966, ‘plentiful on
damp shaded mossy banks i mile upstream from waterfall' (MEL);
A. C. Beauglehole 20419, loc. ipse, 10 October 1966 (MEL etc.); P. K. Latz
304, King's Canyon, George Gill Range, 11 December 1968, rare on side
of creek near small rocky waterhole, in sand amongst rocks. Flowers
pink-purple.' (AD, NSW. CANB, MEL, L); J. R. Maconochie 649, Maggie
Springs, Ayers Rock, 17 January 1969, ‘pink-flowered’ [Here the species
was growing profusely over a large area. Apparently it appreciates the
boggy nature of Maggie Springs and may have benefited by the construction
there of water retardation banks.] (AD, BRI, NSW); J. R. Maconochie 686,
ca. 14 miles W.S.W. of Lasseter’s Cave, Petermann Ranges, at ca. 29 04' S.,
129° 11' E., 21 January 1969, ‘growing at base of granitic rock — probably
a swamp after rain — pink flowers’ (PERTH, K).

* Herbarium, Arid Zone Research Institute, Alice Springs, N.T.

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J. R. Maconochie & S. A. Parker: Further Collections of Two
Little-known Stylidiaceae from the Northern Territory

Fig. 48 — Levenhookia chippendalei Erickson & Willis — indicated by asterisks:

1, 39 miles S.W. of Hooker's Creek; 2, Pump Waterhole, False Mount
Russell.

Stylidium inaequipetalum J. M. Black — indicated by black dots:

3, 14 miles W.S.W. of Lasseter’s Cave, Petermann Ranges; 4, Between
Haast Bluff & Mt. Udor; 5, King’s Canyon, George Gill Range; 6, Maggie
Springs, Ayers Rock — type area.

COLOURLESS ALGAE OF THE FLAGELLATE GENUS
MONOSIGA FROM VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

by

B. V. Skvortzov* & Mitsuzo Noda|

SUMMARY

Three new species of the genus Monosiga S. Kent (Family Craspe-
domonadaceae , order Protomastigineae) are described and figured.
These algae were present in two samples of mosses collected by Mr.
V. Jernakov at South Cascade Creek, eastern Baw Baws, Victoria
(Australia) and sent alive to the authors. Specimens of all three
species are preserved in the Botanical Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Here, also, an English description of the genus is given.

DESCRIPTION OF GENUS MONOSIGA S. KENT

Cells colourless, not metabolic, without a lorica, sessile and forming
small colonies on the surfaces of water plants and filamentous algae in
fresh water, affixed at the posterior pole by means of gelatins, not
forming special discs, almost orbicular to flask-shaped with a distinct
and narrow or a widely flaring mouth above the constricted neck. Peri-
plast hyaline and almost colourless. Flagellum single, long, inserted
inside the flaring hyaline mouth, connected to the nucleus and to one or
several contractile vacuoles. Nutrition holozoic, the flagellum catching
bacteria and other small flagellates. Oil drops present in the cells.
Reproduction by longitudinal division, taking place while the cells are
affixed. Resting stages unknown.

Three species of Monosiga are given in Pasher and Lemmermann's
paper of 1914. The type species should be Monosiga ovata S. Kent.
Cells of Monosiga are found single or in colonies in swamps, bogs,
streams and in the littoral parts of lakes. Distribution of this genus
would doubtless be cosmopolitan. The authors of the present paper
had, in 1969, described 21 species of Monosiga from Hong Kong,
Brazil and Australia.

KEY TO SPECIES, WITH SHORT LATIN DIAGNOSES

1. Cell short, ovoid ; collar tubiform.

1. Monosiga australica sp. nov. [Fig. 49a].

Cellula brevis, ovoidea, cum collari 8-9 micr. longa ; collare
tubiforme, cellula fere aequilongum ; flagellum quam cellula
sesquilongius.

Hahitatio : In muscos — South Cascade Ck, Victoria, Australia,
V. Jernakov, 29.4.1967.

* Instituto de Botanica, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
t Niigata, Japan.

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Flagellate Genus Monosiga from Victoria, Australia

2. Cell short, fusiform ; collar very short.

2. Monosiga jemakovii sp. nov. [Fig. 49b].

Cellula brevis, fusiformis, sessilis, cum collari 15 micr. longa ;
collare breve, quam cellula £ longius ; flagellum quam cellula
duplo longius.

Hahitatio : In muscos — South Cascade Ck, Victoria, Australia,
V. Jernakov, 29.4.1967.

[Dedicavimus hanc speciem in honorem Dom. V. Jernakov,
rerum naturalium indagator.]

3. Cell long, clavate, with long broad collar.

3. Monosiga victoriae sp. nov. [Fig. 49cJ.

Cellula clavata, longa, sessilis, cum collari 12-14 micr. longa ;
collare quam cellula latius atque fere dimidia longius ; flagellum
quam cellula multo longius.

Hahitatio : In muscos — South Cascade Ck, Victoria, Australia,
V. Jernakov, 29.4.1967.

REFERENCES

Kent, S. (1880-82) — A Manual of Infusoria (London).

Klebs, G. (1892) — Flagellatenstudien. Zeitschr. Wiss. Zool. 55.

Oltmanns, F. (1922) — Morphologie und Biologie der Algen (Jena).

Pasher, A. and Lemmermann, E. (1914) — Flagellatae I (Jena).

Senn, G. (1900) — Flagellata. Die Natiirlichen Pflanzenfamilien I la: 93-192.

Skvortzov, B. V. and Noda, M. — On colourless Flagellates of the genus Monosiga
S. Kent (Fam. Craspedomonadaceae , Ord. Protomastigineae) from Brazil,
Australia and Hong Kong, with 22 Figs. — manuscriptum 1969.

C. H. Rixon, Government Printer, Melbourne.