| Cale ee es eV ey »SEIAS as ote el Tey 4 iy t ocd =e i Contributions to the Queensland Flora F. M. Bailey, F. L. S. Colonial Botanist Being Botany Bulletins No. I — XVIII, a subseries of the Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, Brisbane 1890 - 1916 No. XIII in part by Joseph Lauterer No. XVIII co-authored by C. T. White Missouri Botanical Garden Library IBUTIONS TO THE QUEENSLAND oo FLORA BY F. M. BAILEY, F.L.S.; ee COLONIAL BOTANIST. Bulletins of this Department will be sent free to such Individ interested as may request them. Address all applications * “The Under dor Secretary for Merssivasing Brisbane.” botany. ‘This my intention in future to die as opportunity e — the medium of these Bulletins, full ae tts a greatly assist the work by forwarding, as opportunity may occur, _ ere of the plants of their locality. calomel Order RUTACEZ. ap age Sm. . aspalathoides , Fi. Austr. — (Name from apo neater és of thus.) ° A heath-like semblance ‘ tale , the “branches terete and pubescent, but usually with a deeurrent Leaflets 3, sessile, or with the common petiole es rather longer than the leaves. Calyx-lobes broad, obtuse or ae Petals about 2 or ; _ aslong. Anthers tipped with a small obtuse ppendage.— Ben Hab.: Near ME. gui F. ov. . in Vict. Nat., Sept. 1890. Order MELIACEZ. OWENIA, Le v. M. . Q. vernicosa, F. v. If, Fra agm. i ; Fl. Austr. i. 385. A tree of medium size, glabrous. Bran ae thank, marked with the broad gears of the fallen leaves, the young shoots ‘glutinous. — of 15 to nearly 30, — acuminate, leaflets of about 2 1». n length, 1g attened sli Steg Panicles 3 in. long, wi numerous small flowers. Sepals about 4-line oo als little more than 1 line. Staminal tube short, with 10 subulate h. Fruit poe glabrous, 1} im. diameter, the “stony endocarp rick and hard, usually 3-cel Ned.—Fl. Austr. i. 385, in Hab. : _ oi cues Telegraph Station, Cape York Barclay- Millar Order LEGUMINOSZ. CASSLA, Linn. oo : - Secrtoxr CHAMA:SENNA. notabilis, F. v. If, iii. 28; Fi. Austr. ii. ast: ioe SS “Shrub of about 6 ft, clothed with long silky white hairs. — lets 9 to 15 pairs, ovate-lanceolate or o val-oblong, acute or the — ones obtuse and mucronate, sessile, very —_— ly rounded or : te at the base, Sghich in. eo ry small and acute the leaflets of most of the pairs. Supe ‘barrow ee Peninaus, z . ‘Sromox PSILORILEGMA, * series 2 a ; Fi. neg gee i. 289. A shrub, glabrous or 3 manly pu pubescent. agi Beir 2 or pote only ,b tuse, } to 1 in. long, coriaceous; glands depressed an te ag Ne Seine those of each pair. Flowers in ense nm axilla t ts as long. Anthers 2 or 3, lower ones rather longer th the sth acu to 2} in. long, nearly -in. broad, very obtuse. ag ‘Hab. : Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft; Georgina River, EB. J. Whelan. es ACACTA, hing A. ameena, Wendl., Comm. Acac. 10, t. 4; Fl, Austr. ii. A tall o or dwarf shru rub, quite glabrous or cs oung growth ee Phyllodia obliquely anceolate or oblanceolate, straight or falcate, obtuse or with a small recurved point, much narrowed towards the base, not very thick, l-nerved with nerve-like m margins and more or less distinctly ia with 1, 2, or 3 often distant marginal — longer on the barren es usually shorter sats © phyllodia, with ag Sepals short, broad, usually separating w he en the dene ts fully out. out. Petals 5, distinct, smooth, with prominent midribs. Pod flat, straight, or curved, with nerve-like margins, several inches long, 3 t b lines broa eeds. Seeds ovate, lon: aul ; — Funi e dilated and reticulate from near the ang very longed : cae ae os args § on the same side and bent back a third time, —. ng the seed in a triple fold, and thickened at the end into a eshy aril, soc ee the length of the seed.— Ben th., Fl. Austr., Le. ‘Hab.: Glasshouse Mountains, J. F. Bailey, 1879. 5 it 5 ae oS 2 5 > 4 5 4 2 ce Be ee @ a = oO (@) =] o = a fer) i .s* Order SAXIFRAGER. tage Blume, : ore ho ‘had , Aer “a (So named from the somewhat (oly ‘ aa ee ol 0 tained) 3 to 8 in. long, iced. ve about 4 lines long, gid-ovate, its testule oO P. serrulata is our presen ‘, Bates Poke mel portage sim its Seek he . helicioides, from New rakes is closely allied. In this t and are less acuminated ; but in the absence ers remain str th ill more pro’ and while of the third pass —_— the flow ing cannot be fu: Order CRASSULACEZ. TILLEA, Linn. Hook. f. in es Lond. Journ. vi. 4721, 1, and Tasm. : : MM, ii. t. 19; Fi. Austr. ui. 451. Av ery aaiee decumbent annual, of atria growth, attaining 2 to 4 in. in height. Leaves linear, connate the base, 1 to 2 lines long. Flowers - minute, on slender solitary peti mostly longer than the leaves, rarely short. Petals about }-line long; sepals shorter, acute or obtuse. Carpels obtuse, not longer t han the sepals, with several seeds. Hab.: Yandilla, F. Sériver. Order RUBIACEZ. aoa Pe Linn. . megasper , Fv. M., Fragm. 1. i. 54; FL Austr. il. 409. A shrub, with thick era 1€8, are young shoots and buds hoary-pubescent, so. Leaves petiolate or nearly the older leaves glabrous or nearly sessile, broadly ovate or almost orbicular, very obtuse, rounded or cord as in some other species, with 2 obtuse lobes, occasionally cohering 5 dilated upwards ; lobes 4 to 7, oblong, rather shorter n Er be “a nearly 2 in. long, crowned by the base of the eve im : : Cape reninsula, 7. Be relay- Millar. These specimens show tains aa né arly matured ae of a Gardenia, which I think only a f form of the e. The fruits show but 3 placentas, © are oval, and about 14 in. long. _ Order STYLIDIE. ‘STYLIDIUN, ae Fe ‘delet stem from 1 to ; focminal tuft or rosette Be apie Fi hole iy. 16. As 2 . M., Fragm. we i. tie indo a s few _, 5 ak a nec (ihe 2 pice argten grit iibed oh ae iabotinn with 2 ; oie te r the appendages to the throat on labellum. Capsule pS i ong lines long. . Order LABIATAE. HEMIGENIA; R. Br. i «ah or 5-toothed. Corolla with a dilated throat: the fin ten 2-lobed. Stamens 4, in pairs ; anthers 1-celled, the connective elongated, produced beyond the insertion into an a pendage or sterile branch, which in the upper pair is usually short, dilated, and bear rded a ox hairs ; in the lower pair, or rarely in aves intone or i whorls of 3, enti re, obtuse or rarely asioe solitary or alyx. Corolla hairy y at the base of the Secrroy DIPLANTHERA. = Calyx-teeth 5, nearl VY equal, subul end of the connective of the lower an at the end. Leaves gy mostly Posie he Po TS Bera hian v. M., Viet. Nat. ‘thet 1890. (After Miss 8 ke me i a “acuminate or acute. Lower 8 aang an imperfect cell flowers. Leaves my do ; to 2 in. long, mostly lanceolate, flat op the margins itly rere Opposite or ternate, on very short tiol or in cs on very short pedicels, bearing at the Corolla probably white, Se ide bearing “than the _. considera rter the 3 lower late inside near | stamens at the end of Hyphom: cotes, not in in 3rd a © =f spony Synopsis of PERONOSPORA, De Bary. © of this naked-spored mould the Rev. M. J. Be rkeley says—‘“ The mycelium or hyphasma vasa ii the loose tissue of living leaves rapidly causes its destructi From the mycelium erect —— air t are given off and make their “a into the surrounding rough the ese ds are mostly inarticulate, 0 less sagged age often forked above, and have at their tips large spore nidia e t S$ 0 s (con myeelium shen sacs ‘(ooepaten) are produced, — a single : + P. hyoscyami, De Bary Hab.: During the months of — and Jul ri last many samples of young tobacco "ac-sed were forwarded 8 m ¥ ag parts o og at to the Department of fun, . Cooke, the eminent English "wposloget, © who pe all my vo pion i that it is the first time he has seen this fungus on the tobacco plant. By Authority: Jamzs 0. Bsat, Government Printer, Brisbane. Queensland, Soeenneeend DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BRISBANE. BULLETIN No. 7 MARCH, 1891. : [Botany Bulletin No. I. ] ; BOTAN Ye “CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUEENSLAND. FLORA, Le ae ne ay Am Bhd Sn ths Po ee PO oe <<: eS a$2 BY Bs We ae Meee Drhiww Ha MM, BAILEY, F.L.S., COLONIAL BOTANIST. * “* | 4 _ The Bulletinstor4 ‘this Department will be sent free to such Individuals : interested a8 May request them. Address all applications to “The Under Socgtiney for Agriculture, Brisbane BRISBANE: : BY AUTHORITY: JAMES C. BEAL, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, wisi orsine:. me 4504. : i . ao ee ‘ f ys an IN OE we $e 7 In issuing this second “Botany Bulletin,” containing descriptions of . additional Queensland plants, advantage is taken to remind corres- pondents and others of the large number of plants which are probably within a short distance of their homes, and common enough to them, yet many of which may be entirely new to science, or, as some that have lately reached my hands, but partially known. Only the other day a plant was sent to me for name, which until then was only known from a few flowering shoots collected by A. Cunningham about fifty years ago. Another correspondent forwarded specimens of a small tree only known previously from Dr. Robert Brown’s specimens which were collected in the early part of the present century. Thus it will be seen that, although much has been accomplished towards making known the riches of the vast Australian flora, a very large number of our plants are as yet unknown or undescribed. In forward- ing specimens of plants it would add greatly to their interest if the senders would record any properties they may be supposed to possess, or uses to which they may be put, either by the natives or settlers, as Well as local or native names. Hach specimen should bear a distinctive number, and a duplicate correspondingly numbered should be kept by the sender when the names are required to be returned. All parcels of this kind can be forwarded by packet post. As these “ Botany Bulletins” will mainly be devoted to the publi- cation of the descriptions of new species and other matter appertaining to the flora of Queensland, the descriptions of any other new plants Which from time to time may require publishing will follow after the Queensland matter, — March, 1891. . CONTENTS. Agonis ericoides, Bail. i Alphonsea —— Alsophi Ja at bri Ascherso nia tahit Datoteicha Aulacopil ume tensis, Mor aus stro-argenteum, Broth. viridissimum, Bro Broth. ryoni, pusillum, Broth. Cakieiani ateo-nitéscens, ——- chlorosporu um, Wils m. Wim Carex Centro} Cer, ratodon lebosum, var, concinnum, glebosu = JM, Prantenne, i Ceratopeta Iva nifer Coreospora v Viti enhaad | Cyatopn Seelam abigibbum, , Sac pe : pie exin CM. P almerstoni, Wilson , Wilson Ach., var. qu Wilson 4 Bs rneum, HA sees jejun nh, Wilson constricta, Fly garis, Frie lepis ee Labill. Brid. age ra v. Me Wits son var, ——— eens- var, albo- ioiowi a, ticola, Coss oe ypterig Sragilis, Bernh, ee De tum nda bigibbum, var, venosum, ci Bre Myoporoides, » Bail, ardti, F, *. R. Br, var. albo- 7 kad Aad wo 8 s ee te nda, Benth Steud. Ranking’ - Erythroxylon clipticin, R. Br. Euphorbia peplus, Linn Ficus sip bent 2" p= Watkin siana, Bai F a omkodickyen: "6b Fom ncavus, Cooke. Galiam Gaudichaudi, DC. cepa ium pestiferum, Ch. and Mas hicechdan: (Platygrammina) pyelodes, Wilson. x % ae we Haplostchanths, es M. is Johnson Ae BE ea Holomitrium corticola, selgpes Hypnum Leichhardti, . Isaria fuciformis, Berk. Juncus — Hook. a prismatocarpus, R. Br. ... Lepidopilum naoatide, idon ; sphinctrinum, Lesser Ci omitrium a om acri p M gaat claoxyloides, var. folia, Bail. Medi. cago 9b dentiesdiati, Willd... e Burr Malicops erythrocoeea, Benth. # Broadbentiana, Bail. ee hn Tay. Ocellularia cricota, Wilson ... Panus patellaris, Fries Pennisetum arnhemicum, Fe v. M. ... ra emp o RRB xomuBaa, eae Claw srachnoideu, Sim... SNS & Aleck & oo 18 18 28 oS Sosuuae cd eee < a8 ag ye R. = ae ae ze, Bail. Pheoglyphis, J. M. Phascum cylindricum, Ta yl... Physcia — Nyl., var. "alata, Physod susie gibbo osum, ‘Wallr. Pilobolus rystallin Tode . Physoumitrinih Tryo ni, " Broth. Plagiobryum Wildii, Broth. ... Polyporus oe Cooke .. OWwia GU Porotfichui ‘deflexam, ‘Mitt. olyalthia moonti Protomyces macrosporus, Un ng. Puccinia malvacearum, Moni. Psychotria Simmondsiana, Bail. Piorcetylis reflex . Br. lus sustraliensis, Wilson caliclispora » Wilson fallax, ‘ls in Sig oe I ate Fv. M, Prekne seg rdont " as x Randia tuberculosa, Bai ie ‘ Rotala sider ee ‘ight oe A Rumex biden aes eps ee (Pheoglyphis) actinota, : F. pulverulenta, Wilson... ‘ Page gn ay oe Fv. ae ula ty Sileroda? erma umbrina, C Ck. and Mass. Septonema vi = ini Solanum disco Strumella aaa Tetrapterum cylindri icum, Tayl. owelli, I. mben Rephontien Millard, "Bail. Weisia eth Sd tenera, Broth. ... Wildia solmsiellac At, ae ir oar, "Pr entice — obtusa, Hook. weg ost ie Xylaria scopiformis, Mont. Zinnia multiflora, Linn. ae BRSBARE oo _ 138 BOTANY: CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUEENSLAND FLORA. —_—_—_____. Order ANONACEZ, Trine MITREPHOREA. HAPLOSTICHANTH US, F. v. M. in Vict. Nat. 1891. Sepals 3, deltoid, early valvate ; petals 6, uniseriate-valvate in bud, completely connate towards the base, thus forming a 6-lobed corolla, 3 of the lobes deltoid, 3 doubly as long and almost semi-elliptie, all remaining much connivent ; torus depressed ; stamens about 30, of pyramidate-cuneate, their connectives at the summit slightly convex or almost truneate and somewhat peltate, concealing the cells; ovularies 6, with sessile depressed stigmas ; fruit unknown. Shrub with com- paratively small chartaceous leaves, and with short-stalked, solitary, dark-coloured flowers of remarkable smallness. This new Anonaceous genus seems best placed into the tribe of Mitrephoree, but it agrees with the otherwise very different Heralobus in t e ward conspicuously-connate petals. As regards the 6 petoline parts, placed in a single tow, this plant seems to stand wlone in the whole order, large as it is. The circumscription, however, of many of the genera needs revision also in this order, as much new material has been obtained during later years, affecting the generic limits as drawn formerly. The style and stigma offer good notes for primary distinctions aso.— Fv. M. Lc. H. J. ohnsoni, F. v. I, Vict. Nat. 1891. Young branchlets thinly pubescent. Leaves almost sessile, rather narrowly lanceolar, acuminate, ut at the base obliquely rounded, when young scantily beset with hay hairlets, subsequently glabrescent, paler green beneath, from n. ion 1 Out, only 2-in. in diameter. Corolla outside beset with minute appressed hairlets, the connate portion quite as long as the 3 deltoid lobes, without any sutural indications ; the 8 longer lobes somewhat triangular at the summit. anthesis n Hab. : Mount Bartle-Frere, Stephen Johnson. Aspect : That of Alphonsea zeylanica. Order MALVACEZ. Trine HIBISCEZ. HIBISCUS, Linn. x. Burtonii (n. s ‘After R. C. ction, to whom the writer is indebted for ae of many rare plants from the islecknany ‘*8lons of Queensland.) A rather straggling small shrub, closely Stamens only about ;,-in. long. Sele aig silky, during é. 8 Hab.: McKinley Ranges and Buckley River, R. C. Burton. : . ° 5 = s 5 g. 5 ma = : 3 primary pairs prominent, the smaller — reticulations somewhat indistinct ; petioles 4-in. or rather more long. filled by the large thick fleshy cotyledons, the oil or resin cells of which are very minute and only visible under a strong lens. i iver. Leaves and fruit, Bellenden-Ker Expedition. Fruit,and | notes on tree, C. Palmerston, who says that “the aborigines generally chew the — kernel till they get sufficient dough to make a johnny-cake ; toasting it on coals, it : rises like self-raised flour. Probably its rising may be attributed to saliva ; owever, — lour ; this damped and bound tightly by 2 C, Bancroftii (n. sp.) (After Dr. Thos. Bancroft, who first q sent fruit specimens to Brisbane.) A glabrous tree of medium e a ri i SIZ@. Branchlets slender eaves alternate or at tim arl posite, | lanceolate, 4 or 5 in. long. 1 to 2 In. broad in the centre, tapering owards a slender petiole scarcely over +4-in apex bluntly acuminate, penniveine more or less conspicuous reticulations — n both Racemes terminal or in the upper axils about 4 10. — _ _ The fruit of this tree is usually much more abundant than any of the other | kinds, and probably the natives use it in a similar manner to C. Palmerstoni. - C. graveolens (n. sp.) Tree attaining 80 to 100 ft. in height . » DT. L. Bancroft. Branchlets smooth | and angular. Leayes often opposite, oblong, somewhat coriaceous, | 7 or 8 in. and 23 to 8 in. broad, primary yeins looping within margin like those of a Eugenia, on petiole of }-in, Fruit red, 17 eulent part when fresh having a sharp acid fla the endocarp, substance of the thick cotyledons thickly studded with large cells full of a bright-yellow resin having a strong disagreeable odour. » Hab.: Tringilburra Creek, Bellenden-Ker Expedition, 1889; Johnstone River, Dr. T. L. Bancroft. Specimens of the above Lauraceous trees were obtained by members of the provisionally in Cryptocarya, the material to hand not allowing a full diagnosis to be given. The specimens were ostly imperfect, and probably in some cases the foliage may not have been obtained from the tree bearing the fruit. The writer hopes that, this Bulletin coming into the hands of settlers in the district where the trees grow, they may be induced to forward to him fuller specimens by which a more accurate dese iption ean be given, Order PROTEACEA, Trine PROTEERA. PETROPHILA, R. Br. Section PETROPHYLE. P. Shirleyz (n. sp) (After the wife of J. F. Shirley, BSc., E.LS, &e., botanical lecturer to the Pharmaceutical Students, Bris- bane.) A shrub of about 5 or 6 ft., branches with a much wrinkled or sulcate purplish-red bark, often glossy. Leaves pinnate with 2-3- chotomous pinney, the segments rather slender, terete and grooved — above, and the points more or less pungent, the petioles nearly of equal length with the divided portion, whole leaf from 4 to 6} in. long. Cones termina » Solitary or with 1 or 2 axillary ones close below It conical-oblong, 1} to 8 in. long, 4 to 1 in. diameter at the base ; “ving an apiculate point to the scale. Perianth silky, yellowish, about 5 lines lon 8; Segments with glabrous points, falling off “teat . Style-end continuous, fusiform, shortly hirsute. Nut slightly over 1 n Uroad, the apex or a little ay down glabrous, the rest clothed with Spreading silky white hairs. ra ab. : Moreton Island, J. F, Shirley, in flower and fruit; Fraser Island, * 47yon, in fruit only, This island species in many respects approaches both P. pedunculata, R. Br., cm P. pulchella, R. By. It differs from the first in the terminal inflorescence, silky Perianth, more hirsute style-end, larger cones, and in the faces of the nuts being distorted by hairs, while from the latter its pedunculate cones are a sufficient Order EUPHORBIACEA. Tre EUPHORBIEZ. i the petiole, very blunt, entire, smooth. Inflorescence fhetatomous, the primary Sichtiches forming an umbel of about 3 rays, sh ae pposite without stipules; involucral glands pr seeds Fite eott petal-like appendages. Capsule glabrous, smooth ; t * . — Queensia meget European weed is now common in most bush-houses of —_ Fl S e BR x 5 18 : Tre CROTONEA.—Svusrriss ACALYPHEA, MALLOTUS, Lour. MM. nee ee var. angustifolia. little known to tanists) the desirability of their collecting specimens o e indigenous plants as Pips might ae found in bloom or fruit, and forwarding the same to my office. That ® suggestion has already borne fruit will be seen from my recent publications, : which are descriptions of several new plants received from Mr. Geo. Jacobson, a I am indebted for the specimens from which the present species is Order CONVOLVULACEZ. CALYSTEGIA, R. c. “oa ara Linn., Sp. Pl. 226; Benth. in Fl. Austr. iv. 431, ® named from the resemblance of the a hoa to those of the Peduncles |. flowered, abodt as lie as the leaves. Bracts My ovate- cordate, very obtuse, rather shorter than the calyx. Sepals nearly 3-in. long, broad and thin, all yery obtuse or the inner Amost counirieg 9 acute. Corolla pink or purplish. Ovary ‘nasiieltal “celled, surrounded by a cup- ira disk, Stigmatic lobes ovate or “long, oS are 1-celled.— Benth. L.c. : On the perid aa “ete Head, J. F. Shirley. nt, so com the sea-coast of the southern colonies and other has not fiteviouily Deal observed & in Queensland. Order MYOPORINEA,. PHOLIDIA, R. Br. ie talina, Fv. U.; Benth., Fi. Austr. v.15; , Fo Te. v. M., rinous Plants. An erect clabrous bth of several iF slightly ular-verrucose. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, entire, GL or Mtoe tather long petiole, rather thick, 1} to 2 in. long. Flowers 14. with 2 ov ; , the putame: 4 less perfectly 4-celled, with 1 seed in each cell, or more frequently | reduced by abortion to 1 or 2 cells and seeds. ' Hab.: Walsh River, 7. Barclay- Millar. ‘F These specimens agree pretty well with the above, but only an imperfect flower and no fruit was forwarded with the shoots. The leaves also possess rather powerful odour, are very narrow, and fully 3 in. long. These specimens agree better with Baron Mueller’s figure on plate 54, Le., than with the above description taken from Bentham’s Flora. Order VERBENACEZ. Trine CHLOANTHEZ. DICRASTYLES, Drumm. (Name referring to the two prominent branches of style.) : Calyx more or less deeply divided into 5 lobes. Corolla-tube short, the limb of 5 nearly equal short lobes. Stamens 5; anther without appendages. Ovary 2-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell, later ally attached at or above the middle. Style deeply divided into 2 slender branches or lobes. Fruit small, dry, 4-celled, with 1 seed In each cell. Cottony or woolly undershrubs or small shrubs. Leaves, into corymbose panicles, more rarely contracted into dense solitary or corymbose heads. Bracts and bracteoles usually very deciduous | Fl. Austr. v. 42. a D. Costelloi (n. sp.) An erect undershrub attaining about 18 iB in height, slightly branched. Branches and stems terete, hoary-white en o spike-like slender. = Hab.: Near Lake Nash, on the boundary line between Queensland and th : Northern Territory of South Australia, M. Costello. - 15 In many respects this new species approaches D, Bee Yo pie es v. M., Fragm. viii, 50; but no i is there given of ead — ns, so on y suppose arse exserted as in all previously described spec Thas I ‘oG me incipally u the difference i idieneatae of — ers and length of stamens for dntngvaling D, Costelloi froth ions of the gen Tring VITICEA. PREMNA, Linn. P. Tateana (n. sp.) (After T. Tate, botanic collector of —_ Expedition.) A tall shrub, ork light-coloured, striated and more or less covered with scattered verruce. Leaves g > broad ities te, of thin texture, 3 to 5 in. long, some exceeding 2 in. wide in the centre, on slender petioles of } to Li in., Margins entire, primary veins few, about 4 on each side of the prominent midrib, the veinlets fine ’ ing length, the branches, branchlets, and calyces clothed with quae scabrous hairs. Cal lyx 5-toothed, scarcely 1 line long, expanding and oming more or less 2- -lipped, ribbed and nearly glabrous under the fruit. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, lobes obtuse, very hairy inside as well as the u upper part of the tube. Drupe globular, 3 lines iy pie the putamen prominently verrucose, plainly showing on the Hab, : keen River, T. Barelay-Millar ' In respects this species approaches P. Dallachyana, Benth., no refi s e mae : description of ase aii cies to the very prominent vas / a verrucose fruit—which would never have e caped dete entham, drawing up the diagnosis of that species for the Flora. Its nearest ‘ills ov “pha ein species P. latifolia ‘ Fg notice given he leaves various Premnas drying black is not w for if dried quickly they # green colour, but if sliced to sty bean w wil turn black. Order LABIATAE Trise STACHYD DER. " LEUCAS, R. Br. lto3 lanica, R.Br. An annual plant bens from the base, or cliptioda ot more or less hairy. Leaves 2 or 3 in. long, linear ; €-lanceolate, mea te a Who rls ‘hay ow obel slabro ae, ciliate, filifor Calyx } to 3 in., obliquely turbinate, 8, Nf geabend or parhaty hispid, teeth erect. Corolla white, — erunga, H. Cowley. grounds aboce ees — sn Malajatt a is becoming a weed in the cultivation Mecimeny oe the B ive tor I have also received of 2 .. Bro 1e same. collec SS etelan Tat dior Pees. or a auay allied plant b belonging to Acanthacee, ys has established itself as a weed of cultivatio Order AMARANTA . Trinr AMARANTE. 3 PTILOTUS, R. Br. rena 9.0. M. (After Dr. J. Murray.) A rn tea poo btses abe ae oe with slender” ascending st Leaves Which he 16 oblong or cylindrical, about } or 2 in. long and 3 lines diameter, the pink tips of the perianths just appearing above the white wool. Bracts anthers all 5 perfect seed obliquely ovate, glossy, dark-brown or black. Hab. : Monkira, @. L. Debney. Order POLYGONACEA, Tarse RUMICEZ. RUMEX, Linn. R. crispus, Linn.; Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 44; Benth, Flora Austr. v. 263. The Curled-leaved Dock. A perennial with a thick dense terminal panicle. Inner segments of the fruiting perianth broadly ovate, entire or slightly crenate, with a coloured tubercle 0B the midrib of one or each segment. ; Hab, : Naturalised in Southern Queensland. BR. obtusifolius, Zinn.; Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 53. The Broad-leaved Dock. Stems 2 or 8 ft. high, erect, slightly branched, per part. Badical round, furrowed, leafy, rough chiefly in the u Hab.: Naturalised about the Brisbane River. Order PIPERACEZ., PEPEROMIA. P. enervis, ©. DC. et F.v. M,, Vict. Nat. Nov. 1991. Lae 4 dwarf, sometimes attaining the height of 1 ft., erect or diffuse, fact glabrous ; the upper branches angular. Leaves 6 to 9 lines long) cuneate-obovate, the lateral veins almost obliterated. Flower-spike* 4 17 The above authors place this species near P. obversa.—From Vict. Nat. 1c. ‘Hab-: Bartle Frere, Stephen Johnson. From a specimen kindly sent me of the above plant by Baron Mueller I find it identical with that collected by the Bellenden-Ker Expedition on the rocks at the summit of Bartle Frere, and given in the report as a form of P. reflexa, Order EUPHORBIACEA. ° Trine PHYLLANTHEZ. ANTIDESMA, Linn. A. Ghesembilla, Gertn.; Benth., Fl. Austr. vi. 85. Black ~ Currant tree of Walsh River. A tree about 20 ft. in height, the © nded or contracted he b ther thin, but often shining above, 15 to 2 or rarely 3 in. long. Male spikes dense in mo ec less so in the Australian ones, 1 to 2 in. g, females 8 : qu terminal panicle. Male flowers sessile or nearly so; perianth deeply ed or rarely 4 ovate ciliate segments not 4-line long. famens varying from’8 to 5, the filaments at least 1 line long. Glands broad, hirsute. Female flowers on very short thick pedicels. Yary when young pubescent or hirsute, bu ecoming glabrous as it enlarges Styles short, united at the base, spreading Upwards, shortly 2-] Drupes purple or black, not ab 3 lines Hab.: Walsh River, 7. Barclay-Millar. Order ORCHIDEZ. ‘ BULBOPHYLLUM, Thou. al acteatum, Bail. Rhizome shortly creeping. Pseudo-bulbs the 213 depressed-tlobular, 3 or 4 lines diameter, crowded upon z ire vty black on the under surface and glossy, claw elastic and he lamina, 3-neryed below the articulation; column very 18 short ; anther-lid rotund, nearly white; pollen-masses golden-yellow in the flower dissected I found only 2 globular masses). ab.: Numminbah, Upper Nerang, H. Schneider. My friend Mr. R. D. Fitzgerald, to whom I sent af description my only specimen that he might figure it in his illustrated monograph of the Australian orchids, writes me that he considers this plant to be identical with his lately Bu his new genus (a copy of which he has kindly sent me) the flowers are apetalous, while in my plant it will be seen I haye described these organs. Witl i educed to 2, Mr. Bentham mentions this being the case at times in plants of the genus Bulbophyllum. As, however, I think the two plants may prove identical, I use the same word for the specific name, leaving botanists to adopt whichever genus they think fit. Trize NEOTTIE®. PTEROSTYLIS, RB. Br. Hab.: Near Cairns, C. J. Wild, Order PALMA. ARECA, Linn. } A. appendiculata (n. sp.) (Referring to appendage on petals. Trunk erect, with a diameter of about 1 eee oe 20 ft. in height to the base of the crown. Leaves 9 to 12 {t. long, from 12 to 20 forming the crown, sheathing base short, petiole or portion without pinne also short, pinnew alternate or subopposite, from 70 to 80 on each side of rhachis, the longest about 23 ft. long and 1} in. broad, those — Bracts 3 or 4, the MS sean a ite, 2 ft. long and about 6 or 7 in. broad, lanceolate ous owe or nearly so. Sepals 3, thin, valvate, about 1 line long, from a brow base tapering to a subulate point. Petals white, about as long 23%" as the sepals, valvate, thick, fleshy, obtuse, bearin upon the i fce a prominent triangular gland or appendage. Stamens 6, se ; filaments very short, not so long as the rather large deeply sagittate — 19 anthers. Stigmas 3, short, spreading. Ovary 3-celled, maturing but 1 seed, the other 2 abortive. Fruit oval, nearly 3-in. long, but not seen ripe ‘ Hab.: Beilenden-Ker, at an altitude of about 4,000 feet (Palm Camp), Bellenden-Ker Expedition, 1889. n many respects this plant resembles Hydriastele Wendlandiana. I have, however, thought it advisable to keep it under Aveca for the present, hoping to receive better specimens, those I collected being much damaged by wet. The tree will be remembered as having been specially referred to in Mr. Meston’s report of the expedition. Order RESTIACEA, LEPTOCARPUS, RK. Br. and acuminate, the inner broader inner, and almost obtuse. Stamens 3. Female flowers in globular clusters, styles free.—Flora Austr. le. in part. ab. : Mus rave E. T. Station, Cape York Peninsula, Geo. Jacobson. : These specimens evidently belong to the above Port Darwin plant, but I found 0 stamen and only immature fruit Order FILICES. Trine HYMENOPHYLLE. r TRICHOMANES, Linn. _ + Muscoides, Sw. Rhizome creeping, tomentose, and like most small forms densely matted. Fronds from ¢ to ? in. long, u ian eats of the upper lobes of the frond, the mouth alone free, “So ata is rather large and undulate. Receptacle of medium — A Barron River, on wood, C. J. Wild. : in its St eras plant only differs from the species described from other parts ri ROEEIi, Bedd., Verns of Brit. Ind. Pl. 286. Rhizome filiform, Fiess tomentose. Fronds with stipes scarcely exceeding 3-In. NO lateral yo! arrow-linear, obtuse or almost acute, with costules but slightly 1 veins. Indusium sunk in the end of the lobe, mouth f ee Receptacle short. The Austrat: C.J. Wild. ee the lobin f ralian plant only differs from the above in the greater regularity o . 5% the fronds, which resemble a minute pinnate leaf. — Wilaii (a. 7 ae Rhizome slender, tomentose, forming dense masses . Fron including stipes about 1 in. high, pinnate, with 20 pinnatifid pinne, stipes flattened as in T. Barnardiana, with a few dark hairs a vy b Pinne few, distant, with ¢ lobes, veinless except the central costa. Indusium almost free on the upper side of the pinnz some distance from the axil, mouth spreading but scarcely lipped. ab.: Near Cairns, C. J. Wild. a It is with some diffidence that I give to the above species specific rank; but it will not well agree with any Australian or other Zrichomanes of which I have specimens or descriptions. T. rigidum, var. laxum (nv. var.) Rhizome short, thick and — erect. Fronds 2 or 3 in, long, on slender stipes of 1 to 14 in., almost — linear-lanceolate in outline. Pinnz distant. Indusia small, receptacle — long-exserted as in the normal form, 7 Hab.: Near Herberton, and other localities. . This small form is often met with in Queensland, growing with the common form, but always seems quite distinct enough to be given as a named form. Tre POLYPODIEZ. ASPLENIUM, linn. A. Wildii (n. sp.) (After C. J. Wild, Entomological Collector, Queensland Museum.) Rhizome long, creeping. slender. Fronds distant or hat i eak, crena osta very slender. fe) ed, 17 = oblique. Sori rather long, distant from the costa but approaching the 4 margi cj -: On rocks, Daintree River, C. J. Wild. . ‘oh _ _ The nearest ally of this species seems to be A. multijugum, Wall., from vin 4 it differs in the form of rhizome, longer and fewer sori and less elongated, nevels ar_as at present known, proliferous apex. ‘ A. affine, Sw., Hook. Sp. Filic. iii, 169, Rhizome stout, subre — pent, clothed above with copious, almost black, subulate scales ; stp — aggregated, dark-brown, 4 to 10 in. high, partially and deciduously setoso-paleaceous, subcoriaceous, dark-brown (when dry), opaqm®> — sare pinnate only at the apex ; pinne petiolate, rather distant, 4 n. t " = 2 = @ | So A 2 =] =| Ss ee o v4] = | ell ot > - —— = gg © re) = =) ® = ce @ eS =| = G & &. nee), no distinct costa. Sori copious, linear but ndusium firm, membranaceous,—Hook. 1.c. Hab.: Cooparoo Creek, Russell River, C. J. Wild. Ae The specimens collected by Mr. Wild differ so slightly from Sir i a ooker’s description that I have given it word for word.” It is now known £0 H ha many distant habitats, but not previously from Australia 21 POLYPODIUM, Linn. P. superficiale, var. australiense (n.var.) Rhizome said to be creeping over or along the branches of growing trees, but not collected and sent with the fronds ; from the short curved base of the stipes it is epee that the fronds are attached to. the lower or underside of the rhizome. Fronds linear-lanceolate, 12 or 13 in. long, about 1 in. broad in ig ee decurrent upon the stipes almost to the base, the r less acumi inated, texture firm, costa prominent, no distinet potion areole fine, ir regular, with free veinlets ; sori copious, seattered imegulerly, only on the upper half of the fro nd. Hab.: Atherton, near Herberton, C. J. Wild. This plant w ex! seem to differ from the normal form in the lamina of frond being decurrent to the base or to a a stipes of only a few lines, and the sori being confined to the upper half of the frond, Order Kk USCI. TREMATODON, Rich. Tt. brachyphyllus, C.M. (n. sp.) Hab.: Mount Perry, J. Keys LESTA, Hedw. W. sraciliseta, . es sp.) Hab.: Mount Pei, Jas. Keys. W. pérlinearis, 0.1. = SP.) b.: Mount Perry, Jas. Key RYUM, Linn. B. immarginatum, Broth. (n. sp.) Hab.: Mount Perry, Jas. Keys. B. subatr ropurpureum, var. minor, Broth. Hab; ; Mount Perry, Jas, Keys LESKEA, Hedw. ‘4. calochlora, Cu. — Hab. ; Gladfield, C.J. Gwyther, P. POROTRICHUM, Bridel. (Thamniella) molle, Broth. (n. sp.) Hab.: Mount Perry, Jas. Key F br fetgiandibais Raddi. - achyphylla, © ab.: Brisbane River. RHYNCHOSTEGIUM, Schimper. R. " rictinsc Wlum, Broth. (n. sp.) b, Indooroopilly. olin FISSIDENS, Bridel. B sp ot : Mount nd : fg Asm a = {fotomiteium) splachnoides, Broth. (n. »p.) Hab, Tndooroopill 22 Order HEPATICA:. EU-LEJEUNEA, Stephn. tii, Steph. Diccious, medium, pale straw-coloured, creep s pellucid, at the margin ‘012, centre ‘035, base ‘025-05 mm., angular, and the middle part of the walls distinctly incrassate ; lobules small ; stems equal, ovate-triangular, inflated, abruptly truncate, angles denti- form, often obsolete, near the lamina somewhat thinner. Am higastria distant, three times broader than the stem, transversely inserted, _ late-obtuse lacinie. erlanth ovate-obconical, apex rotundate, moderately rostrate, above quinqueplicate, folds ventral and diver- ab.: Scrubs of Brisbane River. First found by E. W. Armit, at the south- east coast of New Guinea. E. cuspidistipula, Stephin. (n. sp.) Hab. : Scrubs of Brisbane River. densely cxspitose, furcate, or the ventral branches beneath the nee innovate ; other ventral ramules numerous, all arising from the side however, from which they arise are a ys inate. Ale gla ae Costa clothed with 2 cellular layers ; central fasciculum in oe 3-cellular, cells of the pagine, of which there 12-15, © 5 are trigonal. Yoak branchlets minute, arising fro” the side of the costa, b , from ; ‘. subtriangularly dilatate, sparingly ciliate, towards the base radicant, | : longitudinal section 6 cellules high. In this disk the involucre truly 8 Antheridia in the costa of the lateral ramules and the apices : Re : lateral ramules, strongly ineurved, biseriate ; ealyptra eyline soo about the apex densely setose, at the base for. one-fourth of its lengt! solid, above with a thick wall 6 cells in section. Hab.: Scrubs, Brisbane River, 23 Order LICHENES. The following new and additional Lichens have been determined by the celebrated lichenologist Dr. Jean Miiller, of Geneva :— PHYSMA, Bas P. byrsinum, var. amphiurum, J. Spores usually, but not » Seng at one or both ends subialiie. acuminate. (Syn.: Collema amphiurum, Nyl. Hab: Granite Creek, Bellenden-Ker. subpellucid ; apothecia 1: mm. wide, incrassate- sd pees ae junior forms closely spekene those o . bullatum, Nyl.; in obsoletely gibberose, often concentrically. plicate-unequal, alas Eeiment ; ~ reddish ; poise 6 mm., rhomboid- ellipsoid, CALICIUM, Ach. C. bachypus, JM. Thallus argillaceo- flavid, very thin, maculi- form ; apothecia wholly black; stipes short an nd the base broadly conical, robust ; capitulum turbinate oblong, option. —— seceding 5 spores “009 004 rown, when mature 2-lo Hab. : Cabbage-tree Creek. on dead wood, J. F. art ples be IA, Hffm. cchrochlora, var. ceratodes, Flk. A variety of 0. ochrochlora with podetia resembling horns. The type is similar to - wy tuta, Fy., with glabrous podetia, the upper parts of which are Midiate, and whitish or ochroleucous and pulverulent; the apices ini. slender cups with dentate-radiate margins, and Hab,: Brisbane, STICTINA, Ny]. &. eebey ct heat JM. Thallus ee rages . ei em. ie b aay ; solely lobate , firmly membranaceous, plane or smooth, in sate plumose apices ; cyphelle urceolate, acutely margined, ab, : :... Valley, on earth, rocks, &e. 24 ivi inie li i ifid; divisi linear with apices divided ; lacinie linear, subpinnatifid 5 Sistine ieidioe® paul truncate or retuse, above with small white soredia or 1 Syn.: S. argyracea, var. sorediifera, Del.) Hab.: Bellenden-Ker, : ravine S. impressula, var. sublevis, JM. Thallus Ob ee impresso-punctate, here and there wholly smooth, and a of the laciniew in places copiously dissecto-lacinuligerous. Hab.: Bellenden-Ker inie momea and §. fragillima, more rigid than the former, and the lac narrower and convex S. punctillaris, 7.1. Holding a middle place between S. einne- TO- tures. These punctures P over with small points and rough pune are —— Ome a smaller, and the general habit approaches 8. fragillima. H PARMELIA, Ach. oni P. tiliacea, var. rugulata, J.J. Thallus as in, en pe plant, but less albido-glaucous (as in var. leucina, J.M.), 10 h margins broadly, irregularly, and strongly rugiferous ; apotheeia wit | . entire or at length plicate-rugose and subsoredioxe. Hab. : Brisbane and Toowoomba, COCCOCARPIA, Pers. oe tee be C. pellita, var. isidio hylla, J. Thallus as in the pie a form, but usually smaller, isidiose-furfuraceous as in var. ¢ apothecia as in var. smaragdina, fuscous or fulvo-fuscous. Hab. : Bellenden-Ker, PHYSCTA, Nyl. : + places P. picta, f. sorediata, 7M. Thalline surface above in P sorediate but not isidiophorous. Hab.: Brisbane Valley, on trees, PLACODIUM, DC. what P. glauco-lividum, JM. Thallus glaucous or some flavescenti-glaucous, minutel much smaller than the a lobate or crenate, the gs 15-2 m 5 z Se | sewer @ Bn bs] co bo F) a tr = S Q ° ee ~_e 3. hon @ fea QO ol A oO fan) ao g st. zs ; 5 sub-convex, and usually distinctly subconeolori-marginate ; spores © ; ‘Ol--012 x ‘005-007 m 3 Hab.: Helidon, on ant-hills, 7, F, Shirley. 25 3 CALLOPISMA, De Not. C. rubens, J.M@. Thallus white, thin, continuous and smooth, at length evanescent ; apothecia copious, crowded, commonly angular Hab.: On palings, near Brisbane. LECANORA, Ny}. L. subfusca, var. subgranulata, Nyi. Thallus roughened over with subgranulose asperities. Apothecia crowded, numerous, nigro-fuscous, margins crenulate. * Hab. : Mount Baupel, on bark, J. F. Shirley. L. rhypoderma, J.4. Thallus sordidly and obscurely cinereous, thickly leprose, unequal ; apothecia °3-"4 mm., sessile, within obscure, hyaline ; spores not well developed, ‘012 x ‘005mm. (Syn.: Pywine - Connivens, J.I. Thullus glauco-cinereous, thin, crowdedly papillose-rugulose ; apothecia copious, very often 1 mm. wide, elate, girdled by a thick margin, with smooth back, and erenate-paucidentate and connivent apex, at length 2-3 times broader, irregular, deplanate, and with extenuate closely plisate margin; disk black and nude, when young depressed ; lamina and hypothecium cerasine-obfuscate ; spores 8, 013-015 x -006--008 mm., ellipsoid. ; Hab.: Brisbane Botanic Gardens, J. F. Shirley. i, érjecta, J.M@. Thallus albido-flavicant, thin, firm, rimulse; shothecia finally “5 mm., appressed sessile, when young almost gyalec- ‘oid, thalline margin persistent, thickish, entire or obsoletely crenulate ; disk carneo-fulvous, at length fulvo-fuscescent, flat, nude ; epithecium obi brown, ‘3-4 mm., immersed; thalline margin somewhat PERTUSARIA, DC. , JM. Thallis intensely sulphureous, thin, , diffu ees ebulose or here and there strongly continuous, and ~*°-Tugulose, superficies smooth or at length pulverulent ; vetruce 26 concolorous, ‘7-1 mm., slosely. sessile, exergy subhemiephea at length granulose-pulveraceous ; lamina scarcely vi isible. , Allied to P. en but the whole plant is a tareely ok oe : Brisbane, on rocks. LECIDEA, Ach. L. impressa, var. angulosa, /.1/. Differs from the type m the crowded apothecia rendered “angular by mutual pressure. Hab.: Helidon, on rocks, /. F. 8: . ceruleo-nigricans, Hie Thallus glaucous or czruleo- nigricant or pallid olivaceo-fuscescent, squamulose ; squame bullate or bullate-plicate at the centre, eieuantnilieks at the circumference, smooth, exsio-pruinose ; apothecia aint sessile, bluish-black, naked or cinereo-pruinose, plane, margin thick, obtuse, entire or flexuose; of ada nigro-fuscous; spores 8, colourless, fusiform, acute, 1-septate. Hab.: Mount Perry, on rocks, J. Keys. L. (Biatorella) hematina, J. Thallus flavescent am very in, granulose-pulveraceous, at length evanescent ; apot ‘5 mm. and less, flat, thinly and obtusely margined ; margin ne disk flat, nude, sanguineo-fuscous to subpallid, and slightly prominent; epithecium and hypothecium beautifully vinose-sanguineous ; part physes finely capillary, sony separating ; asci clavate, many- -spored ; spores ‘0015 mm., glob Hab.: Bellenden Ker, near the foot. PATELLARIA, J.M P. (Psorothecium) flavicans, JM. Thallus flavicant, very thin, closely rimulose, at length granulose-pulverulent ; apothecia when Nkdes 1 ao always black, settiateowe when young thick and thie * aioduimade or eu urel sec alert laminis histo dulous ; spores 8, broadly form, 9. locular, 02-03 x 007-008 mm. irks Goodna, on bark, J. F. Shi = (Psorothecium) ssaheeaaitaitia: J.M. Thallus white, ery thin, smoothish, bordered by a broad "brown line; apothecia L 1:3 mm. , obscurely sanguineo- atrous, very thick, with tumid, obtuse, — prominent, entire and shin ning margin; disk flat, nude; perithect eciuD thick, outer layer black, elsewhere subalbido-hyaline. or beneath slightly obs rs not at all nigro-fuscous ; dL gectphes nigro-fuscol lamina fuscescent-hyaline ; spores 8, -035-°04 x ‘017-02 mm., 2-loculat, more or less incurved, Hab.: Goodna, on bark, J. F. Shirley. P. (Bacidia) rhodocardia, * M. Thallus — vinose fuscescent spots; apothecia ‘5-8 mm., sessile, from plane at length t first thick and prominent, livid- toacetti finally . young roseo-carneous, changing to brown or nigro-fuscous, always nude; lamina above “deoplt and beautifully carmine-roseate or at length pallid- -roseate ; faa — thecium brown ; spores 8, 042-:05 x ‘0015-002 mm., thinly acicu!# subincurve Hab. : Brookfield, on bark, Field Naturalists. . ‘ Puro Hab. Bellenden-Ker, 27 HETEROTHECIUM, J.M. H. vulpinum, f. corallinum, 7. Closely resembles Patel- laria leprolytra. Thallus usually everywhere coralline-granulose. Spores as in the normal form. . Hab.: Helidon, on bark, C, J. Wild, H. pulchrum, J. Thallus white, tartareous, from smoothish to crowdedly globulose-rugose ; apothecia 1 mm. or larger, sessile inl fuscescent ; lamina hyaline; paraphyses ca 0 nected ; spores solitary, hyaline but finally filvcontoireete ix ‘03 mm., crowdedly parenchymatous, locelli in series of about 25 to a transverse row. Hab.: Goodna, on bark, J. F. Shirley. CCENOGONIUM, Ehrenb. the pale cup of the hypothecium; hymenium colourless or very pale blue under iodine ; paraphyses discrete, with slightly thickened apices, which are of a pale yellowish brown int; spores 8, in ribbon-shaped ascl, ellipsoid, colourless, l-septate, ‘0075 x ‘005 mm.; hypothecium pale brownish yellow. Hab.: Brisbane Valley, on bark. BIATORINOPSIS, J.M. | length argillaceo-expallent, suborbicular, broadly spread, bordered by - argenteo-exalbescent shining zone, 1-3 mm. wide, very thin and Me, flat, girdle by a pale, very thin, entire margin, at length Convex, pallid carneous; lamina wholly hyaline; paraphyses free, Mee clavate ; Spores subuniseriate, 8, :004-'006 Hab, : Bellenden-Ker, on leaves. L. LEPTOTREMA, J.M. m, /. Thallus glauco-albid, very thick, at first es mnuous and s then diffract and very irregular, areole Si > Spores (brown), ‘016-018 x ‘006-°007 mm., ellipsoid- itiform, 6-locular, occasionally the intermediate loculi longitudinally on branches. 4 28 - THELOTREMA, J.Y. T. argenteum, J.1Z. Thallus glauco-argenteous, thin, effuse, oe smooth, continuous, at length rimulose- tke Fed, the fissures white; othecia immersed in’ thalline prominen meate, sm iesinte pulvenaaecus. whiter than the thallug ai slightly —_— e e furnished with nigro-punctiform ostiolum, withi ob, from Poe. to | , locelli arran ged i in 4 irregular series, in each row 2-3 aie ae D.; ras of Bellenden-Ker, on decorticated wood. T. megalosporum, J... Thallus subflavescent-albid, thin, closely rugose, and also thickly and minutely rugulose, shining apothec ecia In scinciote, nigro-fuscous, the centre of the base stoutly columelligerous ; spores solitary, very large, -26--4x °045-'055 mm., fusiform, at the extremities cuspidate-acuminate, very weely. parenchymatous. Hab.: Brookfield, on bark, Field Naturali seldom. produced. stems rise at aster angles s from the decumbent mycelium. The only perfec aoe Sikede are in the Berkeley Herbarium, atthe! ardens, Kew e absence of pilei from all the specimens which [have | n Queensla nd. crabs, both no re ae iets quite confirms the opiicl sepieaied hove that they are of rare and the ee of fruit-bearmg organs has been the cause of. the plant being? taabestied as a Lichen by Dr. C. Knight under the synonym Alectoria australiensis, and as a fungus by U. E. Broome idoar tata hippotrichoides LENTINUS. J L. hyracinus, Kalch. in Grev. viii. 153. Pileus slightly he : sessile, semi-orbicular, narrowed to a substipitiform base, 2 cm. b . and long, smooth, the back rugulose, subtomentose front ae 3 utnber-colont ed, sill adnate, crowded, narrrow or somewhat t broad, dentate, colour Hab. : Eudlo ae Field Naturalists ; Richmond River, N.S. W., Fe. H. CLAVARIA, Linn. : C. fusiformiis, Sow. (Spindle- om clubs.) Czespitoso- -connate, - rather firm, yellow, smooth, about . high, soon hollow; © somewhat fusiform, simple, and eee ees base attenuated, ee same colour, erect and often brittle, with: the apex often darker an . colour.— Cooke in British Fungi. Hab.: Eudlo Creek, Field Naturalists. Found also in Europe, America, Ceylon. EXIDIA, Fries. 4 Fungi eae ey ehneesty or effused, often PPD oF : reniform, continuous for some time, when germina 4 celled, producing “paved sjeviaselbas — Cooke, Grev. xx. at . albida (Huds.) (Tremella albida, Fries.) | Ascending; tough | expa anded, undulate, subgyrose, pruinose, whitish, when dry brownish; spores oblong, obtuse, eurved, biguttulate, subhyaline, 12-14 x +6" Hab.; On the bark of dead logs in Eudlo Serub, Field Naturalists. 37 XYLARIA, Fries. X. castorea, Berk., N. Z. Fl. ii. 204, t. £10. Stem z-in. high, longitudinally wrinkled, downy, then glabrous. Receptacle ovate, compressed, obtuse, 1 in. long, 6 to 8 lines broad, dotted with the mouths of the perithecia. Asci slender, i gtk subelliptic.— Berk. I.c. Hab.: Northern Island, New Zealand, dead wood. Specimens of ae fungus were also forwarded wt Miss Berea mire pete woe t= to Mrs, Martin, of ane, by whom they were sen . C, Cooke hon determination USTILAGO, Lamk. U. bursa, Berk. in atOok, Journ. Sace. Syll. Fung. vii. 473. Sorus greenish, 5 mm. long; spores a Va saris dense, 10 to 11 p long, sooty- black, verrucose-echina Hab.: Infesting the grain in the i ae rescence of Anthistiria Apacs Walsh a T. Barclay- in llar. This is dis ‘firet Mes it has been met with in Agios ndia » however, we learn from Dr. Hooker in song cc. Syll. Fung. Le. that found infesting the oii of Anthistiria nreilabs HYPOCRELLA, Sace. * (The diminutive of Hypocrea.) Stroma somewhat fleshy, pulvinate or- rs or subeffuse darkly coloured or brownish. Perithecia immersed or s misimmersed inthe stroma. Asci ¢ ylindric, 8-spored. Sporidia flifotth, nearly as long as the ascus, at bers disarticulating. —Sace. Syll. ii 579. EH. axillaris, Cooke, Grev. xx. 4. Stroma obturbinate or obclavate, ted in the upper axils (5 mm. long, 2-3 broad), black, opaque, minutely ahs with the ostiola ; Gee white. Perithecia ahd nute, immersed in the periphery. Asci cyclindrical, 120 p lon Si Sliform, at length multiseptate (about 100 » long), hyaline.— he Hab On rass (Hragrostis stricta), Walsh So T. Barclay-Millar. Couke notes ‘ec this new ian es somewhat resembles ambuse, but ee and less globose. Siz e and for unlike H. stran Boas Mont. Upon Thature consideration both the Q tionship with Hy, ty erella than wit] tReichlog se Zarb to have greater relationship wi YP DIMEROSPORIUM, Fuckel. boenithectum superficial, globulose, without stroma, matgeere gant conidioee = Mycelium black, copiously suberustaceous, seated u Asci here 8-spored. Sporidia didymous, hyaline ad —Sace. Syl. Fun Se : neg ar valu, Choke: Grev. xx. 5. Perithecia minute, —— irr eeous » with a brown sparse radiating mycelium, seated o Sona t black spots. Asci globose, with a small basal spice i 1a elliptical, uniseptate, contracted at the septum, hyaline, H <8 p (poss ssibly acquiring colour when mature).— €, Le ab.: On leaves of Trema aspera, Yandina, Field Naturalists. P ASTEROMELLA, Pass. and Thiim. erithecia globose, nye often phytlogenons, arranged in black, — 8 ar-shaped d spots orules ovoid or subeylindrie, hyaline, 7 lous Hes esembling pb ihe in habit, bat: has no genuine Syll. Fung. ii 1. 182. 38 A. epitrema, Cooke, Grev. xx. 6. Spots on the upper surface, black, somewhat orbicular or confluent, bearing a mycelium of brown jointed threads.. Perithecia minute, subglobose, membranaceous, seated on the mycelium. Sporules numerous, somewhat fusiform, 0 or a a elliptical, continuous, guttulate, hyaline, 10-12 x e, le as : On leaves of Trema aspera, Yandina, wield Naturalists. ASTERINA, Lev. A. reptans, Berk. and Cooke. Cuban Fungi. Mycelium lente subreticulate, thickly covered by minute perithecia hg th are col- obtuse, subfusiform and 1-septate.—Sace. 5 Hab.: On Eugenia leaves, Haryey’s Creek, see Expedition. Th Cuba it was found on the foliage of Piper EUROTIUM, Link. E. crit bag ng Ge Syll. sae e 918; Cent. vi. n. 45 in , XL. p. 54; Syll. Fung. 1. -» Oooke.in..Grev-. see Penh Pee city Arse Sie asd hraceous, i in an orange-yellow flocci. Asci 8-spored, ‘sporidia 6 to7 # iam Hab.: On st of Peperomia, Mount Bartle Frere, Stephen Johnson.—Barm Mucilcr, ‘Greet PESTALOZZIA, De Not. P. Guepini, Desm. in Ann. Soc. Nat. 1840, xii. 182, tab. 4, fig. to 3; Sace Syl. Fung. iii. 794 Amphigenous, black, scattered ; : spores fusiform, potlicellate, esins at.each extremity, 3 to ape 4 crow wit r 4 very slender, hyaline, divergent sete.—Cookes British Fungi. Hab.: On the foliage of Alphitonia excelsa, at Zillmere. In Europe ; fungus is known as the Camellia-leaf fv ungus, from its being found on the ine q that genus; it also infests the foliage of the pital genera: Rhodode nr ony Citrus, Pl, Magnolia, Lagerstremia, and Sin : ENTYLOMA, De Bary. Mycelium intercellular, not at 411 gelatinous. Spores solitary) — the points or intercalary on the hyphae, | pied aeaaia like Tilletia, often q gregariously crowded with a thick, hya brownish or dark-browe — smooth or foyeolate epispore often in neertal layers; promycelluZ | filiform. Sporidia a several, terminal, elongate, generally germm Conidia terminal in some spoeiae on short outspread hyphe forms , 487, E. eugeniaram, Che. and Mass., Grev. xix. 92. Sori ‘nog a dark-brown pustules, which are flattened, rounded or confluent and | then angular (}-mm..) collected in large hypophyllous patches. Spores globose, race or aot Bie 20 x 10-12 #). Epispore very thick en, pale-br —Grev Hab.: On feces of a rene Harvey's Crock, Bellenden-Ker Expeditiom — 2 ead ss 39 Order ALGAE. Faminy BATRACHOSPERMEA:. tilet-purple o or r bluish- -green, cover rim ary filament of a single central series of cells, either furnished with densely con- globate tufts ue verticillate fascicles of br: 8, or BATRACHOSPERMUM, Roth. (Name derived from the Greek batrachos, a frog, and sperme.) allus moniliform, composed of a simple series of medullary ce ells, and a cortical accessory ¢ ies series, clothed with subglobosely ee . Ir will be seen from the additions recorded in this publication that our knowledge of the indigenous flora is gradually being extended. That the people are alive to the advantages of a knowledge of the -_ hative plants is fully proved by the great number of specimens sent in for determination ; and in these pages contributors will find those plants amongst their collectings which have proved new tothe Colony fully recorded. I would here remind correspondents that it is not only in the more distant parts of our Colony that fresh plants are _ likely to be met with, but even close at home ; even at our very doors, in a Colony like Queensland, fresh or even new species may be looked for. This is borne out by the new plants recorded in the present Bulletin, some of which have been obtained within 100 miles of Brisbane. I would, therefore, ask that the lovers of plants in all parts of our Colony will spare a little time now and again to collect and forward to me specimens of the plants of their immediate neigh- bourhood, and if these are numbered and duplicates kept, I shall have gteat pleasure in returning names to numbers where such may be required. In replying to this request they will be helping to make known the riches of the Queensland flora. It would also be of further advantage if, correspondents would, where possible, furnish me with the native or local names of the plants, and also what may be known of their properties. I would again express my thanks to those cor- respondents from whom I am constantly receiving specimens, and Point out that aithough much has been done towards working up our hative plants, much further requires to be accomplished before we can take a comprehensive view of the vast and rich flora of this part of the Australian continent. F. M. B. May, 1892. or CU s a.~ a \ NOV 3 1945 Vyeve =| ae ee ala it a ey CONTENTS. —_—/ Aes Acacia melanoxylon, R ‘Acros = mer itn, Z Linn., var. Agaricus ‘Cepiota) membranaceus, S Anbiystgiom “Teptopters givides, “oa , din “teraiewes Brother, Steph, Arghel of Syria ium saieneit Bait. molle, var, (Stradbroke 1 Island Asteromella homalanthi, Cooke tg = nsedie lachnostemonea, m humi ipetens, ods : C.M. nellia tetrapla, var, nigro-cincta, Bursera australasica, Bail. Cairns Satina — Calicium um glebo “es eae ae ei, C.M. ustralis, Mod ‘2 ida, A inn tails f iiorontila =i ‘mnamomum Oliveri, Be il. oral ium . Prepinaaun, Bail, Citrus australasica, F.v. M., var’. san- Cryptocarya a austra lis Cupania seri icoli Ne gnis, Ba ‘il. sue Cyphella lon ngipes, Cke. and Mass, ... perils el $ — or Tiger's claw colerigg ifolium, R. Br., war. Dry ite Peigresicsuin. Bail. Embelia Fl ueckigeri, F. v. M. Endia ndra #0 Cowleyana, Bait, ‘ee Be MS “age #0. M: Entodon lat latifotin, Broth. |. Mugenia ophylla, F. v, Al. Cy F.v. M. 13 i) — Page “seeps — var. a pie indica, ‘Andr. ench bean fungus bli ight Protlenie squarrosula, Zayl., “var. Gloeosporium Lindenyuieore | Saee. yi Green-light fungus Hamaspora longissima, R. Hedwigia nove- Naleais, C. i.e pean Whelani, Se vulpinum, var. rela: escens, WVyl. a micus, Scop. — . ‘ Hypsophila ovodtitolth, Fv. M.... Ironwood, Cairns a gracilifiorus, Bail. ochggaae ae J. M. Le ing eh phyll oe a il nae a Myl. Leptos um wooroonooran, Bail. oot Finifolia, Spreng. Lindszea ensifolia, jar " heterophylla var. na, F. v. M. m eomatoy” Cl Che. “and R. Melot' hein oe ‘A. Cogn — Maidens Bal. . Motlinedia angustifolia, ‘Bail. subbernate, Ped: i ; Wardellit ... oe Myrtus monosperma, Fv. M. Nitella — var. —e Hookeri, Al. ee partita, Vordst, ... © Page. Ophioglossum ae var. ee minutum, ee ie Owenia cerasifera se Parmelia os yl. ra laceratula, nag — Shirley < aresolat a “ — ifera, J. M. Patellaria 1 aliens Ta aaa Taitensis, var. -epiglate, Ny... sphzeroides a lei placa, ‘var. gibbosa, Phyllanthos byt ‘ioe a Fv. M.. poet aay A, andr, ig e. = in nel foe aati oe: fibrillifera, MN yl. Red Finger Lime oie See: Rhaphidostegium aciculare, C. M. ... Samara australiana Santalum lanceolatum, R. Br, var. angustifolium Tas Satinwood of Cairns 27 at 32 32 oes Scrub ironwood of Cairns Shuttlecock flower ie ideroxylon arnhemica, Fv. Ms; Silkw Solanum etigacanthai,: Fv. M. ‘olan Bieccce me ramulosum, var. micro- carpoides, J. M am Sticta filix, var. myrioloba, J. J-Miciwa ulmonacea, var. hypo mela, Del. Been ite ndian) a noum Muelleri, C. De. Tetracera Cowleyana, is Thamnolia vermiculari Theloschistes chrysophthalnt var, alatus, Shir aa Tiger’s claw or Devil’s claw Tobacco-pipe fungus ‘omato fungus blig iene velentals R. Br. Tyecthelias anomalum, Ach. Vitis acetosa, F. v. M. Walsh River Gra Wendlandia pity 2S F. «. M. Wrightia Baccelliana, F.v. M. 0 - i ee Wes Page. ce ee! Bee eee 21 Il Il Fark oil Oe = Re ae eee ie acti or eit oe : of ita islands, by the naturalists of the “Beagle.” App- Le. Mr. BOT Awe: CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUEENSLAND FLORA. eo 6 eee ———— Order DILLENIACEA. Trise DELIME. TETRACERA, Linn. T. Cowleyana (n. sp.) (After E. Cowley.) A coarse climber, the branches appearing angular i rolling back from longitudinal fissures, chestnut-brown and scabrous. Leaves scabrous, ovate-lanceolate, often 6 in. long and 3 in. broad in the centre, the apex sometimes shar ly acuminate ; petiole 4 in. or more long, and often slender, hispid with appressed hairs, with which the coste and primary nerves on the under side are Pedicals slender. Sepals obtuse, velvety, with ciliate edges, the inner ones twice the size of the outer. Petals veined 3 lines long, obovate, velvety, with the margin ciliate like the sepals. Filaments much dilated, and more or less bifid at the apex. The being widely separated. Carpels usually 3, hirsute, 3} lines long; seeds black, glossy, enveloped in a fringed crimson arillus, which, when expanded, has a diameter of 4 or 5 lines. Hab.: Herbert River, H. G. Eaton ; Cairns, E. Cowley. Order ZYGOPHYLLEZ. TRIBULUS, Linn. e occidentalis, &. Br., in App. Sturt Exped. (So named ; m being first found in Western Australia.) A diffuse or prostrate lant, the branches densely tomentose-hirsute or woolly. The upper c eav mallets, silky-hairy, the base oblique, the apex pointed, about 5 lines ‘ ngand2 lines wide Pedicels slender, 14 to j-in. long. Sepals narrow, lines long. Petals of a deep-yellow, exceeding an in h in length, cineate, 6 lines broad at the upper end. Stamens 10, long 2 pee anthers all perfect, oblong; ovary covered with long barbellate nstles ; style glabrous, together with the ovary equaling in length that ofthestamens. Cocci usually but 2 coming to maturity, each of which a 5 lines broad, and clothed by 4 dense Covering of soft white silky hairs, and numerous long hairy-subulate spines, thus the extreme diameter of fruit, including spine, will often Measure over 14 inches. The fruit examined not fully ripe. * Hab: Diamantina, Dr. Thos. L. Baneroft. The first specimens of ei _ Dr. Robt. Brow ‘ f Australia, or rown tells us, were gathered on the west coast © Goatham., Fl. Austr. - 8 i., 289, says: “In J. — oy collection is a sp pa specimen from ink River, with a much larger flower, which may possibly be a Mais: > of T. hystrix, but is patteccinable: without fruit. *” Both these notices agree wit the Diamantin plant, and diffee in my opinion, sufficiently from T. hystriz to bear Dr. Brown’s name as above. —F,M.B. Order RUTACEZ, oar eas xs TE. RUS, Linn. Cc. rgd ag tr , Fv Sey sanguinea. =o fruited wus ut 2 or 3 m length and meter, is rie a blood-red ae thin skinned pulp leek ce sa, a of a pink colour. mbourine ee J. Pindar x is much to ee seatriies. 5 at the cidimeuaes species of this useful genus of fruits are wt Es ght un cltivation. They bes ar as in abundance, which is juicy and o shies F pleasant acid flav For years I haye recomme the indigenous limes for stocks seer hick the waived varieties might be grafted. The objection to this seems to be in the slowness of growth, and hardness of wood in the leaten species. This obje ae however, Sieg be taken to the specie den ye at the Russell River, for in growth and general appearance it so reser in cultivation that at a casual glance it mark t be mistaken for a stray at peed ation. I would the fe Toe strongly advise orange cultivators in trop! Queensland to obtain this species for stocks. Order BURSERACEZ. eee BURSEREZ. URSERA, Linn. Te after wae Burser, a disciple of Caspar Baubin. . Flowers polygamous or hermaphrodite. Calyx small, 4 partite or poked bedirin tis Petals 4 to 6, — se eee at oh subglobose, 3 to 5-celled; style very short; stigma 3 to 5-lobed ; ovules 2 ineach cell. Drupe globose or ovoid, with 3 to 5 pyrenes Balsamiferous trees. Leaves alternate imparipinnate, or rarely 1-foliolate ; panicle short-branched. asica (n. sp.) So far as at present known 4 * ; f i p ; | glabrous tree; leaves alternate, pinnate; leaflets 3 to 5, most Frequent in the upper axils rather numerous sien the end of the 5 branches, - scarcely exceeding in length that of the psa of few branches. they flowers seen, but from their remains at the bas the f . 8 of 4 angles ; fh spb. hard, —— with 4 very ‘inet ribs indi the pytenes or cells, 2 only seem to matures Hab. ; Eumundi, J. F. Bailey and J. H. bets, 9 Order MELIACEZ. DYSOXYLON, Blume. - midrib ; petioles short and sharply angular. Flower spikes erect, in the arils of the leaves, about 3 in. long and covered with a short grey pubescence. Calyx cupular, about 14 lines long, with 4 short sharp teeth, which are very deciduous. Petals 4, linear, 4 lines long, glabrous ~ slightly hairy on the back near the apex. Staminal tube ¢ the minute hairs outside, densely hirsute inside, the mouth ciliate with ngish hairs. Style and ovary hirsute, stigmalarge. Fruit pyriform, 4-celled or less by the abortion of one or more cell. Hab.: Scrubs at the base of the Bellenden-Ker Range and the Barron River. : SYNOUM, A. Juss. P: Muelleri, C. Do., Monogr. Phanerog. i. 593. Description not wand when 2rd. Suppl. to Syn. QI. Flora was published. Branchlets ipliieg Leaves shortly petiolate, imparipinnate, 3-jugate, about cent. long ; leaflets opposite, petiolulate, elliptic-lanceolate, equal “a” subcoriaceous, the superior leaflet attaining 9 cent. long and 2 cent. broad, the others smaller, secondary nerves fine. anicle densely e s. 0 lled De Seu yellow hairs, the style also hairy. From Casimir Hab.: Rockingham Bay. Order CELASTRINEZ. Ez HYPSOPHILA, F. v. M. the PPPOBitifo : : ‘ihn being usually opposite.) Leaves 1} to 3 in. long, on rather Pics €s, mostly opposite, ovate-lanceolate, bluntly acuminate. wo -flowered, cymose, terminal and axillary. Se = the base. Petals ovate, beset outside with short appres 10 hairs. Filaments much incurved, considerably longer than the anthers, stoutish, dark-purplish, hispidulous. Style very short, stigma muc broader, depressed ; disk and ovary glabrous. Fruit not seen. Hab.: Mount Bartle Frere, Stephen Johnson, F. v. M. le. Order AMPELIDEZ. VITIS, Linn. V. acetosa, F. v. I. Walsh River Grape. It appears to me that under this name two distinct species or forms of one species are before the leaves. Bentham, in Flora Austr. i. 449, says that th ung shoots and inflorescence are glabrous, oF slightly hoaty- . am, sessile, oblong or obovate-cuneate, obtuse, or rarely shortly acuminate, 2 to 3 in. long, or rarely longer, entire or bordered by small teeth or minute distinct serratures, narrowed at the base, herbaceous, but pat stemmed, and that the lateral pinne sometimes produced pe . leaflets. These are the points where Mr. Gardiner’s specimens differ. At the top of the petiole are 3 petiolules of nearly equal length, ; terminal one the shortest and bearing a sing € short pedicels. Flowers purple red, ovoid-globul ,_ about : long, glabrous. Petals separating; disk indistinct ; style very sho Mr. Gardiner’s specimens. Berries ovoid-glob Of the nce : : globose. : Mr. Gardiner says: “ Grapes black, bunches in shape and appeal ts, p. says “the whole plant is pervaded with acidity, and prove in cases of scurvy.” Hab. : Walsh River, 7. R. Gardiner. whee k 11 Order SAPINDACEZ. Sun-orper SAPINDE®. CUPANTA, Linn. C. sericolignis, (n.sp.) Silkwood. Tree glabrous, said to produce a good timber; branchlets angular. Leaves alternate, pinnate, leaf- lets from 2 to 7, usually about 5, irregular both as to number and ation upon the rhachis, oblong to ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or luntly acuminate, the terminal one the largest, and attaining 6 in. l p e distant. Inflorescence (all male flowers on the specimens examined) lateral or axillary, often forming clusters of delicately slender racemes, about 1? in. long at the nodes on the branches below the leaves. Sepals 5, imbricate, orbicular, unequal in size. Petals 5, larger than the sepals, oblong, with a tuft of cilie on either side near the base, otherwise glabrous. Disk annular, dark, glabrous. Stamens 8, subu- ate, of about equal le ngth with that of the petals or rather shorter ; the whole length of the short filament densely clothed with white soft scale-like hairs. Fruit not yet obtained. _ Hab.: Mulgrave River, Bellenden-Ker Expedition; scrub about the Barron River, FE. Cowley, The specimens which I obtained on a creek off the Mulgrave River had rather longer racemose panicles, and the leaflets of the leaves were more sharply acuminate, with a paler underside, and were gathered off small-sized creek-side trees. Order ANACARDIACEA. Ovary depressed, 5 to 10 or 12 celled, ovule, one in each cell, pendulous Micropyle superior. Styles short, divergent; stigma spathulate, at d ; drupe slightly depressed, broadly turbinate, felled; cells securiform ; seeds compressed, oblong, and slightly out- ak sg em with oblong plano-convex cotyledous and ort rior radicle. A tree, the branchlets terete, with the foliage clustered at t 7 "gler, diagnosis in De Candolle’s Monogr. Phanera. iv., 259. P. Sola - §. Solandvi 36 mari, Engler, i.c.; Spondias acida, Soland; S. Solanav?, eat. Owenia tion, Py: S. pleiogyna, F.v.M. A tree of UM size; the branchlets and foliage from velvety pubescent to 12 nearly glabrous; leaves 3 to 7 in. long, on petioles of about 1 or 2 in. fone ee tly angular as well as the rhachis; leaflets petiolulate, of from 2 to 5 pairs, Said a terminal odd one, oval-oblong 2 to 4 in. long, and except the end one, which has a rather long cuneate base, very turbinate, from 1 to 4 in. or more in diameter, ite vis a dee pre when ripe, and then with a juey sarcocarp ; putame rd, rugose, outside, 12-celled, containing 1 seed in each cell. From ee a Engler’ s descriptions in part. tree of which eh above is a botanic pam se 2 is that known it Queensland as the Burdekin Plum, or sweet plum, and e Ro 7 natives as Rancooran, and at Port Ourtisa s Noongi. In the Ist af ay the Flor; ustraliensis, Mr. Bentham pee it in Melincema as ? Owenia cerasifera, as published S previoualy = y. Mueller in Hooker’s Kew Journal, with a note that, “until the flowers ha? been seen, this eecias must remain in some measure doubtf ul ” the fruit spe sia being then known. At page 492 of this same volume, Mr. entham describes the ‘ same tree as Spon ndias — changing it from cs — as named by So ander i the Banksian Herbariu @ specimens were not in fruit, but he tells us that m the i HO a datoas was a ipahlons of drupes, — as bdlon nging to this species and described as such by R. - Brown, : and arom this ppc tevee there is littie doubt — but what the Ley nd that it and Owenia cer : are identical. Baron v. Mueller, it. oniie seem, a come fe ea soo for we : find 8. p vaya, one which he described it in his Fragm. i now ns 10 se into S. Solandri; in toa last: edition of ‘his census of Australian lane “Tt seems me better tl t the e given in De Candolles work, l.c., should be used for of Burdekin Plum, hevefone a paar is given in the present Bulletin A change of name is always to be ayoided where possible, but in the present instance it 306, = ecess — By an n Mivfoveasiate oversight C. De Candolle, Monogr. Phaner. bv f ni n, of Ons enia cerasifera, F.v.M., which name had been changed to 8p) ih : ed twelve 9 or fourteen years before, --F.v. M. in Fragm. IV.,78; and Vs . Order LEGUMINOSA. Trrpe GALEGEX. MILLETTIA, W. et Arn. : M. Maideniana (n. sp.) (After J. H. Maiden, F.LS. te of the Pyateeatase Museum, Sydney.) Branchlets strat clothed with appressed silky-hairs. Leaves about 6 in. long, P mee nate 11 to 13, narrow, oblong or lanceolate, the largest about 2 in. long, dive broad, on petiolules under 2 lines ep — ous branches race one. bearing more or less scattered pu ple Pedicels about 4 lines tone, hairy, Calyx silky, about deeply lobed. Standard 4 to nearly {-in. broad, mu uch ‘proa 13 long; grey, with silky hairs on the back, the face deep-purple and bearing a sgmicircular wing-like callosity just above the very short ab: Port Macquarie, communicated by Mr. J. H. Maiden. th the above was also a pod gathered at Murwillumbah, evidently belonging to the same species ; i i rly te this pod, however, .was 7 in. lo , tapering at each end; nearly tere i once received loose seed of th sega a up in the serubs of our Souther Ve given the plant in the Queensland Flora. Trizs— ACACIEA, _ ACACIA, Willd. * | A.melanoxylon, 2. Br.; Benti., in Vi. Austr. ii. 888. (Black wood or light wood of the southern colonies.) A small tree, except in Tasmania, where it attains a large si is new species from persons who had n border towards the Tweed River, so head of 30 to 50 or more flowers, mostly 5-merous, and often so closely cked in the head that -the calyxes adhere. Calyx more than half as ured from the base, very flexnose, More or less encircling the seed in double folds —Benth. Lc. Hab. : Gladfield, C. 7. Gwyther. : A pubescent form of this species, so far as can be determined from the speci- ‘Meng Sent me. — psy he Sot et eee Order SAXIFRAGEZ. Trinz ESCALLONIEZ. Pp POLYOSMA, Blume. 95 reducta, F. v. M., Viet. Nat. June 1892. A small tree of about Lect height, with appressed hairs on the branchlets and petioles. in, k mostly lanceolate, entire, gradually acuminate from 1; to 29 ~* fong, almost suddenly passing into the slender petiole, almost 14 glabrous above, slightly ate g beneath, the venulation much — concealed. Racemes terminal and oft naa axillary ; pedicels very thin. Bracts and bracteotes minu upper end of the edicel: Hab. : as River, W. Sayer. Order ROSACEAE. Trine ROTENTILLEA, FRAGARIA, Linn.. _ : Ca lyx persistent, with 5 bractcoles at its base; lobes 5, en : in the bud. Petals 5. Stamens many, persistent. Carpels many, o2 a convex *receptacle; styles ventral, persistent; ov ule 1, ascending: . Achenes many, minute, sunk in the surface of a large a receptacle Perennial _Seapige erous herbs, with creeping stolons. Leaves digitately : 3, rarely 5, foliolate, very rarely pinnate or simple. Stipules adnate ae the petiole. Flowers white or yellow, often polygamous. os F. indica, Andr., Pot. Rep. t. 479; Hook, Flora. of Brit. Ind. : : 343. Indian Strawberry. A more or less silky -hairy plant. Bore . stout, with many long, slender prostrate stems. Leaves distant; membranous, simply or doubly crenate, or toothed, or serrat . cuneate, entire; nerves parallel. Petiole Lto 5 in. long, ¥ ery sle ener : Endeavour River, W. Persich. ° > Sap said to be extremely acrid —F. v. M. 1. ¢ Z EUGENIA, Linn. = . Luehmannt, Fv. M., Vict. Nat. May 1892. (After G. Lueh- .. Keeper of Phytologic Mietnt Melbourne, Vietoria.) = Slatrour tree of about f eaves 14 to 2} in. long, and 1} to _ 4%. broad ; almost- iencecaes but gradually much protracted into a - bluntish point. Panicles short, brachiate, their main divisions some- thyrsoid ; pedicels very short: Flowers very small, rather Betrstrio: hemi- -ellipsoid, without any conspicuous eagh eae densely Pandular-dotted ; lobes semiorbicular, much shorter than the tube. etals whitish, hice the length of the sdiyt Aotees free. The stamens and style m mot ae anita ; ovary deeply sunk, 2-ceiled. Pipe fruit not seen. | aM, 1.8 - sordida (n. sp.) (Referring to the shabby oars of tree.) A small tree as paths scanty foliage. spe er 3 in. long; a “and from + to $ in. broad, subcoriaceous, na: el se id obtuse ‘g Petiole about 2 lines long, te midrib alone prominent, the primary Yems looping near the m Flowers few, in short head-like - Neemes terminating lateral choot ; pedunisle about 2 or 8 lines long; _ bracts oblong, minute ; flowers — or the calyx-tube, which is very _ Open at the top, tapering into a very minute pedicel, about 2 lines Pp glabrous ; lobes iBWhit orbicular, only slightly persistent. - Petes lightly ecceedlia: the calyx-lobes. Stamens under 3 lines long. Ss. Balen about 4,700 ft. alt., Bagi 1889, sessile, preted thin-veined, oil dots much concealed. Flowers § 16 sessile flowers. Calyx-tnbe tapering much towards the base, some- what hoary, about 3 lines long; lobes about 1 line long, very broad. Petals twice as long as the ealyx-lobes; the oil-dots very prominent when dry. Stamens twice the length of petals. No fruit obtained. » Hab: Near the summit of the South Peak of Bellenden-Ker, Exped. 1889, =. Johnsoni, / v., I, Vict. he April 18992. (After Stephen — Johnson.) A glabrous tree of about 40 feet in height; branchlets almost cylindric. Leaves seldom over cS in. long and 15 broad, often smaller, of firm consistence, mostly ovate-lanceolate, much contrac ted towards the blunt summit, gradually narrowed into a con n ' Bractioles narrow, fugaci Calyx before expansion clawate-ovate ; tube smooth, pag gradually into the ation el; lobes 4, rather large, Seed turgidly wee its colyledons ne above the other. The unex panded flowers resemble those of some eucalypt and impart to this “species a peculiar-appearance.—F7. v. M. Le ell ab.: Mount Bartle Frere, Stephen Johnson, 5 This is the species I alluded to in my report of the botany af the Beilender- se ae as a probable form of E. grandis, but then no fruit was esau E. apodophylia, M., Vict. Nat. April 1892. (Lares cmikken ) A tree of sb “40 ft. “ak. “branchlets promineesy qua uad- rangular, some parts quite membr anously mar Leaves 1 to 23 in. long, firmly Pe soastioles long-acuminate, with Bea er : together between terminal leaves ; ; peduncles none ; united pedicels and flower-buds club-shaped; calyx passing gradua ually 10 the twice longer pedicel, punctular-scabrous. Petals 1 line, at first coalescent into an hemi-spheric lid, but some finally expanding. Stamens _ much longer than the petals, some 4 lines long ; anthers roundish whet open ; style elongated ; ovary sunk deeply. Fruit reddish.— —fv Df he. Hab.: Bellenden-Ker Range, Wm. Sayer. . hedraiop Rail wo F. v. I, Vict. Nat. April 1892. (Referring to "the want of stal. ie the leaves. 5 Stature not recorded. Branchle glabrous and prominently quadrangular. Leaves rather large, chat taceous, elliptic-lanceolate, gradually acuminated, with rounded et almost sessile, veins faint, pinnate and immersed, nil dots copious Bb | not conspicuous. Flowers ‘small in ample branchiate eet, ee él ; from decurrent prominences, very quadrangular ; fend ternate on the ultimate pedun neles _ pedicels Sekery ” ahort or 0 literated ; calyx hemispheric-turbinate, slightly lobed or almost trun a cate. Petals hardly expanding. Anthers very minute, bout as lond as broad. Style capillary, thin : ovary much ee Fruit quite ind almost globular, one-seeded, terminated by a comparatively broad. rp of thin SuTS and spare from it by some constriction 5 per very thi a : ins is Tu. Sayer; Russell River, Stephen Johusom 5 17 Order SAMYDACEA. HOMALIUM, Jacq. @. circumpinnatum (n. sp.) Shuttlecock Flower. (Named from the flowers resembling a miniature shuttlecock.) A tall glabrous setaceous bract nearly as long. Flowers grey, hairy, about 3 lines 2 or 3, petal; filaments hairy in the lower half, the ovary not so densely. Styles 5. Hab. : Cairns, EZ. Cowley. The present new species differs from H. vitiense, Benth., in its smaller statur less hairy pedicellate flowers, and smaller setaceous bracts, than H. brachybotrys, F. v. M., in its larger flowers and greater number of stamens. Order CUCURBITACEA. MELOTHRIA, Linn. M. Celebica, Alfred Cogniaue, in DC. Mon. Phan. iii. 625. Stems climbing, slender, very little branched, suleate, and sparsely rough with tubercles. Leaves somewhat rigid, triangular-ovate, slightly trilobed, pale green, and roughly dotted on the upper side, densely villous 3 Corolla very shortly villous, segments oblong, apex obtuse, 2 - jong. Stamens-filaments } mill. glabrous, smooth, 33 cent. long, 23 cent. thick. Seeds brown, ovoid- shortly attenuated at the base, rounded at the apex, 6 mill, 3 to 8i mill, broad, 1} to 2 mill. thick—From DC. Mon Order UMBELLIFERZ. Trrrzr AMMINEZ. AMMI, Linn. _ (Name from ammos, sand: ‘habitation of plants.) od Teeth of ealyx obsolete or small. Petals obovate, with an exed point, emarginate, or with 2 unequal lobes ; the exterior ones equently larger. Fruit laterally compressed, ovate-oblong. Carpels filiform equal ribs; the lateral ones ma inal, Interval with vitte, commissure with 2 vitte, carpophore free, 2- 18 Seed terete-convex, flattish on the face. Herbs witha fusiform root, ls and pinnately divided or many-parted leaves. Umbe compound,. many rayed. Involucre many-leaved ; the leaflets 3-cleft or pinnatifid. Tarelucels — the leaflets undivided. magus, Linn. Common Bishop’s-weed. Stems 3 or 4 feet high, ct sLanvee piinataly divided ; segments cartilaginous on the margin, acutely serrate; lower ones lanceolate ; the upper ones =. — linear. A European weed become naturalised in Southern Queensland. Order RUBIACEZ. Trrrz RONDELETIEZ. WENDLANDIA, Baril. (Named after Henry Ludov. Wendland.) Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite or ternately worled ; stipules entire or 2-fid. Flowers small, rosy or white, in terminal dense thyrsoid or panicled cymes, 2 or 3 bracteolate. Calyx-lobes 4, or 5, sub-equal, small persistent. Corolla tubular—salver—or funnel- shaped, throat glabrous or hairy; lobes 4 or 5 imbricate in bud. Stamens 4 or 5, between the corolla-lobes, fi filaments none or elongate; anthers versatile, exserted. Ovary 2 (rarely 8) celled ; eee filiform, stigma entire, 2-fid or 2-partite ; ovules numerous, on small glo bose placentas adnate to the septum. Capsule small, doce local rarely septicidally, 2-valved, many-seeded. Seeds v very minute, Hor- zontal, compressed ; testa puembreneone; obscurely vngole embryo short, cylindric, in fleshy album W. the position of fe F. v. ie , Vict. Nat. March eo — peduncle seldom over 2 in. long, the flowers i in cymes = "ssa with a short pubescence. Pedicels about 3 lines lo ong. linear-semilanceolate calyx-lobes deltoid-semilanceolate, “coral hardly 3 lines long, with five oval lobes distinctly imbricate, nearly geht shorter than the tube, slightly twisted before expansion. 8 : fixed close to the base of the corolla, and nearly as long a8 the eo filaments short, anthers large, the base bilobed encluded, and as we as the if ong glabrous. Fruit about 1} line long, slightly ee beyond the calyx-tube, —— at the top. Placentaries ex into 2 narrow divaricate pla . M. Le. Hab.: Russell River, fate 7 sknicn. Tring PSYCHOTRIE. amgag eae Jack. ) L. gracilifiorus, n. s So named from the slender in Stems erect, seldom or ever branched, 2 to 4 ft. high, more te, airy. Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, ovate-lanceolate, eee rounded or tapering at the base, 4 to 8 in. long, 2 to 25 ooping softly hairy on the back, primary veins numerous, irregularly } : : FINE (OES AE EP a CE ea pee aD 19 a. Pa = ae lines long, slender, hairy inside, the lobes acuminate, twisted, imbricate, white, slightly over 2 lines long. Stamens 4, inserted at the top of tube, the anther tips alone exserted. Fruit nearly Hab.: Tringilburra Creek, Bellenden-Ker Expedition, 1889. Order MYRSINEZ., & Trine EUMYRSINEZ. : EMBELIA, Burm. | (The Ceylonese name of one species.) Flowers small, polygamous, mostly diccious, white or greenish yellow. Calyx free, 5-4-lobed, persistent. Petals 5-4, free or slightly ; ovules few. uit small, globose, 1 (rarely 2) seeded. Seed globose, base hollowed, albumen pitted subruminate; embryo curved, trans- ve rubs, mostly climbing, or small trees. Leaves entire or toothed ; petiole often margined or gla xillary or un ; except in EZ. amentacea, no bracteoles. (Samara austrdliana should be ‘Placed in this genus.) bd © re) pols © i hy = a oO or A = b> an a) —" Le 0) (Jo) bo vcvVmr”™/ > a 5 i=} is] texture firm, almost elliptic, blunt at the base, pelluced dots _ plainly visible, margins entire, the veins closely reticulate, glabrescent. Panicle densely tomentose, numerously branche : brownish. Flowers in racemous clusters very shortly pedicellate. Bracts rather large, ealyx-segments 5, rather long, narrow-elliptic. Petal about 3 lines long, very perceptibly dotted, much less pubescent than the calyx, tender membranous; stamens 5, about as long as a sce linear-setaceous, hairy ; anthers broadly cordate. Ovary and the ower portion of the style woolly. Fruit not seen.—F-. v. IL. Le. ab: Russell River, Stephen Johnson. ; OT8.— Samara australiana has to be changed to Embelia australiana. See Benth. and Hook., Gon., Pl. I., 1240, Order SAPOTACEAL. s SIDEROXYLON, Linn. aes es » arnhemica, F. v. U.,in Flora Austra. iv. 280. ree a 25 ft. high, the head well shaped and affording good shade; diameter k about 1 ft. with a greyish tessellated bark. Wood white, a hg Branchlets softly pubescent. Leaves ovate or oe tuse, much tapering towards the base, softly silky-pubescent on 20 sides, 2 in. to over 6 in. long, on petioles of above 1 in. Flowers in dense clusters in the axils or at the old nodes, softly pubescent, the pedicels shorter than the flower. Calyx- -segments usually 6, very broad, 7 ar, obtuse, concave, the 2 outer ones villous, he others less so a ciliolate, all ease above 1 line diameter. Corolla-lobes 6, scahaal filaments in the flowers examined filiform, with abortive anthers. — of: aay corolla-throat, small, linear. Ovary surrounded by a se ring of hairs (6-celled 2); ovules laterally attached. Style short, thick, glabrous. Fruit, green, smooth, and gla abrous ; when ripe, oval, about 1} in. or rather more long, flesh soft and juicy. Seeds 4 or 4, compressed, the hilum nearly as long as the seed; albumen not very _ cotyledons oblong 3-neryed; radicle short.—Flora Austr. in par i ab: Musgrave, Cape York spore: Geo. Jacobson, who recommends the tree for planting forshade. He says that catt tle and horses are very fond of the e, and that in times of oe city of feed this tree is cut down i fodder. There is no doubt but what the foliage 3 is nutritious. We know that the inner bark of ano other species of this genus was at one time used for food by the mative of the Maroochie distri trict. Order APOCYNACES. Tre ECHITIDEZ. WRIGHTIA, R. Br. W. Baccelliana, F. v. W, Vict. Nat. March 1892. (After Pro- fessor Baccelli.) Branches rather stout, somewhat loosely spreading, i irs eaves of a firm tex- ture, from subcordate to lanceolate-ovate, seldom quite lan ceolate, attaining 5 in. in length and 2 in. in breadt th, above scantily but beneath more copiously hairy; primary veins prominent on t the under side. Cymes axillary or terminal, the axillary ones usually in pa seldom above 1 in. long, hairy. Bracteoles narrow and poll Flowers es Agra ee segments lanceolate, pointed, without conspicuous re about 3 lines long. Coro tube pubescent < ota e, ten ‘the length of the calyx, much narrowed downwards, and co nstricted at its termination ; lobes amply ove i or spathula-elliptic, glabrous segments. Stamens fixed about wid middle of the corolla-tube, perfectly enclosed ; filaments very 89? Anthers free, yellowish, glabrous, gradually poirited, minutely 2-lobed at the base, a little over 1 line long. Style glabrous; stigma nearly si long as the style, ovate-conical, annular-turged at the base, bimucront late at the apex. Fruit not yet — ted.—F. v. lM. Le. Russell River, Stephen Jo. Order ASCLEPIADEZ. Trine CYNANCHE. GOMPHOCARPUS, R. Br. (From the club-shaped fruit.) Oslre 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-parted, mostly reflex 5-parted, erect or suberect, as long as th tege or mach ronge eel ae laterally : palate &s flexed, Ye 21 the inflexion greatest above, where the angles are often salient, directed towards the stigma; apex either truncate or variously twisted. ae ers membrane-tipped. Pollinia compressed, pendulous, tee poiu truncate. Stigma et ag Follicles ventricose, bearing soft shred like processes. Seeds comose. Erect shrubs or undershrubs with opposite eaves. Mostly ental to Africa, G. fruticosus, 2. Br. The Arghel of Syria. A tall shrubby plant, the branches pubescent. Leaves lanceolate-linear, mucronate, petiolate, egal sues nicass long. Flowers white, in pedunculate umbels, Corolia Corona attached to the gynostegium of 5 laterally Grteciond ‘broad het segments as long as the anthers, truncate at he top. Follicles inflated, membranous, covered with long soft processes Hab.: Monduran, NV. Walsh. An African Seat which - spread as a weed in all the treads colonies ; is now becoming the same in Queensland. Probably it will not be much of a pest here, as Soe African plants eve not usually like our Queensland clima Where this plant abounds it is considered i injurious to stock, which is probably pelo It she said that the leaves of this shrub are used to adulterate the Alexandrian (Nubian) Order SOLANACEZ, SOLANUM, Linn. s. oligacanthum, F. v. Jf, in Trans. Phil. Soe. of Vict. 1-19, and n Hook., Kew Journ. viii. 167 ; Flora Austr. iv. 454; _ Fragm 145. (Name referring to the few prickles.) A 8 e batch. foliage, and inflorescence clothed with a close a és stellate tomentum, Prickles slender, straight, scattered, none on the leaves or calyxes. Leaves very shortly petiolate orbicular, or very broadly and obscurely cordate, obtuse, more or less undulate, thick, scarcely exceed- - in diameter, tripli- quintu- -plinervate. ew stains in lateral racemes ; the ¢ ommon peduncle often eye igo or = to S —wa 4 ® densely eit bine, deeply lobed ; lobes ibid int blunt, estat ing to a little over 4 in. in diameter. Stamens 5; filaments very short and slender; anthers glabrous, linear-oblong, about 2 lines long, opening : by termina pores. Berry globular, about 3 lines in diameter, brown, ‘early or quite glabrous; seeds large, glossy, chestnut colout, the d Tied pulp amber- coloured and very bitter. Hab.: Annand dale, Eyre’s Creek, Dr. Thos. L, Bancroft. : The above seems the first full deo which has been published of _— interesting * Species, and although I hi tained Baron Mueller’s name here : searcely sullicient distinction to separate the species from » orbiculatum, Order PEDALINEA, Trrpe MARTYNIEZ. MARTYNIA, Linn. Sunp-aenus CaRPOCERAS. M. diandra, Glox. Tiger-claw or Devil’s-claw. (Name referring to the two fertile wee as nnual with stout erect aie 3 glandulose-pilose s stems 2 to 3 feet high. Leaves round, cordate, 22 more or less iipaitz! Flowers in short-axillary or peo racemes or singly. Calyx-teeth ovate-lanceolate, subtended by 2 large foliaceous bracts. Corolla 13 to 2 in. long, whitish ; lobes 5, roundish, with yellow and purple blotches. Stamens 2, fertile. Capsule obliquely half- elliptical, rugose, coriaceous, with 2 short incurved sha rp beaks apn longitudinally by 2 ‘valves, oA bearing + thick ribs. ~ : Tropics of America, but now over-run many tropical and semi-tropical Seaudotag. Specimen received from Woothakata as a noxious weed. Sus-GEenus PrRoposciDEA. M. fragrans, Lindl. (Flowers fragrant.) A plant 1 to 8 ft. high, clothed with glandular hairs. Stem terete, erect, flexuous. Leaves usually opposite, petiolate, cordate in outline, 3-lobed ; lobes rounded, achat sinnate, the middle one the longest. Racemes terminal ; flowers large and fragrant. Pedicels as long as the flowers. Calyx large, inflated, plaited ; or striated; teeth short, furnished at the base with two appressed leshy br acts. Corolla scarcel longer than the calyx; mouth oblique tok of 4 rounded spreading lobes, the upper bifid. Colour purplish red, with yellow in the a Stamens 5, = with the style included. Capsule curved u wrinkled, rested ve terminating in 2 incurved beaks, muc oie rong ibe the canis and hooked at the end. b.: A Mexican plant now become naturalised, and a noxious weed to the sheep farmer, but fortunately dost not spread at a rapid rate. Order LABIATA, Trize STACHYDE. LEUUCAS, R. Br. L. linifolia, Spreng Syst. ii 743; Hook. Flora of Brit. Ind. iv. 690. An erect plant of 2 or 3 ft. stems, smooth o r scaberulous. Leaves 2 to 4 in. long, and rarely in. broad, linear or linear-lanceolate oblame, entire, or subserrate ; ; petiole none, or on a plants attaining 3 In. orls of flowers axillary and terminal, 3 1 to $ in. diameter Bracts setaceous, fewand short. Calyx 4 to 4 in., " oborold, the upper lip projecting, acute, 3-toothed, lower 2 -fid, of a *pale colour ilo not striate above, sometimes spinescent, corolla white, nuts smoo angular. a This Indian plant has become a weed about Kamerunga, ©. Cone e plant has a pleasant aromatic smell, and its flowers are used by Brahmins to decorate their aay Iswara, according to Roxburgh. Order MONIMIACEZ. “ ta, (n.sp.) (The leaves often a earing of three). A tall shrub or small tree, with lo PT penaaal branche which, with the petioles, midrib, and primary nerves, are Clo greyish tomentum. aves in whorls of 3 i 28 in. long, bearing 2 spreading branches at the top, each bearing 1 or more pedicellate flowers ; receptacle hairy. Carpels 7 or less, shortly stipitate, roundly oval, about 4 lines long, hairy, but becoming nearly glabrous when ripe. Flowers not yet obtained. Hab.: Freshwater Creek,near Cairns, #, Cowley. M. t glabrous. Leaves prominently veined, like those of M. Huegeliana, axillary, about 4 in. long, quite slender, bearing a single, or, when forked, 2 or more flowers. Receptacle and carpels glabrous. ) Hab. : Bellenden-Ker, at about 3,000 or 4,000 ft. elevation. I would not venture to name from such imperfect material were it not in the hope that a short notice may enable persons visiting the locality to identify the plants and collect those portions wanting to complete the diagnosis. Order LAURINEZ. Tring PERS’ ACEA. : BEILSCHMIEDIA, Nees. May 1892. (Refer- . ea tat Met Ee 165 ees es bd i ie) pst 4 © m ct @ 5 o B ra) ? >| = = A, at oO hining. Panicle beset — minute appressed hairs. Sepals and petals almost of equal length, rank still shorter,-the filaments all brownish-lanuginous ; oe > very short. Pistil in staminate flowers narrow-conic, glabrous, WI ARENA Ne Bards en ie IE aye ee eee eek ere at eee tems ENDIANDRA, R. Br. E. Cowleyana (n. sp.) A scrub tree usually about 70 ft. A height, with a somewhat smooth bark, and hardish, reddish wood. Brauchlets rather slender, glabrous, except the young growth. Leaves Ovate-lanceolate, shortly and bluntly acuminate, 2 to 21 in, long, a etioles about 3 lines long, quite glabrous, the primary nerves ae a ‘stant, the reticulation fine but prominent on both sides. ria - ~ terminal or in the upper axils, narrow, 2 or 3 in. long, the branchiets 24 E. Lowiana (n. sp.) (After the Messrs. Low, of Maroochie, who for many years have rendered valuable assistance in collecting native plants of the Maroochie district.) A small-sized glabrous tree Leaves lanceolate, the apex sometimes somewhat elongated, 3 to 5 in. long ; petiole 4 or 5 lines long, slender ; primary nerv very oblique, distant, and only about 4 on each side of the costa; the reticulation fine, close, and prominent between them, on both sides of the leaf ; texture thin wers not seen. Fruit globular, but showing more or less of a point at each end, about 12 to nearly 12 in. in diameter, when fresh of a rich red color. : Hab. : Maroochie (Yandina), J. A. Low; Eudlo, Field Naturalists. The fruit resembles that of Cryptocarya australis, Benth., somewhat in colour and shape, but is muc larger, and th foliage is quite distinct from that or any other Australian species of the order. E. dichrophylla, F. v. 1, Vict. Nat. May 1892. (Referring to the two-coloured leaves—upper surface dark green, under pale.) A ra ovate-lanceolate. Flowers very small on extremely short pedicels. Sepals somewhat larger than ihe petals, with these connate below ie middle and ersistent ; filaments extremely short. Fruit, when fully ae about 1 in. long, black, narrow, ellipsoid ; pericarp very ’ thin. Hab. : Russell River, Stephen Johnson—Fv.M.l.c.. E. exostemonea, Fr. M. Vict. Nat. June 1892. (Stamens exserted.) Branchlets and petioles thinly brown-tomentose. Leaves conspicuous. Panicles axillary and terminal, much shorter than the leaves, often numerous, the peduncle and pedicels with brown appres ier hairs. Flowers very small. Calyx and petals brownish, ae ‘ towards the margin, nearly glabrous ; calyx-lobes semi-ovate, somew : longer than the petals. Stamens glabrous, with 2 ine CINNAMOMUM, Blume. “5 C. Oliveri (n. sp.) (After Professor Daniel Oliver, ee A tall tree, glabrous, except the inflorescence, trunk erect, smoothish, rather thin and fragrant. Leaves opposite or nearly 8% 3 25 lanceolate, attaining about 8 in. in length, and then scarcely over 1; in. broad in the widest part, colour pale, the apex blunt or minutely emarginate, on petioles of about 3-in. which are flattened, the upper surface glossy, the under surface of lighter colour, midrib flattish, the primary lateral nerves very oblique, few, the basal pair faint, and very near the margin until lost in the reticulation about half way up the leaf. Panicles slender, terminal, and in the upper axils, 2 or 3 in. long, of few branches, hoary or velvety hairy, branches few, with usually 2,3, or 4 pedicellate flowers at the end of each branchlet. Perianth hairy on both sides, as are also the broad filaments of the stamens. Stamens all shorter than the perianth. Ovary and style glabrous; stigma peltate. The only fruit seen was much deformed by gall insect and fungus. Hab.: Maroochie, where it is known as the “ Sassafras Tree.” From imperfect specimens I thought this tree only a form of Bentham’s Beilschmiedia obtusifolia, and under which name its wood and bark have been noticed in my catalogue of Queensland Woods, . 815. Professor D. Oliver, of the Kew Herbarium, to whom I sent specimens of the bark for the museum, and = i e my mistake, and hinted at the proba- bility of its being a innamomum, which, from the examination of somewhat better Specimens, I think is the case and record it as above, although even now the | naterial is but imperfect. So far as at present known the tree is only met with in the scrubs of the Maroochie River. Of the bark, the late K. T. Staiger said it contained a tannin similar or identical with cinchona tannin ; the amount, seven and thalf per cent. One ton of the dry bark yields 770 oz. of oil. When on the summit of Bellenden-Ker, in 1889, one of the party brought to the camp, on the South Peak, a shoot of a probably new Cinnamomum, which, judging from the foliage alone—for no flowers or fruit were obiained—closely approaches th ong, tly coriaceous, 3-nerved, the lateral ones vanishing at a little more half way up the leaf, the reticulation somewhat obscure ; upper surface glossy, under surface whitish. In the event of ite proving new, I would recommend its dele Yolium Cc, propiagaem, from its near resemblance to C. Wightii and C. Order PROTEACEA. HELICIA, Lour. ae 8 seomen €. Filaments flat, inserted near the base glands od ; Sapam with prominent gland-like sguiiaate mes MES orming acup. Ovary clothed with white hairs; sty “tgular, glabrous. cree z oe : Serubs about the Bellenden-Ker Ranges. 26 MACADAMIA, F. v. M. ; M, Yo a, F. v. Moore. Having just received fruit specimens of this large, straggling shrub from Eumundi, I ge ney : i i e plant. Fruit vermilion, from globose to oval, and more or less pointed at each end, attaining 1} in. long and 13 in. diameter, indehiscent, slightly escent ; suture prominent. The fruit becoming uneven or rugosé Hab.: Yandina and Eumundi scrubs. The fruits of this plant have been suspected of poisonous properties. Order SANTALACEZ. SANTALUM, Linn. ; S. lanceolatum, FR. Br, var. angustifolium, Benth, ™ Flora Austr. vi. 214, An erect shrub of 8 or10feet. ‘Leaves narrow lanceolate, often with a fine incurved point, 2 or 3 in. long, on slender | petioles of about 3 or 4 lines. The fruit oblong with the circular scat near the summit. Hab.: Diamantina, Dr. Thos. L. Baneroft. Order EUPHORBIACE. Trine PHYLLANTHE. | PHYLLANTHUS, Linn. oe P. hypospodius, F'v.If, Vic. Nat. March 1892. (Referring the grey colour of underside of leaves.) A glabrous shrub, of 14 ft. in height. Leaves also distichous, entire, attaining 4 ™ oi le 2 in. in breadth, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, a petioles, thinly veined, upper surface dull-green, whitish-grey 02 er underside. Sepals pale-coloured. Staminate flowers minute, 00 D. teretifolium, var. aureum. Branches long, slender, droF ing. Leaves 1 to 14 feet long, with a diameter of from 1 to 27 Order FILICES. As the lithograms of Queensland ferns will be issued simul- ery with the present Bulletin, and there being no descriptions with the plates, I give here all that is wanting to complete the Giceature on the-subject to date. OPHIOGLOSSUM, Linn. vulgatum, var. gramineum, Bail. Rhizome tuberous. foe rom 1 to2 in - high ; the sterile portion narrow-lanceolate, } to Zin. long; fertile spike 2 ; to 3 in. long. Hab.: Frequently met with on stony ridges in Southern Queensland. 0. vulgatum, var. minutum, Bail. Rhizome tuberous. Fronds to 3 in. high, the sterile portion petiolate, lamina roundish or almost thomboidal, “seldom attain ning a diameter of 8 lines; fertile spike narrow, sharply pointed, about $ in. long. Hab.: On grassy land about the Herbert River. ‘LINDSAA, D L. ensifolia, Sw., var. nateropiiyils, Benth. In this variety, although not constantly so, the pinne are divided wholly or partially into numerous small rounded pinnules or segments. Hab.: Northern Queensland. bare Swartz. tae A. eumundi “a A (So named from locality where | fronds thus very numerous, and not unlike the moss Cyathophora fieridioides, 1 to 2 in. long, with the pinne not close, and only 1 or 2 i From t _ "ie towards each end, the apical ones being only about line in meter, and the basal ones but little. larger, all sult bane yaad who semana ss prominent a ricle on ne upper side ; | tale vein Reh nearer the lower ae the upper margin, a __ © often shortly forked. —_ large for the size >of the trond ‘ebicular reniform, persisten i 2 TP Rai Condamine, C CO. HT: Pram Tallebudgera, J. F. Shey — é diley, and J. Foe. Dinbion ds. The a seine specimens were very imperfect. oy therefore ~ aeons with By » Waiting for the more perfect spe pope thi — to Plate 126 of my Lithograms i will re seen readily ee very distinct rom all others of the genus : _Pteroldes var terminans, Ba il., Rhizome creeping. tall. The veins more or less covered by a short, somewhat “coloured hoary pubescent and simple white hairs. Pinne 28 membranous, about 8 or 12 in. long and 1 in. broad, the apex finely acuminated, the terminal one deeply pinnatifid with numerous narrow lobes, sinuses open and much nearer the costule than the apex of lobes. Sori very few, often only 3 or 4, and confined to the apex of segment. Indusium orbicular-reniform. | Hab.: Tropical Queensland. A. Molle, Sw. On Plate No. 132 is represented a peculiar growth t h | portion is shown, but here and there may be noticed fronds of the ordinary form. POLYPODIUM, Linn. ) P. (Drynaria) quercifolium, Linn. From specimens to hand 1 am fully convinced that two species or forms of the above are ba) B B wm S oa RB ia?) 2 S @ | ct 2 ° “4 re fy Ss ° = @ + @ ae | md ~. 2 = ao el So a & P. (Drynaria) quercifolinm, Zinn., var. normale. Scales gl in ceolate, b : slightly immersed, and forming on the upper side of frond prominen pustules Hab. : Musgrave, Cape York Peninsula, Geo. Jacobson. ®. (Orynaria) quercifolium, Linn., var. Linnei. ret 3 of the rhizome about 1 or 2 lines long, broadly-ovate, with a a0 acumen from a peltate base. Fronds very rigid. Sori small, scatters copious, and not showing pustules on the upper side of the frond. Hab.: Common along the tropical coast. ynopsis For all other descriptive characters of these Drynaria-Polypodiums pain f the Queensland Flora, p. 7 18, where also it will be observed that in my ‘ein non-articulate pinne onl n em e ured form of the stipular, usuall ile fronds, which the present plant produced also; ‘culate these green o ear sori, and the pinne then not be found to disart the brown, sessile, stipular frond produced by P. rigidulum and P. queretf olinm all their varieties, while on Plate 165 is represented an extreme form of the sam A. sorbifolium, Zinn, var. leptocarpum. Sterile a ; 29 Order MUSCI. CAMPYLOPUS, Bridel. C. Whiteleggei, ©. : On rocks, Stanthorpe. BRYUM, Linn. B. humipetens, C. 1. (n. sp.) Hab. : Gladfield, C. J. Gwyther. HEDWIGIA, Ebrhbart. H. Nove Valesiz, ©. 1. Hab.: Burleigh Head, H. Schneider. ENTODON, C.M. E. latifolins, Broth. (n. sp.) Hab.: Gladfield, C. J. Gwyther. FABRONTA, Raddi. P. Scottic, C. I/., var. notice C. M. Hab. : Gladfield, C. J. Guwythe RHAPHIDOSTEGIUM. R. aciculare, C. Hab, : Gladfela, C.J Gwyther. AMBLYSTEGIUM, Schimper. Small or tallish, creeping, prostrate, or ascending monecious or ious m mosses, the stems pinnately branched ; leaves equal, shining, OF obse cure ; cells with elongate aes thecw cylindric inclined, ciake internal processes of peristome ae aah cilia perfect or ‘eficien le shor A leptopterygioides, a M. (nu. sp.) : Gladfield, C. 7 Gwyt F POLYTRICHUM, Dill. rect, ie, often large, rigid, dark-green or brown, Fis SOR gy vicevio S mosses ena on lege ground or roots of trees, &e. Stem oo ; : : the | s Nerve very thick, with parallel grooves or plates on Upper Surface ; cells obscure, Pass inute. Fruit stalk terminal, me Capsule eh or slightly inclined, terete or 4 to 6-angled, ) oly concaved or flat on ous mis and convex on the other, often : 7 . Operculum flattish ; often beaked. Calyptra small, a o> or ueneely clothed with a thatch of matted hairs— Flora * Camere, ¢ C. M. Hab.: Eudlo, Field Naturalists. = 280 Crder HEPATICZE. EULEJEUNEA. E. flava, Hab.: oe C. J. Gwyther. FRULLANIA, Raddi. zr. — ayl., Var. : Yandina, Field ¥ aturalists. MARCHANTIA, Linn. M. pallida, Steph. Hab.: Gladfield, C. J. Gwyther, ANTHOCEROS, Micheli. A. Brotheri, Steph. (n. sp.) Hab.: Gladfield, C. J. Gwyther. Order CHARACEA. NITELLA, Agardh. | NW. partita, Nordst., Austr. Char. Part 1 Plate 1. eee bably more than 1 dc. high, stem 06 mm. thick. Leaves 6 in a whorl, about 10 mm. long, 300 p thick at the base, 4 pes | divided. Segments at the first eee 4-6, at the second SP fe malt ; u cell, 100-150 p aa 40-52. pp thick at’ the base, i with cuspidate diverging points, ae a Neptune’s trident. Oogonla ee | tary, or rarely 2 together, the upper parts of a “ enveloping pe slougating. with spaces between them for fertilisation. a rt as in WV. tricuspis, of 2-3 ‘s 8-celled segments. c at eat cell does not occur in any oe known species of Mitel < Otto Nordstedt, l.c. Hab.: Georgina River, 4. Henry (comm. Baron v. Mueller.) emote: N. Hookeri, 4/7. Br. Monecious. Whorls lax, ee toot upper forming lax comose heads, of 6 or 8 rays; rays 2, 3-fo iti e below the middle, one of them usually further divided; ae articulations of about 3 joints, the first elongated, the rest 8g orming a 2-celled mucronate apex. Nucules usually in pairs; % ; short, obtuse —W. Z. Flora. a Hab.: Gladfield, ©. J. Gwyther, os N. eng cnt Al. Br. var. podystachya, 4!. Br. re : Burpengary, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. - CHARA, Linn. . fragilis, Desv. sf. niloroptila. Hab.: Gladfield, C. J. Gwyt C. australis, PR. ‘Br. is a lucida, Al. Br. Hab. : Stillwater, Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. 31 LICHENES, The following descriptions have been supplied by Mr. Shirley. _ Several of the species are new to science, and the remainder have not yet been described in any work on the botany of Queensland :— LEPTOGIUM, Ach. L. phyllocarpum, var. dedalum, Nyi. Thallus sordidly plumbeo-virescent or plumbeo-fuscescent, moderately firm; here an there longitudinally and closely undulate-rugose, but for the greater part irregularly and very crowdedly crispatulo-corrugate ; _ apothecia obscurely rufous, often large, about 5mm. wide. Thalline margin thickly crispate, or as if microphylline-luxuriant; spores ‘026-'036 x ‘018-017 mm.—Nyl. i, 130. Hab.: Common near Brisbane. CALICIUM, Ach. _ usually broadly lentiform, outwardly and at the margin nigrescent- : ous, not at all pruinose; disk at first aeruginose or subcinereo- Prumose, at length blackish; spores 8, at first in linear asci, when evolute free, -008-'009 x -005-'006 mm., the centre slightly constricted, brown.— Lich. Beit., No. 1183, J.M. Hab. : Gladfield, near Warwick, C. J. Gwyther. STEREOCAULON, Schreb. §.ramulosum, var. microcarpoides, J.U. Plant 4-7 em. high, : beneath stout, in other parts finely branched and twigged, but almost destitute of papilliform branchlets; primary branches compressed below; apothecia small -7-1 mm. ; spores as in the type. b.: Queensland ; actual locality unknown, Lich. Beit., 1495. THAMNOLIA, Ach. Thallus consisting of stipites or podetia which are cylindrical or oS pressed, cornute, imperforate, simple or branched, apices acute, : iaternally fistulose. Apothecia unknown. Spermatia cylindrical. _ ‘Evermicularis, sw. Thallus chalky white 2-4 inches, prostrate, : oe or erect, subulate or turgid, simple or bifurcate, smooth or ae Situdinally rugulose, dispersed or caespituse. ___-Hab.: Gladfield, near Warwick, C. J. Gwyther. STICTA, Ach. marked out with black (not ochraceo-testaceous) thecia as in §. retigera, with thalline margin rugose- 32 . filix, var. myrioloba, JM Whole plant ci more slender, along the margins almost everywhere adorned wit th small coralline-linear or almost opuntioid lobules; fronds stipitate, beneath towards the base strongly and prominently ¢ ostate, and with the oer habit, colour, and cyphellw of the spec Hab.: Toowoomba, by C. H. Hartmann; Lich. a 1008. THELOSCHISTES, Norm. tT. chrysophthalmus, v. oe Shirley, var. nov. Among specimens iacaly received from Mr. C. J. Gwyther there were seen growing in one tuft the normal orange-yellow form of the, species, — aes through v. Stoberianus and v. leucoblepharus to the glaucous Hab. : Gladfield, near Warwick, C. J. Civgther PARMELIA, Ach. P. laceratula, v minor, Shirley, var. nov. Thallus 1-2 marked — in. in diameter, stellate above glaucous, faintly impressed, mat tghtl 8 white cr pallid, nude or with few short concolorous rhizin® ; 2p subpodicellate, margins thin, inflexed, disk rufo-testaceous OF pale rufo-fuscous; spores 8, colourless, immature ?, ‘007-01 x 003- 004 mm PASO very slender Gladfield, near Warwick C. J. Gwyther. P. ur cea. var. subcetrata, J. MU. This plant emg | P. perforata v. cetrata Nyi., but the margins beneath are white, lacinie very narrow, with apices and lacinule subdigitate-divided, and . hite soredit the terminal divisions are usually furnished with globose w Apothecia un : Hab.: hones C. H. Hartmann; Lich. Beit., 569. P. urceolata, var. sorediifera, JU. Thalline mangins a | ing, strongly undulate-crispate, incrassate, capitate core aa ae y Se ten confluently limbato-sorediiferous en it 1s usu lobes beneath, toward the margins, sparin aly ciligerous, usually 12 parts white. Hab.: Toowoomba, C. H. Hartmann; Lich. Beit., P. eciliata, Nyi. Thallus resembling a ait ‘ford ot if abe whitish, lobate, beneath black, glabrous, rugulose, marg! : eroso-crenate. Apothecia sub-podicellate, clato- urceclstfy “ie jute monly eciliate, back of receptacle at ena th rugose, when Ae 10-13 mm. wide ; spores ‘02 x ‘012mm Hab.: oowoontba, C. H. Hartmann. LECANORA, Nyl. rugulose, white, surface smooth, here and there - ecl oo ‘polymorphous cephalodia, 1-4 mm. wide; spot pare persistent ; asus carnose, Jamina roseate, ant at laos we? ; gyalectoid ; rag Se thick, obtuse, white or ” Hab. Rosewood Serub, on bark. bi : - rhodophthaima, J.2/. Thallus thinly tartare Bere with e | : ; 33 PERTUSARIA, DC. P. leioplaca, var. gibbosa, J.M. Thallus and verruce cinereo- albid, in one part prominently rugose-gibbose, in another at first plurigibbose-unequal, when evolute plicatulo-unequal, or in part smooth ; spores 8, or in some asci fewer.—Lich. Cost. Ric., 81. Hab.: Goodna, J. F. Shirley. P. leioplaca, var. octospora, Ny!. Thallus opaque, ashy-grey or whitish, minutely rugose; verruce crowded, flattened, to 2, mm. wide, rounded or difformate in outline ; spores 8. Hab.: North Pine, J. F. Shirley. PSORA, J.M. P. parvifolia, var. fibrillifera, 1Vy/. Thallus pallid cinereo- glaucescent, squamule lobulate-incised or crenate, or fibrillose- isidiomorphous, with somewhat terete nude fibrils, usually ascending or sub-erect; apothecia pallid-rufous or testaceo-rufous, to 1 mm., plane or rather convex ; margin obtuse or not distinct ; spores 8, ‘008- O11 x 0025-0035 mm.—Wyl. Lich. Nov. Cal., p. Hab. : Toowoomba, °C. H. Hartmann. P. (Bilimbia) sphzeroides, Dicks. Thallus of minute, heaped, more or less at length, confluent granules, greenish-glaucescent and and confluent, pale carneous to tawny, rarely rufescent, argin early excluded; spores ellipsoid to fusiform, ‘Ui4-'024 x 004-007 mm. Hab. : 3-Mile Scrub, J. F. Shirley. P (Scoliosporium) multiseptata, Shirley (sp. nov.) Thallus ‘cinereous, opaque, rugose, diffract; apothecia cinereo-suftused ed from sordid carneous to fusco-atrous, when young pl r ? when’ mature plano-convex, and with margin obscured, lamina more or less reddish, hypothecium white; spores 8, narrow acicular-clavate, rounded at one end, and very acuminate at the other, the thickest part about the fifth segment, 12-21 septate, ‘04-05 x 0025 mm. ; paraphyses not readily separating. Hab. : Gladfield, near Warwick, C. J. Guoyther, P, (Bombyliospora) Taitensis, var. epiglauca, Vy’. Thallus and disks of apothecia glauco-cinereo-suffused. Hab.: Mount Mistake, J. F. Shirley. BUELLIA, Karb. B. tetrapla, var. nigro-cincta, JM. Differs from the type i the thallus being girded by a narrow black zone. Hab. : Bellenden-Ker, on bark. HETEROTHECIUM, JM. ‘EL. vulpinum, var. glaucescens, Ny!. Thallus gl oughout, thin, rather shining. Apothecia and spores = ‘Pieal form. —Lieh. Nov. Cal., p. 51. fab.: Goodna, J. F. Shirley. aucescent as in the 34 H. biferum (Nyl.) JM. Thallus thin glaucescent or glauco- virescent, or indicated by glauco-flavid spots; apothecia a transversely 9-13 septate, the septa as if spirally ve mura loculose, ‘027-056 x ‘012-021 mm.—Lich. Nov. Cal., p. 49. Hab. : Brookfield, Field Naturalists. GRAPHINA, J.M.. : G. (Aulacographina) ee aa seat! (sp. nov.) be s bido-cinereous, 8 but smooth be que; lire numerous, crowded, ne abe or curve we or us, simple or pauciramose, “4 mm. long, sulcate; lips ora pin » thalline clothed ; terminations a ; disk narrow, nude, black; spores 5-septate, eae loculus with 1- 3 Tovelli ‘027 x ‘01 mm., ovate-oblong or pupa-shaped; paraphyes conglutinate. Hab: Gladfield, near Warwick, C.J. Gwyther, = TRYPETHELIUM, Trev. T. anomalum, Ach. Thallus lutescent-brunneous ; yerruce® sub- prominent, plane, tuberculose, difform, cor nfluent, nigro apothecia within sordid cinereo-fuscescent; spores 16- 18 ocular, — *085-"11 x -015-"018 mm.—Syn. T. ie eystonra Mont. ‘ aa. Coorparoo, on bark, J. F. Shi ee | he Nore.—Separated by ae fds net alaaniboce Achariana to which * 4 been jeatad as a synonym by F a A ; Order FUNGI. Trice AGARICINI. AGARICUS, Linn. A. (Lepiota) membranacens, Che. and Mass. (n. sp) Hab. : On wood, Brisbane River, Field Naturalists. The author’s diagnosis is not yet to hand. HIATULA, Fries (Diministive of hintnbeha clef From the eplitting pileus) Pileus very thin, without distinct pedicle, formed from the aie ; of the back of the gills, splitting when expanded, as in te 5 saa of Coprinus, but not deliquescent, and spores white, garici H. Wynnie, Berk. and Broome, Ann. Nat. Hist, No. — Illus. ¢. 688. (After Mrs. Lloyd Wynne.) Green-light Plant white, pileus tender, striate, pulverulent, yr in nd 1 line about 1} in. across; stem s ender, striate, about n. high # ry me : thick. -Gills rather broad, rough, free from the sms 1-— Cooke, 4 Hab.: This beautiful fungus was met with a few months ago | paps ee syn in Dr. P. Smith’s bush-house, Dunwich. It is very juminots¢ ee Ge a: = eeiecikads Fries. 2 in. across, of a rich dark-red colour, rather fleshy, convex, then depressed, obtuse, slightly viscid, opaque, margins striate, wavy, stem - ollow, equal, subflexuous, even. Gills ‘light red, decurrent, distant, nnecte by veins. Spores = pale, clay-coloured. —Cooke’s Rearicin’ and Illus. t. 937, A. in par Hab. : On wood, Stradbroke Island. ae species is met with in mossy places in Britain Be Gry grocybe) conicus, Scop. Carn. II. 443. (Cap conical.) Plant fragile, rarely red, commonly yellow, viscid when moist, shining a dry, usually turning black; pileus about 13 in. across, sith: membranaceous, conical, acute, s smooth, somewhat “lobed, at length expanded, and rimose ; ; stem hollow, cylindrical, fibroso- striate ; gills attenuated, free, ventricose, oot rather crowded, Spores 10 x Cooke’s Agaricini and Illus. t. 908. Hab. : On — land, Peel pete Moreton Bay. Said to be common on pastures in a The wien plants have a igs 8 ae pileus ree canary-coloured : gills; the stems are poner deeply buried in the . Trrre THELEPHOREI. CYPHELLA, Fries. C. longipes, Che. and Mass. (n. sp.) Tobacco-pipe Fungus. : ab.: On logs and stems of tree, Brisbane River scrubs, Field Naturalists. . he Saad white membranous species, of which the author’s diagnosis is not yet Trizs LYCOPERDACEL. POLYSACCUM, DC. G. album, Oke. and Mass. Grev. xx. 36; Che. Austr. Fung. 246. Peridium globose (5-6 ¢.m. diam.) white, polished and shining, attenuated below into a very short, stout, irregular stem-like base ; peridiola eicpaleriy palyhetnl (2-3 mm. across) ; ; spores, in the mass yellowish- es 3 obose rather coarsely warted 9-10 » diam. : Hab.: F n th a at Eulo Dundoo, by Miss Zina Hammond, wo git it to the Victovian 1 Myealogst, Mrs Wm . Martin, by whom it was forwarded - Tru SPZRONEMEI. GLEOSPORIUM, Mont. muthianum, Sacc., Fungi Ital. 1032; Grev. } tape eae simple, conidia terminal, oblong, adhe — rounded (016-019 x "0045- 0055 mm.), y es ite sais aa fs Queensland this blight has been met with on pods of » 36 a Tring DEMATIEI. sos . MACROSPORIUM, Fries. ; WM. tomato, Cooke in'Ray. Amer. Fungi No. 603; Grey. xi, 32. Tomato blight. Patches orbicular, black. Hyphis very short, robust, flexuose, septate. Spores clavate, gently attenuated from the top, but scarcely stipitate. Cellular tissue, -dark-brown (‘1-12 x “02-022 mm.). Hab : This fungus has been found to injure the tomato fruit in the gardens — Brisbane. It was first noticed upon fruit of the same kind in South Caro- ina. . Trine PERISPORIEA. A. homalanthi, Che. and Mass. Spots sub-orbicular, on both surfaces, fuliginous (1 ¢.m. diam.) ; dotted with the minute black punctiform superficial perithecia. Sporules elliptic, hyaline 5x3 p)- Hab. : Eudlo Creek, on leaves of Homalanthus populifolius, Field Naturalists. - HAMASPORA. H. longissima, 2. ; Heb.: On foliage of Rubus moluccanus, Eudlo, Field Naturalists. By Authority: Jaws C Brat, Government Printer, William street, Brisbane. Z BOF Y q Ouéensland, / aS banat momen DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BRISBANE. BULLETIN No. 20. JANUARY, 1893. NY BULLETIN No. V1. BOTA ONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUEENSLAND FLORA. BY F. M. BAILEY, F.L.S., e: ee COLONIAL BOTANIST. Bulletins of this Department will be sent free to such Individuals interested as may request them. Address all applications “The Under Secretary for Agriculture, Brisbane.” BRISBANE: ¥ AUTHORITY ; JAMES ©, BEAL, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WILLIAM STREET 1893, ] 5 ct ne oO a — oO od a a <4 @ ct a o oe 5 =) Le oO e va = i] ar] i= =] La] ae m “ the subject treated of Shea ae the using of some technical terms which may not be familiar to all, it has been deemed advisable to add a short glossary of terms more soricalasls met with in descriptions of cryptogamic plants. AEM nT oy reer Wee Fe Pie a ee ee Th ae IL CEE ME MERE SPARS, aa aa fy eee ee ee Lf eee | ey a = ds 28 iy Ba Be CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUEENSLAND FLORA. QUEENSLAND FRESHWATER ALG. Class I. PLORIDEGZ, Ag. Faminy BATRACHOSPERMACEZ. icecious violet, or violet-purple or bluish-green, covered with mucous ; are | ment and branches composed of a single central series of cells, an ard covered with simple or forked branches. Vegetation terminal. 00 A The following note is also from Dr.-Cooke’s excellent work, l. er Professor Horatio Wood has abstracted so well what is er : ; the Teproductive process in the Batrachosperms that we canno : . uote his observations in full: ‘ Frequently in we ett According to e anth Protoplasm, which is remarkable for the very numerous bright granules Which it contains, They occur’ either scattered or in gro gonig” ensformed into female organs, to which the name of “ tricho- ing thos *pPlied. | : of Me ant eridia. At first they are not markedly different from the : a ot slimy substance. Careful examination with reagents shows that this is a cellulose, and that it does not completely block the passage-way . € > vacuoles disappear, and are replaced by a dense granular dark greenish- brown protoplasm. ; “These cells now show a great activity in the production of numerous branches in the usual way; but it is the upper two alone s. The central cells of the glomerule thus form od are very large and bladder-like. The outer part of the ball is compos h of innumerable radiating rows of small cells, the end cell of eae 6 Pe ee ee ee ye aD, 3 BATRACHOSPERMUM, Roth. ; (Roth.), Ag. Syst.52. Cooke's British Freshwater Alga, 291. Vaguely branched, 1 to 3 in. long, brownish or bluish-green; inferior internodes covered with a dense mass of branchlets; the superior naked, or nearly so, apical joints of the branchlets attenuated into along bristle. Size: Cellules, 025 x ‘012 mm.— In no other Conferva is the number of the filaments so consider- lens they are not better discovered, from which it might be Sea that one was observing a Thorea. It is but towards the points of the branches that, by the assistance of a stron s, they are at last distinguished. These whorls are very closely approximated, horizontal, horeover, deep towards the point of the branches. As it grows ol the plant turns yellow, and is discoloured.—Borg. ; Cooke, l.c. : this species, says :—“It grows upon twigs in dee T, has a Htish- green colour, and forms tufts as much as ~~ the lower porti roceed several thicker branches, ho , “most part sterile ; indeed, only the form affine produces, according msde, large spore-clusters projecting, however, from the R ** 18 not the case here. The femal ” e 5 ragum onl ; and oint of fact the trichogonia : 8 from the basal cell of a tuft of bra I frequently found : - : interverticillate branches are to some degree developed. The.’ whet occu including those of the wT py the ends of all the branches, including con on which fructification is formed. According to the Lira and wie latter ought not to be the case. The hairs are very abundan, i oreover, ant © Projecting ones are as much as 160 p long. Mo : Mtticular mention is due to the false branches, which originate in 4 what different are the so-called ‘prolifications, these being real branches, which, however, on the cortical threads or on the whorl- branches, originate at a distance from the axis, and are to be met with in B. densum, Decaisneanum, pyramidale, pygmeum, and Dilleni, B. vagum is, according to Sonder, known in Australia (Launceston), and likewise occurs in Europe and North and South America.” Hab: Burpengary (Deception Bay), in stagnant water, 7’. L. Bancroft. B peste, Poteet determine this species; but his rema Lng facilitate further sola. He Spe Sot oe ace ie tive specimens only were present, as neither entire plants nor those with emale organs were to be met with, for which reason the species Dryafanae yee | a . Pa mr: 2 beswee t ee Fie and is more rarely cylindrical. Hairs are also he priest, ae i proce and interverticillate branchlets are plentifully aa oi la. It seems, therefore, to be a dicecious specie Becta m tne swamp water at pumping station, Stradbroke Island, hos. Z Chantransia insint prreistane @ insinuate themselves between the branches Oot : ; b at te than Permum ; but do not stand in a relation of organic adhesio® Hab.: F, i Bousvogs, rom the water at pumping station, Stradbroke Island, 9: L, f : 4 ; a ‘4 id : Y 4 : : _ x : = Variable length, a 5 bright violet, scarcely exceeding a line broad, pulvinately rounded, ClassII. CHLOROPHYCEZ (Kuetz.) Wittr. Order I, CONFERVOIDEZ (Ag.), Falk.- Famizy Il. COLEOCHATACER (Neg.), Pringsh. COLEOCH ETE, Bréb. (So named from the bristles being sheathed.) Articulated filaments branched, either united in a pulvinule or little cushion, or expanded in a flat, somewhat disc-shaped, parenchy- matous thallus ; cells oblong, more or less dilated in front, sometimes nit 0 ovin, ams, and form circular, closely pressed discs. The chlorophyll is : in Parietal plates or large granules. Some of the cells bear colourless _ ‘Sect bristles fixed at the base in narrow sheaths. Reproduction takes i by means of asexual zoogonidia and sexually-produced oospores. : latter do not at once produce new apes but several zoospores. © zoospores, which are developed in the early part of the year from 2 Pig 18 Moneecious or dicecious. Fertilization produces one oospore + : ; ‘ e next p may originate in all the vegetative cells of the Coleochetee tom the entire contents of the mother-cell rough a round hole in the cell wall. 6 observed. The effect of a fertilization is seen in that the contents of the carpogonium become surrounded with a proper membrane an form of oospore.”—Cooke, lL.c. C. Baileyi, Mocbius (n. sp.) This is a new species of Coleochete, discovered by Prof. Moebius amongst the specimens sent to him, and excellent work ‘Sylloge Algarum’”; and then proceeds as follows :— “This alge forms little cushions of jelly about the size of a pin’s head tion are formed. polygonal; in the former case they are often curved. very cell contains a disc-shaped chromatophore, curved at the edges with a pyrenoid. Cell two chromatophores e from which they are not separated by a septum. They are, without taking the sheath into account, about 2 in thickness. These consist of an outer membrane, which has followed the growth of the hair only at an interval, when it has become very much thinned and inal torn. The sheath terminates again on the inside of the gelatinous he x l C- = g eur in ame © specimens, but those plants which produce aes gs abundantly, for the most part, form only to a small extent male and female organs. “The s upright branches and in the cells lying beneath them, so that a whole vegetative cells—often as many as ten upon a cell; their size reaches about 7-12 p, It seems that the contents of the supporting cells ne be wholly used up in the formation of antheridia, for the cells whic 7 empty, with the exception of a small plasmic mass (nucleus *) (Fig. 8a). The emission of the aibesseile ensues upon the rupture of the membrane at its top. ___., Lhe oogonia appear to occur in the plants observed in an abnor situation, for they are very slightly separated from the thallus, an their further development into fructification cannot take place # They are mostly found in the neighbourhood of the branching: bub, @ 1 silt. 7 C. sol: 3 oie. acne pulvinata, The swarmspores having become stationary One of these vision by a wall into two cells lying beside each other. grows outwards to the left, the other to the right, so that 0, _ pa f. minor? ab, : Burpengary, 7. L. Bancroft. being a new species, Prof. Moebius gives the following Latin —“Thallus gelatinosus, superiorih Pia ne 8 cellulis usque ad dena insid ) agna, globosa, collo brevi instructa, post fecundationem duabus hota Why Gériinatia : ] guntur arum evolutio haud satis erminatio eadem est ac Coleochetes solute et pulvinate.” vet «Ye cells 14. : four ay gel # thick, one and a-half times to twice, rarely three or bristles. | oe than the diameter. Many are furnished with long 14 oS r the m ; ‘ Gent]; anner of a forceps (their development is not su And Poth Germination is the same as in Coleochete soluta . a. 8 q erfect on all sides; as a general rule, one side is more com- pletely developed than the other, and no clear point of departure is. to een, e cells are roundish, 10-14 » broad, and 14-18 » Hairs occur very abundantly, and attain a considerable length. In their structure they resemble those of the foregoing species; the sheath is, however, smooth up to its end, and in this case the edges are some- at curved i ing layer is longitudinally, one-half becomes united to one of the investing cells; half. Both the investing cells diverge from each other so widely that . . in bs . 7 This being a new species, Prof. Moebius adds the following ae tion in Latin, of which I subjoin a translation :—‘“‘ Thallus ge atin osus, compressus, filis radiantibus, medio fere in pseudo-parenchy™™ ca Serre eee hess Ses Le ee eS ee eect pee ge em 9 . Mey aie ahaa fter fecunda- terminal cells ; they are furnished with a long neck, anda tion are distinctly surrounded by two cells, after the manner of the shell th C. bicularis, Pringsh. Cooke’s Freshwater Alge, 197; Plate UXXX., Fie. 1. Di 4 ab.: Burpenga , Thos. L. Baneroft. 7 d New Ds Thie plant is oe with in many parts of Europe, North America, an Zealan Prof. Moebius adds Siberia and Hawaii. od : : : tous 3 ornely connate in one stratum, forming a kind of parenchyma oS Orbi uar disc; cells quadrangular, nearly equal o naked duloe: . ‘sag subglobose, peripherical, corticate above, na wie: Cells -02.:022 mm. ; ed & OF this species Prof. Moebius remarks that he only observ: sterile Specimen in the collection sent to him. — anand anit 18: 8: a; plant x 200 ; 4, portion with oogonia; ae Sapeabs of antheridia cells ; d, zoospore active and at rest; e, de mung plant, th ngary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also in Wurope, North and Sou » Brazil, and New Zealand. : CHETOPELTIS, Berth. — See sss _)_ rhe thallus is dise-shaped or orbicular, and 1s of PS ia i sor It is adherent, occurs in water, is epiphytic, . age Ke Coleochete in appearance ; the contents of the ce 10 defined boundaries, enclosed by chlorophyllaceous matter evenly diffused. Cellular membrane somewhat thickened, slightly gelatinous (as in Enteromorpha), extending into long, slender, unjointed bristles ns of e substance, slightly thickened at the base, and existin singly or i ere ; s with single nucleus. Propagation by zoogonidia, which originate by successive divisions (2-4 f the cells h gonidia oblongo-ovate and of ing size, have each a pyre- afterwards ruptured. The zoogonidia, after swimming freely for about half-an-hour, become stationary. They are then surrounded with a somewhat wrinkled investment, and affixed to a substratum by a hyaline portion. They afterwards spread out, and soon after germi- nate. neration by sygotes resulting from the conjugation of biciliate zoogonidia, originating in one or two vegetative cells. me; yet they might also belong to Ch. orbicularis, Berth. th species differ from each other chiefly with regard to the swarmspores.” Hab. : Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also fcund at Tahiti and Guadalupe. Famity ITl1.—GDOGONIACER (Wittr.), De Bary. Moneecious or dicecious alow. Filaments articulated, either simple rather thinner). Spermatozoids produced in abbreviated special cells (spermogonia). EDOGONIUM, Link. _ Articulated filament simple, at first fixed, afterwards free, * dicecious; w en diwcious the male plants either dwarf—produ rom short cells of the female plants—or elongated and independent. Propagation by asexual-zoospores, and by oospores sexually fertilized. —Cooke’s British Freshwater Algew, 148 li Gradually the line widens, and it is seen that the wall of the mother cell has divided all round, and the cell above is slowly raised by the upwards, and thus as many as four, five, or six successive cells are ed, as indicated by the four, five, or six stri caps which may be counted at the apex of a cell. e number of caps correspond the number of cells produced in this manner consecutively immediately beneath the caps. Asexual reproduction takes place by the formation of a single zoospore in one of the cells of the filament. It is of a ; en mature it escapes by rupture or fissure of the mother cell, moves about for a while, then becomes attached by the ciliated end, and ultimately develops into a young plant. ; Sexual reproduction is varied in three ways. In th species the oogonium is an inflated cell, more or less globose, pi b=) ws o er = °o ac) wm 7 Hoy. or va] ye] =) i] io} =) Re 2) sh i?) =) R 4 — ct a = E- Q ° a | i=) ee | oO lar] © =) — = fe") The second litt] ects resemble the sterile females, except that they are usually a fl ethinner. The female filaments produce only the oogonia. The male wy nts, In certain abbreviated cells, give origin to the spermatozoids, oa In due time escape and fertilize the oospores of the female 3 wa » Stain privileged cells of the female plants, whilst in the second : fe the male and female filaments are from the first distinct. The pet are called nannandrous species ; the latter macrandrous os The fert a through the folloy ing stages:—Previous to germination the Pe has an ege-sha gure; the cell-contents are densely crowded, ; ed pr acomposed of minute brownish-green granules, closely sarees 4 distinct cell-membrane. Outside this membrane there 1s fou “8 quite a distinct cell-membrane. Upon germination there are 12 The cell-contents are composed, not of one but usually of four green cell-membrane is hyaline ter the contents of the spore have emerged, there remains ind the outer membrane enclosing the inner one ter the four cells have remained some time enclosed in ownwa 8 appearance is like that of an ordinary zoospore, and, like it, possesses an oval form and a lighter apex, furnished with cilia, which he motion is always directed forwards. After a time € movements become faint, and finally cease. The cilia disappear, and the light end becomes elongated into a root, ich mes comes an organ of attachment, quite like that produced in the germination of the zoospores. The rounded the germinating : rof. Moebius says :—“ This genus was Miuidastly represented in the collection; but comparatively only a few species could be od eee terminations, such as measu: ber | = SA. consequent i lowi ecies more or less certainty.” quently mention the following sp bf excisum, Wittr. et Lund. Cooke's British Freshwater Alg@, ov: Plate LIX., Fig. 4 Oogonia single, biconically-oblong, mea? part of the filament cury we song i Cogonia, ‘013-015 x ‘018-025 mm. ; oospore, “09 5-018 mm. ; sperm-cell, 008-0085 x ‘006-'007 mm.—Cooke, |.¢._ f. Moebius gives the following note :—‘‘ Monecious, — Prof. capable of being recognised by the deep constrictions whic round the oogonium, It has a transverse diameter from about 18 #4 and | TO eee ee ae te ee ie OE RT, ee ee ey ee ee en ee ee ee a ee oes 2 eet 13 asomewhat greater length. The vegetative cells are only about 4 p thick, and 5-6 times as long. These measurements agree with those hitherto specified.” Fig. 8: Showing oogonia ; a, section of oospore x 400.—Cooke, l.c. Hab.: Nines Waterhole, Myrtle, Zhos. Z. Bancroft. Also found in Europe and Senegal. - cells. Size: Cells, ‘015-°017 mm., 3-5 times as long; 00 onia,."051- 056 x ‘057-075 mm.; oospores, 046-05 x 048-06 mm.; dwarf males, l trot. Moebius’ note is as follows:—*Of this species small sterile fragments, amongst the other alge, were all that Doe. Notwithstanding this, it cannot be mistaken for the .+ Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Met with throughout Europe. ao Moebius Says — Known throughout Europe and No America. Nord- dit has described a variation senegalensis. He also writes to me that he has seen & erent form (B. incisum) from Australia.’ su i = IL the oogonium correspondingly smaller. The vegetative cells - : thicker’ long (20-30 » thick, 6-7 times as long); the supporting cell 1s — MCKer (45 p). spermogonia 1 (or 2?) cel ; 060 mm. by 44 to 6 times as long; oogonia, 049- 052 100g a, OO8POre, “045-049 x “045-049 mm. ; androsp. ce . B = mm. ; sperm. cells, ‘009-01 x ‘015-02 mm.—Cooke, l.c. 14 rof. Moebius remarks: —‘ The vegetative cells are 14-16 ». broad, do not differ from the m, and a approximately hexagonal, varying to rhombic ; whilst in other cases (according to the descriptions) they are spherical, and consequently do not fill the oogonium. The dwarf males are seated a the sup: porting cells, are 42 » long, have a stalk somewhat curved at the base, and a 2-celled antheridium.”’ ig. 10: Showing single and twin oogonia; a, androsporangia x 400. Hab.: Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Found in Europe and North America, ? birmanicum, Wittr. Prof. Moebius places a query against this species, and says:—“The vegetative cells are 11-12 p thick, 5-8 times as long ; the supporting cell is double as thick above; the oogonla are apical, from spherical to elliptical (36-46 ,.); the oospore (34-38 4) almost fills the oogonium; the dwarf males have a single-celled, long stalk (8-36 ,), somewhat bent beneath; the antheridium is 1-ce (Fig. 98). Since the spores were not wholly ripe, and the aperture of the oogonium was not to be seen, the determination is not certal. Nordstedt writes that the specimens remind him of @. birmanicum and @. monile.”— Berk. et Harv. Hab. : Burpengary, Thos, L. Baneroft. Also in the East Indies. imii, Cramer. Cooke's British Freshwater Alge, ig. 2. Oogonia single or 2-6, continuous, some what egg-shaped globose, opening by an operculum with a very narrow and scarcely distinct fissure; oospores globose, not distinctly filling the oogonia; male he a little slenderer than the female; sperma the part of the filament; terminal cell obtuse, or rarely shortly apiculate. we: Cells, female, 012-02 mm., 2 , : times as f ‘011-016 mm., 2-4 times as long; oogonia, ‘03-'043 x 036-45 mm; oospore, *028--035 x 028-034 mm.; sperm. cell, ‘01-'015 x -006-"009 mm.—Cooke, l.c. : Note of Prof. Moebius :-—« Vegetative cells 10-12 p thiek, 3-5 eee as long, the supporting cell not different from them, or, whet cogonium is apical, distended (22 » thick) ; oogonium globose-elliptical (27-32 » broad, 37 » long), oospore spherical (28-30). Male specimens North Ameri i sporum, Nordst, CE. moniliforme, Wittr., and monile.” Fig. 11: Showing oogonia x 400.—Cooke, l.e. Hab.: Nines Waterholes, Myrtle, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also mee Afghanistan, Asia, Europe, North America, and New Zealand. Le Clerc. Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge, @. Boscii, beh Plate LXII1., Fig. 4, Oogonia single, rarely twin, oblong: : 4 « opening by a pore above the middle; oospores ellipsoid, by 2° So iN al a a a a Ee PSS Te a a ee ae 15 filling the oogonia, longitudinally costate; male plants the same or nearly the thickness of the female; spermogonia 3-6 celled; sperma- tozoids binate ; terminal cell slender and somewhat hyaline. Size: Cells, ‘014-02 mm., 4-6 times as long; oogonia, ‘04-045 x ‘08-1 mm. ; oospore, ‘036-04 x ‘06-065 mm. ; sperm. cell, ‘013-'014 x 006-'009 mm. —Cooke, l.c. oogomum, but leaves an open space above and beneat The oogonia lie singly ; according to the descriptions they also occur in pairs, an open with a pore at the to e male plants should be as thick as &, bachydermatosporum, Nordst. Prof. Moebius’ note is as “ent ‘—“A species not completely known. I observed only one nop’, this species is, perhaps, only a form of Gidogonium ies 1 ? * _ Moniliforme, Witty. si Hab.: Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. And the Sandwich Islands. pec Bie, ib figuses — an arrest in its development cos ; “With q jc; ‘lub-shaped cell, having a spherical distended cell above it, ts # lid-shaped vertex (145 n long); in the spherical cavity lies a 16 spinous sphere which most probably appertains to the parasite. I | have upon several occasions observe ese forms in a similar condi- tion ; they were likewise collected at Burpengary.”’ . BULBOCHETE, Ag. as in (Edogonium. In the d males).—Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge, 173. B. elatior, Pringsh. The note of Prof. Moebius on this ‘species 8s — as follows:—‘‘ Amongst the other algw were found abundantly isolated little plants, and especially the separated oogonia of this species in large numbers. The latter with the ripe oospores are, when seen laterally, spherical varying to polygonal, somewhat com- contain scarcely any endochrome. I have not observed male — sporangia; they ought, for the most part, to lie above the oogonia, | en 0 recorded (Fig. 7B). The dwarf males, from t rae the supporting cells ; the bottom cell is nearly pear-shaped (about 4 : ; i i h obviously larger cell . _ - appearance ye Nee y ger cells (16-20 » broad, 66-83 » long). appea z Alge growing either in fresh water (Ulothrix), or marine oF sub- ee sala mdeoneage or terrestrial (Hormidium, Schizogonium) ; ee light-green or yellowish-green colour. sot very tine ’ : g Gonidia of two kinds. sas cages | spherical, ovoid, or ovate-oblong, rounded at one pole and acute , 17 the other, furnished with 2 or 4 vibratile cilia, often germinating in _ the mother-cell without sexual fertilization. Macrogonidia much smaller, of similar form, furnished with two cilia at one extremity. _ Both kinds of zoogonidia produced within the cells of the threads, _ emitted either by a poriform opening in the mother-cell, or by the - _ Slitting or breaking up of the mother-cell.—Cooke’s British Fresh- ge, 178. , Water A] HORMISCIA, Ares. Articulate thread fixed by the basal cell, which is attenuated downwards; simple, or now and then emitting branchlets. Cells _ abbreviated, enclosed by a thick cell-membrane, which is often mani- _ festlylamellose. Cell-contents green, parietal, including an amylaceous Sanule. Propagation by macrogonidia and microgonidia.—Cooke, le. The filaments are sometimes cylindrical, sometimes torulose like a tosaty, In consequence of the barrel-like inflation of the separate cells ; sometimes stretched out, sometimes frilled and interlacing each ; other, with a relatively thicker stratified membrane. Vegetative or orn groups projecting from the mother-ce!ls.—Cooke, L.c. - Moebius says:—‘“ The species of Hormiscia are difficult to tereral —— lonper Collections may be referred to two types —namely, those wit cells and thin walls, and those with shorter cells and thicker Hei distinguish them as” :— : pea tilis, (Kuetz.) De Toni, M. Mocbius then proceeds :—“ The e a, of the threads changes according to the relative length of . and the condition of the chromatophore, since the latter 3 I can, however,. lay no weight upon this distinction, "MM not sure that the alcohol has preserved the original 18 condition. The cells have a thin unstratified membrane, are 5-6 or | Hab. : Fairfield, Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also in Europe. H. zonata, (Web. et Moebius) Aresch. More or less bright green, mucous, 2 or 3 ft. long, often less, either floating or interwoven; little longer than broad ; cell-membrane thick, slightly constricted at the septa. Size: Cells, 012-04 mm.; macrozoospores, ‘012-018 x 2 © = 5 s o N So ° mM “ oO i i$) io] ge 3) | 5 _ =) > ot. =) JQ _ =} = o, ct — Oo et o mr 7) -_ Val O° Seo rent iy = two aeiaiice showing zoospores; r, with zoospores elongating; \bove.—Cooke, lc. see a Upon this species Prof. Moebius says :— The cells are mostly 10 u thick and half as long, rarely previous to subdivision of equ length—during active subdivision, moreover, only a quarter as long. The membran : : th : ] two cohering filaments, exactly © manner in which Kuetzing (Tab. phycol. II., 84) figures it Hormospora mutabilis (Bréb.).”’ ; ieee erate Thos. L. Bancroft. Also found in New Zealand, North CHETOSPH ERIDIUM, Klebahn. C. Pringsheimii, Kiebahn. Prof. Moebius says:—‘I bad ena and described this alga when 1 became aware of Klebahn® Botany which is communicated in the journal of the German Botanical Society (vol. ix. s, [7]) - om communications, oe ith gre plant which Nordstedt has indicated as Aphanochete globos4, oy 7 3 Rane 4 19 Hab.: Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. “Therefore, I also class the alga under the Chetophoree instead of Aphanochete, in which I am confirmed by Klebahn’s views upon the matic classification of Ohetospheridium, which I do not in all respects quite share. I allow the description to follow as I had originally written it, and refer for further details and for delineations to the copious work of Klebahn, which is to be found in Pringsheim’s Jahrbiicher. “Its round cells adhere in colonies to Coleochete and various filamentous alge. The thallus consists chiefly of a globular cell, ng up the cell, a chromatophore with a pyrenoid. The cell divides through cell from which we started the upper part arches into the inferior ‘mpty portion. I have not been able to observe that a second division occurs here, but I certainly saw cells entirely empty, which most each other, and then are united by long empty tubes, The cells weadiameter of‘about 9 «. This diminutive size, as well as the circum- —— Atanes that the alga most occurs amongst the branches of others, its observation difficult.’’ HERPOSTEIRON, Neg. “eeBfervicol sit? 4 usual branched form grew pretty. abundantly upon a 8 ner ° 8. The cells are nearly 5-10 » thick, and of varying leng j “not te furnished with hairs. That the latter are unicellular an Ibl., vol, xii, Nr, 3, s. 98, Fig. 6); and I there also referred to 20 the occurrence of branched hairs. This form is known in Germany and South America ; very probably, however, itis generally diffused in fresh water ; perhaps also it is confounded with Aphanochete repens, which Nordstedt specifies for the Sandwich Islands and New Zealand.” ab.: Kelvin Grove, Enoggera Creek, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also in Europe and South America. é H. confervicolum, (y.) b.f. bicellularis, Moebius (n-form). Professor Moebius gives the following note :—‘ This form, which is distinguished by the fact that the thallus usually only consists of two eells, was found upon Hormiscia subtilis (Fig.14). Both the cells are pointed at the end, so that the thallus appears spindle-shaped from above. Generally each of the two cells, but sometimes only one, carries a hair; longer pieces of filament were only exceptionally seen amongst the 2-celled portions, r are usually placed together in groups, so that the Hormiscia thread is covered with them ef or ie?) along its length,’ Hab.: Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Moebius gives the following note in Latin :—“ Thallus Prof. plerumque bicellularis, utraque cellula setosa.” (Thallus generally — bicellular, each cell furnished with hairs. ) STIGEOCLONIUM, Kuetz. Articulate threads ‘simply branched, branches and branchlets S. ameenum, Kuetz. M. Moebius has the following note :— Forms tufts 7-8 mm. in height; the cells at least of the inferior branches are clearly constricted at the septa; those of the principal stem 21-27 p - not opposite, but near together; the small branchlets are mostly given off singly. The cells of the stout side branches are 10-15 p thick a 1-3 times as long; those of the terminal branches only 7-8 pt an the head-branches proceed numerous long-jointed rhizoids. Hairs ® wanting. reason I ranked the foregoing alga with it. Up to the present time it is = known in New Zealand; the typical form in Europe and ca. Hab.: K South Islands, New Zeal elvin Zealat Poogects Creek, Thos. L. Bancroft. And North and : ) | 21 §. australense, Moebius (n. sp.). Prof. Moebius says :—* Of this little alga, which was only observed in one complete specimen, I must make a new species, because none of the diagnoses of the known species are applicable to it ; and I, moreover, have found no repre- sentation corresponding to it (Fig. 15). The numerous main branches proceeding from one side form a tuft 2 mm. high. e cells are eylindrical, somewhat thinner above than below; as a general rule, 6- broad and 2-5 times as long. The chromatophore almost entirely fills the cells. The larger branches are given off for the most part singly, rarely opposite, and are beset above with short side branchlets, which may also proceed in pairs from one side. The branching is compact, the ih are perpendicular ; the majority end in a long, several- branching taken up with the formation of swarmspores, then naturally swollen and divided into short joints. Rhizoids are wanting.” is being a new species, Prof. Moebius describes it in Latin, as follows :—*Thallus ad 2 mm. altus, ramis primariis fasciculatis, ramis secundariis plerumque alternis quoquoversum exeuntibus, erecto- sciculatis instructis; cellulis fere omnibus eadem magnitudine, CONFERVA (Linn.), Link. _ Articulate threads simple, articulations cylindrical. Chlorophyllose ie homogeneous or granulate, including starch granules. Vegetation ¥ division in one direction. Propagation unknown (? by resting-spores, which vrs gaated : N. Wille has declared his belief in the universality of resting- 3 ate in the whole genus Conferva, although it is hardly clear what his conception of the limits of the genus. In a new species, which ccount of spore formation, which, it is presumed, may be con: type of what usually takes place. The chlorophyllaceous ntents contract, and become rounded. The colouring matter collects val pally in the ends of the cells, so that the substance in the middle reeats almost col : he contraction of the cell- conten colourless; but after the - Re detailed a pt : thin the mother-cell ; they then begin to surround themselves wit r celled hair. There were numerous cells in the neighbourhood of the entibus, plurimis in pilos longes productis, ramis brevibus . has described under the name of Conferva Wittrock, he gives » 22 germinating, the size of the spores increases, as the result of which the outer membrane bursts. The outer membrane consists of two pieces with pointed ends, one being much larger than the other, and covering it like the lid of a box. Afterwards, through the expansion of the inner membrane, the smaller piece of the outer membrane gives from the resting-spores. n Conferra bombycina, var. minor, either single cells swell up into a barrel shape or here and there the contiguous ends of two neighbouring cells assume a club-like form. It is here that the largest part of - chlorophyllaceous protoplasm accumulates, and after this but the writer considers it probable that zoospores are first formed the swollen end is separate y a transverse wall from the longer membrane of the mother-cell ; (3) by separation of a portion of the cell substance to a swollen part of the mother-cell, and the thickening of the membrane of this portion.— Cooke, l.c. tof. Moebius has placed a query against this species, and says:—“A certain determination of material preserved in aleohol cannot be made, for the contents of the cells are no longer maintained in their normal state, and the colour of the filaments, which likewise is of value as a characteristic feature, is no longer present. the world. It has not yet, however, been assigned to Australia.’ Fig. 16 : Portions of thread x 400.—Cooke, l.c. Hab.: Fairfield, Thos. L. Baneroft, Also in New Zealand and Europe. . Order II. SIPHONEA, Grey. em. Famiry V. VAUCHERIACER (Gray), Dumort. : g@ monecious (rarely dicecious), cwspitose, unicellular bicellular. Thallus with terminal vegetation, utricle-shaped, elongated, i s thallus, cut off by a septum, contents dark-green, at length enclosing one large zoospore, densely clad with vibratile cilia. Oogonium la eral, sessile, or borne on a more or less elongated simple or partite peal’ cytioplasm at length converted into a large oospore. Antheridiam 3 ry 23 lateral, sessile, or cut off by a septum from the upper portion of a lateral branch, in which numerous spermatozoids are generated, which at length become free. Spermatozoids oblong, furnished with two wequal cilia (except in one species).—Cooke’s British Freshwater Algew, 115. VAUCHERTA, DC. (Characters the same as given above for the family.) _ The following is an abstract given by Dr. Cooke, l.c., of Dr. N. Pringsheim’ s description of the sexual reproduction in Vawcheria :— = first turn ; but the period at which it arises is very indeterminate, or it sometimes appears much earlier, whilst the hornlet is still per- ___ “The papilla destined to become thesporangium gradually pare eding : € hornlet in width, whilst in length it is barely equal to the straight imb of the latter. This outgrowth, which is afterwards symmetrical, acq table ovule. Up to this period the hornlet as well as the sporangrum ity of the hornlet the ooules constitute a dense lining to the tube, the sporangium, and col ornlet. Between this and the cellulose membrane is the thin, 0 ourless cutaneous layer. g At this stage a septum is suddenly formed at the base of the ni Tangium, which is henceforth an independent cell, completely Parated from the parent tube. Even before this separation there ac : he formation of the septum between Porangium and the tube, and, in consequence of its continued ie 24 increase, the remaining contents of the sporangium are by degrees pushed back towards the base. Whilst these phenomena are being an indistinct movement exhibited even thus early by some of the little rods, from which their destination may be anticipated. extent, and these conditions immediately precede the act of impregna- tion, which is effected in,the following manner :-— “The pressure within the sporangium, especially in the direction of the rostrum, om reate e : ‘ a extruded portion becomes detached, and assumes the character of # rop of mucous, which remains lying near the opening of the sporal- 25 : definite boundary, offers a solid resistance to their further penetration into the sporangium. 1e corpuscles continue thus to struggle forward into the cutaneous layer for more than_half-an-hour; unding against its outer surface they retreat, again push for ; again retreat, and so on, in an uninterrupted succession of assaults and retreats. corpuscles are separated f u Even after the lapse of several hours the dead corpuscles may be seen in the rostrum, lying on the front of the sporangium, until at last they are completely dissolved, and all vestige disappears. “The cu sporangium becomes transformed, after impregnation, into the coat of the true spore, which, thus formed, represents a large cell the persistent tunic, which is open in front and prolonged into the Tostrum. — ; ; time, say three months, the spore suddenly resumes its green colour, and immediately thereupon grows into a young Vaucheria exactly l v. Seminata, (Vauch.) Walz. Dark or dull green, in dense intricate tufts; thallus capillary, tough, dichotomous. Oogonia 2 Fancy 1 or 3), ovate or obovate, opposite, distinctly pedunculate. ntheridia intermediate, subulate, more or less recurved. Mature “spore spotted with brown, sporoderm colourless, composed of three . nay porangia on the same or a proper thallus, broadly cup- : oe truncate, and angularly horned. Size: Oospore, ‘11-12 x "19 mm, Dr, Cooke records that J. P. Vaucher says “ that this species (in Pe) is one of the most common, and is found in nearly all ditches, 26 This plant is said to be most frequently (in Europe) infested with the curious parasite Oyclops lupula, of Muller, which occasions the growth on the filaments of such extraordinary-looking appendages, in the midst of which the parasite resides.—Cooke, l.c. ig. 17: a,b, oogonia and antheridia, x 200; c¢, non-sexual spores x 200, after Walz; d, mature oospores, x 200.—Cooke, Hab.: Eagle Farm, Brisbane River, Thos. £. Bancroft. Also in Europe and America. M. Moebius remarks :—“ The organs of fructification were, for the most part, as yet undeveloped, yet isolated oogonia with ripe spores were observed. These are placed in pairs on short side-stalks, taking the antheridium between them. e main filaments had a diameter of 50-80 »; the oospores, with membrane consisting of three strata, were about 60 : 70 » in size.” Order III. PROTOCOCCOIDEA (Menegh.), Kirchn. Famiry VI. PALMELLACE (Decn.), Neg. em. Unicellular alge in the broadest sense. Cells either solitary or more or less numerous, associated in families, vegetating by cell- idi h are pro i aga ; ultimate generation of cells, Gonidia, when free, ciliate (usually with a pair of cilia), actively mobile.—Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge, 3. : ice’ tish Fresh- water Alge, Bieri quadricauda, (Zurp.) Bréb. Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge, 34. Cells oblong-eylindrical, each extremity obtusely rounded, 2-48, narrowly united, either in a sing] double series, all straight, the outer cell at each end (and rarely some of the intermediate ones) ed at ea h extremi th ‘a recurved spine. Size: Cells, 0085-01 mm. diam. to 022 mm long.—Cooke, l.e Prof. Moebius’ note merely contains the remark :—‘ In isolated jerome" Very generally distributed, but not yet assigned ralia. Pig 18: Cells magnified 400 diameters. ab. : Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Ponds, Victoria Park; Thomps! Estate, Brisbane; and Zillmere, W. J. Byram. Also in Europe, America, Asia, and New Zealand. CCELASTRUM, Neg. } De Toni gives the following general description :—“ Ccenobium globose, hollow within, formed of a single stratum of cells with spaces and perforations between them like a net, Zoogonidia first 188 all from the mother-cell, then forming a daughter colony within that ¥ itself, and finaly by the rupture of the mother-cell a free colony: , i q 27 C. sphericum, Ney. De Toni’s description is:—‘ Coenobia * globose, or globose inclining to ovate, measuring as much as 90 in diameter, composed of 20 to 40 cells; cells almost hexagonal in circumference, prolonged outwards conically ; generally 15 » broad, spaces between the cells regular with 5-6 angles.” Cc. sphericum, (Veg.) var. compacta, Moebius (n. var.). Prof. Moebius says:—‘ This form differs from the typical one in this respect, that the cells are less considerably prolonged outwards and form smaller triangular or quadrangular spaces between them (Fig. 19). The colonies are spherical, 30-40 thick; the cells with envelopes about | lpthick; the number of cells in a colony seem to amount to 16-82. . The typical form is known in Europe, Argentine, Siberia, New Zealand.” Prof. Moebius then adds the following Latin description :— Australie (Burpengary).” (Colonies globose, 30-40 thick, composed ot irom 16 to 32 cells, about 15 » thick, which are less papillate than mn the typical form, and form smaller triangular or quadrangular tntereellular spaces.) ab. : Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. PEDIASTRUM, Meyen. ae Cenobium plane, frond-like, discoid, or stellate, free swimming, formed of cells in a single, rarely in the centre in a double stratum, of the periphery entire or two-lobed, the lobes wedge-shaped, either single or two-toothed, sometimes elongated into a horn Cell-contents ( n, homogeneous at first, then granular.—-Rabh. Alg. Eur. iii., 69; ooke’s British Freshwater Alge. a tetras, (Kir. in * ioe Freshwater Alge). Ccenobium orbicular or oblong, perfectly thaped, deeply-lobed and arranged in the form of a cross; cells of the Brent cuneate, truncate at the base, deeply bilobate ; sinus narrow, + *zelled eeenobia are often to be met with, mixed with desmids aC 3 : OOK, 1.c. cen bie 19 bis: a, 4-celled ccenobia; 3, 8-celled ccenobia ; ¢, 8-celled 24 Tum of unusual form, after Ralfs. : b. : Ponds, Thompson Estate, W. J. Byram. ¢ _ : oo Ors ells fusiform or cylindrical, generally very gradually euspidate xg ea at the ends, rarely obtuse, straight or variously curv a seminate, or fasciculately aggregate, decussate in the centre Cells aely conjoined, rarely too laterally united at the end, “ge _ Divisions of the cells only in one direction.—Cooke’s ater Alge. : 28 * R. polymorphum, var.falcatum, De Toni (Ankistrodesmus faleatus, Ralfs). Cooke, le. Fusiform, slender, acutely cuspidate at each extremity, curved or semi-lunar, 4-16 congregated in fascicles. Dr. Cooke says that the plant is very common in ponds, an resembles a minute young Closterium, except that, although some individuals may be solitary, others will be seen in the same gathering collected in the characteristic fascicles.—Cooke, 1.c. Fig. 19 ter.: a, families magnified 400; 0, magnified 800 diam. Hab.: Pools, Thompson Estate; Victoria Park, Brisbane; and Zillmere, W. J. Byram. Common also in Europe. | : TETRASPOREZ (Neg.), Kleb. ampl. SCHIZOCHLAMYS, A. Br. S. gelatinosa, Cells globose ; contents green, granulose. Size, ‘01-0185 mm. Prof. Moebius gives the following note :—‘ Cells 8-14 p thick, ig. 20: Cells magnified 400 diam.—Cooke, L.c. : Hab.: Burpengary, Thos. L, Baneroft. Also in Europe and North Amerie PALMODACTYLON, Neg. Cells globose, enclosed b thick vesi tly con esiculose and frequenuy a fluent envelopes, united a ree immi ilies, sacciiorm, rey one direction, afterward irecti ells | 8 along all directi he space. ch eneration motil a & 7 sag . of t . P repeatedly aa aii J WaALUup , ws undergoing subdivision, : eon 29 3 A mens of d:fferent form and size were observed amongst other alge 34 p thick Hab.: Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also found in Europe. : TETRASPORA, Link. -Thallus gelatinous, membranous, or sub-membranous, in the beginning a short sac, afterwards expanded ; cells globose or angular, more or less distant, but associated in a single stratum into large families. Tegument thick, very rapidly diffluent into a homogeneous qucous. Division in two directions in the same plane.—Cooke’s British Freshwater Alg, 15. __, Prof. Moebius remarks:—‘“At Burpengary small fronds of undeter- mned form were found, which evidently belonged toa Tetraspora. The cells, grouped in fours, were 6-14 u in size. nly the questionable 1 intricata, Berk. et Harv., is referred to Australia (Tasmania).’ _ Of the Tasmanian species above alluded to, Harvey says in Tasm. Mm, Vol. ii:, p. 842:—*« Letraspora intricata, Berk. and Harv.— Fronde decomposito-laciniata, laciniis angustissimis ramosis, ultimis “pilaribus intricatis, gonidiis quaternis, maculis ramulorum sub- Unlseriatis,”” Hab. : In the St. Patrick’s River ; 1830, Gunn. | seem ‘“éments, the lesser ones containing often but a single row of quater- * Det la. Mr. Berkeley remarks that it is related to the other ee 7 bore much as Monormia is to the Nostocs. It approaches also - being satisfactori . ; 1g inch Po ae orily d d or fi d. The gonidiaare s¢55 inchin diameter. — We ne “et mara gure eg 2000 Pte BOTRYOCOCCUS, Kuetz. : nee tee botryoid (or like a bunch of grapes), irregularly lobed, ak ee, involved in a thin parent membrane (?). Cells. ovoid or uA Pau united in families, which are densely packed within a thin vent tegument.—Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge, 17. bee eawni, Kuetz. Small, free swimming, green, at length Pree pallid or reddish-brown. Size: Cells, ‘01-0125 mm. _~*0m the Micro. Journ., 1870, p. 88, Dr. Cooke, l.c., gives the ering interesting extract :—‘ Specimens were found by Dr. re 30 5 this alge, from gatherings kept for some time in the house, had turned indeed, be exa £ two objects; with no affinity in any respect to each other, still superficially simulating one another. | - Moebius says:—‘The families are 70-130 1 in size, of irregular | or more slender than usual. : : Fig. 2 a, family group; 4, single family; ¢, undergoing seginentation; d, free mature cells. All magnified 400 diam.— Hab.: Waterholes, Victoria Park, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also in Europe and North America. PROTOCOCCUS, Ag. ; Cells spheroid, segregate ; eytioderm thin, hyaline, without integument, swimming free, when not growing in water, forming a thin pulverulent stratum. Contents in the beginning homogeneous; granular, green, or reddish. Propagation by mobile gonidia.— Cooke, le. . eer sae P.infusionum, (Schrank) Kirehn, Cells with envelo pes, about 45 in diameter, generally distributed.—Moebius. Hab.: Burpengary, Thos. L. Baneroft. Common in Europe. Famrny.— VOLVOCACA. vosistei Cenobia mobile, globose, sub-globose, or quadrangular cH flattened, produced from agile biciliate green cells, with a dou tile vesicle. ( VOLVOX, Linn. : — Ceenobium spherical, continually rotating and moving, ee o like & hollow globe, composed of very numerous cells arrange ta periphery at regular distances, connected by the matrical gelahs — "oh “aan Lad Sa Me atta Ree 31 furnished with a red lateral spot, two contractile vacuoles, and two long exserted cilia, all circumscribed within a common hyaline vesicle. In sexual propagation certain masculine cells undergo a multipartite division into fascicles of mobile spermatozoids, which are contractile, ds free. T a enlarged, but do not undergo division; after fertilization they develop into motionless oospores, which are finally red, surrounded by a double epispore.—Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge. V. lobator, Linn, Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge. Larger , er y I. _ Hig. 22 bis. : a, Volvox globata, after A. W. Wills; 5, and c, after Cohn, in Cooke’s Freshwater Alow, Lc. ; d, complete antheridium ; ¢, stellate resting-spores or oosphere x 400, Volvow stellatus. ‘ Hab . Speaking of the Volvocinee, Dr. Carpenter says:—“ The most temarkable example of this group in the well known Volvowx globator (Fig. 22, bis.,), which is not uncommon in freshwater pools, and which, attaining a diameter of about 1-50th or even 1-30th of an inch, may fe seon with the naked eye, when the drop ear it is held up to - | immi it inhabits F a. magnifying power, the Volvox is seen to consist of a hollow pully) traversed b ing these spots together. rn y green threads connecting these gethe From each of the spots proceed two long flagella ; so that the entire Search yw; has no daug 8 the mail probably disclose several cells larger than the rest ; ~o __~ riginating cells of what is hereafter to become a new sphere. 32 In the first place, these enlarged cells divide into four, then into eight, - dark-green cells, and thus form a dise-like group, which, by growing more rapidly in the middle than on the edges, soon becomes convex on the inner side. This process of cell-division and unequal growth goes on till the young ecenobium becomes a hollow sphere attached to the parent by the marginal cells of the hollow disc. At what exact period, or in what precise manner, the separation between the two takes place has not yet been determined. The above, which is essentially a process of cell-subdivision or emmiparous extension, is the ordinary mode of multiplication in Volvox, taking place at all times of the year, except when the sexual generation now to be described is in progress. r. Carpenter then describes the sexual generation as follows :—‘ Each sphere of Volvor globator (Fig. 22, bis. 6) contains both kinds of sexual cells, so that this species ranks as monecious. oth kinds of sexual cells are at 33 the formation of two partitions at right angles to one another. These partly separate, holding together only at one end, which becomes one pole of the globular cluster subsequently formed by ig erie aici ; the other pole only closing in when a large number of cells have been formed. e cells are then carried apart from one another by the hyaline investment formed by each; and the characteristic Volvox sphere is thus completed.” Order IV. CONJUGATZ (Link), De Bary. Pamiry VII. ZYGNEMACEZ (Menegh.), Rabenh. . Multicellular algw. Cells cylindrical, equal at both In filamentous families, forming an articulated simple thread, with a central cytioblast involved in radiating protoplasm. Cell-walls lamellose. _ Chlorophyll-mass effused, or of a definite form, often forming a spiral band. Vegetation by repeated transverse divisions. pa- Pras by zygospores, resulting from the conjugation of two cells. “Snjugation taking place in three ways—lateral, scalariform, and genuflexuous.—Cooke’s British Freshwater Algw, 74 This family is subdivided into three sub-families according to the character of the reproductive process:—I. Zygnemew.; Il. Meso- carpe ; and III. Gonatonemee. cthey omusation in the present family is the union of two cells, se formation of a zygospore. The cells containing the male an ay element cannot at present be distinguished from each other, bout De Bary states that he has observed a constant difference ae i. the fertile and sterile cells of a species of Spirogyra. Usually l the ar Benak the male and female filaments would seem to be distinct, nt this requires more certain confirmation, i uch as in such 0 = qered, and a little pullulation or process is pushed out, are ie ly coats itself with cellulose and rapidly enlarges to a considerable Tr, , : ster, at the same time growing in length until it meets a similar tleno esting out from an oppontile cell or has attained as great Meet th a8 its laws of development will allow. When’ two pore ey become fused together, the end walls are ruptured, ar th = ane of one cell assing over are received within those 0. she ot else the contents of both cells meet within the connects g goed t ere use together. 1is is the more comm . d connecting tube. It is evident that, if the ce their fullest extent, there will be 3 Bee te and a ng tubes as there are pairs of cells in the filaments, oth ends; fructiferous cells more or less tumid or in ated, all closely conjoined ° 4 34 filaments joining, adjacent cells of one filament unite together to com- plete the process. The uni “There is still another method of conjugation—the so-called Genuflexuous—in which, instead of a connecting tube being formed as enveloped in membrane, which Vaucher, Decaisne, and Jenner re as the true spores, but which Agardh declares resolve themselves erroneou ] d rest, and termed a zygospore—Cooke, l.c. MOUGEOTIA, Ag. h axile chlorophyll-plates. | Copulation ladder-like. Cells wit Zygospore drawn together in the swollen, bladdery, persisting middie space.—Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge, 99. M. letevirens, (A. Br.) Wittr, Prof. Moebius remarks :—“ Only a short conjugating pair of filaments was found. The zygote lay m the conjugating canal, was 40 p» in height and 45 y» broad; the vegetative cells were 22 4 broad—dimensions which agree with those of the nn This species is representative of the section Craterosperm” Fig. 23 is Wittrock and Nordstedt’s figure of the var. varians. Hab.: Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft, Also in Europe and North Amerie ZYGNEMA, Kuetz. Cells with two axile, many-rayed, chlorophyll bodies standing neat the central cell nucleus, each uite ; , containing a starch-granule, oF 4 filled with dense granular contents, vaMoendinis two starch-granul like, or lateral bet Freshwater Alge, 76. Pe oe ane Sone thread.—Cooke eT Se oe Fe eg ee Ee Lee, SE Poe Lo a pies Ce nae Oe ete pra Oe Te ae 35 Z. leios m, De Bary. Cooke's British Freshwater Algw, 82. ' 2 e ate in gn loneth and breadth, or som metimes twice af toni Zygospore stakes or broadly oval, formed in one or two ¢ conjugating cells; membrane eee even. Sporiferous rote a little sucdein Size: Cells, 022 mm. diam.; zygospore, ‘023-03 m - Prof. Moebius’ ASAE is as follows—* Nea of “the filaments very symmetrical, 22-24 » thick, 1-14 times as long, rarely somewhat shorter than the diameter, slightly muted at the septa with two mgd eoeny- defined star-shaped chromatophores in each cell. Spores wig 94 4: a, portion of fertile thread x 400; 4, ¢, fertile cells with “ygospores x 400, after De Bary ; d, mature zygospore x 400, afte De Bary.—Cooke, l.c Hab. : Ditsengiry, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also in Europe and America. Z. tenuis simum, Grun. Prof. Moebius says :—“ This speci es is as ectinatum, (KAuefz.) Ag. Sterile cells 12 times as long as 2 d, Zygospore Ste or broadly slips Cel ae ne formed in the canal of conjugation. Size ws 0 iam. (sometimes less) ; zygospore, ‘04 mm diam. ~Cie 8 Bri Freshwater Algi. aller than in the typical f the foregoing alga should, a pical form, the foreg 5 the more po citeood as - variation conspicua (Hass.), Kirehn., but : not s = ae 25; a, siGon of sterile threads x wets b, threads in 2 emjuneti on x 200; ¢, zygospore x 400.—Cooke, 1. A South “i Thos. L. Bancroft. Also found in hea North and nium) ericetorum, (Avetz.) Hang. C ooke’s nth m ieogontn ies 98. Sterile cells 1} to 2 times as long as Zygospores subglobose or oblong ; sporoderm rather ee ze a. ells, “013 to ‘018 mm. diam. ; zygospore, “O13 x Mey: _ wr. Co oke, who retain s Zygogonium as a genus, says :— The a Page less than the eqhit ties of the endcchrome, varies con- Y in this species. In some specimens the filaments “are of 86 bright green, in which case they have always been found immersed in water; while in others, and more frequently, they are purple, of which colour they invariably are found spreading over swampy heaths.”— -Hass.; Cooke, Le. Z. (Zygogonium) ericetorum, f.a., (Awetz.) Hansg. “ Cells eylindrical, 24 w thick, 3-4 times as long, without gelatinous envelope; spores not seen.”—Moebius. Hab.: Burpengary, Thos. Z. Bancroft. Met with also in Europe and North America. “Cells 18 » thick, once to twice as long, at times with side sprays. the var. terrestris, Kirchn., of which, according to Kirchner, such side sprays are characteristic ; it Very probably generally distributed ; especially attributed to Europe and North America.’”’—Moebius. 2. (Zygogonium) ericetorum, f.b. Hab. : Fairfield, Thos. L. Bancroft. SPIROGYRA, Link. d by Kuetzing—Spirogyra and Rhynchonema. In the former the con- be relied upon, the most im ortant and reliable characters being derive from the zygospore; hence only specimens in fructification ean be accurately determined.—Cooke, l.c. : rot. Moebius says:—“ Numerous species of this orde 1 ° served ; the majority were, however, I sorry to say, sterue, oe consequently incapable of being determined. Only two species ~— found in fructifieation.” ay ¥ i thi punctata (Cleve), var, tenuior, Moebius (n. var.) Refermvg hen to this species, he adds :—* This species belongs to the section Monozyga, Hansg. (where the canal of conjugation is only ormed sh cells ong: y were of 33-7 and» 37 3-5 rarely as much as 8 times as long, with a chlorophyll-band of 3-5 spirals, the spores 30-32 y. broad and 66-70 # long. IL have on thi account set it down as a distinct form. The species is known in Europe, North America, and Afghanistan.” ab.: Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. 8. Calospora, Cleve. Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge,94. Sterile cells, with the extremities replicate, 6 to 12 times as long as broad ; chlorophyll-bands 1 to 3, making 24 to 7 turns; spores elongate, obtuse ovoid, 13 to 2 times as long as broad; membrane yellow, scrobiculate, Sporiferous cells scarcely turgid. ‘ r __ trot. Moebius gives the following remarks :—‘ This species belongs to the section Salmacis (Bory), Hansg., with replicate septa, and certainly to the species not possessed of smooth membrane to the res, and . The vegetative cellsarein the foregoing form :—About 27 ore om within certain limits, on which account Cooke assumes “everal forms for it,” ace S26: a, sterile cells x 200; B, ¢, conjugating cells with _ Teospores x 200; d, outline zygospore x 400.—Cooke, l.c ab.: Caboolture River, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also found in Europe and America. Faminy VIII. DESMIDIACE® (Kuetz.), De Bary. Unicellular alge. Cells for the most part compressed, single, segregate or eminate, or a larger number united in a band or 5 Waid : : Ahendips 00spores (2 ed into young cells of a new generation. Ciliate ; idochrom ce a 2 ra only) produced by the conversion of the ‘00ke, Le, Ae ots ai sila ebius says :— The majority of the D were derived form oy, °ceurred in isolated exam es, on which account also “tation of 38 DESMIDIUM, Agardh. Filaments 3-4, angular or compressed, regularly twisted, joints bidentate or bicrenate at the angles or lateral margins, an D. quadrangulatum, Ralfs. Cooke, lc., 11. Filament quad- rangular, varying in breadth from its twisting, haying two longitudinal waved lines ; joints in front view broader than long, with two some- ~ Prof. Moebius gives the following note :—‘‘ The cells completely agree in their shape with the typical form. (Compare the figure in so that they have only half the breadth assigned to them—namely, 30 » broad and 3-3 as long. There were only isolated fragments of the filaments seen.” soa Fig 27: a, living cells; b, empty cells; c, transverse views — From ,Cooke’s British Desmids. : Hab.: Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft, Also found in Europe, North America, and Brazil. SPHEROZOSMA, Corda. globose or oval, smooth.—Cooke’s British Desmids. }. filiforme, (Zir.) Rabh. Cooke’s British Desmids. Joints aot as long as broad ; constriction acute ; segments elliptic, and united by double slender processes, which include a quadrate foramen between each pair. Size: Diam., 12-18 » (W.) ; 12-14» (K.). Fig. 26 bis.: a, living cells; b, c, empty cells.—Cooke, Le. Hab. : Still water, Thompson Estate, W. J. Byram. Also Ireland, Germany, and Sweden, : HYALOTHECA, Ebr. Filament cylindrical, very gelatinous ; joints having either align 00 ctagpants way de> produces a crenate appearance, or a gr one or bot d jecti vi circular ; endochrome radiate. Zygospores round, smoot™ Archer, in Priteh.; Cooke’s British Desm., 7. 3 | a | ’ 39 Prof. Moebius remarks :—“ The proportion of the length of the cells to their breadth varies in this species ; generally they are nearly half as long as broad. n this case the length amounted to about two-thirds of the breadth (12-14 » long, 16-20 p broad). Moreover, | cells are almost as long as broad E Fig. tygospore.—F'rom Cooke’s British Desmids. a | «. ~8-: burpengary, Thos. LZ. Bancroft. Also found in Europe, North America, P Giketis, and Thiber . ONYCHONEMA, Wallich. 7 Filament compressed; margins inciso-serrate ; joints deeply constricted, and united to each other y diverging sub-capitate Processes (cornua).—Cooke’s British Desmids, 6. ; i remarkable form of the overlapping and alternating horns . (cornua), and the uncinate processes given off from the extremities of the segments, at once distinguishes this genus from all others.— | x Cooke, le. _ ~©. filiforme, (Ehr.) Roy et Bisset. Prof. Moebius gives this hote :—“ Tn isolated fragments of filaments, the cells of which were <4 «long, and equally broad. These dimensions tally with those oe to the typical form; Nordstedt’s examples from New } “*tland were somewhat larger.” 3 Fig. 29: From Otto Nordstedt’s New Zealand Freshwater Alge. Amen? {, Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also met with in Europe, North - ica, New Zealand, J apan, and Burma. a G. ~GYMNOZYA, Ebr. a , Moniliformis, (Ehr.) “ Typical form cells 21-28 » long, 16-19 | ane end, 11-14 » broad» the outline of the membrane very : ebius. Mstinet.”—M oebi = . Sab.: Bor en i North America | oan gary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also found in Europe, North md -: Jara, Siberia, N ew Zealand, Brazil, the Seodwish Islands. A var. gracilescens in : and New Jersey, Meneg. (Penium Brébissonii, Ralts, in Cooke’s , 43). Frond smooth, cylindrical with rounded ends, . central band inconspicuous, zygospore at first quadrate, lcular, conjugating fronds persistent. Size: Diam., 16-17 » 15-30 w (K.).—Cooke, lic. | © following is Prof. Moebius’ note:—“ Cells 25 p broad, 60 A With bro d rounded ends.” (Corresponding to Fig. 6c, Pl AAY. 8 British Desm. cS ‘00; a, b, living fronds; c, empty fronds; ¢, young zygospore; Tah) 8o8Pore.—Cooke, Le. Be ‘ “es Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Found in Europe, America, an 40 . ae a CLOSTERIUM, Nitsch. Fronds elongated, attenuated, more or less lunately curved or arcuate, entire, not constricted at the middle, the junction of the segments marked by a pale transverse band. Endochrome often arranged in longitudinal fillets, and at each extremity having a terminal clear space, in which are active granules ; empty frond smooth or with longitudinal striw, never granulated.—Archer, in Pritch. Inf.; Cooke’s — Brit. Desm., 17 C. gracile, Bréb. Cooke’s Brit. Desm., 22. Frond very slender, about twenty-five to thirty times as long as broad, linear, nearly big | Cabtheortremitios: whcchare id 1s sid ends obtuse, endochrome arranged in a zigzag or sub-spiral manner. Empty — fronds without striew. Zygospore globose, smooth. Size: 0°15-0'2 mm. — x 5-6 w; 62-0°35 mm. x 8 » (C.); diam. 5-6. rof. Moebius says:—‘“ Besides the typical form ( 8 5-6 » broad, 133 p long) a still smaller form was observed, which wa ree ck sca slender, fifteen to even thirt . | C. juncidum, 2ai/s. Cooke’s British. Desmids, 30. Fronds very | : y-five times as long as broad, linear, — : | . a | jl D.); diam., 11-12 » (W.).—Cooke, Le. f Prof. Moebius says :—“ This species is very variable in the length 0 ie cells ; I found them 11-16 » thick in the middle and 156-350 p ong. : Fig. 31: a, living cells ; b, empty cells; ¢, zygospore—Cooke, le. —— Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also found in Europe, Asia, and : C. acerosum, (Schrank) Ehr. Cooke’s British Desmids, 20. Frond slen : : ‘ ooth, placed between the dehiscing empty fran Size: 0°15-0 42 mm. xX 1-40 pe (R.) ; 0°35-0'°42 mm. Fs 2000 A (A.); a diam., 35-62 » (W.). a Prof. Moebius’ note is as follows :-—“ Rare, 52 » broad, 7 15 p longs cell-membrane smooth. Tn the latter respect statements vary: Ralls (brit. he strie are wanting, or are faint ; according a to Kirchner (Algw of Silesia), the cell-membrane is mostly distincl’y 4 Toni (Sylloge), smooth or generally v7 cies seems to occur everywhere, but ! ed by _ to Australia. To the localities mentioned by - aya.” ee ogc Se ire Thos. L. Bancroft. Also found in Evrope, Jap 41 utum, Bréb. Cooke’s British Desmids, 35. Frond small, slender, from six to twenty times as long as broad, narrow lanceolate, slightly curved, gradually attenuated, exits acute; empty fron colourless, without t strie ; zygospore somewhat quadrate i in front view, end view elliptic. Size: mm. x 10 » (R.); 011 mm. x12 4 Wei Prof. Moebius’ note is as follows :—“ Agreeing in form and dimensions with those laid down: 11-12 , thick, "135-150 p long.” He. 32: Figure from Berkeley’s Cryptogamic Botany, page 120. : Burpengary, Thos. LZ. Bancroft. Also found in Europe, North Linktica, “Greenland, Nova Zembla, Burma, and New Zealand. lineatum, 2;.° Cooke’s British Desmids, 31. Fronds aT at road e 1Z ont 0:43-0°72 mm. x 21-28 p (D.) ; diam., 2. * u (W.). rof. Moebius gives the following note :—* 28» broad, 530 » long; aaa brownish, , finely striated aeecdeaalig with two transverse strive i = the middle. va Sehgoraraae Nordst. Lato are Islands and New lealnd, differs by the re densely set strix, a more brownish or a membrane, gr ine rotuberance in the middle, and larger Gmnaions (36-40 » thick) ; it was not observed amongst the Australian g® 5 — of a Reet Thos. L. Bancroft. Also found in Europe, North America, 4 . Dian #, Lhr. Cooke’s British Desmids, 26. Fronds slender, six eh ti times as long as broad, crescent-shaped, much curved, rapidly ‘nuated, upper margin very convex, lower very concave without a Central inflation ; ends. sub-acute, with a el! slight emargination at gle series ; ‘mpty frond somewhat straw- coloured, or faintly reddish, without ne Suture evident ; nygospore globose smooth. Size: O17 (R.); 011-03 mm. x 10-25 p (D.); diam, 16-20 » (W.) 5 “Tigospore, 86 p (L.). be: rof, Moebius’ note is as fellows: —“ Cells 15-24 thick, 200-300 » Sa ate membrane faintly brownish, very finely striated. ‘A. widely- ‘i Mbuted s species: Europe, North and South America, Asia, "Sie ats Islands, New Zealand. Of a species resembling C. Diane I saw ren siden in a The zygospore 7 quadrangular, with a n B. The co conjugating cols were 9» broadi in the middle and 86 3 Its membrane resembled that of C. Diane nha 33: a, living ; b, empty cell.—Cooke, Le c, ral _ ine emeey, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also found in Europe, North America, 42 GC. parvulum, Ney. “Ceils 9 » thick, 70 » long ; the zygospores observed) are globular (according to delineation in Wolle Desm. Pl. VIIL.; Fig. oe "Moebius. ab. urpengary, 7’ s. L. Bancroft. Also found in Europe North America, Greenland, i and ee Sandwich Islands. C. Ehrenbergii, Meneg. Cooke’s British Desm ids, Frond large, stout, alae five or six times as long as broad, lunate, parse tapering, upper margin very convex,- -lower concave with a conspicuous : : d inflated centre (92 p thick, 540 p long), I frequently found specimens which did not show this inflation, or only showed indications of it, and were consequently more nearly allied to C. Malinervianum, De Not. p thick, 400-570 p long, membrane smooth and colourless). As Warditional forms éxint: it seems to me better to wie it only as@ variety of be Ehrenbergii, as Rabeuhorst has also don Hab. : Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also met with in ‘Bashpes North and South sa Jamaica, Japan, and New Zealand. -rof. Moebius says —C, Ehrenbergii is known in Europe, North and South a o. Zealand, and Japan; C. Malinervianum only in Eur ope.” He also C. moniliforme (Bary), Ehr., whose centre only very little inflated. This species very much resembles the foregoing, i. has smaller dimetisions, 36-55 pi rarely as much as 72 pt thick.” uetzingii, Bré). Cooke’s British Desmids, 34. “ In the centre 16 broad, thinned aw ay at the colourless ends to 2,8 much - ae » long, distinctly striated in the centre.’—Note of P e601 | Hab.: Burpengary, Thos. L. Sideort Also found in Europe, North America, Japan, and New Zealand. any Ehr. Cooke’s British Desmids. Frond “ beak, longer than the body, ultimately curved downwards, ends obtuse; eaten cree Ss . faint ; - : mp nm 18-32 te Wie ae 0-11 » (W.).” : . : ier « @, living eel b, empty cell; c, formation of zygospo ae Sour “Benes, ¢ ious t4 Italy, aa eb the Cnited eb? i aie — Pp | Fro ne Sane straight, cylindrical, dips p lence ‘au , not at all constricted - buat pe T dightly pare tc owed a middle, | nati ‘ Endochrome with or without a Sat gin be vei a De ni | mele —Archer, in Pritch. Infus.; Co oke's a osterioides, Ruilfs. Cooke’s British soit Al. Frond miher large, about six . as long as Tord d, smooth, fusiform, neeolate ; ends broadly rounded; endochrome i in “distinct long! a Aes fillets, interrupted only by the central transverse pale band with 4 single longitudinal series of large granules and a rounded clear space close to the ends, in which are active granules; zygospore globose, smooth. Size: Diam., 40-44 (W.); diam., 40-44 »; zygospore, 46-56 i (K.). ; “The form found most nearly approaches this species. It is, how- ever, ely thinner (only 30 » broad as compared with 40-44 py, ng).” ebius. Fig. 84: a, living frond; 4, empty fronds.—Cooke, L.c. Hab,: Burpengary, Thos. L. Baneroft. Also found in Europe, North America, Burma, and Brazil. TETMEMORUS, Ralfs. 2) a T. Brebissonii, Ral/s. Cooke’s British Desmids, 48. Frond in front view with parallel sides, in lateral view fusiform ; ends without any projecting processes ; puncta in longitudinal lines. Size: Diam. 0» (W.); diam., 17-30 » (K.) ; length, 194 »; diam., 28 p (D.). T.B.,var. attenuata, Vordst. Prof. Moebius says:—‘‘ The cells in. this form seen from the front (where the incision is visible at the end) are attenuated towards the ends, whilst in the ty pical form they are | 4ndrical. The dimensions (22-24 ». broad, 14-17 p at the end, 110- 140 long) are somewhat smaller than those found by ‘N ordstedt. This variety is only known in New Zealand, whilst the typical species a ” 2. 3B, var. tenuissima, Mocbius (n. var.). Prof. Moebius Temarks:—“ Ag a i i Meer ee have a sharp constriction in the middle, and are at the widest part “nly 12-14 p thick; the semi-cells approaching a cylindrical form, but somewh ends n dais: et SE Sr = eet : What drawn in towards the end; the are truncate with _ ‘Souspicuous incision ; cells 128 long ; the membrane beset, as In the he ay ith fine puncta arranged in longitudinal rows. Hab, : Burpengary, Thos, L. Bancroft. TRIPLOCERAS, Bailey. “ey the general characteristics of this genus are given by De Toni : . Bylloge), as follows :—‘ Cellule sectae; yall clongat ; apres | considerat serrate, apicibus trilobis, lobis bidentatis.” (Cells straig Ne apices ably elongated, serrated with numerous protuberances, aS three-lobed, the lobes bidentate.) u * 44 T. gracile, Bailey. Prof. Moebius gives the following note:— “ Very isolated, only ee in a few complete semi-cells. These were Zealand. Tig. $6: Nordst. fig. see reproduced. Hab.: Burpengary, Tho L. Baneroft. Ponds, Victoria Park, Brisbane, W. J. Byram. Found also in bite. India, and Kew Zealand. DISPHINCTIUM, Neg. i gives the following general description :—* Cells ‘ De straight, cylindrical, ovate, or fusiform with truncate or round ends, the central constriction errs isially imperceptible or little depth; the semi-cells without basal inflation or longitudinal striae. Chromatophores parietal or axillary, one (or oh m ae semi-cell Containing in the centre a pyrenoid {rarel two). zygotes D. brit ndrus, (Lir.?) Neg.; Penium cy eae Bréb., Cooke’s Brit. Desm. Frond m minute, reddish, three or four times 4% a as broad, bybcrea not — at the middle, ends rounded: Hab.: Burpengary, Thos. L. Tae Also in Parcpe. PLEUROTENIUM, Neg. De Toni gives the following general tae -—** Cells siraigt Closterium. "Multiplication as in stir desmids.’ Se ee et Tae en the “dimensions : P. Ehrenbergii, A adchea Delp. This species was one of the most but t abundant observed ; the size is pretty variable, sais is with eon olan toad: 25-35 p broad, 180-540 p long. ng cell; 5b, empt cell ; e, zygospor British Feamide (Docidium Ehrenbergii. ) : urpengary, Fairfield, a t. Thompson Estate, Veukes ne ; and To aoe wot oe eh ise} th ownsville, W. J. North and South America, Siberia, Senegal, sh New Zealan eae 4 nodosum, Lundell. ones nodosum, Bail. ) Cooke’ s Brit esmids. Frond stout, suture form ing a rim; segments three oF times as long as broad, "with four prominent inflated nodes, inclu the basal, which is somewhat the largest, and which are due © Ponds; ropes pes e. Cooke's —— oe “many: whorls of knot-like eg tt or large tubercles ; ends entire, end view crenate. Size: 0 bs sa 395 mm, x 48-54 y ; apex, 30-39 #; diam., _ 45-55 » in centre (W.).—C be Fig. 38 bis. : a, living alls 4, empty cell.—Cooke, Le. Hab. : Still water, Vietorin Park, W. J. Byram. Also in Treland, Sweden, and the United States of Amer : P. ovum vum, Nordst. Sylloge Algarum, De Toni. (Docidiwm ocatum, : Rect Desm. Brasil, p 205, tab. 3, £. 37 .) Frond very stout, 320- harrow, 76-81 4 broad ; margin a little prominent; semi-cells ovate, apices truncate, crowned by 6 obtuse (or from a vertical view 10-12), membrane punctate, colourless. Fig. ip a 8,: Copied from Otto Nordst., Le. Hab, : water, Victoria Park, bebe W. J. Byram, Also in New Zealand, South Mee Brazil, and South Ameri PLEUROTENIOPSIS, Lund. ni's’ general description is as follows :—‘‘ Cells shortly’ qlindrical or globose, more or less deeply constricted in the middle and then etna into two semi-cells, as if om two gece 3 many ‘pyrenoids. eee on by, ed oe ve abdirisiono of the cells. aciacion by zygot . P turgida, (Bréb. ag Calocylindrusturgid: rch., in Cooke’s | = Desm., 127. ) is a fate, in feat: view oon I gid rather fitter 28 ar as rg beth ; constriction a shallow sinus; seg- 4 pears somewhat tapering, broadly rounded ; end view circular ; empty 3 punctate. Size: Length, 187-216 es diam., 72°82 p (D.) : Hm 100 4 (K). a stricted Ssor Moebius says :—‘“ The cells are elliptical, slightly con- : ite th in the middle, truncate at the ends, Sue when seen from . Pee b high Bpewive with four pyrenoids in (un Soar resembles “put isshorte in proportion ane of smaller dimensions. Disphinctium em .b ae) — (Nordst.). De Toni has the same cell- hving frond; 8, empty ” frond: e, end vie =: IR Burpe ngary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Victoria Park, Brisbane ; and Towns- Byram. ‘Also found in sme Japan, and New Zealand. in the more considerable central constriction. fed e208 this, the semi-cells appeared almost spherical with poles, he membrane forms prominences in the shape nged papille abutting on each other; these _— arrange 46 in longitudinal and transverse Tows ; in the middle of the semi-cells about 18 longitudinal rows, and in each semi-cell about - transverse rows, can be distinguished. At the isthmus the membran ia smooth. The endochrome was not clearly distinguishable, yet the N I submitted a preparation of the Australian diem was so kind asto . raw my attention to its relations hip to the species named and the difference from this, on which account T take the liberty of naming the variety after him.” Hab. : Herpeugsty, Thos. L. Bancroft. Prof. Moebius then adds the following Latin description : "Var. a forma typica isthmo augustiore diversa, ita ut semi-cellule sub- globose, apice et basi applanate appareant ; cellulis 110-118 » -45 mw era Hab. i the narrower isthmus, so that the semi-cells appear subglobow flattened at the apex and base; cells 110- 118 p long, 60-65 p thie cor 40-45 p thick. : In Hiealiwiater Australia, Burpengary. COSMARIUM, Corda. Frond more or less constricted; segments U undivided oe rounded, rometimes slightly si nuated, or rarely slightl oe | somewhat extended and Gaanis at the ends, never n pe neither — provided with spines nor processes ; end view elliptic, and som each side with a lateral opposite inflation, or circular. —Cooke’s Desmids, 79. metin British large, on the back four small, Sa lvanees' the middle nae is surrounded by a ring of small papillee ; re ‘the pepe” the are arranged in two semi-circles; seen from above, elongated and cylindrical, with a central bulgixig on Voth ides , eels trom the side, the cells appear biscuit-shaped. Length of t 26 p, breadth at the constriction 22 p, breadth of the ithmus 5 Hitherto only known in North Ameri ex ‘e epee oe Waterhole, Victoria Park, Brisbane, Thos. L. Bancroft. . Meneghinii, Bréb. Cooke’s British Desmids, 93. Fol ee minute, rather longer than broad ; constriction linear; S€5 ents hs quadrate, cee dt the wides-and ends; smooth, end Mei: Mey en pe; diam., 14» (D. 1-34 penn (K.) ; diam., 20-22 » Ww). oh ad = : bh M. forma ? “The specimens observed differ from the eypictl ight et outline of the semi- -cells. “The a consequently exhibits not four but six sinus; in other respects Also in North 47 f form and size of the cells seem to me to agree best with this species. (Fig. 41: a from the front, b from above, ¢ trom the side.) adth 18-21, isthmus scarcely a third as broad, length 26-28 ». In each semi-cell is a Porastophars with a well-defined pyrenoid. The form ghinit. This species occurs in different varieties very widely distributed, but I do not find that it has hitherto been attributed to Australia.” —Moebius. Hab.: Waterhole, Victoria Park, Thos. L. Bancroft. C. obsoletum, (Hantzsch) Reinsch. Prof. Moebius gives the following note :—“Seen from above, almost circular ; distinguished by the short spines at each of the four corners contiguous to the constriction. My dimensions are intermediate between those given by De Toni (Syl Batay., p. 7): length 52 , breadth 56 w, breadth of the isthmus 26 yp. ) more considerably than is the case in C. Mene 4 ispheres, with a sinus extending outwards after the manner of the Oey letter gamma (y), the lower corners suddenly pointed into a | short Spine; apex plano-convex ; two enoids in each semi-cell ; ‘Membrane finely punctate; cells seen from above, elliptical ; from the side almost circular (whole cell somewhat biscuit-shaped.)” : Ha urpengary, Thos. L Bancroft. Also in Europe, Burma, and Java. ot orme, Archer. Cooke’s British Desmids, 104. Segments puform, im end view equally elliptic. Zygospore globose, armed with ; oe ‘pmes, which are cleft at the summit. Size: Length, 50,; diam., ; & reniforme, var. compressum, Nordst. New Zealand ‘ Peshwater gee = g.42: From Otto N ordstedt’s New Zealand Freshwater Alge. Prof. Moebius observes :— Found in numerous examples, which var. i ass. “dip of the cells from above, by which they appear elongate- with almost parallel sides lon itudinally, and in the arrange- ee ta the puncta tioei the m iene in longitudinal and oblique ts Cells 56-62 # long, 50-52 pw broad, isthmus 16 » broad. Neo,” Pressa is known in New Zealand; the typical form in Europe, MM and South. America.” as Ctulatum, Nordst. New Zealand Freshwater Alge, “tenes? ‘ Moebius Says —" The examples found iyo age? to = nk i, and description given by Nordstedt (New Zeal. B-, ee 12, +. 8). Length and breadth of the cells about 30 pe; 1s 3, ‘7, road. Hitherto only known in New Zealand. ” tae 2: From Otto Nordstedt’s New Zealand Freshwater Alge. ye Burpengary, Thos. L, Bancroft. Also in New Zealand. 48 MICRASTERIAS, Ag. Frond mostly lenticular, as long as or slightly longer than broad, deeply constricted into two-lobed segments ; segments usually semi- orbicular, five or sometimes three-lobed ; lobes incised or divided, mostly ent spined, or rarely only sinuate at the outer margin ; central constriction usually linear.—Cooke’s Bnitish Desmids. , M. denticulata, Br¢b. Cooke’s British Desmids. Frond orbicular, smooth ; segments, five-lobed ; basal and middle lobes twice dichoto- — mous, ultimate subdivision truncato-emarginate with rounded angles; anched and recurved. Size: Length, 250 »; zygospore, 80 p (K.)-; length, 218 p; diam. time of separation, acquires the characteristic notched outline ae type, and is only distinguishable from the older half by 1s 8™ if size. Fig. 43 bis.: a, living frond; b, empty frond 5. “780PO® Cooke, Le. in Hab.: Still water, Victoria Park, W. J. Byram. Also widely distributed England, Wales, Scotland, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, te the United States of America. é Frond longer than broad, com ressed ; deeply constricted int? two-lobed or sinuated segments ; fegien usually pyramidal, phe | i iously disposed CHE rarely radiant, rounded or sinuated at extremities ; end lo jo tral incised or emarginate at the centre, rare concave ; oP constriction linear.—Cooke’s British Desmids, 63. = - um, renee Cooke’s British Desmids, 70. } arge, rather more than twice as long as broad, segme P broadest at the base and n - upwa ot lobed, the sides 1 > i almost straight; ends truncate, central notch linear. EP length, without inflations. Size: Length, 118 »; diam., 55 » (R.) 5 K — 96-100 yp; diam., 47-50 p (L.); length, 92-117 »; diam., 45-62 #O"" Cooke, Le. ‘eke Note of Prof. Moebius :—‘ In numerous examples of varyias he length, 96-150»; breadth, 42-64 »; isthmus, 11-18 p boat pilst length thus amounts to a little more than double the breadth, Wy in those found by Nordstedt in Australia and New Zealand—v# ee a i > tal nes | fonds with Fig. 8, tab. xiv., Ralfs’ Brit. Desm., which 49 the a are three times as long as broad. Moreover, this var. seen fro e shows only one prominence, whilst the typical form is vibe ‘with four of them.’ .44: a, living frond ; b, empty none c, end yiew—Cooke, Le. Hab.: Burpengary, Thos. L. Baner voft. Also found in pe. ° E. sinuosum, (Lenor) Ralfs. Cooke’s British Desmids. Frond ‘about hg as long as broad; segments three-lobed, basal portion emarginate at the sides; end lobe somewhat dilated, its notch linear. ay 45 ooke, lv 4 bis.: a, ¢, living fronds; 4, d, empty fronds ; e, end view.—Cooke, l.e Hab.: Still’ water , Victoria Park, W. J. Byram. panies Habitats : West- thoreland, Hants Wales, France, Sweden, Norway, an E.ansatum, (Ei.) Ralfs. Cooke's British Deamids, 70. Frond about twice as long as broad; segments inflated at the base, tapering upwards without sinuations into a neck, and not dilated; r rounded, its notch linear. Empty frond punctate, turgid in the middle. Size: surface of each half-cell, The membrane is finely punctate.” ig. 45, : ot living frond ; 4, c, empty fronds; d, side view; ¢, end nnew.—Cooke b. : Burpen ay y, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also found in Europe, Seat America, Greenland, ‘Siberia, Burma, Brazil, Japan, and New Zealand; : sequently very oe eae Hey Cooke’s British Desmids, 75. Frond : ty, minute, ac ne Ned Ee as long as broad, oblong; segments with re — basal portion bahier satire or bicrenate at the sides, slightly con- 3 d beneath the ends; ends dilated, not protuberant beyond a with two es 5 its central notch acute, broad; transverse vie ews .. a Y — ends truncate, angles rounded. Size: Diam., 15-25 p as )3 diam., 24 1 (D.).—C a) rof, Mobis remarks :—‘ The Australian form completely corres- eg tibt oe p broad. Of this species, to frous varieties are assi igned, amongst — however, var. B a ot to be found in De Toni’s Sylloge (P (p- - A Z a, C, @, ea fronds ; 8, d, f, empty troncs. Byr am. Very ge somaite distributed — Europ’ Jamaica, No mericay 1 Barns, Siberia, Hawaii, and Africa, 50 STAURASTRUM, Meyen. ond more or less deeply constricted at the middle ; wpe eouler than long, often provided wit * angular or radiate, or circular with a lobed radiate margin, or we ob compressed with a process at ane extremity.—Cooke’s Britis esinid 8. ea dejectum, Bréb. eke British Desmids, 188. Segments mot lunate, or Bi ; constricted Pout E very short, awns infla n . ‘Prof. Moe ba! note is as Baicwa: maak "in a few examples; from above triangular with Sounded angles and contracted sides Gel of the side, 35 p.) Awns turned outwards, as in var. paten: Nordst.; the reverse sides not B Seidres as in this ee but sli ahtly concave, as is the case in many Fig. 47: a, living frond ; ‘ aes frond; ¢, variety; 4 ef end views; g, zygospore.—Coo e, Le. tree Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Found also in Europe and mn Ss eae 5 la) Rm ° ke 3 Be (2) ie") North wi cells tally better with var. bicornis than with subsp. tonsd, Length of the cells, 24-30 »; breadth, 48-56 p; of the isthmus, 9» be Ore form is known in Europe and North America, var. bicorns Hab.: Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Also i in Europe and N. Americ S. sagittarium, Nordst. Freshwater Al ¢ New Zealand : Austra, 37. Pr of. Moebiu ssa iter = Only yee lf pee seen, ve ‘ and whi 4 figu re ‘(Fig . 48). This figure differs Sais Y’Nordstedt’s 3 (New Ze ‘hat ‘ Alge, Pl. iv. , Hig. 6) inthe fact that it is not eight but six-rayed, t : the rays terminate not in three but four points, and that the upon the dorsal surface are not single but do uble. The inne ¢ ith with which the semi-cells come into mutual contact 18 surrounded W! a wreath of awns, alternately greater ae less, extending oule the : we pointed lines in the fi re). Diameter of the cell = has m gure rays, 65-5 » (according to Nordstedt, 50- 62 S. sa ‘ita “tu . hitherto only been known in New Zealand.” fe : oe gs Ne New echaad. Burpengary, Thos. L. Bancroft. Enoggera, W. d. Ege bee : 51 Class ITI. PHY COCHROMOPHYCEZ:, Rabh. Sup-chass HETEROCYSTES. Order V. HORMOGONEA, Thur. Famity IX. SIROSIPHONIACESA, Rabh. Moebius, in his paper on the Queensland Alge does the same, have thought it advisable to follow the latter, and record them in the present Bulletin. HAPALOSIPHON, Negeli. Trichomes formed mostly of a single row of cells, sheath slender, ogg ct looking like olypothri«—Cooke’s British Freshwater Age; . H. pumilus, (Kvetz.) Kirchn. Prof. Moebius’ note is as follows: — Thallus in minute flaky or turfy masses amongs other alge. STIGONEMA, Ag. Cells of the trichome often geminate or ternate in consequence ew lateral multiplication, or even forming transverse, several- 8 . S }“Y prominent in the old filaments ; hormogones originating 1n ate: | janchlets oe of a single row of cells —Cooke’s British Fresh- 4 Ros & hormoides (Kuet B Prof. Moebius —— ODser etz. orn, et Flah. rot. bius ( Serves — Found ASceinetl in the slime of the Coleochete Baileyi and Flah. (ibid., flon? tat the alga occurs abundantly in the slimy mass?s of other #®; in this situation it lives in the water, besides which it is to be 52 5 = = Co ° =} Cu Py = he 3 oO oO ) wa Ss rh ~ ° oO. fas] lal oo =i c. ef, B i>) = Prof. Moebius says:—‘‘ The material consisted only of peridinia and of this alga. Its globular cells are 3-4 p thick; the families of very many forms at first globular, then sausage-shaped or = _ Fig. 54: a, thalli magnified 200 diam.; 8, cells magnified 400 diam —Cooke, luc. a Hab.: Enoggera Creek, brought b j hedam, Thor. L. Bancroft : , y the pipes from the dam, Also found in Europe and North Aiton: sopogon, whic Was collected by Mr. Bailey in Queensland. In the dry condition its een a clear violet, but in the branching, the dimen- 1888, part 9-10.’ The rind on the younger branches Sats ne layer; on the older from two to three layers. ci ot Tost cells of the rind are here and there papille-form; they do me in such regular rows as Kiitzing indicates. In the oldest 58 portions of the stem the central cells must perish to a certain extent, and their septa be resorbed as follows, from the following observations:— Qo. rs) Le | © = 9d oe i=] a s 3 oe a =) 3 Ra a @ * ey, ths ee te ee ae y 3 GLOSSARY. ae ES agai oS eee ik ea) GLossaRy, in which will be found explained most of the scientific terms used in 7 ty ey 7 ee FF My tn #h # ret pre i F OELONGVILY CO bee YRUSY Accrssory—Something ba to the usual condition of an organ. AcETABULOUS—Sha — ke acupor 8 A —Nee 6-8 f ea aie Oolourlcss. oe havin posi Sn eae terminating the axis. sci a hed with pri AcumMInaATE—Tapering to a ADDUCTORES The outa spin of the Thec cae of mosses. These being crowded —- are mostly abortive, whilst, one only is usually developed, at least, at the sam NaTE—Grown to or attached, oe carota. Of the colour of verdi \GAMO-HYPNOSPORES—Neutrally fomuee resting spor \GAMOSPORE—Spore formed neutrally without Senaget 2 oe ALTERNATE— =< ans so placed as not to be opposite to each other. \LVEOLATE—S Arwide with cavities somewhat resembling the cells in a honeycomb. \MORPHOUS— Without definite fo 2 Seiten =e aan ing ipular appendices, peculiar to certain Hepatic, which clasp and r their Anastonost—Appliod to veins or threads which become confluent, and form an Peculiar zoogonidia produced by female plants, from which male "Witla te Pad 1 ale plants, or androspores ROSPO um enclosing spores of mi , ANDHOSPORE—A stale al pnw f 2008 spores proaneia in cells, which originate the ‘dwart Pe Be Be pe Dr Be D> > ia ae eb 2. B es in ANNULUS—A ring. In the ushroom, the remains of the veil left — the stem. t r een aga paproddettve organs, supposed to be analog s to anthers, © fecundative Arzx—The summit. 0 ae in a short po ApopHysis—A swelling at the b “et e theca in some mosses. ; f 1uM—The rounded, shield- ike Teponinonsiies of lichens. ARacHNom—Applied o fine hairs, so ons led as to resemble a cobweb. Anouzaontom—"The you young woe _ jryptogamic plants. ARovate—Bent like a bow, ea whoo Sg space wis an ‘aleviiel niargin. tana ery heh articulate sterigmata. Aimovtans—Composed ot j Shichi contain sporidia are 80 called. pendages. ; Avuouare “Having cect ear-like appe Bebiitiacoa cell bearing on its exterior one or more spores in some fungi. eg po ATE—In pairs or cou pb ollected in aout. supposed to resemble a bunch of grapes. ULLATE—Blistered or ag uckered. ap “ Pg A in ened = stems from, one root. PRA —Th oes { pe : f mosses. () porate ovat of 1 the sporangium of m Cartutary—Thread like, ng hair . UM—Sterile thread-like tubes or fibres, 0 often incon CanPosrone Senn’, the mass of spores within a ripe sporo Cattosro —Spo uced (by a apr ‘on a ty epeed eenrpit Cattrom— arNous Ha and tough, like cart 1™—Resembling o1 or analogous to as seine oe combined in a net, il. ~ Cavuus. he stalk o CELLULOSE—The honiioa! substance of bee the cell-wail is composed. Gincnorsyti-~The een colouring matter of leaves, a nd other green parts of plete Crncvasorsrae—Cut roun wanes LATHRATE—. ced or peatoneaett Tike. a window. Eras kines aped. acne M—A ae ty of a definite pe ie of ged ae united in one body. Cou see ee central column in the sporangia of m Comueriioneay 0) rings, ihe a = mon can ConFLUENT—Running into e anginal PERE — nor two Foals, so as to dévelop a spore. Cortacrous—Of a : leathery consistence. ed a portion of the veil which adheres to the pileus of some agarics in @ frag’ Comte The ‘midrib e a simple leaf or frond. RENATE—Notc r scallope CrRUsTAC soe Hard and brittle, or forming a crust. Curvta—Cup- CunzaTE—S tome like a wedge. ppp carci ring gradually to a sharp, stiff point. CYATHIFO Be yah e a wine-glass CYPHELLZ—Pale tub 2 lil t t] d f f the thallus of some lichené. Crstip1a—Sacs containing spores. YTOBLAST—A cell germ. CyToBLasTEMA—Protoplasm. a ae off. D eeepc ME—Cell contents, Coiveting: matter of cells. ENDOPH naw within plants. EnDosmMosE—The inward current established between fluids of different densities when separa’ a membrane EpisporE—The outer iuvegement ‘of a spore. Ep1zo1c.—Growing upon animals. S texture of Erumpant—A pplies to certain pathy whose fructification bursts through the te Exosporium, Exosro ‘he outer membrane of the oop of a spore, Exs manreo—Prejecting, as as the receptacle of Trichomane Fatcate—Curved like the blade of a scythe. ; Farinose—Mealy, the short hairs or Slices having the ‘appearance of meal or dust. ; ‘Fascioxe—A oe FasorcuLatg—In bundles from a common point, 111, Pcsiwo0e ~The colour of iron-rust, Fertite—Bearing ruit. “FIBRILLE —Those. organs which act for roots in lishens. Fintrorm—Thread-like. ILAMENTOSE—Com posed of threads. Thread-like; a string of oils placed end oenad FLacetLum—Long whip-like processes. men a to aS the leaf of a fern and similar plants. Foncane—Fork ed. Furruraczous—Scurvy, when the plant is covered with soft scales. Fusrona—Thick, tapering to each end. EMINATE—Produced in <— S. GEMMIFERO oie ng GENUFLEXUOUS—Bent iar] ly like a knee-joint. LABROUS—Without hairs. GonosPHERE—A ball-like agglomeration of spor: jad or os NUM— Tn composi sition means either ‘cabo or angled, MOU! j= ne be eo es mouthed, mosses without a eimaetaa -GyNaNDRosPorus —Bearing male and female s spore Hamate—Hook-: shaped, resembling a hook. Hastate—Halbert- shaped. - as Latin Sen Pe incotersiranccars paras of a special character differing from their neighbours. 3 ETEROGENOUS— Unlike, o1 r dissimilar in kind. “Ho Bane ve~-DE the same Seta Consisting of elements of a like nature. PH ne Special eposcire bodies, composed of a chain of cells. The element =< th “Ft celium of certain ee eneath the female organ Toi0-aNDRosPorous—Neuter individual d anciros res (in Bdogonium). tae Bepcaite of suse . stata s Paar ne ioe mbricated over ~_ other ge the base towards = apex, whereas in meets om awe they are : oes trary di aeote betwe —Detached, placed b : Applied to spores chic, an all of one size, or kind, in the same plant. ded. m, cavity, or intercellular space. ei or membranes pa oa to each other. rimposed. ~ Covered th scales or eats : a scale, es narrow, the length greatly exceeding the breadth. LrrettA—Sessile linear apothecium of lichens. Luspricous—slipper y. caaekssCeeaak shaped. Macnaspaove—Having Oo eee male plants. Macroconipia—Large Mami Spit em glandular prominences. Marricat—Belonging to the matri eiooLLt Central tissue ee the rind of a fungus-body. In lichens ; same as stratum it earls ith la ESOPHYLLIC— thiddle Ay a leaf or frond. ESos—The mi ‘tle ; ie composition, 0. ESOSPORIUM, MesosporE—The middle = of the coat of a spore. ETAGENESIS—A kind of a of generatio ged bd bd bd tc oBiLeE—Movable, or capa able of spontaneous movement. ONILIFORM—Necklace-shaped, contracted at regu ce intervals. Monacious—When the male and _—* flowers are distinct, but on the same plant. to) One ; in composition, Mono on OTILE—H t the spores of certain Alge. ucro—A stiff point abruptly ter rmifating an organ vous—A definite peculiar pire i ing @ covering of some Alge. ULTICELLULAR—Composed of m 8. ULTILOCULAR—Containing many cells - cavities. od bead bod MYcELIUM— spawn, or root-like slender ‘fore that 1 ieavekie the soil, in many kinds MycrtocENeric—Produced Ks Mycosis—A disease of anima on due to the vegetative activity of a Eurotium. Nananprous—Having peeps hg male plants. NavicuLar—Hollowed like Nopvrtose— Knotted, or with wen ej joint i CP Rare Nucteus—The central germ around hick a cell is formed. Small spherical bodies contained within spores or other cells, Oxncorpatz—Inversely heart-shaped. Oorerark —Eight ‘ ether es — GIN' se Ag y, or ‘resembling 0 oil. G0s—Few, or in small number ; in.composition, Oligo and Olig. Hed — A kind of ovarian sac containing spores which, when Tiberated, are oospores. : ie roduced in an ovarian sac. cover of a capsule. Oamrinn ie“Phe orifice of the perithecium and apothecium. PAPILLATED, or Paprttose—Covered with small ni le-like | rominences, { —— wghal a aes ts sometimes articulated, Pecunribg F in the fructification © af Pa manren Oracle a — on or in, ag at the expense of another organism. Pigwvonyiti— Coe essed or hexagonal cellular tissue. PARENCHYM sco0t—Resembling the cellular tissue termed “ parenchyma.” Preri— pier bate n Lat Aes PARTHENOGE # Production of fertile seeds without age impregnation. Pannigmosoxtb14—Gonidia produced without fecundatio: PATEN Bt ag ATHOGENOU a-Picduaiee disease. : a v. ECTINATE—Pinnatifid, with narrow, close segments, like the teeth of a comb. ey PHICELLATE—Having a foot, or ELTATE— When the stalk is fixed the disk instead of the margin. : zLta—Is the flat shield, without. ner elevated rim of some lichens. ENIC —Resembli mel’s hai i AHEDRICAL—Havin, e sides i Pertoarprum—Covering or tegument of ERICHATIAL LEAVES—Are those at the tae ot wc fruit-stalk of a moss. ERIDERM, oe te enclosing membra FRIPHERAL—The outer portion of a eircle. ERITHECIA—The sere or ———— containing the asci. . ETIOLE—The footstalk of a lea ETIOLULE—The footstalk re vcaflet. 1LEU8s—The cap portion of a mushroom. ILIFEROUS—Bearing hairs. on eg with hairs. ie saare—When o leaf is divided into leaflets. rarer When the leaf is fet ry deeply lobed. INNULE—The secondary le se rri--Lar rge or broad ; mn composi ion, Platy; ks: a hates Latus and Late. rude, or plait PLumosz—Feathery, or ie a : Popet1a—The wr like clongations of the thallus of some lichens. Pogon—Beard ; atin, PourwonPHiss, Pouruor Pare ing many fo PrimorDIAL—Original, existing from the beginning. ProrarEnoUs —So called when young plants are produced upon the ser nape —The false thallus first formed on germination of a spor PROTOPLAS — matter concerned in the early Sinker of nuclei al cells. Vals se branches, or mitre branc pezeuo manors Fal ng false branches. Pusescent—Do Putvinat—Cushion- shaped. le ProNIDES—Are la. € sick walled spermagones, of which the sterigmata are simple, “sis soa se ular, tapering vith the m called “ stylospo 8. ith the Bei a ie Prp oe -shaped ascocarp, with in incurved so as to form a narrow- mouthed vit The sa same as perithecium es Prutoru—Pear = aped. ie QuibEE-RapraTa—With f four radii, or rays. TERNATE—Arranged in fours. A small, or jeoondars ta neh. ; Rena ACLE—In ferns, that part of the vein on which the sorus is seate hollowed-out A A term of vere signification, most usually oping al ke: in oe wn ning “other bodi he same as stroma ; stalk ooh, chens ; H cup . ms a ee eciitas ning soredia. ferucam—Fo ded tas sg i less ne A spore which becomes quiescent, or rests for & alee more OF art of _ stem of the frond upon which the pinn@ are pa rtion above the stipes. paory— Ss ing, or analogous t6, a root. jaaane: Teri n erminati w : Rucosg— ve - ae a a beak. Saccare. Tn —In the form of Saehorirne 'TE—A plant whi Siva upon dead ogee matter, thus sala whic hives ‘i living organic matte — in e asperities. Scatanrro: _ asad eke oi the steps of a ladder. cLate Marked with little pits. : differing from the a f arte sh eves, usually when the organ or plant is furnished with cent -) UNonan teal, my oy of one cael eS uckler-shaped. nc bceee a ‘Ts a shield with an thats rim, formed by the thallus of some lichen SEGMENTATION— Dividing into segm SEG oneteotes 3 separate, from shoes, se set apart. Semi—Prefix signifying “half.” vision. Serrate—Cut like os teeth of as —A depression or n son “ SioworD—Sbaped like tlie le er S. —Is a scattered owes — Again lichens. Soames spanned — a tificat Sorus—A seed-patch of a a -: sa po nee a minute open cavities in the thallus of lichens, g filaments; rigma’ Seumnauonta— —Spore-ca : SPERMATOZOA, Seana toz0ips—Thread- like bodies possessed of motion, supposed to have fecunda ow ‘anal Sronan NGIA Ahr re-case, having spores pce within it. fitter an ering or capsule oe. Spores or carpospores. Sporoperm—The coating or een of a SpPorvLES—Minute sp STeRIemMaTA—Th only bearing peo a bodies ; Sarai ”»=Basidium. Srrees—A. stalk ; in ferns, the lower part of the stem. for the Stoma, StomiumM—The opening provided on the side of the spore-case of ‘ferns 1 . res. corgi ed in layers, or strata. STRATUM or extende Rae % Sri Porlt lined or shallow h 2 —Covered with pends = bee appressed = oe Srroma—Compound fungus-body having the of a tics crust, folinceous expansion, or erect unbranched or branched shrub: rg jbod : a Sus—A commo ee al padiooting ‘falmost ” or SupicuLum—The und UB wl. certain aM chick down)—The stipular sppeudaaes of Hepatice. (See also Succubous. ch leat, siege Sagat re said to be succubous when the anterior margin of eac ig set on the vinches, = began the posterior margin of that which sncoeeds ite Sun wueame—Furrowed or gro a iecaeus bi the direction of a ant Touching a straight line on tne aea rele, TEGUMENT—A covering or membra: ting from, LEUTOSP ORE—In Uredinez ; spore fo fos med by abjunction on, but not separa ng “od ves steri rere producing in ” germination, which takes place after a resting Pe celiu Tenet Cylindrical, long, round. Sparieicc Having four si x oRES— Certain spores ren we ed in four Tuanuis—A frond or expansion iaineiehia saamting a leaf. THEOA=Ascus. OMENTOSE—Having a close Sar wit nee of ese downy hairs. form. ns in Batrachosperms. TricHome—The th read or lament of fldtenteioe alge. Turonorowors Divi Truncate—Termin: nating very abrupt ly. TUBERCULATE—Covered with warts or tubercles. conical elevat: Unpvutatr— tromycetes ; as Peridium ee Vil. aie Vaovorz—Dr rops which are.seen in the interior of the ST of cells, Vaan, VaGcInaTE—A sheath, sheathing. —The veil of Agarics. Yavatios-Atrongeient of veins and ven ENTRICOSE—Bellied ; "when an organ is swelled out. C rts, _ YERTICILLATE—Arranged in whorls. : _ Vestcte—A — cavity. aa 2 scuba Sh Sewage moves to and fro, or vibrates. reen =e | Voura= Wrappers the organ which encloses i in a young state many fungi. Zoicon: NIDTA—Gonidia endowed with active mo ancien, ZOGSPORA ee ene gium omen zoospores. PORFS-——Locomotive motile spores. : Zxcosrones—A spore resulting rota conjugation. ~ MM.=Mrrumerrss, A tee “MILLIMETRES, : a. aos = (oP Se LIST OF AUTHORITIES. PS ees eneen ee Abbreviations. Full N Abbreviations. Full Name. . Ag. ec: ont 2 a oe C. A. ene ie posite i oe y Archer ae enor. Be norman ne Aresch. ‘Areschoug, J. Ehr. ee ee — e, H, | in we ei Lund. a Sadie FS M. | Bail. .. Bailey, J. W. d _ fe oe ,M. J. isset ° oe Bisset, Jk. Boldt ... Boldt, — Menegh. _... Meyer J. orn, t, Hid. is - br. .. braun, A. tee Hiri BY. a Bréb. ea: Brébisson, A, wee % ne Moekiug vg - | ohr. ne ohr : Cleve ... Cleve, * ae Corda ... Corda j oa De Carl Tadward ee = ieee aE ee ordst. oie ords 0 oo Re Sipeonay ary e Bary, A. : ae ... Delponte, G. B. Pringsh. _.... Pringsheim, Dr. N. De Toni ... De Toni, G. B. | Ehr. ... ... Ehrenberg, Dr. Chr. Gott. | — ,o= oe : — a einsc “eat c | Roth ... Roth, A. G. % Fries ... Fries, Elias | at Schrank ... Schrank, F.vonP. * Grun, ... Grunow, A. | Sirdt. ae Sirodot, s. | Smith ... Smith, Sir J. E. Hansg, ... Hansgirg, A. _ Harv. a Harvey Ba: F | Turp. a Lurpin, p, J. F. Hass, ... Hassal i Dr. A. H. | Henfr. ... Henfrey, Arthus oe | Vauch, Vaucher, J. ©. Jenn. .. Jenner, Ed. Wal. Wallick, G: C. ; Wal mi alz, Jacoob_ | | Kirchn. ... Kirchner, Dr, O. Weber nee Weber, Dr. Fried. Klebahn Klebahn, H. Wittr. "Wittrock, V- uetz. ... Kuetzing, F. T. Wolle Wolle, Rev. Francis Eph a veered aaa — Aphanoe Batrachospermum, Roth Decaisneanum densum... Dillenti a3 cao maal omg 50. flageltiforme, hs (erobabiye RE 8: 5.8 ES ne Sf a % v= » Var.) em), Lagh. rockis (Ag. ), a Corda , Str" ‘i ee var. com- Page. . 28 | Cosmarium—continued. 18 obsoletum (Hantzsch), Reinsch 18 reniforme (Ralfs ite 20 | ressa, Nord, | Woll ebpanetaltum, “i 1 | Cyclops lu 4 Cylindroeystis, Men negh. ... ; Brébissonii, Menegh. 4 4 | Desmidium, .4 fe 4 7 adrangulare, “Kuetz. 3 | Disphinctium, Veg. 4 cylindrus (Fhr.), Weg 29 tessellat sy 29 | Docidium ... 16 Ehrenbergit 16 sum 52 Euastrum, Ehr. 5s ansatum, Ralfs ) binale (Zurp.), Ralfs 10 neatum, Jenn, i elegans .. S ie:; var. compacta, — Bos ats ies ols iB os ea a bs ccs ce Oe oOo o Crate bw hor: nD seemnnede so lonnaK sinuosum, Lenor G mn rade ie aging re Neg. umilus ages ene Bon; confervesium, ‘Neg bi (Eacte, ) De T yediseilien vith), Bre. porennes ag) ies a(Ag.), Thur. Se hath, Kuetz. typica cellars hoebtit me ) ta (Web. and Se a solitaris, Kirckn. 00 Mougeotia, dg apereoe Acer s cum, Ling: virens (A. ‘Br. )F ‘Wittr. ve AT See RRBSRSS Page. (Edogonium, Link ~=10 ?birmanicum, Wittr 14 Boseii (Le Cl.), Bréb. 14 ve oo gg a 13 excisum, Wi ae spenesa W flavescens (as. ), Wittr. 13 ‘untit... 15 aliforme 15 onile . 14 pachydermatosporum, Nordst 15 polymorphum ... 1 Pringsheimii, Cram. 14 undulatum “ etc 1 Tnyshonane, ick filiforme 1 (Eh . Penium, Br oat Xs XE a ‘a ad J 2% ie eee IS a3 we=5 Cares aie Bey uy % PL. 10. Govi lithe. Utfice Brishaneé. @ LeU. 23. PETE JI3 brs.d. Pw. 1! == PL. I0. Ps. if, ch f > ~ 43 O18. a. | 45 dia. b. ys i 43 bts. —— PQQ ch 50 bts. Gow 7. lithe. Woy Brisbane, C Ug 53. — ie os arses me mw, PU. dR. é a ie ‘ eis Queensland, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BRISBANE. 4 BULLETIN No. 21. FEBRUARY, 1893. BOTANY BULLETIN No. VII. Be « ‘CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUEENSLAND FLORA. BY al 5. M. BAILEY, EF.L.S.. , COLONIAL BOTANIST. ® Bulletins of this oe will be sent free to such air ican! . interested as may request them. Address all ae “The Under Nesititaiey for ‘Agriculture, Brisbane. BRISBANE: AUTHORITY ; JAMES C, BEAL, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WILLIAM STREET. 18938, — PREFATORY NOTICE. icicles Se Tue présent Bulletin closes the record of additional Phanerogams and Vascular Cryptogams which have been added to the Queens- land Flora during the year 1892. I also take the opportunity of thanking my numerous correspondents for their past exertions in the labour of collecting, and solicit a continuance of the same in the coming year 1898, for, while much has been done to develop the Colony’s floral riches, still much remains to be accomplished before a full insight is obtained of the vast riches of our Queensland - a F, M. B. . 1892. CONTENTS. ——_—_—_— All marked thus (*) are Naturalised Plants, el se EARS - a Amorphophallus Galbra (n. sp.) 68 *Brassica (Sinapis) levigata, Linn. 60 *Cassia alata, L a= Cieiobatis ieifola (n. sp.) Clemai tata, var. “ongiseta (n - _Fawoati, 7 0M, ,.. . 59 63 *Coriandrum sativum, Linn. 63 Doryanthes ewcelsa ~ 67 Zerker . Say ). 67 67 67 Srcanent Fovale (n. sp.)... 61 * pygmea, DC. at 62 *Ecballium Elaterium, Rich, .., 63 OE es te aa oe 68 Gardenia ovularis (n. sp.) 64 livrai .. ian 64 Goorigen 69 Hakea gibbosa, Cav. ‘3 Helicia a australasica, F.v. M, $6 Hibbertia virgata, R. Br. 59 *Hypocheris glabra, Linn, 64 Lepyrodia scariosa, R. Br. ee Lycopodium Clams e (n. sp. ‘ Millgar i Pi ae it ae Ochrocis ove elliptica ... peep * McDowalliana (n, sp.) Rae *Peplis Portula, Linn, tie Prostanthera linearis, "R. "Bre Rhodamnia trinervia, v4" spongios (n beaielecr . var. eee *Richardsonia scabra, Kunth. . Smooth Mustard... Squirting Cucumber Water Purslane . hela, etn ——, (n. sp. y fino tomen tes mer — var. — me ) Zanthoxylum veneficum, Bail... 13: Oy EAN s CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUEENSLAND FLORA, csi el al ie ere aarien Order RANUNCULACE. Trru CLEMATIDEA. CLEMATIS, Linn. Pedicels rather long and slender. Sepals 4, about 5 lines long, linear- lanceolate. Anthers often more ovate than oblong, and usually upon anther, and tapering to a hair-like point. Female flowers and achenes not collected, Ai: Hab.: Upper Nerang, H. Schneider. = Faweettii, F. v. 1. The form of this plant at Killarney has e beautiful purplish flowers, otherwise it fully agrees with Mueller’s ‘scription in Fragm. x. 1. Here, however, the colour of flower 1s hot recorded, but the flower in the Muellerian Herbarium, Melbourne, appears to be white. er Hab. : Killarney, October, 1891. Order DILLENIACEZ. Trisz HIBBERTIE. HIBBERTIA, Andr. i. Secrion EvHIBBERTIA. virgata, R. Br. ; Flora Austr. i. 84. Diffuse or erect, glabrous, in humerous thin but stiff and often wiry branches. Leaves narrow- i obtuse or scarcely acute, mostly about }-in. Jon but some- “;* much longer, stiff and rather thick, the margins not revolute, i unded by 2 or 3 ‘ to 15 ee als a ; ; | without staminodia. Carpels 3, glabrous, 2-ovulate.— Benth. (.¢. 3 60 Order CRUCIFERZ. Sas BRASSICEX. RASSICA, Linn. epals eae or _sreatng lateral, usually saccate at the’ base. Pods elongated, t or angular often with an indehiscent 1-seed beak ; valves. saves, ee 3-nerved, lateral nerves flexuose; style beaked be or ensiform ; 8 stigma truncate or oe Seeds 1-seriate, gu or sub-compressed ; cotyledons incumbent eave or conduplicate, ” radicle within the longitudinal fold. iskecta or hispid herbs; stock often woody. Leaves mee pinnatifid or lyrate, rarely ps Flowers yellow, in long raceme B. (Sinapis) levigata, Linn. Smooth Mustard. Annual, pe 2 or 3 ft. high, smooth. Leaves sights lyrately- Bian e-parted; obes acutely toothed, terminal one large, ova wee petioles not auricled at the base; upper leaves linear, almost entir b.: at seems the above European plant, or 4 form of it, has become ® bad weed on some of the Darling Downs farms. Order PITTOSPOREZ. eabbenhdigatie's A. Cunn all ae back in mgs = their whole eae Beanien 5, Miister than “the ae and opposite h sagittate, free with 2 cell-slits the length of the anther. glabrous, stigma truncate = very shortly and obtusely lobed ; ovat silky-hairy, seems to be 1l-celled, superior. Fruit a berry, near globose, about 5 lines in Seraieen with a thin coriaceous per sete Seeds 9 in the fruits shaping enveloped in a viscous fluid, somewbs -bro a igh: ilar arney, on border ; feisty in flower. Warwick fruit speci® Order RUTACEA. Trrne ZANTHOXYLE, ZANTHOXYLUM, Linn. Z. veneficum, Bail. Panicles terminal or a few ai ones it a ranehleta eo Flowers small, in threes or fours at the of the Filaments 4, flattened, lon t y eet than the etals, architig over and the anthers connivent. _Anthers E large and som mewhat cordate: Hab.: Barron River, E. eon of Ee Ser AS ee MS pe ae ee ee 61 Order LEGUMINOSZA, Trrp—E CASSIEZ. CASSIA, Linn. . alata, Zinn. A shrub attaining the height of 8 to 10 ft., glabrous or subglabrous, the stipules deltoid, persistent. Leaves 1 to curved anthers.. Pod membranous, linear, apiculate, 5 or 6 in. long, about 4-in. broad, each valve with a very prominent crenate longi- tudinal wing extending the entire length of the valve. Seeds about 50, rhomboid-cuneate. _ _Hab.: This widely spread tropical shrub has of late years become naturalise 1 in the Barron River district. E. Cowley | Tring ACACIEX. ACACIA, Willd. A. Maideni, ¥ v. A, Vict. Nat. 1892. Arborescent; branchlets somewhat angular towards the summit; phyllodes large, of charta- hese more prom visible hairlets ; marginal glandule near the anterior base of the phyllodes inconspicuous; spikes almost sessile, solitary or 2 or 3 together, their rachis tomentellous; calyx broader than long, much ‘their areole on each side large; funicle pale-reddish, completely of extensively encircling the seed, suddenly doubled back from the snp folded at the lower side. Richmond Near the Karuak River, W. Bauerlen; Mooloolah River, re § species seems to occur in several other places of Northern New Sout " Southern Queensland, but fruit-specimens, confirmatory of its penser lace, are extant as yet in our collections only from the three aboye-mention Order DROSERACEZ. DROSERA, Linn. Section RoReELia. >. Loveli. (After the discoverer, the Hon. Miss Lovell.) ‘ u about ere plant. Leaves rosulate, spathulate, 3 lines long, se ae flat 1} line broad at the end, and from whence it narrows to a oe “ dood tole, the lamina bearing near the margin a deep-red ner a Rot extend to the petiole, which is glabrous. Stipules scarious, % 62 deeply cut into narrow lobes. Scapes 1to 14 in. high, reddish, slighily glandular, with a few longer white hairs, flattened and with a longitudinal centre groove, bearing at the end 3 flowers on short pedicels. Sepals tinted with red, about 2-line long. Petals white, about 14 line long ; the stamens only about half that length. ones nearly globular. Styles 4, slightly club- shaped and stigmatic at the end as in D. pygmea. Capsule ule 4-valved, but only an old one seen. H Fraser sear Hon. Miss S. Lovell, a resident on the island who takes a deep interest in bota D. a, DC., Prod.; Benth., Flora Austr. ii. 457. A But species said ti to be annual, but evidently forming a hybernating bt mn the centre of the rosette like the other species of the section. forming tufts of about }-in. diameter. Stipules scarious (silvery); deeply lobed. Scapes glabrous, filiform, 5 to nearly 1 in. high, bearing r Hab.: Fraser Island, ree Miss oe Order MYRTACEZ. Tre MYRTE. RHODAMNIA, Jack. uel R. trinervia, var. spongiosa (n. var.) This Northern differs from ae ng She forms met with, in being glabrous i the inflorescence, and in es bigs branches bearing @ more yer i thick, white, spongy clot In an early stage of growth osing covered by a ‘reddish brittle. are but this cracks off early, ¢*P the spongy matt E. Hab.: PBagitbudre Creek, Bellenden-Ker Expedition, Barron Rives, Cowley. Order LYTHRARIEZ. Trirz AMMANNIEX. PEPLIS, Linn. le Calyx ea et with 6 rarely 5 external and 6 internal 7 teeth. Petals 6 rarely 5, inserted at the throat of Hees ca ren fe f the fugacious or none. Stamens 6 rarely 5, oe in the jie fo hose, calyx-tube; filaments short, anthers didymous Ovary suds membranous s, 2-celled, included in the calyx. Style very erous, Capsule 2-celled, peers or bursting irregularly. Seeds eo minute, obovate, plano-conyex. Herbs with a ternate or 0 Pr ary, obovate or linear- nes entire leaves, es axillary, sessile, 80 small, 2-bracteolate flowers P. portula, Linn. Water Purslane. A slightly oe sn the the ing plant, with obovate or oblong leaves. Flowers sessue ewbat axils of nearly all the leaves. Capsule ensloeey 7 the enlarged calyx, but seldom attaining a line in diam becom? -: Hab:: A c@mmon European gaee found in wet raion ; has 7% naturalised in many Queensland bush-h | 3} 63 Order CUCURBITACEZ. Tre CUCUMERINEZ. ECBALLIUM, A. Rich. Flowers moneecious. Male racemose. Calyx-tube short,campanu- late, the limb 5-fid. Corolla sulotaad or broadly campantlate deeply 5-lobed, with oblong acute segments. Stamens 3; filamen s short, CSithars broad, one 1- celled, the others 2- called, the cells nceuoae connective margina al. Female flowers solitary, pedunculate. a yx above the ovary and corolla of the males. Stamens 3, mpe erfec and recurved-subulate stigmatose branches. Fruit oblong, hispid- echinate, very juicy, ies mature separating from top o of articulate pedunele and elastically projecting joe with juice dyes basal aper- eeds numerous, oblon mpressed, short or narrowl mga crowned at apex with short duplex aril of see and topyle E.Elaterium, 4. Rich. The Squirting Cucumber. A perennial or anual herb, creeping, fleshy, everywhere hispid-pilose. . Leave alterna yellow, lateral, the female sometimes in the same axil with the male taceme, but usually in separate ones. the — : A Mediterranean plant lately become naturalised along the banks of E ndaine whence specimens have been brought to Brisbane by Professor Order UMBELLIFER. Tre CAUCALINEZ. CORIANDRUM, Linn. -Calyx-teeth small, acute, often unequal. Petals daa qua eMarginate, white or purplish of the outer flowers unequal, o ofte Pp a ges > ucave on the inner face, commissure distinctly B-vittate, Sek. ic 2-partite. 8 : Annual herb eed convexo-concave, about thrice as broad C.sativa, Linn, The Common Coriander. An erect branching When ry us org 1 to 14 ft. high, emitting a very disagreeable smell Ovate or “an : Low est leaves once or twi = pinnate, OG 4 ne . ni e, o more divided, linear eeply-cut segments ; the others aiahe, Ube only a fo outer "et ne Fruits about 2 2 ew Tong arid spreading about Brisbarie as 64 Order RUBIACEZ. Trine GARDENIEZ. areas’ Linn. light-coloured and close ain. Leaves glossy on both sides, lanceo- late, 5 to 9 in. long, and pes 14 to 3 in. broad in the middle, the midrib and primary parallel nerves alone prominent, texture mem- branous, petioles ¢ to 4 ome ong. Flowers terminal, rarely i in the opp axils, solitary but som times appearing as if 3, the u upper pairs elongated peduncle, 6-merous. Pedunele 3-in. or less. Calyx-tube slightly ribbed, 2 or 3 lines Vsti teeth 5 ae long, DarrOE a Corolla white, tube dilated upwards, rani to 1} in. lone nd oblong, about ¢-in. long. Anthers 4-angled, $-in. long. Style inclu i flow mit Johnstone hae Dr. T. L, Baner he Barron River, E. Cowley. a r. Bancroft’s tree was worked for the Queensland wood od a the Centennial Tutepistional Exhibition, apatsouen e, 1888, and given then atalogue a a doubtful variety of G. Macgillivrai, } No. 242a, the frui being unknow Tre SPERMACOCE. the throat of the corolla ; cients ‘filiform. Anthers a tl oblong, exserted. Disk inconspicuous. Ovary 3-4-celled ; peer : form, with 3 or 4 linear branches. Capsule 3 or 4-coccou with the the indecent, furrowed on the inner side, at length concrete W! see R.s a Linn. (sub Richardia). Stems a leaves ise te oblong or elliptical; stipular bristles as long a shorter t sheaths. Flowers many in eachhead. Calyx- en 6, ese pee a ge as long as the truncate-obovate, muricate, 3 oF : This — Indian plant has now become siatadelie ed ie the ‘Be River. vt Cowley Order COMPOSITA. Tripe CICHORIACE. HYPOCH ERIS, Linn. ae H. glabra, Linn.; ion cut iii, 677. A glabra orp Leaves all radical, narrow, spreading, more or less t sle nately lobed. Stem 6 to 12 i ~ apually divided satoatew e ed Achene striate and peep nbeierd pitted, the pappus of the outer ones achene.— Benth Hab,: Naturalised in many parts of Southern Qneensland. Order APOCYNACEZ. Trinz PLUMERIEX. OCHROSIA, Juss. 0. McDo owalliana. hen be coloured, lenticellate. Leaves mostly in whorls of 4, almost cuneate a ‘outline, 3 to 5 in. long, very > obtuse, almost emarginate, “iiening $0; a petiole of about 1 in., cori- about 2 lines long, somewhat swollen ho sut the centre over the - Nilie-lebes. linear-oblong, about as rp. as the tube, much overlapping, glabrous inside except nfor the of hairs about the shment of the stamens. Anthers laaicoolaaes states with an inflexed fH n med. Drupes reddish, oe without. angles, 2} in. long, 1: to 2 in. et amg sa tree growing in Wickias Terrace Reserve. Mr. R. McDowall +. ieegit from either — —- r the Be jendeaicae Ranges by $a, Walter oon It differs from our Que tata t form of O. elliptica = the tek being m obtuse, and the more aan pee ain th but I find the als distinction to be in the fruit. In O. elliptica the fruit is more highly telat tside, more or less compressed, the apex pointed, and when dry almost white wh Y # more or less promirent thick wing; the s org od also is pure q with which oh » not yellow ee The woreas ally of our age is UO. Kil. mt pet : oe : . & may prove identical. s genus are not all cle ' fined I have, ew re ce a ca ge cies of t : a to : mich ~All taken great trouble to furnish me with the specimens from the plant net 8 pena has been drawn up, and the account of the history of o ‘Trine ECHITIDEA. ene R. Br, Native name “ Mi I r S tree about 80. ceolate, with a more or less acuminate point, 2 to 4 in. long, a 4. broad, peeatis prominent, the primary veins distant and ner the ig Flowers pedicellate, of a pale-yellow colour, RE dee nt cymes, shorter than the leaves. Calyx-tee teeth 66 short and rather blunt. ‘Corolla-tube slightly oxceet the calyx and with a Sigs sunpinenien at the throat ; lobes ovate, 3 or 4 lines bac rough with tubercles, and showing several longitudinal lines. Seeds angular, tapering towards each end, often Saniora i-in. long, glabrous and pale-colou aie coma silky, white, exceeding 2 in. in length, an and beautifully cu ved. Hab. : "Baro River, . Cowley. is new species of Wrightia in many respects approaches W. tomentosa, differing i in whee ant of indumentum and form of corona, &e. The mee mee resemble Wight’s: ye of W. coccinea, and the corona that of W. tincte Order LABIATZ. Trizrg PROSTANTHEREZ. PROSTANTHERA, R. Br. P. linearis, #. Br.; Flora Austr. v. 100. A tall Gs shrub, sprints ed wi Hab. : his ated fink. = Wedd. Order PROTEACE. Trips GREVILLEE. HELICIA, ss H. austrailasica, F. v. 12, Flora Austr. v. 409. A small gla tree. Leaves erelcelliptioal, obtuse or earn acuminate, entire OF irregularly toothed, contracted into a very short petiole, veined 0” sides, 4 to 8 in. long. Racemes axillary or laleee sna e gia Flowe pai an exceedingly short gabon pedicel so ‘ sppear? aia sessile on the rhachis. Perianth slender, glabrous, abou }-in. long. Hypogynous glands broad and truncate so as appare™ 2 Foi & ring or cup, but re ally free. Ovary villous. Fruit Hab.: Uni hiagad Creek, near Cairns, Bellenden-Ker Expedition. ew soos River, 2. Cow HAKREA, Schrad. Sertes GLABRIFLOR. gibbosa, Cav. ; Flora Austr. v. 513. A shrub attaining ln entire, z Baa: in height, the young branches and leaves hirsute with spte hire, the older foliage sometimes glabrous. Leares terete, ) — ae ae 67 smooth, rigid, pungent-pointed, 1 to 3 in. long. Flowers in sessile axillary clusters. Pedicels short, densely villous. Perianth glabrous, the tube about 3 lines long, revolute under the globular limb. Ovary contracted into a very short stipes; style not long, with an oblique * stigmatic disk. Fruit ovoid-globular, oblique, about 1 in. diameter, ? 1 valves with small dorsal horns near the end. Seed-wing narrowly hs Ue. Hab,: Moreton Island, J. F. Shirley. Fraser Island, Hon, Miss Lovell. Order AMARYLLIDEA. Trins AGAVE. DORYANTHES, Corr. Gardens, in recognition of his untiring zeal in creating a taste for the cultivation of Australian plants.) This species differs from those i colou already recorded, in its larger size an the r of its flowers. The leaves attain a length of 9 feet with a breadth of over 8 in., the flower-stem a height of over 15 ft., t If of which is occupied by 4 “7. ? ; . ‘ an intense vermilion colour, and while larger than those of e of D. excelsa. The various forms of this plant are of so showy a character that they at once recommend themselves as garden plants. Therefore, although to the botanist they cannot be considered more than varieties of the one species D. excelsa, Corr., a8 > to th . rescence of D. Larkeni, D. Palmeri,and D. Guilfoylei all gir elongstet aay Keni a and so far differ from each other in the colour of bloom as to be re guishable. Hab.: Near the Burdekin River, from whence seeds were taken to Melbourne ‘ohiss Were sown in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens, and the object of the present is the first plant of those raised which has bloomed. Order XYRIDEZ. a XYRIS, Linn. Pauciflora, var. albifios (u. var.) Plant from all appear (n. : nual. Leaves in radical tufts somewhat crimson-coloured, hes (028) the scales brown with a few hairs at the top, and argins. Bracteoles thin, of lighter colour, an htly Perianth white, segments ovate-lanceolate. Anthers rather filaments not quite so long as the anther and twisted, dorsally 68 Z attached. Capsule oblong, the placentas adnate to the apex of the valves. Seeds very numerous, striate, of a deep golden yellow, oblong, ovate to somewhat fusiform. : Hab.: Fraser Island, Hon. Miss Lovell. # careful examination of the above plant, I find it only to differ from other varieties or forms in its deep-coloured foliage and white flowers. It -was found y soil, in company with another small variety of the species, and which I think probable is Robt. Brown’s X. pusilla. This has the same deep- coloured leaves, but the flowers are yellow. Order AROIDEZE. Trisr PYTHONIE. AMORPHOPHALLUS, Blume. A. Galbra (n. sp.) Leaf solitary, expanding to a diameter of over 2ft. Petioles mottled; about 2 ft. high, with 2 membranous sheathing scales, branching at the top into 3 bifurcate limbs which are pinnate below the first fork, the ultimate branches pinnatifid, divided el, joining in an inter-marginal one rather distant from the edge. Seape about 26 in. long, mottled, somewhat resembling the markings of the carpet snake. Spatha about 11 in. long and about 13 1. broad _ Bb co aw © oy ° 4 fa) La} a = 3 Sr ct of , ot ° be] ct i a oO A ~— o =) gg i) ie) Ss E 5 oe he) SS S =} s* S. by the female flowers, 1} in. by the male flowers, and the remainder a narrow terminal appendage of a yellow colour, mottled and slightly grant. “« Barron River, and known, according to Mr. E. Cowley, by the ere? ra, is a very showy plant and well worthy of ganden culture, am flowers are described as delightfully fragrant. Order RESTIACEZ. LEPYRODIA, BR. Br. L. scari R. Br.; Flora Austr, vii. 215. Rhizome cree, ing. Stems erect, terete, glabrous, 1 to 4 ft. high. Sheathing scale brown, loose, often above 1 in. | ng, and in some luxuriant specimens over 2 in., the upper ones with short points. Inflorescence ® eee ale-brown thyrsoid panicle, with short unequal erect branches, the ower ones often distant, the others more crowded. ts unde lower branches rigid with long points, und upper branches smaller, broader, and more scarious. Flowers sessile or shortly pedi rudiment of the ovary, female with slender staminodia.—Ben™. © Hab.: Stradbroke Island. : ee Order LYCOPODIACEZ. LYCOPODIUM, Linn. : L. Clarz (n. sp.) (After Miss Clara Cowley, a young energetic collector of the Barron fae flora.) Stems pendulous from rocks trunks of trees, from 14 to 34 ft. long, rarely forked, from 1 to 1} in. diameter including the ive. which are so dense as to hide He stem. Leaves lanceolate, much narrowed towards the apex, from ? to over lin. long, of a somewhat membranous texture, and of a rich ac green, the midrib obscure, ee entire. Sporangia in the axils of unaltered leaves, numerous ge. Hab.: Uppe wle Lycopodium received fro m Mr, te fe I ehought sight prove, when bette: rang to be a form of L. Duitoastianin, Spring. ; further aeapeartay however, show tad it is not related to that Borneo plant, but is quite a new be pe and, Mr. Co wley tells me, is known to the natives by the name “ Goorige By Authority : Jaues C. Beat, Government Printer, William street, Brisbane. gy et Bie eae Gs a i Se Queenslanv. * co ae — Paro¢ 957 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BRISBANE. BOTANY BULLETIN No. VIII. DECEMBER, 1893. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUEENSLAND FLORA. s BY { F. M. BAILEY, F.L.S., went &: COLONIAL BOTANIST. oF ; % 3 taal | : ® Bulletins of this Department will be sent free to such Individuals interested as may request them, Address all applications to “The Under Secretary for Agriculture, Brisbane.” es, : BRISBANE: * Avronrry. EDMUND GREGORY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WILLIAM STREET. 1998... * NOTICE. a Ir was my intention to delay the publication of a part of the matter contained in the present Bulletin until I was in possession of further detail, but certain matters have occurred which make it imperative that, so far as possible, all phytologic matter at all avail- able be issued in the present publication. I particularly regret that this has to be done, for it was my hope that I should have been enabled to carry out the plan adopted with the Freshwater Alge, of publishing all similar Families in separate Bulletins ; and for this purpose the large number of Lichens deter- _ Mined for us by the eminent specialist, Professor J. Muller, have been : kept back from a few of the previous Bulletins, but have now to be given, ee eee ee ae Se Those descriptions, of which printed slips have been issued, and . those added during the progress of the printing, are dated. a ¥, M. B. a“ ¥ —\R\ BOTAR> on, ; An Ge cf 'v ~ . 4e\ x 5 \ \ NOV 3 1945 a, a a CONTENTS. ee eee Page. Pag ats buelliaceum, Sas » 7% Cladonia degenerans, var. pissiers Aeidin um comp eeiteram, Mart... = 119 Fi. 93 Deeri vince, fase er riata, var. antilopea, J. M. 92 A Badimiaccartm. Berk. .. : Fare tor fi fabelk rf ae 93 ari enta, var, ellulata, J. garicus donde ota Ymembrnacens i Clathroperin re > a fe (Colla) diyophis, ae _.. 107 Lore i gts oe Ta n is d M. i Galonectear? otagens 111 = (Myce na)é eplpieryens sree se ae Coccoarpin aurentigs 3 tuk. et Vs d. > eurot A 7 Alectoria ous eyphelformi, B Bork a pellta, ea. incisa, J. 7 Anaptychi Trev ragdina, J. M9 leucomelena, Trev, } | Comogonium confervoides, ae oa speci : oleocoma centaurea, F.v.M. - ... 7 litera minal hypoleuea, ‘f. sore: ‘ poeres — Baits PO eae Specio: ‘rowea scabra .. ve 71 ania ain ia 98 | Sows a ih Areinglesehalti, Mfass. geben ae c um AMVAALUS Acktolochia ent Broth... 87 | spinesoons, Bi 72 Arthopyrenia Ginelionn sr . 84 | Cupania flagelliformis, Bail. 73 Arthothelium puniceum, ir 10 Cyathus Baileyi, Mass. 109 ‘ aia (Apus) eupularis, F; 104 | Cyperus platystylis, 2. Br 85 , =e eurassavica y Lees 108 | Cyphella longipes, Che: and Mass. ... 109 bolus Phillipsii, B 218 Cyrto-Hypnum nano-delicatulum 89 “hos um acti wees & Ph Forst,. ; fe e pariuos Sao Cas “ an” iy Wer cyanodiocx ee arwinla ascicn pea u Mer oral Sean 77 e ostoides ... 113 , .. 113 | Dendroceros crispatus, Hook. 90 Raia, 4 Muelleri, Stephant om ericif esvaucia aristata Beeeh (Euro as a Linn. f. g2 | Diplodia Marsdeniee, Che. aind Mass. 113 Botrytis Glia © Ar ee pacts actinostomus Zahl. . ae Bryum (Eub od tn. = iommarginabit, lobulata, F. v. M.... ie 83 oie ts ager tg 4 Be odes v. M..: : Sear Us oe cen rrmmguerenne 100 100 Emmenospernum Aiphone ae Ounninghami mae + Endiandra Sank nt 82 91 | Brioderma Knightii, Shirley ict Eriostemon = atus pone 2 92 salieifoliu ee ae 28 Ery tibe paniculata, var. coccinea, re oe Eurybia ramosissima soe weeny TT : 98 Fagu te ee 112 adaed Carronti : co ae Cunevinghoe St See ee 85 Moorei, Fase ee ea, 3 Byinderta iM sige 8 8S . 104 | Fissi “(Sati “gplach- = 104 ene Broth. tle gage os ae Fomes copearats: Bull, oa Vi. CONTENTS. Mylitenn australis Myrtusexaltata, Bail. <2, Page. Geaster Archeri, B . 110 Gilceosporium Aiphone, C. and M. 114 Goodenia SESE a, F. v. M. 79 Goolawa te 8 Gomphandra 71 Austral 72 polymorpha, Wig ght., var, 6 72 maga oe a, J. M. “+. 108 (Avulacograplia) duplicate, “Ach. 108 duplicata, var. sublevis, J. M.... 103 (Fissurina) insidi ; ib Sen 1 rig acer Lineola, Ach, see 108 es, son 103 Gyalestidium filicinam, J. M. 99 phylloc s, J. s 99 oo microphyllus +. 71 Hamaspora longissima, Korn . 112 Heterothecium fusco-luteum, J. M... 101 vulpinum, Z'we 101 Hookeria (tahookeria) Karsteniana, - eae 112 Hypoxylon atrospheericum, Che. and Mass. ... th oi OES Bs seopiforme ., iit Toigofera saxicola, F, v. ath usually deciduous. ale catkins usually in the lower axils, the females in the upper ones.—Benth., Fl. Austr. Le. F. Moorei, F. v. ., Fragm. v. 109; Fl. Austr. vi. 211. (Fh Carronit, C. Moore, Negro Head of N.S. Wales.) (After C. Moore, 150 ft. L n 5 o flowering branches, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, crenate, acute or a few only of the lowest obtuse, flat and coriaceous as in F. Cunningham but with more numerous and rather more prominent primary veins. emale catkins in the upper axils on erect short peduncles, ovoid, glandular, containing 8 flowers each. Ovary of the 2 outer _ Hab.: Baron Mueller writes me that he has received specimens of this tree, which were gathered by Mr. R. Collins on high mountains towards mrook Found in New South Wales, at the head of Bellinger River, and head of Macleay Order ARISTOLOCHIACEZE. ARISTOLOCHIA, Linn. : y 8 petiolate, from ovate-oblong and 8 to 4 in. long, to narrow-oblong a: 8 to 10 in., obtuse or obtusely acuminate, rounded or slightly Bie at the base, coriaceous, shining above, penniveined and more OF “l yellow colour, somewhat succulent, oblong somewhat narrowed tows | 0 long, an dl lines in diameter, with 6 prominent ribs. Seeds compressed, triangula, the po ok “ane n Range, J. F. Shirl N Creek, Z.- Specimens from both localiti ge, J. F. Shirley; Nerang Sa New South Wales. ties in fruit only. First met with at the Schneider g nce Rivels Order COMMELYNACEZ. Trine TRADESCANTIBZ. CARTONEMA, R. Br. C. spicatum, P. Br., Fl. Austr. vii, 91, Stems branching at BE base, usually hairy, 6 in. high below the spike. Leaves linear, ee ing from a base of 13 to 3 lines broad just above the sheath to @ point, the longer ones usually exceeding the spike. Spixe semetimes very compact and only 2 in. long, rarely elongated 85 rather longer than the oblong-linear anthers, which open in terminal pores, rarely splitting down the sides of the cells. Ovary and capsule glabrous.— Benth., l.c. Hab.: Thursday Island, EZ. Cowley. Not previously met with in Queensland, but has been found in several localities of North Australia. Order CENTROLEPIDEZ. CENTROLEPIS, Labill. C. aristata, Rem. et Schult., Fl. Austr. vii, 206. (Desvauxia often a few of them nearly 4 line broad and above 1 in. long. Scapes 1 to 2 in. high, or in luxuriant specimens twice that height, flattened in each bract from 6 to about 20, intermixed with hyaline scales, some Yary narrow and entire, others broader and jagged at the end, always 1 under each stamen, and 1 under or by the side of each ovary, with a few apparently additional ones. Carpels of the ovary few, varying from 8 or 4 to 6 or 7.—Fl. Austr. Le. ab.: Queensland, F. v. M. Order CYPERACEZ. CYPERUS, Linn. C. platystylis, 2. Br., Fl. Austr. vii..264. Stems tufted, rather igh the nen ciliate. Nut oblong or oval-oblong, as long as the glume, that at face next the rhachis, the back convex. The style is quite veal Fimbristylis, all the other characters those of Cyperus.—F. Hab, : Queensland, P. ®. M. CAREX, Linn. 86 , like, or rarely the lowest with a subulate lamina nearly as long as the’ inflorescence. Glumes ovate, 1 to 1} lines long, acute or mucronate, the keel usually green. Male flowers few at the top of the spikelet. Utricle as long as the glume, much flattened, the edges ciliate, be | into a short 2-toothed beak. Style-branches 2. Nut flat.—Fl. Austr. Le. | Hab.: Queensland, /. v. M. Order GRAMINEZ. | Tre PANICEA. PANICUM, Linn. P. ceenicolum, F. ». M, Austr. vii. 467. Stems from a knotty branching base ascending to 1 ft. or more. Leaves flat, usually softly nerved, both more or less silky-hairy and empty. Fruiting glume smooth, acute.—Fl. Austr. l.c. Hab.: Queensland, F. vo. M. Trizzs ANDROPOGONES. ROTTBOELLIA, Linn. f. R. rariflora (n. sp.) A. decumbent pubescent grass, prome annual, shortly creeping and rooting at the base, the stems slend : aves with loose sheaths, the lamina from 2 to 14 in. long, narrow-lanceoy e enclosing a spikelet of usually a single flower. Outer glume Ba 1 or 13 hine long, nearly white, smooth and hard, faintly g-nerved; alea glume hyaline and faintly 1-nerved, the 3rd and 4th glume 0° P ea, hyaline. Stamens 8. Grain enclosed in the hyaline glume and pale but free from them. The above name is given provisionally. Hab.: Batavia River, Hugh Millman. Cape York Poninsula, Geo. Tacobso™ Order FILICES, : ASPLENIUM, Linn. oa A. flaccidum, Forst., Fl. Austr. vii. 749. Rhizome stout Stipes : ed with large, subulate-lanceolate membranous scales. ds under stout, rather short, compressed or somewhat 3-angular. Era bi- ; or 1 ft. to 2 ft., or, in New Zealand, twice that length; pinna’t lows ones toothed, the fertile diyided into linear lobes of 2t0.6 87 ing a single, rather large, sorus attached to the central vein; but the conspicuous indusium thrown over to the upper side so as to appear ae This f lso met with Hab ring Creek, Killarney, MZ. #. Milward. is fern is also in New sire Wa aes, Victoria, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Dr. Robt. Brown named 4. odont Order MUSCI. ARCHIDIUM, Bridel. A. brisbanicum, Broth., in Bail. Contrib. Queensl. Fl. Bull. n. 7, p. 23 (name on nly). "Mor noecious oreparious, small, green ; stems i Seth Pegs panne ee ssc rE low wer : sonres yee oe - rather in a short, tet Goals awn ; wholly pellucid, dilutely Siseopieylleaes pericheetial bracts similar to the leaves, but longer, exceeded by the much longer vein; pane globose Sains te, are thinly clothed ; pets ‘1-12 Jaa tetera Papillose. Perigonia in the branches, very short, basilar, with lanceolate ees epanely denticulate and veinless, antheridia few, without para physes Hab. : Ipswich road, near Brisbane, H. Tryon. LEDOOLOMA, Bridel. 1 ng Than ie NEN Ed a aera ae ot sho , feos acute, very veg wet oe divided nals branchl ts Maatiginies gl short ect ; lea i e mposed of Meurved, siulaya = inibate, border hyaline, very narrow, comp Raling. xi wide, ae Ribacied inte a atk sha oa ye me “appendix, 2 hyaline oa basilar cells very smooth, sparingly oe ee cae a0E e llulesi narrowly rectangular, the lower ones golden, wi er - a quadrate, hyaline cellules, the superior ones of which a : ‘Pellucid, minate di wepelgte incrassate, and chlosuphyllous? he ¢ othe - Parts are unknow +: Petrie’s Seiesiea Brisbane, H. Tryon. FISSIDENS, Bridel, ] eee rr Broth. in Bail. omen, aplach no. + Diensiiun 88 border very narrow, whitish, lamina nerveless, with large splachnoids, lax, oval-hexagonal cellules, ‘04-"05 x ‘02-025 mm., the basal cellules larger, sparingly chlorophyllose, very smooth ; perichetia terminal, wi ‘ ther parts unknown. Male plants similar to the female, and growing in the same tuft; perigoma terminal, with few, very small bracts, widely vaginate, acuminate, and numerous antheridia. Hab.: Indooroopilly, Queensland, Field Naturalists. BRYUM, Linn. culate, bordered, border narrow, indistinct, vein viridi-rufescent, shortly exserted, denticulate, with oblong-hexagonal cellules m the centre of the leaf, ‘05-'07 shining, when dry not at all twisted ; thece pendulous, of lls (‘75 mm.), when dry rugulose-subcylindrical, with nec about 3 oe long and *75 id at all constricted beneath the mouth, a lengthily appendiculate; spores ‘008-01 mm., ochraceous, 7h smooth ; operculum tall, convex, with very distinct apex, obtuse. e B. (Eu ) ail. Cont. Queensl. Fl. Bull. n. 13, p. 21 (name only). Dicecious, cxespitose, dense ~ tufts, fragile, green. Stems scarcely 2-3 mm. high, recs 1 rown radicles, densely foliaged a e _or less revolute, apex erect, vein thick, rufescent, ending m4 15 mm. in length, subcylindrical, thin-walled, with short neck 4 mm. long and thick, symmetrical, large-mouthed, pallid, not at all shining; broad, in part seceding ; the peristome resembles that of B. ape 89 spores “01-012 mm., lutescent-greenish, very smooth; operculum hemispherical, lengthily apiculate, pallid. The male plant is unknown. Hab. : Mount Perry, Queensland, James Keys. HOOKERLIA, Sm. H. (Euhookeria) Karsteniana, Broth. Gch. Synecious, creep- ing, flaccid, complanate, pale-green, densely branched, with decumbent branches, the leaves about 2 mm. wide, obtuse; leaves delicate, hyaline, lateral, when humid, patent, asymetrical, widely oblong, ther obtuse, terminating in a very short apex, limbate, the border ; to Tgius erect, above minutely denticulate, with two veins, pallid, slender, and diverging from the base, abrupt beneath the apex, very PTEROBRYUM, Hornsch. -f (Trachyloma) recurvulum 0. Mull., Bail. Syn. Queensl. Fl. rd Supp., p. 98 (name only). Dicecious (?), cespitose, deep green, shining ; ose, more or less densely pinnate, apex usually simple and recurved, sparingly com- planate, turgid, obtuse, with short branchlets, 1-1°5 cm. long, out- from the base ‘cordate, with circinate, auricles undulate, the stems pte ovate-ligulate, abruptly and shortly acuminate, the margins . arrow, at both ends acuminate, replete with chlorophyll, scarcely distinct in the wiugs, the basilar and deeper ones more lax, Mall parts smooth. Hab. : Bellenden-Ker, Expedition 1889. Of this F. Brotherus says “Thi ies resembles, in habit and : ys “This pretty species resembles, 1n ot of leaves, species of the genus Calyptoi ecium much more than any of Se hitherto known of the genus or sub-genus Zrachyloma, and should, I think, Svcs be referred to the former than the latter. As, however, fructiferous michs are unknown, this matter must be left undecided for the present. ©. nano-d ‘eatulu : -delicatulum Hampe (Cyrto-Hypnum nano-delicatulum, Hampe) 8. pennula C. Mull to B iL Syn. Cues, Bot., 3rd Supp. {mame only). Female plant robust, rigid, green, when old brown; frequently divided, interruptedly ; ising from it, the ong, the higher ulose; cauline leaves dilatate, subcordate, 90 suddenly alternate, aristate by the very lengthily exserted vein, with margins from base to centre more or less revolute, minutely crenu- sate, apex poet. vein. thick, lutescent, ending in a stout awn, very long and serrulate ; cellules incrassate, pepe, pellueid, oval, = basilar ones larger, the marginal subrotund, leaves in the branchlets nute, when dry ad pressed, when panid erect, concave, ova Desnneolises; with serrulate margins, vein pallid, beneath the a vanishing, the back distantly spinulose, with stout papillose cells, en rotund, the apex truncate, crowned with acute papille, paraphyllia numerous, confervoid, ramose, papillose, perichetial bracts fuscescent- t a. 5 R (a>) ber J oO O ca — @ B OG ork FF aS ) 5 =| Qu o is) +} cS ~ = — — .S =P) 5 Ms ~~) oo oO = narrower, and sm oother ; other parte u unknown. Hab.: Near Brisbane, Bail.; North Pine River, G. 7. Musson. Order HEPATIC. DEN DROCEROS, Nees. s broad, coder primately branched, remarkably erisped j lobes thin thd of a single stratum, occasionally divided into laciniz that simulate leaves; cellules quadrate, strengthened at the angles, gonidia none; costa well defined, slender, of more than one stratum. D. crispatus cAoone ‘); Nees. Trans. and Shas i: ue the et Soc. Edinb. xv. Part ee ie at t. Mise ; ndochro aa monecious ; females sewing | above the frond, arising from the st sho. a linguiform lip, papillose, carnose, 6-striate. Peduncles short, a wholly immersed, base hidden within the oblong carnos® ee pallid of 3 layers of cells (6 in diameter), the ce entral ones with chlorophyll. Capsule semiemersed, longer than the 10” poeer-sTipndsicn!, cadena bivalved, with filiform persistent eollu at aters medium e, furnished with spiral fibres. Spores * large ate rough. es es ridia uniseriate on both sides of the cost ®. solitary, subglobose, emerging from the apices of mam Hab.: On bark of trees Tambourine Mountain, C. J. Wild, 1893. First found on at the Island of St. Vincent. I believe a tis specimens belong to the yt bat ) aoe they have been " seasaiined BY by some doubts will remain, i Pd es ae 91 D. Muelleri, Stephani, Hedw. 1889, page 6. Frond 3 em. long, fureately divided, slender, deep green, base brownish; costa pallid, broad, thick, cav (cavities broadly tri-quadriseriate) , the superficies therefore laxly reticulate, passing abruptly into the wings. Wings of a single stratum, crispate, scarcely broader than the costa, very deeply lobate, almost to the end of the frond Separated into parts or segments ; obules repando-dentate, alternate, and simu ting true leaves. Cellules 035 mm., with thickened nodulose angles, towards the ; st with large, obovate solitary anthers, the pedicels equalling them in in diameter, involucre about ie as long, fuciform, the base deep green (spores immature), above beautifully golden; cellules convex, ‘035 x ‘017 mm., walls unequally thick ; columella stout, spores green, 10-cellular, ‘06 mm. Ii diameter, cuticle granulate, florescent. Elaters°5 x ‘008 mm., twisted into a single lax spiral. Hab.: Bellenden-Ker Range, Sayer, 1886. Order LICHENES. : The information given concerning the following lichens, reported | or the first time as natives of Queensland, together with the notes 2 and remarks on species whose descriptions have not been hitherto fully : supplied, or which have been reported by other authors under pang 0 Bhislen egy is compiled for this Bulletin by Mr. Fatty L—COLLEMACE, Mull. Arg. Enum. Lich. Gen. p. 18. Tue I.—COLLEMEA, Korb. Par. p. 408. LEPTOGIUM, Fr., pro. p. i tremelloides, v. isidiosa Mull. Arg. Upper surface of at e laciniw, and the margins, in places, provided with cwspitos ubtoliaceous isidiellw.—Lich. Beit. 874. : Hab.: Main Rango, near Toowoomba. | Fanir IL—EPICONIACEM, Mull. 4rg. Enum. Lich. Gen. p. 18. ‘Teme TL—CALICIBR, Mull. Arg. Enum. Lich. Genéve p. 19. CALICLUM, Ach. &. trachelinum, 4ck. Thallus cinerascent, thin, granulose, or quently obsolete ; apothecia medium or large, the capa ne. glebosum v. concinnum, Wilson, and C. hymenosporum, i. Be a eae me 92 C. victorie v. jejunum, Wilson. Botany Bulletin No. 2, p. 30. Rev. F. RB. M. Wilson says: “OC. jejunum, reported by me (Trans. Lin. Soc. 1890), is now judged by me to bea not clearly marked form of C. victorie.”—Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict. 1893 p. 163. PYRGILLUS, Nyl. P, javanicus, .Vy/. The following are synonyms of this lichen :— Calicium stenosporum, Wilson, Botany Bulletin No. 2, p. 29; an Pyrgillus australiensis, Wilson, Bot. Bull. No. 2, p. 31. TYLOPHORON, Nyl. Prod. Lich. Nov. Gran. p. 480. Thallus crustaceous, apothecia (at first wholly enclosed in whitish, or white, subglobose verruce, or thalline tubercles) wit shortly cylindrical or cupular innate thalline receptacle. — The sporal on; protruding; spermagonia colourless, innate ; sterigmata cylindrical, somewhat branched ; spermatia acicular, straight. This genus differs T, triloculare, Mull. Arg. (nov. sp.) Thallus argillaceous o° whitish, thinly tartareous, diffracto-areolate, and the whole surface crowdedly sub-granular; apothecia }-mm. wi disk plane or sub-concave, and above nigro-fuscous ; hypathew nigro-fuscous ; lamina hyaline and above usually evanescent, covere with a thick stratum of spores; spores in narrow ascl, OF free, ellipsoid, brown, ‘011-013 x ‘0065 mm. H ab,: Main Range, near Toowoomba. ACOLIUM (Fee).D.N. Apothecia crateriform, or now urn-shaped, sessile ; @ black td excipulum, which is either naked or margined by an accessory t r ik one. Spores spherical and simple, or 2-4 locular, or even eee brown. Thallus crustaceous, rarely lobulate, mostly uniform.—"? Int. St. Lich. p. 40. A. buelliaceum, J. Mull. (nov. sp.) Thallus white, very Pe rather smooth, continuous or slightly rimulose, margin © ie there is a vestige of a third integument. The junior apothedia tt enclosed in small hemispherical yerruce ; disk plane, age is albo-pulverulent; spores brown, bilocular or 3-locular, 006-°0065 mm. , Hab.: Main Range, near Toowoomba. Famity I1].—LICHENACEA, J. Mull., Lich. Socot. and Enum. Lich. Ge 48: Prise I1I.—CLADONIE®, J. Mull. Enum. Lich. Gen. P- 22. CLADONXIA, Uftm. Pumocarp® ScyPHOPHORS. ele C. fimbriata v. antilopza, J. Mull., s. Cladoma del : Wilson (non. Fk.) ; Lich. Fl. Queensl. p. 17. ar P) 93 C. degenerans, Ach.; v. pleolepis, Fk. fete short, cinereo- fuscescent, rigid, foliaceous- squamulose; scyphi ular, ‘lacerate- crisped, here and there at the margins ramose, Seles substerile.— esha Syn. Lich. p. 259. Hab.: Main Range, near Toowoomba. Pumocarpx Ascypre. C. furcata v. foliolosa, J. Mull. Podetia din., nigrescent, Aa, squamose-granulose, sparingly foliolose ; apices cylindrical right up t the apothecia, and not at all scyphose- incrassate. Syn.—C. pityrea v. Soliolosa, J. Mull., Lich. Beit. 1005. Hab.: Mount Pe erry. Eryturocarrx ScrpHoPHoRsz C. macilenta, v. flabellulata, J. Mull. boxe, nov.) Podetia 9-12 mm. long, bel low 2-3 mm. thick or thinner, from the centre or higher copiously and fin nely fabellose-ramose, wholly granulose- pulverulent and destitute of scale ab.: Wickham Terrace, on moist stl: Trizz 1V.—RAMALIN EA, Th. M. Fries, Gen. Heterolich p. 50. RAMALINA, Ach. “ Ecklonii, Mnt.; v. tenuissima, Mey. ae aa Frond 3 mM. long, lacinia at ’ the base about 1 mm. or naivower, hisantd becoming finely acuminate, slightly vanatenlade: concave or subplane. Spores -012--014 x ‘005-"0055 mm. , slightly curved or wholly Straight. Rey. Lich. Mey. p. 811, Lich. Beit. 1478. Hab. : Main Range, near Teowacmnba. B. inflata, v « Olivacea, J. Mull. Thallus olivaceous-obscure ; apothecia beat eruginose-pruinose. In all other —- olly a a iersight, ‘O1-‘O14 x 004-005 mm. Lich. Bei a . Main Range, near Toowoomba. ALECTORTA, Ach. A. australiensis, C. Knight. Possesses no gonidia, and is now known to be nothing more than an undeveloped form of the fungus Marasmius equicrinis. Triznz V.—USN EEA, Th. M. Fries, Gen. Heter. p. 47. USNEA, Hffm. v. barbata a, V. asperrima, TM is a synonym of Benstrie aileyi, Stirton. Lich. F lL. Queens. p. 2 Tre VIL—PELTIGEREA, J. Mull., Lich. ae p. 29. PELTIGERA, Hffm. Hee bolydactyla, v. dissecta, J. Mull. Thallus as in the , but _the thallre g neh Pemagyi A wage margins are uD ndulate, casas! Y microphylline-dissect. _ Apothecia resemble those o @, Ach., of this species. Lich. Beit. 1624. nin Range, near Toowoomba, 94 Taree VII.—PARMELIEA®, J. Mull., Lich. Gen. p. 31. STICTINA, Nyl. S. crocata, v. a era Mull. s. S. intricata, Stirton (non Del.). Sich. Fl. Queens. p ‘S. brevipes, J. Mull. s. ¢ Picasneprd, Tayl. Lich. Fl. Qd. p. 55. S. fuliginosa, Nyl., Syn. i. 347. Thallus cervine or cine Palen moderate ei small (2-4 inches), stiff, either rather snot or un nequal or sparingly scrobiculate-rugose, slightly shining or aimos opaque, monophyllous, variously lobed, lobes rotundate ; _ above some: rown apothecia fusco-rufescent, about 1 m.m., -scattered, often when Magra with margin whitish ete a spores colourless, fusiform, t nda ‘027-04 x -007-"0 : Mount Mistake. 5 Ss. uercizans, Ach. s. 8. tomentella, Leighton (non Humb.) Lie Fl. Queens. p. 5 Fi Ss. suborbioularis, J. Mull. 3. S. subtomentella, Knight, an S. macrophylla, Auct. Lich. Fl. Queens. p. 54. al S. Freycinetii, v. isidiosula, J. Mull. Thallus roughen over with coarse isidiose granules. Hab. : Main Range, near Toowoomba. °o Ler | oOo @ fe) @ = ct = es oe = = ° ba} > = i) OQ ci m2 Oo or rw Pa) =, oor jo) — ne = wR = mu fe Rr S Bp oO = = STICTA, Ach. ; S. endochrysea, v. Urvillei, /. sagt es ie o er s. 8. Urvillei, oe Lich. Fi. Sa ae e J. Mull ie e S. endochrysea, v. flavi tak ag c e Mall. 8. a Hook. et. Tayl. Lich, eM Peet p. 61. : parle Vv. abit J. Mull. Hab.: Main Range, near Toowoo Nyl. Ss. Seemanni, Bab. cule resembles 8S. dichotomore™ ape in colour of upper and lower surfaces, in laciniation, and in the and position of the apothecia ;_ it can, however, be readily ete ek from its ally by its glabrous under surface, tachi in 8. dichot Nyl., is tomentose. Hab.: Main Range, near Toowoomba. S. impressa nt et Tayl., f = Bm rpan ide Nyl., J. Mull., Lich. Fl. Queens. p. 6 PARMELIA, Ach. GLAUCESCENTES. epara and S. Bornetit ee rm of P. cetrata, Ach.; v. sorediifera, Wainio. A sore iid rol the lichen thus described by Acharias :—Thallus suborbicular, wee pallescent, nude; beneath black, hispid, lobes sinuate-laciniate, att r narrow, with broader apex, Inciso-crenate, TO otunda ae r arges segments retuse, a gs hae at length dilatate, pi” onford fuseo-atrous, imperfore Syn.—P. sristubata, Fee, P. pe ai Ny J Acoli. )s Ft ‘ade J. “Mull, Lich. Cath. No. 33; ?. macrocalp' P. homotoma, Nyl. Hab. : : Main Range, near Toowoomba, 95 P. perlata, v. ciliata, DO. Differs from the type in the thallus being ’ strikingly nude below, and the margin nigro-ciliate, Spores 025-028 x ‘014-017 mm, Spermatia bfusiform ‘005 x ‘0006 mm. Nyl. Syn. i. 380, and Lich. ‘Ins. Guin p- 1 Hab,: Main Range, near Toowoomba. P, tiliacea, v. sulphur Tuck,, s. P. tiliacea f. asperata, J,Mull. L.B, 570. Thallus Rael and finely isidiose-asperate on the upper splint strongly resembling P. tiliacea f. scortea, but within sulphureo mad Main Range, near Toowoomba. P. tiliacea, v. rugulata, J. Muil., s. P. caperatula, Stir. (non Nyl.). Lich Flor. Queens. p. 45. P, ano Nyl. s. P. tiliacea, v. meizospora, Nyl. Lich. Fl. Queens P. Hookeri, Zuyl., resembles P. tiliacea, Ach., and P. levigata, Ach., but ere tice discrete, sinuate incised, aA strongly atro- thizinose. Spores 008-011 x ‘006-008 mm, Syn.—P. sublevigata Nyl., and P. tiliacea v. eb bie Nyl. Hab. : Main Range, near Toowoomb : pretervisa, J. Mull. s. "p. tinctorum, Despr. Lich. Fi. , Que p. 48, and P. perlata, v. pretervisa, M. . F. tenuirima, Tayl. Thallus suborbicular, inciso-lobate, pallid _- Castaneous, os with undulate lobes, crenate, subelevate, when old ii 7 simple’ furrows ; -spethiesti iene e, very coneaye, with thin margin, at length fractured, disk pallid castaneous. Spores *014-‘016 mm. long; | oid. ab.: Main Range, near Toowoomba. OcHROLEUCE. P, 2dpressa, Kremp.s. P. ampleaula, Stirton Lich. Fl. Queens. aneunidota JM. wags — Seige? ere ‘prinkled over ee broad © hemi- Spherical. Syn,—P. ochroleuca f. lad 30g 7 Mull, L. ' Bide Hab.: Main Range, near Toowoomba. Gicimbata, Lam. s. P. insinuata, Knight (non. Nyl.). Lich. Fl. Queens, p. 47. HyPogyMNIa. ie rata, JM. Thallus iP! variable, a, aber? ft mf leprose-pulverulent, b beneath always in a. brond m hys mm. Very nearly el the I P. phy saa at eeuiate Syn. es Tae amara, Fee ; and v. — Fee is v. var iolosa, Mull. an B. 706 e Hab.: Main ines near Toowoomba. PoropHoRA. + Fl S ee lactea, Nyl., s. P. sorediata, C.K. Lieh- ueens. p. 99 P. (Depressz) depressa, v. octomera, J. Mult, Toa albido-cinereous, a Png fin dee smoothish ; verruce hemis' solitary or 2-3-confluent, outline often regularly orbicular and the reo ee ee Se ee EO ee at Se ee 99 clearly cireumscripto- ie and not gradually passing into the thallus ooth or oothish, apex depressed, in the er efowaedly 1 Riniiy: sutidlnte ostiola nigricant or atro-olivaceous, finall lly often maculari-confluent, stoutish ; spores 6-8, ‘07-085 x ‘055-'06 mm., within smooth. Syn.—Porina depressa, Fée. Hab.: Main Range, near Toowoomba. P. (Depress) undulata, J. Mull. Thallus and verruce slightly ee a, in places thin, rugulose, finally rimose ; verruce mm. wide, depresso-hemispherical, in base undulate, 3-5-zibbose, wlithice smooth, towards the base merging into the thallus ; vertex at first obtiise, then subexcavate-depressed and adorned with browni sh or colourless ostiola; spores 8, ‘06-75 x ‘027-3 mm., within smooth. : Hab. : Toowoomba, on bark. DIPLOSCHISTES, Norm. Mag. naturvid. vii. 1853 p. 232. D. actinostomus, ia . 8. Urceolaria actinostoma, Sch.; U. nove-zealandia, C. K.; mbata, Wilson (in lit.) ; ee elaves; C.K., Lich. Fl. Queens. D. or 28. Trize XIII—GYALECTEA, J. Mull., Lich. Parag. p. 12. GYALECTIDIUM, J. Mall. Thallus crustaceous; gonidia globose, green; apothecia lecano- mbe, margin simple, outwardly thalline. Paraphyses agers connected. Spores hyaline, eens! Difters from Gyalee phyllocharis, J. Mull.,s. Lecidea phyllocharis, Mut. Lich. Fi. on p. 115, G. ili cinum, J. Mull. Thallus suborbicular, small, very thin, cinereo-virescent, dunia shining, more or less gran » margin sub- etfused or concolor ous; gonidia globose, 5-8 » wide ; apothecia $ am os slightly larger, crowded, slightly ag thickly pangs an at first “innate-lecanorine, margin outwar org babe unequal, si analy disappearing i in the thallus, within ‘white, dis pallid fuscescent, nud e; lamina wholly i ae tough; paraphyses strikingly . oo. er; asci l-spor ah spores 03-035 x ‘012- ‘016 ao transversely about 12-septate longitudinally $ 5. septate. L. B. 253 Hab.: Main Range, near Toowoomba. Tere XTV. LECIDEA, J. Mull., Enum. Lich. Genéve p. 50. LECIDEA, Ach. EULECIDEA. rope albo-crerulescens, Wulf, s. L. subnubila, Stirton. Lic cha p. 108. digs eae essa, Kremp., s. L. plumbeella, J. Mull. and Lecanora _ Gt icilia) levissima, C. K. Lich. on » Crees p- 91. 100 L. piperis, Spreng.; v. melanocarpa, J. Mull. Thallus fusces- cent; apothecia from ‘the first black or blackish ; hypothecium thick, rufo-fuscous. Rev. Eschw. p. 16. Syn.—ZL. sabuletorum v. brasili- ensis, Eschw. Hab. : Mount Mistake and Rosewood Scrub. PATELLARIA, J. Mull. Sect. PsoroTHECIUM. P. melaclina, (Nyl.) J. Mull. Hab. : Main Range, near Toowoomba. Sect. CaTILLARIA. / #, alboflavicans, J. Mull (sp. nov.). Thallus thin, rimulose ot at length diffracto-areolate, at first, however, continuous, outline effuse; / rst v a black and nude, opaque ; epithecium olive black ; hypothe cium rk fuscous ; Spores clipeoid.fusiform, rather incurved, equally biloeu I, 012-5 x -7 mm Hab.: On rocks near Brisbane; and Mount Mistake. Sect. Bac P. intermixta, J. Mull. Thallus a white, effuse, soon 8 scurfy and granulate, and now sorediiferous, ashy and fuscescent oF re evanescent; apothecia small, adnate, brownish, flattish, p : border obtuse or wantin ng ; spores ’ ellipsoid, ae fae “012-028 * Tuck. North Am. Lich. pp. 30, ' Hab.: Helidon, on bark. P. millegrana, J. Mull. Thallus whitish, abe oe late-rugose ; = apes — carneous, OF o-fuscescent, about 1 mm., plane ather margin rates ‘margin como J pallid or pallid wick spbies 9. 27 1 pepeatel “06-114 x ‘0045-005 mms peraphaes slender. s. P. he terochroa, J. Mull. : Main Range, near Toowoomba. P Sasa v. fusco-nigrescens, J. Mull. Ape with fuscous or fusco- -nigrous epithecium, and spores 08 oF 0045-0055 mm. s. L. poster te Kremp. Hab.: Main Range, near Toowoom BUELLLA, De Not B. lactea, Korb., s. Lecidea saxatilis, Stirton (non Schaer.) Fi. oe p. 121. B. subareolata, J. Mull, Lich. Parag. 130. Thallus som al ee margin effuse, in other parts sete ee towards the margin rimose-areolate or spuriously a chee sub-unequal ; spurious areole plane, not at all Boe en — = black, nude, ‘05-08 mm. wide ; plan margin somewhat atro-fuscous ; epitheciu hypotheium, a deep brown; spores 8, biseriate, 9-locular, Hab.: Mount Mistake. B. subarenaria, J. Mull. (sp. nov.). _ Hab.: Hill End, on rocks Lich. 101 areole contiguous, very small; apothecia ‘3 mm. wide, at first HETEROTHECIUM, Flot. (pro p. Mass.). _ thallus crustaceous, gonidia commonly globose; apothecia (biatorine) lecideine, paraphyses not connexo-ramose ; spores muriform and hyaline. Lich. Beit. 260. H. vulpina, Zick. s. L. domingensis v. gyrosa, Stirton Lich. Fl. Queens. p. 117. {usco-Inteum, J. M.,s. L. fusco-lutea, Dicks, Lich. Fl. Queens. p. 115, } Trizz XV.—CO@NOGON ITEM, J. Mull., Lich. Parag. p. 18. Gonidia confervaceous ; apothecia lecideine-biatorine. CCENOGONIUM, Ehrenb. ES, confervoides, WVyl., s. C. interpositum, Nyl. Lich. Exot. p. 259. Thalline filaments ‘012-8 mm. thick. Prod. Lich. Nov. Gran. p. 456. Hab.: Mount Mistake. Trigg XVI.—THELOTREME&, J. Mull., Graph. Fée p. 5. °F Very thin, indeterminate, apothecia colourless, enclosed in White, opaque, subglobose, finally rotundate-difform thalline tubercles ; 914 mm. ; above unequal, the corneo-nigricant epithecium showing ; Spores §, colourless, oblong, 4-6 locular, ‘014-8x ‘006-7 mm. Lich. Andam, p, er & Qu. 2 i) =} oO oa a 9 a =| S pd = ie) bat p=) a © o i=} 77) “we um flo “ongate-ellipsoid, 4-6 locular. Hab.: On bark, Brisbane. 0. endomelzena, J. Mull, Thallus.chalky-white, thin, smooth, -7 mm., innate-em 102 ee engin J. Mull. re oo J. Mull., s. Ocellularia ericota, Wilson, Jide Mull. LEPTOTREMA, J. Mull. al a L. compactum, Ny/. Given 1B L.B. 1184, as a Queens lichen, with reference to Nyl. Prod. Nov. Gran., p. 46. ey ar plant is named in the Prodromus, = ie compunctum is evidently intended THELOTREMA, Ach. a j in, T inturgescens, J. Muli. Thallus stramineo-cinerascen from cna and smooth, usually areolate-rimose ; areol strongly inturgescent, and as if bullate- multigibbose ; — smooth, mal fruite with 3 apothecia profoundly innate, globose m., apex W very na oy ‘05, oat iolum ; perithecium within * ealvestiattt; spores eos: rolitary, “27 x ‘04, closely parenchymatous. bark, near Brisban rf asics J. Mull. tine obscurely olivaceous, vert we firm, cartilaginous, shining; apothecia geen te » Use fr shite: eee deeply concave; margin opening Ww ely, at re farina a ent or recurved, then subobsolete, and with phe disk al Oe re e interior w wholly a albo- Shoes spores 8, ‘015-7 x 6. ‘toeakar, middle loculi, 2-locellate : On bark, Brisbane. Taiz XVIL—GRAPHIDER, J. Mull., Graph. Fée pp. 4 and 13. Svun-Triep I.—Everarnme®, J. Mull. OPEGRAPIHA, Nyl. : 17. Q. Bonplandi, v. abbreviata, J. Mull., Graph. Boo pt Lirelle much abbrevia: ted ; spores ‘03-045 x 0035-0045 mm.» Nae fusiform, 7-9 septate, often from » hyaline finally olivaceo-obscure- : Main Range, near Toowoo: oO. ria, v . diaphora, Ny “‘Thallus white, gulreclens eo elongate, attenuate at ods extremities, epitheci sans tS ovate margin persistent, flexuose; spores 8, colourless, steal s Lich. or obovate-fusiform, Sapitai. 024-6 x ‘007 mm. Leighton Fl. Gt. Brit. pp. 404-5. .Hab.: Mount Mistake. hite, O. vulgata, v. subsiderella, Ny/. Thallus ars pa tleduend. meaiehas eee cracked ee scaly, effuse ive M minent and sessile, radiate-ramose, wavy and shining 3 nd and epithecium rimform, uniform; proper margin thick, very a 03-4 inflexed; spores 8, colourless, ty wee’ 5-septate, “015-0 mn. Leighton Lich. Fl. Gt. Brit. p: & Hab.: Rosewood Scrub. ciner’ O. (Lecanactis) platygraphoides, J. Mull. coe id, ascent - whitish, , thin, ages areolate - rimose ; eee c K ch eee ee sie. ogee Mar Me ye ay Moe 103 accrescent, 2°5-3 mm., proper margin as if rd elongation of the periphery of the thick’ nigro-fuscous hypothecium; disk plane, when young albido- : seabge: ; eer 8, hyaline, sitchin, narrow below, ‘03-35 x ‘004-5 mm., ular Hab.: On bark, near Sebbace. GRAPHIS, J. Mull. G. e » J. Mull. sp. nov.). ne —— ny a white ale. “ivelle "sessile- emer 1-2°5-mm. long a wide, wholly simple and sega: diffe ering in direction, wholly “back aad nude, linear, thickish, constricted towards the base ; lips closely conni- vent, not at all suleate; perithecium at the base complete, ie alae lack ; spores 8, hyaline, 03 x ‘008 mm., fusiform, 9-10 locular Hab. : See pine ke. comma, Mass., and Nylander in Prod. Nov. Gran. p. 73. Hab. : Olereian d. ee and aes disk rimiform, mar n of peritheeium at leah duplicate ; thalline margin nearly wanting ; spores ‘02-5 x ‘007-01 mm. Hab. ; “Mai n Range, near Toowoo _— icata, v. suble J. Mull., Graph. Fée ° Lirellze entire, or a few with lips a lenneadinally eee Syn re striatula v, sublevis, Nyl, Opegrapha peruviana, Fee. ab.: Rosewood ae ing meh in outline, attaining 5 mm. te young thalline marginate, fimally subimmargina hit Plane, thin; disk when dry clothed with a pruinose iene stratum > When pha bedicg | cet within hyaline ; spores 045-75 * 008--01 m 12-18 loc Hab.: Main Baud near ooseeuba. GRAPHINA, J. Mull. G. are ii Lp ? Trize XVIII.—STRIGULEA, J. Mull., Pyr. Cub. p- 378. STRIGULA, Fries. S. elegans, v. eumorpha, /. Muil., L.B. 919. Plas ae 13-2 mm. in diameter, formed = 3-5 rays connate a the “stb discret beneath, seach composed of branchlets by 2-8.dichotomous division, the whole of the inciaules shortly linear, convex, gla oe from florescent s whitish-green ; pycnides ;’5 mm. wile stylospores ‘017 mm. long, bienisien, “bilowales. Hab.: North Pine River. S. elegans, v. pertenuis, J. Mull. (var. nov.)- Lacim es - flabellately enter, here and there, in spaces, pa or 0 = | br meio, ‘branchlets “04-05 mm. wide, vesiculose- and here re rudimentarily provided with aes Habis Sea | 105 | Tre XIX.—PYRENULZ,.J. Mull., Pyr. Cub. p. 381. - Suz-Taree I.—Asrroruetien, Trev., Syn. Gen. Try. p. 22. PARMENTARIA, Fée. cortex, when they are impurely nigricant, 2-3-4 in little heaps, or often -6 connate in stars, resting on a common black base, each hemi- spherical prominent, 1-5 fruited with common ostiolum; nucleus somewhat flavicant or pallid ; paraphyses crowded, capillary; asci linear 2-4-8-spored ; spores hyaline or olivaceous, at length brown, 024-35 x -011-6 mm., murali-loeular in ranks. Syn.— Heufleria pentagastrica, J. Mull., Verrucaria astroidea, Fée, Pyren- astrum Americanum, Sp. Hab.: Main Range, near Toowoomba. Sus-Trive II.--PLEUROTH ELIEA, J. Mull., Pyr. Cub. p. 387. PARATHELIUM, N yl., Bot. Leit. 1862 p. 279. P. decumbens, J. Muil. (sp. nov.). Thallus whitish, at first eS ae a le ee is black, long-necked, decumbent-adnate and rather innate, at first thalline-subyelate, usually the emergent part nude; perithecium with b +locular, -02 x ‘OL mm. Hab.: On bark, Toowoomba, —«Se-Terpe HII.—VERRUCARIEA, J. Mull., Pyr. Cub. p. 398. 4 PORINA, J. Mull., L.B. 644. E ®. Pheophthalma, Shirley, Lich. Fl, Qd., June, 1889; s. P. brishanensis, J, Mull., Lich. Brisb. 1891. ; CLATH ROPORINA, J. Mull, L.B. 541. Gg Olivacea, J. Mull., s. Porina enteroxantha C.K. Lich. Fl. : Queens, p. 171. : = desquamans f. sorediosa, J. Mull. (var. nov.). Soredia . her numerous, patelliform, -5-'7 mm., evenly truncate, margin | “ute, the disk covered with a very pale golden dust. Hab.: On bark, Brisbane and Toowoomba. ARTHOPYRENTA, J. Muli, L.B. 612. Papillate, ostiolate-impressed ; the nucleus from albicant ga nigro-fuscescent when moist; perithecium dimidiate, base “83 Spores ‘01-025 x 006-7 mm., 2-locular. Hab.: Main Range, near Toowoomba. POLYBLASTIA, J. Mull., L.B. 490. , Wudata, 7. Mull. (sp. nov.) Thallus white-spotted, very thin, some shining ; apetieds ‘5 mm., almost equal in every 106 diameter, hemispherical-convex, at first whitish clouded, nial at length nude and rather polished, almost wholly emersed; perithecium incomplete beneath; asci broad ; spores 8, broadly or narrowly Big soid, 03-385 x ‘02 mm., 8- locular, with 4 transverse locelli in each loculus. Hab.: On bark, near Brisbane. PYRENULA, Fée Ess. Supp. p. 76. P. bicuspidata, J. Mull. (sp. nov.). a pe nigroneae ge as ceous, smooth; apothecia ‘7 mm., blac ck, twice as broa semi-emergent, "but thalline velate, ‘and fally blackish, thiclly ca tered, regular; perithecium flat below, very thin at the base, bu lete, the sides curving to the base ; spores 8, ‘04-47 x Ql-12 mm., Bice at both ends Arias. -acuminate. : On bark, near Brisbane. F. icc Trev. Thallus as in P. convera, J. Mall., greenish- yellow, se. margin shining, undulate broad, Meee ‘limitate ; apothecia globose, depressed, alato-marginate ; perithee ium sub-globose, complete, paid ‘adi eaaly thick; ostiolum large, solitary, papilliform, pega j spores fuscescent, — ellipsoid, :027-'04 x 01-018 P. Kunthii, 7c. Differs from P. marginata, Trev., in the slightly smaller apothecia, and the narrower spores, ‘007-:011 wide. Hab.: North Pine River. P. pin , Fée. Thallus from pallid signee ba lly alicl smooth, very thin ; ; apothecia innate, revealed by t e black pee form ostiolum, the vertex x widely denudate, but only slighty eer perithecium globose, complete, black, everyw pw? thickish, "0 O86. wide; spores in linear asci, 8, L-seriate, bro 4. ye ‘04 x ‘015-8 mm. oe ee Verrucaria punctella, Nyl. Hab.: Main Hinge, near Toowoom nitida, Ach. Thallus Le -membranaceous, eves ae pallid "remot tak eo in sir mh doo iis ain Range, near iin ba. pipe ties to Mass. Esam. Comp. p- 49: A. eg Mull. Thallus white or whitish, ope an allus bordere by an obs line; apothecia mastoid, rather_P + den ydates clothed ¥ the thallus ; ostiolum punctiform, black, at len urali- rithecium thin, entire, black; spores 8, om stipeoi, 2 ocular in 8 x 4 rows, ‘011-02 x ‘007-0611 mm Hab.: Main Range, near Toowoomba. A. Doleschalii, Mass. Thallus cinerascent, as 2 thi _ on apothecia large, 15 m. m., ovate, black, cinereo-suffused, flattens at | Hab.: Main Range, near Toowoomba. emergent, fixed singly in areolate plates of nie ostiola large, bee. ength delapsed ; “009-" Se ee ee Te eee Re ee eee y CO tae a aww ae i —— —s eee ee eee 107 | Order FUNGI. AGARICUS, Linn. A. (Lepiota) membranaceus, Oke. and Mass., Grev. xxi. 36. Pileus thin, membraneou us, pale cream web — then expanded umbonate, a little darker at the dise (1 em.). Stem slender, | slightly bulbous at the base, hollow; ring tae small, rather fuga- lous. Gills free, ve entricose, scarcely crowded. ‘Spores very minute, 8x2 4—Dr. M..C. Co oke, Le. Hab.: On wood, Brisbane River, Field Naturalists, Noticed in Botany Bulletin V., but wanting description, A. (Collybia) muscipula, Che. and Mass. (n. sp.). ' solitary specimen rear gee. from Dr. Joseph Bancroft. The deserip- tion has not yet come to hand; but Pile i e 3 fae a remarks that this new species is very similar to 4 gq. pbilogtis: "Rel be seen by referring to the : 3rd Supplement to Syn. eet FL. p. 114, vii this latter species was met with a few years ago near Brisban A. (Collybia) nummularis, Fries., Cooke’s Austr. Fung. 20. Pileus rather fleshy, almost plane, obsoletely depressed around the i Babe, even, pallid; stem stuffed, then hollow, smooth, pallid, nerassated above ; gills free, rather distant, white.—Cooke, l.c. Hab, : Gladfield, on wood, C. J, Gwyther ; also in Victoria. (Collybia) dryophilus, Bull., Cooke’s Austr. Fung. 20. Pes! somewhat fleshy, nearly plane, obtuse, rather doprebeed even, smooth, turning pale (1-2 in. diameter) ; stem fistulose, smooth, reddish-brown or cokatich (2 to 8 in. high, } in. pea? | ag sinuate, ength with a decurrent tooth, nearly fr rowded, oe white or pallid; spores 6 x 4 p. Cooke, Le. (but “< "habitat B1ve Hab.: On the earth, Gladfield, C. J, Gwyther. (Mycena) epi terygius, Fries. Cooke Illust. t. 208 a. Pi ileus membra =e pide od then expanded, rather obtuse, ond cuticle viscid, separable; stem elongated, tough, rooting, ooth, viscid, yellowish ; gills adnate, with a decurrent tooth, vari- able 1 uP e, rT: 4 Hab.: Gladfield, C. 7. Gwyther, Found amongst moss and leaves in Europe. _ (Pleurotus) c ormis, Berk., Mag. Zool. and Bot. 1.15 £,3 ined ew yrase Sace., Syll v. 379. (From eyphella- formis—sheioad like ce hollows of the ears, cyphell ai.) Pileus cup- shaped, then dependent ; upper stratum gelatinous, cinereous, che: minutely strigose, especially at the base ; margin paler, sprinkled toh meal-like se 8; gills pure gee ‘rather distant, narrow, linear. a Weak, + 9 oe species about 4m Pe dink: On moss, Gladfield, C. J. @ Sa Found in Europe on the dead stems of herbaceous plants. MARASMIUS, Fries. on, Pa fopus » Kaich., Grey. viii. t. 148, f. 13; ee: raat! hast 2014; Austr, Fungi § 83, Pileus between coriac ou, almost diaphanous, convex, ar or with centre vteanhort -108 (se: oer 1 in. broad), wholly Saeae dae ghee becoming, pale; stem stuffed, then hollow (1 n. long, 1 line and more thick), somewhat bulbous at the a eee wholly with a » powdery : ochraceous brown tomentum ; gills adnate, very broad behi towards the margin, distant, branched, ee entire, red flesh colour au oe spores oval (23 x 14 »).—Coo b.: Near Warwick, C. J. Gwyther. ow found on wood in N.S.W M, putredinis, Berk., Cooke in Austr. Fung. 86. Pileus Lag thin, smooth, reddish- yellow or grey (1-23 ¢.m. diam.) ; stem of a - same colour (8 mm. long, 1 mm. thick), solid, equal, smooth ; gills narrow, adnate, white, then turning yellowish.—Oooke, 1.c. . Hab. : Gladfield, on wood, C. J. Gwyther ; also found in Victoria M. badius, Berk. and Curtis, Cuban Fung. in Journ. Linn. Soe. Z : 294. Pileus reddish when fresh, convex, striate; glabrous, the m incurved, stem primose glabrescent, gills ventricose, distant, adnate, thick rounded at t ack, interstices smooth. Hab.: On wood, Gladfield, = J. Gwyther First found on bark amongst moss at the Island of Cuba. 7 rhyssophylius, Mont. in Berk. and constr Cuban i urn. Linn. Soc. x. 294. ileus fibrous, glabrous pale yellow “ys i onicur glabrous, with a strigose base, gills distant, intersti trabeculate, yellow Hab. : Gladfield, on wood, C. J. Gwyther. First found at Guiana bee 4 ARRHENIA, Fries. Membranaceous tender fungi. Hymenium inf sisting of a few slender slightly raised veins in simp le st Spores pale, — — SS various in ae ape. decurrent.—Sae ¢., Syll. v A. (Apus) cupularis, Sace., Syll. v. 499. (Cantharel -) Resu le soft, orbicnlar, exterior smooth Vi te with simple conbrifupal folds.—Sace Hab.: Ona young pinnate leaf received Komi BE. Cowley, Kamerung’ This species is met with on rotten wood in Europe. ae lamella com ia A Fee ee fe ose Plat giig b ua a, (a te SMO hs Ss Sg i aa” aaa ee Ca I ee EO een See Pa Re a ote ee eae ee eS eee oe eee el POLYPORUS, Fries. (Ovrnt. tough, , Che and Mass., Grev. x ee Pileus os! pi defo : ra ae smaller towards the margi i al, w I argin. § ores © liptical, basal apiculus, smooth, 8 x 4 yp. ‘sr ultimate eaten oft! tie Soleronvans A ylitia australis, Hab. : The Selerotium has ofte sland, dry th ae note een ocd, 7 (Onn) tame Ci stir aneroft, near Burpengary, is a loa ed plant, having ie 109 (PETALOIDEs.) P. grammocephalus, Berk. ; War. minor, Cooke. (Deserip- tion of this variety not to hand. Hab. : On wood, Eumundi, Field Naturalists. P, infernalis, the. Hook. Journ. 1843 ; Sace. Syll. Fung. vi. 83; Cooke’s Austr. g. 116. Pileus flabelli iform, entire or oe lobed depressed betited: thin, acute, at length corky, coriaceous, qui mooth, even, striately rugulose except ‘atthe base, blackish liver red Sibu 8-9 em. broad), stem short, lateral, black, thickened upwards, punctate, pulverulent (1-23 ¢.m. long, 1 ¢.m. thick), hymenium browni sh; pores minute, “round, very short; margin sterile. — , be. ae Gladfeld, C. J Gwythe Species was first met with in Brazil; since it has been found in Victoria, now in ache land. P. phleb boph orus, Berk., FI. Zea fogs SylL. Fung. vi. 91. Smal, white, pileus flabellate, es 25 broad and long, stem short, glabrous, veined, undulat e, cee gelatinous pores minute, subirregular, with thin toothed diss : On stems of Eucalyptus homie at ek Curtis, Hon. A. Norton, Only Betas known from New Zealan FOMES, Fries. P. cryptarum, Buil., as Boletus cryptarum, Polyporus undata, Pers.; Suace. Syll. Fung. vi. 205. Pileus suberoso- stupose, e éffusd- reflexed, appressed-silky, colour reddish- piel pes but variable both in colour and form } pores minute, pale, rounded. Hab. On log in Bowen Park bush-house. Found on rotten pinewood in Europe. CYPHELLA, Fries. ©. longipe e. and Mass., Grey. xxi. 38. Tobacco-pipe Fungus, Gregarious, mbranaceoay white. Pileus narrowly infundibu liform, 2 m m. broad, ong aptenset downwards into a long thin curved stem, 5 mm. to 1 ¢ ong, wholly smooth, thickest above, as it gee “Fie into ae pileus. Spores pip- shaped, 7x6 pe Brisba h bark of living trees, Field Pees ory ne River scrubs, on the roug g The description wanting in Bot. Bulletin V. CYATHUS, Hall. : - uleyi, Mass -» Grey. xxi. 3. Peridium obconic or campanulate, thi eee widely. open above, and with the margin slightly revolute, i And cartilaginous, minutely tomentose externally, cinnamon- colour, glabrous and. Gee : v shining, about 2 to 2-5 mm. diam eal ‘spores subglobose, . 18 to 20 x 15'to 16 p. More or less gregarious. Basidia » clavate, apex truncate, sterigmata elongated, slender.— Cc. »: On dung, Brisbane. ie | 110 PHYSARUM, Pers. P. didermoides, 4ch., Rost. Mon. Sace. Syll. Fung. vil ee Spumaria didermordes, Fries ; Didymium conges um, B. ane i Forming crowded patches very much resembling those of Diae “ elegans ; Peridia oboyate-oblong, cinereous, with a white mae ofr stems hyaline, membranaceous, generally dineact though crow tl spri caine from a thin subjacent membrane. ores black, bite =e the white coarse, irregular, here and there eenuene 2 : globose spores appear at first sight to be granulated, but on 2 inspection the granules are found to arise from the disintegrate ou peridium.—Berk.,in Cooke’s Handbook of Brit. Fung Hab.: Gladfield, on scales of onions and bracts of maize, C. ¢ Goyther. GEASTER, Mich. G. Archeri, Berk., Fl. Tasm. ii. 264, t. 88 8, £.9; Sace., aya Cooke’s Austr. "Fungi 931, Outer peridium cut t to the mi ri globose, purplish umber; peristome elongated, conical, sale indistinctly marginate ; 2g Sees umber; spores globose, TU olive, even, 5p iam.— Oke. 5 8 Gladfield, C. J. Gwyther. First met with in Tasmania. LYCOPE BDON, Tourn. Pe L. Gunnii, Berk., Fl. Tasm. ii, 265; Sece., Syll. vii. 38} Austr. Fungi. 239. Ses sile, snr lebose (1 ic 2 in. diam.), ¥ Jobose minute stellate warts. Colum a short ; eens "bright olive, 8 with long pedicels (<5; in.). pay eé le Near Warwick, C. J. Gwyther. Also in the pastures of Tasmania and Victoria. SPHACELOTHECA, De Bary. — sphacelos, rottenness; and theca, capsule.) Part of the vob converted into a central fleshy ¢ ey x. rizophila, Che. and Mass. (n. sp.). <3 adfield, on roots of herbaceous plants, C. J. Gwyther. . dace of this new Xylaria is not yet to hand. USTULINA, Tul. somewhat effused, rather thick, determinate ; q Stroma s a 2 see bearing cond pelvoraieak whitish, becoming cinereous, _ “en rigid, carbonaceo black, ed, ait i n often becoming hollow; eg immersed, large horny ; asci pedicellate; sporidia ovoid- ‘Horm, continuous, sooty-brown.—Cke. Austr. Fungi 290. ee Tul. Che. ; ; Austr. Fungi 290, ene Syll. 1328. Stro er effused, re ulvinate, large, Superficial, rather thick, undulated length 4 quite black, carbona fragile, hollow within ; — 112 large, ovate, densely a ee nk with a prominent ostiolum ; asci cylindrical, 250 x 8 t p38 As aera unequal sided, curved, turning black, 32 *s 40 x 8 er Le. Hab.: On logs, Eumundi, Field NV ras ‘kiss found on the stems of Fagus (Beech), Tilia (Lime-tree), — 1 (Hornbeam), in Europe, Cubes Guyana, &c., North America and Cey = HYPOXYLON, Bull. H. atrosphericum, Che. and Mass. (n. sp.) Description not to hand. Hab.: On logs, Eumundi, Field Naturalists. ROSELLINIA, Not. R. woke Oke. and Mass. (n. sp.) Description not to hand. : On rotten wood, Gladfield, C. J. Gwyther. UROMYCES, Link. a. pubsiciolios. Berk. and Muell., Linn. Journ. xiii. 173; Syll. 2100. A&cidia aggregate, on brown ed spots, feb pseudoperidia scattered, not circinate, margin short ; secidiospores orange (Acidium goodeniacearum, erk.) ; sori bullate teleutospores brown, apiculate, sometimes with the apex, pe or dentate, pedi- cellate-—Cooke’s Handbook of Austr. Fung. 3 Hab.: On Scevola and Goodenia at St. George, Ret ee HAMASPORA, Korn. Teleutospores multiseptate, sometimes un niseptate, free ; pee ae ee. in a prominent cylindrical gelatinous body. — Cooke’ s Aus ngl H. longissima, (Korn. eee longissimum, Thum m.) Saee Syll. vii. 26380; Che. Austr. Fungi, Uredosporiferous sori oP the — surface, scattered, or gregarious, or confluent, ¢ clear-orange; uredospores globose, or ovoid, even, pefibalass (16p. pe ral yellow, chre, te +e tation ee at Eudlo. Description wanting in o. First found on the living leaves of Rubus rigidus at the Cape of Good Hope preg Pers. : bende Berk., Linn, Journ. xiii. 178. Pie Uromyces puccinioides ts suieuine ete beneat Botany Bulletin, — ee ii obsolete ; pseudoperidia BY Se (or circinate), with an wie erated ee ; spores 0 range.—Cooke’s Handbook of A ares Fung. 3 : On Scavola and Goodenia at St. George, Jos. Wedd. Gobke’s Austr. Fungi 340 Zi. compositarum, Wart. ie | Syll. vii 2815. Spots purplish, subrotund, and confluent ; a , peridia crowded on the spots, in orbicular patches, oF circ 113 | margin ro revolute, laciniate; scidiospores oval or subglobose, 15 to 20 p» dia Numerous varieties which have received names from the plants ibe infest.) —Cooke l.c. Hab.: Gledfield, on composite, C. J. mee &. wengels planet Che. and Mass. (n. sp.) teensy sci we: to hand.) | : On leaves of Deeringia seas Gladfield, C. J. Guo he ) ASTERINA, Lev. j A. hoveafolia, Che. and Mass. (n. sp.). Hab.: On leaves of Hovea longifolia at Gladfield, C. J. Gwyther. The sathor’ s description of this new species is not yet to hand. 4 PHYLLOSTICTA, Pers. fraga. aricola, Desm Cooke Austr. Fungi. 346; Sace. Syll. iii. 40 No. 219. The ibe leaf blight. Spots stragaling, Ha “S On stranbery ‘eve, Brisbane. Found also on strawberry plants in many parts of Europ PH OMA, Fries. P. follic ulorum (Lév.) Sacc., Spheropsis folliculorum, Lev. | Brumpent perithecia gregarious, immersed, glabrous, black, conical, : depressed, and papillate ae the ostiolum, cuiscdaited by whitish mpOte ; rue es Kage continuous, hyalin te oF as on follicles of a Mcieisell E. J. eben on the 3 same follicles Dr. Oseks found a new species of Diplodia, D. Marsden first met with it was parasitic on follicles ir Asclepias curassavica in the herbarium of Joseph Decaisne, for a long time Director of the Paris Jardin * DIPLODIA, Fries. D, Marsdeniz, Che. and Mass. Grev. xxi. 75. Gregarious, ao thecia, obturbinate, black, erumpent above, with a short os stiolum sporides elliptical, ‘for a long time continuous, and ig arg with a stanular plasma, at length pene oa not constric “8% dark 22x 10 #, on basidia of the same length.—C. and 3 Hab.: In company with —— ae Lev., on ‘allncos of a Marsdenia, a near Townsville, E. J. Banfield VERMICULARLIA, Fries. (So named from the se Lee Eien oi of the spores to little } age — cecuchieag? qennbally bristly ; spores vermicu- Ms ab, : id on some leaflets of Flindersia. ®. Cooke observed what appeared a species of the above genus, but finding no sores nothing further could be determined. DARLUCA, Cast. : (After M. Darluc.) ss — _ Perithecia delicate ; spores containing a row of sporidiola, oozing and forming a tendril —Berk., Outl.; Cooke’s Handb. of Brit. 114 D. —— Cast. “ Parasitic Darluca.” Spheria Pilum, Biv.; Dar- luca vagans, Cast.; Diplodia wredinicola, Desm. Gregarious, very minute ; perithecia "globose, black, shining, pierced ; spores hyaline, oblong, straight; containing four minute sporidioles.—Cooke, L.c. Hab.: Gladfield, on os “a 2 ee sapagg and Muchlenbeckia infested with Uredo sorghi and U. rumicis, set MELASMIA, Lev. i M. tecomatis, Che. and Mass. (n. sp). | ab.: On leaves of Tecoma jasminoides, at Gladfield, C. J. Gwyther. Author’s description of this new species not yet to hand. GLEOSPORIUM, Mont. G. Alphitoniz, Oke. and Mass. (n. sp.). Hab. : Gladfield, on leaves of Alphitonia excelsa, C. J. Gwyther. Author’s description of this new species not yet to hand. PENICILLIUM, Link. creeping, septate; fertile oe at the apex é equally r vortuillately branched or penicillate ; nidia spheroid, pou a as chains, hyaline, or brightly soloed: Cee Austr. a Se ge a = ee PO ee ae ee ae ey P. ee cum, Link, Cooke, Austr. Fungi 369; Sace. Syll. 1 ae simple, Pers. , Botrytis glauca, Spreng., Mucor me Lin tetlli um crustaceum, es, pa: nk. eS % -8 ‘3 oe = =~ septate ; fertil Tivohes eieCe: branched in @ penicillate manner at the apex, elesyy solitary or in pairs, erect, once or twice fo rked at the apex ; nehlets erect; conidia seated at the apices in chains, nidia spherical —e egeed elliptic, smooth, verdigris-green, hyaline, 4 # iam.— Hab. : Fou ee on fruit, leaves, stems, &c., almost everywhere. The eer et condition of this species constitutes what is known as “the rinrgss plant short time reg it was observed in brine used for meat-pickle at a Brisbane Sace. Syll. viii. 1076. M. crepusculum, Jirenb., Sacc. Syll. viii. 1082, No. ee Invested by a thick tegmen, viscid mucous, liquescent, of a whitish OF becoming a a pale-brown cmos a3 globose, 2 » diam., 8} ingle or cOM- gregated in colonies. ll. ee G oe Rice foe sb of Brisbane hop beer. This species is frequenY SES FR ae By Authority: EpmMunp Guecory, Goyerament Printer, William strest, Brisbane. — Queensland. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BRISBANE. BOTANY BULLETIN No. IX. SEPTEMBER, 1894. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUEENSLAND FLORA. BY _F. M. BATLEY, F.L.S., tis COLONIAL BOTANIST. | Te Bulletins of this Department will be sent free to such Individuals interested a8 May request them. Address all ———— to ‘The Under Secretary for Agriculture, Brisbane.” ‘a BRISBANE: VTHORITY: EDMUND GREGORY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WILLIAM STREET, 1894, NOTICES. emesis aici THE present Bulletin brings the record of the Queensland Flora to September, 1894, and the author takes the opportunity of thanking the many persons who continue the work of collecting and forwarding their specimens to him for determination. By this means the range of species becomes known, and fresh species are brought to our knowledge. The aboriginal and local names attached to some of the specimens forwarded have proved of great interest, and it is to be hoped that “orrespondents will continue to attach such names to their specimens, and also notes of any economic properties which the plants are supposed to possess, Specimens of the indigenous plants of all parts of the colony are acceptable, and, if numbered, their names and any other information required mill be returned to the senders. Botanic specimens of the timber trees of the Johnstone and Daintree Rivers, and also of the Herberton district, are particularly desired for the Purpose of adjusting the nomenclature ; this has become necessary from the ‘ame local name in very many instances having been given to so many quite distinct trees as to have rendered local names useless, or at least confusing. Persons engaged in the timber trade should see that it would be to their Advantage to assist in this matter, and the author hopes, therefore, to ig their assistance in his endeavour to adjust the timber nomenclature. It Nine be observed that in recording fresh Fungi advantage is taken ere Ptions of other species which may be wanting in earlier publications. 30th September, 1894, F, M.B. CONTENTS. nll pins Pa Page.; ricus muscipula, and Mass. 12 _—— eucalypti, Che. eh Mass. YW 17 a all . 39 Tec matis, Che. an echoes ia oo ae Meet ey Morchella deliciosa, Fri pee ee a - i ml Cooke. oe oS 8 see ES = 19 Neweastlia cladotricha, F. v. dl, + il Asterina Worcatatial Che. and Mass... 15 (Enothera longiflora, Jacq. i Battarrea phalloides, Dick. ... bs Belonidium iticum, Che. and : 2 eee eo wus ... 14 | Paspalum Galmarra, ste rr) Bursera australasica, Bail. ... ... 6 " mnths ie Bre =e Physian wh a Oke: mad Mass. z is Cardiopteris lobata, va7. moluccana, heter rospora . Berk. ke, and Curtis 8 x a hae A ah .. 7% | Pomegranate Ss ere Carissa ovata, var. stolonifera, Bail. 9 | Punica Ginaneoas Linn. GE Cordyline terminalis, var. Baileyi, 1 ee ~~ pane eerag ts Cryptocarya oblata, Bail. ... ee laa ca Ratonia Lessertiana, ed ioe ‘ Rhopalop: get angolense, Well, an@ 1, Dendrobium linguiforme, var, Nu- ie : gentii, Bail. : ee cobaviol dd: "Well. and Chur ae ; Dimerosporium Tarrietioe, Che. and, confusum, Berk. and: Cooke ene Mass. .. 15 | Russell River Grass... . i Eleocarpus eumundi, Bail... ... 6 z i 3 Eugenia hemilampra, F. v. M, 8 Stachytoty serv hag SOCK Tee Ag trys lobula ‘ Seas hy “ torphiots mutabilis, "Vali. a = - ieee ulimima a Alphion ¢ beads eosporium p THEN: Che. and _ macro- ass. ae fbf AT | Darrietia. atgyesdandree wer fale os citricolum, Cle. and Mass, weds phylla, Bail. ... + cucurbitarum, B. and Br 18 Ba enisonii, S. a cee. 1a BM, tl fructigenum, ag ea ... 18 | Uredo cichoracearum, DC. --- ee glaucum, Che. and Muss. Lacs ee —_ Berks 26 1 intermedium, Sace. ee legu ee enarium, Pass, ee: allidula, a, Che. and Hass. oe Ie musarum, Cke. and Mass. |. 18 umicis, Schum. ge Sorghi, Fuckel. c Kane ge 4 Belotiun citrinum, Hedw. ... ... 14 A ee trestre, B. a nd Br, 13 | Xylaria fulvella, Berk. -— Curtis « a Hyperyien atrospbaericum, ¢ Che. and ianthino-velutina, Mf ge Mass. 15 hizo, phils, Che. Sid Mas ue i wo HE Be BATA | , CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUEENSLAND FLORA. YS Be 3 Order MAGNOLIACEZ. Tre WINTERE. GALBULIMIMA (n.z.) (Named from the resemblance of the fruit to a galbulus.) ts ate, margins entire, oblong-lanceolate, Siar the length of 42 in, P under side ea : eales, pellucidly- flied. id with minute scurfy glands oP ae Spout te: oo . e top 2°or 8 thick angular bracts; pedicel short; Jud ovoid ; sepals 2, one entirely overcovering the other; petals want- : outer series without anthers ; filaments much flattened, linear, bearing in the lower half; 2 parallel, woe Sessile anthers. Ovary angular, sessile, clothed with sae brigt ey Fruit globose, crimson, resembling a fleshy Callrtris trait in of aot and markings. Seeds compressed, embedded in the substance © fruit, . Re =| og oS Oo Pc wy Hab.: Eumundi, #. H. Arundel. Order STERCULIACEZ. TARRIETIA, Blume. ey / as _ ©. argyrodendron, var. macrophylla (u. var) Th rae forms a large tree, and differs considerably from all others 1 mber, which is strong, hard, and durable. The wood is close in M, and the dokcciaiel zones add to its oe and make it 6 branchlets sent with the sample of timber the leaflets are three, silvery on the under side, and much larger than those of the normal form. The flower panicles are large; but the flowers on those examined were only in the early bud state. Hab.: Barron River, EZ. Cowley. Order TILIACEZ. Trine SLOANE. ELEOUARPUS, Linn. but blunt. The young growth, petioles, and midrib more or less clothed with appressed, short, grey hairs, which are also sometimes found sparsely scattered over the lamina on the under surface. Inflorescence lateral on the two-year-old wood. Racemes seldom een. Ww . Drupe (not quite ripe) oval, 3-in. long; pericarp juicy, sharply acid ; putamen deeply pitted, containing 1 or 2 seed. The fruit structure Order BURSERACEZ. BURSERA, Linn. B. australasica, Bail. The diagnosis of this tree given in Botany Bulletin V. was drawn up from a few fragmentary shoots picked up . Eumundi scrubs, but the trees were not identified until met with by the Field Naturalists when botanising in the same locality uring the last Easter holidays. I am now, “therefore, enabled to correct and ad e former description, as foll free 0 from 3 to 9 lines long. Drupe, when ripe, with a very juicy epicarP I have received foliage specimens psd the same locality of a tree said to be known there as Red Carrot-wood an Carrot-wood, which I believe identical with the above Burser@ These local names, however, in some instances, are only known wi few persons, and therefore are of little use for identification.—Pre Roy. Soc. of Ql., April, 1894. Order OLACINEZ. Tring PHYTOCRENEX. CARDIOPTERIS, Wail. (This genus is given in Hooker's Flora of British India in the above order, but as a genus of doubtful affinity. af i} _ _Calyx 4 or 5-parted ; lobes imbricate, persistent, but not partie el slightly accrescent. Corolla deciduous, between rotate and er shaped, 4 or 5-lobed; stamens 4 or 5, inserted on the base of the 7 of the corolla, alternate with its lobes; filaments short, glabrous ; anthers 2-celled, introrse, dehiscing longitudinally ; pollen-grains one branch deciduous, curved, capitate at the apex; the other accrescent, ultimately deciduous, divided at the apex into 2 unequal, ovate, rather obtuse divisions. Fruit ovate-orbicular, emarginate or acuminate, widely divergent; petiole 3to 5 in. Peduncles 2} to 4 in., solitary, axillary, dichotomous ; pedicels puberulous, erect, ultimately spreading or recurved. Flowers rather crowded, secund, ebracteate. Calyx puberulous. Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx, Fruit 1 to 1} in. by 1} in. The plant varies much in the consistence and form of the leaves, goat even on © same specimen ; hence, y some writers, several species have been Proposed.— Hook. i.c. The Australian form is that own as var. moluccana. The plant has some resemblance to a yam, Dioscorea; and by some has been mistaken for a species of that genus. + Barron River, E. Cowley, 1892. Order SAPINDACEZ. RATONTA, DC. R. Lessertiana, Benth. and Hook. f., Gen. Pl. i. 400. A —_ shrub or small tree. The branchlets, leaf-petioles, pare ~ 0 4 E = Qu a2) B. f= =} ° o R t, slender and drooping, 4 to 8 in. long; the branches very short, or one igs in. long; flowers minute, only seen at base of fruit. rm the In. long, globose-pyriform, glabrous, stipitate, triquetrous towa at “Sa examined 1-seeded. 4D.: Daintree River, EZ. Cowley. Which t i. Species, with whieh F’ belie ve our Tonpoc ty fas eon With in Ten @ it, enjoys a wide range, being, according to Sir J. . : asserim, South Andaman Islands, Malacca. Order ONAGRARIEZ. (ENOTHERA, Linn. 8 4.parted; divisions elongate . Stamens included. Capsule linear. Seeds minute, scrobicu Hab.: A plant San to Buenos Ayres, which has become naturalised at litle, but par Hons fails to destroy the worm, which n after passed. The seeds of the p te are con mtr to be stomachie, the pulp cardiacal and stom: siti The root, bark, and rind of the fruit are officinal in the Pharmacopeia of India. Order SAPOTACEA, SIDEROXYLUM, Linn. Twah, Bail. Proc. Roy. Soe. of Ql., April, 1894. A medium o sae tree. I have o nly leaves, young fruit (probably not more oD with a dense ring of glossy brown hairs at the base, the rest part glabrous. Ripe fruit of a reddish purple, oval, but often v9 ee € so as to become somewhat pear-s to 23 in. me Pena se i 3 2 seeds, the 2-seeded fruits much pe ino uit shaped erin a cowrie shell, from 2 to 1; in in Bitoad) the length of the + Near Mount Eerwah, Field wigdldtes 24th March, 1894. Order APOCYNACEZ. CARISSA, Linn. &. ovata, erred to in D ae R.Br., var. stolonifera, Bail. Referred to in Dr. Thos. [, Bancroft’, er in Proc. Roy, Soc., June, 1894. This form touch = and fora fresh plants, thus one plant will th a low bushy growth a large space stems td d me) leaves Babe tur than in t oastal or norma er ore remarkable distinction is that while the Thos. L. Bancroft found to contain little or no the bark of this inland plant he found t bitter poisonous principle. “eat Dalby, Dr. Thos. L, Bancroft. 10 Order ASCLEPIADEZ. Trine CYNANCHEA. ARAUJIA, Brot. (Named after Antonio de Araujo, a great promoter of botany in Portugal. Calyx 5-parted, eglandulous inside, segments foliaceous ; corolla i hypocrateriform or almost infundibuliform, with 5 swellings outside : ¢ the base and a corresponding number of cavities inside; lim base of the d by their tapering tops. Stigma ovate, 9-horned at the apex. i do Seeds comose, adhering to the lamelle of the dissepiment. Twining plants, hoary oF Flowers whitish or rose-coloured. A. albens, G. Don. (Physianthus albens, Mart.) A twiner, with ovate or lanceolate leaves 2 or 3 in. long, truncate or cordate at the base,and acute at the apex, white un Po meath as well asthe young shoots. Flowers in subdichotomously branched cymes; pedicels tub Corolla with a broad -shaped or con x Follicle glaucous, River and Darling Downs. Order VERBENACEZ. Trine VERBENE. STACHYTARPHETA, Vahl. S. mutabilis, Yahi. A rather dense shrub of 4 or 5 ft., geri pubescent. Leaves ovate, serrate, contracted into the petiole, sca i above, pubescent beneath; spikes elongated, 12 8 in. long, Or furrows at length narrower than the thickened rhachis; — ee lanceolate-subulate, spreading above the middle; calyx 5 to ie ; long, 4-toothed, hispid; corolla large red or rosy-red, the limb lines in diameter at time Hab.: This South American shrub has become naturalised neat Port Douglss E. Cowley. The plant is also naturalised in the Seychelles. Trrz CHLOANTHES. 7 NEWCASTLIA, F. v. M. sie | Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, valvate in the bud. Corolla 4 campanulate, the limb.of 5 nearly equal lobes. Stamens 5; ¥" vile | minutely 2-lobed. Fruit not exceeding the calyx, © es Le tee nuts. Densely hes ge co aie eaves opposite, undivided. Flowers opposite and ses!» mane 4 icle with spike 11 nches. Bracts often prominent upon the growing points of inflorescence, but with the bracteoles usually very deciduous.—Flora Austr. vy. 39. ; na branched hairs of the indumentum. An erect shrub, attaining 2 to 3ft., densely clothed with white or rust-coloured woolly branching lanceolate, obtuse, rounded at the base, the margins slightly recurved, t in. long, thick, very rugose, reticulate underneath, loosely in elongated panicles with spike-like branches, or in spikes at first short an dense, bu 5 brous, Ovules attached near the top, but the seed enlarges upwards 80 . to be attached near the base, ab.: St. George, J. Wedd. Order LAURINEA, Trine PERSEACEA. nd inflorescence covered with a more or less dense g uginous hairs, but soon becoming abated hlets very angular, nearly black, with numerous light- : the anous petioles sh | “feghy taest diameter about 1} in., marked by prominent mbs, the Petienth Ci8S softe e juicy than usual in the | enus. ee - Austral; ' More persistent in this fresh species than in any ot 4 to ey Plants of the genus; but I could find none perfect Piehe staminog; any of its parts, except, I might observe, that t - Thwaites Seemed large and to resemble those of C. Wightiana, Bok é A ab, : Daintree River, Z, Cowley. Order LILIACEAE. CORDYLINE, Comm. ee ‘ var. Baileyi. Thisis avery beautiful variega Hich was ‘found a few phe a ’ by Mr. W. T. Bailey, on Tek, Pimpama. The plant has since been Lge ce zrom 4nd all the plants thus obtained have retained the variegated 12 Order ORCHIDE. DENDROBIUM, Swartz. D. linguiforme, var. Nu gentii (n. var.) This species differs considerably in the 2 and size of its Mngt like, thick leaves, but until I received gen ns I have ne erved any marked eadiation in the flowers. These, however, at first ‘ight strike one as being distinct, and differ from the more plant in the following particulars :—Smaller flow segments scarcely exceeding 4 lines in length; tinge of yellow near the pouch ; the labellum not half the length of the other segments, the lateral ‘lobes being of a lilac ss in other a this Northern plant agrees with the normal form : Eungella Range, L. J. Nugent. Order GRAMINEZ:. | PASPALUM, Linn. P. Galmarra (sp. nov.) In my report upon the Botany of - Bellenden-Ker Expedition, 1889, I referred to this grass, which | gathered along Harvey’s Cre ek, a tributary of the ussell sept thinking 3 it probably. the one Dr. Robt. Brown had given “Prodromus Flore Nove Hollandie” as Paspalum pubescens. the 8. q eee eee and Seeaasad for a sel r Grass.” Lately I have heatd om 2 Mr. P. B. oes an thi mn is considered excellent for stock by settlers ie : Russell’ River. “I am indebted to Mr. A’ Mestor for _— : * Galmarra.” es a It may have been observed that, in Prien | use of the aborigt inal re arn sé eagneatenr r the specific name ofan w plant, I have simply us used t eae q without in any way latinising it. Some Sataisistl may not approv' ' cere” q baa Sanonaten how few are the instances where native names OF W phony ; served, and also how frequently the latinising of such would destroy the us Order FUNGI. : AGARICUS, Linn. : A. (Collybia) muscipula, Che. and Mass. Grev- an Pileus fleshy, umbonate, smooth, mouse-gre r brown 3-4 in. broad ; ange ‘thin, tough ; mar nih Ys ortl rtly incurved : elongated, stuffed, 8-9 n. long, a, thick, tapering adr rooting, longitudinally lee, often. twisted; gills broadly ib a whitish, sufbglobot 5 very broad, seareely crowded; spore ° diameter, with a minute mee IT Much resembling 4 radical with very different spores. 4. (Col ‘age vadicatus, Vat. ® Resk has large elliptical spores. —Cooke l.e Hab.: Near Brisbane, Dr. J. Ban croft. . ae he Seemeaton, of this new species was not to hand when Botany Lg cxail 13 BATTARREA, Pers. (Named in honour of Antonia Battarra, who published a work upon ungi in 759.) Peridium composed of two siete volviform, dehiscing in lobes, distinct from the ascending receptacle, which is stipitate pileate, pulverulent above, membrane of the interior peridium when token “aca fibtarthnaas peridium rooting.—Cooke’s Austr. angi, 2 a. phalloides, Dicks., Pers, Syn, 189, t. 31 f. 1; Sace. Syll. vii. 9; Cke. Austr. Fungi, 225. (So name ed from. its ‘resemblance to us; stem eyli straight, fleshy, Shiri with niece at first shore afterwards quickly > peridium campanulate, aitioob even below, above covered with a thick, pow rdery, brown stratum whi ch is a portion of roti) done volva, like a calyptra. Spores brown (6 », minutely ‘i re : Gladfield, Aes J. Gwyther. Other Australian habitat: Murchison River, Albacutya, The foreign habitats. are England sad yeriaun; other: Buropess countries, and North Am MORCHELLA, Dill. (From the German morchel. nngt between waxy and fleshy, clavately pileate, confluent with ny “enn hollow stem : plicately or reticulately lacunose above, e hymenium effused. over the whole surface. Sporidia _ Sntinuous, hyaline, —Cooke’s Austr. Fungi, 249. M. deliciosa, Fries., Cke. Myco. f, 320; Sace. Syll. vii j delicious Morel. Capitulum subeylindrical (23 to 3 cm. on) : = livid yellowish, base adn ate; ribs longitudinal, firm, connected hormsverse fol em even; asci cylindrical. Sporidia badly ety folds ; st thts 20 x 10-11 yp. ab.: Amongst rotten bark f gum-tree geen Gully, Glad- fda, ©, © Goes vven bark near stem of g ; th in-many parts ' of Barone, Tn ‘ha, eel jo species of esculent fungus is met wi 3 HELOTIUM, Fries. dilat Cups etl rather thick ; disc flattened, at first punctiform, sa or ed, a Ways open, sessile or shortly stipitate ; spore continuo oe mgt false —Cooke's Austr. Fungi, 268 smal] estre . and Broome, Linn. Trans. Cups. Py t8cr (Sim Dene, Sicancstorie lurid, externall smoot th and e ert be ag Asci elongated ; sporidia elliptic, — appendl- . TAY) ys Fungi, a marks :—“ By some error, apparently see species was described as externally villous, and hen Fn ae - n° Dasyseypha, and as such was secede tn = soe | a b « On On ie earth, Taylor's Range, Bail.; at Gladficld, C, J, Gwyther, 14 H. citrinum, Hedw., Sace. Syll. 910; Austr. Fungi, 263. Crowded, | lemon yellow, cups attene , concave, with the short, thick, paler stem obeonical (2 mm.); asci clavate, 90-100 by 8-9 »; sporidia oblong, ; obtuse, Siemipr biguttulate, 10-12 by 4; paraphyses filiform, not ) clavate at the tips. si get ea Fungi, 2 263. ; Hab.: Mount Mistake, on ) No description given in ond sul to Syn, QI. Flora, where it was previously | noticed. | BELONIDIUM, Mont. Cups subsessile or shortly stipitate, scutellate, or infind ; waxy, smooth or downy; asci elongated; sporidia elongated, multi septate.—Cooke’s Austr. Fungi, 267. | B. parasiticum, Che. and Mass., Grev. xxii. 68. Parasitic, white. Cups very minute, glabrous, concave or nearly plane, attach J ee central papilla scarcely visible to the naked eye. Asci clavate; aa - 8, subfusoid, straight, triseptate, scarcely constricted, hyaline, 2 Paraphyses filiform. Near B. minutissimum, but cups much a and sporidia different.—C. and M. Lc. On the oo of Asterina, growing upon the leaflets of Tarrietia wipelioes: Barron Riv smaller, XYLARIA, Hill. X. fulvella, Berk. and Curtis, Cuban Fungi; Sace. Syll. pes Clavate, rubiginose, papillate. Perithecia half-exserted, ostiola deo stipes eylindrial, pale tawny-coloured, lineato-rugose. Sporidiao ong, ,6 Hab.: Eumundi, at base of dead stump in scrub, Field Naturalists ; Sirs met with on rotten wood at Cuba. x. ianthino-velutina, Mont., Syll. Crypt.; Sace. me o a Simple or branched, terete, poe ae compres one ral ome mondeahons. ab Neat cla 13 » long. Hab.: Barron River scrubs, on old fruit of a Flinders E. Cowley; on the rotting woody legumes of Hymenea Courbaril in Bra X. rhizophila, Cke. and Mass., Grev. xxii. 87. Stroma found : clavate, divided nearly to the base into 2 to 6 clubs, | ‘which are vere attened, mostly rounded at the 7 3 to 5 c.m. long, pro broad, bright-brown, base rugose, uae Perithecia 0 oth, r nent; ostiola papillate, black. Asci “cylindrical. Sporidia un! s0) ; ‘ subfusiform, ¢ obtuse, straight or curved, uninucleate, brown, a. dM. le. : Noticed in Botany Bulletin viii., but then description not to hand. RHOPALOPSIS, Cooke. stigtate 4 Very densel itose, cl bb ted, shortly haat seovidedd” tostether oa ai intiloat i ate anton aby i pet —— peri berial sporidia continuous, Sioneienoake 8 apne 15 R. Cetrarioides, Well. and Curr. (Kretschmar in Sace. Syll. 1489.) Given under Hypoxylon in Syn tro . 7 . ? Hab. : Trinity Bay, on wood. R. angolense, Well. and Currey. (Kretschmaria angolense in Sace. Syll. 1519; Cooke’s Austr. Fungi, 2 i ora densely aggregated ; ostiola minute, a little prominent ; Sporidia dark- brown, ovate or slightly curved, 12-15 p long.—Oooke J.c. Hab, : Trinity Bay. ~: COnfusum, Berk. and Cooke, Grey. xii. 2. Gregarious, stipitate, ample. Heads depressed, globose, glaucous; at length black o attenuated flexuous stipes. Perithecia innate, globose; ostiole punctiform, Hab, Brazil, -? Eumundi, on bark of a dead log, Field Naturalists; also on wood, HYPOXYLON, Bull. q. (Spheroxylon) atrosphericum, Che. and Mass., Grev ™. 68. Stroma eTumpent-superficial, subglobose, 2 mm. diameter, €, gregarious, black, externally papillate ; . 4. 4 peripherical, in one series, ovate, mamillate; asci eylindrieal; gonidis fusiform, straight or curved, unequal-sided, rather acute at e ends, Narrow, clear brown, 22 rely 8 other cn eugth, much narrower, aud acute at the ends, There is no ae amongst the black series of Spherozylon with which the: r, . Could be confounde » and no form of H. multiforme or “napusculum t M. le. ¥25 not then to bras, noticed in Botany Bulletin viii.; but the author’s description A. ho ASTERINA, Lev. ‘Black Veafolia, Che. and Mass., Grev. xxii. 36. Epiphyllous. Spots Perth With a brown centre, ety (1-2 mm.). | Geumforen way arranged ina ri By shag _ black, scutellate, fimbriate. Asci large, pyriform. : tase Subelliptical, uniseptate, brown, the upper cell the broadest By ee and M. luc. 7 "ot then toby 88 noticed in Botany Bulletin viii; but the description was DB 3 DIMEROSPORIUM, Fuekel. — “dl, on lenilete of Zavrietia tvifoliolata, Field Naturalist ng or part of a ring at the 16 PUCCINIA, Pers. P. Carisse, Che. and Mass., Grev. xxii. 37. Hypophyllous. tg dospores not seen. Teleutospores. Sori small, gregarious oF a 1- cular spots forming rings which are at length confluent, Ta rae compact, dark-brown ; spores elliptic, constricted in the unc rounded at the ends, smooth, brown (20-22 x » 1H): on short peduncles. Quite distinct from P. Alyxie.—C. and M. Hab.: Gladfield, C. J. @wyther ; Dalby, Dr. Thos. L. Bancr Noticed in Botany Bulletin viii. ; but the description was no 4 i oft. t then to hand. a heterospora, Berk. ate Curtis. (Uromyces beers seer Br.; U. ulcherrimus, B. and C.) Spots determina P tar yellow ; sori minute, Eopophy tious soon naked, cro pad in merc glomerules, brown ; teleutospores elongated or subglobose, even, ‘4 27 p diameter ; ccniented about the apex, at first asi length biseptate; Ceseo shea phat narrowed downwa times as long as spores. Sorat gi, 338. eee On fe ee of a nai 3 Hibiscus cabal from Geo: This fungus has also ae epithets n Abutilon ie — errs Gulf o! of on ine on Abutilon avicenne from New § Wales.— Austr. UREDO, Pers. U. pallidula, Oke. and Mass. Gr i. 37. Pustules ae pelted gregariots, patie isfepilaety, ma tan girt by the se pidermis on both surfaces. redospores tawny 1 the ‘aes pulvenuent, elliptical, goiter! (12- “4 x 8-10 »), nearly colourie and M. l.c. Hab.: Gladfield, on pods and leaves of Cas. Noticed in Botany Bulletin viii., but disinigiae not then to hand. res U. Sorghi, Fuckel. Sori anetts erumpent, ferruginous ; uredosp? obovate, olive-brown, 40-24 p LE. Hab. : es Giadfiel a, C. J. Gwyther ; on sugar-cane, Nerang, Shirley ; from both localities, bearing Darluca filum. U. Rumicis, Schum. Sori hypophyllous oh, amphigenous, © is — be 5 thers epidermis, eben’ or gregarious, subory smooth, o amon or pale fuscous brown ; uredosp or Bites a ae subspinulose, Nellawieb; 94-33 X x 18-26 p. Hab.: On leaves of Muehlenbeckia, Gladfield, C. J. neds Uv. oe hare Desm., Cooke’s Austr. gi B44. kp rounded, solitary, rather large, girt by = "ruptured mere” uredospores ovoid, pedicellate, rough, pale-brown (20 = —Ovooke lc. Hab.: On Acacia — Cooke le. U. cichorac DC, Cooke’s Austr. Fun ngi 344; recd in rips Suppl s iors aid ara 127. Spots obliterated or very sor both surfaces, scattered, small, orbicular, rare hea girt by the remains of the ruptured epidermis ; +: aera rabglobose or oblong, with short, A ber deciduous Hab. : On Bidens and other Composite, near Brisbane. 17 Uv. clematidis, Bert., Hook Journ. Bot. vi. 205; Sace. Syll. 9139; Cooke in Austr. Fungi 344. Sori on the under surface, solitary or gregarious, pale yellow, more or wai tandéd, flattened ; tag irregular, ovoid, clavate, quadrangular, or polygonal, FS inutely granular, very ENP yellowish, eat 24.28 x 66- Bikine. 30 x 35 ).—Cvooke I. Hab.: On Clematis aristata, Fide Zc. MELASMIA, Lévy. Perithecia dimidiate, plane, almost without a mouth, or cracking, Seip , black, innate in a blacken ed, effused stroma, often Pig ses. sporules elongated, continuous, subhyaline.—Cvoke, Austr. un M. e eucalypti, Che. and Mass., Grev. xvi. 75: ; Cooke, Austr. Fungi 359. Spots orbicular or confluent diam.), black ; ae On as of Eucalyptus, Nerang Creek. This species is noticed in the 2nd Suppl. Syn. QI. Flora, without description. reitheh Teco OMmatis, Che. and Mass , Grey. xxii. 37. Perithecia on : surfaces, superficial, orbicular, rugose, black (1-2 mm.), then eficient above, and marginate, disk br shh sporules elongated, fusoid, continuous, hyaline, 16 x 2 p.—C. and M. Le. Hab.: On leaves of Tecoma jasminoides at Gl wie Noticed without description in Botany Bulletin viii. GLEOSPORIUM, Mont. ce s Beatling beneath the epidermis, discoid or pulvinate, at fngth so times erumpent, pale or brown; conidia ovate-oblong, ¥ oblon ng, continu tgs hyaline, often con wir and Seat — oy former mblonioso le owing species are wanting description in my dle hitonia, Che. and Mass., Grev. xxii. 37; recorded in y Bulletin viii, Epiphyllous. Spots irregular or nape the-eentre, darker een Conidi Youn dis 1 ~, centre, darker, splitting above. a 8 mga” the ends, 18-29 x Pa, bein, binucleate, sabilly desig Tan, —— rake 8 2 Paras Saco, Cooke’s —_ Fungi 361 ; error in ya, ora a Pustules gregarious, ¢ (3-3 mm. diam.) ; sonia elongated, Potited 8 at : = Ss straight, hyaline (14-18 x 4-6 1). —Oooke lc. oa On Hoy @ australis, Tambourine Mountain, Rev. B. Scortechini, 18 G. citricolum, Che. and Mass., Grey. xvi. 3; Cooke’s Austr. Fungi 361; recorded in 2nd Suppl. Syn. Ql. Flora 139. Spots dark- brown, small, rather discoid, often confluent; pustules immersed; conidia oval, continuous, yaline, 8x 6 p.—C. and I. Le. Hab.: On Orange-trees, Toowoomba, H. Tryon. G. glaucum, Che. and Mass., owe xvi. 75; Cooke’s Austr. effused mealy stratum, globose, hyaline, 6-7 » diam.—C. and IL Le. Hab.: On foliage of indigenous shrubs at Nerang Creek. G. Denisonii, Sacc. and Berl., ee Syll. a Cooke’s Austr. Fungi 362 ; recorded in 1st Suppl. 8 n. Ql. Flora 86. Pust om gregarious, ‘minutely pustulate, covere af x the scarcely perfora epidermis, yellow ish within conidia oblong- eylindnieal« cbt, siehtly curved, 6-8 x 1- 5 », hyaline ; basidia simple, rod-like. ooke Le. Hab.: On leaves of i srosiein Denisonii, Tambourine Mountain, Rev, B. Scortechini. G. fructigenum, Berk., Gard. Chron. 1856; Sace. Syll. 3791; Cooke’s Austr. Fungi 363; ‘recorded in 2nd Suppl. Syn. Ql. Flora 139. Pustules concentric, dull ros oe erumpent, with a | single pore or a fringed mouth, pu sirinktas conidia. oblong or cylindrical, often curved, 20-30 x 5-6 6 », glandular, eaine basidia simple, rarely forked.—Cooke L.c Hab. : On pear-fruit, Toowoomba, H. Tryon. G. arum, Che. and Mass., Grev. xvi. r petanes: Austr. Pung 363 recorded in 2nd Suppl. Syn. Ql. Flo pa innate- -erumpent, gregarious, rather rosy ; ‘conidia load pero" rounded at the ends, continuous, hyaline, 10-12 x » glandulet within.—C. and M. l.c. Hab. : On bananas exposed for sale in Brisbane. mealy, pustules minute, conidia siete soon oozing out, forming an | G. lagenarium, Pass., Sacc. Syll. Ange eer 3 Australian Flora 363 ; con in 3rd Suppl. vik Ql. F 126. Pus oni seated beneath the cuticle, erumpent, often pristine spre > pulvinate, somewhat rosy; conidia ovate-oblong, sometimes ulate, sided, 16-18 x 5-6 p, enPpamies cloudy, hyaline ;_ basi idia fascic rather fusoid, 15-20 x 3-5 4.—Cooke’s Austr. Fungi Le. Mab. On mango-fruit grown in Brisbane. G. lagenarium. pananas H water-melon fruit exposed for sale in Brisban 3 also me. in yh GA fruitshop and on pie-melons growing at Eight- Beg: ‘Blaine locality determined ud the Rev M. J. eens and UM: For description of G. Lindemuthianum v d M.), Ke rch diel see Botany Bailes v. eid be nd G peatifersn (Cke. and the vine, Gleosporium, see Botany Bulleti 19 ASPERGILLUS, Mich. A. entomophilus, Cooke. Hab.: On various kinds of insects at Queensland Museum. A. glaucus, one Re Syll. 304; Cooke’s Austr. Fun ; tecorded in Syn. Ql. a 777. Gnceniae threads floccose, pacehi indistinctly septate, Shia fertile threads erect, simple, nearly to conidia congregated in chains about the vesicle, seated on cylindrical hyaline basidia, 15 x 4 u diam. eee globose, muriculate, at first > then glaucous, 8-10 » dia Hab.: On putrescent organic matter orergvhere Has been found on living palm-leayes at times, at other times on old Bol, A. Co ookei, Sace. Syll.=A mucoroideus, eve faves xii. _ Cooke’ Austr. Fun ngi 369; recorded in 2nd Supp Ql. Flora 141, ~ gtahel 2aycelium white, intricately ese Fertil threads erect, hyaline, continuous, crowned with a large glo bose vesicle ; basidia ht eplindrica ot aie for a long time persistent, globose, rown, 4 » diam., produced in chains, forming a globose black capitulum. —Oooke Le, Hab.: On dead plants and leaves received from the Johnstone River. STACHYBOTRYS, Corda. ne om stachys, a spike, and Ne a bunch.) Floe tate, free ; branches bea short verticillate ramuli at their apices, een a little head, and sank terminated by a spore. 8. lobul lata, Berk. Black, ee ae proliferously ; Tamuli subalternate, attenuated ; apices 4 to 5-lobed ; spores elliptic, echinulate, or smooth, binicledtse-tonka’s’ Britich Fungi. From the articulated creeping bel Poa a ee gers ae minutely titel, f w aq two nuclei. The lobes are not mamillate as in S. atra, and the Pores age no true septum.— Berk. and Cke. l.c. On the wall-paper of a Brisbane office, the wall Neeign-: become damp = Rego “continued wit weslhk. The fungus is met with in sev parts of Pe and North America on damp decomposing paper and linen. By Authority ; EbMUND GRecory, Government Printer, William street, Brisbane. Queensland, ’ DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BRISBANE. BOTANY BULLETIN No. X. MAY, 1895, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUEENSLAND FLORA. BY F. M. BAILEY, F.L.S8., COLONIAL BOTANIST. : BRISBANE: : AUTHORITY: EDMUND GREGORY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WILLIAM STREHT. 18965. PREFATORY NOTICE. —o— Is issuing the present Bulletin, I take the opportunity afforded of again expressing my thanks to those correspondents in the remote parts of the colony who have so persistently carried on the work of - collecting and forwarding to me specimens of the indigenous vegeta- tion with notes on their economic properties. By this means the work of developing our vast flora is being steadily carried on, and the “conomic as well as the botanical features of the plants recorded. Being often required to determine the names of plant specimens collected in our neighbouring colony, New Guinea, I intend in future to devote a few Separate pages in these Bulletins to record descrip- tions of the new species, or such notes as may be thought advisable "pon the older plants. My list of vernacular names with ‘their. botanical equivalents given in “ Catalogue of Queensland Plants” having been found of special service to the public, I have in this Siven an extension of the list. F. M. B. May, 1895. ox gved.ede accra vegel riod wi a Homes Muster, Bent, Malanot h Epicoce - Eulophia agrostophylla, Bail. CONTENTS. pamee Nocona Ailanthus tiene” var, ie ar Alpinia are ea, var, Arundelliana, ail. Anthracothecium surentiom, Mull. dencidatim, Mull. oculata, Mf Muli. Aschersoni iaetrescen., Berk, Bottari taria umbilicata. Mull, Ar Bursera australasica, Bail. ial Camarosporium armen Che. 6; and Mas, Claumomum Oniveri Bail, ma congesta, Bail. és Nugentii, Bail, rinum m Donglasii, Bail. Dendrobium \ bigibbum, var, macran- Dermatoearpon miniatum, Th. M. - Dicrastyles Weddil, Bal, |. um micropus, Corda. tia excelsa, F. Gaudi R Rr. = het rosporum, Link. g 1a varians, Bail, ; ectrlinbais, Fries. ee 8 Seporiam cinnamomi, Cke. and bs marum, Che. and Mass. Periculosum, Che, and Mass. €ca cruenta, ros A ra, Mull. ‘A <7 s « BSSkeeeeee & 4xe 3 BNR 0: Pe eee SSuseuRenne | re ie eB inda jasminoides, A. Cunn. Mtinus eg ae, Baile ox lor. papuasi, s Kale Bail, nt es Wateoni, B Berk, is det abe Nauclea Gordoniana, Bail. ... at Olearia monticola, Bait. Parmentaria grossa, Mull. Arg. interlatens, Mull. Arg. .. subastroidea, Jfu ‘8 % S BERS eusees agus: eeeecene | 4esgungs 8 8 euueey toowo Phoma bambus sped Phylloporina met la, Wy. Phyllosticta ghee mscissa, Plearot rare iiotien, M tui Polyblastia ae Aull Ary. - i ntula, Mull. Arg tetracere, pe gat dah Ws variega Po cameo peetinats, pe Pyrenula a ir, or strep ‘Mull A ‘ porino oides locularis Aral. Arg... sexlocularis, ‘Mail Satin Wa Arg. sit a Rhododendron Armitii, Bail. se Spathoglottis Soutteriana, Bail. Tomaselli queenslandica, A rg. ten eee Mull. Arg. Trypethelium infaseatam, Mu aul Mull. A ose vitjinean, Mull, Arg. ... Ustilago sorghi, Zink. & #2 Spain er eS vaiea ae pi x4 + 4 ay OBL yh g T BOTAN xt CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUEENSLAND. FLORA. Order SIMARUBEX, . AILANTHUS, Desf. A. imberbiflora, var. Macartneyi, Bail. (n. var.) Avery large tree, exuding fromthe bark when wounded a copious flow of a colourless, transparent, resinous liquid. The young branchlets and Inflorescence more or less covered with a yellowish mealy tomentum. Leaves slender, 6 to 9 in. long including the rather long petiole, but probably much longer on young trees. Leaflets on the leaves near to € inflorescence 3 to 13, narrow-lanceolate, about 3 in. long, mem- branous, very oblique, the underside pale, on petiolules of 1 to 8 lines. Panicles in the axils near the end of the branchlets (male), slender, about 5 in. long and with few short branches. Flowers singly on pedicels longer than the flowers. Calyx-lobes minute with ciliate ar Of fruit to hand it is probable that the female panicles are be longer than the male; one bearing nearly ripe samare measured over ¥ 1D. r Hab. : Forest Hill, Mackay, W Macartney, January, 1895. Althongh stated to be quite glabrous, so far as my observations go A. imberbi- va, Fv. M,, is always rusty-tomentose on the very young growth ;, +. sowing at Rockhampton and Mount Perry has the leaves much crowded at tg of the thick piaditoes ; the flowers aes are more clustered, on shorter Is, and the stamens éxserted. Order BURSERACEA. BURSERA, Linn. Bail. Carrot Wood. Inflorescence terminal, or vustralasic eau the upper axils in pyramidal or elongated anicles ; etals 3 or 4 ovate, deep red or purplish, mo bi : re than twice — ASlong as the calyx-lobes. Stamens 6, anthers yellow, filaments very "a ~Proe. Roy. Soe. Ql. xi. ; ‘Hab, ; Eumundi, ‘ks : 22 Order LEGUMINOSZ. Trine PHASEOLEA. G. varians (sp. nov.) Stems eailhift See a thick fusiform root rok phous ae more or less angular. Leaves very variable in form and size, often near the base reduced toa pei ie hla leaflet, der 1 in. long, the larger leaves bearing as many as 12 leaflets, pedicels of about 3 lines. Flowers, only a few at the end of the raceme upon the specimen examined, seem to be pale-e touted some- what stained with purple, softly hairy on the outside of the pe etals. er. one much longer than the others. Pod 2 in. long, st fight, ‘ot ab Hen Seeds about 7, smooth, of a grey colour and elegantly ulate. reticul _. Hab.: Coolgarra, Matthew Butler, J.P., who with the Pare ad the pit int hee statement about its medicinal Lape rs sen foe Decem T was sent for to ‘make the will of an old m thought, dying of rheumatism. . . In a fit of sdelsackiaas le pulled ‘up p the root and ate it. ‘Fancying it gaye him: relief, he Pane aoe boiled it and the liquor. Within a week there was a marked change in him, and now ithe March) he is quite well and looks ten years youn miner, who has been suffering for over two years from a scrofulous affection, took a decoction of this root for a fortnight, and his skin seems ten. perfectly clear, and he tells me he & new man. Thad a slight touch of rheumatism in the leg err") Pe leds the root, ak the result, aha the pain has gone and t the Order RUBIACEA. = NAUCLEA, Linn. owers crowded in globose peduncled, iaiagar es lege ‘a subpanicled heads. Calyx-tube a ee obconie ; lob ngually tipped with valvate processes. Corolla somgatetunnelhapes throa m 5, on th glabrous; lobes short imbricate. Sta ns 5, on oe corolla, filaments none or short or long. Ovary 2-celled; style filiform, stigma capitate, cylindric or submitriform ; ovules man dans adnate ascending placentas. Fruit of 2 dehisce : ae Seeds imbricate, testa win embryo clavate in fleshy pei Trees or shrubs. Leayes usually large, Bath or pee ; stipules large, caducous or subpersistent.— Hook., t. Inst. WN. Gor doniana (sp. nov.) (After P. ‘ estes: Chief Inspector of Stock, in recognition of the great interest he has always ene mn : oral scaly bark. Leaves lipti-encoolate, ols in. ee = from 1} to 2 in. broad a SS ae eee ee 1 tk, rather al peers 1 os LapER 1 23 ot eT in the lower bal, then prin upwards, lobes short, 5, the filaments scarcely half as long as the anthers, mn a aieces exserted, stigma capitate. No ripe fruit to hand. Hab.: Barron Sa E. Cowley. habit, and the aeeanen ij vy nae to ciel better with the genus Nauclea, in i “ Leich- MORIN DA, Linn. M. jasminoides, 4 A. Cunn. The corollas of this plant are, so far a I have observed, usually white, but here we met with heads of hover wb which were purple on the outside of the corollas.—Proe. Roy. Hab. : Eumundi. Order APOCYNACEA. MELODINUS, Forst. M. Murpe (: (sp. nov.) A pubescent climbing plant. Leaves 3 to ai In. long, bamintiy-esene rounded at the bak ase, the apo elongated | or about 1 j ‘in, sth +t ry he branchlets ; oblong, 3 in. long, di g, a ne near the ends of the ; 8; eto outside aes aed ‘the interior ort ila into four about 5 te lowe, ta aii to one end, triangular with ihe outer side as length of the sed; Mie radicle ree atierte than the oblong ein rg, Baseell River. Mr. E. J. Hancock, from whom I seine the specimens, e fruit is eaten by the natives, their name for it being ‘ Order CONVOLVULACEZ. IPOMAA, Linn. Ltr Benth., Flora Austr. iv. 423. A glabrous, ra twiner. Leaves on tather long ct very broadly "cordate ed I re. to . : a Y * rter or at length longer than the petioles, ear Ef oe ry meas pedicels. Bracts yes par a RHGRTeL EY . Coro cely pune 4 to 5 Hee Sais, smooth, as long as Bab. Boats, Dp, i ged 24: Order VERBENACEZ. DICRASTYLES, Drumm. D. Weddii, (n. sp.) (After Jos. Wedd.) A small erect shrub, elothed with a close white tomentum i & of branched hairs. Leavy opposite or scattered, linear, obtuse, about }-in. long, with sishey the corolla-tube, and hairy. Anthers large with divaricate lobes. Style with 2 long glabrous slender branches, entire portion with Jong branched hairs like the stamens. Fruit globose, 4-eelled, with 1 seed in each cell. Hab.: St. George, Jos. Wedd. Order LAURINEZA. CINNAMOMUM, Burm. . Oliverii, Bail. ‘The Sassfras-tree of the North Coast oe Inflorescence terminal, or in the upper axils, in loose clone Late rancimcts, ; the pedicels about a line long. Flower velvety, cream-coloy , a perianth-tube slender, about 24 lines long, the lobes equal, Te 9: s m ig from which the lobes have fallen. In the bark of several of Boy. trees we found nodules of two or more inches diameter. —Proe. Soe. QI. xi. Hab.: Eumundi. Order ORCHIDEZ. j DENDROBIUM. a 2 yes, © acemes 0 3-in. broad, the lateral lobes curving around and enclosing 1°. | the disk with an oblong cushion-like mass, which with the aid 0! 25 is found to be formed of several irregular rows of teeth-like processes. Column very short, the side wings reaching to the top or above the anther. Hab.: Geraldton. The above description is drawn up from a plant now (May) blooming at Bowen Park, and undoubtedly it is the most showy of all Australian orchids, its nearest ally being D. phalenopsis, Fitzg. SPATHOGLOTTINS, Blume. 8. Soutteriana, Bail., Proc. Roy. Soc. Ql. xi. (After William Soutter, who has taken much trouble in collecting plants of this Order Taceme about 3 in. long, bearing 8 or 9 light purple flowers. Bracts lanceolate 7 or § lines long, pedicels about 1 in. ong. Sepals and petals about 5 lines long. Labellum 3 the length of the other segments of the perianth, articulate to the base of the column close to the lateral lobes. These latter are oblong or slightly spathulate, and t Pr, “large, thick, erect, rather spreading glabrous calli; middle lobe with a tather long claw, expanding into a somewhat flabelliform blade, the § densely woolly margins. Column "pwards—presenting, with the anther, an almost hooded appearance. From the above brief description it will be seen that the present species s—S. Pauline, es in m M. The present species, however, has narrower, more grass-like leaves. The - any respects the only other Australian specie: flowers are also mu ch smaller, and different calli. é Hab, : St Creek, Cairns-Herberton Railway line. I received a leaf and ag! bloom e February, 1893, from Mr. L. J. N rom Mr. BE, bth suffici he flowers, and great edhe they continue in bloom, make species of this genus desirable plants EULOPHIA, R. Br. agrostophylia, Bail., Proe Roy. Soc. QI. xi. (Name suggested its grass-like leaves.) Rhizome of irregular form, resembling : _-Bhger rhizome, thick, fleshy, whitish, stained here ahd there aa hea? Staining a length of 4 in. and a breadth of 1} in. viet . heath’ stem slender, compressed, about 2 lines broad, with - ong Pras hing Scales which cover the lower 4 or 5 in, a _ «3 . a baeenlike leaves on long petioles, together attaining a length of “ aE G Mass, over 7 lines broad at the widest part, prominently st . : a ‘lend much more prominent than the others. Seape 2 nti sac 2 ‘Wattoy } the sheathing scales near the base about 1 in. long, ae and lanceolate points, the upper ones without app “on the “ini § into long narrow bracts like those — om race aie. © or flower-bearing r ; pe % OF alittle shorter than the slender pedicel. Spur very prominent the bud and prominently marked by numerous rib-like nerves. Scape slender ; 26 have subulate points, 43 lines long, 3-ribbed. Petals shorter and broader than the sepals, almost apiculate, 3-ribbed with branching veinlets. Labellum long as the petals of 3 blunt lobes, the middle one broader than long, the lateral ones occupying half the length of the labellum, all prominently marked by numerous branching veins which start from 3 or 4 strong raised ribs on the disk, margins slightly undulate. Column about half as long as the sepals, the dorsal lobe bearing the anther as in EZ. venosa—rather long and ovate. Pollen. masses 2, nearly globular. Capsule oval, about the size of a sm gooseberry, and prominently ribbed. ! Hab.: On sandy land, in shady localities of the Mackay district.—L. J. Nugent. CLEISOSTOMA, Blume. C. Nugentii, Bail., Proc. Roy. Soc. QI. xi. (After the discoverer, 8 y t bbed long as the rest of the labellum, with no internal appendage ; Y ; emg the column; genus. kay, Led veinlets plainly visible in the dried specimens. Peduncle eg shorter than the leaves, with 1 or 2 scarious sheathing brac flower’. , and 1-2 or none between these and those subtending the Bo ‘but Flowers cream-coloured erowded at x fo ing & opening one at a time. Bracts broad, fleshy, pointed, — ers all incurved, resembling those of some of our sm i Dendrobiums, Pedicels 3 lines long. Sepals broad-lance long as the sepals, the lateral lobes long and broad, the mi ” reduced to a —— end to the labellum, the whole uP 27 ciliate margins and recurved coloured point. Spur broad, obtuse, stained with yellow and red, plate at orifice transverse. Column white, semi-terete, scarcely one-third the length of the sepals. Pollen-masses oval, yellow. Capsule slender, 23 in. long. Hab.: Cairns, Z. J. Nugent. Order SCITAMINAEE, ALPINIA, Linn. A. cerulea, var. Arundelliana, Buil., Proc. Roy. Soc. Ql. xi. is of a rosy-red colour. The fruit only differs in its smaller size, Although difficult to describe in words, the distinction between these two forms is very evident when seen in the scrubs growing side by Hab.: Eumundi. This variety is named after Mr. E, H. Arundell, a resident of the district, who has rendered much assistance towards collecting specimens of the Eumundi plants Order AMARYLLIDEZ. CRINUM, Linn. €. Douglasii, Bail. (n. sp.) A handsome plant, in general appearance before sending up its flower-scape reminding one of a pedicels, which are about as long as the ovaries, the involucral Ria rns, about 43 in. long, and }-in. broad at the base. i | ; anthers i nder, purplish red except towards the base; anthe eXce Pander, tin. long.» Style as long as the segments, purplish as SP aeth base. Stigma of 3 short fringed lobes, J {He plant from which the above description has been drawn up is contr) flowering'in Mr. L. A. Bernays’s poe Brisbane. It was received by Tat two or three years ago from the Hon. John Douglas, Thursday 2 MW. Berg Seems to me quite distinct from any named species of the genus, 80 ee 7*8 request I have named it in honour of his friend. ee aa ae te Kee eae eo ee ae Mi Order PANDANACEA. FREYCINETIA, Gaudich. lichaudii, . Br. Specimens of this species, bear- sic . € inflorescence were obtained oe pe Batti haem hs 8 i abitat bein ; and no previously recorded 3 hal sak etek ti Adela. 28. The bracts on Oe specimens collected were nearly white and very deciduous, the er ones not exceeding 2 in. in length, the inner- most ones much pate very narrow, and quite membranous,—Proe. Roy. Soe. QI. ish: Eumundi. so excelsa, 7. v. UM. Specimens of the male inflorescence of this ecies were obtained. The outer b racts: ly as long as the bases, whi are collected into three bundles and are, except for their green tips, a deep red colour, and form a star of three rays several inches in dtueitee bearing in its centre the spike of stamens, the filaments of which are short, and bear pale-coloured 2-celled obtuse anthers.— be a oy. Soc . QL. xi. : Eumundi. Order NAIADEZ. POTAMOGETON, Linn. x. ae Linn. Stems very slender, gees dich Leaves all submerged, very narrow-linear, 2 to _ long, 1-nerved, most of them dilated at the base into a rather ie hea which * scarious at the edge and often projecting at the t > into 2 smal scarious lobes, the sheathing stipules of the other i) wants oe rarely sheathing the base of the peduncle. Peduneles usually bearing several clusters of 2 or 3 flowers at some distance from each sthete forming a slender interrupted spike, rarely reduced to a. single tet minal chister. Nutlets of P. obtusifolius or "eather smaller.—Flora Austr. vii. 173. he : Still waters, Jimbour, C. J. Gwyther, Order LICHENES. (This Lichen Ha hy been prepared for me by our local lichen- ologist, Mr. John Shirley.) The following ants determined by Dr. Jean Miller, of Genera, are reported by him as natives of Queensland. PYRENOCARPEA. (Mull. Arg. Consp. Syst. Lich. Nov. Zeal., p. 15.) sr Trize DERMATOCARPEA, Mull. Arg. Pyrenoe. Cub., P- DERMATOCARPON, Mull. Arg. Pyrenoc. Cub., p . 377. ad atum, 7) 3, Arct., p. 253. Thallus single es yer coriaceous, eltate, umbilieato- -aflixed, en expan lobate to undulate or crenate- th or minutely albo- granulate, under surface sooth ‘or ifhouhia ose, fulvou ret goes -pruiinoses theci® minute, yery numerous, embedded ; epithecium slight ae 1518 4 | rown; spores 8, plc oblong or ellipsoid, simp 6-10 p. Syn.: Lecidea miniata, L. Hab.: On rocks, Toowoomba, Hartmann. 29 Trine PYRENULA, Mull. Arg. Pyr. Cub., p. 381. Sustrise VERRUCARIA, Mull. Arg. Lich. Gen., p. 73. ARTHOPYRENTA, Mull. Arg. L.B., 612. Section EVARTHOPYRENIA. A. atomaria, JJull. Arg. Toowoomba, Hartmann. Thallus cinerascent, thin; apothecia very minute, subglobose, emerso-sessile, somewhat shin ing: epithecium a perithecium dimidiate ;. spores 8, fuscous, broadly oblong, 1- -septat Section Mesoryrenta, A. ocu oy Mull. Arg. klipe: shining white, very thin, from smooth to powdery ; apothecia “6 mm., elato-c convex, clothed by the thallus, then nude and almost black, vertex minutely impresso- -ostiolate, and commonly minutely oculate with a vestige of the thallus; peri- thecium deficient or thin at the base, and obtuse at the angles; Sab connected ; spores 2-seriate, $, 14-16 x 7-8 p, ovoid, capallg oc Hab.: On bark, by Dr. C. Knight. fallacior, Mull. Arg. Thallus indicated by a white halo, usually evanescent, margin effuse, not at all nigro-limitate, destitute elipsoid; spores ‘8 2- seriate, 18-20 x 4154 Hy t foudly actyloid. 2locular. "—Dr. C. Knight, No. 109 Section ACROCORDIA. tans, Mull. Arg. Thallus thin, cinereous, or aa bra maculate, bordered yee nigro- -fuscoits line ; apothec he ase innate, a apex nu lack, shining, d epresso-hemis- p sical. ‘base complete ; spores 8, t- serial, 25-80 x 8-15 p, straight or “i septate. Ve 866, p. 295.—Dr. C. tig as aoan can limitans, Nyl. in Flora, 1 p- white usobrina, Mull. Arg. Thallus very thin, or pcos by : ‘Mattenuate apothecia rather prominent ; perithecium entire, blac ‘ uate or atta: colourless beneath ; spores colourless, ce Ha Me, 23-82 x 9-11 #3 paraphyses slender, crowded. 4 Syn. : Seitakevth consobrina, Nyl., Lich. Nov. Cal. Hab. ; On bark, Dr. ¢. Knight, No. 325. ECTION ANISOMERIDIUM. ull. Arg. ‘Thallus Pane argillaceo-albid, ces acid 85 apothec cia ‘6 mm., bla ck, nude, emerso infeio fsewtit sho rher and narrowe er. n bark, by Dr. C. Knight, No. 43. 30 PORINA (Ach.), Mull. Arg. L. B., 644. * Spores 20-35 y long, 3-5 y, wide. P. africana, Muil. Arg., is P. limitata, C. K. P. tetracere (Ach.), Mull. Arg. Thallus cinereous to luteo-fuscous, smoothish or subrugulose ; apothecia in glabrous verruce, apex nude, shining, subpapillate, ostiola pallid or fuseescent ; spores fusiform, ; 7-septate, 25-30 x 7-8 pu. ) Syn.: Verrucaria nana, Stirton, Bail., No. 785. P. variegata, Fee. Thallus green, smooth, margined by a thick black hypothalline line; apothecia as in P. tetracere, but smaller and more slender, and hove with obscure brown or blackish ostiola ; spores 42 x 5-6 p, 7-se Hab.: Trinity Bay, ry Fe ee Mull. Arg. Syn. : P. mastoidea, var. rudis, M.A., Lich. Hl. Qd., p a internigrans, J.4. Thallus as in P. mastoidea (Ach.), Mull. Arg. Spores 9-septate, 70-100 x 15. Nylander in Lich. Andam. p- 19, calls this a subspecies of P. mastoidea. Hab.: Trinity Bay, Sayer. P. glanca, Mull. Arg. Thallus plumbeo-glaucous, thin and smooth, shining, at length readily desquamescing; apothecia ‘8 mm. wide, about one-third emergent, nano-subhemispherical, paragon gradually sloping to the encircling thallus, vertex fulvescent, usually nigro-ostiolate ; spores 8, very robust, 80-95 x 10-20 p, 7-18-septate. Hab. : Trinity Bay, Sayer. | P. subargillacea, v rata, Mull. Arg. Apo gn a black ection Rea ey the thallus having fallen awé Perithecia dimidia Hab. : cote on bark, Hartmann. a rhaphidospora, Mull. Arg. Syn.: Verrucaria r peg oe PHYLLOPORINA, Mull. Arg., Lich. Epiphyll., No. is “‘Thallus everywhere crustaceous ; gonidia phyllactidial ; ih angiocarpous, simple ; paraphyses ca villa , not anastomosing ; hyaline, transversel y divide Z ae | P. epiphylla (Nyl.), a Arg. Junior plagule culos argillaceo—or flayido—yiren » usually con — in broad pa closely adnate, but readily ne off; apothecia “3 mm., ¢eP i conical, or at length convex-conical, usually thalline clothed ne nally colorous, but at times somewhat t golden i in colour ; vertex penne uaco-nudate, base broad, truncate, within hyaline ; paeas ous, free, capillary ; spores 8, 7-septate, 24-38 x 3- Ha’ -: Bellenden-Ker, Bailey, No. 483, pro. p. POLYBLASTIA, Th. M. Fries, Polyb., n. 8. ins P. sregantula, Mull. Arg. Thallus hei farinulent, voy ot in apothecia commonly 2-4 clustered, and partly i rregularly as era : greyish spots, black, depresso-conical, base clothed, mm i. A 31 rather nude, base petndsiake perithecium with base complete ; 2spored; spores 88 x l4yp; locelli in 8 series, with 4 cells in snide central row. Almost resembles a Tomasellia Hab.: On bark, Dr. C. Knight, No. 298. -geminella, Mull.-Arg. Thallus within the bark, showing as a very thin eretaceo-subfarinose frosting, or evanescent; perithecia ‘3-4 mm. wide, depresso- spherical, slightly emergent and 'strongly pulveraceo- bs dlate, a apex very minutely or not at all papillate, within pale; asci 2-spored, obovoid-cylindrical spores hyaline, 25- 50x 16- 20 m. —L.B.47. Dr. 0. Knight, without number MICROTHELLA, Korb. Syst., p. 372. * Spores 2-locular. M. Mn Qa at Mull. Arg. Syn.: Pyrenula obovata, Shirley, Lich, Flora 0. M. brisban ensis, Mull. Arg. Thallus albo-testaceous, very thin, smooth ; apothecia ‘8 mm. wide, black, smaller ones flattish, then hemi- tical. and emersed, Ja nh subopaque ; perithecium with flattened base, the lower scisggine ar age very attenuate below the nucleus; sn 2-seriate in ascus, 8, 23-25 x 8-10», finally nigro-fuscous,. long bovoid, Slsculax: ane equal or the lower one shorter and ; al On bark, Shirley, No. 1566. ** Spores 4-locular. M. alba, Aull. Arg. Thallus whitish-green, very thin and smooth; apothecia “5--6 mm., when young small and witha Shean oe over- Spread, at hes blackish and broadly Rieseplaaleals : meet ma subglobose, base tru uncate, beneath the nucleus vanting or very Ms raphyses connected ; spores 8, 2-seriate in ascus, 25-30 x 0, Ps ‘btn. ellipsoid or obovoid, equally 2-4- ene Hab.: On b ark, Dr, O. Knight, without number. M. in sUeeuslandiee, Mull. Arg. Thallus very thin, smooth, farinu- rath hardly visible ; apothecia 8-1 mm., finally nudate-nigrate, reels perithecium subplane and dilatate at the ali nucleus Soraglete but thin; spores 8, 2-seriate, oblong- Psoid, 40-48. 14-17 p, equally 2-4-locular. : On sal by Dr. C. Knight, Nos. 5, 29, 56, | M. subgregans, Mull. Arg. Thallus white, very aog subfarinu- : oo Wanting ; apothecia -4 mm., globose, eme about s in ithe height, apex nudate, black, rotundate-obtuse, solitary or 2 UPS; perithecium everywhere complete ; spores 2-4, 40-50 x 20 p, ce equally 2-locular, or the loculi again towards Hag mas when the ultimate loculi are much smaller than red the in x On bark, 0. Knight, No. 315. P yer : Mull.j A Thallus formed of smoot wo : = *pothecia - — 8 shot ar seatored or 2-8 confluent in groups, black, emis) Dalline.yelate a citiok the middle angueee -dilatate ce 32 complete ‘and: the’ base! moderately: convex; spores in two series: in’ asci; 8, oblong-ellipsoid, at both ends obtuse; 4-locular, from hyaline to fuscous, 12-15 x 5-6 p, dissepiments\at length deeply fuscous. » Hab.: On bark, Shirley, No. 1776. PYRENULA, Stitz. Flecht., p. 148. re be es 4-locular. ee 1: pemmyernir hemispherical, Tar subulate-dilatate, base inicomplete or thin P. velatior, Mull. Arg.- Thallus with — argillaceous epidermis, smooth, bordered d by a broad ceruleo-nigrescent zone; apothecia depresso- hemispherical, Wome wide, Galeca-venie slightly Bah perithecium thick; black, base wanting; para 5 3% free ; spores 8, es Lor oe * 5-6 = fusiform-ellipsoid, 4-locular inity Bay, S oxyspora, auth Arg. Thallus rufo-fuscous, cinentates apothecia ‘7 mm. wide, deplanate pyramidal, semi i-emersed, above nude, black, ictal nkdseii, vertex neither umbonate nor! umbilicates peritheeium dimidiate, or ‘base very thin and complete, below alate- tate; spores. 8, 1-seriaie, fusiform, at both ends» abruptly acuminate, 4-locular, between the loculi slightly constricted, 18-23 x Hab. : Trinity Bay, Sa B. Perithecium | i itelilen-hesiayheriesl, beneath complete. . P. indusiata, MZuil. Arg. Thallus glaucous, very smoot leose” nitidous ; apothecia immersed, cconical-hemispherical, vertex slightly nigro-perforate } perithecium with thick complete base, beneath convex; 8 8, generally in 1 series, from hyaline to fuscous, at both h ends ise, 4-locular; 12-15 x 5- “Hab. : — Dark, Shirley, No, 1878. ¥. gruen ns, Mull. Arg Thallas barely vib i furiotlont ‘ical Pm tom fypothallus with the cortex browns’) maculiform ; epoihedts mm., about. one-third innate, emer -_ hemispherical, hase; sotdid bla ck, opaque, at t length 1B. 15% ; perithecium eomplete not winged ; spores 8, 1-seriate, 7-82 wis broadly ellipsoid, at both ends ‘broadly t rotundate i 4-locular. Near P. Jinitima, Mull. Arg: Hab: On bark, Dr. C. Knight, Nos, 121, 123, 135, 147. nplandiz, P. Bo: as Hoon sig levigate and equal ae rather "6.mm;, ol great: part rsed, hemispherical, ret black, shining ; 3 base “bread; flat, |. ok atten ate >. spore: in narrow’ ter at usually in one series, eloburellipoid, 14¢16, x: rl is locals, pie. doculismall.—L.B; Bx dispersa, Mk ‘Arg. ; “P. aspistea, Ach. 4 "tk ‘On bark, Trinity Bay, Sayer. see got, : P. microcarpoides, Muil. Arg. Thallus sprit wt hin ; rimulose ; apothevia black, semi- emersed, globo "si 4 the nuide:portion black, ehitthigyhénsiaphenical pectin or ie obané; “moderately thin ; i; SRR 8, bohioners e bag pa- » 16x07 Hab. On bark, Shirley, No. 1872. 33 fils biiDiestar, black and thick ; enrilene capillary, free; asci_linear, I-seriate, 6-8 spored; spores 16 x 7p, 4-locular.— L.B..901. Syn.: P. mollis, Hab. : On bark, Sictey,: Nos. 1869 and 1880. 2. Spores 20-40 » long. P. mastophorizans, Mull. Arg. Thallus olivaaodite, smoothish apothecia globose, black, apex nude and shining, shortl rgent from ispherical thalline protuberances, truncate, concolorous 1 us, and es or slightly gibbose; unequal; spores 8, sae rn 25-84 x : On bark, Bailey, No. 499, pro. p. A Biroate var. emergens, Mull. Arg. Syn.: Verrucaria punctella, an ode? Nyl.: P. punctella, var. emergens, M.A., Lich. Parag., No. 246. Differs from the type in the apothecia, which are enclosed j in thiliitie protuberances, pe often at length denudate and htly eme ergent ; spores 22-38 x pe Hab.: On bark, Dr. C. Knight, Nos. 125, 138, 142. adacta, var. cinerascens, Muil. rt Thallus pallid or cinerascent, at length the surface leprose-sorediose ab.: On bark, Shirley, Nos, 1642 and 1647. P. Sexlocularis, Muli. A; g- Thallus pallid or on eterminate by Ne obschite ane or indeterminate, maculate; spore locular, 22-39 x 9-11 pt. V. subvariolosa, C.K. Bah: On bark, Dr. ©. eu a 44, 52. ANTHRACOTHECIUM, Mass. Fells 2 p- 49 Srctron I.—Evantnracotrnectum, Mull. Arg. L.B. 1265. * Spores 30-80 j long. A. aurantium, Mull. Arg. Syn.: Verrucaria aurantia, Eschw. Hab.: On bark rk, Dr, O. Knight, No. 124; Shirley, Nos. 1775, 1881. BS he res 20-30 long, from 4-locular to oa met cells fewer in ranks. - an the iicithig/t usually about 4.: den ull. Arg. Thallus vcocibied that of A. i resgiot whitish, thin, opaque, obscurely margined ; ee iti me “Sea nt, d nudate, ostiola punctiform, black, “3- his 30 < ayn ellipsoid, 8-12 loculate, with 4 cells ina’ iam: Bah, Toowoomba, Hartmann, 5s canines zed A. ‘enndatum, y . ochrotropum, ‘Mull. Arg. ta tera ® of the thallue c ochraceo-aurantiacous or ochraceo-r ceo-albid, the me whet Je around the’ apothecia. : Trinit y Bay, S a ae Skerroy TI. i do ta Mull. Arg. LB. 1266. Yj orum, Mul. BG Given by a ceil error in 1c, Naturatige str igos No 0. 4, p. 95, as ab, ; Herbert River, H. A. shah 34 Sustripe TRYPETHELIE, Mull. Arg. Pyr. Cub., p. 376. TOMASELLIA, Mass., Flora, 1856, p. 283. subfuscescent pallid epidermis, macular, thin; stromata variously ‘8 M4 dep ase; paraphyses loosely connected, firm; 1-seriate, 8, 20 x 7 p, ellipsoid-fusiform, equally bilocular. Hab.: On bark, Dr. C. Knight, No. 46. TRYPETHELIUM, Trev., Syn. Gen. Tryp.; p. 19. T. tropicum, var. nigratum, Mull. Arg. Thallus black. Hab.: Bellenden-Ker, on branches, Bailey, No. 539, pr. p. T.infuscatum, Mull. Arg. Thallus pallid, very thin, smooth; stromata nigro-fuscous, opaque, sublinear-oblong, angulose, nas ing the surface of the stromata as punctures, circled with p id ring; paraphyses loosely connected; spores 8, in asci irregt arly biseriate, 27-30 x 10 py, 4-locular. Hab.: On bark, Bellenden-Ker, Bailey, No. 599. ostiolate ; ostiola small, slightly depr thin; paraphyses loosely eiithectol ; asci biseriate, 8-spored; spores 36-40 x 10-11. 4, fusiform, 9-11-locular. Hab.: On bark, Dr. C. Knight, No. 351. MELANOTHECA, Fee, Ess. Suppl, p- 70. | M. oxyspora, Mull. Arg. Wholly as regards thallus ag a8 thecia similar to M. achariana, Fee, but spores much larger, r 11-15 », broadly fusiform, and subcuspidate acuminate, not we the ends rotundate obtuse. Even in their juvenile hyaline sta Spores are at both ends acuminate. Hab. : On bark, Dr, C. Knight, No. 127. M. cruenta, Mull. Arg. Syn.: M. rubra, C. Knight. Hab. : Ithaca Creek, Bellenden-Ker, Bailey, Nos. 539, 783. M. rubescens, (©. K. Syn.: Microthelia Shirleyana, Mull. Arg: Hab. : Sankey's Scrub, Shirley, No. 1776. BOTTARIA, Mass., Mise. Lich., p. 12. Hab.: On bark, Hartmann, Toowoomba. 35 Sustriee ASTROTHELIE&, Mull. Arg. Pyr. Cub., p. 382. PARMENTARIA, Fee Meth., p. 24. * Spores large, 2 in ascus. e, Subastroidea, Mull. Arg. Thallus glauco-pallid, smooth, shining ; apothecia roseate, similar to those of P. astroidea, Fee, Prominent, above. nude, black, separate, globose-pyriform, ostiola small, brown ; perithecium complete, sub-horizontal ; spores 2, brown, 160 x 35 yp, closely parenchymatous. ab.: On bark, Shirley, No. 1863. P. subastroidea, var. subsimplex,' Mull Arg. Perithecia almost wholly solitary and similar to those of Pleurothelium austra- é, but here and there astroid-clustered, but colour of thallus, &e., Wholly asin the type. ab.: On bark, Shirley, No. 1878. P, toowoombensis, Mull. Arg., Lich. Exot. hb. Vindeb, No. 51. Hab.: T, woomba, Hartmann, No. 51. 2. interlatens, Mull, Arg. Thallus indicated by flavid Beligresnt Spots ; apothecia indicated outwardly by pallid or fuscescent or mie blackish ostiola; perithecium entire, black, ‘5-'9 mm. wide, gine, y oo in twos ; spores 2, fuscous, oblong, parenchymatous, 85- 3 Hab.: On bark, Shirley, Nos, 1769, 1868, pr. p. * 8f0ssa. Mull. Arg. Thallus fulvescent-pallid, cartilagineous, smooth, reticulately rugosé;\ areolar for'the ereater art, ampullaceo- tubere Tmand fertile, bearing apothecia immer at the eres} :“* profoundly covered, 2 mm. wide, within white ; a nape fonjoined in. threes sub-horizontal and slightly nudate, or solitary , slig) ioanously immersed, wholly black; spores 2,3110-115 x 30-85 j, “Plously multicellular. : On bark, Dr. ©. Knight, No. 100. Order FUNGI. MUTINUS, Fries. : an M pentag ing to 5-angled recep- \ #8 Onus, Bail.(sp.nov. (Name referring 0 4 r ) Stem proainenti Beleds about ? in, in diameter, salmon SE el ay Sa te en ie le oe pore-b. 8, lin. long, terminated ‘by a flattened salmon-colou 36 sporeless beak. Sporiferous, pulp dark. olive. _Volva smooth, white, pitcher-shaped, about 2 in. long, and 1 in. wide at the base. ce- lium consisting of a few delicate threads. (Fig. about natural size.) Hab.: Ona flower border in a Brisbane garden. Feetid, but very beautiful ; only aisingle specimen found. M. annulatus, Bail. (sp. now.). | (Spore-bearing portion ringed.) Entire length including volva 2} in. Rece tacle terete, diameter at base about 2+ lines, from thence tapering to a pervious apex 0 bout 4 line diameter. Spore-bearing portion annulated, nearly one-half the entire length of receptacle, red-ochre-coloured ; sporeless portion pure white. Voiva globose, white, about 5 lines in diameter, shortly split- ting into irregular lobes. (Fig. about natural size. Hab.: Amongst decaying vegetable matter at Eumundi, Bailey and Simmonds. ; ecimen met with was lost in forwarding to Dr. M. C. Cooke. The above description is from notes and sketch of plant made at the time. The nearest allied species is M. Watsoni, Berk. M. Watsoni, Berk., in Cooke’s Handbook of Austr. Fungi, 218. ‘About 24 in. high, spore-bearing portion conical, one-fourth the length of the entire receptacle, minutely veined, red, about 2.inch diameter at the base, pervious at the apex— Cooke 1.c. Hab.: On the ground, Burnett River, Watson. M. papuasius, Kalch., in Cooke's Handbook of Austr. Fungi, 214. About 3-4 in. high. Receptacle thin and slender (3-4 mm. diam. ), llid. Spore-bearing portion ovate-conical or somewhat pear-shapet, thicker than the stem, even, black.— Cooke J. Hab.: On the ground, Rockhampton, 4. Thozet, above to the stem; apex at first closed, then pervious, yellow or at length turning black, delicately reticulately rugose.— Gani? © Hab.: On the ground, Wigton. ~GEASTER, Mich. caietl Fries. _ Bordered Geaster. pete I ed, and peduncle, into which it passes gradually ; mouth fimbriato-P ree depressed, rather acute —Cooke, in British Fungi. Hab.: Gladfield, C. J. Gwyther. USTILAGO, Pers. v. sorghi, Link. Pori black or dark brown, roughly puly “vith spores globose, oblong, often angular, 5-93 x 4-53, furmis ical, smooth, yellowish-olive-brown epispore; promycellum 4 constricte e base, sporidioles numerous, oblong. Hab, : Gladfield, on inflorescence of sorghum, C, J, Gryther. 87 PHYLLOSTICTA, Pers. P. circumscissa, Cooke: Shot-hole Fungtis) ’ On rfaces ; spots orbicular, rufous-brown, at length falling out and leaving round holes, perithecia few, minute, innate ; sporules elliptic) 8x 2p. Hab.: On cherry leaves at Accommodation Creek, and on apricot leaves in other localities. PHOMA, Fries, P. bambusina, Speg. Hab.: On’stalks of a seedling sugar-cane growing at Bowen Park, CAMAROSPORIUM, Schultz. Perithecia erumpent, simple, often papillate. Sporules ovoid- oblong or fusoid, 2 or many septate, muriform, coloured.—QOooke, Austr. Fungi, 355. C. punctiforme, Cke. and Mass. (sp. nov.). Perithecia gregarious, minute, punctiform, papillate, black, just visible to the naked eye. porules ovoid or oblong, obtuse, cruciately or muriformly septate, not contracted, fuliginous, 15-18 x 10 pe Hab.: On fruits of a saltbush. ASCHERSONIA, Mont. Spora, Berk., Sacc. Syll., iii, 3321. Stroma floccosely expanded at the base, slightly cylindrical, waxy, depressed (2 mil. diam.), Peach-coloured, or flesh-coloured. Cells few, irregular, large, convolute. Sporules oblong, 10-15 pw long, finely apiculate at each extremity. Hab. : On leaves of Cinnamomum Oliveri, determined by Dr. C. M. Cooke. GLEOSPORIUM, Mont. G. Pal » Che. and Mass. (sp. nov.). t elliptical (1c. m ), tawny or brown, darker at the periphery ; Shoe small, ‘rumpent, at length pulverulent. Conidia elliptical, hyaline, oo 12-14x 5-6 wu. Basidia rather long and distinct, flexuous, ne, Hab.: On leaflets of Archontophenix Cunninghamii at Eumundi. G. -tnamomi, Che. and Mass. (sp. nov.). Spots suborbicular, *oMetimes bullate, rarely confluent hypophyllous, causing the leaves . come flaccid. Pustules regarious, tawny, minute, at length pul- Yerulent. Conidia elliptical, hyaline, 12-15 x 4 y, on distinct basidia. — On leaves of Cinnamomum Oliveri at Eumundi. Very destructive to the &. Periculo Che. and Mass. Pustules occupying the whole eo eete of ¢ urfa, he ripe fruit, forming sulphur-coloured Rodules beneath e cuticle (}-m. di les elliptic-oblong, ty vr iah fruit penetrated with stout and branched hyphe reaching ig diam. Sporophores cylindrical, 6-8 x 2 p. et ‘y= ‘infesting the fruit of Rhodomyrtus macrocarpa at Cairns, which i — this state is considered to cause inilase and at times death, This isa Murthy of the attention of our medical men. 38 FUSARIUM, Link. F. heterosporu Link. Sporodochia orange, crampent uent; conidia pore pr mtirag slender, curved, fusiform, very acute and ee : On ears of wheat from Herberton. EPICOCCUM, Link. E. micropus, Corda. Small-stemmed Epicoccum. Sporodochia reir effuse, blackish ; stroma subglobose, afterwards depressed, n the fo sthive of young oaks, ‘Hiscbang aime In Europe and America this pare is met with on decomposing vegetable matter. eae i a ee annulatus, Bail: g 2 % a g < 8 < : E A & 20 2 = v a4 Matin us ADDITIONS TO THE FLORA OF NEW GUINEA. a As may naturally be supposed, from being the nearest Govern- ment Botanist to New Guinea, I am frequently being called upon to determine plant specimens from there. It is my intention, therefore, in future to publish at the end of the Botany Bulletins the deserip- tions of all new species; also. such. notes upon the older ones as ae deemed advisable whenever plant specimens from that colony reach me. SPECIMENS OF PLANTS COLLECTED BY MR. W. E. ARMIT, IN MARCH, 1894, ON MOUNT DAYMAN, NE. COAST OF NEW GUINEA Besides the two new species now described, Mr. Armit’s collec- tion contained specimens of Vitis cordata, Wall.; Potentilla anserina, i manes parviflorum, Poir. : : es Bernh. ; Polypodium serpens, Forst.; and Daxsonia superba, Tey. OLEARIA, Moench. 0. Monticola (n. sp.) Branchlets clothed with a greyish or brownish tomentum. Leaves elliptical, 2 to 3 in. long, 14 to 2 in. te at the base, nd ‘reg! Shorter and not so spreading in,the disk-florets. Achenes Ty. Pappus of about 20 nearly equal brownish bri-tles. Armjt 2 Mount Dayman, N. 0 Guinea. Collected by Wo. - Bar ig March, 1894. Probably the Olearia with elliptic leaves rope oa 2 all of eer a8 occurring on the crest of the Owen Stanley Range is the ze 10 "7 of the present species. See Trans. Roy. Soc. of Vie., vol. I., part II, page 10. RHODODENDRON, Linn. | me ati, Bail. (n. sp.) A vse branched shrub with a ‘a, long, and about 2 in. wide, more or less covered on the e 40 the e| specimens to han d, very deciduous; br racteoles Fee as expanding at the extremities, longer than the pedicels, hairy. Pedicels about 1 in. long, clothed with similar scales to those upon the petioles. Calyx oblique, small, try at the base, tapering to pointed teeth, with ciliate margins, becom ing reflexed. Cor olla-tube curved or nearly Anthers sited about 23 lines rit exserted. oean long as the ens, ovary 5-celled, very hairy, like the lower portions of easton and style; stigma peltate. Capsule not to hand. Amongst uinea species, the present seems nearest allied to 2. v. M. ? : Mt. R, Sontie N.E. coast of New Guinea, at an elevation of 8,900 ft. cotta desl Wm. E. Armit, March, 1894. Conranr, of Fraser's Is Jan - a. aboriginal name for Eucalyptus robusta. nt noellia. sublions VERNACULAR NAMES. WITH Nien BOTANICAL EQUIVALENTS. (Continued from pages 97 to 104 in talogue - the Indigenous and Naturalised * "Plants pe Queensla md.) —_-—_—_—_>— ABILL—Aboriginal name at the Barron River for Pygeum Turnerianum. Bacoor—Aboriginal name at the Barron River for Cryptocarya insignis, Balty Gum—Litsea reticulata, 4N-BAN—A original name at the Endeavour re for Modecca australis. Baracara— Aboriginal name for Alphitonia ex Bakror—Aboriginal name at Rockhampton for cro australis. Bishor’s Wemp—An n European name for Ammui maju Back Currant Trex, of Walsh River—Antidesma perenne BotsseN—A boriginal name'at the Barron River for Acanthus ilicifolius. BARCHOO—A boriginal name for Tristania suaveolens, var. glabrescens. Bens Boned tn name Hoses delawnies suaveolens, Bon Aboriina name for Acacia homalophylla, also A. sont. _ Oliveri. 0 a australasica. ATTLE-BUSH, of Dowiis country—Atalaya hemiglauca. CoozraDy— Aboriginal name on the Cloncurry for the Leichhardt-tree, Sareocephalus Ohosor or Comes Nut—Aboriginal name at the Russell River for Cryptocarya Palmerstonii, CoortBar (Gum-tree)—Eucalyptus microtheca, Coorcnme—Aborigi ginal name « $033 for pe aes actinocladus, Corrvyaur, or TrEak— ‘a baloghioid DikiaAsi—Aboriginal name at the Lesten River for Podocarpus elata, ANDELION, of Euro pe—Taraxacum Dens-leon: Devin’s a r Troe’ 8 CLAW—A name given snag some for the naturalised plant, Martynia Dom ~ Aborgaa name at the Barron River for Rhodamnia trinervia, vars Drzaxpoor-—Abor ginal name at the Barron River for Loranthus dictyophlebus. ‘a ; ‘ Lali | Py | eed GutRA~ Aboriginal name at the Barron River for A Ge MIXEERA— Aboriginal name at the Barron River for Cryptocarya - australis, Sipra—a ginal name at Charters Towers for Acacia balicion, var, varians ; other “Chad » homalophytia. WARA—Aboriginal name at the Barron River for Cleistanthus Cunninghamii, imis. he Barron River for Lycopodium Clare. Pagans a A. peat, On the Uioncurry for Uarey 42 GREEN-LIGHT Fcncus—AHiatula Wynnie. GutaBa or GyaBi—Aboriginal name at the Barron River for Dioscorea transversa. GUNTHA-MARRAH oe name on the Cloncurry for Careya australis. JaMBoLLA— Aborigi inal name at the Barron River for the inflorescence of Maistho. Phallus Galbra, JIL-LEER, or Cee cerehe tree of Gulf country—Exececaria parvifolia. JinpuL—An aboriginal name for Eucalyptus microtheca, Kavor-Kavor—Aboriginal name at Rock ampton for Timonius Rumphti. ~Kvuranpa—Aboriginal. name at the Barron River for Helmholtzia nina: KorLean—An aboriginal name for Eucalyptus microtheca. Kurra-Gurra—An aboriginal name for Scribbly Gum, Eucalyptus hemastoma, ee en al name on sie Goaqerey) for Carissa ovata. Lesser Crover— proc T.. minus of Eng. Bot. MIDSJIN-GOoRA-NOORA HB a iy name for Myrtus tenuifolia. Maara—Aboriginal name at the Barron River for Epipogum nutans. ; MattBan—Aboriginal name at the Barron River for Aphananthe philinpincnnt: Minkte— Aboriginal name at the Barron River for Ophiorrniza australiana. Moormroor —Aboriginal name at the Barron River for Lycopodium BTS Moatore—An aboriginal name on the Cloncurry for Maba humilis. Moo cone name at the Barron River for Lucuma galactoxylon. Moora: riginal name at the Barron River for Pittosporum rubiginosum. Mewar aboriginal name for Petalostigma quadriloculare. Monecara—An aboriginal name for Eucalyptus —— MuncEroo—Aboriginal name at Boulia for C M URPE—Aboriginal name at the Russell River for Melodinus Murpe. NANcH CHEE—Aboriginal name at the Mitchell River for Persoonia falcata. unk ok see name on the Mitchell River for the Leichhardt-tree, Gort Absapbos naiie at the Mitchell River for’ Careya australis. PEPPER GraPE— Viti s Porson-TREE, Scrve—Frewearia Dallachyana, Pomera—An aboriginal name for the Scusats tree, Banksia integrifolia. Poopgre-Poopcers—An aboriginal name for Mallotus philippinensis. Ressext River: Grass—Paspalum Gal Rusty Gum—Angophora lanceolata. SALsiry or SALSAry, of Europe—Tragopogon porrifolium. Sapistan or Dogspues—Cordia myxa SatInwoop,. of ‘Cairns—Dysorylon RRB ea SATINWoOOD, of Eumundi--Backhousia citriodora. 0g SHot-HoLe Foncus—Ph sams circumscissa. ’ Suurtie-cock FLower—Homalium circumpinnatum. ; 4 Oe SILKWoon—Cupania sericolignis, . Swizzie Stiox, of Rockhampton—Timoniue Rumphii. SALW won ‘ys. TaxpERoo—A 43 TougeRGuN—An aboriginal name for Blackbutt, Eucalyptus pilularis. TcHooNcHEE—An aboriginal name for Avicennia officinalis, TgEWEEREE—Aboriginal name at the Barron River for Tetracora pise aeat TsN-TEN—Aboriginal name at the Barron River for M e tan a name on the Cloncurry for Maba humilis, ¢ Cloncurry for Santalwm lanceolatum. bori riginal name at Cloncurry for Clerodendron floribundum. _Ticzr's or Devin’s CLaw—Martynia diandra T—Aboriginal name at Moreton Bay for Rudinniiins sicbera. ToBacco MovuLp—Peronospora hyoscyami. Tosacco Pier Funcus—Cyphella longipes. Toga 0co PLANT, of Fraser’s Island— Hibiscus tiliaceus. Tor—An aboriginal name for Blackbutt, Eucalyptus pilularis Toka—Aboriginal name at Rockhampton for the Leicibied sheen, Sarcocephalus Tomato-sir0ur Funcus—Macrosporium Tom T RARA—An aboriginal name for Spotted Gum, Eucalyptus maculata. War- ~“GEN—Aboriginal name at the Barron River for Desmodium dependens. Warrtow Grass—An English name for species of D: Aboriginal name at Boulia for Setkaais' pte. boriginal name at the Barron River for Chilocarpus australis. KARA—Aboriginal name at Port Curtis for Eucalyptus tessellaris. ENGEN—Aboriginal name at the Barron River for Psychotria Dallachiana. ITOOKA— Worcarr—A Wonka Yrpery By Authority: Epaunp Grecory, Government Printer, William street, Brisbane. artelelic oagylnetl Jtrdiloalll aot ouned Tan : . . < ht 2TH 49 fy yarscaoytr h. saat 5 fs SRA prooede'T 1 { nerrinfl old ta ; mgstci . nvTy pel ($ du sey MNekiotnina EL ee omnia! sn SUPERS: 10} othe rEg een? f Cae, 3 = AUTHORITY; EDMUND @ Queenglany. ' DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BRISBANE. BOTANY BULLETIN No. XL. JULY, 1895. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUBENSLAND FLORA. BY F. M. BAILEY, F.LS., COLONIAL BOTANIST. Phe Bulletins of this Department will be sent free to such Individuals terested as may request them. Address all applications to “The Under Secretary for Agriculture, Brisbane.” BRISBANE: REGORY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WILLIAM STREET 1895. ERRATA IN BOTANY BULLETIN VI. (Furnished by Professor E. mewened: Page 6, line 6-8 from top.—The sentence: “In discussing the alge of t or. I., 10, Syl. Alg. refers to ‘the Chlorophycee in mec and ought to stan page 5 after Class IT, Chlorophycee. Page 6, line 24.—Instead of “cells favourable to them,” read “‘scattered cells or indeterminate cells.” Page 7, line 21 from bottom.—Read “ rarius” instead of “ varius.” P ” “cs age 8, line 20 from bottom. —Instead of ‘‘ Both the investing cells, &c., seat en the investing cells grow larger towards the end, so that they other, &c, : Page 9, line 8 from top. strani of * agit ny ” read ‘‘se contingunt.’ » read age ee line 20 from top.—Instead of ‘‘Looked at from the constrictions, des the constriction at es transverse walls.” re ™ ai “O Bepaeeh top.—Instead of ‘* Web et Moebius” read hose ohr. Page 52, line 11 from top.—I “ ra” read ‘‘ Capsosira : ~—Instead of ‘* Coprosi Page 57.—Compsopogon belongs probably ta thin Wiosildia, isl Weald Hndelors Lad its Place better after Chantransia at ea Ct CT ES Fhe Der es ee BH PREFATORY NOTICE. —_ TuE present Bulletin is a continuation of Botany Bulletin No. VI., issued in January, 1893, and concerns the same order of plants. The determinations have all been made by my esteemed correspondents, the eminent specialists Professors Askenasy and Moebius, except in one or two cases of doubt, in which they referred to Professors Nordstedt and De Toni; and the material collected from different parts of the colony was forwarded to Professor Askenasy by myself. The descriptions are mostly derived from publications in German by the two first-mentioned gentlemen, and have been translated for me by my friend Mr. W. J. Byram, who is bimself a worker in this order of plants. The illustrations of the freshwater forms are from the pencil of Professor Moebius, who kindly forwarded them for repro- duction in the present Bulletin ; whilst those-of the saltwater forms are derived from photo-micrographs taken by Professor Askenasy. I have also, for the sake-of comparison, in most cases added descrip- tions from the works of Cooke and Wolle, and wherever I have used these authorities it will be found that I have recorded my obligation tothem. It must, however, be remembered that the descriptions of Professors Moebius and Askenasy are taken from the Queensland plants themselves, and are, therefore, for this colony always the most reliable, T cannot allow this opportunity to pass without expressing my very deep sense of the courtesy and kindness displayed by Professors Moebius and Askenasy in undertaking these investigations, and my thanks for the trouble and time which they have expended in supplying descriptions and illustrations. I have also to express the hope that the study of microscopy in this colony will be materially advanced by this valuable accession to our knowledge of its Alge, and that not only may a delightful pursuit be provided for lovers the beautiful, but that important additions may be made to biologica Science, . : F.M.B. July, 1895. ” BOTAN ¥. CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUEENSLAND FLORA. : QUEENSLAND FRESHWATER ALG. BATRACHOSPERMUM, Roth. B. Dillenii (Bory.), Sirdt. Dr. M. C. Cooke, in British Freshwater Alge, 293, places this as a variety of B. atrum, Harv., with the following description :—Filaments dark-brown, very thin, lower nodes : as - extreme apical nodes confluent. Size: Cellules, ‘012 mm. diam. oebius says:—‘The specimens collected are 3-4 cm. _ lanner:—‘Sexual form: diccious, The distinctions that can : detected between the vegetative organs of the male and female _ Specimens have so small a significance, and are moreover so faint that _ itis not worth while to describe the male and female plants separately. : oy is olive-green, blackish in old age, especially in the female = 2 . ve e ation; after drying, the tint becomes darker. pe is Sok the branches of the first rank are as strongly developed as the a wa ; he size is very various; as a gene ee - _ st ; Fissia on i tuates betw: and 12-13 oe ay ee those of brooks. The size fluc tior portions of the branches the internodes are slightly drawn in, ge in thickness downwards to the whorl lying beneath them ; ger they are t i Th ce» Which at the vertex; and laterally from the vertex, bears 3 or Secondary whor!l-branches, all siaek in the female plants, Me “ 8 when be have reached the same stage of growth; in the male plants, on the other hand, they are lateral, when they carry antheridia, some- what coiled. The secondary whorl-sprays are slightly developed, and form only several branches ; the longest branches consist only of 4, or at the most of 5, cylindrical cells, which are hardly twice as long as e terminal cells bear hairs abundantly; they are proportion coiled. The inferior ramuli serve as shoots of prolification in persisting plants. The formation of gelatinous substance 1s not 80 8 orm. myself have not observed the Chantransia belo t to it. -He shows the prothallium as excessively sm : in occurs, according to him, in streams, brooks, pon nee country, the spring. In Australia richly fructifying specimens, # indicated above, ede collected in July. : “While, therefore, I let the description given by Sirodot for the French form of this alga pass Ape he the ‘cantenlion form ober by me, I have only to add that in ‘the latter the intervert! 2 branchlets were a little less abundantly developed than 1 the former _ snd less abundantly than in other Australian specimens, whic 7 collected by French in Carolinia Creek, and accessible to me throu a. the ; ordstedt. 1 confine myself, therefore, | making some further remarks on the illustrations. _ “Fig. 1, shows one of the upper branches with its ramuli oP ee top of which the apical cells may be ev here perceived. : length of the internodes is a varying one. he cortex 18 the upper portions; the interverticillate ramuli are seanty and . of | & Fig. 2. Portion of a very young branch in which the nodes — per ar as no extended sane little, and the ney e filaments , ot whorl-bran ies a cells of the vine beg . oe are beginning to sprout iro the prim | } 9 UE ee, Ue =a “Fig. 3. A branch with three developed cyponeps which ean be coat ih on On plant as small Jey ings of the axis, even with the J: : gest state of a procarp which T could find; the oie’ tichogyne as the end of a branch consisting of a of cells. The cells of this branch have already partly put forth shoots, The Het branchlets on the relative axis are only partly delineated with i “Fig. 5. A hi, branch (inflated by the mature cells) proceeds m the primary whorl-cell, and is itself furn ished with abundant 6. Trichogyne of a speek older part of the plant csideraby elongated and constricted again in r part. In this form I hav ve seen many trichogyne. In these also e : ine Fil 8 ofthis. ‘towe: Freestone Creek, Warwick, in "aah flowing (Plate ii Wig. 1-7.) CHANTRANSIA, Fries. Kuetz. Tufts rounded, about a line in diameter, settee ® _2 ed; joints 2-3 times as lon broad, apical joints Sema g as broad, apical } | me lateral orterminal. Size: Cells, ‘011- ‘O14 mm. diam.—Coo t a Freshwater Alow, 285. Prof, Moebius makes the following remarks :—“ In small tufts, 12 mm, +hi h, on ot fibre. From the creeping filaments rise i branches, which give off thickly cig sip sprays tow: P. The branches be 1d ronnd. at the pwards, and then atsictea at the ends, 10-14 p 1 thick aid ioe times as — e terminal cells form no hairs, but end with aber — ' a the terminal cells seem to develop pretty reg entre ~~ Celled ; ranchlets. From the lower cells of the Upright filaments zt intervals short rhizoids, which I have not observed hi as , ents. Kno m Europe and North America.” : a, Creek, Warwick, in flowing water, July, 1893, Frank 10 f. C. subtilis, Woelius sp. This being 2 new species, Pro’ Moebius ae gives the following Latin description :—* Ch. thallo subtili e filis procumbentibus, thizoideis instructis et filis raris sporanguim mutata ; Soles etiam lateralibus prope peo vel prope trichomatum basim : Ch. thallus slender, re of creeping filaments We a furnished poet rhizoids and scanty upright filaments; a nt eu creeping filaments 10 p» t thick, saitivicted at the septa; cells 0 ca upright filaments 6-10 p» thie +k, rege branches 1n fe hang! , alternate or opposed ; the larcer few in number prolonge int af trichome; the small more Pr aueons with the terminal ¢ cell conve ea into a sporangium; sporangia also lateral placed near the ends or n the base of the trichomes. . eee These plants, which I can identify with ea ) e€ species, f aa only in isolated specimens 0 a Nitella, bi s are ta, ast on om a ape of the hes. The branche * placed alternately or opposed in one plane; the longer re ie Ms w are formed, are prolonged like the main DF n f sporangium. Besides the Lande sporangium one may fy be formed laterally, or one on every side ; and the sporang!a may developed apg! at the basis of a hair. ns ngary, Queensland, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate Il, Fig. 5-6.) aa Bréb.. ium, 75 p. The dimensions are, therefore, the those assigned to the typical species, and I consequent} class Australian alga with the variation Minor, Hansg., wit th “0 better in size. It has hitherto been segs known for certain Europe.—Note of Professor Moebiu Hab.: Glasshouse Mountains, hesicabse 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Baneroft. C. orbicularis, Pringsh. Vegetative cells 7-10 # thick: oop 33, 45 wu. The dimensions agree with those of ~ age by me at Heidelberg. Known to occur in Europe, 5} America, Hawaii, Russia.— Moebiu : a Glasshouse aad Methane 1892, Dr. Thos. L the above with the description given in Botany Bul pended. fi ns me ompare and Plater , Fig. 5, thereto ap tive cells - C. divergens, Pringsh., var. minor, Hansg. Vegetat ‘oated re17 He Pa LE 14 Hip as s long. Diameter of the ripe a than Lis i a fe : | i i1 ‘Diameter of the ripe oogonia 60-62 The size of the oo ogonia here Hwice a: as large in the syle fone 28-45 w thick, and 1-3 times as long; whereas in “renee which I have found at Heidelberg they are also bores 10-20 ». broad __ Thisalga has fae been assigned by me to Australia, but ood in the ital peewee (see Botany Bulletin No. VI., page 9).—Moeb _ _Hab.: Glasshouse Mountains, September, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. _ An interesting ee of this alga, suitable for students, will be found in Bower's Practical Botany, 8rd edition, p. 419. Reference may also to Wolle’s Freshwater een of the United States, p. 64, and to Plate LXXII., Fig. 8-13, grag to that work. The alga is also figured i in Plate IIT. of Botany Bulle tin No. VI.; the latter figures being copied from Cooke's British Freshwater Alges, p. 196. C. irregularis, Pringsh. Thallus bright - green, acnaate irregularly disposed——not parenchymatous and not with any system of meets articulations longer or more frequently shorter than the diameter. Oogonia transversely broadly oval, usually at the ends of , nude. Filaments 15-20 p wide. Oogonia diameter ~ #.—Wolle, Freshwater Alge of U. S. America, 65. £. Moebius gives the following note :—‘“Upon the cells of e e specimens obearved it urope an Hab.: Burpengary, March, 1893, Dr. Thos. L. eae BULBOCHETE, Ag. ». setigera (Roth), Ag. Oogonia depressedly somewhat quad- ‘2 ngularly ce caked beneath terminal sete or beneath andro- eee: membrane of the oogonium fter fertilisation thickened : 014- ‘018 m m.; oogonia, ‘075-08 i) : tomas, 012. 013 x °034-"036 mm. —Cooke’s British rep fre Y dotted. The oogonia never form the end of a longer branch, aly of a short nt ie branch ; they have a compressed spherical 12 shape, are 60-63 p broad and 56-58 p high, and are completely filled with the ripe oospore. The latter has a thick, compact granulated membrane, as is specified in the case of the epispor1um of B. setigera; upon the side turned towards the stem the membrane of the oospore is thinned at one spot. The supporting cell is divided the 1-2 celled antheridium. If we compare the differe going alga wi e usual B. setigera, we fi lower, vegetative cells of the latter 20 p, of the former 25-28 p same plants as the oogonia; the partition wall in the Australia form i ; _ the other > Hab.: Glasshouse Mountains, Sept., 1892. (Plate III., Fig. 7-9.) B. antea, Pringsh. Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge, 178 Idio-androsporous? ~Oogonia rather depressed obcordate seated beneath terminal sete, rarely feieath ment of supporting cell at or a little above the mi verrucose; dwarf males a little longer than the oogonia, upon it; stem twice as long as the spermogonium, arcuate. Y ‘024-027 mm. x 2-3 times as long; oogonia, (062-066 x '051-"058 mms stem of dwarf males, °011-'012 x -04-"045 mm.; sperm. cell, 013-018 x °02-'022 mm.—Oovoke l.e. . rof. Moebius remarks :—‘ ‘The whole plant is 3-7 mm. high The membrane of the vegetative cells is clearly dotted. These dots at fine pores, which in optical section of the membrane are perce!’™” lines running thro it. The outer mouth of the pore seei” however, also to resemble a small wart-shaped swelling of membrane outwards, which seen from the surface appears as glistenl The oogonia form short side-byanches, or the ends of lo Size a spora In this case als ways foun “a tha eg upon different plants. do not bal: observed before, since Pringsheim remarks with regard to this s 2 and 4 ‘ Mother-cells of the androspores upon different branches, : Toni in the diagnosis (Sylloge Algarum I., p. 22) sets a query 38") idio-androsporous, which, therefore, may well be dismissed for % : oa ma 13 , pres The androsporangia are 1 to 3-celled, and lie like ~ oogonia under a bristle or under a fei acai The dw. dervese someti in gr . gigantea, recognised in earlier ae a ak illustrations. rhe adiWensiotis are as follow :—Vegetative cells, 4 yp thick, 3-4 fimes as long; the oogonia, 50 » high, 64 » broad, gros Bate filled by the oospore which is furnished with verrucose pw ts wn to occur in Europe, North America, New “Dealand. : Glasshouse Mountains, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. aie III., Fig. 1-6.) elatior, Pringsh. es Moebius gives the following note :— hn collection at Burpe November, 1892. In my earlier communication I have ieaty deseribed this alga; on this occasion it was also again found in fructificatio Hab.: a iaiaoestise Dr. Thos. L. Banca short and curved.) Size: ae os 012-015 mm. x a third orter or cae oogonia, *023-'025 x 034-04 mm. ; aa on ‘vaet Males, ‘011-012 Aue ‘O18 mm. ; peat cell, melt "007- 0 5 mm.—Cooke a these are 13-17 « thick and somewhat paver or as long as thick rents such as have discharged zoospores. o _ This species is known to occur a Europe, cqaeema es and North . pity pi in Europe is in fruit from July to Septem a asshouse Mountains, September, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. B ican , Fig. 10.) DOGONIUM, Link. E. fragile, Wittr. Oogonia single or twin, globose or subegg- haped-globose, opening by pore above the siidllo oospore fills the out Me te p 1-3 celled, hypogynous or subepigynous ; sper- . Diameter of veg. cell., 12-17; 4-5 times pee 9 eter of pe neh fog AT p x 44-50 pw. Diameter of oospor., 40-44 r of ‘sperm, td 12-15 » x 10-12 bo Wale, oni: : 44-50 p in Whe s sadita is known 6 obit in Sweden and North America. »: Myrtle, near Brisbane; in brackish water, November, 1892, Dr. L. Baneroft. 14 &. nodul gS remarks :—‘ Although only sterile filaments were seen, I nevertheless — th tration shows these features better than a desc 0 I refer, however, particularly to it, becaus I ha so observed something resemblin n @. undulatum, which I have also remarked In hi ; earlier communication. The cells are 20-25 p» thick and 2-3 times a8 long (according to the diagnosis the cells are 23-29 p thick). This species, which is monecious, was first ound in Sweden, but does not ¥ yet seem to be known to occur in other places.” Z| Hab.: Dalby, Darling Downs; in collection, May, 1893, Dr. Phos. L. Bancroft. (Plate IV., Fig. 8.) q alensis, Nordst. The follow- : ing is rof. Moebius’ description : — “ egetative calls “5 F i thick, about 5 times as long; oogonia 18 p. broad. I have not | ed mentioned variety not at all. Schaarschmidt makes no mention of the 7 dwarf-males for the forma afghanica designated by him; they are, @ perhaps, quickly perishable.” Hab.: Swamp near Burpengary, March, 1893, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate IV., Fig. 5.) : G. und E; “This species was found by me ‘in Australia only sterile ; ave two and two behind each other, and are not filled up by th oospore with thick stratified membrane (60 » in diameter). androsporangia ‘are three to five-celled. The dwarf-males are. generally seated upon the support-cells ; I found them, however, also upon a sterile cell under the antheridium. ‘They are 8-9 » th 0-55 » long. It is generally stated that they are unicellular, according to’ my observation, the antheridium is clearly separa undulatum depends upon an error; since I do not believe that in the” same species unicellular and bicellular dwarf-males occur together. Hab.: Dalby, Darling Downs, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate IV., Fig. 1-1a.) 15 ye : a &. crassiusculum, Wittr. Cooke’s British Freshwater Alga 162. Gynandrosporous. Oogonia single or twin, globose, egg-shape or nearly globose, opening by a pore above the middle; oospores Size: 027-03 mm., 33-5 times as long; oogonia, ‘054-06 x 06-'075 mm.; oospore, ‘051-057 x °052+063 mm.; androsp. cells, -026-'028 x ‘01-018 mm.; sperm. cell, 007-009 mm.— Cooke L.c. _ The following is Prof. Moebius’ description :—‘ Vegetative lls 352 thick, about 3 times as long; oogonia single, elliptical- spherical, 52 » thick, 60 » long, not wholly filled by the oospores; dwarf-malés on the support-cell, slightly curved beneath, 13 p thick, 75 w long, with 1 to 2 celled antheridium.” _Known to occur in Europe and North America. Hab.: Dalby, Darling Downs ; collection, May, 1893, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. ° (Plate IV., Fig. 2.) €. echinospermum, 4/. Br. Cooke’s British Freshwater de 164. Gynandrosporous, OF idiandrosporous. Oogonia single, psoid-globose, or nearly globose, opening by a pore at the middle ; 1.42 times as long; oogonia, ‘04-"05 x *042-057 mm. ; cospore, 038--047 x 038-049 mm.; spine, ‘003 mm. long; androsp. oi J cell, ‘021-025 x 009-015 mm. ; sperm. cell, ‘01-012 x 012-015 mm. ab _ times ong. gonium herical, about 60 « thick. Diameter of the oospore without spines thiesl arf-males seated upon the support-cells, 83 » long, wit singe antheridium. I found, moreover, only one filament with st nla; in one of them the oospore was unripe and seemed to Red; a with epiplasm, from which the spines are probably ; Mm the other the oospore was ripe an coloured yellow. a4 linian » Witir.? Diceeiocine mucandrous ; oogonia oot rarely twin, sub-globose, opening by a pore above the middle : Eee hose fillmg the oogonium, membrane firm; filaments 0 oes i ve times longer; diameter veg. me RE toe 4 29 ; Clamet ay. -41 p; diameter 0 , it 94.80 eter, oogon., 26-31 pu x 29-41 p Ee a Welle, nj. Loebius says :—* The filaments with oogonia, which were ~ pretty abundantly, show somewhat larger dimensions than are to the species, so that the determination does not appear to Certain. Vegetative cells 14-17 p thick, 3-5 times as long; 16 cine urpengary Swamp, March, 1893, Dr. Thos, L. Bancroft. (Plate IV., Figs. 9, @, 5.) G. cardiacum (Hass.), Aueiz. Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge,166. Oogonia single, between heart-shaped and globose; opening by a pore a little above. the middle; oospores globose, 2 not filling the 2-10 celled ; spermatozoids binate, terminal cells obtuse. »ize: ; fem, -018-'03 mm., 2-7 times as long; cells, male, ‘OL5- 025 mm., 2-6 times as ‘ong 5 oogonia, 05-07 x ‘058-086 mm. ; ocospore, “042- x (042-06 mm. ; sperm. cell, ‘015-021 x ‘01-013 min Ook Le. Gi. c anisms is known to oceur in Europe and North America. Hab.: Dalby, eee Downs, May, 1893, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate IV., Fig. 10.) «&. grande, Kuetz. Cooke’ s British Freshwater Alge, 172. yi oval-elliptic, nearly twice as long as broad; oospores oval-e 9 entirely filling the oogonia; basal- cell contracted towards the |! 035 _ then dilated and di discoid; terminal cell obtuse. Size: Cells, ae 68 mm.,, 3-4 or 5 times as long ; ; oogonia, “1 x ‘07 mm. ; oospore, 09 * : mune Cooke Le le ebius says:—“I have observed onl single filaments which seem me to belong to this species "i e es a e filaments, and these (according to Hansgirg) ™ k, “5 yet grt + The vegetative cells are 34 p thi un es as ; the oogonia single, egg-shaped, 60-66 # thick, ong, almost ited up by the egg-shaped oospore.’ aaa Hab.: Dalby, Darling Downs ; collection, May, 1893, Dr. igoen b s (Plate IV, Fig. 6. . a . _ pachydermatosporum, - Nordst. f shee Moebiu vari b thi © o0spores tri ut on this occasion als ] Bla ai single i shorter cells amongst t the pope T base ol x ie oon oticed the ot in we eietiok pamphlet.” Hab.: Burpengary, November, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Banoroft. (Plate IV., Fig. 7.) fi 17 ,. (species). —_ Prof. Moebius says :—“ Of other C£dogonia which I could not determine, I shall only notice one species found sterile on account of the peculiar form of its vegetative cells. The longitudinal walls are in this case slightly undulating in a different wa hose of CE. undulatim, while in every cell are present 4 sharper and between them 8 shallower constrictions.” ts ea) collection, November, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. HORMOSPORA, Bréeb. Thallus tubular, gelatinous, swimming free. Cells oblong or oval, green, arranged in simple longitudinal series (families), either i ent H. transversalis, Bréd. " Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge, 22. a es slimy, equal, or, undulate; cells ovate-oblong of usiform, sposed transversely in a moniliform series; contents granular. Size: ae to H. t the diagnosis which the author gives for this species (Annalesdes uences Naturelles III., Sér. Botanique, T.I. p n : a described by later authors (De Toni’s Sylloge Algarum omits mh . . . : ns Membran d . Seer . ha ; hen e do not occur in the species treated of by Brébisson or bav® Ee eho overlooked. Of the alga in question I observed single From VOUS Substance forms a, small bend outwards; the iece extending D tas “pha is limited by two transverse lines, which s directly - Tinge the longitudinal axis of both the neighbouring oes; ; = appertains to the one, and the other to the other group © poe not be very precisely the cells canno pond of the 18 : “The membrane of the single cell is clearly marked with a double figure, and rises from the common gelatinous envelope; above an soon as the contents have separated into two portions, the beginning of the new membrane is seen as two prominences above and below, a the intermediate membrane begins, therefore, in this case at the edges. Soon after division the newly-formed cells have a shape ering , uently become swarmspores. I must not yet, therefore, a seems to me, of all hitherto described alg, to most resemble this, 8° that it might provisionally be treated as a variety of the same. — present pamphlet I have cited the genus Hormospor™ in Le rere it would stand according to De Toni’s Sylloge ; there iti be 4 Cronaeced ‘senus incerte sedis.’ In my Opinio? gre | rf er find its place amongst the Tetrasporacew in proximity to *® actylon, in which Kirchner, in his Algenflora Schlesiens, placed it.” — : Hab.: Glasshouse Mountains, September, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Baner oft. (Plate VIL, Fig. 3-6.) STIGEOCLONIUM, Kitz. oa ite. Cocke's British Frest™ The following description is gi ! Y ption is given b - forms tufts 15-18 mm. high.” The fil er portion, then dichotomously or trichotomously brane has Prof. Moebi she ‘ aments are single ves eee wel Meee i te CR ee i Aa a eo 19 S spores is represented. The Australian alga is also in process of forming swarm ” This species is known to occur in Europe and North America. Hab.: Burpengary, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate VI., Fig. 1-4.) 8S. tenue, Kiitz. Bright-green, lubricous; filaments 4 little : branched, branches nearly simple ; cells equal or 2-3 times as long as their diameter, more or less distinctly constricted ; chlorophyllose ands narrow ; branchlets scattered, shortened, nearly erect, i ; Dr. Cooke gives the following note :—“ At first the filaments are enclosed, in the manner of a Chetophora, in a common, somewhat» definite gelatine; afterwards, on its bursting, they issue from 1t like onferva, but are at all times very gelatinous.”—Harvey. _ Prof. Moebius says :—‘“ While I have set this species down as a . Stigeoclonium, whose branches are not prolonged into hairs, it, never- * theless, in other respects possesses no characteristic pecu pert 4 lon cells of the thickest branches are 13414 p» thick ; all the cells Snger than thick, often 4-5 times as long.” : be This species, of which a whole series of forms is distinguished, 18 own to occur in Europe, North America, and Mauritius. Hab, : Lower Freeston ‘ : (Plate VI e Creek, Warwick, 1893, Frank Pigram. , cf Fig. 5-6.) ee i ; > ; URONEMA, Lagh. ; ; s adhe paments not branched, not invested with gelatinous renee "ing at the base, and formed of a single series of cells; apica’ ® hew filaments by germination; propagation, also, by resting ormed by the bicriraetions of the cell contents (or originating ogonidia?).—De Toni, vol. i., p. 176. 20 U. confervicolum, Lagh. Prof. Moebius remarks :— I observed specimens of this species upon (Edogonium filaments. The cells are 6 » thick and 2-3 times as long. The position of the point of adhesion has in this instance also the condition as I have described it for the Javanese form of this alga.” (Ber. d. deutsch. bot. Ges., 1893, vol. x1., p. 118, Fig. 4.) Hab. : Enoggera Creek, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. CHETOPHOREZ (Harv.), Hass. HERPOSTEIRON, Neg. H. confervicolum, Ney. Note of Prof. Moebius :—‘ Longer unbranehed filaments of this species grow upon (Edogonium erassiis- culum. As Huber (Ann. Scienc. Nat., 7 ser., ot. T., 16, 4; 268 mentions, according to Negeli’s manuscript the unbranched filaments are characteristic of this species, whilst H. rep richly branched. The cells of the Australian b ‘ (Plate VIL., Fig. 7.) CHETOPHORA, Schrank. Articulate filaments, with the primary branches radiately disposed, composed of elongated vegetative cells, with chlorophyll bands as 10 aparnaldia and Stigeoclonium; divided upwards 1 in branchlets, which are shortly articulated, the ultimate joint attenuates, often empty, scarcely or not at all lengthened into a thread, ultimate branchlets s crowded fascicles, involv gelatinous, coriaceous, or hard mass, of a globos plane, expanded, variously Jobed form. Propagation the same ati Stigeoclonium.—Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge, 193. ©. tubercuioss (Zoih), Ag. Syst. Cooke's British HR rTy e en green, surface tuberculose, elastic fascicles of branches Md ense, lower articulation cylindrical, the upper swollen, exis cuspidate, sharp pointed, rarely hair-like. Size: 009-012 Mills branches ‘008-01 mm.— Cooke l.c. Prof. Moebius says:— The thallus is found upo? sat wood, attains a size of several millimetres in diameter, and is c outline, The Australian form differs from the et : jt m appropriately included in the variety Pilifera, Kitz. The *? collected at Burpengary, which os viccbde of forming se opts this ev! depends upon the conditions of development, since the firs in May. In r b the cells are 8-10 pw thick and 4-5 times as long. Rema¥é | able i | Co te ae eee ee RU, Bot 21 the abundant formation of rhizoids, even by the upper branches. The branchlets of rhizoids are known by their thinner irregularly in Ohetophora ; ‘at any ra nd nowhere noticed, not eve by Berthold, who yet in other respects expresses himself. fully with gard to the branching of Cheto I have, therefore, also regard e on a examined other species of Chetophora, and found the Ch, tuberculosa is known to occur in Europe, North America, and New Zealand. Hab.: Burpengary ; collection, November, 1892; Dalby, Darling Downs, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft ; collection, May, 1893. (Plate V., Figs. 1-2.) ae .punctiformis, Kuetz. In Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge, and in Wolle’s Freshwater Alge of the U.S. of Amer., this plant is placed in the genus Rivularia. Both notices are here given :— .. Rivularia echinata, English Botany, in Cooke's B.W. Alge, 278. Syn.: Chetophora punctiformis, Kuetz.; Conferva echinata, Eng. Bot. ; y. @ inute, dark- af coloured, compact. Threads fastigiate, attenuated upwards to the 2a closely cohering, articulated, heterocysts basal, globose. Sheath Size: 8 *ry harrow, almost inconspicuous. Trichomes ‘007 mm. at base, 25 mm, long.” — Cooke l.c. “ Rivularia echinulata, Sm. Wolle’s Freshwater Alge of US ; of Amer. Syn.: Chetophora punctiformis, Kg. ; Echinella articulata, la. ; Conferva echinata, Eng. Bot. ; Conferva momen se : i or bro n. l . tigiate, attenuated upwards to the apex, closely cohering, articulate ; D; ‘tocysts basal, globos sheaths very narrow, inconspicuous. i e; ameter of trichomes at base, about 7 2; 250 p, more or less, long. Wolle L.e. : - 22 Chlorophycea, and in point of fact a Chetophora. Since it is evidently the same alga which Kiitzing figures, it can, therefore, only belong to the species Ch. punctiformis—the more 80 that it possesses very ristic peculiarities. If the tiny cushions scraped from the . ¢ te leaves are squeezed flat with the cover-glass a multitude of young ment and close to each other—partly from the creeping filaments, partly also are formed as branches from the undermost cells of the radiating i ions of the thallus 4 and more cylindrical; the terminal cell of a filament is pointed, generally possessed of scanty contents or destitute of contents, and corresponds to the many-celled hair, in which the branches terminate in many other species of Chetophora; the diameter of the cells in the middle portion of the thallus amounts to 6-8». The structure 0 the thallus in this case is, therefore, corresponding to its ace : eu Hab.: Dalby, Darling Downs; collection, May, 1893, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. _ (late V., Fig. 3-5.) alga, alread ages 18-19), was also on this occasion observed amongst other alge (eg. upon the sheath of Microcoleus paludosus), unfortunately without mY being able to discover an ation,’ —Collection y trace of organs of propagation. at Burpengary, November, 1892. ee uberi, Moebius (n. sp.). Prof. Moebius says :— Under ie I may here describe an alga which seems to m enus. It grows 1 erculosa (from Dalby, May, 1893), Pp petra: cylindrical, but often arched and swollen, oO” eotaie ae ma a joints ; they do not seem to be arrang 23 terminal cells, whilst the cells are prolonged into a very long and distinguished. The outer membrane surrounds the base of the hair. as a sheath, and is particularly thickened at the lower limit of the hair, inall respects as I have represented it for Chetospheridiwum (under the name Aphanochete globosa in the Biolog. Centralbl., vol. Xii., _ 104) : somewhat different structure in other respects. Unfortunately, 1 have not succeeded in finding organs of propagation in my alga; but in Ch. Pri £ these So oO 5 = tq oO ° =) =] o oO et, S ae oO Be, ™m er aan] es = a>) oO jes} ot Ee @ = a Bb a i=] oe ta 5 tr F uber, to whom We owe the exact examination of the endo- and epiphytic Chatophoree, et . . * allo Sporangiis ignotis. Habitat in th . ose is Australia, (Thailus ee Aa weg >S z aS Oo ae ~ @ 5.5 d Re Q = Ns a8, 2 the manner of Ohetospheridium ; hen. phores and pyrenoids single. Sporangia unknown. “ Be Selatinous thallus of Chetophora tuberculosa in A (late VIIL, Fig. 6-7.) 24 TRICHOPHILUS, Web. v. Bosse. Thallus aerial in its habitat, made up of jointed filaments irregularly branched, expanded in thin layers, bright green, separate laments zoogonidia and micro-zoogonidia. Macro-zoogonidia free, ovate at the anterior hyaline end, each furnished with four vibratile cilia, contents green, red eye-spot not seen. Micro-zoogonidia arise from successive repeated subdivisions, 32 in each cell, liberated by a pore-like cs opening in the wall of the mot er-cell, smaller than the macto- zoogonidia, ovate or angular, and destitute of cilia. Sexual generation hitherto unknown.—De Toni, Syll. Alg., i., 249. T. (species nov.) Prof. Moebius says :—‘‘ Upon the cells of & nitella I observed an epiphytic alga, which not only in its appearance but al characteristics answers to the diagnosis of the genus, an x from it in living 1 the air but in the water. The thallus consists of short, irregularly branched, creeping cell-filaments, whic together into a more or less closed disk of cells e er . som they are more globular, sometimes more cylindrical, straight, curved. Their diameter fluctuates between 20 and 40 p; the comm 3 mentioned : oven —the aber entioned 7. “ th; ad T. Nenia, feet at which lives upon the hairs of the EY ae sidering the diver ; Hab.: Burpengary, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate VIL, Fig.1, 2,20.) | 25 RHIZOCLONIUM, Kuetz. | Articulate thread the same as in OConferva, but distinctly contorted, and forming by prolification of the cells short root-like processes.—Cooke’s British Freshwater Alga, 140. R fo ming thin webs or mats of considerable extent on moist ground. lame first as a ring-shaped mark in the middle of the cell.” ; _This species is known from Europe, North and South America; vaneties of it also from New Zealand. Hab.: Burpengary, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate VIL. Fig 5.) eee CLADOPHORA, Kuetz. _ Articulate thread variously branched; cell-membrane usually thick, lamellose; cell-contents parietal. Propagation by zoogonidia, arising from simultaneous and multipartite division of the cell- contents, moving actively within the mother-cell, afterwards escaping a lateral or terminal opening, furnished with 2 or 4 vibratile cilia, afterwards germinating without fecundation.—Cooke’s British Freshwater Algw, 141, t. Cooke notes that many species are entirely marine, but some few are fresh water. All are disposed to considerable variation, and Tumerous varieties are named in connection with each of the fresh- "ater species. — G. parvula, Moebius (n. sp.). Prof. Moebius says:—“ in my former work I have it oon Siciene my surprise that the Cladophore oe so abundantly in our waters were wholly absent from the Australian freshwater alge sent by Mr. Bailey ; certainly none of 8% meer Aaa of Cladophora were contained in the new material. a : antler-like branching; their upper portion is on the con- 7 alt richly branched. Th rig fai et peda off on every side ly from the main-axis ; the longer are again ™ ~ ing branched, the shorter single. I have only observed cane S of the second grade, The terminal cells are scarcely attenuat and end j Pe he — OUter ches it ; na adi . Th ll-contents ee Tan is thin and not stratified. ©. CON Se. a Pear filled With vacuoles. The cells are somewhat thinner 10 sd "Portions of the thallus than in thg under portions ; the diame 26 | ; thei is 4- ly as much as fluctuates between 24 and 50; their length is 4-8, rarely 4 times the diameter ; their form is cylindrical, and they are slightly constricted at the septa. The sporangia originate from older inter- rangia beside each other, in which the greater portion of the zoospores had indeed which is also sometimes noticed in the Cladophora species * our country. e characteristics of this species may be ree P in the following diagnosis :—Cl. thallo minuto, 5-S8:mm. a eines basali simplicé et parte superiore ramosa constituto: ramis oles exeuntibus, brevioribus simplicibus, longioribus ramugeris, a the s £ F uch slightly constricted at the joints, 24-50 » thick, 4-8 rohis ais + hm as 14 times longer than the diameter; sporangia origi older intercalary cells.)” Hab.: Charley’s Gully, Lower Freestone Creek, Warwi water, Frank Pigram. (Plate VL, Fig. 7, 8, 9.) ure Size: Oospore, ‘07 mm. d P M lga was d “in 1 fructification, but in a form somewhat more slender than that} with 50-120, according to the descriptions of other aut ors). broad, and 75-88 long; in their membrane may be geen fine stratification, but not three distinct layers.” Zealand. Kno om Europe, North America, and New- cca" subarticulata from Brazil ; probably it is generally distribub™ C a rs : : ; also t0 BO" 1g. Ms nger, pp. 492-3; and to the figures on the last-mentioned pages als 169, fs : na rs : ‘figs. 87 and and to Strassburger and Hillhouse Practical Botany, pp- 250-254, fi _ VOLYVOX, Erb. nad | ? V. aureus, Hird. These are large spherical cells, SUPP hin a thick, smooth, colourless, often lamellate epispore, 0 mother cenobium, probably merel resting spores.—Wolle, Alge of U.S. of Amer, lee ge * < . it usually appears. The filaments are only 40 » thick (as co” The q , “60h Oogonia appear for the most part single; the eT ae pe ished 2 | Var. : : 4 4 jied in Df oTe.—The student is referred to the further anes ce, by age M uf | 27 e following note is given by Prof, Moebius:—“ The observed Volvoxr-sphere does not permit the particular cells to be seen _ with sufficient distinctness to render possible an exact determination. Itcontains several parthenogonidia, and has a diameter of 260 p. _ Since Volvoa globator, which is cited in Bailey’s list, has as a general tule larger colonies (680-800 ), and on the other hand the diameter of the colonies mentioned for V. awreus is 200-460 p, the alga observed, _ Perhaps, belongs to the latter species.” E. Vietoria Park, Brisbane. Since the publication of that Bulletin, Mr. W. J. Byram lus found that the ponds in Bowen Park perfectly teem with this beautiful alga fom about the month of November until June. As far as present observations go, PANDORINA, Ehrb. | Cenobium globose or subglobose, invested by a broad colourless hyaline tegument ; cells green, granulose, globose (16, 32, or 64), included within a single rather thick membrane, bearing two vibrating t a red spot, aggregated in a botryoid manner.— O) ; tcillated, permanently active gonidia, arranged in several circles Petpendicular’ to the long axis of the frond. The dia os et : beak-like process, » red spot, and a pair of cilia _ Which project through the substance of the front to form locomotive oats upon its surface. Reproduction—I., by the conversion of each oe tum into a new frond within the parent, mass; IT., by a sities of the gonidia into encysted resting spores, which are se = ne! subsequently germinate to produce new fronds.” - P-morum, Lhrb. Ccenobium globose. Cells green, 16-32, arranged the sna periphery. In the forms which produce the resting spores hee lls are crowded together in the centre. Resting spores, after tone encysted, bright-red. Size: Canobium “2 mm.; ce Poe Th mm. diam.—Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge, 68. te oes Fred, € following notes are given verbatim from Cookes Dritis ois either 16, and then arranged in four circles of 4 or 32, and d8p ci i Y- ” gsheim, in his memoir “On the Pairing of Zoospores ticht, Royal Academy Sciences, Berlin, October, on mm “ Annals of Natural History,” vol. v., 1870, P. a *pecial reference to this species. He says that ie place in Pandorina, as in other multicellular of the gen : | : d greater ss number of them have ha opis to become free from the gelatinous mass in which they wer : 4 sembling a figure of 8. The constriction whic original separation disappears y degr 1 originating in pairs near the two red spots. The four cilia, . 4 soon become motionless, and together with the red spots i “This act of conjugation occupies some minutes aeee The ee of the zoospores to the formation of the Sigel large? atter becomes the oospore, which, after growing slightly ™°” 29 _ wssuming a red colour, germinates after a long period of rest, and brings forth a new Pandorina. There is hardly any appreciable difference, except in size, between the male and female zoospores. _ Most frequently a small zoospore pairs with a large one; but two o equal size oftén unite. Probably both the females and males vary much in size—the former more so than the latter g aot there is little doubt that those of the larger size are females ; 0 parthenogonidia. The rgest colo ich I observed has a cea or 230 «; complete cells (perhaps 32) have developed into - “aughter colonies, : The single cells are about 7 p thick Perhaps generally distributed ; mentioned from Europe, North America, Argentine, Afghanistan, New Zealand, Siberia: Hab. : Dalby, Darling Downs; collection, May, 1893, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate VIIL., Fig. 8.) Pp PHACUS. e ‘ ioe euronectes, Nitsch. Prof. Moebius gives the following —me—"Diameter, 20-40 »; therefore in a smaller form.” Probably generally distributed. % b.: Victoria Park, Brisbane Swamps, 3rd November, 1892; collected at amg November, 1892 Dalby, Dasling Downs, May, 1893, Dr., Thos. L. (Plate VIL, Fig. 12.) PS SCENEDESMUS, Meyen. : te SUgatus (Turp.), Kuetz. (=S. obtusus, Meyen). Cells timple or obvate, obtuse at the poles, 4-6-8 loosely connected in t wnes or joined obliquely, 3-5 times as long as broad. Size: » 0055-007 mm. diameter.—Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge, 33. a Oh Moebius says much resembles Ge $ says:—‘ The form observed very mu Which is figured by Wolle in Freshwater Alge of the U.S.A. aslons are given. : Pethaps generally distributed ; not yet mentioned for Australia. 30 PEDIASTRUM, Meyen. P. duplex, Meyen (=P. pertusum, Kirchn.) Prot. Moebius gives the following note :—“ Was several times observed in families of 16 and 32 cells. The lobes of the peripheral cells are finely indented, just. as Kirchner figures them in his Microscopic Plant-world of Fresh Water” (Plate I., Fig. 22). Known to occur in Europe and America, but perhaps generally — distributed. (Plate VIIL., Fig. 9.) SCIADIUM, Braun. Plant from a single individual producing a family. Thallus (solitary) adnate, micellular; cell elongated, cylindrical, straight, attenuated at the base into a slender stem. Gonidia about §, t sometimes a fourth generation, forming a composite or decomposite umbel. Ultimate cells producing free biciliate zoogonidia.—Cookes British Freshwater Alge, 89. a The cylindrical cell of Sciadium possesses uniformly distributed green contents, which are interrupted, in perfectly developed cell, by light cross streaks, and are divided into a row of 5-8 about, edi 3 ich become gonidia. I could not detect nuclei m 2 | individual segments of the contents passing into the formation ° : gonidia.— Brawn, Rejuvenescence, p. 260.—Cooke l.c. ‘ S. arbuscula, Brawn. Cooke’s Freshwater Alge, 39: Leman | Cells straight (rarely faleate), obtuse at the apex ; stem about as 3 as the diameter of the cells. Size: Cells, 0038 mm. (rarely ‘007 mm.) diam.—Cooke l.c. : Dr. Cooke also gives the following note :—‘* Braun, writing a cies—‘It displays an originally obovate tube, generally becom elongated into a cylindrical form, obtuse above, and prolonged formle : green mucilage, in which a small vesicle may sometimes be distin } : wth. = i ‘at the imperfect birth of the germ cells just described is repeated a ee transition to the third and mostly even to the fourth generat i le is al that little arborescent groups are produced with twice or thrice . _ _ Prof. Moebius gives the following note :— Was only observed in isolated specimens. Hitherto, perhaps, only known to occur in Europe and North America.” Hab.: Burpengary; collection, November, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. KIRCHNERIELLA, Schmidle. - lunaris, Schmidle (= Rhaphidium convulutum (Corda), Rabh. var. lunaris, Kirchn.) The Rey. Francis Wolle, says GO ete R ? i an spherical masses contaming hundreds. The distinctions between the 8 are i I Yar. lunare, Kirch., but evidently these, with numerous intermediate . — belong to the same species. Length of larger cells, 3 to 4 | “meters; smaller ones about 2 diameters.” : Prof. Moebius says:—“‘ The dimensions and form of the cells } “sree with the notes of Schmidle, yet neither a gelatinous envelope tone variety as lwnaris n Schmidle’s work above mentioned it 1s pias to as Kirchneriella lunata, an a 8 J sat adj wnara—a misprint for lwnare—since Kirchner has applied tha . unara— tL ipteltg to the genus, and not as might be done more correctly e _* ‘atiety. The alga is known from Europe and North America. torte Burpengary ; collection, March, 1893, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate VINT., Fig. 10.) | p> ed each with a spine. Membrane thin, thickened towards the : se drawn out ‘tsa spine ; plasma coarsely granular and oy B. vol, ae — larger chi ges phy Raenciod granules. —De Toni, Sy i . 32 BR. longispina, Moebius (n. sp.)- Prof. Moebius first gives the following Latin description .—‘ Cellulis cylindricis 6-7 ». crassis, triplo ad pluries longioribus, primum rectis, deinde arcuatis, denique (longi times or more as long, first straight, then cur ed, at len i (membrane) subtilem productis. (Cells cylindrical 6-7» t ick, 3 longest) convolute, at each end obtusely-ac d a lon gular er, does not admit of absolute determination Since other species of Reinschiella are not known to me fr personal examina I ask f, De Toni for his view d he courteous! unicat _ species, which, according to his view, has most resemblance to : (Olosteridium) bengalensis, De Toni, in litt. (= Closteridium bene ensis, Turner. Freshwater Alge of East India, 1899, P- 158. £4 + Fg. i him, would belong to the sub-genv Eureinschiella, De Toni, in litt. “ Cellule cylindrice, arcuate convolute, utrinque cuspidate aut longe spinulose”’ (cells ey - drical, curved or convolute, pointed on both sides or drawn © long spme), W ist Closteridium species of Reinsch would sub-genus Olosteridium (Reinsch), De Toni, in litt. Cell ‘as formes h. e. compresse, > (cells spindle-shape i.e., straight, pointed on both sides). . Bancroft ; collection, 1892. 1892. Hab.: Bw , Dr. Thos. November, Port Curtis Distaiet May ma 7 ee (Plate VIIL., Fig. 13.) ' JYGNEMACEZ. MESOCARPEZ, De Bary. MONGEOTIA, AG a ing letevirens (4. Br.), Wittr. Prof. Moebius gives the me rere instance of somewhat larger dimensions (vegetative ¢ lis 3+ # The zygotes show a glistening white and stratified membran Hab.: Burpengary, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft ; collection, March, 1893: ZYGNEMA. Ag. Dr. Cooke, l.c., gives the following note :— ed, 3 . to at the time of conjugation are apt to become mel e509 to conjugs® | sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other, a0 in the manner represented by De Bary.” «phe cells of this! va ee en 33 Prof. Moebius gives the fohaine description :—“ Cells, 27- 7 thick and 13-2 times as long. The filaments are surrounded wi thick gelatinous sheath, with Which they are AGnKe as thick as without ie Calas ores spherical, 27-30 » thick. The dimensions agree wit ia own from Europe and North America. Hab.: Port Curtis district, May and June, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Baneroft. 4. cruciatum (Vauch.), Ag. Sterile rd aon o twice as long road. Zygospore deapcy. formed in one "Ea of two conjoined cells. Membra own and acabtioaties: Cells, 028 mm. broad ; sypbapots. ‘04 mm. diam.—Cooke’s British Fresh- water, Algw, 79. Prof. Moebius gives the following description :-—“ Vegetative tells, 33-40 » thick and about as long, sometimes somewhat shorter, sometimes somewhat longer than the Siamate Pyaar spherical, aieaiat filling the cells. Known from aes North and South America. Hab.: Dalby, Darling Downs, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. Z, Rhynchonema, (Hansy.), De Toni. The following is Prof. Moebius’ description :—* The cells are 17 » thick and 3-5 times as long, with thin smooth lane The conjugation poe pe j 0 place laterally, and ¢ ygospore lies directly over, in fron he septim of both the conjugeting cells. In the unripe zygospore (ripe ®s were not observ e four chromatophores t clearly recognised spores are 33 p th k, which dimensions of the filaments.” ore perhaps only Pica from Bohemia. eet Dr. Thos. L, Bancroft. 11.) Pats IX,, Fig | 2 SPIROGYRA, L ‘ 8. longata Saget -)s Kuetz. (?) als cells with the ends Gant 8-8 times long as_ broad, fee bands single or Tarely two, making 14-6 turns of a Jes Spores 14-2 time ng and ran: . . : usually longer than the s spore. Biss “Cells, ‘024-03 mm. a “*Bspore, “04-07 x ‘03 mm.—Cooke’s British Freshwater Algae, 92 ius says:—‘‘ In this species the cells: in fructification ‘pra 1¢ is at any rate nee ne this than any othe ies, ey which account T provisionally place it here. Vegetative cells 24-26 : # long to 10 re as rtd ae a chlorphl band of 4-5 ssa age eeg-aha ing cells shorter, ores in somewhat swollen ‘ long,” ped, somewhat ger 9 eit rounded ends 34 » thick, 60 i = species is known from Europe, North America, and Argentina. -* Glasshouse eter cox September, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. ‘IX, Big. 10.) 34 S. australensis, Moebivs & sp.) Prof. Moebius first gives | the following Latin description :—‘ Sp. cellulis vegetativis cylindricis, 50 p crassis, 2-3 plo friend Dobe “ernie singulis, anfractibus 25-2; m = et oO 5 i 2 SSE. 2 8 n longer than the canal ae from the female filament ; zy gotes oval, 40-45 » thick, 74-77 » long, furnished with a thin, internal, hyaline membrane and an external thicker one, mo green, finely verrucose,) He then adds:—“This species is akin to Sp. % velata, a, Nordst., and Sp. dedalea, Lagh., but is distinguished oy the characteristics of the t ormer 50 p thick, mooth; the thick inner one, on the other hand, is brownish-yellow and thickly «cee with fine protuberances : Burpengary ; collection, Match, 1893, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. Pinis IX., Fig. 1.) S. nitida oie, ), Link (?). Sterile cells with the ends and usually 2 to 4 times as long as broad ; chlorophill-ban« making 1 to 4 turns of the spir al. Spores elliptic-ovoid (alm _ almond-shaped), 13 times as ions as broad, membrane even: ferous cells persistent. Germinating ie esate, me, : trunc ~ ds abou i (almost attenuated. Size: ae carr ‘072-078 mm. diam. Petit), | 7-09 | mm. (Cleve), ‘06-075 ete bh. ), 054-077 mm . (Birch): mm. (M.C.C.). Zygo biibon ‘1 x ‘072 mm. eae 11-18 (M.C.C.).—Cooke’s British Freshwater Alge, 86 oebius remarks :—‘ The cies vy to be described of : spe the agrees very well in most of its characteristics Pe ip: eae anit ; spores are not yellowish (flavescentes), as is stated in the iago but chestnut-brown. They have likewise a thick, colou as long, and contain 4 Mops a a” 3 : sti anfract 1-1} ; cell. sta t. parum inflatis, yix abbreviatis ellipticis apice attenuatis, 60-90 m crass., 13-2 plo long ma’ flavescentibus. Hab. in Europa, America boreali, Algeri®- rie ( 35 uctifying cells slightly inflated, scarcely shortened; zygotes mes as Hab.: Burpengary; collection, March, 1893, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate IX., Fig. 5.) of. Moebius gives the following note in Latin :—‘ Var. cellulis vegetativis 78-80 . crassis, 2-3 plo longioribus ; zygotis 80 » longis.” (Variation, 5. maxima (Hassall) Wittr., var. minor, Moebius (n.var.). Pr f. dimen ions above mentioned (see Latin note). Th cells ain 6-8 chlorophy!]-bands, each with 3-1 revolution. The fructifying cells are hot swollen, but are shorter than the vegetative. Since t ores are lenticular, they appear according to their position circular or elliptical; their membrane at maturity is coloured a golden-brown. In conju- Fation irregularities more fre uently occur, of which I shall only describe one. The canal of conjugation of one filament mects a ine round. Whether a reabsorption of the membrane has occurred cannot be discerned, the oye maxima is known from Europe, North America, Argentina, and guay.” Dalby, Darling Downs; collection, May, 1893, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. IX., Fig. 2, 3, 4.) 5 Rabh. (?) Diameter of vegetative filaments, 32-36 p; E ths $ i as wide. Fertile cells usually ‘Mout 4 times longer than wide; cylindrical or slightly tumid. ea i gos Hab.: (Plate i from » and Nort Sp .°* Gn case the species mentioned by Wolle under the name eh : s. L. Bancroft. (Plate ig age Sopeenga March, 1893, Dr. somes : | 7-2 36 S. crassa, Kuetz. Sterile cells with the ane truncate, equal or twice as long as broad. Chlorophyll- -bands 4 or more, making 3-12 turns. Zygopores broadly aiid obtusely pal membrane re Sporiferous cells persistent, not swollen. . Size . Cells °12-15 m diam. (Rabh.), ‘15 mm. diam. (Petit) ; eygoepore Ae ‘15 diam. Cat, 13 x12, “14x ‘12, 16 x ‘12 mm. (M.C.C.).—Cooke’s British Fre water Ape, long or pedis eb than the diameter. Those which have just eee shorter than the diameter, hardly perceptibly constrictes the partition-wall ; they possess 4-6 chlorophyll-ban nds with 1-14 3 Sn as The membrane is thin, and the species 18 distinguished by this characteristic especially from Sp. setiforms with thick, stratified mbrane. It is, moreover, nearly related to Sp. maxima from which iti is distinguished by the zygotes not being em shaped, but egg- -shaped. Known from Europe, North and South America. Hab.: Port Curtis District, May and June, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate IX., Fig. 6. bellis (Hass), Cronan (?). Sterile cells with the ends trune® i and usually 14 times very 3 times) as long as broad; chloro rophy!! bands 5 to 6, making } or 1 turn, or nearly ak Spores orbiculat, depressed, with the membrane punctate or porose, chestnut, colow: _ Sporiferous cells persistent, swollen. Germinating plant ego radical cell short and subcylindrical. Size: Cells, ‘07-" art zygospores, ‘07-08 mm. diam., ‘-05--06 mm. thick.—Cooke’s "Bi hwater Algwe, 88 The following is Prof. Moebius’ description : ere ee hoc terile. Vegetative cells 65-70 p thick and 3-4 times as long, ™ about 6 ae ee which are sometimes almost 8 atraig isnt other ti m any a revolutions. The filmer) uished by a thik gelatinous sac (as much as thet and this togethe the ment in dimensions errs acteristics ake ‘i t ain i I have not ob a ao pakke gpieuous = is known from oe and North America. : Port Curtis District, May and June, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Baner‘f ease IX,, Fig. 7.) GONATOZYGON, De Bary sical, of Filament cylindrical ; joints elongated, aah cylin ate; without a cons tion ; em cate; 1 arrow-fusiform triction or inflation ; as reacted : ‘is ochrome a single central, longitudinal, undulatory, CP. | the u proces Z ore placed betwee seep feinta Aaohers “itih, De eae | Novi, 4 fo a trifle thicker. Diameter in the 37 ' G. Ralfsii, De Bary. Cooke’s British Desmids, 2. Joints cylindrical with the ends somewhat ciate 10 to 20 times as jong as bro rough on the surface with numerous minute scattered granules ; endochrome sometimes bifid at the extremities, usually with a pale space at the centre, and with a longitudinal series of Lehter-oolared dense corpuscles down the middle ; zygospore orbicular, smooth, plac si Ue conjugating joints, which are bent in an angular manner. Prof. Moebius gives the following note :—“ Cells 8-9 » broad, 10-15 times as long, not attenuated at the ends, always more or less bent at an angle, not united in a series, membrane ners verrucose. o to oecur in Europe, Siberia, the Sandwich Islands Port ey District, May and June, 1892; Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. Phe X., Fi HYALOTHECA, Ehrb. H. dissiliens (Smith), Bréb. Prof. Moebius says :—‘ This species is oranged noticed in my — ier work (see Botany Bulletin plerumque nudis.’ The visictatia observed on this oceasion pont in dimensions with the earlier; they pris however, in par gelatinous envelope which is about 42 aH thic alby, Darling Downs; collection, May, oe 8, Dr. Thos. L. nay riage Gymnozyga en —As before, aia : Botany Bulletin No. VL. p. 3 ig. 3 Nines X., Fi D. Bail DESM seem Ag. am sib eyi (Ralfs), De pinay isin atley Filaments triangular, twisted, jit Se unieod by each end of the _— margins only, excavated between the angles, the late Straight, not bicrenate—a chien teriees: which separates “it from the «TUS. other species. Diameter 25 yu, more or less.—Wolle’s Desmids of the | Amer., 27. x Prof. Moebiu us’ note :—“ Cells about 20, broad. Known from orth ‘Ga ati Brazil, Java, Senegal.” Bancroft. Pints mae Wovadbee, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft DIDYMOIDE a Hansg. ebius Says : -—“*OF the species already noticed in my Prof. Mo : tarlier work the following were again observed: aide gracile, mre lineatum, Ehrb.; ©. Diane, Ehrb.; ©. parvulum, N®8-; “renbergii, Menegh.” ” | (Pla Fie dba , Fig. 18; C. lineatum, Fig: 18; C. Diana, former Bulletin consti eeu ,Ehrb. Cells, 500 long, of which the middle — tutes 200,” The thin ends very long, slightly curved, and a iid | middle 13 +. Wide y Alge =H Ss so already noticed by Raciborski amongst the Australian Burpengary, Noyember 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. Ccioact Belcan Ng we) 38 PENIUM, Bréb. P. Sioabevtollten; Raifs. Prof. Moebius says :—“ The cells of On this Reeistot ‘y have observed a form which is 56 p road and 6 times as nS ; in other respects, however, it aif the usual tf eogadet ides : Farrar’s Creek, ata Ra oo Bee Botany Bulletin No. Vis 34.) P. sp. (n. sp.?) Prof. are says :—“ 1 have, unfortunately, only observed one specimen ; it is a very large form, which in shape P. digitus (Ehrb.), B The cells are spindle-shaped, and at the ends suddenly very ae attenuated, in the middle 105 thick; the sage oy is 546 » long. : Bu ig Sing 4 collection, November, 1892, Dr. Thos. Dis Bancroft. Gis X., Fig. TRIPLOCERAS, Bail. ad T. gracile, Bail, In isolated specimens. The specimen eae : is 17 ye thiek” and 430 » long, with 3 pointed ends, each end with feats The species has piseedy been mentioned.— Moebius : Port Curtis t, May and June, ee, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Bee Botany Bulletin No. VI, p- 44, and Fig. 3 6.) DOCIDIUM, Breb. F Frond yery elongated, straight, constricted at the middle; segments with an inflation at the base (rarely not so), often w ith others above or with whorls of knot-like projections ; ends abruptly trunca® Endochrome with a terminal rounded clear faery at each end, in whic are active granules.—Cooke’s British Desmids, nulatum, Grun. Smooth or sabi ‘pibnetats _ drical, al slightly attenuated near the ends; apices plage ery tag ee a crown of pearly teeth. Twelve times as long oad. | Diame of in ga 38 «4; near the end, 33 p.— Wolle, pelts ‘af the 'U.S.° mer., pe Moebius says: —“ Specimens again observed, and ager? most part adhering in the form of a series. Cells 540 p long; * fur- BRIER 20, at the end 33 » broad. In this species the cells gs wn from the cmc Banka and from North America; var. caldensis, Wolle, from Hab.: Port Curtis District, (Plate X., Figs. 1 aa a)" Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. D ee ee Neg. cur note :—“‘ Frequent. Cells of fairly regular dimensions, 2: ore 60 » long; membrane finely punctate; in each half-cell chromatoph own f uro with a ooh Sarin id. and North America. Port Curtis Dist Cue Fig. 11.) strict, Dr. Thos, L. ican us Bréb.), Reinsch. The following is Pet — : PLEUROTAENIUM, Neg. P. Ehrenbergii (Ralfs), Delp. Prof. Moebius says :—‘‘ Also on this occasion again observed in specimens as much as 600 x long ; many show some ring-shaped constrictions on both sides of the isthmus, as Delponte figures it (Desmids Subalp., Tab. XX, Fig. 3). See Botany Bulletin No. VI., p. 46. (Plate X., Fig. 12.) cells smaller, 270 » lon y W.¢. Byram in Victoria Park, Brisbane. (See Botany Bulletin No. VL, p. 45, Fig. 39 bis.) He figures it according to the figure given by Nordstedt, and gives also the dimensions assigned by the same author. I have ° i=] es L tward, very probably to the limit of the not very, clearly eg 4 gelatinous envelope. The cells are 270 p long, at the isthmus 43-49, : the typical P. ovatum ; the membrane also is finely punctate. P. eee also known from Brazil, New Cape.” Hab. : Dalby, Darling Downs, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate X., Fig. 5.) tiie anslator’s Note——A reference to the drawing made from the specim Fe ie ee eats MN a ee een a Oe re te SMe ro age Be colle Vic ivéoend'-4 ese were furnished with the teeth-like Projections at the ends of the cell characteristic of the typical perma rege d rage and the dimensions so nearly agreed with his that : also occurs opted. ‘At will, therefore, probably be found that the typical form also ‘ PLEUROTENIOPSIS, Lund. i lidally ©. turgida (Bréb. Prof, Moebius says :—“ Alread’ Noticed ro x Botny Bulletin No. VL., p- 45, Fig. 39) ; on A °eeasion, moreover, found in somewhat larger specimens 10 lo e ‘sto be observed that every half-cell contains several plate-shaped chromatophores with several pyrenoids.”’ Hab.: Port Curtis District, May and June, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. P. javani pius’ note is as fol- Ca (Nordst.), De Toni. Prof. Moebius, non a lows:—* Found with dhe foceuoig: from which it differs 4 acy oy and their somewhat different shape. _ In shape a =. ag ed coe le in all respects Cosmarium Jee): they are 125-130 » e Alg. nonn. mus. Lugd. Batavi, f. 107 ) ‘ Pooks 60 » broad, with an isthmus 85 m in preadth. Hitherto only ie own from Java.” : preceding. (Plate X., Fig. 9.) 40 XANTHIDIUM, Ebr. Frond deeply constricted; segments broader than long, compressed, entire, spinous, having a circular cylindrical or conical projection on both surfaces near the centre, which is tuberculated or dentate, or entire; end view elliptic.—Cooke’s British Desmids, 129. X. Smithii, Archer. Cooke’s British Desmids, 133. Frond minute, in front vi bout as long as broad, constriction a wide notch; segments twice as broad as long, trapezoid; angles rounded, each presenting a pair of somewhat divergent, short, minute, acute spines ; central protuberance a minute tubercle.— Cooke l.c. ines. L ° somewhat curved inwards. The typical species is known from Iceland; the variation variabilis from New Zealand.” Hab.: Burpengary, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. ‘(Plate X., Fig. 15.) COSMARIUM, Corda. ; Prof. Moebius says :—“Of the species noticed in my earlier work, the following were again found on this occasion: C. Seelyanum, Wolle (Plate X., Fig. 22); C. Meneghiniit, Bréb., forma; C. obsoletum 3); ©. reniforme (Ralfs), Archer ; var. compressa, Nordst.” Besides these I have observed Pm C. sexangulare, Lund. One-fifth part longer than wide; constriction deep; sinus linear within and widening outward: . Semi-cells more or less hexagonal elliptic; ends truncate, 0S obtusely rounded; end view elliptical ; side view circular. Cy bat (cell-membrane) finely punctate; diameter, 20-42 »-— Wo p Desmids of U.S. of Amer., 69, ; oo 28 p broad, with a y ae the figure in Wolle’s Desmids of the U.S.A. (Pl. 49, Fig. 13) Dade : Hab. : Glasshouse Mountains, September, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate X., Fig, 19.) 7 . SP. (0. sp.?) Prof. Moebius gives the following deseription | i Cc. “ Outline seen from the surface approximately circular, but his side com : from th broad. cells straight at the base, then proceeding from each mee shape of an arch. Membrane punctate, on the under : Rei, mi-cell furnished with several minute spines. In rm | mensions this Cosmarium is closely related to 0. — ae with Lund., w ose membrane is thickly punctate, but is not veigegneree the small spines at the margin.” et . Hab.: Port Curtis Distri Tho te Se a trict, May and June, 1892, Dr. Tho ae F = ae ‘ 41 EUASTRUM, Ehrb. E. verrucosum (Hhrb.), Ralf, forma. Cooke’ s British Desmids, 63. Frond somewhat larger than broad, rough all over with conic granules ; segments three-lobed, somewhat divergent, all ss lobes broad, cuneate with a very broad shallow external sinus. Empty frond inflated and verrucose ; semi-cell with one large sili aie and a smaller one on each side, two on end lobe. Size: ‘90x 90 pe (R. ), 100 x 100 » (D.) ; diam - et (W:). aritkead le the surface en iow n fro ove Greenland, and ‘Asieheain asics : Burpe af Ar eso March, 1893, Dr. Thos. L. Baneroft. (rs, X., Fig. 16 a, 3.) “y MICRASTERIAS (Ag.), Meyen. s ecemdentata, Negeli. Suborbicular, Leobemgw ong ore’ ; 4 Aeells distinctly elie he or obscurely five-lobed; lateral lobes 4 vid by a small obtuse-angled sinus into tnd lobelets having slightly _ produced and mucronate : » 83- POD pe , s of U.S. eee 126. This peice says, Negeli fives the diameter as 40 yw onte go subalpine forms at 5045 ell the Sweden lage ce so at 5 : Moebius be 8 :— The specimen eae has the following tag 5 td , 85 br aes isthmus 28» br oad, cells in the _ elonged into four sing] t gle teeth me onding to these. i ior” ell Wate on spindle- shaped a: tapering ends. knows rth America, Japan.’ ry Darling Downs, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. ] g. 17.) tnd r auslator’ s 1 —This desmid : exceeding], Asap around Brisbane Tow, avila cage Hn Steuer lentifully in a ¢o obtained from Ross bur Ni crit by woud stant ners A. Pil. XXXYVIL., Sar shy dierent from the Australian form, which is in all respects 42 M. Mahabulesl 3. Hobs. Prof. Moebius says: —“ Ihave only found one empty half-cell ‘ito which some filaments of Nostoc had pa astciated aay es. In sige i it corresponds to Nordstedt’s 58; breadth at the constriction below the end lobe, 23 p eos from Europe, North America, India, Burmah, Bengal, Java il Zea . . Dalby, Darling Downs ; collection, May, 1893, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Pate X i eho: —This desmid has also been found in ponds at Herston road, Brisbane, ind at Blackstone, near Ipswich. STAURASTRUM, Meyen. muticum, Br¢éb. Cooke's British Desmids, i smooth, elliptic; end view showing slightly concave ae an or five rounded angles. Zygospore orbicular, spiny ; spines TO cleft ¥ — apices. Size: Length, 35 to 40 p; diam. 33 to 88 A~ Cooke | ‘ 19-20 » mer lowing is Prof. Moebius’ description :— Cells oi iad a from abo ove, er a with sides slightly ae Dest, | angles, corresponding to the figure in Ralfs' B oa Tab. 21, Fig. 4a and 4c. Per haps generally distributed; know" Australia (Raciborski).” Hab. : Swamp in Victoria Park, Brisbane, 3rd September, 1892, Bancroft (Plate X., Fig. 10). .dilatatum, Zhr. Cooke’s British Desmids, 162. a rough, fusiform, equal; end view with as r short, broad : entire ge Size : Diam. 20 to 28 p.— Coe Dr. Thos. I. neaclags Il | angles and — —_ ; the membrane covered with sma att which are arranged in transverse rows. Know n from Burope, § — Bibsria, Burmah, New Zealand.” raft os Mountains, September, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bane (Plate. Fig. 21.) Fe GLEOTRICHIA, Ag: prods richomes pseudo-ramose, distinctly vaginake} ; often aceite at the base, transversely plicate. Spores origins the lower part of ihe trichome.—Cooke’s British eames” . G. natans, Rabenh. Gibcws or angular, tabercuiot cht, ‘onl size and form, green, becoming brownish ; trichomes 7 Sheath broad, here and there constricted, colourless = nome cee oblong, eae heterocysts subglobose. See, Oe at base, with sheath; 03 mm. diam . Brit fre a upward one. several times as seach Cooke’ i water Alge, 28 43 ae th. (= Gl. natans), as well as with Kirchner’s illustration in his Microscopic Flora of Freshwater (PI. IV., Fig. 126). The dimensions ofthe Australian alga correspond exactly to those given by Bornet and Flahault (Revision des Nostoc. hétéroc.). Tbe vegetative ort ion of usua @ shape. @ spores are 13-14 » thick ; the longest, which I have measured, are 52 » long; the colourless heterocysts are 8 » thick. Known from Europe and North America.” Hab.: Dalby, Darling Downs, May, 1893, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate XI., Fig. 15-19.) 4 . SIROSIPHONIACE, Rabenh. ‘ ‘HAPALOSIPHON, Neg. E. Pumilus, Kirchn. Prof. Moebius remarks :—“ Again found Sundantly in the form described on the former occasion.” (See --*otany Bulletin No. VI, p- 51.) : Hab. : Glasshouse Mountains, September, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate XI., Fig. 10-14.) / STIGONEMA, Ag. ; . *% u ra upon each other, the outer membrane seems to be to become excessively thin. Both membranes are 44. formation of hormogonia. It seems, on the contrary, se: the whose cells have become surrounded with firmer membran portions es and —, conditions of Sirosiphonece have already been pevinier j see — September, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. Cate XL, Fig. 1, 2.) MICROCHETE, Thur. Thur, War. major, Moebius (n. var Moebius first gives s the following Latin description :-— Filis longis, 12-14 p crassis ; cellulis 8-10 ys crassis, inferioribus aullo longioribus, superioribus brevioribus. (Filaments dinners 1 m ong, 12-14 p thick; celis 8-10 pthick, the lower somewhat longer chan the diameter, the upper y shorter.) The foregoing alga agrees su tially with Uf. tenera; itis in te however, by somewhat thicker flaments. The filaments form small flakelets attached to be ae eat: know teite Euro b.: Dalby, Desig Do Dowas, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. tPinte XL, Fig. 6- SCYTONEMA, 4 » prow ; . cincinnat Thur. Usually Pett dark-green poles floating mats, with filaments much interwoven. Vegetative cells ; often contracted at the margins, three to six cells to a diam wet contents eruginous. Heterocycysts short, elli soidal or gabon, — : or two (or more) in series of golden-yellow sok ; diameter the as the cells — ths pri 7 thin and colourless, 8, pr Brazil, ope Sandwich "Jalands, and Sumatra.” Hab. : Charle ee rash Gully, Lower Freestone Creek, (Plate XI., Fig. 20.) — TT saint 45 ‘§. sp. Prof. Moebius says:—‘ The filaments observed form little fakes amongst other alge, but are not in good preservation. The times as long. The sheaths are thick and lamellose, but colourless. The branches given off in pairs equal to the main filament. ince I can identify this alga with none of the species classified by Bornet and . Flahault, it is perhaps new.” ab.: Glasshouse Mountains, September, 1892, Dr. .Thos. L. Bancroft. - TOLYPOTHRIX, Kuetz. Trichomes spuriously branched, pseudo-branches spreading. Ramifications rarely geminate, oftener solitary, and originating at a wher inuity of ichome is interrupted b Tocysts; 0 r several heterocysts placed directly above eac branchlet.—Cooke’s British Freshwater Algz, 268. tenuis, Kuetz. Small cespitose tufts on water mosses, gelatinous, olive-brown; filaments sparsely branched; articulations _ about as long as broad, often indistinct; light eruginous or yellowish ; 4 h very thin, colourless or yellowish ; heterocysts usually single, _ Spherical or somewhat longer than broad. Diameter of filaments, 8-4 u.—Wolle’s Freshwater Alge of the U.S. of Amer., 265 Prof. Moebius gives the following description “ Separate amongst other alge, Filaments 7 p thick; cells 6 p thick, 2-3 times as long ; _ Septa indistinct, contents coarsely granular. At the spots where Manches are given off the sheath is sometimes inflated, as is also _ Mentioned by Bornet and Flahault ; here lie one or more heterocysts. “he latter haye a very varying length; they are 2-5 times as long as own from Hurope, North America, Bolivia, Australia Sic. ot bees se spell a Sh ais © 9 (Berggren) .” Hab. : Glasshouse Mountains, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate XI, Fig. 9.) Set S05 Ns onan ere ie lk NOSTOC, Vauch. m as | : : : in-like layers 4 f nting. A specimen which forms thick skin nee : “centimetre in size, of ott irregular shape, with entire or lobed ‘Margins, * walnut ; lobes elongated and anastomosing, ®* een, a ming brownish. Trichomes flexuous, aggregat 5 eed , Spherical or spherical-compressed ; sheaths uncoloured, — : Heterocysts slightly oblong. Spores subglobose “a ‘Spores ize: Joints, 35 fae eterocysts, ‘005- mm. diam. ; ae (in form intricatum) subglobose, ‘0065 x ‘009 : Ooke l.c. gives the f ey ist Enteromorpha intestinalis, and even within the The plant is at first of an oliye-yellow, gradu 46 ne a ones.” —Berkeley. Prof. Mocbius says:—‘“ The dimensions of the vegetative cells (4) and the spherical ey eo sts (6-6°5 p), as well as the thick intwined layer of filaments, wand tally with this determination. “Th species is up to the present time known from Europe and North America.” , Hab.: Dalby, Darling Downs; collection, May, 1893, Dr. Thos. L. Baneroft. ANABENA, Bory richomes eho "yikoat sheaths Ae rarely vagina) Pe | posed of subglobose cells, some of which become changed in globose or elongated spores, usually yellowish-brown or golden- eet *Hetew ool . cysts intercalated in the trichomes. Spores originating in cells adjoining the heterocysts.—Cooke’s Freshwater Alge, 34 A. flos-aque, Breb.(?) Free swimming, membranaceous, INGE | ichomes more or less curved, often circinate ; joints =phene 7 from mutual pressure elliptic or quadrate. Heterocysts pee elliptical. Spores globose. Size: Cells -0045- ‘006 mm.; heter h le ‘012-014 mm. long; spores °008-'01 mm.— Cooke, British Fres Alge, 235. ce. Prof. Moebius gives the following note :— ‘ Vegetative cells a thick; border cells 5 p thick, 8-10 p» long; spores pein oe on ptt accou unt the A ganas is acetal! in. own from Buropé © North Ameri sek b Hab.: eae Sisk, Burpengary, May, 1892, Morney Creek, Dr. Bancroft. (Plate XI, Fig. 21.) a spumige Mertens; « ge be Born. and Flak. : Moebius wanige tm, et note ae i Filaments 11 eas at) i- broad, } as long; border-cells somewhat larger one galt pressed, spherical about 12 p thick. This species © 4 ali brackish, and fresh water; and is known from Hurope 4% (Franci s).” m Et Hab. : Freestone Creek, Warwick, on rocks, August, 1 et CYLINDROSPERMUM, Kueta : eterocysts seme deena Other character in Spherozyga. Spores originating in cells placed jus heterocysts.—Cooke’s race Alge, 243 47 C.licheniforme, Kwetz. Prof. Moebius gives the following note: _ —In small irregular-shaped layers. Vegetative cells 3-4 p thick, 4-5 p ; heterocysts 7 thick, 10-14, long; spores (single near the or) 14-16 p thick, 25-30, long. Known from Europe and razil.” ; Hab.: Dalby, Darling Downs ; collection, May, 1893, Dr. Thos. L, Bancroft. (Plate XI., Fig. 22.) | MICROCOLEUS, Desmazieres. _ Trichomes rigid, articulate, crowded together in bundles, enclosed M4 common mucous sheath, either closed or open at the apex; sheath _ Ample, colourless, more or less lamellose, rarely indistinet=Chthono- blastus, Kuetz.—Cooke’s Freshwater Alge, 254. omes enclosed in a transparent sheath from which they Filaments growing in scattered, creeping, erect, or floating wick-like _ bundles.— Thur. ef Cooke lic 4. tenerrimus, Gomont. Prof. Moebius says :—‘‘ The sheaths are 20-96 pt ; constricted at the septa; the end-cell is pointed. According to Gomont (Mon graphie des Oscillariées), the filaments are only 1'5-2 p thick, so 4 h it also has in common the habitat in salt water. IL. tener- _ mus has been found on the coast of France and Guadeloupe, and q ‘Upon salt pastures of Bohemia.” Hab: Salt marsh, Burpengary, May, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate XII., Fig. 5-6.) 2 baludosus (Kuetz.), Gom. Prof. Moebius says :—“‘ Separate 2 Sheath aed ,88 long; end-cell pointed. Known from Europe and Nort i Hab. : Glasshouse Mountains, September, 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate XII. Fig. 7-8-9.) LYNGBYA. reely constricted; sheaths pellucid hyaline, becoming » at first scarcely lamellose, at length when old becoming h Y lamellose. Size: Trichomes *025-°03 mm. diam., without -— Cooke l.c. . the following j J ‘ption :—“ Filaments 16 : g is Prof. Moebius’ description :—~“ Filame s ce ells 12-5 u thick, 2 as long, not coneicell at the septa; ee ia ree I have not in this instance been able to distinguish a =~ ickening of the membrane at the end, as Gomont mentions. Securing inland this species seems hitherto to have been only 48 observed in Germany and Italy. The other references to its habitat relate to its occurrence on the coasts ; in the sea it is extremely widely “aati ted.” : Salt marsh, Burpengary, May, 1892 (together with Microcoleus tener — Ube De Thos. L. Bancroft — ALL, Fig. 4 papbiieovesirniea, Kuetz. Prof..Moebius says: ing a Sfeoculact layer bg wood. Filaments 6-5 » thick, RE var thin; cells 3-3 as long as thick, Leehaginst -walls indistinct; end-ceh — ‘get arched external Helios. Hitherto only known from France.” Georgina og 1892, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. Hab. : (Plate XII., Fig. 3 OSCILLARIA. O. princeps, Vaucher. Stratum eruginous or dark blackish-greet, long rayed; trichomes straight or slightly curved, som mewhat thinner ments, 30-45 p. L_cmvelawuter Alge of US. pf Ame r., k, cells ye Moebius says :-—“ SS : i Wood. tred 40- bg Fi thie WwW t ‘ie same shape of the end of the filament as it has been Gomont. The species is only known from the warmer P earth: Middle and South Europe, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, the United States of America, Guadeloupe, Braz zil.” B coe Victoria Park, Brisbane ; collection, 3rd September, AnCTO; : (Plate XII., Fig. - 1892, Dr. Thos. Le ee Kuetz. Prof. Moebius gives the following tr 6h deseriptin: 7 — ents, 10-11 p thick, cells about 2p long, end cel : furnished with a calyptra. Known from Europe, North Af nal ae aes a. evita ne Creek, Warwick, on stones, 1893, Frank Pigram. (Plate XL , Fig. 2) MERISMOPEDIUM, Meyen M. convolutum, Rabenh. Thallus snembranous, unai more or less folded or convolute; fam Lae i ) ‘i of 256 geminate cells, arranged in sub- families, someti oblong families conjoined with a composite family ; cells pet or ey visible t cells, 4-45 ».—Wolle’s Freshwater A pent 10 Prof. Moebius says«—* The families fest larger a cells; 0 | the margins; these plates may consist 2 hen god Fe uc i ti cells are broad, and between single cells the boundary lines ee be distinguished. I am not aware whether the spect ies has senha of Europe. (France and Germany.)” rag See rain Dr. Thos. L. Bancro. eae XIL, Fig. 10.) . MARINE ALG, : CYANOPHYCEZ, COCCOGONEA, Thur. CHROOCOCCACEX, Rab, MERISMOPEDIA, Meyen. M. revolutiva, E. Aske. (n. sp.) Prof. Askenasy first describes this new species in Latin as follows :—“ Differt a Merismopedia _ tonvoluta, Bréb, cellulis minoribus, diametro 3-4 », tegumentis gelatinosis. Particule sepe gelatina communi, in thallum _com- positum juncte.” (Differs from Merismopedia convoluta, Bréb., in the pe. re then says :—‘This Merismopedia occurs in the collected material in the form of larger and smaller pieces. The larger attain a 2 ic bodies, turned up at the margin on both sides anadromously. Some- times algo they are turned up singly in the shape of a paper cornet. p never comprises more than turn acco with the breaking up of the pieces into smaller fragments which *ontinuously ensues as growth advances, T appens because at Pansion, but in a different direction. At these places the portions i : i direction, S the hei frequent repetitions of the same process are then originated ef ‘ lel rows in two directi i th ; irections perpendicular to each other. — 4 of the revolution ig dotigtnres t siadler to one of the directions of the The cell-walls the ri the shape of a wedge, the last ones the more s0 acco: . prrature of the expansion is greater. 50 “ Merismopedia revolutiva is very nearly related to If. convoluta, Bréb., and much of what is said above serves equally for both species. Tab. Phyc. y. 38, as well as the dry material in Rabenhorst’s Alge of Saxony, I believed that the species from Australia now before me was very different from the European. Towards the close of this work, | “ In M convoluta the cells seen from the surface are always of quad- rate or polygonal form ; they lie close together ; the cell-walls are not HORMOGONEA, Thur. HOMOCYSTEA, Born. et Flah. LYNGBYEA, Kutz. o . OSCILLATORIA, Vaucher. Oseill » higro-viri spe . 287. Prof had the ndness to examine the Homoeystee. He distinguishes by the es name an Oscillatoria, whose cells possess a length of 10-12 » ih th p. A ealyptra is present. Known from the coasts of Europe and North America.” ’ VAGINARIEZ, Gom. MICROCOLEUS, Desm. ples Gom. Mongr., p. 96. f 61 d :—“The shea retty firm, in places tra ater olded, “ti old specimens, furnished with an irregular ceil te thee nd somewhat gelatinous, with foreign particles ad em. As many as 10-12 filaments in one she ae bee go a of gg S a5 ae 58 ay iy of Bp 5 oe 5 Pa by 2 &. ‘os 3 Se + ch ct 3 m ‘my gy F ~ Lona wR ® Lae] Fr S BH o ae » ° a a, o. eae ja So > or Pie ee ee el. eee ee expedition of the : lv. Botany Alge). I owe the above name to H. Gomont. 51 however, this species has hitherto only been observed in fresh water, © the determination is not altogether certain. WM. paludosus is known from Europe.” Hab.: Moreton Bay, amongst Catenella, Opuntia, and other Alge. M. tenerrimus, Gom. Gom. Monogr., p. 93. Prof. Askenasy remarks:—‘‘ The diameter of the filaments amounts to 1-2 p, the length of the cells double as much. Known from Europe and America. Hab.: From the same habitat as the foregoing, amongst larger Algw and sand. HETEROCYSTE, Born. et Flah. RIVULARIACEA, Rabenh. CALOTHRIX, Ag. C. scopulorum, 4g. Prof. Askenasy gives the following note :— ‘This alga is universallyj distributed. Amongst the same Alge was found a species of Anabaena, which, by reason of the absence of spores, could not be more accurately determined.” CHLOROPHYCEZ. CONFERVOIDEA, Ag. ENTEROMORPHA, Link. ~=«&. slathrata, Ag. Generally distributed.—Askenasy. ab.: Moreton Bay and Deception Bay. CLADOPHORA, Kiitz. . C. fertilis, H. Aske. (n. sp.) This being a new ct Prof . ‘ A | p oppositis vel ad 3 vel 4 verticillatis ; plures rami repetito ramosl, fasciculosi, breviores; pauci filo primario conformes; omnes angulo acuto exeuntes. Cellule apicales et illis proxima 100-150 p» longe, diametro 10-15 1; cellule adulte 400-600 p longw, diametro 85 ». Omnes cellule juniores zoosporas gerentes, 20 ad 50 in una cellula, oe €x orificio parvo prope dissepimentum — (Primary filaments as much as 10 em: long, pliable Pat atis with only a few side-axes of the same § —qatches are usually richly branched, but remain § haped. The main-axis also terminates in a similar tuft. : branch is found on each’ * 3 £ 52 ease. The end-cells are 100-150» long, with a diameter of 10-164. Then the thickness of the filament increases to about 5 mm. from Especially characteristic of this Cladophora is a very abundant sere tion of swarmspores. The swarmspores are onl produced in a - cells (up to a diameter of 30 ») of the tufts of branches; they are ge as many as 20-50 are originated in one cell. The 8 8 hesi abundantly on the filaments of the alga. They have a small ee dise, and are developed into thin branched sprouts like the Lely mor, of the older plants. The CJ. fertilis belongs to the tribe nese ee (Kiitz.) come subdivision D. Crystalline, De Ton! (Sylloge a p- 318).” Hab.: Deception Bay. (Plate XIV., Figs. 1 and 2.) SIPHONE. ACETABULARIA, Lamx. A. calyculus, Quoy et Gaim. Professor Askenasy says ~~ by different enquire he act ee then ae . jority have had beto i tei » Lamour. In the latest is Cramer (upon t evertig pt ie ps Denkschr. d. schweiz naturf. Ges. Bd. 30), 1 W™ be igured. 4. cal has hith si Ma we know about it is principally due to Harvey, tion and e yeologia Australis, Pl, 249, has given a very good illustra short description of this species : ae ed to The specimens of A. cal culus forwarded to me were fasten ‘a aa mussel-shells. By dissolving these in acid I was able to ascertain in this species ({ ; arently perennial basal-piece is present, hi ; ‘ Bg h th dises originate, Thickly above the upper surface of Ds : dden in the . is e 8 = anne talked to it, makes it seem probable to me that here en ne strato a : f # : 4 fk q _ 53 tenacious fibres arise from the stipe, which serve to fasten it more thoroughly to the under-layer. The length of the stipe is as much as mm.; in transverse section it amounts to about 22 mm. As in the other species so also in A. calyculus, the stipe bears at certain distances whorls of hairs, which consist of 10-14 hairs arranged in a whorl ; these are as a whole 2-4 mm. long and 4-5 times polytomously branched, whereby a hair at times bears at the upper end 3-4 new hair-like shoots. hey are very perishable, so that in specimens with developed pileus or dise generally only one whorl of hairs is found immediately under the is¢, rarely an older whorl is found lower down. - _ “At the point of attachment of the hairs, the considerably thickened wall of the stipe is interrupted by a dot, from which it 35 u, but it decreases to 1 mm. The number of the rays amounts to 25-30; their breadth at the margin 350-450 p, in the centre about ed ps. edge of the rays are somewhat rounded, so that frequently the great’: diameter of the ray lies not at the outermost edge but a little within it. The rays are also somewhat rounded at thei “hve Sedat to the surface of the disc. ip eee edge the ope e ys of the dise are already at an early stage divi \ by a cleft, more or less wids, Brant! A award: In older —. me generally become wholly disjoined from their neighbours, and vhen Nand in irregular arrangement beside and over each other. B =") — @ ces) ie) 5 ® 4 iS a ct oe c a JQ © me o~ R ® ® re pretty equal size, with a diameter of 90-120 » of the rays the uch ; y are often found larger, as m ; : Which, perhaps, is connected with the mode of their formation. _ “More Projections like collars, one inner and two oute 54 5 fe m2 q 3 =] oR, = ce = pee 8 a 3 coed = a Ne bu d by a ee ah: directly one upon the other, only a slight cleft in eG Gale ole intervening wall sometimes indicates a division. eet he = & ‘ f discs 1m ormed upper disc. Hence, perhaps, the repeated Se tits is A. calyculus oceurs only exceptionally. The Saas: interior ot the only slightly incrusted with carbonate of lime. . nd large spheric stipe and disc of the specimens examined were of small granules 12 crystals of inulin. Starch is found In the shape o ; the disc-rays, . at this specimen is shown in Plate XIII, Fig. 3. It ‘ll pager of the the shoot bears several whorls of fibres, which are in ; that it proceeds same nature as those in disc-bearing specimens, an : ly te clear: ich unfortunately does not come out quite ce same manner, — oe which th 1 to the illustration of Cramer, i i sented. — ig. 2) shows to the young form of Acetabularia here i Gaimard : * “The specimens of A. calyculus which Quoy an Accord : arvey i ; : Mauri to Dickie, this plant also appears to occur in the island of - ab.: Deception Bay (Plate XILL, Figs. 2, 2a, 25, 26, 3.) 55 PHEOPHYCER. O ECTOCARPUS, Lyng. E. indicus, Sonder. Prof. Askenasy says :—‘‘Amongst the Algw which were collected on the voyage of exploration of H.MS. ‘ Gazelle’ was this Ectocarpus, growing upon sargassum from Moreton Bay, and E. indicus occurred likewise, adhering to the stalk of Acetabularia. sg t may be distinguished a series of continuous rapid cell-division, but generally the cell-division is intercalary and lasts a long time. Allthe branches are prolonged into hairs, which often attain & very appreciable length, whilst new cells of the filament are constantly elongating, losing their contents, and becoming hair-cells. (See the aon Plate XIV., Fig. 4.) Likewise towards the end of the main- axis, the formation of hairs on the branches becomes very considerable. oo for example, a branch of 1°5 mm. in length consists of only 7 f 56 t is about 7p sporangium amounts to 12, so that one compartmen : high; this is, therefore, also the height of a single loculament 0 somewhat in the form of a cone, but they terminate on i have a length of 45-55 p, with a diameter of 15-20 pa _ ae a loculament amounts in section to 7 w. EZ. indicus is so tar from Molucea and the Fiji Islands. Hab.: Deception Bay. te XIV., Figs. 3, 4, 5.) 4 ves E. siliculosus, Dillw., var. Prof. Askenasy says :— tee denoted this Eetocarpus in accordance with the eal ; . chromatophores and the shape of the sporangia as J. silicu pabee may accurate comparison with the different forms of Z. siliculo ong. be reserved until later. The filaments are as much as YC hoa The branching is pseudo-dichotomous, irregular, sag" va s, The every dichotomy there lie a number of cells without branches. ei ; : ase and “© cells In consequence of active intercalary apie we since branches of normal condition ‘are only formed in ee many 4 tions. The older internodes, therefore, have ngth | 170 cells, The branches as well as the sporangia are, while youns — 18, consisting of small considerably lengthened cells. are Hever so long as in E. indicus. At the furc : ere in one instance « he ? Spine one of 35 ~; on another occasion 35 » long, Wi : 57 are those which are found upon very old portions of the filaments, and which I will call adventitious sporangia, since they bear a very strong end of the cell at a sharp angle, but latterly in the middle at right angles to the lateral wall. They are short and cylindrical or somewhat conical, and terminate bluntly, without hair. They are on an average only 35-50 » long, with a diameter of eS Fag k E. siliculosus appears to be genera distributed. Hab.: Moreton Bay ; (Plate XV. Fig. asf ; also Burpengary E. simpliciusculus, 4y., var. vitiensis._ Prof. Askenasy remarks :—‘“ The present specimens from Moreton Bay agree exactly with those described by me amongst the alge of the ‘ Gazelle (ubi sup.) from the Vavau Island. I may therefore be brief in this place, and refer to that work for fuller information. as 4 h cell. The plurilocular _ Sporangia usually sessile, somewhat conical, are in section 85 » long, Teo Plate. gap is length into a plurilocular intercalary eprages 4 AQ . Fig. 1, represents this filament, unfortunately some e ifs set b. ay. (Plate XIV., Fig. é; Plate XV., Fig. 1.) FLORIDER. GIGARTININA, Schmitz. RHODOPHYLLIDACEA, Schmitz. Opuntia Se the following note:— E Grev. Prof. Askenasy gives the : s Efe Harvey, Phycologia, Australis, Pl. 296. Our specimens had j n bh) n Fa. fla. ‘ i This alga is so far known from South Australia, New Zealand, e ind Europe. : Hab.; oreton Ba y- Trae | 58 RHODYMENIN®, Schmitz. SPHAROCOCEACEA, Schmitz HYPNEA, Lamx. | H. divaricata, Grev. Prof. Askenasy’s note is a reference to — arvey, Phyc. Austr. Cat., Kiitz. Tab. Phye. XVIIL, Pl. 25. (See “Gazelle” Alga, s. 46.) Hab.: Moreton Bay. CERAMIACEZ#, Schmitz. CALLITHAMNION, Lyng. Ae C. corymbosum (Engl. Bot.), Lyngbye, var. australis. Prof. Askenasy says:—‘‘ This Callithamnion was partly attached : to the stalk of the Acetabularia calyculus. The thallus attained 2 _ that almost every cell bears two branches at its end, yet the branches The hairs easily fall off. The formation of branches a8 wee rs » Fig. 3) agree in all respects with the figures given 1” t ; n the whole this variety differs only slightly from the ee orm. The specimens are certainly much smaller, yet SCO yo) ot in 7 only accidentally collected with other forms, it is possible Pr as Australia also there may grow specimens which attain the dimen" ropean,”” Callith. corymbosum is known from Europe and North Amen® Hab.: Deception Bay. : (Plate XVI, Figs. 1, 2, 3.) 59 corymbosum, Lyng).(f. monospora). Prof. iit! says: — ide the foregoing I received, but only in a few specimens, a form : ring monospores, which is pretty similar to Maney 8 toacees ; Saecks (Phycol. Austral., Pl. 253 Only the monospores are differently placed—viz., always beneath the furcation (see Plate XV.., Pig. 6). Moreover the whole plant is manifestly less stout, and i 88 sige Sea aed tally better with Cor rynospora gracilis ; Harve y (Phyc. Austr., Cat. s. ae Ney vertheless in its ve ge eta tive i Plate vo Fi iB. 6, the cell-nucleus will pee be very cae _ Perceived in them as well as the plasmic connections with the support- ; = iy latter, petiape: a proof that they are not yet quite ripe.’ : Deception Bay. Pine XY., Figs. 5-6 6) sg SPYRIDIA, Harv. ci ee filament sa (Wul Hi Prof. Askenasy’s note :— Generally street secrete! eS a0.: Moreton Bay. qa C ERAMIUM, Ag. 4 nny SmMeum P Kiitz. Prof. Askenasy’s note:— See the * in in the ‘ Gazelle’ Alge, s. 39. Known from mid-ocean.” ab.: Moreton Bay and Deception Bay. | RODOMELACEA, Schmitz. 4 > POLYSIPHONIA. 4 : yoatoaeed Hooker f. et Harv e abu d of. Asken nasy says :—“ TI have spe gp gave: res Polysiphonia, very . feria “ee is it seems, on the coasts of A lia (I received it also tinie delaide) amongst the Alge of the ‘ PRS s, 50, under the ee havannensis, Mont. Now by corp with dag of hi brates Harv., which I Lear from rip ented , and oJ. . mollis. n the alge of ‘the « Gazelle’ may here find a pla = Hary , belongs to the Polysiphonie, pocirk -apemdenspregl ight] ce ted cells, The transverse section is cir cular Aes a efron On the shoots stand dichotomously branche ~“Smuch as 0-4 mm. long ; they are at an early stage colourless, * 60 pees and generally soon fall off; more rarely they persist also in the older portions, Every joint bears such a hair at the upper transverse wall, at the margin between two pericentral cells. Therefore these also stand in regular t-arrangement. In falling off they each leave behind mber at irregular intervals, so t long internodes of 18 more cells alternately occur. e branches may repeat branched. A distinct main axis is not present. ‘The cell- alls ate somewhat inclined to swell. The following short table gives information with regard to the length and diameter of the joints :— Length. Diameter. B B Apical cell ... sal i ae an 9 6 joint from the top a ee ae 12 10 ” ” ”? $e4 5 eis 15 15 ” ” ” Nee ena 23 . S a ae a 34 From this point the joints increase in length and diameter 4 very slowly, as may be observed from the following table of leng™® | and diameters :— Distance from Apex. Length. Diameter. m. BB 0°08 - 8 20 0°16 : 12 até 21 0°24 ws 16 0-41 ‘ia 40 53 re 2 62 Ne 7. 92 2°5 . 105 a 5°0 a 160 a 8:2 180 Me 12-0 ‘ 188 bs It is seen that here the diameter of the joint is ab mit almost than the length. Further on, the growth of the diametef joints the growth of the diameter may also continue longer, a8 1m Bi A mentioned case of “The Algv of the ‘Gazelle,’” and the older joints then as long as thick, * _ The branches bearing tetraspores (Plate XVI., Figs. 5, oni slightly altered in comparison with the normal, sometimes _ bent to and fro, usually almost straight. ; io of the The antheridia (Plate XVII., Fig. 1) are seated a8 9 Mee of the second cell of a hair, so that their stalk is bicellular, con®) in It short basal-cell, and the first somewhat elongated cell © © pect one instance I found on a hair two antheridia—viZ., 1%. shove! represented in Plate XVIL., Fig. 1. The portion of the rs vi antheridium easily falls off, but the antheridium itself 18 °° 61 _ isripe, easily set free from its stalk. The antheridium is obtuse at the upper end. The antheridia represented in “The Alge of the ‘Gazelle,’” Plate XI., had not come to perfection. ‘ The eystocarps (Plate XIV., Fig. 4) somewhat differ in shape from those which I have described in “The Alge of the ‘ Gazelle.’” They stand upon short, thick stalks, and are about as high as broad. In section I found the stalk about 75 p long, with a diameter of 25 p, the capsule about 250 » high, and 260 p» in diameter. This Polysiphonia seems to me to be nearly related to Ee havannensis, Mont., and P. insidiosa, Cronau, and to be distinguished from them by the scanty, irregular branching afd the elongated naked branches. It occurs in Australia and Oceania. ' _ acquainted with any further remarks upon the locality. A classification will commend itself as soon as the number of the known forms is somewhat greater. Hab.: Deception Bay, Moreton Bay, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. (Plate XV., Fig. 4; Plate XVI., Fig. 5,6; Plate XVIL., Fig. 1.) Prof. Askenasy adds :—“ As an appendix follow two new mariue _ alge from a collection which was remitted to me for determination _ through the agency of Dr. Christ, of Basle.” : SPHACELARIA. . Li b diata (n. sp.). Prof. Askenasy first gives the following _ satin description :— Habitu et ramificatione Sphacelarie cirrhose, ae th., vel Sphacelarie Hystrici, Suhr (Reinke, Sphacelariw, p- 13) ‘Similis, thallus Laurencie Tasmanic Tm Ry pepttate, duobus radiis lanceolatis constitute, inter duos radios pilo emul porrecto instructs.” (In appearance and branching similar to _ Sphacelaria cirrhosa, Roth., or Sphacelaria Hystrici, Suhr. (Reinke, _ Sphacelaris, p. 13], thallus adhering externally to Laurencia Tas- ‘Manica, stalked shoots consisting of two lanceolate rays, between two. _ ys furnished with a slender elongated hair). He then adds :—‘* The Fé. of attachment of this Sphacelaria are placed upon the outer sur- . of the thallus of the Laurencia. From these arise § 1 q han’ Which bear as lateral shoots branches, germinating buds, an ( four pericent . 8 ' ‘icentral cells extend to the outer surface. The hairs procee subdivision from the apical cell; they ve ple 8-10 celled cell- oj ents, soon falling to pieces and perishing. As a | later ates on every transverse subdivision of the a " followin, 18 placed horizontally to the partitio wing each other often stand upon the same side of the axis. me ‘Peci The two-rayed germinating buds particularly characteristic 0 ; 8 ad €s stand upon a 5-8-celled stalk, whose inferior cells are gp! Undivided. Towards the upper part it becomes broader. The 62 ee upper cells are divided by longitudinal walls in the manner of the / cells of the stem. The two opposed rays are broadest in the middle, — tapering away at the base and vertex, but with obtuse ends. Their cells are divided by longitudinal walls, only at the point is found one / or several not divided. At the apex of the gérminating bud between | both the rays stands a thin hair consisting of 15-20 cells. plants before me were as much as 1°5 em. lon ae | iw ® simple joints are generally as long or somewhat shorter than thee diameter. The stalk of the germinating buds is on an average abou : y me average length of 280 », with a greatest diameter of 40 p. not find organs of fructification. “ Our species is distinguished from Sph. furcigera (Kuetz.), only Sphacelaria with two-rayed germinating buds known to We } the lancet-like rays and the central hair; moreover, in Sph. fureg of the dise of attachment (according to Reinke) lies in the tissue ® the host.” Hab.: Adelaide (Plate XV., Fig. 3.) CALLITHAMNION, Lyng. C. ovuligerum, Aske. (n. sp.) Dr. Askenasy gives the following Latin description saa Thales Algis (Laurencie Tasmanice) por’ A axl hd . . . - the | by stituta. Tetrasporangia tetraedrice divisa, singula a ‘let Hiaiees geniculum ramorum affixa.” (Thallus affixe poe arsnabivoage Tasmanica] axis made up of jointed filaments, oetial a cells without 4 ‘short-pointed branches, which carry unicellular oviform oF © branch] e ment to the Laurencia, On the substratum is found one a creeping jointed filament which bears organs of attachmen : pright under side, whilst from the opposite proceed numerou an axes : ) eel The thallus consists throughout of repeatedly a yoke oe without cortical layer. h >§ are various yi ‘oints of a a8 shortened joints. On these, finally, we fi ; : Which merely consist of a unicellular, short, cylindrical, of CBB og we i growth. The main : 63 form a sort of envelope ; later on, however, they grow out in a straight _ line, and often again terminate in cystocarps. “No sharp lines of demarcation exist between the axes of different ranks ; they gradually change one into the other. Originally every _ they are short shoots ‘which terminate in a disc-shaped, lamellose cell- expansion composed of short branches lying close together. es, “The cystocarps, abundantly present, occupy a terminal position _ othe axes of the first rank. The favelli consist of a large specially formed complex of spores, at the base of which others afterwards - thoot out. Those figured in Plate XVIL., Figs. 2 and 3, are both very oun g. ; “The tetrasporangia (Plate XVI. Fig. 4) are subdivided into tetrahedra ; they are usually placed singly on the first joint cells of “The joints of the stoutest branches were as much as 400 p long, ‘With a diameter of as much as 120. The joints of the thinner main _ ‘es were 100-200 » long, with a diameter of 20-50 p. In the branches _ higher rank the length and diameter of the cells of the joints then ; ply decrease. The short cells, which produce branebes of the _ ‘strank, are 8-13 p long, with a diameter of 4-7 p. 7 . rof. Schmitz, who had the kindness to send me some valuable “Mmunications upon the subject of this species, as well as upon some ther alge from Adelaide, upon which I shall perhaps nes ti 8 ce. - spinescens, Kuetz. (Tab. Phye. XI., Plate 88), but I have . hitherto seen no authentic Risers of the latter, so that I hesitate to serine your alga at once as Call. spinescens, Kuetz. Then your 8" 18 nearly related to Call. aculeatum, Harv., but is not, of wed identical with it; for example, the ecial formation of the Her Whorl-branchlets, as well as the appearance’ of the fs ' Cat ication. Furthermore, your alga is in a slight degree relate Me ee Maller, Sond., which J. Agardh. now desires to elevate . ae q alg - f a different genus, Heterothamnion (see J. Agardh. ie 4 a5) nce Ex. act. Soc. Lundensis, vol. 28, Lund., 1892, pp- / @ on Adelaide. (Plate XVI, Fig. 4; Plate XVIL, Figs. 2-3) Sane Sa Page Page. ; Acetabularia, Lama, 3 52 pede st Lyng. th OO _ ¢alyculus, Quoy et ‘Gaim. 52 ioe Anabena, Bory 46 pre poe 5 Dilla wae 08 3 Flos-aquee, Bréb. ?_ 46 implici iusculus, vik cviiienid (dee 116 —— Aptogonum Baileyi, Ralf. 37 Risecinadon ink i a Euastrum, Ehrb. 41 verrucosum (Ehrb.), Ralf. 41 3 Batrachospermum, Roth ie : eee (Bory), Sirdt, 7 Bulboc Ag, 11 —— Ag. ae . Bas pygmed, geichin TI.—CHANTRANSIA. - ; igs. 5, 6, Ch. subtilis. Fig. 1 r vith 5 bushels of Chantransia (aed size). Fig. 2.—Creeping finieae with 2 jee baeantiee ‘Fig.3 Portion of the thallus. _ ¥ig. 1—Branch with spo um. _ Fig. 5.—Creeping and erect filamen _ Fig. 6.—End of an erect filament with hairs and sporangia. Plate III.—Bvizo Fig. 1.—B. gigantea. Branch of a one Plant with ‘androsporangism. Fig 1g. aoe gigantea. Oosgonium spor Fig. 3. ee gated, Fig. 4.—B. giganten. Fig. 5.—B. gigantea. Fig. 6.—B, ie count Fig. 7.—B. oma dria, Branch of & Py peat plant with a young oogonium superposed by um, Oogonium with wigan oneanate ar Oogonium on a nanna a by 2 eee of a male plant with h androsporangium superpos "Brandi of a female plant with oogonia cansgpiaitd and nan- " Oogo onium with mature oospore : Branch of a male plant with androsporangium MCU. Several plants on the cells of Cidogonium spec. Fi Plate IV.—Cpogonium. Fie, 1,—. undulatum yee oogonia, androsporangia, and nannandria. la. —E, undula tu’ nandrium. d ulo > . Franklinianum, Rafer , oogonium ; }, anthe ridium. , Rite. 5 3 a, oogonium ; 0, antheridium. s Satan m and antberidi um. spect trac seeibiai Plate V.—CuzTOPHORA. Portion 2 the thallus. izoids, —Ch. punctiform is, Kiitz. Portion of the “aati ~Ch, punctiformis, Onene filament. Plate fhe —SrigEocton1um ; CLADOPHORA. larged Se gia more the upper port Sedo of the thallus. “La isk ad Led ° os 2 Paty = Portion of the rong air protenswm. "Portion of the thall —s tenue. Portion of the thallus fabavel 1 ag doohora par esi jes h f the é oe or Oo 8 9g reborn ite vl rier id #y enlarged). ~~ / ‘ en Cn late VII. Figs. b hy —Trichophilus spec. (2) 2a. two cells with nuclei and chromatophora. Figs. 3-6.—Hormospora transversalis, Bréb. var. ? Fig. 7. ppm confervicolum, Neg. On the cell of Qidogonium crate. Plate VIII. j Fig. 1.—Coleochete 3 Edessa Portion of the thallus. Fig. 2.—Coleochete divergens. Young oogonium. Fig. 3. eochete dives ‘gens. Dorticnted oogonium. Fig. 4. —Con onfe rea, § bombyoines, . Fig. 5.— hieroglyphicum. ae 6. oe pend aoe wim Hubert, n. sp. ig. 7.—Chetospheridium Huberi, n. sp. ; ia Fig. 8.—Pandorina morum. All cells of the thallus are transformed in partheno- — Fig. 9.—Pediast wang duplex, Meyen Fig. 11.— smUs gatus (Turp.), Kiitz. Fig. 12.—Pha pleuronectes, Nit ig. 13.—Reinschiella longispina, n Three different cells. 1. Freshwater Alge Fig. 14.—Peridinium tabulatum tooutvalitiip the list of Austra from 1892). Fig. 15. Viacheria — (Vauch.), DC. Portion of a filament, with antheridium ~ and oogoni Fig. 16.—Vaucheria ienilie: Oogonium, with mature oospore. seen IX. Fig. 1.—Spirogyra australensis, n Fig. 2.—Spirogura maxima rina (Has, 4 Avittr., var. minor, ma (Hass. ), figs var. pie Mes Mags ‘var. ( of = Spir rogyra var Fig. Speers nitida ida (Dillw. ) Lin Fig. 6.—Spi a ere Kiitz sae Fig. 7. eae is (Hass.), Pchnes i) Vegetative cell with gelatinous 5! Figs, 8, 9.—Spirogyra pach : ig. 10.—Spirogyra longata (Vauch.), Ktz. (2). Fig. 11.—Zygnema Rhynchonema infer), De Toni. helen fice Fig. 1.—1 apenas eorontilatum, Grun. Tw Fig. 2.—Docid onulatum. ‘The ends of | noe cells, Fig. 3,—( te moniliformis, Ehr ve. files iw ang ileys ge a De B ms ig. OJ ovatum, rdst., ae imermis, N. Var. j Fig. 6.— ens piteotorteg Sica var. inermis, n. var. Apex of the a) _* ER. enum, Spec. Fig. 8.—t Fonatosygon Ralfsii, De B . 9.—Pleuroteniopsis cog: (Nord. ), De Toni. : Fig. 10.—Staurastrum mut . as Fig. 11. —Disphinetium sarunnies eb. ), Reinsch. ati ig. 12.—Pleuroteni niu Bhrenbergt (alt), Delp. A half cell. Fig 13.—Closterium lineatum, ~ se Bioko - as Ma, habuleshwoar Tensis, ‘ N rr ig. 1o.—Xanthidium Smithii, Arch., var. cnians is, Nords view; Bigg cy: verrucosum (Ehrb as ye forma. Half cell; 4 front ae a w from ot = (end vie 7 Fig. 17.— Mibscitersas cuabiden a Nie, Front and end view. Fig. 18.—Closterium gracile. Fig. 19.—Cosmariwm sexangulare, ss Fig. 20.—Cosmarium, spe ec, Half cell. i l latat th ve 22.~—-Commariuim pots rissa bid He. Oe xi. Figs. 1, 2.—Stigonema hormoides (Kiitz.), Born. et Fl an Form with dur-cells Fig. 3. —Nodularia spumigena, } socom and pode a Born. et Flah. s. Fig. 4.—Nodularia spumigena. Vegetable cells and h rosyet: Fig. 5.—Nodularia spumigena. Bid som Fig. 6.—Microchate tencra, Thur., var. maj ‘ g. 6 " f ; jor, n. var. Fig. 7.—Microchate tenera. ‘The basal portion of a filament, with two : Fig. 8.—Microchete tenera. The upper end of a filament. ae 69 . 9.—Tolypothrix oe ou Kiitz. . 10-17.— Hapa 8 eat milus, Kirchn. Figs. 10, 11. The evolution rof a branch in a — state. 12, 13. abode g of the thallus, with branches ig. 14.--Portion of the thallus, with . hete rocyst. . 15-19.—Gleotrichia natans, 15.—The basal portion of a filament : h= heterocyst, sp=spore, s=sheath. 1¢6.—Th gens per end of a filam . 17, 18.— Young narageo oak wath spores in evolution. 19.—Older filame _ —o spores, ; é Se ea srt hig | Fig. 21.—Anabeena Flos-aque. w, Bréb. "¢ ?) Fig. 22.—C ‘ere pina. licheni iforme, Kiitz. : Plate XII. Big 1.—Oscillaria princeps, ota ig. 2.—Oscillaria sancta, Kiit . 3.—-Lyngbya rh (Kiitz), Gom. Fedele Figs. 7, 8, 9.—Microcoleus peludos eae Gom. Fig. 7.—Thallus - Fig. 9 _—Sheath, with several filaments. Fig. 10.— opedium piste ae Rabentz. Thallus. Fig. 11.—Merismopedium convolutum. A little portion of the thallus; the cells nnin eal. Fig. 12.—Zygogonium tenuissimum, Grun. Plate XIII. Fig. 1.—Merismopedia revolutiva, n. s ; Fig. deca calyculus, Ha otha Dise' with very young spores, to the right a ag. me stipe, m: he 2a, tlle: pe erence in the text.) re - —(See —— in ~ text.) . Cy e reference be the text. Fig. 3. a pper portion } of Acctabularia calyculus, Harv., before the fiematiods “ob the stipe, mag. 25. . : oe : Plate XIV. *Fig.2 2h sam, ig. eee Rig. 3.—Zeto mes sor Sond, - Form with cylindrical eee) sporangia, «RB on form mag. 40, 8: B.—Eetocarpus indicus Sond. Smaller form, with more conical sporangia, Fig. 6—Ketocam —Lctocarpus dnpiiebizsalus ., Var. vitiensis, mag. 50. late XV. 1.—The same form, with ide sporangium. e 5 Specdlrt siliow " losu mgr a r SEs — sg — Te giana ag. 40. 1g. 6.—The sam. mag. 38 lige ZVit. esame, Antheridia, mag. 40. Fig. 1.—The Eelam ovuligerum, n. sp. Thallus, with a young cystocarp, mag. sa th very young cystocarp, mag. 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COOKE, M.A. yomrsetlpnintien _ Investigation of the vegetable features of any new country naturally commences with the study and determination of the most 3 ate, nevertheless, capable of revenging themselves for such neglect, r later, by compelling cultivators of useful or ornamental ’ phanerogams to recognise their power of inflicting injury, an Wherever plants are cultivated on a large scale, for pleasure or Profit, such culture will have to be conducted in the face of a strong Position from parasitic fungi, increasing in number and in power with af Progress of cultivation. Consequently the study and investigation wrungt 18 no longer a dilettante amusement, but becomes a stern : e three principal directions in which the study of fungi Fi he larger fleshy fungi only may occupy the hanical interest, and its aim the production, upon paper, C Teproduction, and whatever promotes or hinders its career or ence. This latter is evidently the only successful mode parasite is to be brought under control, and the +6 Saved from itsdepredations. For the pursuit of this method Wine that local investigation is indispensable, and that all “ngs must be taken into account. The mere determination 4 host, a in manner of attack, and then analogies will prove suggestive. 5 : al oe We are well aware that enormous losses in fruit and grail 7 it i. 3 tt to crops may be caused by parasitic fungi if they are perm : satyblish themselves, either on account of indifference or Rio id : We are also aware that these losses may be largely diminished wd Ive measures, if taken in time and pursued perseveringly. recording the results. However m viduals may accomplish, the knowledge of results 1s, confined to themselves, and the general in countries where well-organised departments of mental stations, or other official centres are es more or less successful. One of the most rudimentary | inculcated is the demonstration that parasitic fungi may i under two types, each with a different mode of developmen’. requiring a different mode of treatment. It is, at the i a, ‘von: pent pelongs before Oe es. + to know to which of th 5 steps can _ epiphytal and the endophytal. The former includes those fungi which 2 a being to destroy the parasite without injury to the host-plant. : may give as examples the hop mildew and the oidium of the vine, 2 : ee ere _ ‘Septum, at which it is constricted, and this upper cell, of an elliptical iain by is differentiated. This process goes on until a chain of produced from the original branch, the apicai conidium being Q : coni i . . . by opt the surface of the mycelium in readiness to be transferred ‘ rain to other and healthy leaves. Upon reaching its new on, he germ threads becoming This is the ascigerous, and probably sexual repro- Pinal career of these epiphytal parasites is therefore external Aves and, if they can be destroyed by powdering or spray- idi vane? recover their vigour; but if not, by the destruction Hsease ig heh ', sporidia, or by their germination bemg prevented, the Mts r¢ “a 0g its extension to other leaves or other Wentary kno rare e. The cultivator who possesses sufficient Ss to-de with, 'dge of the fungi to determine whether the pests he t them hare of this nature is already in po ion 0. eased ee ectually. Even the very crude method of picking off 8 and burni nfection. z 5 Si BB is 6 The “rot moulds” are of this kind, such as the potato mildew, American vine disease, tobacco mildew, and man other devastating pests. T four centres, which condense and soon become distinctly separated — from each other by the growth of a special envelope. Ultimately the — membrane of the mother cell is ruptured, and the three or four smaller bodies, which have been differentiated in its interior, escape, — _ each one furnished at one extremity with a pair of delicate mov le hairs, by means of which these little bodies, now termed zoospores, cal swim actively in any thin film of moisture upon which they may fall Possibly this film may be upon the leaf of a foster plant. In a short time all motion ceases, and the zoospores come to f st, the pair delicate cilia are absorbed, and a germinating thread is produced, through the stomata again into the external air, sometimes si sometimes in tufts se are the fertile threads of the mould, ¥ 8 produce conidium at the ti each of anchlets same stages again, and indefinitely multiply the pest. i8 ans . represents the ordinary conidial fructification of the mould, by ™* spot where there is sufficient moisture for the conidia to be a") e tiated into zoospores, and afterwards come to rest an germipal® This process takes place in summer and autumn, but there, Birr ee by which the pest is disseminated in sprMg- : mycelium which flourishes within the substance of t et is capable of producing larger globose bodies, chiefly | stems, concealed from external view. These lobose odes png tsince Sr mostly of a brownish colour, and after develor”™ y remain in a state of rest within the stems during the wint®? fo gee ee ee eae ae eo pee er ene - 7 : amy be destroyed, no manipulation can replace the disorganised hen, Hence, then, all efforts should be directed towards the of prey . fede how much of this depends upon an accurate diagnosis of ay? are many other forms of endophytal parasites, and the life “Only a conidial of these is still obscure. In the ma 80) ajority of them idial fructification is yet known, and the internal tissues do tt be so absorbed and destroyed as in the case of the “rot 8 ; but in such black moulds scape to the surface, in many cases adhering m a ‘somewhat 8 gelatinous mass, which oozes outin the form of tendrils. In such cases 7 is evident that the application of some fungicide capable of destroy- ing the vitality of the conidia will be of service in ‘preventingthe — spread of the disease. ' A large and important group of endophytes is that: known as the Uredines, of which th n and disastrous ‘‘ wheat rust” or “wheat mildew” isan example. We have given a brief outline of — their life history elsewhere,* and it is only necessary to allude here to the persistency of the teleutospores in some of the species. These n pi estroyed either by effective fungicides or by burning up all the dead leaves and stems of the foster plants known to have beet — affected. ; : of e e acquiring some practical knowledge of the history and. myst such plant parasites, if they are to be encountered and yanquis is gradually accumulating, of the connection between those mn organisms the Microbes, or Schizomycetes, and plant diseases. There 3 are certain diseases which attack cultivated plants and procm trous results, which have long been a mystery, since, although the host q ants appeared to be suffering from the attacks of some Insi®™ ngus disease, none of the usual external appearances could be ve In several cases of this kind it has been affirmed, although noha - t esence 0?” : b Pr 1300, minute Bacterium or Bacillus in immense numbers. There snot" analogically, why this should not be the case, and all tl seems to strengthen the probability ; but the suggestion 1S 4°) 0, and the investigation so difficult that it would be imprudent to D" any very decided opinion. Researches into. a vine disease Californ’ i i parts of the Uni . , the very prevalent “ peach yellows” almost establish te ti * ’ y bacteria; that the juice of diseased plants swarming W organisms when transterred to healthy plants will inocul oO re ite apes in three oF four day : th juice when introduced into healthy st and y ste of tomato ay produced decay ; t young tomato plants . P diseased cucumbers were all destroyed. 9- | concluded that the disease in question is caused by bacteria, and ma _ betransmitted to other plants by inoculation. If all this should ; -leaused by an endoph ‘gop: to be: yte oranepiphyte. After this, presuming it : 3 S eetonhy te, whether it is related to the rot-moulds, the forms _{} Anthracnose as represented by species of Gle@osporiwm, or to the e culturist may be able to recognise BF on ascertain its character, and oppose checks to its gnise a fungus character, and to apply remedies intelligently and guide” for the Wers everywhere, which should set forth the various their life history as far as has been es which are favourable to their hte been tried. Such a work wou 10 have two-or.three works of repute which would serve this purpose, there is none, unfortunately, in the English language which covers whole ground, or touches other than field crops, or extends beyond an agricultural interest. parasite, and the direction which remedial efforts must assume. q We are driven to a reiteration of the old adage that “ nn : that prompt action, when made in the proper direction, may save # — 3 ch action presupposes knowledge, an in proportion a the extent of that knowledge will success follow its application. speak as unto wise men, judge ye what I say.” i I. Introductory remarks. | hay ed ire e _ PECULIARITIES OF THE QUEENSLAND FLORA. By F, M. BAILEY, F.£.8., Colonial Botanist. en ange of Sheraton: babit, ngs ture probably due to climatic infl ‘ant habitats within the colony. : et ys : , presentatives of genera usually only found in countries distant from ustralia, Vith regard to peculiar habit. vane’ bbe Vs ndigenous fruits recommended for cultivation. - : a: : Varlegation amongst Queensland plants, including naturalised species, Jolour supposed to be abnormal (fe a rg ae eS | JQ <4 » , Sed. BeyRBSs2 =Be ound to contain highly poisonous properties. + 8 recently f bs Se odules, Vaturalised and strayed plants. Jeciduous res, L—INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. Liye: tion in preparing the present paper has not been to und that the young twigs and foliage of Cmnamomum & good | spdieshinane of a camphor identical with: that m the Chinese tree, Oinnamomum camphora. Few indeed TY; persons of ti . Gn i ogelata and: overlook the page ted Aperape skill which h pr tse SRT i = ch has been bestowed upo on. Even in: the: wild 12 Queensland has been a favourite hunting-ground for the botanist ‘since Banks and Solander collected along the banks of the Endeavour; yet, although much has been done, to collect specimens of our p on from’ the Northern districts. These reach the botanist for determm® | tion, the people being generally fully aware of the folly of trusting to | local names alone. ° | With these few remarks upon our Flora generally, I will now pass | on to point out, under separate headings, something of the peculiarities | of the plants. Besides the many new species which are ecoming | a few instances where the character, habit, or stature © 2 been found to differ widely in what appears to be the same species | though gathered in far distant localities. ) ae IL—CHANGE OF CHARACTER, HABIT, OR STATURE PROBABLY DUE TO CLIMATIC IN FLUENCES. ae 208 The remarkable difference in character, habit, oF. stature one meets with in the same species, when found in far distan is worthy of remark. Indeed, so distinct do these plants one need not be surprised at botanists having at times 81 afterwards al mes Strychnos psilosperma, ¥. v. M. Until recent years t considered to be confined to the tropics, and there must, therefore, be conceded that this southern plant form, and that met with in the tropics only a depauper® form, for I find no botanic distinction. ‘The only Tease” w given for this tree having esca detection so long to its resemblance to Carissa ovata, the leaf being 8 tree and the fruit seldom met with on small specimens: glauca, Beauv., and 8. maerostachya, B. and examples where the tropical representatives are of a mut. growth, and which sight well be known as nam PES ee ee” ee eR ee ee soe oT No one, who for 13 the first time was shown specimens of the . Br. southern and northern forms of this grass would take them to belong to the same species. In th Reissek—the foliage is often very dissimilar ; but where sué the case the tropical fruit is fully twice the size of: the southern. The place in the fruit of Ewpomatia laurina, R. Br. In _ is several times longer than the southern. In the above examples Species are met with southern to the northern li in different localities, reaching from the mits. But there are some curious instances Where the habitats of a species, so far as at present knoWn, are some * IL cin will n q the one Specific name; yet the difference between the northern and fin Tee is quite as much marked as in. the Davidsonias. The € and fruit of the tropical tree are much larger; the fruit also is “ty Uregular f The southern fruit has a much more agreeable “hte and is of an even, globular shape; the leaves also are of iter green, is form was first discovered by the late Rev. B. I.—DISTANT HABITATS WITHIN THE COLONY. ow refer to one or two of our plants which are at present . Wn from far distant localities, but in which no change of ; er has been observed. Being probably:a very-rare tree, T notice ; ylon ellipticum, R. Br., first, That excellent botanist, Dr. hich und, at t century, on the mainland opposite Groote i have : about He met with around Stanthorpe, on the Glasshouse Moun- 14 The wiry grass, Rottboellia rariflora, Bail., has yet only been met with at the Batavia River and about the Musgrave Station, Cape York Elaocarpus arnhemicus, F. vy. M., although the tree has been met with in several parts of the Northern Territory, South Australia, as well as in New Guinea. From the above station on Cape York sie only other places where this tree has been met with being para | Gulf, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory of; Sout Australia. Graptophyllum spinigerum, F.v. M., so far has only been met Ps" in two localities—the Endeavour River and the Eumundi scrubs, are about 1,000 miles apart. | e of the most remarkable instances of the wide joni between the habitats of some of the Queensland plants is the ai with trees of the “ Stringy-bark Pine,” Callitris Parlatoret, F. sap on the Bellenden-Ker Range in 1889, for Ppor to this the pe thought confined to New South Wales and the ranges of the Sou Queensland border. a’ .. That beautiful variety of the leafless terrestrial Orchid Dinette : D. punctatum, var. Hamiltonianum, is so far only known from er very distantly separated localities—viz., the islands of Moreton ?%> Stanthorpe, and in one part of New South Wales. oe IV.—REPRESENTATIVES OF GENERA USUALLY ONLY FOUND i COUNTRIES DISTANT FROM AUSTRALIA. ‘uss | Under this head I shall only refer to plants which i y alea and our : valis, Bil | is a species of the Mexican genus, Zinnia, 4. austen ae iver. Eumundi scrubs. The next most interesting addition to ora i i found near the Walsh River . j : J 1 : 4 _ Carpesium cernuum, Linn.—A. plant met with in Seve™™ land | countries ; has been found in a few localities in Southern. Que in | When I first published this as indigenous to Queens i] — a Mis to be eliminated from our flora. 15 Ovalis (Biophytum) Apodiseias, Turez., is another instance of a plant which is to be met with in’ several distant parts of the globe, Boehmeria macrostachya, R. Wight.—An Indian shrub ; has so far only been in Queensland in one locality—viz., a cre tunning from Tambourine Mountain ere, however, it was found ee few years ago in great luxuriance. Another instance of a plant ing found in Queensland which had previously only been known m a distant region is the meeting with fine specimens of. trees Wood, is should be a local demand for the produce. | oo therefore, to the botanist to find amongst the scrub trees at .~ valron River one of the genus Pygeum, a new species arg 78 eu : , a , ie regularly year after year; whereas at Maroochie, say, size taking their place. I have seen this d by an old resident of the district that it 16 dies off in a somewhat similar manner, other stems from the. same rootstock taking their place. I have noticed at Eumundi that some- thing like, this occurs | with the closely allied species, P. Tozertt, F. v. M., but at the time I attributed this to the effect of a borer insect, which destroyed so many of the stems. VI—INDIGENOUS FRUITS RECOMMENDED FOR CULTIVATION. Under this heading I purpose offering a few remarks upon some into our cultivation plots without a thought as to clim careful selection, and cultivation. Even in the bush it may be no’ that one tree produces fruit superior to another, althoug fl of exactly the same kind, and it is from such that we should obtall our plants intended for experimental cultivation purposes. The thirty-one kinds which I bring under notice are selec ite | fifteen genera, and for convenience are given alphabetically according to the botanic name—viz., Acronychia acidula, F. v. M., Logan ae er Rutacew, This forms a round-headed tree 20 or more Tee ‘species of this genus, Acronychia imper, orata, F.v. M. A" ae this is not quite so large as the last EN +3 of a reddish colour, a and imparts its colour to the preserve. silk 7 Of the Euphorbiaceous genus Antidesma, five of the Queens me, species furnish the settlers with fruits from which excellent ja@ jelly is made, viz.:— nel Bunius, Spreng., the fruit of which is also largely Ue Java, especially by the Europeans, for preserving a inch 1 4 favour ’ they are nearly round, very: juicy, and of a very aa from th : 0 The jelly made from this fruit is quite equal to t “ : . erostre, F, v. M., bears a much smaller fruit, which 38 aes jam and jelly making at the Barron River. pa eh, use at te A, Ghesembilla, Gertn. The fruit of this species is 1 UST Walsh River for jam and jelly making by the settlers. |, 15 at # .. 4. parvifolium, F. ¥. M., is, called. “ Currant Busd it Gilber ver, and is used, like all the others mentioned, for P for 7 and is considered a most wholesome and agreeable _ purpose, ! se aes , ae ; 17 ivati i bably greatly Under careful cultivation these fruits would. probably salpeives and become favourites with the public ; but, although they will all grow and produce fruit in the Brisbane district, they are more fitted for the tropical parts of the ork . Atalantia glauca, J. D. Hook. e | Downs aointey: Order Rutacex, and closely allied to the orange; | . ; d and con- shrub yields a great abundance of fruit, which is gathere | Weed: dato fan by the settlers. By careful tip so ee rah fertilisation from this might be obtained varieties worthy of cu for the sake of their fruit. Plan the normal form in the colour of its fruit, which is pace throughout. These long fruits differ from the round in having thinner rind, and the acid being of a more delicate flavour. ‘ | C. inodora, Bail., “The North Queensland Lime,” which so far has only been noi hol its foliage, which has a greater resemblance to the cultivat : x 3 __ Its fruit is over 2 inches long, and 13 inches in diameter ; oe en : _ “in, pulp juicy and of a sharply acid flavour. Even in the wi «Ba desirable. 2, ~~ iploglottig is a genus of Sa: indacesze bone two species, or’ ates Sees: With a well-mark variety. e E | : ah eta tree, tote." ebfilibally remy ‘ec naroh Tamarin ; & is C mit, Hook. The second spe ; MM. It J ur re sieal scrubs ; this is D. in-air abe ‘tee 4 tree of much “esha growth, and retains a very /argely ce pe nj pPearance when rown with D. Ounninghamii in our souther fitdens ; its fruit : se is a slight difference in the time of the 18 of the fruit used is the juicy aril surrounding the seed, which is of a fleshy consistency, and possesses a sharply acid, flavour, well suiting it Eugenia, a larg rd furnishes several species whose fruits are used by the settlers for a and-wine making. Some of the kinds have received distinctive | narrow leaves. The fruit is pear-shaped, about 13 inches long, and bi diameter of over 1 inch at the larger end, rosy on the side expos the sun, the rest of a pale colour nearly white. The flesh is f and well-flayoured, and used by the settlers in the district where ™ grows for jam-making. x | E. grandis, Wight, called “ White Appie,” is a large ee tropical Queensland, which bears a great quantity of round, pel somewhat insipid fruit, 2 inches in diameter. This is used for jm making by the settlers. . § this | E. hemilampra, F.v. M.—During July and: August trees 0 wh species may frequently be met with in the Bumundi serubs laden tion fruit, which is Seared and sharply acid, and worthy the aiat is of settlers for jam and jelly making. A description of the, ane He given in my Botany Bulletin No. 9. a E. Johnsonii, F.v.M.—Hitherto this species has only been ™ with in one locality in tropical Queensland. » Its fruit has @ 80 eter, aromatic flayour, and it is said to attain an inch or more i pe : so when better known is likely to be utilised as the acti EB. myrtifolia, Sims., “The Scrub Cherry,” is @ 8m8" : tree of Seiten Queensland, which about August produces # ie quantity of pretty red-coloured fruit of an agreeable eptentet : e jam and wine ma 6 r, 1894, fruit was abundant at Eumundi. fon E. Tierneyana, ¥.v. M., and E£. Wilsonii, F. v. M. Soa i species), are largely used for jam-making in the districts where © baat ‘The above six indigenous species are quite as well roe . cultivation as such fruits as the well-known Brazilian E, uniflora—which one meets in most Queensland gardens. Garcinia.--This important genus of the order, OU bere ty pd ae na Australia until t 19 specimens receiyed from the Coen. River, fruit alone of the first— G. Mestoni, Bail—is known. This fruit is of a depressed globular form, attaining 3 or more inches in diameter, very juicy, and. of a a fruit,’ w gathered and converted: into jam by settlers living near where the plant grows wild. This plant is one of the earliest. that was so used by the Australian colonists Nephelium.—Of the many Queensland species of this Sapin- daceous genus, only one—W, Lautererianum, Bail.—deserves rank as a fruit, The part made use of is the fleshy aril which surrounds the 0 ale yellow colour, atid acid flavour and agreeable taste, closely resembling the same su stance which encloses 8 : Neither, however, are likely to become. articles of commerce on the ca i hex use; but, as they form an additional delicacy for. the table, we may Pe to find this, amongst other indigenous fruits, utilised by the jam. uter. ee thodomyrtus macrocarpa, Benth.—The frait of this small tree is ph called “Native Loquat” or “ Finger Berry,” and is ripe Me Aug It is very similar to the Eugenia, and used for the merta ovata, T), Don a small tree of Saxifrager, produces rthy of ‘attention. This plant Ree ceca or 20 small tree. In the month of March, on the borders of scrubs in the Eudlo and Eumundi districts, the trees are seen laden with fruit, which is white, about the size of a cherry, juicy and acid. Vitis—This genus of the order Ampelidez. is represented in Queensland by about fifteen species. Settlers utilise the fruit of several for making jam and jelly. Those considered to be best suited for the purpose are V. acetosa, F’. v. M., V. nitens, F. v. M., V. opact, F. v. M., and V. hypoglauca, F.v. M.; the fruits of these being larger, more fleshy, and less acrid than others, although where these are not met with other species are used for the same purpos By referring that the describing botanist has od specimens of _this genus to go these plants disarticulate so very freely 1D dryimg, an i e oft b 1 limestone country, and that the berries are large, with the appearance yand pleasant flavour of the cultivated grape. Baron von Mullet recommended the trial of this vine in Victoria many years 4805 ieee while there may be some doubt of its thriving so far south, there ca? be none as to its usefulness in tropical Queensland. Pe 4 _ In the hope that some enterprising fruit-grower may be led a devote some little time and attention to improving and utilising OF | indigenous fruits, I am induced to extend somewhat this concludité q graph upon the subject. The first object to have view m : the improvement of the fruit, both with regard to size, productiven . a and flavour. The general austerity of even the best will have #0 ef greatly reduced before we may hope that they will be received OS 4 cultivation. The first steps towards attaining these results wil a i raise the first P from the true Vitis as the American enti Ampelopsis, ¥ ~ a inists of the present time also pike under Vitis. {only me 21 | ~~ oS be J ag & 3 Ru i ° — o < _ =} aQ ° S a] — S _ 10 jo) oO | ° S mR 9 Le} i} a=] oO ane) ba} = ct eal i] Eh a Sr a ~ ct tive they must be furnished with healthy roots, and plants unsuited 0 the climate are never realy healthy, either root or bra plants be used for stocks. In this I must be understood as referri Particularly to Queensland. No part of Australia is so wt 0 to Se Plant life. At times we are subject to long droughts, when the h untry becomes for months, or perhaps years, little better than a arren waste, during which the roots or seeds of the indigenous plants other indigenous apicien of Citrus. I should much like to see this : t into cultivation, so that its flowers might be a ; I may also remark, in I C must be difeuteh * cross-fertilisation, so that a failure now and again he Whi | — SOme of mt on the subject of stocks for fruit trees, I would like p n the serubs of the lar wt, 'WO plants, as in, other natural orders far more " plants are used for stocks to graft and bud upon. — 22 at i II to i i i + may be we florists highly prized for decorative purposes, 1 \ : kine those Saenger ou indigenous’ and naturalised plants which av air Pie Habitat, Local or Aboriginal Name, and Order, respentivell i: Malvastrum tricuspidatum, A. Gray ; Brisbane; Malvacee. ie 4 Hibiscus. tiliaceus, Linn. ; Coast ; Cotton-tree, Talwalpin 0 q natives of Moreton Bay and Johnstone Rivers ;_ Talvace. ee ‘\Garohorus Cunninghamii, Ff, y. M.;, Enoggera; Tiliacems “Aeronychia levis, Forst.; Taylor's Range ; Rutaces. bua Rubus rosefolius, 8m.; Brisbane River ; Rasp erty at ray Tabernemontana orientalis, R. Bri, var. angustifolia, Enoggera; Apocynacez. dl ads ntana camara, Linn. ;) Enoggera; Verbenacee. ellow and Amarantus paniculatus, Linn.; Brisbane; the leaves y He reen; Amarantaceze ith oD v Troms aspera, Blume; Kelvin Grove; has also Lecce ii: do the Johnstone River; the Peach+leaf Poison Bush ; pei vin Grove Cudrania javanensis, Trecul, var. Bancroftit, ai mie Rivers and Deception Bay; has also been met with on ohn : Cockspur Thorn; Urticacee. + pane Rivets ya, Geitonoplesium cymosum, A, Cunn. ; Bank of Bris q lunacee., ili Mit 4 Cordyline terminalis, var. Bailey, Bail. ; Pimpama ; Liliace# — Jommelyna cyanea, R. Br. ; Spiderwort ; Commely “ee : - Pollia macrophylla, Benth., var. crispata; oer mélynaces pe i ee _ Bacularia monostachya, F. v.M.; Eumundi; Midgeen, enya wtok Pal Gila ee PTO | 23 erebestork oats Cunninghamii, Wendl.; Piceabeen of Re are ; alme. Some young plants of this palm, which were ed by “hia Baatics ie Eudlo, show upon making a fresh ite faceted Oplismenus compositus, Beauv. ; Graminesx. Ageratum conyzoides, Linn. ; Ce wily Billygoat weed; reeled Bidens pilosa, Linn. ; Brisbane ; Blackéeliows 4 Composi Galinsoga pareiflord, Cav. ; ; Brisbane: Yalow weed ; ee ) | é eae iy aaa SUPPOSED eNanee a 3 5 oo = a ig] R fe) mR “oJ o ot mM i) ber ie") 5 oO ct 4 et is oe ° Qu te) RD oO «| ad oO = Dp fo™] B i) B oO et 5 5 o mR < oo | te) Shy oO R ha Aa great convenience and advantage’ to the horticulturist. In ¢ tlora Australiensis instances several times occur of such plants ny ky blue or r gabe white.” ie this place, as in the former, the blue ni € white flowers are borne upon two distinct plants, so, in my > ~_ it would hare been better had the white-flow ant. been Comesperma volubile, var. album. With these few remarks I a! pee mention plants of; this nature which have been observed in nsland since the issue of the volumes of. the Flora Australiensis. ee Species, Local or Aboriginal Name, and Order, respectivel fag at betonicefolia, Sm. ; Large Violet; Violariew. “White flower- P a 3 this Violet have been met with near Brisbane. cus rhodopetalus, F..v. M.: Malvacee. A plan ant of this as Tatly been met with at Macka ay, which, produced white This has been brought into gerient cultivation. ~ plant ; mie ° TEER SIRL Ay Sw.,. var. m, Bail..; Hair-trigger be 1 ylidiew. Found: near Cleveland, gate Queensland. s Met with JSimbriatum ne ae var. album, Bail. ; Roraphaarnce. i D near Bundaberg by sere oo nig trod bigibbum, ‘Lindl; olden At Cape York there : al bea sae ran ety. Sand var. album, Bail.; Orchidex.... On m, R. Br., f and ne neat a ae near Cleveland, this variety was obtained a i “tte excelsa, Correa.; Amaryll idem, - variety with white ae Teported to have been met with on Mount Lindsay. : them, yna cyanea, R, Br.; Commelynacex. I have not seen flow "ok am seemed shake this 1 pon has been seen ee white 24 neilema gramineum, R. Br.; Commelynacee. ae of this bob (ath white flowers ete been met with near Bris ris pauciflora, Willd., var. albiflos, Bail. ; Kyrides. “A sinall variety found on Fraser Toland with white flowers Other deviations from the supposed Genial colours have been observed in the following :— Clematis Fauweettit, ree eae purpurascens, Bail.; Ran dulaeem!”’ This G8 A°form met with nt Killastiey; the flowers ‘of which have quite a sarakab sas Eleocarpus cyaneus, Ait.; Tiliacew. Plants s this species have been met with near Stanthorpe with rose- re Citrus australasica, F. v. M., var. sanguine Bail; Rutacee. ny is a form found upon atiboeeie Fohitenth: of which the fruit is De Wan obium Kingianum, Bidw., var. pallidum, Bail. ; Orchidee. Some plants of this form bear nearly white flowers. Dendrobium undulatum, R. Br., var. Broomfiel dit, Fitzg.; Orchidee The flowers of this form are of a more or less bright yellow Dendrobium teretifolium, R. Br., var. awrew vs. il.; Orchidexw flowers of this form found at Killarney are of a dee or nici colour. dium punctatum, R. a var. restora Bail. ; bia inflorescence is of a pleasing yellow. t entioning of this ss leads me to express e regret neither Bator sia Mueller re Mr. Bentham could see their 4 as P i nigricans, R. Br., aud by Baron von Mueller ** a P. commune, F.v.M. The names oanles by these two botant of 1Z., pa » gracile, ceerulescens, “te s eal coupe into 7 IX.—PLANTS RECENTLY FOUND TO CONTAIN HIGHLY 7 q PROPERTIES re In my remarks in the opening part of this paper, I s@ J. Flora contained Mn few phe of harekal or te ngerous C7. om and although’ such is true , yet amongst the plants are eae, powerful active hee which have been ae isonous. Some, indeed, ar > ot. man has for some ears past lar ttention t to of Queensland calming and part agen | 25 mention some of our plants which he has found to possess poisonous toperties which, it would seem, were previously unknown to have toxic properties. hania hernandiefolia, Walp., and 8S. aculeata, Bail, An extract of the roots of these, he says, is extremely poisonous; and he found that the root bark of Cocculus Moorei, ¥. v.M., and Sarcopetalum Harveyanum, F. y. M., also contained active poisonous principles. Carissa ovata, var. stolonifera, Bail. The bark of this form he found to possess highly poisonous properties. , Marlea vitiensis, Benth. Extract of the bark is described us poisonous, Zanthoxylum veneficum, Bail. This contains a poisonous principle equal in strength, and somewhat similiar in action, to strychnine. Melicope erythrococca, Benth., contains a somewhat similar poisonous puneiple which the doctor terms a protoplasmic poison. Flindersia Schottiana, F. v. M.. The bark of this tree contains 4 polsonous principle. Daphnandra micrantha, Benth. ; D. repandula, F. vy. M.; and D aromatica, Bail. Each contains in the bark highly poisonous properties. Cryptocarya australis, Benth., and ©. triplinervis, R. Br., also contain in their barks an alkaloid of great potency as a poison, which in its action resembles Curara. X.—NODULES. a een met with in the bark of few trees. The Bunya Pine, —— Scaria Bidwillii, Hook., produces them, and, a8 may be supposed in _ Atree with a bark from 6 j : 3 The nodule wood takes a high polish, and is very beautiful both ue and colouring, and should command a high price for veneering lavca Araucaria Cunninghamii, Ait., is also said to furnish them as ak as cricket balls; these, however, I have not seen. They are very Paine in the bark of Cinnamomum Oliverii, Bail., attaining eter of 2 inches or 3 inches, XL—NATURALISED PLANTS, AND STRAYS FROM CULTIVATION. ae a would take up far too much space, and be undesirable, to give Y be here stated what proportion each quarter of the globe furnished of the 00 or apkars constituting the naturalised ~ wopolitan, but the following is a fair statement :—About one-. ean, about one-third are from America, about one-fifth 4 Ss; but the African species only amount to about one- . The plants are contributed by 46 orders, in the following The orders furnish from 1 to 5 each, 7 orders from 6 to we 21 . 26 ost, or have any species of the introduced. ones, after ov running a portion of the country, disappeared? The only instane this kind of which I can think is that pretty little water-w Hydrocharis morsus-rane, Linn. About twenty years ag0 this plant was most abundant in the still waters around Brisbane, but for the past fifteen or more years I have not met with a single specimen ; and although it may ‘still be plentiful in some localities, 1, know of no — Queensland habitat of the plant, and this favours my former opiiion that the plant was an introduction. . ot XIL—DECIDUOUS TREES. Evergreen trees predominate, as & rule, in a climates, and we find this to be the case in Queensland. trees are few in number, and the fall of the leaf, i uncertain that thé term “ semi-deciduous”) would be a apply'to them, For while one tree of a species may be found an bare of leaves, another by its side may be, seen full of leaf, bs 4 nothing to distingul following constitutes the majority of our trees small proportion, considering that the Queenslan number less than 1,000 small or large trees :-— Cochlospermum Gillivrat, Benth.; Order Bixinee. | Bombax malabaricum, DC., Silk Cotton Tree ; Order Malvact. Stercilia quadrifida, R. Br.; 8. discolor, Fv. M. 5 S- trichost? Me Benth: ; 8. acerifolia, A. Cunn. ; Order Sterculiaces. see - Melia composita, Willd., White Cedar ; Order Meliace®s ” Cedrela Toona, Roxb., Red Cedar; Order Meliaces. — q Sesbania grandiflora, Pers. ; Order Leguminose. . ¢ sk | Erythrina indica, Lam., Coral Tree; £. vespertilio, Benth., VO” — Tree; Order Leguminose. . ot 4 Castanospermum australe, A. Cunn. ; Moreton Bay Chestnut i. pares Order Leguminose. Albizzia procera, Benth. ; Order Leguminose. Eucalyptus platyphylla, ¥. v. M., Poplar Gum; Order My piace Sarcocephalus cordatus, Miq., Leichhardt Tree ; Order, Bute Ficus colossea, F.v. M.; F. Cunningham, Miq.; Order Liasini oe a ae i se ee a ee Eee William street, 8 Y a i j A ea an ree shane: he By Authority : Epmunp Grrcory, Government Printer, Bri Bom Queensland, . | DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BRISBANE. BOTANY BULLETIN No. XIII. APRIL, 1896. CONTRIBUTIONS 10 THE QUEENSLAND FLORA. BY F, M. BAILEY, FL COLONIAL BOTANIST. The Bull ———— . oe of this Department will be sent free to such Individuals ested as may request them. Address all applications to The Under Secretary for Agriculture, Brisbane. \ ae BRISBANE: THORITY: EDMUND GREGORY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WILLIAM STREET. 1896. ‘et Galea eo, Se ne ee ’ eer eee ee ee ee ee eS _ Manner, PREFATORY NOTICE. sinineniewiliesnaetini To those who have noticed my various publications fit will have been observed how anxious I am to record all that is known relative to the economic and medicinal properties of the plants brought under my notice as well as their botanic distinctions. My pleasure may then be in a small degree imagined at the great kindness of my esteemed friend, Dr. Joseph Lauterer, in placing in my hands, for Publication in one of these Botany Bulletins, the present valuable notices of the chemical and medicinal properties of so large a number of our indigenous gums and resins. The samples from which the Tesults have been obtained were in a great many instances taken from exhibits in the Museum of Economie Botany ; therefore, I can with confidence vouch for their authenticity. The want of such a publi- cation has long been felt by artisans who use the several products herein mentioned, and I feel confident they will fully appreciate the many long hours spent by Dr. Lauterer in working out by original research the careful details regarding the gums and resins of the trees brought under notice, and hope with me that he will continue his "searches and allow the results of his labours to be published in this I take the present opportunity of expressing my thanks to those persons who have kindly forwarded to me samples of gums and Anas of the native trees from the various parts of our extensive territory, and hope that as opportunities occur they will continue their aid in this good work. F. M. B. st October, 1895, 3 S 3 / om) CONTENTS. —>— Page, Description of — 7 Lonidium aurantiacum “ ee es ee 7 Sida inclusa or ee ee ee A new Pagetia * ; ee = s Samadera ... os . = 8 Cupania foveolata see - 9 Bertreaie dilatota: ines t e Anew Acacia = coh as fe e 9 A new Haloragis . i S a A new Eugenia toe uy pe ie co Calotis erinacea ... . ae 2 a ae Olearia ramosissima oe eu nee sate “y + a A new Ochrosia ... ies piste bes oe é e ga & | Haussmannia fruit . a in Mihagiee & Martynia proboscidea ... : igo ee eS eae? Euphorbia Muelleri ” : : eee a ae A new Euphorbia eee ose : ~ PCE Plates 2 oon. pn Se BE Notes on the large Lawyer-canes of Queensland ... = + = *** x 14 Description of Cyperus flavicomus ae ee vee oh eee uu Description of Panicum jubiflorum ... ee ‘4 Description of Chloris barbata, var. decora : Me as 16 otes on the genus Astrebla ... rs garg te ee a otes on some species of Sporobolus bs vee . we 46 Notes and figures of two forms of Ferns .. 17-32 Additions to our Mosses, Liverworts, Lichens, and Fungi : . 33 Additions to the New Guinea Flora... ee std . é | and Economic Pro To which is added a descriptive ee on the Chemistry Song of a number of Queenslan Gums and Resins, by Dr. Joseph | BOTANY: CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUEENSLAND FLORA, ee Order VIOLARIEZ, IONIDIUM, Vent. I, aurantiacum, F. v. M., Flora Austr. i. 102. A much- branched scabrous-pubescent under-shrub, branchlets angular ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 1 to 1} in. long, veins few, the margins often with few distant laciniz. lowers yellow, more or less tomentose, on short axillary peduncles; the claw of lower petal, including the gibbous base, rather longer than the lamina; filaments and ap ndages bearing Scattered hairs. The anther appendage broad and brown. Seeds “striate, but not so prominent as in J. suffruticosum. ~ Hab.: Glenormiston, Georgina River, J. Coghlan. Order MALVACEZ. ee PE oe ae eee ee ee =? oe eee ak! oo 7 = a tne ET Pa Re ee Pe iy eS eed ee Rae beige a » SIDA, Linn. imelusa, Benth, Flora Austr. i, 197. A shrub, densely af iba tomentose, or almost floccose. Leaves ovate or orbicular, - cordate, obtuse, crenate, mostly 1 in. long. Flowers solitary 0 thine ils. Peduncle and pedicel about 6 lines each long; the former er than the latter and notso hairy. Calyx broadly campanulate, ] . tamens 15 or more, the art reflexed; tube short, broad, ns on the outside long, iealcaenl white hairs. Style with de ches about the length of the stamens. Ovary 1} line in diameter, : Pi icular, the top densely tomentose, | sides tuberculose. : pletely —— membranous, inflated to about 1 od fir *, ‘ 3 a : : with rather soft the fruit. Carpels numerous, stellate-hirsute, =e “Rear 'Y 1 in dia’ _7, a. diameter.— Benth. l.c. in part ten Hab.: Glenormiston, J. Coghlan. The specimens received from Mr. Ci Be flowers erent but from them I have been enabled to give a description the Order RUTACEZ. Trains ZANTHOXYLES. : oN, PAGETIA, F. v. Muell. 4 F Monostylis (n. sp.) An erect glabrous tree of about ie ae ast, with a rather smooth whitish bark; branchlets usually ~ lent €, flattened, green, and cane-like, smooth except for vec arTRtTy Nee : 4B internodes long. Leaves opposite, eae neat — Uriel. eal in. ; us ally petioles, oblong, 4 to 6 in. long, 13 nA Srut;. the iat 8 air of leaves under the a are 2 or Bist foe he okie eaflets often oblique at the base, and nearly or quite gene lanceo- - late, about 3 in. long. Flowers white, in terminal trichotomous, corymbose. vaailek peduncles flattened, pedicels hiaty. racts minute, hairy. i) als about anes long, tomentose. Petals tomel- | tose, 2 or 3 lin as Stamens 10, filaments Reig: glabrous. — Disk a mare, thick, “alightly- lobed ring. Ovary hairy, of 5 puatulate lobes. Style glabrous, shorter than the bist stigma capitate, globose, slightly suleate. No ripe fruit ee Hab. : undi, Field Nat. Excursion, Nov. 1 Thi o cinali v in having narrow Layee not broadly-ovate leaves; e oil-dots are more p this fresh species. Th a but one style. Further distinction will probably be found in the ripe fruit. The q foliage will be obtained and distilled for its oil, that it may ee tested ‘ta medicinal 4 virtues said to be contained in the leaves of the northern tre 4 Order SIMARUBEZ, SAMADERA, Gertn : Calyx meets ‘pote a waipa ea Petals 3-5, much lone : eous, imbrica Disk large, conieal. Stamens 8-10, — the calyx, included in the ail, agp a P acall scale e the base. Carpes 4 united above, ’ acnte — solitary, pendulous. rait of 1-5 large, dry, 4 e : é or small trees.. Leaves simple. Flowers hermaphrodite, 1 Pane ct Pescara or terminal cmbdle: —Hook., Flora of British 7 mete rag ustralian trees—viz., Hyptiandra Bidwilli, Hook., f. Flora Aust f i974, and H. B. var. ar. grandiuscula, Bail and F. v. M., 3rd Suppl. Syn. Ql. ie a e been m an e. 9 foveolat , Fragm. ix, 95. ‘ tree attaining see ta, Fv. U., Fra ; bark somewhat ok wood aan igre hare pedal slightly puberulent. Leaves with Alig > 13 | — angular ; the leaflets sblong-lanes eolat m long a2 # to 1} in. broad, thin, eeu shortly of panicles angular Sepals rather large, nearly glabrous; inne _ roundish, 13 to 2 lines long. Petals minute, bearing aur¢ ee scales at their base. Stamens 8. Tilaments longer than the “iste slightly tomentose. Anthers onl, 3-line , Dick eT silky-tomentose as well as the ovary. Capsule about $ aside sd ee oody; the rakes da silky-tomentose, eat Woo lly. Seeds agate eovered by the arillus. : A yb Various localities in tropical Queensland, Carrom, Dallachy, Es 9 | Order LEGUMINOSA. JACKSONTA, RB. Br. | Srrres PHY LLODINEZ. __ Branchlets either barren or flower-bearing, phyllodineous, flat, rigidly coriaceous, toothed or lobed, often pungent. Hab.: Lake Nash, M. Costello. ACACIA, Willd. ‘ - Seorginee (n. sp.) Georgina Gidgee. A large shrub or small : ‘a With dense spreading head. Has a strong disagreeable scent. _ ‘Stanches and trunk usually very crooked, bark thick and rough; _ young branchlets flattened or triangular, and, like the foliage, all ‘ iad or less clothed with a hoary tomentum. Pbyllodia lanceolate- cate, 24 to 34 in, long, 8 to 4 lines broad, much narrowed towards base, and bearing at the apex a small, thickened, oblique point 3 th finer veins often very obscure from the thick substance of the yllodia. Flowers not available. Pod falcate or curved into a circle, - Narro : transverse, very flat, about 5 lines broad, surrounded by a da Be ree like border, glossy-brown, funicle thickened into a,arrow ae ate aril, below which are 1 or 2 folds. (Plate IV.) : A. “og ooreins River. This new species closely resembles A. ga a Bosborougt eo * reported to have caused the death of a number of fat cattle on Order HALORAGEZ. te HALORAGIS, oe : aut differs oie .) 1S ern a , Var, glabrescens. +418 Wes wh glabrous. “angles are smooth. Tho leaves large, bordered b distan ate between them. The flowers are larger Renan’ Dasy River, OC. W. de Burgh Birch. Diamantina, Dr. Thos. L. one Georgina, F. M. B. 10 Order MYRTACEZ. EUGENTA, Linn “ a punctulata (n. sp.) Tree a tall branchlets omen’ : mpressed approaching 4-angle s subcoriaceous, broadly - janeociate, the apex obtusely emiinite ‘apeig towards the base and almost sessile, attaining a length of 83 in. and 12 i n. width in the — - eentre, the lateral veins almost transverse, the upper bees! in the rie Be ose nlotely covered by sunk dots. the top, juicy, about 2 in. diam. Seeds oad Hab. : Eumundi, 2. °D. Power, 1894, in fru ey H. Simmonde,in lower Jan 1895. Ihave also a specimen gathered by the “aie Rey. B. Scortechini, without” note of locality. Slips with the above description were issued June, 1895. Sp ores OTIS, R. Br. : ey CYMBARIA Cc. pric aed. Steetz, Flora Austr. iii. ‘502. A gl abrous offen glaucous perennial, os rect or ascending rigid branching stems of 1to2ft. Leaves not numerous, linear or linear-lanceolate, nearly so, with 8 to 5 awns scar eect or shortly barbe the base into a broad open almost cartilaginous cup, as the achene, and the border sinuate between the awns tles. of the achene within the cup conical with a few minute bris Bentham 1.c. ps Near Charleville, J. Henderson. Victoria, | though this “bur” is met with in New South Wales, Vi ‘Quee Australia, and West Australia, it has not before, I believe, been fo ond i 9 land. As a Bur-plant it is less obnoxious than many others of this genus. OLEARIA, Mench. hos, 8 ae pa bescent, mixed with a little Tae rook, ustered in the axils, ine - with rbychati mai rgins, all under 1 line lon narrow and neatly 2 lines long, glabrous sadem nant or seab with a thin loose wool underneath. Plowenkents solitary of the branchlets, Searels an oblong or rarely cory™ ose panicle. Involuere broadly turbinate, about 3 lines long, often coloured and jagged 2, the edge. Florets all blue, those * 11 tays 12 to 15, more numerous in the disk and longer than the inyolucre. _ Achenes more or less villous. Pappus white, with a few short outer bristles.—Flora Austr. iii. 479. Hab.: Stanthorpe district, 7. Kirkland. I have also specimens of this plant _ Which were collected by A. Cunningham, at Dumaresq River in 1827. The : eo as also 0 collected in New South Wales by A. Cunningham, C. Fraser, and Order APOCYNACEA. Triste PLUMERIEZ. OCHROSTA, Juss. b.Powert (a. sp.) (After R. = Bowen a resident in - district, tom whom a specimen of the fruit was first obtained in 1894.) A ae small tree or tall ea branchlets pm we Leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate e, about 4 or 5 in. long, chlo to a petiole of 2 or 3 lines; apex blunt but more or less aad ene on both sides, the under somewhat paler in colour, ‘transverse veins only faintly visible, although the = of “the leaf is not thick. Flowers in dichotomous cymes age g tho branchlets; primary peduncle very short, often wareely exceeding 1 line in length; secondary pedun gare about Ppa long, frequently only one of these produced, d, whi again Hy “the ar 2 or 3 nearly sessile or shortly pedicellate Sonaes at end. Braets and bracteoles minute with scarious margins. Calyx- “gents 5 or 6, obtuse, thickened in the centre, the ig trans- t. Corolla not seen. Ovar ary glabrous, Fruit 2, drupe-like 7 Nag oe red, ovoid-oblong, caeinbe. nearly fete, 12 or ong, endocarp nearly smooth. Seed similar in x to the fruit flat, about half the e Tength of of the fruit, only one in ‘f i examined. Flowers are much desire ooh otha Field bes Excursion, Nov. 18 995. This new species doting, peor F. v. M., in hav aving opposite leaves, but ailfers from the "ption given of f that a any other species known to me Order BIGN RELATES oetee sh NIA, F. v. F. Capsule a d H _ broad, , tapering eee med endis, wet smooth, opening Wels: very concave valves, as in Tecoma; the seeds also si aying each other in several rows, as in that genus. Seeds = nated wrinkled, surrounded by a membranous wing W ie 3 ‘ pated on either side to nearly half-an-inch, and broad as the seed at the centre between them. Dissepiment broad, thick, — “atraien attached to the valves or one of them than : a the plants of this order. ae fae that tru oe Creek, Cairns, Z. J. Nugent. I believe this is the first of Haussmannia has pes found. : Order PEDALINEZ. MAR'TYNIA, Lino. . See @, Glox. Unicorn plant. A coarse seek Peed Sig es cordate, roundish, often oblique, entire or obscurely 4 to 12 in. in diameter. Bracts oblong linear. 12 Canalis 1$ to 2 in. long, dull white, spotted within with some yelloy r purple, also varying to light- yellow ; endocarp crested on te posterio suture only. Hab Pah naturalised. Native country, Mexico. The stigmatic hs of the a sais to close when touched. Order EUPHORBIACEA. EUPHORBLIA, Linn. E. Muelleri, ate: Flora Austr, vii. 48. “A dwarf plant thick woody rhizome and procumbent or ascending rather age of 1 to 2 in., densely eitascent with short hairs or nearly glab Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, rather crowded, ovate 0 orbicular or upper ones oblong, rather thick entire, 2 to 5 lines long, very 9) heads larger than in 2. australis and 2. Drummondii, solitary pedicellate in the upper axils, forming almost a terminal leafy Involucre about 1 line long, glabrous or pubescent. Capsule y long, glabrous or shortly hairy. Styles short. Seeds i Fugose The foregoing is the description given in the above work, which the Georgina River specimens seem only to differ in & minor - oints te. the limestone country about Roxborough Downs. E. Coghlani (n. sp.) (After J. Coghlan, to whom I a for many specimens of Georgina plants.) A small gto or poe covered with short white hairs. | Leaves oppos pe to : pe long, oblong to ovate, obtuse oF 4p} hairs similar to those coriaceous. Stipules rather long, tapering from th pauee very deciduous. Flower hanla shortly pedicella oose irregular cymes, terminal upon the upper branc coloured. Capsule 3-lobed, about 1} lines broad. Styles ? divided to about the m1 idle. Seeds pruinose, vine smooth. b.: Li er. ae other Australian species in S smooth seeds. In habit it apP E. filipés, Benth., but forms a much more med bush than thats Order ORCHIDEZ. PHAIUS grandifolins, Lour. I am led to make a few remarks upon this order to g ee attention to a form now w (October) b bush-house at Bowen Park. Mr. W. Soutter tells me ae the ag * Stradbroke Island some years mas at: whic : hat are termed double flowers. Thes 0 occur aS frequently in orchideous genera thap in ge orders; and while this malformation gives a fulness t° ie . 18 -eannot be said to add to the beauty of the flowers so distorted. This < = is recorded in European works as producing similar flowers in m to the top of the ‘column. The column, like that of. the owering variety (Phaius grandtfolius, var. Bernaysii), shows ‘ ) lesson we learn . Soutter’s plant is that these malformations are, as regards plants of Phaivs, persistent and may te ted, and the number of plants increased in the usual way 1 perpetua considered desirable. Order PALME. ‘ ae CALAMUS, Linn. Our indigenous species of this genus are sufficiently described ae c ora oy Island and this in the lant; for Bentham’s description ith any of the ‘ Australiensis” most certainly does not agree wit. as Species. : ss Moti, Bail. Stems reclining, but ultimately climbing to 4 great heat 6 or 7 ft. long, includin e are ed os 2 ft. Segments linear-lanceolate, 20 mn. "ong, 2° or more nearly opposite pairs ; vith fine dark sete; Ri with minute distant teeth Hue petiole armed with recurved prickles ; th of irregular length, dense or in more or Rocking? ens, F. v. M., for perhaps the Fitar Poe Bay Pi less false-whorls. 14 CG. Faboolum, Bail. Stems reclining, but ultimately climbing to a great height. Leaves about 4 ft. including the petiole, usually under 6 in. long, flattish, bearing upon the margins s sh rm numerous sharp approximate prickles ; sheaths densely covered mith dark-brown or black needle-like prickles 1 or more inches lo Order CYPERACEZ. CYPERUS (PYCREUS), Linn. a C. flavicomus, Mich.; Kunth. Enum, ii. 15, Flora Aust, ™ 261. A tall perennial. Stems prominently 3-angled, 2 to 8 ft, high ‘Leaves much shorter, rather narrow. Umbel large and loose, ott compound, the longer rays often 4 to 6 in. long, with numen and the lowest sometimes 4 or 5 lines broad. Spikelets spre ro lanceolate, flat, 4 to 1 in. long, and at length 2 lines broad, 1 Ea : HUES as long as the glume.—Benth. 1.c. Hook. Flora of Brit. Ind. vi. 594. Hab.: Roxborough Downs, Georgina River. Order GRAMINEZ. PANICU P. jubiflorum, Zrin. Referred to in Flora Austr. This excellent fodder grass seems to ho spikes arranged as in P. gracile, but longer, and the ges : hae 15 Me sometimes notched, the awn very fine, 3 to 4 lines long. Terminal : empty glume very obtuse or truncate, slightly emarginate, the aw _ nearly as long as that of the flowering glume. i Hab.: Banks of the Burke, Boulia. ’ ASTREBLA, F. v. M. _ perplexing. When recently out on the Diamantina and Georgina I _ placed them under the one which was first discovered—viz., A. 4 Seng F.y. M. (the Danthonia pectinata, Lindl., in Mitch. Three Exped. ii, 26), : DIFFERENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS. _ A p. var. pectinata. Common Mitchell Grass. Spikelets Woolly, closely imbricate, forming a broad spike 8 or 4 in. long, glossy ae when sterile or before the spikelets mature; the spikes bearing matured Spikelets, very rough, and resembling a scrubbing-brush, smooth on the _ one side. Plants forming erect tussocks of 2 or 4. Dp. var. triticoides,. Wheat-eared Mitchell Grass. Spikelets _ Woolly, scarcely so closely imbricate as the last, or In some dis ant ; _ torming the same solitary, broad flat spike 5 or 6 in. long, and bearing ¥ the Tough woolly burrs all on the one side. Plant taller and coarser 4 than the last, attaining the height of 4 or 5 ft. _ A. ). var. curvifolia. Curly Mitchell Grass. Spikelets woolly, Close or distantly arranged along one side of each spike. Spikes z y 2, narrow, often nodding, 8 or 9 in. long. Plant forming Sage tufts 1 or 2 ft. high, the leaves narrow and much curved. Ap. var. el ing Mitchell Grass. Spikelets yds . Clymoides. Weeping Mitchell G1 P : na narrow, nearly glabrous, ung cat parallel pairs appressed to thachis. Spike slender, solitary, often attaining more than 1 ft. in eugth. Plant decumbent, the stems several feet long. z ncaa meth of the awns or their direction is not constant enough to use for a Una SPOROBOLUS, B. Br. ee ee . onder the name S. virginicus, Kunth. in the “Flora Austratiens! pa 621, and other publiewtions upon the flora, three distinct reed Pathe —two of these being only met with in or near brac i. T, and One in or near fresh water. me ttginicus roper is the stout-stemmed erect grass, with near eaten eee asek leaves, found on the brackish marshy lands 18 coast. Of this there is a smaller form. . aw itsinicus, var. minor, Bail., which is found in similar “Pa ous, but often further from the coast. Both have paige "8 and more or less elongated stems by which the plants spread. 16 5s The spike-like inflorescence is usually of a somewhat dark Neither of these grasses will thrive far from brackish water, but such localities they form excellent fattening pasture. } pee plants in a similar manner to the common straw thin and often 1 line broad on the trailing stems. The inflorescence is a very narrow, loose, spike-like panicle 2 to 4 in. long. Glumes narrow and nearly or quite transparent. The whole plant 1s pale. coloured. Hab.: About the Diamantina and Georgina Rivers, where it is considered excellent pasture grass. : Probably this and the va. minor of S. virginicus given above constitute part the grass mentioned in Fl. Austr. vii. 621 as var.? pallida, a name that onal not now be used for a species, there being one already so named, NOTES ON TWO REMARKABLE GROWTHS OF FERNS - BELONGING TO THE GENERA ASPLENIVM AND POLYPODIUM. | _ The remarkable fantastic forms which plants at times assume entirely defy one’s power. of adequately giving in words anys Bip nening a vivid description, and thus recourse must be 2) oO i B 6 g 5" 8 =f uo] E et ea] bot m oe = hele a B ° ber @® @ 4 we Ru o B ch > =) B 2 5 FI th e h these sports the wild state and brought them under cultivation, and it, 7 " acknowledged that the plants"thus obtained have amply repaid al’ care and trouble bestowed upon them. Those I now desire ba . attention to ar is bush-house. Mr, E. Cowley, of Kamerunga, from whom “T° the specimens, says that the forked fronds (Plate I., Fig. 1) ate 9) ate formed, but those with the laciniate margins (Plate i. ee f very numerous, The normal form with entire margins he spor Fig. 3) are also found on the plants. I have named : nique Asplenium i, ah ba var. laciniatum, and hope th ve eee : form will not be long before it gets into the nurserymen § a t us become one of the adornments of the bush-house. e second of these growths is a sport from the Synopsis of the Queensland Flora, page 64, under 0 of t , page 64, un ae | Polypodium trioides, yar. lobatum (Plate If.). The na % 17 y t oe following abnormal form of ferns of this character are : evehly peculiar to Queensland :—Alsophila Rebecca, vat.commutata; 7 odia aspera, var. heterophylla ; Asplenium simplicifrons, var. laci- Matum ; Asplenium attenuatum, var. Schneider; Aspidium molle, ‘ aye Stradbroke Island ; Polypodium confluens, var. lobatum ; Poly- ol pode tum, var. Vidgeni ; Polypodium rigidulum, var. eristatum; vietium trioides, var. lobatum; Platycerium grande, A very hy growth of this fern may be seen in the bush-house at Bowen Order MUSCI. -GRIMMTA, Ehr. Uvinata, Hook. and Tayl., var. obtusa; @. cygnicolla, Tayl. "+ Gladfield, 0. J, Guwyther. : G, e Hab, ; G a, Tayl, eld, 0, J. Guyther. sually short, green, monccious or diccious mosses, of Bone Cperealon obliquely beaked. Calyptra ‘hited, pareumn, a and ace Very minute ; stems densely i ae, rather obtuse, sometimes crisped when dry ; margins flat. in N porculum coni eine nearly as long as the capsule, — “, 10 -4. Flora, : a Gladfield, c. 7. Guy ther, 18 2 TORTULA, Hedw. T. (Desmatodon) nervosa, Bridel. Stem + in. high. Leaves — ae Gladfield, C. J. Gwyther. TORTELLA. T; ars eat Broth. (n. sp.) Hab.: Gladfield, C. J. Guwyther. MACROMITRIUM, oe . (Goniostoma) Whiteleggei, Brot Ss ae : Bellenden- eg Bartle Frere Mountains, Stephen Johnson. (V.F. Brotherus 5 FUNARIA, Schreber. are F. calvescens, Schw. (placed by some authors as & rarely of F. hygrometrica, Hedw. Patlicel straight ; capsule pate Sia er. erect; leaves spreading, rather longer and narrowed, twiste From a railway cutting, Eumundi, Field Nat. Excursion. BRYUM, Linn. B. argenteum, var. Hab.: ait here ©. J. Gwyther. METEORIUM, Brid. Mf. apillaria) intricata, Mitt. : Eumundi, on twigs, Field Nat. Excursion. i R, tenuifolium, = Hypnum calls : Hook ee Stems matted, small, slender, arching, prostrate, 41 ne or short. patel nee, 1-2 in. long; branches compresse®, ‘i * serralate, eaves k-green, subsecund, ovate-cordate, acumina ie erichetial concave ; nerve proreieed beyond the middle ; cells ge : he Cap- rec ed, g-acuminate. Fruitstalk 3 to res in. hig? ¥ i slender sule cernuous, ovoid-oblong, curved ; opereulum beak. Inflorescence monecious.—Hook., N. Z. Flo Hab,: Gladfield, C. J. Gwyther. § RHAPHIDOSTEGIUM. R. acicula, 0. Muell. Hab.: Bundaberg, J. Keys; Gladfield, C. J. Gwyther. R. sang eggs Broth. (n.sp.) : Bundaberg, J. R. exalare, 0. ee Hab.: snr, J, Keys, LESKEA. L. ealochiora, C. Muell. nee, 0.2; Gwyther. 19 GIGASPERMUM. G. repens, Lindl. Hab.: Gladfield, C. J. Gwyther. Order HEPATICA, FRULLANIA, Raddi. P. squarrosula, Hook. and Tayl. Stem 1 in. long, 2-pinnate. Leaves olive-green or almost black, patent and recurved, squarrose, _ Mnuate in the middle; lobule small, on the incurved m rgin of the leaf kidney-shaped or hooded rown ; involucral with an ovate acute lobule. Stipules orbicular ovate, 2- Perianth oblong-ovate, _ obtuse, smooth at th : e back, convex and obscurely 2-keeled above; ventral face with one keel.—Hook., in N. Z. Flora. Hab,: Eumundi, Field Nat. Excursion. SYMPHYOGYNA. 8. flabellala, Mont. (Hymenophyton). Stem 1 to 3 in. high- Frond orbicular or reniform, 3 to 5-partite in a fan-shaped manner, in. broad; segments linear, 2-fid, nerved, obtuse. Fruit in the forks ; involucral scales 2-lobes.—Hook., in N. Z. Flora. ab.: Near Brisbane and Nerang Creek, H. Schneider. Order LICHENES. Various sources by Mr. J ohn. Shirley, B.Se., District Inspector of Schools, Queensland, Tring LECANORE. Mull. Arg. in Bot. of Socot. p. 359. ee LECANORA., Mull. Arg. Lich. Gen. p. 42. : L. atra, Ach., vy, serialis, Mull: Arg. Thalline ae Piting or indistinctly disposed in radiating or subreticulately join Hab. On rocks, Thursday Island, Knight, No. 268. 4 L. subfusca, deh, v. conjungens, Mull. Arg. | Thallus some bord thin, firm, very closely rimulose, otherwise smooth, wi i ge dry Me apothecia finally large, margin at length undulate ; disk whe a lamina greenish above. ‘ | ab.: On rocks, Thursday Island, with v. gangalea. : T™m ; a. Wide or less, sessile, densely spread; margin caddies bes _? “mooth or at length obsoletely rugulose, always prominent, 20 \ obtuse; disk at least slightly concave, albido-pallid, or finally fulvescent-fleshy, nude; epithecium_hyali ne-fulvescent, otherwise a spores 8, 138 x 73 ees ellipsoid. : On bark, Knight, No. 3 L. SS ecinvoatia, Mull. Arg. Thallus ete cinereous, thin, continuous, very delicately areolate-rimulose, margin eiuse ; ape othecia moist or dry, is black and nude, from flat becoming Shally oe epithecium olive-brown, lamina "elsewhere hyaline ; ——_ 8, 10-12 x 6-7 a} oe oid. : On xocks, Thursday Island, Knight, No. 279. slightly undulate and smooth ; disk fulvo-rufous and nude ; epi hee Phe fuscidulous or subhyaline, elsewhere hyaline; spores ©, 8, 6-8 p, ellipsoid, commonly with thick border . Hab. On rocks, Thursday Island, Knight, Nos, 213, 234, 258, 271; Batley 0. L. flavido-fusca, Mull. Arg. Thallus flavid, thin, and continuous at first smooth, then crowdedly anata or finally granose-ragulose : bordered by a black line ; ; apothecia 3-2 mm., sessile, plane ; a flavid, entire, thickish, prominent ; * disk plane, fulvescent-fas™ 78 nude; epithecium, flavid-fulvescent, lamina hyaline; spores % 8, x 7-9. #, subglobose or elliptical. Hab. : On the bark of small branches, Toowoomba, Hartmann. RINODINA, Korb. Syst. p. 122. ; R. diffractella, Mull. Arg. Thallus cinorascent-fuscon minutely areolate-diffract; areola, #-i mm. wi ans 5-sided, flat ant te. shining ; apothecia at first innate and the is spuriously margin sk finally surrounded by a subregular or sabentite thalline border ; iiack- plane, es or subangular, black and nude; ep! ithecium b bro ypothallus hyaline ; spores 8, 7-10 x 4- 4h mm., 2-0 Hab.: ae rocks, Mount Gravatt, Shirley, No. 1908. PERTUSARIA, DC. a Fi. : (s.Le “Es & Mull.A Thalluswh mith rose-purple prominences, moderate, rugulose, elsewhere 8 ey 4 mooth, margin det soft ; yerruce 1 mm _, numerous, Spare subunda et = unequal, or in part bel verrucose, vertex rae a i ae q Hab? On bark, Knight, Nos. 30, 22, 307, 308, 309, 21 P, (s. Pertusz) plicatula, Mull. Arg. Thallus straw-yellow, thin, ape and smooth, shining, usually rimose and plicate-rugose; verrucae , hemisphe rical, base constricted, apex truncate, centre irregularly v undue or plicate- depressed, with many ostiola; ostiola small, ‘03-08 mm., neither impressed nor emergent, blackish ; spores 2, lobgutelinear, 110 x 35 He within smooth. : On bark, Knight, No. 4 P. os. Pertuss) ateink: Mull. Arg. Thallus white, very thin, smooth; verruce separate, ellipsoid- -hemispherical, 13 x°8 mm., regular and smooth, base not constricted, obtuse, not at all eescaits above, in the say pierced by 2-5 subconfluent ostiola; ostiola blackened, small m part large and soutlueh t, not emergent ; spores 4, 85 x 82 By strongly plicate-costulate ab.: On dead wood, aoatbi Shirley, No. 1754, pro p. P. (s. ee ate). naibnieh tesa Mull. Arg. Thallus argilla- ceo-albid lg inu parallel-rugulose ; ce ds stine ct or _geninate semis in small pyramids, ae r r x disk, + Wide ; spore a8. uniserial, 70 x 25 p, within finely ~pieatescomvilite b. : On bark, Toswoontba, Hartmann. P. (s. Depressi) leiocarpella, Mull. Arg. Thallus fusces- cin eri “nstricted, vertex broadly truncate, centre broadly but rege €presso-concave, the depression broadly and obtusely marginate whole concolorous with the thallus, ar levignte, 3-5 fruited ; eae Sheed confluent ; j bt 4-6, 70 x 32 », within smooth. at On ae Seiaharis rfocioonibe, akg? Be 1870. hc oikia 8. Leioplace) leucoxantha, Mull. dry. Tha eat i cant, moderate, continuo, = length nightly rimulose, sGietace haa > Verruce 1 hemispherical, base limitate, apex not 'vonigesa saooth or "ebay ihe concolorous ; ostiola 1-4, ieee approximate, neither prominent nor impressed ; spores in one » 60 x 27 », within smooth. ae On rocks, Thursday Island, Knight, No. 2 LP “eloplacz) amblyogona Mull od ate omen y rit eee) Sones superiices ee a a aaa i vex, base ; tricted, a irregularly 6-8 angular, not sarnauae lecrate-puneta e, an i: sg Whiter than the thallus ; a sulphur-coloured, not emer- 3 gee 1-2 ovate 8,70 x 32 », within smooth. * On bar oomba, mae + 22 P. = Seriales) sinfiiens, Mull. Arg. Thullas flavid, ee rimose and undulate in transverse subparallel ridges, the 8 “ smooth ; verruce tol mm., in part oblong-orbicular, often cone 2-4 times longer than wide and anpedsial base slighly wees outline ge surface obtusely foe haa rigid, concolorons ,W : ular opaque, 3-4 mm., rarely solitary and then ienapr ‘ce , however, confluent in longitudinal series, es eS, secuilale: ‘ostiola ac acute and rather prominent, ‘15- 18 spo p, within smooth. : ‘Os dry wood, Goodna, Shirley, No. 1754 pro p- ‘cre P. 5 Graphica) macra, Mull. Arg. Thallus pimp cinereous, Poco dea ny. areolate-rimose ; areole irregular, Ha® * . le : spherical, ‘eating oeteeilad or eeakiteti gular, gon gradually into allus ; vertex depressed and ostiola confluent, a i angular or oblong arta a disk ; margin pallid; hs acute ; spores 1-2 seriate, 8, 32-36 x 17-20 », within smoo t Hab, : On rocks, Tiaaday Island, Knight, No. 262. .Tripz LECIDEEH. . — Arg. Lich. Gen. p. 50. LECIDEA. Mull. Arg. in Bot. Socot. p. 367 e L. (s. Biatora) aspidula, Krp/., v. dispers ’ Thallus dealbate and Tspeieasavenlate Hab.: On rocks, Thursday Island, Knight, No. 283. Mull. Arg: wish | L. (8s. Biatora) insulana, Mull. Arg. Thallus ye : white or ashy-white, tartareous, thickish, usually areolate, iffract?- jplate ose; areole with flat surface, subcont iguous, outline 7 “ba 7 flexuose, within white; apothecia to 1 mm., from} innate” 7 23 emergent, flat, finely marginate or immarginate, when young fuscous, usually blackish, nude, not pale when moist but sli aily greenish-black ; ieee above leek- -green, elsewhere hyaline; spores 8 ellipsoid, 10- 12 x p. Hab.: On ay iPuubbday Island, Knight, No. 284, 286, pro p. L. (s. Lecidella) nesophila, Dull. Arg. Thallus white, thin, rimose- -interrupted, flattish or as if slightly granose-unequal ; apothecia: to ‘5 mm., sessile, when young flat and thinly a. gute concave, nigro- CHSIUS ; eitheci and other raise us; Spores 8, ellipsoid, 10-11 x 6 p. Hab.: On rocks, Discnlay Island, Knight, No, 237. BLASTENIA. Mass. Syst. Lich. Blast. p. 13. B. ochroleuca, Mull. Arg. Thallus ochroleuco-albid, thin, con- tinuous, here and there delicately rimulose ; hypothal allus black ; Tab, On rocks, Thursday Island, Knight, No. 339. BUELLIA. Mass. Ric. p. 80; Mull. Arg. Lich. Gen. p. 63. “ amblygona, Mull. ada, Thailus whitish diffracto- pean ; owing black between the areole, thick ; -areole sabre angular, irregular, slightly convex, at the ma rgin obtuse, often fissure or diftracto -divided, adorned with 2-5 black spots ; apothecia small, 1 3 Wide, sessile, flat, and thinly margined, black and nude ; a sled and hypothecium brown, spores 2-seriate, 8, 12 x 6 s “= oa rocks, Thursday Island, Knight. ere 3 rosporoides, Mull. Arg. Thallus white-pallid, moderate, | in difracto-verrucoce’ verruce bas young flat and subcontiguous, it en ag large aud turgid, much smaller than the apothecia; : © ost to 1 mm., sessile, flat, and thinly mar argined, Figen inate, opaque, black, or the back of t MaBs5 cides and hypothecium se ees —_— b. . ag Thursday Island, Knight, Nos. 206, 210, 24 Tris THELOTREMES. Mull. Arg. Graph. Fee. p. 8 and 5. OCELLULARIA. Mull. Arg. L.B. No. 363. O. jugalis, Mull. Arg. Thallus glauco-albid, thin, rimulose and smooth; apothecia either in thalline prominences, oF lohgi- tudinally seriate, to ‘8 mm. wide, rather straight, slightly prominent, surface plane; margin obtuse and wide, within separated; bas ng length pale; ostiola black or nigro-fuscous ; central columella ve pense 4-8, 30-35 x 5-6 », narrow fusiform, at both ends acute, 94 ocular. Hab.: On bark, Sankey’s Scrub, Shirley, No. 1836. O. annulosa, Mull. Arg. Thallus bluish-white, thin, unequtl broken, surface obsoletely rugulose, shining; apothecia “4 MMs hemispherical emersed, regular, usually wide open; margin acu length 4-6 fissured; base snowy; perithecium above nigro elsewhere indistinct ; spores, 2, 95 x 9 p, slender, 20-26 locular. Hab.: On bark, Mount Gravatt, Shirley, No. 1894. ~ Z THELOTREMA. Mull. Arg. Grap. Fée, p. 4. or snowy, cirewmsciss, simulating cyphelle or pseudo-cyP™ "| margin radiately fissured, ostiolum dageased. broad, clothed with * Snowy stratum ; interior wholly hyaline; spores 8, 25 * 18 th locular, loculi 2-8 locellate. Hab.: On bark, Darling Downs, Bailey, No. 700. ostiola black, ‘06-1 mm. wide, slightly depressed, orbicular © very uarrow, decol “eo depressed and obtuse; perithecium fulvescent ; no colume we 8, 18-17 x 5-8 p, 2-5, usually 4-locular, loculi broad, 2- locellate. Hab.: On bark, Brisbane scrubs, Bailey, No. 773. Syn.: Ocellularia terebratulum, Shirley. mee TZ. profundum, Shirley. Lich. i bas priority ove = | | y. Lich, i'l. Qld. p. 131, bas prt 3 profundum, Mull. "Arg., Sertum 5 Ga a (315). SyD- : Anite profundum, Stirton, Addit. Lich. Fl. Qld. p. 5. 25 LEPTOTREMA. Mont. and van der Bosch in Mont. Syll., p. 865 (1855) ; et Lich. Jay. 2, p. 57. L. patulum, Mul. Arg. Thallus white or whitish or exsious, very thin, opaque, determinate ; apothecia gaping, denudate, cesio- Puinose, innate, to -5 mm., proper margin sparingly elevated ; spores 1-4, often 2, brown, oblong, parenchymatous, 58-130 x 20-27 fe Hab.: On bark, Darling Downs, Bailey, No. 722. of, Polycarpum, Mull. Arg. Thallus moderate, from glaucous to yelowish-white, smooth, crowdedly fertile; apothecia to 3 mm., orbicular, from immersed to moderately emergent; thalline margin thick, obtuse, entire, above depressed and decolorate-albescent, often circumsciss, base nigrescent ; spores brown, in narrow asci, 1-seriate, 8, 10-13 x 5.8 #, 4-locular, loculi 1-8, bilocellate. Hab.: On bark, Knight, No. 80, + Ritidulum, Jfui/. Arg. Thallus thin, whitish, smooth, and minutely Tugulose; apothecia densely spread, and hore and there : m. wide; apex not epressed, q » blackish ; true margin above black ; thalamium produced into the base of the thick black columella ; spores brown, 15-22 x 8-12 p, psoid, 4-locular, central loculi bilocellate. : b.: On bark, Knight, No, 22. pomemalum, Mull. Arg. Thallus white, thin, and continuous, 4 “aay » Smooth or obsoletely rugulose ; apothecia to 1 mm., nano- P p Ole } epithecium clothed with a white stratum; spores 4, rarely | AB 40-60 x 10-13 #, 14-16-locular, central loculi 2-3 locellate, the a others simple, Hab.: On bark, Knight, No, 217. Trrz GRAPHIDER. Mull. Arg. Graph. Fée, p. 13; and Bot. Socot. p. 372. a = PLATYGRAPHA. Pag bs yl Ess. p. 188; Mull. Arg. Graph. Fée, p. 13. an Shirl a, Mull. Arg. allus yellowish-white, thin, con- ng, “3-35 mm e, simple or bifureate, variously curved, * *. - i te . i “nting beneath the hypothecium, which is obfuscate ; itis tly Counected ; asci 8-spored ; spores 28-33 x 45-5 n, Aigitiform, 6-8-locular. Sankey’s Scrub, Shirley, No. 1849. wd 26 6 : q | MELASPILEA. 4 Nyl. Prod. p. sh et Scand. p. 263; Malan ae Mull. Arg. B. No. 535; and Graph. Fée, p. 4. a MM. (s. pa) congregantula, Mull. Ar. 4 hitish, like a faint halo, subrugulose, shining, nal evanescent; q apothecia to ‘8 mm. long, ‘012-017 mm. wide ; simple te, oo wholly black, here and there densely congreg tod margins — from almost shut to broadly gaping, subundulate, nude “ike the disk; perithecinm wanting at the base; spore g 8, 8-11 x 4-5 #, oblong: resembles a minute form of MW. CONGO but apothecia and < 4 are smaller. Hab. : On bark, Knight, No 102, pro ze MI. (s. Melaspileopsis) stellaris, Mull. Arg. Thallusw white, forming a very thin halo, smooth and shining, usually evanescent; — apothecia stellate-ramose or almost simple, black and opaque, ‘3 mm. wide, branches ‘15-2 mm. wide ; lips fine, at length wide apart; perithecium everywhere thick and complete, black ; paraphyses co” nected; spores 8, brownish, 10-12 x 5} p, obovoid, 2-locular. ’ Hab.: On bark, Knight, Nos. 102, 293, 296, 312, 338. OPEGRAPHA, Nyl. Ess. p. 188; Ach. Univ. p. 43, pro. p- . 0. la cteella, Mull. Arg. Thallus milk-white, very thin, era and smooth, at length evanescent in spots ; lirelle appressed se ae ‘1-13 m m, wide, i in length at times 4 times saviP black and Hi? denel-ctin sical; lips closely eonnivent ; per rithecium_ black-brep : at the base complete ; Spates m black-brown ; pater S; co 8; 12-14 Xn" py at ie ends obtuse, 4 ocular. a : On bark, Cairns, Sticty, No. 1822. 4 Oo. Sonne. Ach. Thallus a sordid pale-brown, C3 ene membranaceous; apothecia sessile, thick, eae a straight ; the margin connivent, elevate; disk closed, sub ; ace oo 65 x 8 : On bark, Cairns, Shirley. QO. minutula, Mull. Arg. Thallus bluish-white, very t sn a ] and = first continuous, then rimose 5 lirelle black, closely 9P simples | a ei Hab.: On bark, Darling Downs, Bailey, No. 721. a O. (s. Lecanactis) microcarpella, Mull wet "9" eg 08 white, except where coloured by the ewsious pruit of sa row’ = Slee ee , obsoletely rugu ~~ Licata apothes cloth m. br orbicular, at firs sious from wde eth thes: ‘suds, peau black, when veute immers ned pee ot fe hemispherical, then flatter, and the outline somewhat © obinee tr 27 _ orrarely elongate ; perithecium complete, everywhere black ; spores in cylindrical asci, 8, 20-24 x 33-43 yp, slenderly digitiform, at both _ ends obtuse, faintly halonate, 6-7-locular. Hab.: On bark, Goodna, Shirley, No. 1757. GBRAPHIS. Mull. Arg. L.B. No. 454; and Bot. Socot. p. 377. G(s. Aulacogramma) descissa, Dull. Arg. Thallus _ Whitish ashy or fulvescent whitish, very thick, strongly plicate- - ‘Tugose, the surface itself smooth; lirelle 2-4 mm. long, simple or _ tregularly branched, variously curved, subintricate, immersed, then moderately prominent, clothed with a stratum of the thal us, 1 mm. 1 wide, the vertex at length nudate, black, and on both sides longi- _ tudinally sulcate-desciss ; perithecium thick at the base, ‘25 mm. wide, : lips clauso-connivent, back 1-suleate or entire; spores 8, obtusely orm, 8-locular, 35 x 8 p.. Hab. : On bark, Knight, No. 339. G(s. Aulacogramma) rimulosa, v. brachycarpa, Mall, Arg, Thalluss sordid a fissured, but not divided into areole ; _ §pothecia to 1 mm., from almost orbicular to ovate, seldom branched, ‘me end usually obtuse, emergent, dull black, nude; lips tumid, ~ _ “onnivent, or slightly gaping. ___-Hab.: Cairns, Shirley, No, 1821. @. (@, Aulacographa) vinosa, Mull. Arg. Thallus whitish, _ ‘Nery thin, siiinaons me fle lirellee to *25 mm., 2-4 times longer, -fure back thalline clothed, the extremities acute; lips connivent, nd ie sulcate and entire; perithecium black, deficient beneath ; lamina Mhe-red or pallid carmine or cupreo-violaceous in its lower part; asct “£6 spored ; spores 38-45 x 8-10 p, obtusely fusiform, 8-10 locular. - __, Hab.: On bark, Thursday Island, Knight, Nos. 10, pro p., 146, 149 pr. p. 287 os P. 829 pr. p., 887, 341, e &. (s. Eugraphis) immersella, Mull. Arg. Thallus doug @, thin, finally rimose; lirelle linear, thin, resembling those o wi’, Bugraphis) albissi Mull. Avg. Thallus chalky- ssima, Mull. Avg. Th oa thin, powdery, Saale interruptedly evanescent ; lirelle “4 ~ eat}! rst subimmersed and white powdery, then emersed and dupli- Gated With a * : lips conn; al ate, =. sre, SPores_ 8-4, ly 6, fusiform, 80-38 x 7 », 10-locwar. “econ i Sayers, but the mec of the thallus and the slender Bab, orticate lirella separate. : 28 (s. Anomothecium) epimelena, Mull. Arg. Thallos a very thin, continuously effuse and smoothi sh ; apothecia 1-2 mm — long, ‘2-3 mm. wide, simple or 2-3 ayy innate and thalline pede then slightly emergent, and on both sides desciss from the thallus, ate Hab. : On bark, ‘Dike iets das No. 778. Syn.: @. malacodes, Stirton non Nyl., Shirley, Lich. Fl. Qd. p. 148. G. (s. Mesographis) xanthospora, Mull. Are : bluish-white, thin, continuous, sepesioial'y smooth or slightly fo 4 lent; lirelle 2-4 mm. long, ‘25 mm. wide, from innate a ' emergent, simple or bi-tri-furcate, seoney curved, furnished with thick, obtuse, somewhat depressed thalline margin, not wholly clothing the apex of ‘the “sagan lips closely connivent, lightly fa j apex black or cesious; perithecium blackish above; spores > *# 32-40 x 8-9 y, 8- 10-locular. In characters of perithecium appro G. endoxantha, Nyl. Hab. : On bark, Trinity Bay, Sayer. PHEOGRAPHIS. : : Mull. Arg. L.B. No. 454, and Graph. Fée., ee 23. a P. (Celogramma) psendomelana, Mull. Arg. Toe fulvescent-olivaceous, cartilagineous, gibberose-rugose, ple smooth and entire; lirelle slightly emergent, 2- bes mm. long, 5 or divaricately 2- 4 furcate, branches ‘3 mm. wide, acuminate, ¥ del the eurved, outwardly thalline-corticate ; lips ‘arate gaping wi hen Of marginal apex terminating in a black line; disk co black, when moist pallescent ae “aque ubpslval me pe black, laterally thick above and thin below; spores cgi 18-20 x 65-8 y, cylindrical-ellipsoid, - locular. q Hab.: On bark, Sankey’s Scrub, Shirley, No. 1838. GRAPHINA. Mull. Arg. L.B. No. 148, 476; and Si Fée, P- iy el G. (s. Aulacographina stica, Lirellz 1-24 mm. bag 5-6 os ere so Fi or “seg all — at both ends obtuse, strongly thalline cloth all suleate. Outwardly resembles G. lineola, Ac : On bark, Thursday Island, Knight, Nos. 149, 236, 294. PHEOGRAPHINA. Mull. Arg. L.B. No. 476, and Grap. Fée, p- 47. P. (s. Eleutheroloma) caesio-pruinosa V. mon”, Mull. Arg. Lirelle iy ponent ear ole pp ‘6-1'5 mm. one: and for this species abbreviated, sa - oh ends obtuse, or one end acuminate ; spores 80 & Hab. : On bark, Toowoomba, Hartmann. 29 HELMINTH? CARPON, Fée. Mull. “iy L.B. Nos. 1192-4. 1 line, at maith nudate, and cesio-nigricant ; perithecium black, lateral, ranting beneath the lamina ; spore 1, 120 x 45 p, parenchymatous. _-Hab.: On bark, Toowoomba, ‘Shirley, No. 1819. ARTHONIA, | Ach Univ. p. 25; Th. M. Fries eae p. 96; Almquist Se rthon A. gracilior » Mull. Arg. Thallus ae very thin, evanescent ; Apothecia when dry black, when moist blackish, nude, to 1 mm. long, ‘eal mm. wide, astroid 3-4-ramose, or astroid-angulose and simple; . hes straight, rather acute, and mabpiane ; spores 8, 12-13 x 43 p, ; lender, 4-5-locular, the arp loculus aoe Eb. bark, Knight, No, 3 &, Mull, 4rg. Thallus whitish, very thin and continuous, and shining ; apothecia rose-carmine, somewhat thalline- r and oblong, to ‘25 mm., su ast roid or in various ated as in 4. grega ria, rather pruinose ; asci globose- i Spores 8, hyaline, 24 x 6-8 , fusiform, 4-locular, loculi shorter t a ends. ARTHOTVHELIUM. - Ric. p. 54; Th. Fries Heterol. p. 97; Stitz. Flecht. p. 162; Mull. Arg. Graph. Fée, p- 60. orum, Mull. Arg. base glauco-albid thin, rugulose gth subrimose; apotheci to 7 mm., black when dry pored ; spores alin, 12.18 x 45° ‘bs 5-6- shedas, eee 1-2-septa ark, Toowoomba, pee ee Mm, Mull. Arg, Thallus white- sae Se gees super- brugose-unequal ; gonidia chroolepoid ; apothecia Du »-fuscous, when young a ith a nee of Ao secceiog inate we Usually nudate, to ‘5 mm., orbicular, ~~? Tough and opaque, partly ccatnent ; asel globose, 30 8-spored; spores from hyaline finally nigricant, 16-21 x 7-9 4 4-locular ; the Upper loculus large and undivided, the others E tudinally ‘1-2- -septate. se On bark, Darling Downs, Bailey, No. 682. ; A. macrotheca, Mull. Arg. Thallus greatly varying, yellowish or whitish, saiect aS res or evanescent ; apothecis us ude blac k or "fuscescent series, with 3-6 Hab.: On 25 Dalit. tetas No. 1826. is SARCOGRAPHA. Fée Meth. Lich. p. 20; Ess. p. 58, et Sup. p. 43; Mull. Arg. L.B. 1100. S. (s. Sas cope oculata, Mull. et Thallus oe ochroleucous, thin, continuous, smo stromata to 19 here 2 and there Scns: concolorous with the th get and io eit a about 4-8-fruited; apothecia orbicular, when (whence the stromata are nigro-oculate), W n mois first slightly pruinose, to *3 mm., neither emergent nor depressed ; perithecium indistinct ; hepeeeere e and lamina epithecium brown; spores 8, brown, 25-3 -10-locular. Hab.: On bark, Brisbane scrubs, Bailey, No. 783. Syn.: Glyphis ‘labyrinthica, Stirton non Ach, pro. p- CHIODECTON. : Ach. Syn. p. 108; Mull. Arg. Graph. Fée, p. 6. ; Cc. hamatum, Nyl. Thallus white ashy, Ca cet AO allt. arinaceous; apothecia in rotundate, convex flattish i verrucey, vioh are concolorous with the thallus fa * whiter, 10 fusif immersed, with 6-12 black og = each Me sSecare pores res 8, 10 a0 finely attenuate below, the apex ed hi aay ok, a ate, x 35-55 Ke n ee a resembles 0. 8, sphe x dth, baie: icsa ts in one series ; -, apothecia Bark Gcbigalae then very elongate, more or ‘less confluent, br nude; peritheci cium lateral, indistinct; hypotheciu™ spores 8, clavate-acicular, 35-42 x 23-3 p, stra ightish, —_ Hab.: On bark, Mount Perry, Shirley, Nos. 1785, 1838 pr. P» ASTEROTREMA. Mull. Arg. Lich. Pal. Ag. P- 8, No. Thallus none apparent; apothecia ot one or : length dehiscent, astroid-lobate, with small denudate dis very slender, clathrately connected; asci like _ _ spores from m hyaline to brown and brownish, transv a 31 _ A.punctuliforme, Mull. Arg. Thallus white or glaucous, very _ thin, roughish, opaque; apothecia numerous, black, ‘08-138 mm. wide, e ale at first thalline velate, usually nudate, opaque, and bhek, opening in an irregular star-shape, when mature slightly emergent; perithecium lateral, rufo-nigrous; spores 8, in oblong- _ dbovoid asci, 12-13 x 6 p, obovoid, brown, 2-locular. _ Hab.: On bark, Sankey’s Scrub, Shirley, No, 1855. Trrzr PYRENULEA. Mull. Arg. Pyr. Cub. p. 381. : Svus-rrize I.—VERRUCARIEZ. 2 Mull. Arg. Lich. Gen. p. 78; Pyr. Cub. pp. 376 and 398. ARTHOPYRENIA. ) Mull. Arg. Pyr. Cub. p. 376. | ~ (8. Mesopyrenia) suboculata, Mull.Arg. Thallus a pale- : me colour, very thin, continuous, and smooth or smoothish ; apothecia 5 mm., hemispherical, regular, opaque, vertex obsoletely _ impressed and brownish ; perithecium wanting at the base or there : tp atenuate ; paraphyses loosely connected; spores 8, 13-16 x 63-8 », - at both ends obtuse, 4-locular. Hab.: On bark, Knight, No. 199. PORINA. : P . Mull. Arg. L.B. No. 644. . . 4 ig Segestrella) fulvula, Mull. Arg. Thallus pallid oliva- : he continuous, rugulose-scabrid ; apothecia to ‘25 mm., deeply P fifo, ae enerical, appressed-sessile; spores 8, 18-25 x 4-54 p, Hab, : cee i ; Xo, 265, “eae rocks, Thursday Island, collected by Hartmann ; Knight, a (s. Euporina) pallida, Mull. Arg. Thallus pallid-green, a apotheeia” finely rimulose, elsewhere smooth, at length evanescent ; ch. 1a to ‘7 mm., flavescent or whitish-subfulvescent, hemispherical, fulvo oo at length obsoletely gibbose; ostiola fulvous or rufescent- Glocula» Spores 8, when evolute 37-40 x 10 », stoutly fusiform, #9}. On maritime rocks, Thursday Island, Knight, No. 275, pr p. Order FUNGI. POLYSTICTUS, Fries. 0 : veh Tnbilicate ; margin reflexed dentate; stem regular, eylindri tawny i fu ulbous sic Fungi, 183. cinnamon, not at first pruinate—Cooke’s Handb. Austr. leah. - 2 ie, in mae” of the above grew up in a hard rocky yard, during February of 32 : q TRABUTIA, Sace. and Roum. (Named after Dr. L. Trabut, a botanist of Algiers.) : Stroma black, radiating, flattened; perithecia adnate to the ; stroma; ostiolum pierced ; pena ovoid- -oblong, hyaline.—Cookes _ and ungi. T, Pithecolobii (n. sp.), Oke. and Mass. Epiphyllous, innate. Perithecia seated on brown orbicular spots (1 em. diam.), conver, rather crowded, those of the periphery forming a more or less distinct | ring, covered by the cuticle. Asci clavate ; sporidia elliptical, ae : nucleate, continuous, ape a8 x 6 », hyaline. ’ Received from Dr. Cooke for this publicati : Eumundi, on Lee of Pithecolobium Tozeri, Field Naturalists ql Excursion. q LESTADIA, Auersw. (After Dr, C. P. Lestadio.) Sporidia continuous, hyaline. Grnivna. Without paraphyses. " L. destructiva, B. and Br., Cooke’s Handb. Austr. oon 310; e@rella destructiva, Berk. and Br., in pba of Queensl. Flor, — 781. Perithecia minute, seated on bro spots. ce rari (75 long); secre subelliptic, rather aieciel at the ’ 13 p Jong, hyaline.— Le. : Hab.: Ve apy on aily cultivated lucerne. First met with Februay | hi wing Dr, Sonaph Bancroft at Kelvin Grove sand the writer at Indooroopilly, ® q Puysatospora. With paraphyses. es L. xerotifolia, Che. and Mass. On both surfaces. — eed or gregarious, on small east ar: fies cat q ASTERINA, L A. Cryptocarye, ee, Cook Epiphyllous. Spots o eeveee distinct; m med delicate, of a few creeping brown septate Mabe fob nl ranaceous, scutate, gregarious on the spots, marg! regular. ual, clavate; sporidia sublanceolate or subeliptical. “ileal, ge Dr | constricted, , pale-brown, 20-22 x Sp. Received in a4 ae — On leaves of Saas glaucescens at, Eumundi, Bailey " P.evodiz, Cooke na 3: (From the leet fine Evodia.) large, semiorbicular or angular, ochraceous, sometimes Ryser” bya line, on hah surfaces. Perithecia on the upper or bo yo sma gerious, brown, semi-immersed, perforate, 0 and follo lowing ‘the veins ; sporules narrowly ee 66% sl ~—* basi — Received in letter from Dr. on eaves of Evodia ir : setiasieoons for their size and peo —— apical, and sometimes ; cakes of the leaf. The circumscribing line not constant. ADDITIONS TO THE NEW GUINEA FLORA. | DENDROBIUM, Sw. Section PEDILONIUM. D. Dixsoni (n. sp.) Stems slender, more or less enlarging at the centre, internodes short, about 13 in. long, either clothed by the leaf-sheaths or their thready remains. Leaves linear or lanceolate, 4 or 5 in, long, 8 or 9 lines broad, the margin folded in at the base for about the length of an inch, obtuse, and very unequal-sided ers me hear the end of the leafless stems, deep rosy-pink except the labellum, which with a part of the column is of a deep orange. Pedicels with ovary about 6 lines long. Bracts lanceolate, 6 lines long. Sepals about the same length as the bracts, lanceolate; dorsal one slightly meurved, the lateral ones somewhat spreading, all apiculate. Petals - apex; texture thick, but showing neither plates or calli on the disk. - Column short, the wings narrow, reaching halfway up fou : ixsoni, var. eborinum (n. var.) This differs from the Pag form only in having all the segments of the flowers a creamy- The” except the labellum, which in both kinds is of a deep orange. Present variety seems to have rather larger flowers. Hab: New Guinea, C. CIRRHOPETALUM, Lindley. b ie veolens (n. sp.) Rhizome thick, shortly creeping. Pseudo- conical, 3 or 4 in. high, with numerous very prominent — flowers 8 t ‘ the ova ¥; which is short and prominently grooved, about 1} in. long. glossy, yellow, tinged with green, the inner face of all the seg- al ao : 34 lines long and 8 lines broad, the midrib exserted in the form ots % bristle. Labellum versatile, reddish- brown, turning to deep- t e upper point or tooth reac ching above the anther Anther-lid Lage except for a little tomentum in Hab.: New Guinea. plant now blooming in the Botanic Garden green house was brought to Brisbane a few years ago by Sir William tint : It ise 0 e rs E. showy species, but the strong disagreeable odour of its flowers will bly prevent it becoming a urite in cultivation, except where collections of these curious nd beautiful plants are kept. The strong odour of t ers seems th: h 9 epee they become jammed between that organ and ~ column, they are,una extricate themselves, and die in the _—— This stupefying effec is produced by some other similar strong-scented flowers. : GUMS AND RESINS EXUDED BY QUEENSLAND PLANTS _ CHEMICALLY AND TECHNOLOGICALLY DESCRIBED. By Dr, JOSEPH LAUTERER, M.D. eee The inspissated juices of living plants exuded from wounds on the surface or from the inside of disintegrated tissues, mostly dried up by exposure to air, may for practical purposes be classified into four groups— 1. Resins, unaltered by and insoluble in water. 2. Gums, swelling up in or entirely dissolved by water. 8. Gum-resins, composed in the fresh state of an inspissated emulsion of a resinous body insoluble in water, derived from an essential oil, and held in suspension by a watery solution of a kind of arabin. _ 4. Tan-resins, partly soluble in water, leaving an insoluble residue which is derived from a tannin, and which residue is soluble in caustic _ Potash and sometimes in alcohol. A.—RESINS. N I Resins soluble in strong caustic potash with intense colouration. ot derived from an essential oil, but from a tannin. L Alcoholic solution reddish yellow, getting golden yellow on dition of caustic potash. Xanthorrhea arborea, R. Br. 2. Alcoholic solution pure yellow, getting greenish on.addition of ay pilstic potash. Xanthorrhea hastilis, R. Br. : disso} Resins not dissolved entirely by caustic potash and, if ved, showing only a slight colouration. ; * -7ying up only after some days or weeks (soft resins). (4) Fresh resin destitute of a pungent aromatic taste and smell, not reminding of turpentine. Ailanthus imberbiflora, var. - Bail acartneyt, Bail. : () Taste and smell of the fresh resin, reminding of turpentine or lavender or nutmegs. ~ ; (aa) Ferric salt gives colour reaction with fresh alcoholic Solution of the resin. : : ; (1) Ferric salt stains the fresh alcoholic resin solution green. (Smell of lavender.) “Tacamahac,” from Calo- phyllum inophyllum, L. : : : (2) Ferrie salt stains the alcoholic resin solution violet, turning into Indian red and brown. (Smell of turpen- tine.) Syncarpia Hillii, Bail. : (0) RE ark colour reaction with fresh alcoholic resin solution. ‘ . 1) Caustic potash without reaction on the alcoholic resin olution ; r cent. of a colourless essential = smelling like oil of Strasburg turpentine are distille or at 165° ©., and a colourless a resin is left in € still. Canarium Muelleri, Bail. ; (2) Oaustic potash givesa yellow colouration to the alcoholic resin solution. Pittosporum undulatum, Vent. 36 2. Resin drying up soon after it is exuded. (Hard resins.) a. Watery infusion of the resin yellow, exhibiting a a | and very strong blue fluorescence, w ich is des instantly on addition of the slightest trace of aid He salt. Evodia alata, F. v. M. B. Watery infusion of the resin pale, not exhibiting any fluor a ammonia. Caustic mek gives a beautitu reaction with the Blog olic solution. Recerca R. B bb. ao r. Alcoholic solution dark brown, altered by ferric chloride into grey black, which is restored to dark b k brown addition of ammonia. Caustic potash cha hanges the | dark brown of the alcoholic solution into yellow brow! Myoporum platycarpum, R. Br ] b. Resin insoluble in chloroform or nearly insoluble; alcoholic solution pale yalon or a © ° Bb io) ie ol r=] N ei ° a) c. a sd = ® = 5 ct Es = 2 this case on ferric salt, alkaloids, and gelatine). Ferric sce more produced a brown precipitate, and gelatine and sulp cinchonine were added without turbidity. cae Infusion of grass-tree gum acts very peculiarly on eae chloroform. If a few drops of this are added, crystalline Ls pe seen to fall out of the watery liquid and to settle just on t ge : of the chioroform. Some of them are rounded, and loo Bre seythe-stone under the microscope. They behave to ferric $ skp KOH like those taken up by ether, which dissolves them _- re They can be sublimated without decomposition, and they rep We might yellow dyeof natural origin contained in the grass-tree resin. ae it Xanthorrheaxanthin. It is derived from the bags: Lge leaves, like the yellow colouring princi ples—-Qneramy tia (from : tter crimson. A vegetable dye nearly related to the colourmg ™@ the grass-tree resin was Found by me in the gums of pore: bark australe (also in the bark), Ceratopetalum gummiferum, and in The tannin contained in the grass-tree leaves is stained Bae : . Copper acetate gives & slight sia ri oids are not precipitated by it. Gelatine gives a dense yh “ble i alcohol, and there stained brown by KOH and HSV, | treated with the watery infusion of the X. arborea resin 18 se melting acetic ether, beautiful crystals of benzoic acid are taken out, pensole on application of heat, and erystallising again on cooling. and acid present in the resin can be weighed directly by this pr | I found it to be contained in fresh resins at 5-6 per cent. i ‘4 and bleaching powder. > pict a __ From 20 grams of grass-tree resin I obtained 5 grams rio | acid in the following manner :—20 grams of the powders. a recelteh . 45 x ee tetort'as long as there was a smell of N,O, to be observed. When this had disappeared the contents of the still were further heated until 4 brownish-yellow clear liquid was formed, out of which the picric acid crystallised on cooling. or medicinal use the grass-tree resin is not without value. It stops diarrhea if given as a powder in doses o ne OF sINGrS, but there are so many remedies better in this respect thatit is scarcely but as it is’ too easily dissolved in alkaline liquids it is altogether Useless as a varnish. It contains more impurities than the resins of the two described species, It contains a high amount of benzoic acid makes a b : : Sreenis Boiling water dissolves some of the resin with a ‘Yellow colouration. H. arborea, Z. hastilis Resin soluble in alcohol =... Ss. 93° b: 82°0 ic acid Soe me ere, 56 9-4 Tmpurities 05 80 * 99°6 99°4 Ce SOFT RESINS. a «Prom anthus imberbiflora, var. Macartneyi, Bail., Bot. Bull. x. 1 down the stem of this yotipa tis East Australian tree, when it is cut ooking [neonate @ resin exudes in quantities of many gallons, transparent yarnish. It does not get a r % 46 on exposure to air for months and months. When _ to 100° C., 14 per cent. of water are evaporated, and a yellowish qui resin is - _— h as before keeps sticky in open bottles for any length of ti Tt Sawin entirely in rectified spirit and in the immiscible liquids (chloroform, ether, ace etic ether, benszol, and petroleum spirit). It dissolves also in the essential oils (oil "of eucalypt) and in hot Iucea oil, and melts nicely together with paraffin, wax, and t the ats. The so ae in aleohol is not stained by ferric salt, but gets yellow on addition H, Ajlanthus resin is not affected by strong KOH solution, whereas strong H,SO, makes it swell and changes its colour to a light-pink, especially to be noticed on an opal plate. ot water melts the resin as Bers and takes traces of the essential of sugar of lead, a sone carer which by sect yields a sticky resin, led. by in. precipitated —— the ae ceilutiod = lead acetate is not so sticky e Alpha re sass or AILANTHUS REsIN— eS By Essential oil a i «. 286 Beta resin ae jor ies = Be bg Impurities See eo ea > ee 99°6 The essential oil of Ailanthus imberbiflora ot agree in its 29 nT ie 53 of the @ resin dissolved in lucca oil and given to a big dog ae duced schon purging. Very likely it acts as an anthelmintic tf, ile I worked with the hot resin, sublimating The oil with fats, &c., I felt a nauseous sensation coml vi Ps ‘on re) dulosa is said to have a very | decided effect of 1 Tho bares the A. imberbiflora resin makes a good oint and_ sores too quickly drying alcoholic varnishes, e tin, an metal sey sores — a brittle varnish be to fall off waste 1 is in the sun. With wax and ol cahene it makes @ paper labels sepuanaaites on tin boxes dia exudes from its trank a dark-green 0. oleo resi ieee rhe inophyllum, Linn., Fl. Austr. i, 188. The “jedi ment for chro gcrid Ol e cco hard Po Technically, the resin might be adhibited for softening t00 d smooth ly for AS Asie C= BEEN | Bits OMY aoe are hr aeene ebay RE ie) —_-_ _— » "i € so) anh ‘ous ae -_ — 47 ; e co ; solution of the resin is stained beautifully light-blue (on an opal plate or china plate) by ferric chloride, a reaction which it shares with _ ‘$lajac resin. Permanganate of potash is only reduced to a brown mr by tacamahac solution, whereas guajac solution is stained Jeow ; diluted nitric acid produces only a green colouration. If the alcoholic solution be put.on the just broken surface ofa a ~jmiper ge Zetetion to the oil of : Iuniper berries, s show that this oil comes nearest | ui i colour reaction of tacamahac resin with ferric chloride u to the conclusion that it contains a tannate, it or be e ! solution the inop he resin. » ywede gay Se : i i 1 Ved ys that the resin is emetic and purgative. It is mostly fon Fcmaally for plasters, like turpentine. It has found its way ‘it wag a to Europe, and was called “ tacamahaca 10 testis, because pes to the market in gourd-shells covered with rush-leaves. | . atcely to be met with in chemists’ shops, and no chemical s, details respecting this interesting resin have been recorded up to now in the literature Syncarpia “Hillii, Bail, Syn. Ql. Flora, Ist Suppl. p. 2, The “ Peebeen” or Turpentine-tree of Fraser Island. This endemic the top of the praangahoece (the calyces of which are connate) 6 soft yellow resin which gets greenish or light-brown on drying. ty has fhe exact odour and taste of the turpentine from Abies DC. This resin is dissolved with a brown (green) co olour in aleohol, ether, chloroform, benzol, and the suontial oils. Sulphuric acid has no action 0 The fresh alcoholic solution gives a blue-violet colouration, wih ferric acetate turning into Indian red and brown, W which ¢ colour is changed into light-brown on addition of ammonia. Old solution 8 — liable to pire only brown reactions, as FeSO, does in fresh oe H, NH, OH, } aba as ~ as borax, produc uce greenish-yellow colouration, Sate mee on addition of ammoniua — Be hdiiaie: | These reactions are not due to a tannin; they belong to * colouring matter nearly relatedto that of Xanthorrhea, Castanospermum — ereialde ne atopetalum, and Pittosporwm undulatum, The rer ssa ine only a precipitate on addition meatpi These reactions oa i =n between the mae seal 8 and the wallow dye of the resin ovet, | If Synearpia resin is heated, a oe essential fe il dis ol q to which its smell is due. It is not identical w contained in the oil-cells of the foliage ; it es en nls e resin is hard after the elimination of this oil, and Tot scibl § scloohear. It is dissolved easily in aleohol as well as in the 1m 80 ANALYSIS— sin) 105 Volatile colourless oil (estimated by oo8 of wean: of iis s ie “4 Yellow brittle resin be ihe by ga hol) Impurities insol. in i The resin of Syncarpia Hillii can be put to the same services * the Strasburg El ama especially it ag used as a rae on chronic ulcers wg esr like the best Hamburg plaster, been proved in many ¢ Binet Raneeoks pee (in 1891) from id J Jong toils ‘ | Mr. Bailey an oleo resin which he had found ¢ sly 4 - of a tree, and which the Colonial Botanist rege to be 2 0 49 : og Indo-Australian genus Oanarium, and named by him Oanarium The Government Analyst, Mr. Mar, examined this oleo resin, and gave his opinion as follows:—‘‘The substance in bottle marked 3 ntine is a resin resembling elemi in its general chemical es. s much as 402. of the material was then sent by Mr. Bailey to Mr. Maiden, who gave a paper on the subject to our Royal Society, Which was read on 11th December, 1891. In this paper Mr. Maiden Yigorously objects to Mr. Mar’s statement, though the Pharmacopaa To settle the question, I started a new series of investigations resin put kindly at my disposal by Mr. J. F. Bailey, and I found the statement of Mr. Mar to be quite correct, e resin — & Canarium Muelleri is nearly related, and perhaps identical with the ‘a elemi It contains an immense amount of acicular crystals of Baup’s e elemin, melting at 200° C., and soluble in 20 parts of alcohol of 88 vol. per cent., but much less soluble in benzol and in volatile oils a than the uncrystallised resin. The crystals can only be seen under a ae h-power objective, and they look much like the as sige of the ae banana-tree, Very slender and delicate in the strong ‘ Fst they gain a boldly marked aspect under the microscope if they oe been pressed between filter-paper and isolated from _the "aig ous resin. In benzol or lavender oil they look very distinct, and sag fresh resin of Canarium Muelleri is an oleo resin of the colour Pertieg isteney of honey. It is very adhesive, and in physical pro- : se a ge very much the Strasburg turpentine, to which it is 5, related. 7 _, It is soluble in the immiscible liquids, but dissolves slowly - im ordinary alcohol, on account of the slight solubility 0 Uittic guztion, and the iodine compo ; wig (C4, and first discoloured and alien stained pink by sy si > Tincture of iodine is discoloured in a minute. These reactions 50 probably Westerberg’s amyrin. . Amorphous resin, easily soluble in alcohol, and perhaps identical with the colophony of turpentine. ; | Crystallised resin, identical with Baup’s elemin, melting | a 200 degrees C., and not easily dissolved in benzol, but soluble in 20 parts of alcohol of 88 vol. 5a As to the commercial value of the resin, it must be stated that itis the best substitute for elemi, and that it is a very good healing agent for cuts, sores, and chronic ulcers, as it has been proved by exper ments . - is Pittosporum undulatum, Vent., Fi. Austr. i. 111. Mock is end Mr. Maiden remarks, has a delicious odour. Tt dissolves aime entirely in alcohol, ether, chloroform, benzol, and the essential oils, but sometimes up to 17 per cent. of metarabin are left. On application of heat a colourless volatile oil is distilled off, oating on water and reminding one of the smell of the flowers.“ resin left behind is hard and nearly colourless. Its alcoholic solution | : : , owing to is not affected by ferric salts, but is stained yellow by pai” Xan- NaOH,NH,OH) and ammon,. molybdate in HNO,, golden yon antimon. tartar with NH,Cl. no reaction; copper acetate Wit" HCO, no reaction; uran. acetate light-brown. Does not cong gelatine but precipitates sulphate of cinchonine, resembling 12 * respect the yellow colouring matter of Xanthorrhwa .. . . 3 W : e gum present at times (metarabin) contains the same yello : dye and is stained golden by KOH. : | ANALYSIS— . 2 A. Volaileoill ., .2 128 B, Volatileoil «= = Hard resin .. $42 Hard resin ee i Metarabin 25 . : ua 99°5 99°9 _ Grevillea striata, R. Br., Fl. Austr. vy. 462. Beefwood. resin of this endemic Australian tree has been described pe Maiden as quite free from odour and of a dark reddish-brow? 4, It has a bright fracture, but softens by the warmth of the eee which it adheres. It melts at 70° C., but does not at first get tous" / 51 _ Tike pitch. It does not burn well, and melts together with paraffin, wax, and solid fats. It dissolves i in hot lucea oil, to which it imparts its brown colour. It is soluble in aleohol, bee chloroform, oil of eucalypt, but mot in benzol. H 80, dissolves some of it with decom- position and grey colouration. The solution in alcohol is reddish-brown. It isaltered to serele a by ferric ere, and then to pink on addition of ammonia. OH and NaOH stain the alcoholic salatiog first brown and et . Bee, which colour on addition of HCl is changed into red-brown d yello ow. Ammonia gives cls brown siantians: The solution in ‘oll of eucalypt gets violet with KOH, that in lucca oil gets yellow with KOH and violet only on addition of alcohol. If heated over 200, the e boiling resin is chap iar over without dpcompnetsi as the sublimate gives the same reactions as the resin. On stro onger heating the products of dry distillation are obtained, and between them can be recognised catechol and phen The alcoholic solution gives a precipitate with sugar of lead, Which on org elas by H,S yields a brown resin, to be called Alpha-Grevillia ANaLysis— Resin n not precipitated in the piekois solution by oa of aah 79°0 ; Resin precipitated by sugar o es ! 100°0 0 : The Grevillea resin can be used as a substitute for pitch so and even technically where toughness and stickiness is not : or, has analysed the resin (1889). Cold water has no effect . In aleoho elts in boiling water and dissolves entirely (my empie) - Yellow l, ether, and chloroform to a brown iquid, becoming mo : "Glee it alge lution. Benzol and the volatile oils (oil of rales : rae solntion i In alcohol is stained greyish green by ferric a g By B KO colour is turned back into brown b addition of ammon a Ss ~ € brown colour of the siéoholie solution is changed into Rie dissolves d this tlutic, the Myoporum resin (yellow-brown), an . a dissolves well in idoohar No eer reactions with acids or E oporum can in all proportions be easily melted sce eee ms, pa, oils, and sctid: fats The mixtures are be Lucea oil is coloured ee E red-brown by gs mi if dy parts of each are taken a good soft ointment is = * The solution in oil of eucalypt is dark-grey. fame, ao melts under 100° C., and burns with a smoking *8 neanly Part of the resin can at 300° C. be sublimated _ slog the curless resinous drops soluble in all the reagents which Wickly a) 788 of Myoporum. Especially chloroform takes it up oo and leaves it as concentric rings on evaporation, If heated ja your dmsnaatnacr Baas 7 52 " From 20 grams of Myoporum resin I obtained 2°4 grams of pictic | over 300° C. the Myoporum resin splits up and yields phenol. acid by heating it with 240 grams of HNO,. As Mr. Maiden’s resin was not dissolved entirely in alcohol and petroleum spirit, the Myoporum resin (collected by myself on the Lachlan) must undergo variations from the atmosphere and perhaps from bush fires also. Callitris calcarata, B. Br. (Frenela Endlicheri, Parlat.), Fl. Austr. vi. 238. Cypress Pine. This Queensland tree yields a transparent, colourless, fragrant resin, with a vitreous fracture, and a mealy s in the form of tears, somewhat resembling the sandarac of commerce from Oallitris quadrivaivis. It is very easily powdered, and softens in boiling water. It has a specific gravity 0 1:07, and does not melt go easily asthe sandarac of commerce. On cooling it hardens to brittle mass resembling pumice-stone. It is nearly insoluble in chloroform and benzol. Chloroform makes the sandarac swell and crumble to a powdery mass 0” the bottom of the bottle. (Queensland Dammar goes to the top of the resin up in Beta and Gamma resin of Unverdorben. | The identit : these reactions. . The alcoholic solution of the resin is stained beautifully yellow by KOH. Ferric salt gives no reaction. Oil of eucalypt dissolves the Queensland gandarac to & yellow oleo resin. KOH makes it swell, and dissolves it partly to ® ste yellow soap. H,SO, has no effect on it at first, and dissolves after some time with decomposition. If heated to 200° C. 4°8 cent. of a colourless volatile oil is distilled over, floating on water, ind has an odour like the oil of Juniperis communis, reminding one * 0 ANALYsIs— ; —- ee ee . ie pha resin, precip. by sugar of lead & sc ree “ Beta resin, precip. in KOH by CaCl “ae Gamma resin, left in, KOH falling wut ey HCl oc oe oe 35°0 99°7 _ Sandarac was formerly given internally, and entered into the a q of various ointments and plasters. At present it 18 a ad . . with a solution of gelatine. 498. Agathis robusta, Benth. and Hook. Gen. Pl. Syn. Ql Fi. oe. a Petroley; and scarcely any residue is left. I bee tf alcoholic solution is stained a little green! by ferric acetate, 53 1. QuEENsLAND DAMMAR. This endemic Queensland tree, the nearest relation to— the Kauripine of New Zealand (Agathis australis), yields a hard resin in qvantities, exuded from wounds in the bark. It is of ayellowish- white colour, transparent, and of a vitreous conchoidal fracture. It at a moderate heat, and has a smell like that of Olewm carv and Ol. petroselini. ts specific gravity was found by me to be 1:06. very nuch like the commercial dammar, and can be styled Queensland dammar, but it is not identical with it, as no crystals obtained from a solution in boiling alcohol, or from any other solvent, It is dissolved by alcohol, with a small residue, which is partly soluble in water (consisting of arabin). AB insoluble part might be entical with Dulk’s dammarylhydrate. Chl rof fe) S cluding the volatile oil, but it disintegrates it, and the half-solid layer HSO, dissolves it after some time. The bluish-black solution is gr w by alcohol, and then stained pink on addition of KOH. Of n. suealypt dissolves the Queensland dammar. If heated near wid © a eolourl ile oi saaph eeee tless volatile oil distils over im greater q ll between ANALYSIS— tile oil wie aie Gi Resin soluble in chloroform ... . + 68 in insoluble in chloroform... + ake 99°4 Queensland dammar might be used as an ingredient for varnishes. nat: 800d pellucid sitlioaive plaster can be made by melting casemge i of Queensland dammar, 6 parts of Canarium TesiD, parts Wax, and 8 parts of castor oil or Ailanthus resin. a : 2. Qurenstanp Copal. is b E an fossil resin has lately been found in large quantities, but aed is at present only known to the discoverer. Tt looks mu’ ike the New Zealand copal on the surface, but the inner pa t 80 iit" pieces found larger than a man’s head. The Queews (so that it m, and oil of turpentine the resin ‘ aba hues glee Tannin (derived from protocatechuic acid)... 76°8 arabin precipitated from the solution by alcohol without addition of acid or “oni It is not coagulated by ferric salts, but faintly stained em : e watery solution of the gum has a strong blue fluorescence eractly like the esculine from the bark of Aiseulus Hippocastanum. fuorescence is destroyed by slight acidulation, and recovered by heutralisati llow by KOH, whereas the tannin of C. tomentosum gets pink . KOH, N20H, NH,OH produce a magnificent pink colouration ; cyanide of : per m molyh ra Uranium acetate and CuSO, give a light-brown ; ammon. ‘ pink-} Teaction, and ferri-cyanide of potassium in ammonia ~br ; —. albumen of eggs, and alkaloids. It yields a red phlobaphene | aos with dilute HCl. : YS. OR as 18% i i vi * ove eo ee Fluorescent body Sow we oo 2 100°0 This thecarpus Biackii, Benth., Fl. Austr. ii. 271, Bloody-bark. : sia dries up to a brownish gum resembling the a of te. Still, ee : Siderophloia : > There is not more than 4 per cent. of arabin present in the gum, 3 i" by aleohol on standing. ‘ ees decpoti &Kes a still smaller proportion of a resin out of the _ y ‘epost Which is held suspended in it like in an emulsion. ae the ether on & watch-glass in concentric rings after the = ‘apgtte colourin -; gives the same reactions WS that g phlobaphene of L. Blackii gives the Mt riby ge gum of Millettia and as the Bucalypt gums of the gummy Le oe . 58 The tannins of Lonchocarpus, Millettia, and of the Eucalypts of the said group appear to be totally identical. e reactions given by tannin solutions of Lonchocarpus and Millettia are exactly the same which take place with the respective Eucalypt gums to be described further on The tannin of the gum of LZ. Blackii is present at 75 per cent, yields pyrogallol by dry distillation and a yellow-red phlobaphene if boiled in dilute HCl. ANALYSIS— hr eyes te ssh Sc = sae fe Pe 38 Resin soluble in ether, alcohol, chloroform, and benzol ... 14 ic acid oe oie is a =e ie ee 742 20°6 100°0 fillettia megasperma, F.v. M., Fl. Austr. ii. 211. The gum of this i i i dit to contain 78 per cent. of tannin and 20 per cent. of water. It looks very pr . the Eucalypt gums of the ruby group. The fresh solution in C0: 1 tated with difficulty by alcohol on standing amounts to 3°5 oF 108 The colouring phlobaphene is stained a deeper brown ee ee of L. Blackii and of the Euealypt gums to be mentioned turt : and the same is the case with the tannin contained in the Milletha gum a ANALYsIS—~ Arabin see me . 8D Resin oe ee ee Water Se gee eee Tannin oer toe of : eee eee eve 76 1 100°0 Evcabypr Gums ENTIRELY SoLUBLE IN WATER. rt : The Eucalypt gums which are entirely soluble in cold water, agree with each other in some essential respects. ; dal 1, They all contain 15-20 per cent. of water in the air-dry ’ by _ 2, They all contain a tannin, which is stained delicately iat ferric salt, in a dilute solution. This tannin has ng by oy do- with kinotannic acid as it yields pyragallol Y distillation.* 8. The phlobaphene, which forms the colourin matter és in al, al pink clout e ui ee: gums, is identical in all, giving a beautif meen cyanide of potassium (and with all alkalles ©” ess). ee '___* This was pointed out first by the writer in a paper read in Januarl: before the Aust, J for Advancement of Science (in Brisbane) eae # 59 Acetate of ura Lf . ? N A, by lead calt is pinkie sires a dark-brown precipitate. That produced ese i all lighter, oe = near those of quercitannic acid, but they are differs essential] Pp ; han brown. From gallotannie acid our tannin With dilute HC] y; 7y piving a light-coloured phlobaphene when boiled LCL This phlobaphene is soluble in alcohol, and gives a en, a i ] 3 nd the ether taken off, out of which pyrogallic acid is ese ‘Gystals, alkali oe tion es and limewater produce a beautiful vermilion coloura- nnin. matter of the soluble tine, acetate of lead, ipitates produced in the gum ate, it shows its in more concentrated : tannate of lime. If now the ferric salt is added, the pees falls out with delicate blue colouration. Al Ikalies Bit the gallic ac y lead to mistakes ae permanent ve colour, on addition of potassium cyanide to a gum Ss lution, never indicates gallic asi but pink phlobaphene. Dilute acids turn the pink kino gets more pas Besides the tannie acid and the colouring phlobaphene, all Eucalypt gums which are soluble in water contain arabin or meta tarabin; but in this respect a wide gap divides the gums belonging to diff apesic®: ore Eucalyptus into two groups, as Mr. Maiden - ‘the skill to | the high percentage eds per aes of inal contained in them. (See under A, this page.) The gums of "the second group (the “ruby group Maiden) are readily soluble in alcohol, and contain not more than A per cent. of arabin, present sometimes as metarabin. (See undet » page Some gums of both groups contain gallic — so 5 per cent); | but it might not Ae a constant constituent o ot them biel x” deter- : the wa acid down in presence 4 oe it cannot be u case for the elimination of the tannin. ‘The ga sins acid a : the volume used up to render a solution of iron opaq potassium is useless on account of the colouring phlobaphene. A.—Gums oF THE Gummy Grovr. The arabin contained in the gums of this group a epee 4 cent. is not gelatinised or ¢ ted by ferric chloride: | different in this respect from the arabin of Acacia harpophy age q posita, Albizzia Toona, Grevillea robusta, ani from: the Fo contained in the gum resin of Araucaria Bidwilli and A. Cunningham m the arabin of ee as well as from that of 4. dea differs in some essential p tet! ‘ cacia arabin is ede and entirely pais out of @ a ff | solution b pono Pas or if only a few of NaCl geal 4 drops of HCl are added. It is not altered by the “acid, and ©) 4 ily in water “se. the acidulated alcohol is poured 0 dition of arabin, in opposition to this, falls out suddenly by the ad ange but it gets redissolved after some standing, HCl is added. On addition of mu ch HCI to the Sct i uae peg but its GA composition nS altered thro Baling 5 process; it becomes insoluble in as ig 61 ae SG IES Spit ea eae ns a ee fait Fe KOH restores its solubility. Besides this, Eucalypt arabin is so closely united to the tannin and the colouring matter of the gum that by throwing it out these substances will go down for the most part too, united with it; and only the whole Eucalypt gum, or its anhydride, is obtained by the precipitation. In the same manner (nearly) all reagents which precipitate the tannin take the arabin down also. For Instance, sulphate of cinchonine precipitates the whole Siderophloia gum. Acetate of copper throws it to the bottom (if mixed in proper Proportions) very suddenly, leaving tho clear water in the bottle; reas, in a mixture of Acacia arabin and tannic acid, by the action of copper acetate, only the tannin is precipitated, being kept suspended atine unites with the d concent the gums of this group, is liable to alter them to metarabin, and to make them insoluble in water. In this manner old gums contained under the bark of the tree for many years become only soluble by (See sneric remarks.) The gum of this tree can be styled as 99 gum of the. 3 & ont cent. solution 1-029, It is generally found in large masses of net oF darker brown under the bark of the tree. It is very in ve ois i ies i 42°4 EE nk ny a ee 30 Phlobaphenes (and traces of ellagic acid) 21 Mme Aid uk ee 23°5 Impurities ase eee io aee ane ace 3 8 100°0 |Z: resinifera, Sm,, Fl, Austr. iii, 245. Jimmy Low. The gum t this tree agrees in most respects with that of L. siderophloia. It e bulky masses as the last-mentioned gum. ANALYysIs— Water., Ags me Arabin - i Se tarabin ae Phlobaphenes ~, 260 Tannic acid 12 G acid 3°6 mpurities Se ntains 80 per cent. of tannin by 42 of arabin. It was not id. 62 ag E. ae F. vy. M., Fl. Austr. iii. 221. Narrow-leaved Ironbark. This gum ¢ ; tested i allie acl busta, Sm., Fl, Austr. iii. 228. Swamp Mahogany Gum. : my a Only 99:5 of tannin with 41 per cent. of arabin was found in Queensland sample. E. saligna, Sm., Fl. Austr. iii. 245. Grey Gum. My sam =— i Loewenberg’ s method, gave 28°4 per cent. of tannin aby Ps of arabin. B.—GumMs or tHE Rusy Group. The gums of this group contain about 5-6 per cent. ee arabin, which is mostly present as metarabin. It settles to the bottom with i urities i | eS oh oa oo — ™m fae) ic} mm jc *< Qu ~ 77) 2 ° pry 4 @ Ru ag | ie] i) =] 7) cr. © i ° e ‘7 =) B Qu mee a 3 » The colouring ee soe agrees with that of the gummy group. Especially cyanide of m gives a beautiful yermilion, and ferrie acetate a delicate blue Scanicn in very diluted gum solutions. The tannin is identical with that of the gummy group and with that of Lonchocarpus Blackii and Millettia megasperma oa acid was found in the gum of JZ. Lowastona at 13 per cen Eucalyptus hemastoma, Sm., F). Austr. iii. 212. Scribbly Gum ANALYSIS— — ati — tarabin ith i I se ve Tannic acd with sl she ses vas | oe Gallic acid E: cae eet. Topeaitiee a 54 100°0 E. acmenioides, Schau., Fl, Austr. iii, 208. Stringybark. ANALYsIS— : vee and Sa see = acid « ith’ ia oF : a Tanniii with soluble plaka phidtapine eee Gallic acid a coo ee ‘buputitiee a ee a a a eee 100°0 Similar to Eucalyptus hemastoma gum are the gums oe pilularis, Sm. Satay (65 per cent. tannin, 5°7 mete B. ake mo Sm. , Blu m (62 per cent. tannin, 7 per se gums were a examined for gallic acid aie : ear to the gum of EF. acmenioides a3 the gums of E. eugene Sieb., Heten dee (tannin 65, metarabin 7 per cent.) ; Z. piP. pane Sm., Stringybark (66 per cent, tannin, 11 per cent. ‘metarabin); & P vanchontond, F. v. M. (68 per ese tannin, 6'4 metarabin). acid, 5 : The percentages come as near as aasle. . Mr. sors ; oe which are hygroscopic, and co more aeieeting to the state of the atmos 63 NON-ASTRINGENT ARABIN GUMS. 380. White Cedar. . -mucilage of commercial arabic gum. It differs from the arabin of this Hein coagulated from a dilute solution on addition of ferric Chi KOH. Lead acetate does not make any precipitate, but alcohol throws the arabin down without addition of acid or alkali, and the precipitate _ redissolved in aleohol by a very small quantity of HCl.. Borax does ot gelatinise the watery gum solution, but silicate of soda gelatinises by degrees, : The gum of the white cedar is a very good substitute for arabic | ANALYSIs— cs ny ee Arabin oI aay el Pe + wei’ 100°0 __, Cedrela Toona, Roxb. The gum of the red cedar contains arabin | = metarabin in variable quantities. The specimen examined by ie. Maiden contained 68 per cent. of arabin and 6 per cent. of metarabin, J always found a much higher amount of metarabin. The arabin is gelatinised only slowly and imperfectly by ferric rd ay and borax. It is precipitated out of its watery solution by ry 4 greenish-yellow colour, a reaction which is very character- ‘ oy Or mor pe not produce any colouration in a watery solution of ia , metarabin gets dissolved in water on prolonged - boiling. he tee the dissolved gum and acquires a greenish-yellow Cy . e * a . ustic potash solution dissolves only a small fet of it, and on y dis “tin metarabin is stained brown but it gets 0 solved after oC; ‘eS ANALYsts— se bin é 45°0 - M B ene ove Sax Pre rom 2 36° oS ae se ee 100°0 siitdersa maculosa, Li .d-tree), and 7 . , Lindl. (Leopardwood or Spotte : Suppl, Fiana, B. vy. M. iciseeeey See Syn. Ql. Fi. 1st “Gs for bot. description. The gum of the a ed M Macs (1890). Tt gives a colourless, aj geacting solution with water, in which a i - i tates arte Chloride only if the solution is very thick. A - 0 coh’, the ‘arabin without any addition, and this precipitate 1s in aleohol on addition of a small quantity of HCl. Borax and silicate of sodium gelatinises the solution. The gum of the — leopardwood is as good as commercial gum arabic for Yaa all purposes. | een es graven : or ee ne 18% Meonnig a ye ae oe a Prey | Oo ere 100°0 sep 2... Ue eek Wat fer ee ; Necoke Bee oh Ree ae ee ee 1 The precipitate in alcohol wanted less HCl for solution than in the gum of F. maculosa Py ts + ae Acacia dealbata, Link., Fl. Aust. ii. 415. A very good gum exudes ho this beautiful tree, which — its way to the European glass houses nearly one hundred years ag The watery solution reacts sour to gree is not precipitated by | sugar of lead, and ferric chloride does not stain it. It 1s gelatinised in concentrated solutions by ferric chloride, boned ae of soda. Alcohol ona epee the arabin without any addition id or alkali. HCl does sily dissolve the precipitate 12 alcohol, but KOH dissolves it i in gs spirit, till it is thrown down again by ease of more alcohol. . The of the white wattle is the best substitute for arabic ee available tres native Queensland trees. : ANALYsIS— A ee ek. ee ee Arabin oe ae me p22: Albizzia Toona, Bail., Syn. Ql. Flora Ist Pa , i 1 Cedar. This tree ee yields a cae ach contains arabin a m : in various proportions in different samples ] The arabin, which is soluble in aaa, is coagulated a ferric eee ‘eithout being stained by it. The pr niger 4 dissolved by KOH. The arabin is not precipitated from the © solution by alcohol or alcohol on addition of HCl, but 1b} down uickly if KOH is added. It seems to be present ae alls : as a subanhydride, whieh must be converted in arabin first ] before it can be ae itated by alcohol. The alcohol redisso metarabin, Sailobis and onl; swelling u in water, 8 disnlved by boiling, but goes into solution in co. old water, if val a amount of KOH or NaOH is added. Lead acetate makes a tur a in this solution, bo eee — metarabin is dissolved in diluted HCl om er anth, but is precipitated out of this solution bef on on i of KOH, whereas the acidulated tengee anth #0" thrown down by alcohol alone. ANALYSIS— Water... 18°6 Arabin 56°4 Metarabin 25°0 65 _ Maerozamia spiralis, Miq., Syn. Ql. Flora 1st Suppl. 49. The tones of the Macrozamias exude more or less gum from the peduncle | y cut. Gum also collects in the cavity of the stem, when nergeh ae the plant is cut off. The gum has already been analysed . Maiden. It consists of colourless, pearly, tough and hard tears, and swells Yery much in water, but nothing is dissolved of it, not even if the water is boiled, as neither acidulated nor alkalised aleohol makes any 05 ag init. Boiled in water with KUH or NaOH, the gum is i ; aleohol precipitates the arabin (or metarabic salt) from the on. In water with dilute HCl the gum dissolves also on boiling, and the arabin 18 precipitated likewise by alcohol; on addition of water it a again. Ferric chloride does not coagulate or gelatinise on. ANALYsIs— Water... 46 on re ss epee Metarabin ... ibe si Cap ae eee 100°0 _ Hibiseus heterophyllus, Vent. The gum exuded by this tree, which is also found in New South Wales, contains true bassorin. It ~ Sells very much in cold water, forming a sticky paste like rice-meal paste, and altogether different from the granular masses formed b: Sterculia gum. The gum is dissolved in water on prolong gum is precipitated by alcohol, and the precipitate is stained ick ellow on addition of caustic potash. The gum is disso. in . trap ese teactions indicate the identity of Hibiscus gum with gi — Asthe th and its total discrepancy fhdin the gum of the Btorviliae : “cer aatgy found only in minute quantities it cannot be put to any ANALYsts— : ey a 8 ie. 2 2S ee oo | 1000 3 Bote emia rupestris, Benth., Fl. Austr.i. 230. The Narrow-leaved “" oe G. Don., Fl. Austr, i. 229. Kurrajong. » idriida, R. Br., Fl. Austr. i. 227. . trichosiphon, Benth., Fl. Austr. i. 229. Broad-leaved Bottle- yy Ooking like g tate. . lt is not dissolved by water, but swells only in it, and forms Me ular masses like soaked rice, with no adhesiveness. oe acide an adledive Paste j ‘ulia gum to gum tragacanth, which yields an a 2 a Water like that of rice meal. 66 The Sterculia gum is dissolved in water on boiling for some days, or on boiling in water acidulated with HCl. Alcohol precipitates the arabin from this solution. Ferric chloride does not a fe it; and the alcohol precipitate is not stained eons yellow by By prolonged samy in water with KOH the Stencils vd is also dissolved, and in the solution a white precipitate is formed by alcohol. The Sterculia a gum is an inspissated vegetable — a higher exh e a convertible into true arabin by hydration. The Sterculia gum contains only 16 per cent. of w erminalia catappa, Linn., Syn. Ql. Fl. 160. vndign Almond. ve ed habitat, Fitzroy Island: This Indo-Australian tree a gum which agrees in every respect with the bottle-tree gum, rae in dry state it looks more like a dark gum than like gum gacanth. It is an inspissated Saeanie slime, and contains 18 per cent. of moisture. astanospermum australe, A. Cunn., Fi. Austr. il. 275. More Bay Chestnut or Bean-tree. Exudes a light- brown gum from von ie the bark, Ral acegé as the rainy season. It swells i in water, a0 s partly dissolv ~The watery solution is stained Drown reas eutate, owing to a ‘alia vegetable dye. This colouring matter, found eet in the bark, is of a ead colour, which one | 4 ; Se ee Ipha , vs eae vi pee. This last precipitate is dissolved again on addition © gelatine. Limewater — hg solution of chestnut gum orange; copper acetate gives no reac £ the This vegetable dye ee eaiy a very small proportion © ae . Moreton Bay chestnut gum contains 15 per cent. of arabin 600 ANALYSIS— Arabin Se ee eat as ak eee Yellow colouring matter... 9... «ss traces 100°0 nected Hookeri, F. vy. M., Fl. Austr. ii. 296. ae 7 : Ebony. ake oa eet i eee eas a sos cae Volatile oil ... Sh ok oe SE eee 02 ena em 1000 Obtained 15¢h November, we Obtained 20th February, 1895, 70 mn =) B &. 5 a oa) er a id RB 2 9 Rie a oe oO oe] f=} o Ls] ee oO © TR eS) ~B ce ao ee) m ce & ae oe a! @ 2) oO $9 “J 'Z. ro) ° © wm 5 +0 Z oS a whitish opalescent emulsion nder the microscope (500) minute globules of an undissolved body (resin) are seen swimmin solution of the gum. Addition of caustic potash renders the opaque | spread ongn opal plate, changes its colour to a beautiful violet on caustic potash (after standing a while). By this reaction Grevillea robusta gum is easily recognised. Borax gelatimises the watery solution of arabic gum by being gelativised on addition of ferric chloride or ferric acetate, Sometimes this reaction takes place opposition to this a solution of Grevillea robusta gum is gelatin ‘ ferric salts only in the alkaline state, and the ferric gum compound 6 precipitation. The purified gum does not give a violet reaction WH _ caustic potash, Resae actution of borax Sisken the watery solufion of the purified gum very stiff and sticky. me eS The resinous part of the gum resin is obtained on evaporalioy . — alcohol, by which the arabin has been precipitated. It 8. CC. as qd the! beautifully violet, which colour, on addition of hydrochloric 80% - ‘ e i w. . . dent the resin contained in the resinous gum of Grevillea robusta W Bt They exuded pee Grevillea striata, and described fully 0D page bstanc a causes the bitter taste of the gum resid taken ext of the watery solution by ether. It crystallises in groups 8, Which are insoluble in water, alcohol, benzol, and acetic acid, 4 which dissolve easily in ether, chloroform, and acetic ether Tr some he 19°4 F or) eee eee 86 Grevillea arabi Rete ora ene. f iy é Bitter crystals from ether.. |. |. 2. 08 The Grerie gum resin can be used like arabic gum for all ordinary pu " TAN-RESIN GUMS. Asmnaent Gung’ CONTAINING A Taw Rusty on Extacitc Acrp AND ESIN, This section comprises the Eucalyptus and Angophora me oe ae partly: insclable in water. They form Mr, Maiden 1 grou i Cera essential constituent of a sample from one species might ent at hence the wide discrepancy in the statements The percentage varies altogether. tan-resin gums of the Myrtacee are cutialy endemic in ona a 48 no plant of eee country yields an exudation similar The chemical com posit ie aris tan-resin gums all ae with each other in some essenti in ty they all contain = stained delicately blue by ferric salt wid tilute Solution. These tannins have nothing . do with kinotannie vs they yield - rogallol ‘by dry distillation.* hot That t part of the tan-resin gum which is insoluble in water does sepa any catechin,* as it yields pyrogallol by dry distillation, tunresin i ss of it gives a green reaction with ferric salt. In some Water j a large proportion of the part which is insoluble in @ alo indetihie 3 in aleohol “Sache lanceolata, Cav., Fl. Austr. iii. 184. Rusty Gum. bial. Cntains no volatile oil in the foliage. It has a ‘smooth aches nit et rak gum, which is liquified by rains and run in SiS Bi Se Nh Sk 9 9 an “ry Rn Rene nse ale EN aban te ko ws n dissolved j m water it leaves a whitish, insolvent, powdery : t dissolves to a great extent in hot water, but the rtp ooks turbid at first. A pinky-white precipitate occupies the nent). me of the liquid (65 per cent. soluble, 35 per cent. , This ta d out of the sin gum is “ soluble in cold water; an mea hee tion ae es som : tanding, a white powder is — ein aleohol, ether, ae asétic ether. Mane or anointed out fi read at Brisbane before the ret by the writer in a paper Of Science Hie Pach 1895. 72 Ps dissolves, and fine needles (2) of crystallised ellagic acid are formes by evaporating the hot solution. In chloroform the powdery deposit dissolves, and on evaporation long crystalline needles of ellagic acid and round globules of a resin are left. In cold alcohol the A. lanceolata tan-resin gum seems at HES) be entirely soluble, but after a short time a whitish deposit resembling arabin is deposited, which, when tested, proves to be nothing else but ellagic acid, amounting to 8 . of the tan-resin gum, | residue of metarabin (9°4 per cent.) settles, with bark and impurities, 5°3 per cent. . Tn finding so much ellagic acid, we are induced to look for— 1. Ellagitannic acid as the mother substance, and to ogni reactions of the tan-resin gum solution with those of myrobalans ‘ tannate most allied to that of myrobalans and divi-divi. pres a solution of the tan-resin gum, when filtered off from the eae nettlf 4 of ellagic acid, continues to make fresh deposits of this, unti 2 ding a all ellagitannic acid is exhausted, and only the phlobaphene rE iy : on is left, so that an old watery solution is stain only Pp On addition of HCl to afresh watery solution of A. a : tan-resin gum the ellagitannic acid is précipitated first, mie ned ‘ er on, arate s T Ki it yields ellagic acid insoluble in spirits and dissolved by * ey yellow colouration.* ther tannin isle After elimination of the ellagitannic acid = = reactions, 4% q 78 , issolves the d bound to a skeleton of metarabin. KOH disso t iene sat deep-brown colouration, owing to the tannin which As mentioned above, the tan-resin gum of Angophora “yom ig soluble in boiling water to the amount of 65 per ce tannins ‘or from ellagic acid. Similar tan resins have as by Heckel and Scktartauhvatten. (See Pharm. Journal, 92-9 ae The residue left undissolved by alcohol consists of 81 . “ ic acid, 9:4 per cent. of metarabin, and 5'3 per ANALYsts (22nd Feb., 1895)— 193 ; Wa ieee sae ae 124 Ellagitannic acid... ek ae as "333 Tannin yielding Angophora red... -.. ee * Ellagic acid .:. ity as ase - G4 : Metarabin a % 50 4 Be ee : Tannin embodied in the resin... ag “50 i Impurities ... Re eS : Volatile oil | oa os 99°7 4 i ay e in September, : 1894. t* analysis differs a little from another one mad se -resin gum f hh an exudation of the same tree, which yielded the tan a 0 t is year. vel; utina, FR Similar exudations are produced by ap ame dee Selnaae De. M., Fl. Austr. iii. 184 (Apple-tree) ; so Wiadeiata, Bail., , eee} A Rie ey ak alae qatoliring phlobaphene 8 ype) -ot* 172 (Apple-tree) ; but an "ytesent in them PP 74 Eucalyptus corymbosa, Sm., Fl. Austr. iii. 256. Bloodwood. This tree, the foliage of which does not contain any volatile oil, yields a g b gum in la fluid of the consistence of treacle. It often becomes imprisoned between the layers of wood, where it gets hard, and may be broken out in quanti t varies from being soluble in water to complete tity. 1 : insolubility in water and alcohol. corymbosa as in that of Angophora lanceolata ; and no further deposit of it is formed after the first one is filtered off. Addition of HCl toa ¢ tion... ; . f boiled, the bulky mass of the precipitate collapses 4 little Alcohol then takes the phlobaphene (from the corymbosa tannin) out; metarabin and ellagic acid are left. Cold KOH takes the ellagic a8 out of the metarabin, which dissolves when boiled in KOH. _ oy) There is a bright blood-red colouring phlobaphene present m roe tan-resin gum of E. corymbosa, which shows the following reactions 7 . on addition of ammonia. KOH, greenish-brown. Cyanide of potassium, be a,CO,, greenish-brown. Copper acetate, greenish-brow2 : Ammon. molybdate in HNO,, dark-brown and greenish. soda, green. d nitrate, greenish-brown precipitate. es dt : tannin gives reactions similar to those of the gums belonging t gummy and the ruby groups. ee _ The phlobaphene produced from corymbosa tan-resi0 gum * boiling in dilute HCI looks darker than that of Angophora lanceolals there is a changeable amount of residue left undissolved 2 depending on the presence of arabin or metarabin and of insoluble phlobaphene in the exudation. The insoluble part amounts ie presen times to 45°0 pee ene sometimes there is only 250 per cent. of it. matter OF Ven: 1086. Out of this residue alcohol dissolves a resinous © holding some tannin embodied in its substance. The tannin 60% lation if water is added; the resin is eliminated, taken up by tloroform and dissolved by KOH. The ellagic acid is dissolved by chloroform or hot alcohol; the metarabin by boiling KOH. | Avatysis (5th April, 1895)— one ae at ic ie 18°0 agitannic acid ... ris } : Tannin, yielding corymbosaredf ‘* “* aioe : Ellagic acid ... AR oer Pte Bee 1 2 arabin _... oe ae Sey Phlobaphene soluble in alcohol ... sae ae ae ‘1 ae ate as ae =. te i Tannin embodied in the resin... ie aT Impurities... cas ea a sae Sa 99°7 This ectates maculata, Hook., Fl. Aust. iii. 258. Spotted Gum. brown treacle-like tan-resin gum, which hardens into large masses. When hese are disturbed they give off an aroma like benzoin. During rain the gum softens and whitens ; when dry, the colour again ‘eomes brown. ‘The dry gum is very porous and brittle. Th cold water a small amount of the gum is dissolved, with a ra ammonia. KOM gives a yellow colouration on an opal «fale, turning blood-red inside, greenish outside. Cupric acetate, wn i ie te Tecipitate, turning purple-brown. Sulphide sodium gives uration. Lead nitrate, yellow precipitate. Uranium -brown mixture. Ammonium molybdate in nitric acid, °W colouration. Antimon. tartar. gives a precipitate only on ty distillation yields pyrogallol. Hfan old watery solution be boiled with dilute HCl, it deposits a tate, which on addition of alcohol is only partly dissolved. ey The orget’ (Phlobaphene) is stained beautifully pink by KO! th bnght +) nsoluble part consists of ellagic acid, and dissolves wi Yellow colouration in KOH. Of them getting reconverted in a erystal after cooling. ein alcohol and slightly alkaline water, have the pungent 5) 70l¢ acid, and the irritating smell of this substance when ee ealt produces in the solution a reddish-yellow precipt- & them to consist of benzoic acid. —_- = ee 76 The resin was thought by Mr. Staiger to be identical with shellac, to which it bears much resemblance, being insoluble in benzol, but it has nothing to do with shellac at all. It softens very much in water; and really a part of it, consisting of tannin, is redissolved and stained blue by ferric salts and pink by KOH. a dissolves freely in ether, where the Alpha and Beta resin ei shellac are quite insoluble. It dissolves in acetic ether which does not affect shellac. Finally, it is dissolved by weak KOH with Jets yellow colouration, and under the microscope radiating crystal groups of glaucomelanate of potassium — are ae to be formed. | alkaline solution is stained blue-black by ferric salt after ee ates with HCl. This shows plainly that ee substance in question must be recognised as a resinous body derived from — tannate and as a relation of ellagie acid, as similar resins have — been shown by Schlagdenhauffen (1891). Dry distillation yields pyrogallol. ananye ou April, 1895)— ae 12°0 dg or cenadseg ; Se at | Arabin and metarabin ... o a ; iva | Phistapee up i in tan resin... oe. es ) ‘Aromatio w substance (styrol 2)". es tacos | 995 Euca a ge ard F. y. M., Fi. Austr. iii. 212. ep! wood. Yields exudation very ric ch in tannin. It is soluble 8 - water to a ae extent. The decoction looks ‘turbid, and deposits § ent sediment amounting to 12 per cent. of the gum the After elimination of the insoluble part, the clear solution giveste following reactions :—Ferric acetate, blue gic daa turned poe fy onia. Ferricyanide of potassium in ammonia, pea we : vermilion, turned in brown on standing. KOH, picks sng a ] a pa le picts on. Ammon. m neha in 3. tarps dark-brown, cupric emake a light-brown, precipitate, te a yellow-brown or greenish-brown on addition of ammonium a m Antimon. tartar. makes no precipitate unless NH,Cl 1 dded, ; ces a yellow-brown pee ipitate. Th f’ the lead galts . greenish-yellow. oe albumen, and sulphate of cinchonine 1 es is are exactly the same as produced in th? solution of the tan-resin gum of Euealyp a ede 2 F. ¥. on ost The residue left undissolved in water is partly, soluble in ome takes up the resin, the tannin embodied in it, and the, in water and alcohol. The saat ebm of ellagic 4 skeleton of metarabin. A ellagi ¢ acid is Lioeayt in col ee 77 would be observed in the bright-yellow solution. The part soluble in - tleohol is eliminated on addition of water. The resin is taken out o Y hin by chloroform, and deposited as globules on ine watchglass after - Maporation. No- crystals could be observed. The resin dissolves with yellow colouration in KOH. The water (aiited with alcohol) at of which the resin was taken by chloroform is remarkable for the ep crimson colouration which it gets on addition of ferricyanide Sina in ammonia. This colouration is due to the phlobaphene. By boiling a wat ery solution of Z. mierocorys gum with dilute HCl only phlobaphene is obtained, and no trace of ellagic acid. wit pata of the residue left undissolved in water yields avis (15th January, 1895)— Wate wl e be a a Tanni ies abe él ee eats and metarabin as oe oh We ege 2s. | Gaepbes Mees wie Ellagi meres a Pan re in ei Scams ee ee eee ee By Eucalyptus tessellaris, F. y. M., Fl. Austr. iii. Moreton y Ash, On the u upper part of the tree the bark is ee on _ the ste m it remains in quadrangular pieces; hence the name. The natin differs from all other Eucalypt exudations on account of the low melting point (30° C.) of the tan resin; it runs from the tree “rene of dark-brown treacle without any tnt of redness, passing ack, Exposed to air it becomes hardene dry tan-resin gum is reddish- leche “ight and shining. tannin, which is tat 52:3 percent. It shows exactly the same reactions as the Hh Sa Stains the a alcohol solution brown, as the ve ‘id ved in trong alkalies with brown coloura met phlot to the alcoholic se latiok, a turbidity te Side takes the ne and the tannin out of the turbid liquid; the resin is ' The ‘phlobaphene is dissolved by KOH with pink, the resin . y TS inte y ellow colouration. The resin bas nothing to do with aed Arabia a and metarabin Phiobaphene i and tannin embodied i in the resin 78 foun Euca Glypive Stuartiana, ¥. v. M., Fl. Austr. iii. 248 (Stan Box) ; *#. goniocalyz, F. v.M.; and #2, viminalis, Labill., yield ait tions, which agree entirely in all e Hine They are soluble in itil :—Ferric ac cetate, blue; this colour is masked ‘dinates bp the ink phlobaphene, and looks green at first ;. addition of ammonia, purple. t KOH, pink-brown or vermilion colouration. Pot. cyanide, ; pink solution. Limewater, pink precipitate. Na,S, pink ie ‘ brown on addition n of ammon. carbonate. Antimon. tar rtar op rosifi tate; addition of NH,Cl, white precipitate The solution ‘precipitates gelatine and sulphate ‘of cinchonine The residue left undissolved in water amounts to 46 per cent. eet acid might be present in some exudations, but none was : b = . ee hae Ned et Set of it is a tan resin which holds a phlobaphene — ied. The phlobaphene dissolvés in KOH wi focus a the tan resin with bright-yellow colouration. __ Noanalysis was made of these gums. * These two are not Queensland species. i i al ace ; INDEX TO PART ON GUMS AND RESINS. —— a = @® bb Z 92) a mae ADDITIONS TO THE NEW GUINEA FLORA. a ee Order ORCHIDEZ. OBERONIA, Lindl. Z ge O. papuana (n. sp.) Stem about 2 in. wide at the base, mostly formed from the thick and Iitpaly gare i leaf-s i Leaves 6 to 8 in. long, tapering from a widely stem- -clasping to an obtuse, oblique, or unequally sided end, where it 1s more OF ol : torn or toothed. zouuncle 4 or 5 mm, long, somewhat oT q nearly 2 lines diam ; raceme about 6 in. long, flowers bs 5 i. Bracts of peduncle mennbranous closely stem-clasping, keeled, : ending in filiform ponte, tho subtending the flowers much narro cordate, with entire margins. Column short, pollen-masses anne a coloured. Capsule angled and somewhat tuberculate. ee Hab.: New Guinea. The above description is written from a aco ie notes and a raceme of flowers received from Mr. H. Dixson, of he Hone : ossesses an extensive te iach of Australasian Orchidew. I have descrip ae ‘a large number of Oberonias, none — with the above, i in my opinion. ae fore have aeactied the above porisiaua ally DENDROBIUM, Sw. ait ae D. Chalmersii, F. v = Southern Science Recor ne page 96. Stems about 1 or 14 in. long and somewhat dite cieuine at both pe more or less swelling yee length. centre, and prominently fluted, leafy often re a third of t nee ee Leaves of somewhat thin texture, ine 3 or prominent. Racemes sender, 3 or 4 in. long, bearing about ae Bracts minute. Pedicles 4 to om zi a — i in. Tong; creamy the base, tapering to narrow poi Mar s almost — ing white, at first recurved, a hana aheied: ce dorsal 0 attached to the whole om of t Petals same colour and about as long as the sepals, hi narrow lilac ka wings, in qainwte. ook at te set ] glen small; pollen- cae sieorate. oblong or near golden-col isba Hab.: The ees: is from a plant now (J uly, 3 1896) flowering in the ©* Gardens, which was received from New Guinea. 15 eB, bifalce Ti J 7 «DDL » Lindl. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot., IL., 2 referring to the sickle-formed lateral lobes ees Ibeliton). Greet stems : ty ge distant, 12 to in. high, fusiform, fluted, arising a y-creeping, branched rhizome. Leaves coriaceous, 5 in » 43 In. broad oblong, about near the é stems middle Seta retuse, darker than other parts of the flower and Ei the upse purple. Disk plates 2 erect, each divided longitudinally Se Kathor “athe into a double frill. Column short and broad. examined a Po pollen-masses in the two fresh flowers which I {ebably litre) dry hard pieces of amber not at all adhesive 4 ab, : ‘ resin a ote Guinea. The above description is drawn up from live specimens | by Reicht., £. Yen 0, ney. is Lindl., — Tthe ee pie Orch., II., 7, and also in Benth. and Hook., Gen. Pl. I, 575. » however, but little known, so is placed here under its first name. ERIA, Lindl. Ora (n. sp.) Stem or pseudo-bulb about 2 in. long, about + inch in diameter. Leaves 2 linear, ¢ inch Labellum 8-lobed, lobes blunt and about equal in size, » Of a thick texture, disk-lines 4, not very prominent ; column ll matured in the nrolenca, (n. sp.) Stems deep-green, 15 in. long, 3-4 lines ha ent, emitting thick, fleshy, scaly roots from the lower 40aves several, about 5 in. long, 2-3in. broad, ovate-lanceolate, i her short stem- Wale]; oe piruke, with short rather stiff hairs, weaker and more W e lower portion. Bract 16 rning to a ealphu- coloured abruptly ee in a much on th os Eons ae, one a ate New Guinea. Described from panih sehichis were h y oe ir W. MacGregor from New Guinea for the writer, who hae them e over a the te Botanic Garden. The present species in some fF espects nye i wers seem o G. Waitziana, Blume Te elas in the more numerous flo in the top of labellum, calli, and rostellum Order LYCOPODIACE. LYCOPODIUM, Linn. : i. albescens, (n. sp.) (Name nuggested by the species turning’ ‘more or less whitish hue when fading.) Plant epiphytical, id quently of a pale Se caused by a slight pulverulent covering Ey ticularly on the extremities. Stems robust, at first leaves ~ their smaller size. _ Bowen : A fine plant of the above is growing In the hothouse, ae which Mr Wn. Soutter informs me he rece ceived ew heochan > ago fro ms who discovered it at South Cape, New Guinea. nore ding sei Baker’s mo monograph “The Fern-Allies,” this new species 18 alli Poni American L. taxifolium in some respects, and to the Borneo and Malay * species L. Dalhousieanwm in othe Order var gs ASPLENIUM, Linn. io A. nidus (Linn.) Plates V. and VI. rept lobed Faget on native plants of this common fern Mackay. Order FUNGI. CORTICIUM, Fries. C. scutellare, B. and. OC. Grev. Il. 4. Hegre Res! jure Resupinate, broadly ‘te hd immarginate, whitish then ees po J 4 pape splitting a minute areole, spores clipsoid, 5 ae 0 ke, n lette Quest Bowe 3 Found collie the branches of sickly dying trees in neglected : # By Authority ; Epaonp Grecory, Government Printer, William strech oe op Dysoxylum cerebriforme, Bail: Dysoxylum cerebriforme. ba PLATEIL oa (AS Liparis Nugente, Baw PLATEIV Goodyera ochroleuca, Bail. . “i eens eae PLATE V. dQ CE A“ Aapten TES: (Witty = = SSS ill’ ret Asplenium mdus Queensland. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BRISBANE, 2 BOTANY BULLETIN No. XV. JUNE, 1898. NTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUEENSLAND FLORA. F. M. BAILEY, F.L.S., COLONIAL BOTANIST?. Bulletins of this Department will be sent free to such Individuals interested as may request them. Address rag ao OTE to “The Under Secretary for Agriculture, ORS ae ae ae ay BRISBANE: AUTHORITY: EDMUND GREGORY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WILLIAM STREET. 1898. PREFATORY NOTICE. ly ’ . 2 Det set ig ona Bulletin, I have first to thank the various or kindly forwarding to me the material, and then the ty mention th ae e names of Professors Askenasy, Meebius, stedt, Schmidle, and Borge. In fact, the main part of the present my fri Y oka .d. Dyram, who, it will be remembered, rendered me Bulletins Nos, V when publishing my two er Freshwater Alg@ : 7 -NO8. Vi. an The present Botany Bulletin, XV., or the To gi : hid ox ah pa idea of the vast number of these plants in Queens- , [may mention that upon a specimen 0 Chara australis, On “ ite a y es, 1 Xanthidium, 2 Desmidium, 1 Penium, 3 Staura- q 1 Kirchneri ‘he } Bulbochete, 1 Coleochete, 3 iella—in all, 43 kinds, including several new forms. — wyself eaturt to workers like a eta “ap persons in this colony of ours, where the one object of be to become rich, who are willing to devote some portion of their time t ’ re W termed, Io o collect for determination these, W ich ften -— microse wer forms of vegetati ere the collectors possess Obj 0 tiful jects i : Comes a would be impossible to find; and W minute fae and asks the oft-put question, “ What's the good of these Words rms of plant life?” he can be answered by usin : Has God, thou fool ! worked solely for thy good, EW cannot hy joys, thy pastime, thy attire, thy food? - they Dei say why these things were created, but may be sure that Meat i in the general arrangement of Jead the mind from i te up to Nature’s God they have not been made in — os January, 1898, BOTAN 2; ? CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUEENSLAND FLORA. QUEENSLAND FRESHWATER ALG. COLEOCHETE, Breb. C. scutata, Bréb. (see Bot. Bull. VI.). Hab.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. C.irregularis, Pringsh. (see Bot. Bull. VI.). Hab.: Mitchell River, fertile specimens, Edw. Palmer. (EDOGONIUM, Link. €. undulatum, Brd0. N ab,: Johnstone River and waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft ; orman and Gilbert Rivers, 7. Gulliver. | | eospore, 39-44..46-42 p; breadth of oospore, 39-41-45-43 p.—Borge. Hab.: Between Norman and Gilbert Rivers, 7. Gulliver. &. undulatum, var. Meebiusii, V. Schmidle. This form ‘pproximates very nearly to the var. incisum, Hansg., which, according sg Nordstedt, likewise occurs in Australia. It differs from the latter in exhibiting a light margin not only in both the lateral oF ite wo 0 sag deeper constrictions, therefore, a shallower one always occurs. this account the undulations are somewhat less pro Hab,: Blackstone, Ipswich, Ww. 2. Byram, June, 1895. (Plate II.) & bunctato-striatum, De Bary. Oogonia single, depressedly “sig manifestly splitting round (circumscissile in the middle), ; fllin & by a pore in the fissure ; 008po haere, the oogonia ; male plant a litt ‘ f “Permagonia 3-7 celled; spermatozoids single; membrane 0 : | 0 as long; oogonia ‘048-055 x 038-048 mm.; oospore 044-051 x 045-043 mm.; sperm cell ‘016-018 x °006-01 mm. Distinguished finely and closely set; these seen in an empty cell, throug and through, the upper and lower striz being nearly in focus imal h STIGEOCLONIUM, Kuetz. S. Askenasyi, V. Schmidle. The following is Professor Schmidle’s description of this new species :— : “The plant barely 2-5 cm. high forms smail tufts Cine on stones. In their basal portion they consist of very narrow cells generally only 8-10 p broad, which are usually 3-4 times ae than broad and either not at all or only slightly constricted at t lie close to the stem. From the basal-cell onwards the flamer’ veneers widens, and attains in the middle of the stem b ‘i ; of as much as 32 , from which point again diminution tai place. At the same time the cells become shorter, 80 that ie ortet middle and upper portion of the filament they are generally than broad. Yet here one or more very long cells are Sines abruptly, almost regularly beside a row of very short ones. these moreover for the most part suddenly become still ee the under short cells the impression is produced that here 28 1° ie ig 6.) “Whilst the cells further in the basal portion of the stem ee : regular, rectangular shape, the outlines of those i away | following and since then * following cells with narrower base are placed upon them the f part. a and bab te upper P® ‘ we “The branching is twofold. Sometimes short, small-cell branched branchlets proceed from the main-axis, with narrow nat oceur very scattered and irregular on the main-axis, ane if abundant and thickly erowded together only at the end its?" “ Very rarely, in the basal portion wholly absent, becoming more abundant and bevebularly distributed towards the upper coe found the branches proper. ‘They are likewise relatively eet a and are likewise only given off singly. Tbeir cells ape in thicker (as much as 20 2), and resemble in all respects (ho upper and middle portion of the stem. a 7 “Only rarely do these branches bear upon them even those of the second rank. They are thickly covered with spore-branchlets gene- rally from their base, or at all events in the upper portion, just as 1s the case with the vertex of the stem. “Tt is further noticeable that the filaments, and particularly the clusters of the spore-branchlets, are abundantly furnished with a APHANOCHEATE, A. Br. A. repens, 4. Br. Hab.: Between the Norman and Gilbert Rivers, 7. Gulliver. MICROSPORA, Thur. Articulate thread simple. Chlorophyllose mass at first. parietal, aiterwards contracted in the centre. All articulations fertile. ‘ Propagation by zoogonidia. Zoogonidia arising from a simul- taneous division of the cell contents, smal], numerous, ovate-elliptical, cuspidate and colourless at one end, usually furnish with as nai y “i cilia, escaping by rupture of the cell.—Cooke’s Freshwater , 135, P.W. Al SDI n, but often dis- -5 Small exspitose tufts, attached, ; ‘oloured, ferruginous ; irticulatiohs short cylindrical, not vane ieee at joints, nor swollen; cells before division not © ing lameters, usually as long as broad. Cell membrane thin, Wogeneous ; Revtany evenly distributed. Diameter, 6-73 SC &. 0, ; Professor Schmi .—Our alga agrees well with the diagnosis fatained in “De Toni Sylioge Mears ” J, and with aeons 8 h in Tab. Phye. III., Plate 42, Fig. Villc. In the come Owever, it does not form flakes, but is separate, growing upon Plants. The cells are 9 p broad and 12 p long. (Plate V. Hab.: Bowen Park, Brisbane, W. J. Byram. case, ater- -Pachyderma (Wille), Lagerh. Hab.: Johnstone River, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. a C.bo CONT P fi Schmidle says — ¢oOMmbycina . pallida, Auetz. Protessor »e 4 “by cls are 4 t Sronir 16-18 p long, and somewhat constricted at en s.” Hab, ; Bowen Park, Brisbane, W. J. Byram. 8 GLEOCYSTIS, Nag. s globose or oblong, either single or 9-4-8, associated in siihoss “famili es. Common and special integument gelatinous, Jamellose. Division in alternate directions. Propagation by 200- gonidia. The la mauve iene distinguishes the species of this genus from Plewrococcu G. vesiculosa, Nig. Thallus gelatinous, green; cells ee globose, as many as 64, and more, associated in families ; pice or hya line, colourless, ignaltoes, lamelle often breaking a pe os green, (opal granular. Size—Cells ‘0045-0075 mm. ; Ly: (Rabh.) (Plate V.) i In Europe, found on wood and stones in stagnant water. —Cookes Freshwater Alge, 7. Professor Schmidle notes this alga as present in the collection of Mr. W. J. Byram from Blackstone, near Ipswich. TETRASPORA, Link. . . explanata, 47. Thallus forming an irregular expansion, he. : - in Mocadth, lamellose often blistered, soft, ey r fixed; cells elliptical or obtusely angular, n still clear water, adhering to stones and plants or foe swimm 2 ss teoanhint Europe, especially in Switzerland, also in North Ames olle Hab. : Queensland ; locality and collector not recorded. TRACHELMONAS, Ehrberg. T. volvocina, Ehrberg. T. hispida, Svein. the Hab. : Professor Schmidle found these species, the first in a iabane latter more rarely, in Mr. W. . Byram’s collection from Bowen Par VAUCHERIA, DI. is V. sp., Schmid. The determination of this ee of te pi datenges Schmidle says :—“ Merely the ripen!ng, fou not pid can come to the mane that they belong to they b., ale ed perhaps grew on the margin of the place where Hab.: Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Byram. OPHIOCYTIUM, Nag. O. majus, Nig Hab, : Fibuies River, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. 9 TETREDON, Ktzg. T. gigas (Reinsch.), Hansz., f. tetredrica, Nordst. aa : Hab.: Herston road, occurring throughout the collection made in this locality by Mr. W. J. Byram. T. vulgare, Kizg., f. major, Reinsch. b+ cone fond, W. J. Byram. Professor Schmidle did not find this form quite so common in the collection as the preceding. CELASTMUM, Nig. C. sphericum, var. subpulchrum, /4. | Erokeent Schmidle gives the following note with the foregoing species : m following one displays somewhat slighter dev elopment of the arm, and which otherwise display no further essential differences “In material which I lately received from R. ar the Old Rhine at Neuhofen, almost all these forms were P together, besides those specimens whose cells Pe us dk into ipnged outwards and there eles rahe ar saeuereide clearly b.: Herston road, Brisbane, W. J. Byram. 12, Tab. G.pulchrum, Schmidie. Beitr. Als. Schwarzwald, pag? © + fig. 10. Hab.: Johnstone River, Dr. Thos. L. Baneroft. DICTYOSPHERIUM, Nag iptic, wi : investment, combined in Sta Patel with thick confluent me jaro rebular families, eee | ad oS ie} oO ioe Q 5 fa) ie) i=) =) B ® QO ct oO Qu 4 o ce = a oO b) iv} oe ot a ie) a ig 2) — =] ic) o ct a oO B ct = 3 fe) Qn fa) 4 oO i, So co =| is) =| + i egards the sherations in all directions of space; Ee iis only in the iniddle point of the aggregate family, as arule, ies 90. two tangental directions.—Cooke’s Freshwater “'s®, of D D.pulchetlam, Wood. Wolle gives this as @ synonytt iy Ehrenbergianum Nic. With the following hous with thin Subglobose or suboval ; cells somewhat ovate or (Pl are ? Smooth membrane. Diameter of cell, 4-7 H- = in the collection Hab.: Professor Schmidle notes this form aS Beton: - Sbtained from Jenkins’ Quarry, Bundamba, by cite cated 10 GLEOTENUM, Hansg. G. Loitlesbergereanum, Hansg. The following is Professor Schmidle’s note :—“ Abundant in the collection from Jenkins’ Quarry, made by Mr. W. J. Byram. It is perhaps worthy of notice that in this habitat Cylindrocapsa geminella, Wolle, of which our alga should, according to Stockmayer, be a phase of development, was not present, at all events not in my material. In spite occurrence I have only observed the two-celled form, which was moreover distinguished by having the gelatinous envelope at each of the ends prolonged into three lobes in somewhat symmetrical arrange ment. (Plate II.) _ _ This alga has hitherto only been known to occur in a few places in Europe and in India. (Plate IIT.) SPIROGYRA, Link. S. Baileyi, W. Schmidie. This species is new to science, and we are indebted to Professor Schmidle for its determination and for the following description of it :—‘‘ The vegetative cells are 20-24 px broad, 128-200 p long ; its cell membrane at the ends is not drawn back. They contain two fairly broad chlorophyll bands, with 3-4 revolutions. ; i infl p one band enumerated in the section Conjugata (Vauch.), Et poe is a to me to be wrong. Kirchner, in the ‘ Alge of Silesia,’ p. 128, i does the same with regard to the non-inflated spore-cells.” (Plate “™ Hab.: Enoggera district ; sometimes growing upon other plants, somett forming green masses, Cells with parietal longitudinal cargrey bands. pao knee-like towards each other and growing together, united at the : : ‘ of adnation; receiving-cell barrel-shaped ; giving-cells a sterile drical. Zygospore (elliptic) in the receiving cell-wall cells, with t Sri se fey parallel chlorophyll bands, resembling those 0° P shwatet n the genuflexuous eonjugation.— Cooke s Fre Alge, 97. . Fiincce wrokiiy ot iferous ygospore broadly elliptical, spore coat double. Sporiter sie swollen, abbreviated. Size: Cella ‘04 to 05 mm., 2 to 5 times as long: Zygospore ‘042 x 075 mm.— Cooke l.c. : eae pia oe Ktzg. Sterile cells 2 to 5 times as long 4% Oe 11 It forms large masses on the water, full 3 of air bubbles, b od yellowish ae and of a blackish green ss Peon cous, nearly equalling those of Spirogyra nitida, but with much pe articulations. When young the colour is of a dull pale green, . a ay three imperfectly spiral lines of shining granules are with a ty distinguishable. Afterwards these lines become more spicuous, the rest aot te filaments beg: now perfectly pratt: till oe 176. Cooke le. fas ie Hab.: At Herston road, Brisbane, W. J. Byram. * un eae moO AL. p- as occurring at Burpengary. grt sor 3 idle also notes it as Pieeee in the collectiun made by Mr. W.- yram, at Jenkins’ Quarry, Bundamba. unata, Sch : | oy “inex ik idle. Beitr. Alg. Schwarzw., p- 15, Plate II, fig b.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. QD bans O D. maa: pesmipium, 4g. /#7¢ a of ‘at atum, Nordst. Length of eal 19°5-19°5-23 p 5 oun — 27-26-26 »; breadth at isthmus, 22- 21-21 p. oe —— Rockingham Bay, J- Dallacke ; J ‘paawine River, Dr. broader apices to the cells. Oarctatum, Nordst. Form with 30»; Le: at meth of cell, 28- the isthmus, breadth at the ne 29 B35 — 38 px; breadth at the is Hab.: Johnstone River, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. D. aptogonium, Bréd. ab.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dd, Pwonium, 8 acutius, Nordst. q : Between Norman and Gilbert Rivers, T. Gulliver. / j a. Swartz rtzii, 4g. Hab.: Johnstone Rivet, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. } Dr. Thos. L. Baneroft. pr fr- D. beng galicum, Zurn. Alge of East India, p- 147, Plate XIX, : bead Larger form. Length of cell, 26-27 breadth, 34-35 ; th of isthmus, 26 »; breadth at ape, 99-24°5 p. (Plate XI iL) : -: Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy. ————————— f- fe H. Toca (Mert.), Ehrenb. ft. fo ees (Smith), B 12 | D. apr ake ede reat Ktzg. Ralfs. Brit. Desm., Plate V. Dimen- sions: 20: —Schmidle. fe ‘ ae ar | Brisbane, W. J. Byram ; Johnstone River, D Bancroft. See Bail. Botany Bulletin, No. VL, p. 38, and Plate IL., Fig. 27, a,b and ec. i i —Schmidle. D. mene i, (R) De By. Dimensions 20 : 20 p. ge Loon, aati W. J. Byram. See Bail. Botany Bulletin No. XI, p- a aa Plate X., D. Baileyi, (2a//s.) De Bar. Form gemima, Nordst.—Freshwater Alge 4 New Zealand, p. 27, Plate II., figs 4-5. : Waters of Gulf Country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. HYALOTHEGCA, Ehrberg. if H. hians, Wordst. Professor Schmidle refers to ya a wb of New Zealand and Australia (p. 28, Plate 2, Fig. 9), # Be " 3 rad the specimens examined the following dimensions :—32 # lon | broad. (See Plate IV.) | Hab.: Enoggera district, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. ‘a | H. hians, Nordst. Dr. Borge gives the following : rie adth cell, 18- 20 ps ; breadth, 285-30 p; breadth at isthmus, 26- -27 p at apex, 18-20 » Hab.: Toleasas River, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. H. dubia, Kizg., var. op ea Hansg- Hab.: Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. B : Johnstone River, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. Hab. : Johnstone River, Dr. ste L. Bancroft. commit acta Ehrenb. G. moniliformis, Zhrenb. | Hab, : Johnstone og Thos. L. Bancroft. id . G. monilifo ormis, var. gracilescens, Nordst. Length © 2 27-29 p3 breadth, 13 : Hab. Selig, Mae J. Dallachy. SPH EROZOSMA (Bréb.), Ralfs. Ss. pres ssiranaly Ralfs. Rs tag River, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. Fe, ONYCHONEMA, Wallich. O. lve, Nordst. Length of cell, ee 16 p; br bristle, 28. 29 », without Triste 17 »; brea shy at pe . be sect Hab.: Johnstone River and waters of the Gulf country, Dr- : first alway sd Of the two numbers ex here wing pages, the length and the second the eae mk and in the follo % pag’ 8 5 es og ee eS i eS ati een q "Transition between he two species just referred to. — E.-sinnosum 13 MICRASTERIAS, Ag. val oscitans, 2al/s., var. pinnatifida (Kiilz.), Rab. Largest Length of ¢ ell, 94 »; breadth, 100 »; breadth at isthmus, s 16 p. (Plate XITT.) = ane oe co Persieh. In dimensions this form agrees for the / most’ part with 1. oscitans; as far as regards the form of the cell, however, it seems to be closely allied to she var. perc atifida M. tat Bail. Breadth of cell 62-65 p. S Mabktiighem Bay, J. Dallachy. M. cs (Plate XITT.) j a ab.: ters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. eh hi Rockingham Bay, : between Norman and Gilbert Rivers, 7. @ulliv ce hitherto no figure “a vertice” bs this species have be published, I have biviherea it of value to. furnish one her M. sp., e. Oblong; narrow at the me edian suture; semi- cells thee tobed + lateral lobes with sharp inferior apices, superior apices rounded; polar lobe a flattened gone -circle, in the middle slightly. eowed: with sharp corners ; not s n from the vertex and har ga an xe of cell, 49-50 p ; breadth, 30- 30. 5 »; breadth of isthmus, b ; Hab.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Baneroft. os aga (Bréb.), Ralfs., var. typica, Turner. Algwe of East 1 ndia. Long. 50, lat. 50, lat isth. 8-9, lat. lob. pol. s. sp. 36, crass. 2h. Prats e1V). ab.: Not assigned. - incisa, var. Wallichiana, Turner. Alge of East India. Iv) 89, ots XIIT,, fig. 6. Dimensions, 60 : 55 p.—Schmidle. (Plate ae Herston road, Brisbane, W. J. Byram ; pretty rare. = decemdentata, Niiy. Dimensions 50: Pro chmidle adds :—‘ Our specimens agree sere “ ike ‘form “he Y Mebius in Railey Botany Bulletin, Plate xl. fy be es on district, Dr. Thos. L. Ban pues anes road, W. J. Professor Schmidle obe the under one is euarginate; ee upper one is prolonged into a single point. Dimensions, 100 : Ae a This Pena constitutes perhaps the (Plate 11. Hab. : Herston road, W. J. Byram. EUA STRUM, Ehrenb. e. Hab.: Johnstone River, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. Hab. ; aa Thashous River, See Thos, L. Bancroft ; didelta urp.), Rafe ngham Bay, J. Dallachy. Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy. . . x 14 E. eg aa Ralfs. Hab.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos, L. Bancroft. E. asperum, raged (n. spe ec.). A large Euastrum; median notch pes and widened ; semi-cells three- lobed, ~eurnished at the base with 5 stout spines and in oe middle with 2 pits ; polar lobe scarcely dilated, deeply notched at the apex, furnished with « sharp tooth on each side ; lateral lobes with 2 lobules, lobules bidentate ; lateral appearance wedge-shaped—not seen from the vertex. Length of cell, 8243 breadth, 45-46 »; breadth of isthmus, 10-11 p. (Plate XII.) Hab. : Rockingham end J. Dallachy. This species is clear] sely allied to E. rostratum, b bap veges Nordst., wit ; : which it ns peels in oenerahd appearan ce when viewed from the front; on acc a its peculiar armament and a ng aspect T have thought that I should classify it as a separate parle. — Bor: E. ansatum is . piscrobiculata, W. Schmidle, The following is Professor Schmidle’s description of this nee form * “Dimensions, 94: 44 ». Above the constriction @ re to be ound upon the semi-cell as many as three protuberances placed eae Above these there is a broader middle protuberance, which is fla to et and left by a scrobicula— Schmidle. (Plate II.) : Herston road, W. J. Byram. E. ansatum, var. attenuatum, M7. Schmidie. This 80 ne variety, of which Professor Schmidle gives the following descriptie The ve . clearly larger than in the typical form ; dime -col 120: e under corncrs somewhat more rounded. The sem! much more considerably towards the narrow, truncated shader t all forms of the species known to me. Generally above the 18 is to be found a middle protuberance, which is surroun ed fa IL) papille, to the left, one to the right, and onea above. ec ; Both si occur mixed in the material from here moog = wmediat? b.: aa by Mr. W. J. Byram, without it being possible to detec Length of cell, 58°5 yx; breadth, 3 Length of semi-cell 27 »; breadth, 32:5 nai 8 . breadth of ehindl 65 pe Borge. (Plate Hab. : errant Bay, J. Dallachy. Form: oe i furnished pio pant on the bast sg no teeth observed ; seen from the bas cells furoith 63 Fi side with a large auoraiad inflation. “Tength of opis er) breadth, 36-38 »; breadth of — 6°5-8'°5 p.— Borge. Hiab, : Waten ft. Comper? 5 Es phat aes aca eS ea A ara 5 Sa ca ea ee ee ee Mery =i 15 E. divergens, Josh., 8 australianum, Borge (n. var.) Lateral lobes furnished with a few teeth; semi-cells furnished above the isthmus with a ring “of iene buat 9 and within the ring 4 granules; seen from. the acta oblong, furnished with a granulated inflation on each side; in lateral view furnished on both sides with a large basal inflation. Length of cell, 47-49°5 p»; breadth, 39-493 y ; breadth of isthmus, 9-10°5 pw. (Plate XIII.) Hab.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. ne A eh ee ; | E. s pinulosum, Delp., var. ornatum, Borge (n. var.). Var. semi-cells furnished with 4 rings of granules in the middle ; polar lobe shortened. Length of cell, 53 »; breadth, 52 »; breadth of ae 13»; length of semi- -cell, Bs breadth, 57 p. (Plate Hab.: Waters of the nvm pagers Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. Between Norman and Gilker Rivers, 7. Gulli § Partly by the armament et pas cell membrane, partly by the very shortene — lobes, which only extend to the same height as the esis te lobes this form hed mat rong poonand nce. t is nearly allied certain forms of £. hrenb; compare E. verrucosum, “s Wa ser ae Turner, Alge of Bast India, plate 74, Plate, XI. , fig. 9.—Borge. E. spinulos Nordst. Length of cell um, Delp., var. inermius, Nords gth , BT-53-somic 27- fprata ) 30 p; breadth of cell, 52-49—semic. 48- mk 524; breadth of isthmus, 12-12—semic. 12- (semic.) 10°5 p. IX.) Hab.: Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy. ° + : S ii fig. B. binale (Turp.), Ralfs. Forma Ralfs’ Brit Desm., Plate XIV., a. i See Hab.: Johnstone River, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. E. verruco E. verrucosum, f.7) (5. osum, Fhrenb., var. Mobii, n. var. ( ; ND) Australian Freshwater Ale IT. »P- 340, Piste 6 sedate Var. oka str ly ‘ granules | in the centre of the semi-cell large. Pi calle seen from the Nga undulated on both sides ; polar lo obe and upper lateral tebe F bat, at each apex. Le ee of cell, 95°5 p; breadth, 88-89 Bs breadt “mus, 30». (Plate XIII.) ae Hab. : Johnstone River, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. The form observed by me differs a little from Mobi ertain forms of Micrasterias American a (Ehrenb Kit so Mtg lateral lobules, mics small. Length of somi-celle 45°5 = breadth, chal hmus, 36 u.— Borge. _ XIV. b.: Waters of the Gulf country; Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. 4 z. B ral lobes two-lobed, s », Borge. With three-lobed semi-cells ; late Rae angler we ke three-lobed, ee alan nssgrt g ; ci =e an ide. Leng 20-40 Hs ; ge of isthmus, 8 »»—Borge. (Plate XV.) : Hab: : Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy: 16 3 teeth below the apical sa cH membrane of semi-cells ne with 4 granules in the middle. Length of cell, 19°5-23 p; breadth, 29-32 »; breadth of isthmus, 65-9 ». Semi-cells not seen from the vertex and side.— Borge. (Plate XIV.) Hab.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. oe ruta bee Sihhoe h Tene Algw of East India, p. 86, Plate; mensions 5 —Schmidle Ue tbe, road, W. a eee rare. ‘ E.c tae hoa solum, Nordst. Dimensions, 76: 3L p= Schmidt, (Plate 1X.) oh a aa one rare. E. dcabouatam (West)=E. rostratum, subsp. ha iz a tum, West. alge of Mulagercas (ub. sup.), p. 51, Plate VI., fig. Hab.: Herston road, Brisbane, W. J. Byram ; pretty rare Professor Schmid adds the sd rele note :—£. _wmbowatum is a distinct from E. rostratum in form of cell and granulati ‘lhe var. pr@ yee Nordst., Freshw. Algew of New Zealand and Tg p: 3, Plate 3, fig. 7, belongs to it, as well as the var elegans, West (udi. s E. Turneri, West Freshwater Alge, W. Feat p. 141. Hab.: N.E. Australia, Whitewater, a Mt. Albion, Ch. W. B ; h- The soeaisena goso agree with Plate ITI., fig. "1 in Nordted’ ben water i of New Zealand. - cad: specimen Cait Mt. Albion) wé long, 26 u broad ; isthmus, 6°5 w broad: d E. compactum, iia: Very small, ci ce aig than broad; semi-cell bro ad, transversely oval; ae protuberance with a linear incision; two small prominence, ay oe each side of the apical projections. Diameter, 20-22 p; lengt A as Wolle’s Desmnids of the U.S., 107, Plate XXVIL, figs 28 a nearly akin to it, are described by Turner in his Alg vs p. 88, Plate XT., fig. 1, and Plate X.., nee 36 and 52, rae ce incurvat and annulatum (see Plate V.). (Plate NLL) Hab.: Herston road, Brisbane, W. J. Byram ; rare. STAURASTRUM, Meyen xt a retusum, Turner. Algew of East India, p. 104, Plate : g. 1 a 11) S. retusu sum, var. granulatum, Borge (n. var.). (Piste not Smaller variety, valehey broader than long, with straight of cell : hollowed; membrane fis de ieee with smaller granules. Le ngth of e 15- — breadth, 19-2 noroft. The yar. oiled ioe Kichl. and Gate. i Alp: nov., p- 13, Piste is be treated as a trans ition a form between this variety 5 P the sips Los ; partly punctate membrane, and a straight or an i inappreciably ¢o 4 three-toothed apex; the inferior horns curved inwards, seen from the vertex quadrangular, hollowed at the sides. Membrane smooth. Length of cell without horns, 58-59 v3 with horns, 117 »; breadth of ze A sady horns, 104 #; breadth of isthmus, 15-16 p.—Borge. 8. bicorne, var. longebrachiatum, Borge (n. var.)._ Varia- hi with sides of semi-cells furnished on each side with three denticu- - Processes ; apex furnished with one series of processes, seen from € vertex semi-cells furnished with two rows of processes ; rays longer, aa with bidentate apex. Membrane smooth. Length of »e0-94 “; breadth with rays, 74-85 «; breadth of isthmus 9 p. (Plate XIV.) es gis Hab.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. : tha tere after some reflection assigned this form to S. bicorne; it differs from 1... Pecies by the sensibly longer and slender processes, by the protuberances inthe ails, however, in many respects S. bicorne, var. Australis, Rac. Desmidya “oncaeAg 22, Plate IT., fig. 8. Compare also S. bengalense, Turner, Alger o . ndia, p. 124, Plate XIV., fig. 13. (Plate XVIT.)—Borge. an ome extent inflated, truncated at the apex, corners proceeding into ; fides hotee t arms granulated; in vertical view semi-cells 3 cornered ; breadth owed. Length of cell with arms, 52 »; greatest breadth, 26 p; Te of isthmus, 9-10 y.—Borge. (Plate XVIT.) bh Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. Mestessi'4°° S. zonatum, Bérg., Desm. Bras., p. 951, Plate V., fig. 48, and S.. . > “urner, Aleve of East india, p. 131, Plate XVL,, fig 21. frbteulare, Ralfs. Segment smooth, semi-orbicular ; end view Size. 6 langular, Zygospore orbicular, beset with subulate spines. 2.50 H; diameter, 25 pw (D.); diameter, 30-45 » CBP aD aarti -Desmids (K.); length, 32 ~; diameter, 27 » (N.).—Cooke’s Britis p76. (Plate VIIL) : F tds, Py ulare, 6 depressum, Royet Bisset. Japanese Des- -z, Bte 269, fiz. 14, and Racib. (ubi. sup.), Plate IL, fig. 17 ot Jenkins’ Quarry, Bundamba, and Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Byram. - pi iculare, 8 denticulatum, Nordst. ae é 2 Gating, POCkingham Bay, J. Dallachy; between Norman and Gilbert Rivers, blunt angles, tly convex, zygo bicular, beset with protuberances, ’ spore orbicular, beset with pr 8 each two bitte spines at their summits. Size: Lengt h, *s British 187. (Plate X iform, outer Dt. Sth df 20¢ Se 18 Ss. J ag est var. obtusum, Wille. Nov. Seml., Plate XIIL, fig. 56, p. 5 Hab. : a road, Brisbane, W. J. Byram ; rare. = Bieneanum, var.ellipticum, Wille (ubi. sup), Plate — he. 47. Semi- cells “ial end view triangular with angles rounde Hab.: Jenkins’ Quarry, Bundamba, W. J. Byram ; rare. /8. dilatatum, £/r).,forma australica, W. Schmidle. Professor ’ Schmidle says :—The cells are scarcely diminished towar ds the late corners. The vertical view is triangular or qua with concave sides and rounded corners. Dimensions, 24: 26. (Plate Il. Hab.: Jenkins’ Quarry, Bundamba, and Blackstone, Tpawich, W. J. Byram; rare. S. paradoxum, Meyen. Frond rough; front view with elongate diverging processes, which are minutely trifid at the apex; en | quadrangular, or sometimes triangular. Size: Length, 72 #; pri i 50 » (D.); diameter, 40-60 p» (K.); diameter, 40-60 p (Wo) Cooke's British Desmids 171. (Plate XI.) | ab.: Herston road, W. J. Byram ; rare. sone 1) in nha only above at the base of each of ie ee “radial hori side of the es ye oa construction. Dimensions, 40:5 the arms).”” (Plate Hab, : ‘ Blackibihs, ae W. J. Byram. S. gracile, Ralf. Segments rene elongated on ea slender process, which i 7 nae ed by minute rages fy vie radiate. jeg ength, 7 . diameter, 50 b @ ie diameter, 5 oe diameter, 40-50 p (W Desmids, be cokes XI.) S. gracile, var. uniseriatum, West. Alg® ot Mala th Plate 9, fig. 3, page, 77. Professor Schmidle’s note ai ae i. 4 the cell with the prolongations amounts to barely 32 q ide in a chs wt Hab.: Herston road, Brisbane, W. J. Byram ; rare. hs : with xXangulare, Lund. Middle size or larger, ©° rf q broad scutesangled sinus ; semi- cae more or few iepresse ot pars 0: es 19 116 »; longest 9 ao British Desmids, 178) (Plate Xi)” 106.5 Se 8, sex Schmi fe eclare, forma australica, W. Schmidle. Professor af e form almost attains in its dimensions the typical stanulati in di upwards aes the vertex, and the shorter prolongations directed a. =, chmidle. (Plate II.) -: With the foregoing, W. J. Byram; rare, small : ised am the typical form, back tooth, ont oe rays ascending, margin furnished with a single rays curved inwards. In vertical view quadrangular, ad bifar XANTHIDIUM, Ebrenb. Widened chotadatir Borge (n. spec.). Very large Xanthidium, sinus above, aes ‘leslet semi-cells three-lobed; polar lobe attenuat runcate or very slightly concave, corners furnished with i ] l t firm en y roee ‘ : a . 2 and with a pair of processes below the apic wl margin ; hin these " ve “ae % r. th cd with long trifureate spurs. § 13-1495. 169 107-117-123°5 »; breadth of semi-cell, with processes, a Mah Sete a breadth of isthmus, 34 ».— Borge. (Plate XIV.) i A tery a lone River, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. : : ma Tiew one ing species, nearly related to &. armatum, Bréb. Whether in Fig. 24. or two processes are seen depends, of course: ; ¥ supply neither dimensions nor a complete figure. Z the zygotes “roamed good representation of the appearance and dimensions of Deeply constricted in the semi-cells somewhat reni- tical, in lateral view 14 hooked horns a die iticorne, Borge (n. spec.) frm, Conve us widened at the extremity ; - Steular, M. in the back; in vertical view ellip embrane of semi-eells furnished with .< a, —— ~ "ee, 20 arranged in two rows (7 x 7), the remainder smooth. Length of cell, 59-60 »; breadth, 46- 47 »; breadth of isthmus, 14 p. — Borge. (Plate XIV.) | Johnstone River, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. mbles very much X. acanthophorum, Nordst.; differs, however, from that ae in a longer curved spines, which are hook- “shaped and arranged in $ different order.— Borge X. superbum, £/fv. Form wi ith sinus sbarp, not straight; semi- si 4 on each side furnished with 5 very slightly- -curved spurs and having 2 warts at the apex. Membrane in the middle use brown and scrobiculate. Length of cell with pte 91 p; brea with Shai 65 »; breadth of isthmus, 16-17 p. (Plate XV. : Rockingham ee J. Dallachy. _ x. i: * Hab.: Waters of the ae anc Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft ; Rockingham Bay; ¥ Dallacky. * Tite ae ee a X. octonarium, Nordst. Freshwater Alge of New Zealand and Australia, p. 42, Plate IV., fig. 22. Yer ry rare. (Plate TL) yston road, Brisbe ane, W.J. Byram. The alga has probably ™ been seen . ee than by Nordstedt from 5 Zealand. ARTHRODESMUS, Ehbrenb. _ A. convergens, Fhrenb. ab.: Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy ; Port Denison. r.). A. convergens, var. mucronatus, pete Ca hod “the view semi -cells breadth, 45-46 # breadth of isthmus, 9 p.— Borge. (Plate XIV. ) Hab. : Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. J A. apiculatus, Josh. Form tess sinus soon greatly ee tah ; back less curved than the semi-cells; in front view inflate f isthmus, side. Length of cell, 38-34 p; reaitl 32-33 p; breadth 0 IV.) Hab.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. “ COSMARIUM, Corda. oe ee tesselatum, Delph. Nordsteatii, V Trashaates Alge, ’». 443. Pa 16. Length of ¢ : ell, roe BS breadth of cell, 48-51-58°5 2; breadth of isthmus, 32 5-325-36 Rockin tgha Bey Jt b Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. 5: Bancroft; ® Qe. cylindricum, Re alfs. pe Bay, J. Dallachy. Length C. excavatum, Nordst. Larger form, more excava tee g-11 & of cell, 3 38-49 BS breadth, 22-23°5 p; breadth of isthmus, (Plate XV. ) Hab.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft: A tical te Bie ee ea Site eh nh ea ae ee o> Seis ae a Se) ae ee od Setti-cells with he Borge mye--~T have, after great considerati I in 21 V of isthmus, 9p. (Plate Hab.: Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy. Form, Nordst., J.c., but much larger. Length of cell, 45-46 p ; breadth, 28-29 » ; breadth of isthmus, 11-12 ». (Plate XV.) Hab.: Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy. C. tetraopthalmum (Kitz), Bred. Hab.: Mitchell River, near the Gulf of Carpentaria, Edw. Palmer. C. Brebissonii, Menegh. Hab. : Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. C. denticulatum, Borge (n. spec.). Very large, 1} as long as its diameter, middle deeply constricted, suture almost straight, widened at middle; in lateral view somewhat oval, membrane punctulate towards the sides, the remainder densely denticulate. Length of semi-cell with teeth, 84°5-91—(cell) 182; breadth of semi-cell with teeth, 126-130—(cell) 133 4; breadth of isthmus, 45°5-45°5 p.—Borge. Plate XV.) : 8eCurif onal in the middle, suture with sharp angles, not greatly e Tounded ; apices of the semi-cells furnished with 3 curved marginal “urs, and a little above them with one spur; membrane densely “robiculate, thickened in the middle and often brown; in vertical mew With rhomboidal truncated sides, apices denticulate. of | ength oe 65»; breadth with spurs, 131-182 p; breadth of isthmus, oP orge. (Plate XV.) ab.: Between the Norman and Gilbert Rivers, 7. Gulliver. : C. uiforme (Ralfs), Arch. b.: Waters of Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. C. pse i little broader than long; udobroomei, Wolle. Form a li Oeste) view Luteells as in Plate LL, fig. 36, Wolle Desm. United States. renath of cell, 43-45°5 Bh; ‘hadile 45°5-48 »; breadth of isthmus, a (Plate XV. 4D.: Joh = ; f Ohnstone River, Dr. Thos. L. pee Siete oia shia form to dole ; ; on the front view it does no ~ XVI., in Ralfs Brit. Desm. Tr es All its details of truct ik receding (C. Broomei), but entirely devoid finns tral inflation.” Tf this prt opt I would, without hesitation, assign the “Served by me to C. pseudobroomei. W173 ‘ ~ De B Arch., Form, Nordst., Desm. Arct. P 22 : | i with that given by Ralfs, the aaa is not so complete. a yr | is C. poate Weer, Freshwater Alg. of Madagascar, p late VIL which, however, davinkes in ‘ak Mea different dimensions fl ‘anil differently arranged and more widely separated from each other. Compare also C. quaarum, ene minus forma, Schmidle, Freshwater Alge of ‘Australia, p- 309, fig. 14. See late IT. | C. nea cdeateetacene dag und. : Johnstone River, os Thos. L. Bancroft. C. Askenasyi, Schmidic. Alg. Sumatr., p. 304, Plate IV., fig. 7 Smaller form with median suture afterwards ” widened ; apex 0 of semi meet cells truncated. eek of semi-cells, 65 p; breadth, 91 p; bread of age 36-37 wp. (Plate XV.) b.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. maller form, median suture afterwards widened; § eur seen om the front with opening of the isthmus rounded ha the sides, truncated atthe apices. Length of cell, 137-138 4; brea 111- pen »3; breadth of isthmus, 45°5 wp. (Plate XV. : Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy. i all the specimens re nging to these two forms which I have arg 4 membrane was finely punctate; on the other hand the ho rizontal row 0 nye points which are tu be fg at the isthmus, and which Schmidle trae co the Sumatra form. To species may, perhaps, be assigned as @ iar “dle rium spec, Mob., Austr. Peibetee Alg. IL., p. 340, Plate IL., fig. 20.— _ 99, Plate VII. : aryi, . 27. Length of cell, 138-159 p ; ‘breadth, 69- 2 B35 " preadth of a Nell 35-36 p . 1Watdes of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Baner roft. ing propo The form therefore differs a little from —— form in being a. slenderer, and having a smaller isthm C. turgidum (Br¢i.), — — III.) Hab.: Rockingham Bay, J. D C. pachyderm Tmum, Lund. Smallerform. Length of cell, 72-73 pi breadth, 562; breadth of isthmus, 27-28 ». (Plate III.) Hab.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. C. ellipsoideum, E/fv. Smaller form. is of ¢ — 21-22 »; breadth of isthmus, 45-5 p b.: Port Denison. 9 Cc. eS etum (Hantzech), Renisch. Length of cell, ha ar bre soy 7 cell, 52-58°5-58°5 »; breadth of isthmus, 3 s. L. Bancroft i Port ble ell, 24-2685 Ha = Wat f th Th Rockingham Bay, J. Dalla a ademas : ah . C. pseudoprotuberans, Kirchn. Smaller form. Length of , 24-25 uw; breadth, 21»; breadth of isthmus, 6'5 p- Gets Hab. : Qaebniiend, Gulf of Carpentaria, Dr. Thos. . L. Baneroft. ounded + a Larger form with upper corners of the semi-cells anor Length back pk at in vertical view semi-cells inflated on each *! ie ) of on 44»; breadth, 39 »; breadth of isthmus, sete ( + Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancra, ; 23 C. Be ea ninil, Bréb, Form agreeing with 0. gestae Elfv. Hab.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Baner, C. trachypleurum, Zuvnd., var. minor, Rae. Hab.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. C. binum, Nordst., var. australiensis, Borge (n. var.). 2 tion about twice as long as broad; sides ve semi-cells almost abated: upper corners eonndeds notches about 20; median granules distributed in 5 vows and below one re ntal row of 5 granules ; membrane granulated towards the margin, granules distributed sinely in one interior series and in pairs in two exterior series. Length of | seni-cll, 21-22 rh breadth, 28-29 ,; breadth of isthmus, 1 pb Borge. (Plate XY.) Hab. : ie of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. me meus perhaps be signed to C. binu um, var., Rac. Non. Desm., p. 21, Plate V., fig. C. Phaseolus, Breb., 8 elevatum, Nordst. Smaller form. length, 19-20 nw; ‘bread th, 18 »; breadth of isthmus, 5°5 p. Hab.: Johnstone River, Dr. Thos. L. Baneroft. C. angustatum (Wittr.), Nordst. Form with semi-cells pally attenuated from the base. Length of cell, 27-28 »; breadth, #; breadth of isthmus, 4 p. (Plate X Hab.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. Zz Bancroft. in th ot without ane ye that I have assigned this form to C. angustatum ; e principal form vertex is more depressed ; a form which seems somewhat Mere nearly Sa to that described by me is f. australis, Rac. Desmidya Ciastoni, P. 366, Plate L, fig. 2 ¢ dubia, Borge (n. spec.). Small Cosmarium twice as long as ad, almost rectangular, sinus straight and narrow ; semi-cells with 4 und tions ; sides almost straight ; inferior corners somewhat straight; el ta ea of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft, sranatum, Breb. Dimensions, 32-20 p. wy Pnogge District ; Blackstone, 7 wich; and Jenkins’ Quarry, B 2. Byrom ks ar. ot the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. . Ba cart ; og. ant igh Bay, z. Dal = rag Schmidie 8a a ‘Phe cell-dimensions are 38 : : 25-28 pb. ess & Rembrat’ are slightly. rounded at the vertex, and have ange a ae e thickened inwards. The latter is covered va ee - Very slightly raised elevations. The appearance me: pet a sane t at sides.” — Plate I) that of a narrow ellipse, with almost pa Seal : Bi calls in some respect ackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Pyram. The form recalls i natum uence 7 punctata, Tuer, Alg# 0 of the _ ie ae : aoe Bar | Pate II, figs. 8a and 4. For comparison Turner's hg ih se "coke W. Schmidle (n. var.). Pro-- 24 Form, Schmidle (Borge), Alg. ans Denver, fig. 1, and d Borge Subfoss Séty. Alg. Gotl., fig. 1-3; membrane sm mooth. Length of cell, 25-27 » ; breadth, 18-22 BS breadth of isthmus, 5-6°5 p. Hab.: Mitchell River, near Gulf of cai Edwd. Palmer. Frequently the two cell halves belonged to different form C. Meneghinii, var. goncinnun, Rabh. The following is Professor Schmidle’s note :—‘‘ Dimensions, 24-20 ». The upper corners (Plate 1 off phoney are slightly, handle ported curved inwards X.) as hig. the foregoing: At Jenkins’ Quarry, Bundamba, W. J. Byram, in the typical for C.crenulatum, Neg. Professor Schmidle says :—“The Sie observed hie exactly with the figure in Naegeli; Eniz. Alg., Ela 5 fig. 7 Hab. : Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Byram. Cc. phe ee a Nordst. Hab.: Jenkins’ Quarry, W. J. Byram ; rare. C. subtumidum forma. Professor Schmidle says : ae Bada approximates to the form rotunda in Algenflora v. Virn Te g.14. The semi-cells are prolonged sideways. — ep need aut that the resemblance to Cos. sexangulare, Ld., is great. 82: 28y.” (Plate IL.) Hab.: Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Byram ; very ra ks of And he adds:—“If I have rightly understood the remar oe ; Bérgesen, written in Danish in his Freshwater Alge boing t C. subtumidum, Nordst. According to shape of cell, dimension® |; dition of the membrane, &e. ay is mes related {6 Te ‘Beh therefore scarcely ever better classed elsewhere. C. phase? Pe from var. achondrum, Boldt., has nothing to do with @. phar well 38 which it is distinguished by very much larger dimensions . absence of the inflation.’ al led ngth C. nitidulum, De Not. Cells small, nega se nearly nt angles and breadth; constriction deep, sinuses narrow near; bas truncate i of semi-cells obtusely rounded, sides anced, os roundly Diamett viewed from the vertex e! lliptie ; ; from the side, aera i, Uv. § 724 22-30 mw; length, 25-35 “p.—Wolle’s Desmids 0 the ¥: (Plate V.) Hab.: Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Byram ; rare. ey 25 C. moniliforme (.urp.), Ralfs, forma. Cells twice as long as i ited by a narrow isthmus; four semi- cells often in series; cell membrane smooth. Diameter, 16-24 p.— Wolle’s Desmids of the U. S., 65. (Plate VIL.) C. utu forma. Professor Schmidle says:—‘ The cells agree well in their shape with O. minutum f. novizelandica, Nordst., yet the cell-membrane is strongly punctate, almost granular, like that = 0. ellipsoideum, var. notatum (from Sydney) in Raciborski esmids (wbi. sup.), p13. Dimensions, 29: 21p.” (Plate IV.) “aa Herston road, Brisbane, W. J. Byram. For Nordstedt’s figure see C. venustum, Bred. Length of cell equal to about 14 diameters ; constriction deep; sinus narrow linear; semi-cells have a flat base, hotches of equal size; ends truncate, and slightly retuse. One cholorophyl mass in each semi-cell; membrane smooth. 24-30 u. “(Plate V. Form, Borge, with semi-cells gradually attenuated from the base, *pex slightly concave, membrane furnished with scrobicula above the 7 breadth of Hab.: Rockingh: i is f is identical with C. 40.: Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy. Possibly this form is iden * ideas Wills, which ‘e cinnihed ven Roy and Bisset in Scott. Desm., p- 48, as YMous with C. venustum c. Venustum (Breb.), Arch.,f. minor, Wille. Nov. Seml., p. or Schmidle says:—‘ The dimensions are barely 18 : 12 » & = o bos @ DR BL : (In Wille 24: 18 p; in ‘West, Ireland, 21:16). The side lobes are a 4 » 8 sna “re Galt are taken from Turner ly perceptibly inflated at the margins.’ ab.: Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Byram ; rare. f,Yenustum, var. hypohexagonum, Vest. e AXY., fig ze. Hab.: Herston road, Brisbane, W. J. Byram ; somewhat abundant. . hexagonum, Elf. ‘ b.: Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Byram; rare. obsoletu Mask. The following is m, var. punctatum, “7%. eer Schmidle’s met te: Dimensions, 56:56 p.. The corners Polos netines furnished with spines on the under portion, sometimes ee into sharp points. A portion of i te have “ore according to Turner (Freshwater Alge of Hast in ia), : “a classed with C. palustre, Turner. (Plate III.) 40. : : i 2 The Lackstone, ipswiol, 1. J, BytS™ 2 card ea obsoletum, forma followi are lating to : ) Wing descriptions of and eh water Algew of East India, Treland, p. 147, Plate III.) 26 does not use the term “aculeat this and Reinsch’s figure, apparently exclude a acl euntentis tobe usually placed under this species. (Plate III.) Hab : Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Byram. C. palustre, Turn.; «, circulare, f, ovale. (a) a, cireulare f. major, long. 65, lat. 65, lat. isth. 31; (5) cirewlare, f. minor, long. 56, lat. 54, lat. isth. 22; (c) ovale, long. 68, lat. 78, lat. isth. 37p. Also in Wallich : “ Endochrome collected into 2 irregular paicher ss each segment.’ These forms in front view are much like C. Smolan- (Plate II Hab. : Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Byram. pachydermum, Lund. Large, a third part longer than — deeply constricted, with a narrow linear sinus; semi-cells acon forming two-thirds of a circle, lower angles rounded ; end view ] put side view elliptically debiouler, cell-membrane thick, ‘distinet a ie WT mange punctate. Amylaceous granules two. Size: Length, ! Briti #; diam. 80-87 p» (L.); diam. 75-100 p (W.).—Cooke’s Desmids, 85. (Plate IX. Hab. : Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Byram ; rare. C. angulatum (Perty) Rabh. Fi. Eup. Alg., P- 16h India, C. angulatum, f. m Grunow. Turner Alg. East Plate VIIL,, fig. 35. nec Si are sorsawwbit broader; y. aensions 67: 42 n—Sclmidle. (Plate V.) : Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Byram. lat, isth- sy following is — from Turner’s work :—Long. 58- Gre’ eo " 16-18, crass. 23 u w gives: Long. 62, lat. 40, lat. isth 18 « Jane lat. 40, ig isth. 16 u (b ws For the type Perty’s dimensions are :—Long. 41, lat. 29, lat. isth. 16 ee Wallich says :—‘In some matured specimens ape endochrome WS 8 granular masses, measuring from 2°2 to 6°7 u in len d 2:2 to 44 the arranged in radii from : central point.” Whet . “this be correct ott, of om which I figured f. 35 Ss Plate V.) h Wallich states endochrome showing two pyrenoids = nagvets rt ane as a ht the that the ends are somewhat rounded ; specim had straig slightly incurved apices. The frond is ik. (Plat ate fe V. y C. Reinschii, Arch. Frond truncate, ok, a — y on longer than broad ; constriction linear ; segments ova a ne 4 ends straight, smooth ; sides with three rrojectig ose e eg : elliptic, eects in the middle. Size: Length, 33 #5 we ok. diam, 30-35 » (W.).—Cooke’s British Desmids, 96. (Pls - Hab.: Jenkins’ Quarry, Bundamba, W. J. Byram ; rare. j aatttiction deep, wid Pear} 27 C. Regnesii, Reinsch. Small. Cells in front view rectangular, with a medium semi-elliptic incision on each side; semi-cells in front view trapezoid, denticulate at the margin, with eight equi-distant teeth ; membrane smooth. Size: Length, 11-13 »; diam. 11-18 p (Re.).— Cooke’s Brit. Des., p. 95. (Plate 1X.) C. Regnesii, var. montanum, W. Schmidle. Further contri- butions, &e. Plate I., Fig. 9. Hab.: Herston road, Brisbane, W. J. Byram ; rare. _ Professor Schinidle adds :—‘‘ West has described in his Algee of Madagascar (Lin. Soc. of London, October, 1895) a C. pseudoregnesii, p. 59, Plate VI., figs. 42 and 43, which I consider to be identical with our variety. already appeared in Hedwigia in April, 1895, my nomenclature has priority. Should the alga be included in the separate species it must therefore be called C. montanum.” C.punctulatum, Breb. Frond, about as long as broad, constriction linear, segments subreniform, clad with small scattered granules, or Sometimes punctate; end views elliptic ; zygospore orbicular, elegantly beset with rather short and thick processes, which are roun ed above and margined by a number of very short, acute spinelets, with a central slender elongate, slightly tapering, process, bifid or trifid at the extremity. Size: Length 22-30 p; diam. 22 p (M.); length 24-31 ps diam, 21-26 » (Wille); diam. 20-30 » (Wo.).—Cooke’s British Desmids, 104. (Plate IX ) C. punctulatum, f. typica. Professor Schmidle says:—“ The tells are all over symmetrically punctate.” Hab.: Jenkins’ Quarry, Bundamba, W. J. Byram. c. punctulatum, forma. -Professor Schmidle says:—“The cells exhibit on the semi-cell above the isthmus in front view arranged in a -8. The vertical view is elliptical not inflated.” Hab, : Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Byram ; rare. ¢-punctulatum, forma, Professor Schmidle says:—“The ng if What smaller dimensions of the cell amount to about 26 : 23 p. e “mi-cells are granulated at the margin as in the foregoing form, idd an - the middle in horizontal rows becoming aggewsicsag 3 broader as they Proceed upwards ; vertical view elliptical.” (Plate II.) ab.: Jenkins’ Quarry, Bundamba, W. J. Byram. C. cre ee f Schmidle’s > hatum, Ra/fs. The following is Protessor sen sng Dimensions ieee 18:16 p. The form of the cell is rere vy Alge of East India, p. 50, Plate VII., fig. Ae Hab. ; Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Byram ; rare. * typicg ty € following is taken from Turner ((.c.) :—@. erenatum, J. minute, Forme Consimile sed minus. Long. 15, lat 13, lat. isth 5 u. : Forti ird ] than broad 1 bout one-third longer road, Piece. water sda fete below; isthmus forming a e, so heck ; segments elliptical, rough all over with minute ceoragahes Y granules ; end view elliptic. Zygospore orbicular, beset wi rt on somewhat she conical blunt spines. Size: Length, 40; diameter, 25 p : meter, 25-38 p (Wo.); length, 40 »; diameter, 30 p (C.). oe 8 British Deatiide 103. (Plates IV. and VIL) Hab.: Jenkins’ Peon jorge a W. J. Byram; waters of the Gulf Country, Dr. Thos view elliptic, with a prominence of papilla on each side. Diameter, 14-15 p; length, 17-18 ».— Wolle’s frente of the U. S., 95. (Plate VIL.) C. Blyitii, f. australica, 7. re Ree gives the following description of this new for ‘The dimensions ar 2 Op. The shape of the cell igre ell with Nordster s Green ae form (Nordst. Desm Greenlan . The dl argin is somewhat more granulated, and towards the i ex of the half cell there are to be found in the middle two considerable (rarely ~~ a) protuberances placed horizontally.” (Plate e Il. : Jenkins’ Quarry, Bundamba, W. J. Byram; rare. C. botrytis, ao. Frond rather longer than broad, constriction deep, linear; segments twice as broad as long, broadest at t esis narrowing upwards; ef rather rounded, ends truncate, Tous . o with scattered rounded pearly granules; € nd view Oro y elliptic ; pet orbicular, spinous, spines elongated and alight divided at the apex. Size: a 72 py; diameter, 67 fey Maiiotae: 36-62 (Wo.) ; length, 85 p; diameter, 65 ; length diameter, 52 p c Scooter s British Desmids, 105. (Plate i: C. botrytis, var. tumidum, Wi/tr. Dimensions, 48: 43 p Hab.: Jenkins’ Quarry, Bundamba, W. J. Byram. olitanum (Balsamo), _var. australicum ; en in the midd eep, narrow, and s aight ; the emi-cells pe | upwards, often with even, often with convex margin. i with cell are two pyrenoids. The vertical view is a narrow pee el broadly inflated. » (Plat : Hab : ad, ‘os sbane. W. J: Byram. Turner epi + fi "a kindred but tonsa form in his Algw of East Tctinc p. 72, Plate : The following is Turner’s note referred to Dr. midle ee ith the 44, lat. ae Proba ably a variety of Cos. Ne epoitanam| Talsamo, but i ically superior angles more rounded; the granules on the cyt! joderm are arranged. n@late e IV.)” C. quadrum, Lundell. Rather large, about as lon ne os eeply constricted, with a narrow linear sinus, rather qu bet slightly retuse, sides almost straight, angles Mette rounded, in side views each pole is rounded, an nd t the mi almost parallel sides, ae se its middle now and then pe . II.) a r | 99 | : | Desmids, 102. (Plate 1X.) hee, i saya om minus, Nordst. forma? The following is ." SS midle’s note :—“ Dimensions, 48 : 46 »; the granules ca: ee the upper corners are considerably rounded ; two I sin the semi-cell; the vertical view is not inflated.” (Plate IT.) Hab. : : ee ne ipewich, W. J. Byram. Perhaps also our form may be Phte VI, fig. 25. obrcomei, var. elegans, West, Algw of Madagascar, p. 62, Th a therefore, generally a somewhat more semi-circular shape oa ns,110:78 ». The cell membrane is yellow; the pittings of Saaeibly. _ el exmeanees Nordstedt (wb. .) marks i y pleuroteniopsis, and De Toni in his Sylloge Algarum I., aa Herston road, Brisbane, W. J. Byram. he following is Dr. Nordstedt’s description :— et intrors P angusto sublineari extrorsum rorsum ampliato profunde constrictum ; semicellule tres partes interd aullulo truncate) membrana 20 et oblique transversas granulis ‘ ) n ipso apice saep granulis nullis; a latere circulares ; a vertice late elliptice membrana ranulata. Nuclei amylacei? (Tantum cellule j inanes colore luteo-fuscescente a me VIS® sunt.) DOCIDIUM, Bréb. = baculum, Bréb. : Rockin : Johnstone River and waters of Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft ; gham Bay, J. Dallachy. k times » dium of medium size, 13-14 ‘onger than the diameter ; semi-cells scarcely attenuated, deeply : -439 ted and smooth. L of cell, | apex, 90 #; breadth, 32-33 »; breadth of isthmus, 17 p ; breadth of eee ‘isa p. (Plate XVI.) “% -: Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy. 34, Plat Ty D. undulatum, Bail., D. edem Clearly diff + fig. 7, andD. burmense, Josh., from which, how ends, ers in the deep, uniform undulation 28 well as in atum, Turn., Algae of East India, p. ever, this new species the straight, smooth 30 D. Ehrenbergii, 2a//s. Hab.: Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. ean Whitewater, near Mount Albion, Ch. W. Birch ; Rockingham Bay, J. Dalla D. basiundatum, W. and G. West. yea Alg. Madagase., a 45, Plate V., fig. 35 (sub sh wear ag, 3 Form 17-19 times longer an its diam ter ; apices attenuated. Length "of semi-cell, 253 (call 543 »; breadth of semi- ‘Sil, 29- (cell) 30 pw; breadth of apex 19°5-(cell) 19:5 p. (Plate XVI Hab. : Endeavour River, Persieh. W. G. West assert that the a pa form is about 26 times as it ng as broad ; peng to the dimensions cited, however, it is only 21-22 times ® long as broad. . burmense, Josh. Form with 14-16 constrictions in the ie cells, Breadth of base of semi-cell, 43-47 »; length of semi-cel, 12-15 times greater; breadth of apex, 32-36 p. (Plate XVI) Hab.: Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy. In the 2 Senet furnished by Joshua it is mentioned that the pa se is 15-20 t ong as broad; in a figure supplied, however, the semi-ce is at ieans: 12 cee as long as bro D. nodosum, Bail. Form with smooth membrane ; inflations i semi-cells, that is with elongated constrictions. Length of se Oe 87-97°5-120-130-(cell) 274 1; greatest breadth, 31-34-39-42-45°9 Pi breadth of isthmus, 12-12-14- 22 Sip XVI.) Ba ab. : Waters of the Gulf country, as tae te oft Rockingham ?9y) J. Dallachy ; between Norman and Gilbert Rivers T. Gul Form agreeing with next form, but very large. Length of gs! cell, ~~ 267 »; greatest breadth, 84-85 p; breadth of “isthmus, P (Plate XVI.) Heli: Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy. h D. nodosum, var. mammillata (2. var.). Varia ee inflations of the semi-cells furnished each with two pap! illee f isthmus, ef semi- co agit 128 »; greatest breadth, 53-54 p ; breadth of 18 2 p. e XVI.) Hab. : tad Norman and Gilbert Rivers, 7. Gulliver. : th, D. tesselatum, Josh. Length of semi-cell, 208-280 pi ne 36°5-44 uw. Hab.: Rockingham Bay, J. Dallachy. Plate IJ., fg: ?D. cylindricum, Zurn. Alge of East India, p. 7 ets ells i ength © Hab. : Wites of the Gulf country, De. Thos. L. Bancroft. -162'5 Bi ? Form smaller, apex dilated. Le ngth of s emi-cell, 12 09.96 P greatest breadth, 26-29 »; breadth above the inflations, (Plate XVI.) Hab. : Johnstone River, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. dum (n. spec.). Large Dociaium, 4-6 times longer * rl on - ath about D. horrid . diameter, slightly constricted in the middle ; seni co al whot res 4 whorls of projecting double spurs ; prominence b | } 31 15-17 ; apex truncate, f , furnished with from 7-12 = spurs. Li of teni-cals, 153, -130-(cell) 198 »; breadth of semi-cell, ‘68. 49- pay" 40 . isthmus, 27-26-(cell) 22 ». (Plate VII eg’ haan Bay, J. Dallachy between the Norman and Gilbert Is nearly akin to D. Kayei, Arch. D.v om nm, Raifs, var. ornatum (a. var.). Variation gated prominences, we five-toothed ea apices of semi- h with pro 10-43 5, “ge 169-2365 jy; breadth of semi-cell with processes gy She th of isthmus, 19°5-22 u. (Plate XVI Bets to ete the Norman and Gilbert Rivers, 7. Gulliver eke Sad co ewes er lateral protuberances this form presents a very D. gra 1st, “oe eee: .), Wittr. Length of semi-cell with spurs, 153- - — th of spurs, 28-29 p. Reve XVI.) a. aes of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Baneroft. ah y the form observed deviates a little from the net form by the stouter D.el €gans (n. spec.). Large phat with 5 whorls of spurs; spurs of other aes ‘lees whorl LO in number and smaller; spurs of the in number and la npinene i wide apart, straight, or (the fet Per ones) slightly curved ; apex two-lobed, with double-spurred with spurs, fos obes, on each Lrpey: spurs. Length of semi- -cell isthm ae greatest breadth with spurs, 65 «; breadth of hoa 19-20 u. ‘(Plate XVI. : Between the Norman and Gilbert Rivers, 7. Gulliver. ) Dau Stralianumi (n. spec.). Large Docidiwm, 5-7 times as long broad - 12 in : ; pols furnished with 4 whorls of spurs, spurs of whorl oy rony, straight, or sli htly i i standing apart ; i ee re furnished. ih a spur sf peak ‘vith i lowest whorl ; gth —«GL58- :.. sa tok 169-182 4; breadth of "emiooll with “spurs, ast ab, : haeae ee Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. I aaa la da ticre al ese et) Elan ec Heb. 7-139 »; breadth, 23- Johnstone River, Dr. — . Bancroft. ul fone (Breb.) Ralfs. Frond fusiform, both in front lourless cl ma projection | empty Diameter, ath, “182 dintastec, ) - p (K. aa Cooke's British Lesa of 49. (Plate XI. Oggera District. Nordst. Length 32 PLEUROTENIUM, Neg. P. rectum, f. australis, Racib. Desm., &e., p. 10, Plate I. fig. 4. Hab.: Herston road, Brisbane, W. J. Byram; rare. P. tenue (n. sp.), Schmid. Professor Schmidle says : :—* The entire- edged cells are barely 20 » broad and about 460 p long, sie attenuated towards the ends and pie sharply froneatene constricted at the isthmus, furnished a ing and on oe side a perceptibly inflated. The in our specim eHow somewhat granulated ; the Se consists of ar longtudival bands.” (See Plate II.) Hab.: Herston road, W. J. Byram ; rare. PLEUROTENIOPSIS, Lund. P. turgida, var. ovata, catered Freshwater Alge, New Zealaud and Australia, p. 63, Plate VII, fig. Hab.: With the foregoing ; rare. P. subturgida, orl minor, W. Schmidle. Alge of Sumatra, p- 300, Plate VIJ., fig. 4. Professor Schmidle says:- ““Our s ee ee ‘perfectly in tase and cell-tiimensions with the forms trom Sumatra and Samoa. As appears from the remarks of oe and Jenkins’ Riek near Bundamba. Int the materia road zygotes of ps variety were abundantly present. diameter about 27 » broad, and about 10 long, 0 curved and furnished with stout spines.” (Plate P. bigibbum, W. Schmidle (n. sp.). Professor scknnte apr the following description :—“ The cells are about 100 » long, 60 # which is formed by a considerable thickening of the ¢ The chlorophyll consists of parietal longitudinal bands.” > (Pla Hab.: Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Byram. CLOSTERIUM, aan a C. striolatum, Ehrenberg. Frond from 6 to 10 ly depres as broad, Junate, attenuated ; ; upper margin ee slightly P 7 in the centre: lower concave; - ends very obtuse, rounded ; ee in a single series; empty frond reddish, especially near ering crowded, beep 9" sutures pera three ; zygospore orbicular, smooth. Size ‘3- x p (BR 2; diameter, 38-40 (W. ). —Cooke’s British Desuidde 29, (Plate VOUT) C. pe oiatam, var, «. typicum, Klebs. Desm. of East Prussia, p. 1 Hab. : SS one Ipswich, W. J. Byram ; scattered. C. ok ego Ra ae Frond slender, 12 to 15 times as oi net, numerous, but not crowded; transverse sutures Bs more than three ; zygospore globose, smooth. Size: 0°32-0'45 mm. te File Me zygospore, 54 p (L.).—Cooke’s British Desmids, 29 ate a alsshetane, Ipswich, W. J. Byram ; rare. C. Ralfsii, Bred. Frond stout, 6 to 9 times as long as broad, the Upper margin slightly convex, lower concave, ventricose at the middle, each extremity tapering into a narrow slender reddish beak, shorter arge gran conspicuous in a single series; empty frond reddish, especially near vag strie numerous, close and. distinct ; central suture accom- panied by several transverse lines. Size: 0°3 mm. X 50 p diameter, 42-47 » (W.).—Cooke’s British oe 32. (Plate Si C. Ralfsii ii, var. 6. typic me Klebs. Desm. East. Prussia, Plate II. , fig. 6e.. Dimensions, 500-550 Be p-—Schmidle. Hab.: Herston road, Brisbane, W. J. Byra 7 Professor Schmidle adds :—“ Our forms might just_as well have been — with CU. 7 atum, b. sandevicense, Nordst., Alge Aque Dulcis San ray le = Ped z rue ren als» in Desm. Brazil, Plate II. fig. 4, fan, Rac cibors he eK EO ; ener eu, os Frond minute, 5 to 8 times as long as b : : der, slightly curved, attenuated, ends blunt; endochrome - cling to the extremities; large granules indistinct, in a single Pang ae frond —— = strie 5 zygospore auth. in ( elli iptie in end v mm. X 63 ( of fs Cooke's 8 Dasuide, 35. “(Plate VIL. ) . 1, Plate 2, . : u, var. Brasiliense, Bérgesen. Desm Brazi es 8, p. San Professor Schmidle ” says i— “The cells are somewha t ighter than in Bérgesen Joc. cit. Dimensions, “100 : 5p b. voll Park, Brisbane, W. J. paige rare. : Zingii, Breb. List., Plate II., Thes en yellowish cell- membrane, and Dysecns in awe a i aBokis imens have a g fine horns. ene Song edad, hiner: ev J. Byram; near Mount Albion, North ie nd, C, W. Bir ay 1 nsions, 152 : 12 p.— | Sima vum, var. 8 majus, Wittr. Dime ; mh. Enoggera District, W. J. Byram ; rare. 34 PENIUM, Breb. P. lamellosum, Breb. Hab. : Waters of the Gulf country, Dr. Thos. L. Bancroft. CYLINDROCYSTIS, Menegh. C. Brebisonii, Mencgh., var. turgida. Alp. Alge, p- 9, Plate XIV., fig. 15. Dimensions, 52: p.—Schmidle. Hab.: Blackstone, Ipswich, W. J. Byram ; rare. CALOTHRIX, Ag. C. parietina, Zhuret. Professor Schmidle says :— The ape form short perpendicular tufts growing upon the soil or wood, on scarcely a millimeter in length and dark colour. It is only pete branched, becomes attenuated in the upper ae (prolonged int Hab.: Queensland, locality ? PLECTONEMA, Thuret. See Filaments branched, ramifications produced by the bran¢ et the trichome outside the sheath, very irregular, and often germin in Scytonema.—Cooke’s Freshwater Algx, 263. Hab. : Queensland, locality ? OSCILLATORIA, Vauch. O. sancta, var. caldariorum, Gomont. Hab.: Queensland, locality ? GLAUCOCYSTIS, Itzigs. G. nostochinearum, Jtzgs. Hab. : Queensland, locality ? GLEOTHECE, Neg. ; _& The G. Baileyana, W. Schmidle. Professor Schmidle aay ick and bluish-green cells are elliptical, 12-20 » long, pei lope of 8 surrounded by a beautiful thick and solid gelatinous ee and i ' is rarely from 4-8 surrounded by one wide envelope, whic Perel" somewhat thinner, but in other respects exhibits the same and characteristics as the isolated cells.” (Plate IL.) gst Det __ Hab.: Jenkins’ Quarry, Bundamba, W. J. Byram; scattered sino midiacer. : ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA. ——@—__—- Page 9.—For ‘Cclastmum” read ‘ Coelastrum.” Page 10.—For “‘ Gleotenum” read nia are Page 12, line 9.—For “‘gemima” read “ 9 Page 12, line 10.—After “ figs. 4-5” ad. “ arpa XVII.)” Page 16, line 10 from foot.—After “fig. 13” add “(Plate XVII.)” IN DEX. Schmid, hexagonum, Elf. Meneghini, ae “Bowe eghinii, i. Thin ie Del ‘forma, Schmidle’ concinnum, N , epelitaninn, var. australicum, : Not See 5 var. punctatum, el, . iorme ps ae ? tba " pulchellum, Wood Docidium _ australian Borge (n. sp.) australianum, f., Borge ..- Breb. ne ie basiandatum, W. and G. West —<—Oo-———- Page. tranche hete Ee So a : a Cosmarium—continued : — Ghvergens, a — osh. : rs pachydermum, onde f., a 26 Spey =, mucronatus, 20 agen Turn, circulars, 1. 36 : . var, Tn : Calothrix parietina, Thuret. ‘ 34 omer: 5 “5 circulare, a: 26 cornu, var. Brasil “ . 83 palustre, Turn., ovale? 26 Re oe ain” Borgesen 383 phaseolus, elevatum, Nordst., f. 28 ee er WES, eS minor 5 Kutzingii, B? ig oa P vin, = Balin, Breb, . punetulatum, f typica oe ; unctulatum, f. f - stilatum, typicum, Klebs. 33 spank Sera f foenih 7 striolatum Bent ae 32 Porti m, Are Bas Cclastrum pulcrum, typicum, " Klebs. i. conndoneciscath Woile, f., Borge 21 Ba ee “eubpuloram, Lai heise tage tuberans, Kirchn., f., 22 Se 8 Sel ne te yeeudoprotuberans , Borge ... 22 a um, ke io mbyeina var, pallida, t uadrum, var. — Nordst. ... 29 Cosmarium amplum, Word gnesii, Rein. 27 angulatum, Perty. st. = ee Warf montanum, Schmid. 27 rh Sout 4 pain Grunow 26 soni in oH Askenasyi_ 5S, phieg? f., Borge 22 securiforme, Borge | (n. “sf ) 21 - Shgustatum. Wit. : ’ € 22 subtumidum, Words 24 binum, Wordst.. var 23 ——* eng af age eB st., var. australien- 23 Delp., var. “Nord- 20 _——-Biytii,’ Witte, (n Me ——Blytii, £, . 28 te “aed A Kutz. lag botrytis, ar australica, Schmid. 28 trachypleurum, , var. 23 botrytis’ Meneg. 28 minor, 4 L Biliael ie, tumidum, ‘Wittr. 28 idum, Breb. ae : tum, Ral a 21 venustum, Breb. 25 2 crenulatum, WV te i venustum, Breb., L: Borge 25 ; uindricum Ran 24 venustum, Bred f. Kngreottted Wille 25 pat oat A mak ifs : = 3 sare rea r. hypohexa- 25 — dubium atum, Borge Ay ®P. ) 21 Cylindroyatia Trobitond, var, 34 ellipsoiders 7 a i i 23 turgida ? eXcavatum Worle ff _ 22 | Desmidium aptogo: ium, Bred. woAL excavatum, f, t. Pee 4 ptogonium acutius, Nordst. ... ll ae i ee oe SB Baileyi, Ralfs | --. . 2 granatum, 2 ’ — Nordst ce sara f — Nordst. .. u granatum, bengall ‘urn. oe grana, t ‘Soh Pestle 24 coarctatum, Nordst. pies 23 quadrangulare, Kutz. Sie 3 de Nordst. 11 25 iL 24 9 31 23 25 Poe 3 95 29 28 30 ae ve . 30 2 30 5 30 oe 6 ges 22 . 30 22 30 ence im indricum, Ehrenbergii, Rad —" Borge (n. sp.) , Bail. eae, Borge (n. sp.) ... on nodosum, Bail., f., Borge Page. jase: meta ued : m, Bail es orge 30 noon, es cede 30 subundulatum, Borge asp.) s. S28 elatum 30 Pecieillatiies, Tals, var. orna- 31 , Borge (n. var.) Euastram ansatum, Ralfs ... re 1s ansatum, var. maxima, Borge 14 (n. sp. eG f. biserobiculata, 14 mid. ansatum, var. attenuatum 14 evarhg a * ap... 14 binale, 15 pene i Ha ass. 13 om tum, Woll 16 mir ig var. soln, Nordst.... 16 didelta Bi py LAR 13 divergens, Josh., ‘var. austra- 15 lianum, Borge (n. var.) nermius, Nordst. . 16 ype eons PP soe var, premor- 14 fine) ee ig 14 poder orge 14 sinuosum, Lenorm 13 sudatahowanas Delp uy VAT. ornatum, 15 _ Borge (n. var.) spinulosum, | var. inermius, 15 Nordst. eC., e 15 te Borge 16 urneri, West 16 bonatum, West 16 bai sera Ehrenb,, var. Mébii. 15 var. Glaucoeystis ce ee” — 34 lceocystis versiculosa, 8 Gloeot cn Baileyana, ’Schm: 34 Gleotz ren Teidhistergismntia, 10 Gymnozyg 1 oa iliformis, Ehrenb 12 moni — 1s, var, gracilescens, 12 Hyalothecs enitioiia Smith 12 dubi poe ZY. Var, subconstricta 12 _ Wordst 12 pean, ert. 12 Kirchner a hari, Schmid. il unata, Schmid. 11 icc alata, hoa : 13 decemdentata, ees decemdent a £; “Schinid. ae oe foliacea, = Res S incisa 18 in cisa, vie. ‘Wallichiana, Turner 13 vei 8, Ralfs, var. pinnatifida, 13 spec., Bor, ie 13 Microspora xieevinke Rab,” 7 pachyderma, Wille, 7 38 ne ed By Authority: EpMunp Grecory, Government Printer, William street, Page. (Edogonium punctato-striatum, De 5 Bary spec., Borge aks i ; undulatum, Bred. ... ie ee undulatum, var. Moebiusii, 5 nia g oc majus, WV a Onychon ma leve, ‘Nords 44 Cucilintorin, a, saris var. aldavioruis omont. 34 Penium lamellosum, Bred. ... st Plectonema bi fing Farlow . a gue urgida, var. “ovata, Nor subt Pruett = minor, Schmid. ro ie ralis, 82 Pleuroteenium rectiiitl f. aust i tenue, Schmid. (n. sp.) = . Sirogonium strictum, Ate... "19 ay Ralfs +» 0 Spirogyra Baileyi, ney ist St i bicorne, Hauptfl., vat. ae ebrachiatum, Borge (n- 18 Binnoawatt var. ellipticum, Wille. dilatatum, ¥. australica, Schmid. 7 pai rand (n. sp.) tity ile, var. “aniseriatum, “West e orbiculare . 7 pobre "var. enti sortie i orbiculare, var. depressum, Roy & Bisset 3 18 pends, eyen. ee eum Sy quntenien, var. ” btasum, "Wille as rectangulare, Borge (n. P) "16 retusu Turn. s. 16 retusum, Zurn, Val» ) ce Borg. (i var. 8 sean ea rare,f. australica, Schmid. fy sexangulare, rr 8 Borge (n. vat.) , 8 bpinnatum, Schme aad sii 6 Stigeoclonium Askenasy!, i { 31 Tetm s Brebissonli, Men, ttenu om Ne . id a granulatus rica, Nordst. 7 "tetrie redrica, fe Tetredon, aga Behe Reins : Tetraspo explanata, Ag- ne Trac aoe +e Stein. i : heria (sp.), Se ) Youchens ifareatim, i sit ; um Se Po multicorne, Borge (0 sp.) ee octonarium, Nordst. ao » superbum, Elfr. se Brisbane. PBA aS WITH EXPLANATIONS AND REFERENCES. (cures : Plate II. Fig. 1.—CEdogonium undulatum, var. Moebiusii, Schmid. Figs. 2a, 2b.—Spirogyra Baileyi, Schmid. Fig. 3.—Gleotenium Loitlesbergereanun., Hansg. Fig. 4.—Pleurotenium tenue, n. sp., Schmid. Fig. 5.—Pleuroteniopsis subturgida, var. minor, Schmid. Figs. 6a, 66.—Pleuroteniopsis bigibbum, n. sp., Schmid. Fig. 7.—Staurastrum dilatatum, f. australica, n. f., Schmid. Figs. 8a, 8>.—Cosmarium granatum, var. gibbosum, 0. vars Schmid. Fig. 9.—Cosmarium moniliforme, f. elliptica, Lag. Fig. 10.—Cosmarium Neapolitanum, var. australicum, 0. var., Schmid. Fig. 11.—Cosmarium subtumidun:, Vordst., forma, Schmid. Fig. 12.—Cosmarium punctulatum, forma, Schmid. Fig. 13. —Cosmarium Blyttii, f. australica, n. f., Schmid. Fig. 14.—Cosmarium quadrum, var. minus, Nordst. Fig. 15.—Euastrum ansatum, f. biscrobiculata, n. f., Schmid. Fig. 16.—Euastrum ansatum, var. attenuatum, n. var., Schmid. Wolle., forma, Schmid. Schmid. f., Schmid. Fig. 17.—Euastrum ansatum, var. compactum, Fig. 18.— Micrasterias decemdentata, Naeg., forma, Fig. 19.—Staurastrum sexangulare, f. australica, 0. Fig. 20.—Staurastrum subpinnatum, n. sp. Schmid. Fig. 21.—Glceothece Baileyana, n. sp., Schmid. Pill Plate III. Fig. 1a, 16.—Gleoteenium Loitlesbergereanum, Hansg. Front view. Fig. 1c, 1d.—Gloooteenium Loitlesbergereanum, Hanag. Side view. Fig. 1e.—Gleeotenium Loitlesbergereanum, Hansg. Transverse bands. Fig. 1f—Gleotenium Loitlesbergereanum, Hans. Spore cells. Fig. 2.—Cosmarium palustre, circulare, f. major, Turn. Fig. 3.—Cosmarium palustre, obsoletum, f. major, Turn. Fig. 4.—Cosmarium taxichondrum, var. nudum, Turn. Side view of frond. Fig. 5.—Cosmarium supergranatum, n. Sp. Fig. 6.—Cosmarium palustre, ovale, Zurn. Fig. 7.—Cosmarium palustre, circulare, f, minor, Turn. Fig. 8a, 8b.—Xanthidium octonarium, n. sp. Fig. 9.—Cusmarium turgidum, ovatum, n. var. Fig, 10a, 10, 10c.—Cosmarium pachydermum, 0. Sp- En Be aM; es Bas Plate IV. Fig. la, 1b.—Hyalotheca hians, Nordst. Fig. 2a, 2c, 2d.—Cosmarium amplum, Wordst, Fig, 3a, 3b, 3c.—Cosmarium minutum, Delp. Fig. 4.—Cosmarium crenatum, Fig. 5.—Cosmarium Portianum. Fig. 6, 7.—Micrasterias incisa, var. Wallichiana. Fig. 8, 9.—Micrasterias incisa, var. typica. Fig. 10,—Cosmarium, Plate V. Figs. 1a, 1b, le.—Euastrum incurvatum, Figs. 2, 3.—Euastrum annulatum. ' Fig. 4.—Gleocystis vesiculosa, Naeg. Figs. 5, 6.—Cosmarium angulatum. Fig. 7.—CEdogonium punctato-striatum, De Bary. Figs. 8, 9, 10.—Dictyospherium pulchellum, Wood. Figs. 11, 12.—Microspora abbreviata, Rabb. Figs. 18, 14, 15, 16, 17.—Cosmarium nitidulum, De Not. Fig. 18.—Cosmarium venustum, Breb. oR i ey ia re ee ea Fae Seen Plate VI. Fig. 1a.—Sirogonium sticticum, Kutz. Sterile cells, x 200. Figs. 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e—Sirogonium stictioum, Kutz. Conjugating cells, * 200 Fig. 1f.—Sirogonium sticticum, Kutz. Zygospore, x 400. (In text, page 10, S. strictum should be as above. PLV! ih he at Re es Me Seth ie ail DE Sos pe A ai eae a ASE SIE Plate VII. Figs. 1, 2,—Cosmarium moniliforme, Turp. Fig. 3.—Cosmarium moniliforme. After division, new semi-cells enlarged. Fig. 4.—Cosmarium moniliforme. Zygospore. Figs. 5, 6, 7.—Cosmarium Blyttii. Front, side, and end views. Figs. 8, 9.—Euastrum compactum, Wolle. Figs. 10, 11.—Staurastrum Bienneanum, var. ellipticum, Wille. Figs. 12a, 12d.—Cosmarium Portianum. Living fronds. Figs. 12, 12c,—Cosmarium Portianum. Empty fronds. Fig. 12e.—Cosmarium Portianum. End view. Fig- 12f.—Cosmarium Portianum. Zygospore. Figs, 18a, 13.—Cosmarium botrytis. Living fronds. Figs. 13c, 13d.—Cosmarium botrytis. Empty fronds. Fig. 13e.—Cosmarium botrytis. End view. Fig. 13f.—Cosmarium botrytis. Side view. Fig. 139.—Cosmarium botrytis. Zygospore, ee a re — nae a _ 6 t PLVII Plate VIII. Fig. 1a.—Closterium striolatum, Zhr. Living cell. Fig. 1b.—Closterium striolatum, Zhr. Empty cell, Fig. 1d.—Closterium striolatum, Ehr. Zygospore- Fig. 2a.—Closterium cornu, Ehr. Living cell. Fig. 2b.—Closterium cornu, Zhr. Empty cell. Fig. 32,—Staurastram orbiculare, Ralfs. Living frond. Figs. 30, 3c.—Staurastrum orbieulare, Ralfs. Empty fronds. Figs. 3d, 3¢, 3f—Staurastrum orbiculare, Ralfs. End views. Fig. 3g.—Staurastrum orbiculare, Ralfs. Zygospore. Plate IX. Fig. 1a.—Cosmarium pachydermum. Living frond. Fig. 1b,—Cosmarium pachydermum. Side view. Fig. 1c.—Cosmarium pachydermum. End view. Fig. 2a.—Cosmarium punctulatum. Living frond. Fig. 2b.—Cosmarium punctulatum. Empty frond. Fig. 2c.—Cosmarium punctulatum. Side view. Fig. 2d.—Cosmarium punctulatum. End view. Fig. 3a.—Cosmarium Reinschii. Living frond. Fig. 3b.—Cosmarium Reinschii. Empty frond. Fig. 3c.—Cosmarium Reinschii. End view. Fig. 4a.—Cosmarium Regnesii. Living frond, x ——. Fig. 4b,—Cosmarium Regnesii. Empty frond, x ——. Fig. 4c.—Cosmarium Regnesii. Empty frond, x 1,000. Fig. 5a.—Cosmarium quadrum, Living frond. Fig. 5).—Cosmarium quadrum. Empty frond. Fig. 6.—Euastrum inermius, Wordst. Fig. 7¢.—Euastrum cuneatum, var. solum, x 400. Fig. 7e.—Euastrum cuneatum, var. solum, x 400. Fig. 7d.—Euastrum cuneatum, var. solum, x 400. Fig. 8a.—Staurastrum gracile, var. uniseriatum, West. Fig. 8b.—Staurastrum gracile, var. uniseriatum, West. Fig. 94.—Cosmarium Meneghinii, var. concinnum. Fig. 9b.—Cosmarium Meneghinii, var. concinnum. Plate X. Fig, 1a.—Closterium intermedium, Ralfs. Living cell. Fig. 1b.—Closterium intermedium, Ralfs. Empty cell, Fig. 2a.—Closterium, Ralfsii, Breb. Living cell. Fig. 26,—Closterium, Ralfsii, Breb. Empty cell. Fig. 3.—Closterium,’ Ralfsii,"Breb, Empty cell. Plate XI. Figs. 1a, 1b, le, 1d.—Staurastrum gracile, Ralfs. Figs. 2a, 2b, 2c.—Staurastrum paradoxum, Mey. Figs. 3a, 3b.—Staurastrum sexangulare, Lund. Figs. 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e.—Staurastruam pygmum. ke ‘ Resear I Ly ee ET. Rm te, | cess 2 Pace 9 Seen mea ae Plate XII, Fig. 1a,—Tetmemorus granulatus, Breb, Living cell. Fig. 1c.—Tetmemorus granulatus, Breb. Empty cell. Fig. 1d,—Tetmemorus granulatus, Breb. Zygospore. Figs, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2¢,—Staurastrum sexangulare, Lund. Plate XIII. Figs. 1a, 1b, 1d.—Euastrum ansatum, var. maxima, p. var., Borge, x 270. Figs. 24, 2b.—Euastrum asperum, Borge, n. sp., x 740. Fig. 3.—Kirchneriella lunata, Schmid., x 740. Fig. 4.—Micrasterias alata, Wall, x 390. Figs. 5, 5a.—Desmidium bengalicum, forma, Borge, x 740. Fig. 6.—Micrasterias oscitans, var. pinnatifida, forma, Borge, x 270. Figs. 7a, 7b, 7c.—Euastrum rostratum, var. premorsum, forma, Borge, * 740. Figs. 8a, 8b, 8d.—Euastrum rostratum, var. preemorsum, forma, Borge, * 740. Figs. 9, 94.—Staurastrum retusum, var, granulatum, Borge, 0. Vales X Loe Figs. 10a, 100, 10c.—-Euastrum divergens, var. australianum, Fig. 11.—CEdogonium sp., Borge, x 270. Figs. 12, 12a, 12b.—Euastrum verrucosum, var. Mobii, Borge, n. vate * 300. x 740, Borge, D- var. x7 Figs. 13, 13¢,—Euastrum spinulosum, var. ornatum, Borge, 0. VaFes Plate XIV. Fig. 1.—Euastrum verrucosum, var. Mobii, forma, Borge, x 390. Figs. 2a, 2ec.—Staurastrum elegans, n. sp., Borge, x 390. Figs. 3a, 3c.—Staurastrum sexangulare, var. incurvum, Borge, n. vat.) X 740. Figs, 4a, 4c.—Btanrastrum bicorne, var. longebrachiatum, Borge, 5. 85 7 Figs. 5a, 5b, 5¢.—Xanthidium multicorne, Borge, n. sp., x 390. Figs. 6a, 6b, 6e.—Xanthidium bifurcatum, Borge, n. sp., x 270. Fig. 6ap.—Xanthidium bifurcatum. Apical lobes in vertical view. Fig. 62.—Xanthidium bifurcatum. A part of the zygote. Figs. 7a, 7d.—Arthrodesmus apiculatus, forma, Borge, x 740. Figs, 8a, 8d.—Arthrodesmus convergens, forma, Borge, x 740. Fig. 9,—Euastrum sp., Borge, x 740. PL.XIY Plate XV. Figs, 1a, 1b, 1c.—Xanthidium superbum, forma, Borge, x 740. Fig. 2.—Cosmarium excavatum, forma, Borge, x 740. Fig. 3.—Cosmarium venustum, forma, Borge, x 740. Fig. 4,—Cosmarium excavatum, forma, Borge, x 740. Figs, 5a, 5b, 5e,—Cosmarium Sectioubatce: Borge, b. sp., x 390. Fig. 6.—Cosmarium pseudobroomei, Wolle, x 390. Fig. 7a, 7c.—Cosmarium securiforme, Borge, n. sp., x 390. Figs. 8a, 8c.—Cosmarium pseudoprotuberans, forma, Borge, x 740. Figs. 9a, 9d.—Cosmarium Askenasyi, forma, Borye, x 390. Figs. 10a, 10d, 10¢.—Cosmarium dubium, Borge, n. sp., x 740. Figs. 11a, 11¢.—Cosmarium binum, var. australiensis, Borge, 1. vate, X Fig. 12.—Euastrum sp., Borge, x 740. = Fig. 13,—Micrasterias sp., Borge, x 740. Figs. 14a, 14d,—Cosmarium Askenasyi, forma, Borge, x 390. 4 ns m4 4) +a i re aed, aa ot eg fh ieitee ° o ° “ AA a eK he Ba! he oe wrt hc I nf eS » a ‘ . My A: ies v : 4 at nie PL.XY Plate XVI. Fig. 1.—Docidium nodosum, var. mammillata, Borge, n. var., x 740. Fig. 2, 3.—Docidium nodosum, forma, Borge, x 740. Fig. 4.—Docidium basiundatum, forma, Borge, x 390. Fig. 5.—Docidium subundulatum, Borge, n. sp., x 270, Fig. 6.—Docidium burmense, forma, Borge, x 270. Fig. 7a, 7b.—Cosmarium angustatum, forma, Borge, x 740. Fig. &.—Docidium australianum, Borge, n. sp., x 270. Fig. 9.—Docidium australianum, forma, Borge, x 270. Fig. 10.—Docidium elegans, Borge, n. sp., x 390, Fig. 11.—Docidium gracile, Wittr., x 390. Fig. 12. —Docidium nodosum, forma, Borge, x 740. Fig. 13, 14.—Docidium cylindricum, forma (?), Borge, x 390. Plate XVII. Fig. 1. —Docidium verticillatum, var. ornatum, Borge, n. var., x 390. Fig. 1a.—Docidium verticillatum, The lateral protuberance in lateral veins, * Fig. 16.—Docidium verticillatum (?), x 740. Figs. 2, 2c, 2d.—Docidium horridum, Borge, n. sp. - Fig. 3.—Docidium cedematum, Turn. Figs. 4a, 4c.—Euastrum verrucosum, var. Wallichianum, Turn. Fig. 5.—Docidium cylindricum, Turn. Fig. 6.—Staurastrum rectangulare, Borge, n. sp., x 740. : Figs. 7a, 7.—Stanrastram bengalense, Turn., x 300. Figs. 8, 8a, 8.—Desmidium Baileyi, forma genuina, Nordst. Figs. 10a, 10b.—Desmidium Baileyi, forma genuina, Nordst. Fig. 9.—Cosmarium excavatum, forma Nordst. Figs, lla, 116.—Staurastrum Maskelli, Zurn. Figs. 12a, 19.—Staurastrum retusum, Turn. XVI rL AN » & uy Den > “aa é tr 1% Ms a B Pi a 1& eS 0 aon eee® lptoa ee to : ¥ 9 & Pi ‘es i 7 d 4 ee} cee 4 Queersanv. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BRISBANE. BOTANY BULLETIN No. XVI. JUNE, 1903. CONTRIBUTIONS 10 THE QUEENSLAND FLORA, WITH ONE PLATE. BY \ F. M. BAILEY, F.LS., * COLONIAL BOTANIST. S _-The Bulletins of this Department will be sent free to such Individuals interested as may request them. Address all ——— to ‘The Under Secretary for Agriculture, Brisbane. eee BRISBANE: UTHORITY : GEORGE ARTHUR VAUGHAN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WILLIAM STREET 1903. Mo. Bot. Garde ———————2 lll PREFATORY NOTICE, feign PPS Lo Tue lapse of time since the publication of my last Botany Bulletin, No. XV. (January, 1898), seems to cail for some explanation. The _ Teason has been that all additions to the State’s Flora have either been ~ given in the pages of the Queensland Agricultural Journal, or worked : into “ The Queensland Flora” as that work progressed. The necessity for issuing the present has been brought about by the publication, in Vol. XLIL. of the Hedwigia, of the fungi collected by Drs. L. Diels and fk. Pritzel, during their recent botanical collecting trip through Australia, Von P, Hennings, who determined their fungi, found a large number of them to be new to science, and as these were mostly obtained in i Queensland, it becomes my duty to publish deseriptions of them, and : thereby bring my publications on this Order up to date. I have also Added to the above some of my own determinations of fungi and other - Plants, FMB. : 30th June, 1903. AS Saree ee Fee ee ae a a ee eee ake Caer itzeia snc limpidus, Fries. Antromycopsis ... Ascherso’ ttraltenss, ‘Henn. yce : Asterin = as upomatize “Henn. Asterostomella delicata, Fries. ons ke a cyathiformis, Henn. Bulgariexe cee aie ntl, Henn... Pritai, Henn. a as ies ear Henn. Pritzlians, Henn. be 2 Digtitescens, Duby. E Pecsconie, i Henn. . a. a Pritzelii, Henn. | . D icicle j Henn. . Dothideoidei = Henn. CONTENTS. en Page. . 2 | Eragrostis ; rownii v. schistacea, Bail. 2 | Erinella d 1 Pritzeliana, ‘Henn. 18 | Erysiphe . =a 14 communis Wallr.... 14 polygoni, DC. oe 16 | Eutypa se 16 Gavorieebs Hoffn. Tarrietize on 13 | Eutypee .. 13 16 16 4 omes_... cc cs 4 versicolor, Henn. ... it a Ree oo Fungi Imperfect 6 6 | Gastromycetee ... 5 | Geodorum et dilatatum var. Gibberella ues 17 rn Mont. oe 17 a Calami, Henn. Gata 4 12 12 | Grandinia 16 cinereo- ~violaces, Henn. 16 noascace: 4 | Helotium... ore Kurande, Henn. ie 14 | pHYvyd ydnei 16 | ymenochete 16 | ~* leonina, Berk 11 irgultorum DC. H myces Pi stereical, Henn H xyl wee : Te alain, B Scho. oe 15 uscum, ’ Per. ee 15 multiforme, Fri 4 rubiginosum, Pers g | Hye 15 eT te pe ey rominiatus, Bail. AWWNW Aa BONN eS oo NIA. DO Hm COAT OT Or 10 over vi. Loranthacez Loranth hus tenuifolius, Bail. oo pd tric "Balliecd, Tul. rbilia fusco-pallida, ‘Hi Orchidez .. Pa ida, enn. Pananectria aS ay Pritzeliana, Henn... Panicum ... papposum, Sie Sma Phalloideze Phoma Disoxy i, He Phyllachora enn. ymploci, P: vies ? atouill. Leucadendri, Henn. Page, CONTENTS. Pilacre Peters, Berk. & Cke. 1 1 | Podosporium australiense "Henn. 8 8 | Pouce ies 8 | tabacinus, Mont. 12 | ewe 12 nuosa, Fries. 12 Pritzelell cer a, Henn. 7 Pyrenomycete... ; Rhopalopsi 2 15 anstralienss, Henn. 9 | Rosellin : 9 Ca fail Henn. Septoria Calami, Henn. 1 | Seynesia . Banksia, > peticlicola, Henn , | Spherioidee Sa Stilb Paperiieiain 1 Thelephorei Tremellinez 4 14 | Xylaria ... ae 1: carpophila, Pers. 1¢ rie Steet Berk.... 1 ymorpha, var. . : sea hypnsien Nitz. 4 . ee | | ’ | ES SEER Se et en BOTAN -; CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUEENSLAND FLORA. — Order LORANTHACE. LORANTHUS, Linn. st perhaps for a few appressed minute hairs : the filaments and style. Calyx-limb of 5 short blunt teeth. Corolla~ ube slender, about 1 in. long, free portions erect for ine: ss the filaments separate from them, Tee portion very narrow. Anthers adnate, erect, nearly 2 lines long, Peciss Style slightly exceeding the anthers, near the ovary sharply K Hab. : Mount Alexandra. Specimens received from Mr. Howard Newport, of amerunga, without the collector's name. November, 1902. Order ORCHIDEZ. GEODORUM, Jackson. Pseudobulbs conical-globose, about i sually bearing 3 leaves Ones much smaller. Pedicels ang Gres somewhat falcate, about 4 lines e dorsal one straight, longer, aud broader. as dorsal sepal, broad, blushed. Labellum bro fentre, but without plates or ealli, only mat ( eminent veins. Column short and broad, slightly red-stained at the se, Hab.: Vrylia Point, Gulf of Carpentaria.—/- F. Bailey. 9) Order GRAMINEZ. PANICUM, Linn. long, panicle about 6 in. long, branches filiform, to 10 in. long ; the lower ones forming a whorl of 6 to 7 branches, the others Hab. : Irvinebank.—F. Bennett. This new species is allied to P. cenicolum, F.v. M., and the var. leiostachyum of P. papposum, R. Br. ERAGROSTIS, Beauv. nflorescence about 10 in. long, cons b numercus ovate clusters of dark-slate-coloured spikelets, the ciusters seldom more and often less than 4 in. long. Ha rvinebank.—F’. Bennett. Order FUNGI. HYMENOMYCETES. AGARICINI. Hymenium inferior, spread over easily divisible gills or plates, radiating from a centre or stem, which may be either single oF branched.—Ovoke L.c. AGARICUS, Linn. A. (Pleurotus) limpidus, Fries. Cooke, in Handb. Austr. us. i the base, white.— Cooke ] Hab. : On dead wood, Eumundi.—£. Pritzel, 3 POLYPOREI. “a ah es rounded or angular, sometimes sinuous or torn, bearing e inner surface the tetrasporous sporophores and eystidia.— FOMES, Fries. z= PT eLOOLOr, P. Henn. Hedw. xlii. 75. Pileus hooflike, indis- netly sulcate-zonate, reddish-brown, blackish at the base, cracked, ee Somer at glossy, about 4 in. long and 2 in. broad, substance cinnamon-coloured, woody; hymenium convex; pores sured ue ca mm. diam., golden, afterwards rust- ed; spores broad, ellipsoid, ellowish- brown, smoothish, 4-43 x 34-4 2. Hennings l.c . : ad Russell rid Pritzel, POLYSTICTUS, Fries P. taba cinus, Mont. Sacc. Syll. vi. 280. Imbricate; pilei ferru- aos, bay, coriaceous, thin, rigid, offused and reflexed, shell- shaped, omentose, concentrically zoned, “from 13 to 3 in. broad, margin acute, paler; pores medium size, torn or toothed, at length of the same colour. Cooke, in Handb. Austr. Fungi 151. Hab.: Kuranda, on dead wood.—E. Pritzel. PORTA, Pers. A Sinuosa, Fries. Cooke, in see Austr. Fungi 156. Broadly effused, adnate, dry, springing from an evanescent mycelium, white, then yellowiah, about 2 lines dick: mk broad, flexuous, various, Acute, torn, spores 6 x 2-3 p.— Cooke Hab.: Eumundi, on dead stems.— Z. Pritael HYDNEI. : Hymenium inferior, or on both sides, spread over the suriage of pines, teeth, tubercles, crests, or persistent papilla.—Cooke 1. GRANDINIA, Fries. eo—violacea, P. Henn. Hedw. xlii. 74. Crustaceous, G. ciner innate, broati effuse, anise sometimes cracked, contexture i prinnose, densel cinnamon-coloured, hymenium a_ grey-violet sranulate, granules — like, subfimbriate, about 60- 100 »; spores subglobose, 3-4 p, smooth.—P. Hennings le. Hab, : sdb real Pritzel. THELEPHOREL. or on both surfaces, coriaceous or waxy, even, nium inferior, hyaline or coloured.— Hym oe Shed or papillose, spores continuous, 4. CLADODERRIS, Pers. : C. Pritzelii, P. Hennings Hedwigia slii. 74. (After Dr. E. Pritzel.) Pileus czespitose, imbricate, sessile, decurrent to the base coriaceous, conchate, sinuose-crispate, upper side densely tomentose, zonate-suleate, rugulose, margin acute, cinnamon-coloured, sinuose, usually about 4 in., 2} in. broad; hymenivum of a rusty-grey colour ; ribs radiatingly-branched, suleate rugose, verrucose, velvety ; spores subglobose, punctulate, hyaline, smooth, 33-4 .—P. Henn Le. Hab. : On dead wood, Kuranda.— E. Pritzel. HYMENOCHETE, Lev. H. leonina, Berk. Curt. Cuban Fungi No. 423. Cooke, n Grev.. viii. 148. Sace. Syll. Fung. vi. 597. Wholly resupinate, croced= ferrugineous, margin tomentose; uneven, inseparable, not eracked ;. bristles somewhat sharp, 70 x 10 p.—Soce. l. Hab. : Eumundi, on Sterculia.—#. Pritzel. CORTICIUM, Fries. . calceum, Fries. Cooke,in Handb. Austr. Fungi 193. Broadly ffused, adglutinate, wavy, smooth, white, margin similar ; hymeniunr : Bry Ae even, cracking when dry, pallid; spores cylindrically ellipsoid, —Cooke l.c. Hab.: Upper Barron River.—£. Pritzel. TREMELLIN EZ. _ Homogeneous, gelatinous, collapsing when dry, reviving when moistened.—COooke, in Handb. Austr. Fungi 205. AURICULARIA, Bull. A. delicata, Fries. P. Henn. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xviii. 24. Hab. : On dead wood, Kuranda.—E. Pritzel (P. Hennings Hedw. slii.). DACRYOMYCES, Nees. D. deliquescens, Duly. Cooke, in Handb. Austr. Fungi 209- Subrotund, rooting, convex, immarginate yellowish, at length con- torted, hyaline } line broad; spores oblong, curved, obtuse, triseptate, 15-16 x 6-7 , four guttulate, hyaline. Hab.: On dead wood, Kuranda.—E. Pritzel (Cooke l.e.). GASTROMYCETE%. Terrestrial, rarely growing on wood, membranaceous, conser? or fleshy, enclosed in a variable receptacle or peridium ; fructification consisting of basidii spores, enclosed untii maturity in the peridinn + spores continuous, spherical or ellipsoid, hyaline or coloured.— Cooke, Handb. Austr. Fungi 211. : PHALLOIDE*. Fungi between fleshy and gelatinous, erumpent from a volvo; hymenium slimy, rather fleshy, and deliquescent.— Cooke Le. ITHYPHALLUS ATROMINIATUS, Bail. - about 14 p thick ; spores oblong, fusoid ; subacute and unequa Ceraceous, stipitate, white outside, shortly hairy, hairs c ES Boer bat horny or cartilaginous.— Cooke, 1n 5 ITHYPHALLUS, Fries. I. atrominiatus, Bul. (the stem a dark vermilion colour), with Plate. Plant attaining the height of 5 to 6 in., stem of a dark vermilion, lacunose and hollow, slightly tapering from about the middle into the cap. Pileus about 1 in. long, narrow-conical, thin and closely fitting the stem, but except at the top free from it, some- times pervious, sometimes closed at the apex, quite smooth when fresh, sporiferous pulp dark-olive. Volva about 1} in. long, rather narrow, white like the mycelium Hab.: Toowong, on rich garden soil.—Mrs. J. F. Batiey. ASCOMYCETE. : _ Fruit consisting of sporidia, mostly definite, contained in asci, pringing from a naked or enclosed stratum of fructifying cells, and ening an hymenium or nucleus.—Ovoke, in Handb. Austr. Fungi PEZIZEX. Cup-shaped or dise-shaped, rarely inflated; stipitate or sessile; i ke lc. 252. exeipulum fleshy, or rather coriaceous, or waxy.—Cooke !. ; HELOTIUM, Fries. H. Kuranda, P. Henn. Hedw. xiii. 85. Cups membranaceous, Ipitate, orange-coloured, coneave-discoid, smooth, about 14- 7 diam., stipes subclavate, concolorous, fuscus at the base, about . mm. long, disk nearly flat, orange; asci clavate, apex obtuse rotun- te, 8-spored, 120-160 x 10-12 jp, paraphyses hyaline, cheba llysi at both ends, eguttulate, 20-24 x-4-5 p.—P. Hennings Le. Hab.: Kuranda.—Z£. Pritzel. ERINELLA, Sace. h Caps stipitate or sessile, villose, waxy, minute; sporidia filiform, yaline.—Cooke, in Handb. Austr. Fungi 267. E. Pritzeliana, ?. Henn. Hedw. xiii. 86. Cups membranaceous- urved, 10- ae 34 p, yellowish, disk pale yellow 06-08 p; stipes terete, out 03-05 x O'l x; asci cylindric-clavate, apex obtuse, 8-spored, ‘ 5-7 p, paraphyses filiform, septate, guttulate, bores conglobate, filiform, flexuose, obtuse at both ends, p or obsoletely septate, 40-60 x 0°5-0°6 p.—P. Hennings Hab.: Russell River.—£. Pritzel. BULGARIE. Cups top-shaped, cup-shaped, or discoid, 2 p thick; luriguttulate gelatinous, becoming Handb. Austr. Fungi 6 ORBILIA, Fries. O. fusco-pallida, P. Henn. Hedw. xlii. 85. Cups scattered on leaf petioles, sessile, gelatinous, subhorny when dry, subhemispherically depressed, afterwards discoid, brownish smooth, about 05-1 mm.; BULGARLA, Fries. Cups at first closed, obconic or subglobose, the outside rough, glutinose-pulpy inside. Asci cylindric-clavate, paraphyses, 4-8-spored. Sporidia ellipsoid-oblong, brown. B. cyathiformis, 2. Henn. Hedw. sli. 85. Cup gelatinous, exspitose, stipitate, at first subturbinate, closed, afterwards cuplike, margined, 5-14 mm. diam.; outside dark-brown, tomentose, threads concave, dark-cinnamon, margins involute, hypothecium pale-brown, obtuse at both ends, 1 guttulate 10-14 x U-9 p, hyaline, epispore Hab.: Eumundi.—Z. Pritzel. GYMNOASCACEZ#. ___ Effuse, byssoid, superficial, formed by naked asci crowded together side by side.— Cooke, in Handb. Austr. Fungi. 273. HysrTERIace®. Receptacle more or less elongated, coriaceous oT carbonaceous, exposing the hymenium by longitudinal fissure. —Oooke L.c. 274. GLONIUM, Mubl. Perithecia emergent, linear, elongated, rarely oblong or —— often radiately disposed, carbonaceous or horny, me branac#? , dehiscing with a fissure. Asci ovoid-ellipsoid, rarely ¢y line oe = sporidia uniseptate, hyaline, rarely at length browns oke l.c. G. cypericola, P. Henn. Hedw. xlii. 84. Perithecia few, os convex, black, about 0°5-0°7 mm. long, straight, crack narrow, “IPs obtuse; asci clavate, apex obtuse, 8-spored, 25-35 x 53-75 B5 Lager 7% ses filiform, hyaline, 0°5 » thick; spores distichous, clavate, OF peer obtuse, at first many spotted, at length with a septa 10 the ae greenish-hyaline, 5-7 x 2} ».—P. Hennings l.c. Hab.: Eumundi, on a Cyperaceous plant.—E. Pritzel. } a : a a 7 PYRENOMYCETE. Perithecia fleshy, coriaceous, carbonaceous, or membranaceous, prolly enclosing the hymenium, usually pierced at the apex. — Cooke, n Handb. Austr. Fungi 277. NECTRLZ. NECTRIA, Fries. ag epispheria, ode. Fries 8. Veg. Sc. 388. Sace. Syll. Fun 497, Perithecia gregarious or sated “superficial, subspheroi, aveing, soon subeompressed, ostiola papillate, soft, smo oth, coloured, 180 broad; asei cylindrical, 50-60 x 5-6, ia spored ; spor oridia oblique monostichous, ellipsoid or ae ticen slightly ey vsicee. 1-septate, slightly constricted, hyaline, or stale 7 to 10 ; paraphyses tender and so omwhat branched.—Sace. a Upper Barron River, on Hypoxylon.—E£. Pritzel. HYPOMYCES, Fries. H. stereicola, P. Henn. Hedw. xlii, 79. Mycelium orange- coloured, crustaceous-effuse, hy phe yellow or subhyaline, septate, branching, about 3-4 p thick; conidia subglobose niet punctulate Within, 23-3; perithecia eae or gregarious, free, ovoid or subglobose, citron-coloured ; ooth, points papiliate, palish, 130- 180 -150 pp; ascl cpiindtionl apex obtuse, 8-spore ed, 40-50 x 2-23 «; spores monosti ichos, fusoid, acute at t both ends, at first continuous 7 chances: afterwards with a ‘middle septa, not constricted, 43-53 x 13-2 p.—P. Hennings biti . : ues Barron River, on Stereum lobatum, Fries —E. Pritzel. PARANEUTRIA, Sace. Parithecia a yes tender-membranous, pretty-coloure red, su papillate. Asci 8-spored. Sporidia Lie gear setigerous at both ends, fcoere hyaline.—Sace. Syll. Fung. ii. 552. . Pritzeliana, P. Hen n. Hedw. xiii. 79. Parithecia aggregate, subglobose-ovoid, 5 ie ‘dense furfuraceous-squamose, yphx about 25-45 x 38 apex subecinerous papillate, about 200-250 p, context cells rotundate- polyedric, about 15-20 p diam., scarlet, asei fusoid, subacute at each end, 8-spored, 60-80 x ao as Ppa conglobate or subtristicho, Fusoid- cylindrical, 3-septa stricted, ae 42 x 4-5 p, hyaline, the base or each end see el alitesn, 30-45 x 2 ».—P. Hennings ee oe ks Russell River.—E. Pritzel. GIBBERELLA, Sace. S. » Saubi netii, Mont. Cooke, in Handb. Austr. Fungi 282. Peri- ecia gregarious, *confluent in tufts and growing toge ther, somewhat en warted, at length flaccid, plicate, ovoid, contract ted 8 at the base as if pedicellate, blue, 200-300 x 170-200 p, papillate ; asci oblong-lanceolate, 60-76 x 10-12 p. Sporidia fusiform, curved or straight, rather acute, Sucptits. scarcely constricted, hyaline, 18-24 -5 p.— Cooke l.c. rma Calami, P. Henn. Hedw. xlii. 79. Perithecia aeiamroes sdheouaid ota 150-180 p, atroviolaceous, hyphe ausky-byaline, sep- tate, about 5 p thick; asci clavate about 70 p long, 2 portion 30-50 x 3-10 ss ; spores districhous, dusky, curved, 3-septate, hyaline, 20-23 x 1-43 ».—P, Hennings l.c. Hab.: Upper Saker vee; on leaves of a Calamus (Lawyer cane).—Z. Pritzel. MEGALONECTRIA, Speg. Perithecia globose, somewhat soft, pretty coloured, pillulate, asci 8-spored, a ovate-oblong, murally- septate, hyaline. —From Sace. Syll. Fung. 11, 560. itvtriche) 79. The asci are on tlie a pnt 12-17 p in diameter, the spores smaller, 14-20 x 7-10 p, 3-5-7- -septate, wall-like structures, ellipsoid or fusoid when in afu Generally the fungus agrees with the American specimens in other characteristics. —P. Henn ings }-C. Hab. : Cairns.—E. Pritzel. HYPODERMA, Perithecia innate, oblong or Sic. ae membranaceous, § sub- dimidiate, erack longitu udinally gehipe cing. ci clavate Sporidia iz vitgulto orum, DC. Sace. lc. Oe le pis Pers. Subin- nate in a longitudinal position, elongate, acute, smooth, shiny, black, at length gaping, grey inside; asci clavate-oblong, long stipitate, 8-spored, filiform-paraphysate, 90 x 9; sporidia fusoid-elongate, some what obtuse, ie or slightly curved, eeailalar, 92-nucleate, hyaline, 21 x 3, many s Hab.: mabey on an Araliaceous plant.—. Pritzel. DIELSEILLA, P. Henn. Hedw. xlii. 84. Perithecia erumpent- superficial, carbonaceous- black, convex: Laces righ or scntellate, depressed in the middle, papillate, crack sub- circular, dehiscent. Asci ovoid or clavate, 4 to 8-spored, parap che copious Splice ellipsoid, 1-septate; dark-brown. This new genus I§ allied to Lembosia.—P. Henni ngs lc. D. Pritzelii, P. Henn. Hedw. xli. 84. Parithecia amphigen? erumpent, superficial, mostly peelings, convex-depressed or scut t fragile, coal-black, subieu ee fibrillose, hyphe black, re abou 43 p thick, papillate ; rack pees dehise 0°5-1 me diam.; asci ovoid or Sheets rounded at the oar x nicate, 8-spored, 60-120 x 25-50 p; psi ay po obvallate, filiform, 9 septate, guttulate, dusky hyaline, apex clavate, 3-4 p» thick; spores subdistichous or subtristichous, oblong ellipsoid, subfusoid or ovoid, with a central septa, constricted, dark-brown, 36-46 x 15 p P. Hennings 1.c, Hab. : Upper Barron River, on leaves of Agathis Palmerstoni.—L. Diels and E. Pritzei, Trine XYLARIEA. XYLARTA, Schr. X. obtusissima, Berk. Sace. Syll. i. 318. form. Capitulum short, broadly elliptic-clavate, very obtuse, stipes very short, outer part thin, fragile, ostiola very minute.— Nace. l.e. (the normal form). Hab.: Upper Barron River, on dead wood.—E. Pritzel. X. polymorpha, var. hypoxylea, Wits. Sacc. Syll. i. 310. Stroma sub-globose, at length. tumulose-rimose, deformed, on very short stalks, suddenly attenuated; solitary ; sporidia 24-30 x 7-9 p. —Sace l.c. Hab.: Barron River —E. Pritzel. apex sterile; perithecia subglobose; asci cylindrical, pedicellate, 8-spored, sporiferous portion 80 x 6; sporidia oblique monostichous, ark-brown, unequalsided, 12-16 x 4-5.—Szee. le. “ oo: Upper Barron River, on the pods of Custanospermum australe —-E. ritzel, hs o =: o Let B ° on or oc RM ” RHOPALOPSIS, Cooke. R. (Kretschmaria) australiensis, P. Henn. Hedw. xiii. 88. Stroma placentiform, confluent, depressed, globose, or ovoid, more or less stipitate, rusty or black, about 1 line diameter, ostiola sub- conoid, perithecia subglobose or ovoid ; acis clavate, obtuse, sporiferous, -300 x 8-10 1; spores oblong, navicular, both ends obtuse, black, 25-35 x 7-10 p.—P. Hennings l.c. Hab.: Kuranda.—£. Pritzel. NUMMULARTIA, Tul. N. Bulliardi, Zul. M. C. Cooke’s Handb. Austr. Fungi 291. Stroma on the destruction of the periderm, emergent, superficial and free, plane, for the most t determinate, orbicular, or oval,. rarely "regular, broadly effused, quite black without and within, punctate With the prominent minute ostiola, at first forming a dirty white fleshy Hab.: Russell River.—E. Pritzel. 10 HYPOXYLON, Bull. H. rubiginosum, Pers. Sacc. Syll. i. 376. Stroma superficial, mostly long and broad, effuse or short, spot-like, bright rusty-red, at length black, somewhat thick, perithecia very dense and irregular, monostichous, stipitate, obovate or subglobose, somewhat large, rounded at top, pierced, more or less prominent, mammilose, conidia beartug hymenium pulveraceous, thin, lutescent at length, bright rust-colour ; conidia obovate or oval; asci cylindrical, pedicels very long, 8-spored, paraphyses filiform, very slender, simple stipitate, sporiferous portion 60 x 6; sporidia monostichous, ovate, unequally-sided or straight ; blackish, LO x 5.—From Sace. l.e. Hab.: On wood, Cairns.—E. Pritzel. H. multiforme, Fries. Cooke, in Handb. Austr. Fungi 294. Stroma erumpent, on corticate branches, girt by the ruptured cuticle, or at length free, superficial, hemispherical, thick, subglobose, elliptic, or flattened, or convex, often deformed, on naked wood, more or less effused, superficial, stroma for the most part connate or confluent, at first rubiginous, then black, even; perithecia rather large, globose, papillate, on tuberculose protuberances. Asci cylindrical, 72-100: x 6 w. Sporidia fusiform, unequal-sided, brown, 10-12 x 4-5 #.— Cooke l.e. Hab. : Cairns.—E. Pritzel. H. fuscum, Pers. Cooke, in Handb. Austr. Fungi 293. Stroma erumpent, then superficial, free, spot-like, depressed by pulvinate, hemispherical, rarely subglobose, purple-brown, then black; perithecia lobose, crowded, rather prominent, minut mi : ee cylindrical, sporidia ovate, obtuse, more or less unequalsided, blackish, 12-16 x 5-7 p.— Cooke Le. Hab.: Upper Barron River, on dead wood.—E. Pritzel. H. annulatum, Schwein. Cooke, in Handb. Austr. Fungi 294. Hemispherical, confluent, becoming black, internally of the same colour; perithecia subglobose, ostiola in the centre of a dilated ni Hab.: Upper Barron River.—E. Pritzel. DOTHIDEACES. _ Composite, stromatic, pulvinate, &e., coriaceous or carbonaceous, blackish. Perithecial cells homogeneous with the substance of the stroma, and scarcely distinct from it, papiilate or pierced.— Cooke, 10. Handb. Austr. Fungi. 296 DOTHIDEOIDEI. PHYLLACHORA, Fell. P. symploci, Patouill. Sace. Syll. Fung. xi. 371. Stromé epiphyllous, hemispherical, shining-black, 300 p diam., l-celled; asc 30-90 x 20; sporidia 15-19 x 8, hyaline.—Sace. l.c. Hab.: Eumundi, on Symplocus Thwaitesii.—E. Pritzel. 11 | KEUTYPEZ. | Stroma broadly and indefinitely effused, formed from the more or less changed matrix. Perithecia immersed in the stroma, for the _tnost part densely gregarious.—M. C. Cookes Handb. Austr. Fungi 808. EUTYPA, Tul. Stoma broadly effused, on bark or wood; ostiola small; asci “Sart apondis allantoid, hyaline.—Cooke 1.c. a long e elongate, curved, tte aes 6-10 x a. a spermogonia, stroma _ Immersed, depressed, conoid, spermatia i Saag curved, hyaline, Sessile adglutinate, finally cirrhose.—Sace. i.c Hab. : Eumundi, on Tarrietia trees.— E. Pritzel. x 80-100 »; asci subclavate or fusoid, 8-spored, sporiferous a Potion 12-15 x 23-34 »; spores sto a cylindrical-curvate, obtuse at each end, dusky- -hyaline, 4-5 x 06-08 p.—P. Hennings i.e. Hab, : Eumundi, on Tarrietia trees.—E. eds CUCURBITARLA. Perithecia cxspitose or gregarious, ape ota soe then sub- “uperficial—IZ. C. Cooke’s Handb. of Austr. Fungi 30 CUCURBITARIA, Gray. oo cxspitose, erumpent, carbonaceous, typically rugulose.— ‘¢ Pritzeliana, P. Henn. Hedw. xlii. 80, with Figures. - _. texture pellucido-herbaceous ; CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUEENSLAND FLORA. 5 mucronate, sharply toothed ; texture coriaceous ; veins not immersed, one or two carried into each tooth ; sori small, sub- marginal, half-cupshaped, with the sharp mucro of the tooth extending beyond them.—Hook.-Bak., Syn. Fil. 96. Hab. : Cairns, O. Warburg. Also found in the Malayan Archi- pelago. LINDSAA, Dry. L. ensifolia, Sw., var. intercedens, Domin, Prodr. p. 80 (under Schizoloma). This appears only a growth of Lindsea ensifolia, Sw., var. heterophylla, Benth. L. trichomanoides, Dryand. Rhizome creeping. Fronds rather rigid, 6 in. to nearly 1 ft. high, including the long wiry stipes, bipinnate. Primary pinne almost opposite, usually 4-1 in. long; pinnules obovate or oblong-cuneate, equilateral, 2-3 lines long, the upper ones confluent, all rounded and entire at the end with a continuous sorus, or notched with an inter- rupted sorus and indusium. Veinlets forked, not anastomos- ing.—Benth., Fl. Austr. vii. p. 720. L. cuneata, C. Christens., Ind. Fil. 392 ; Domin, Prodr. p. 88. Hab. : Cairns, O. Warburg. L. lobata, Poir., var. contigua, Domin, Prodr. p. 84 (under L. decomposita, Willd.). Fronds mostly twice pinnate with a stipes up to 9 in. long but intermixed with several shortly stipitate ones with simply pinnate stipes about 6 in. long. - Terminal pinna about 3} in. long, lateral pinne 3-5 about 2-4 in. long, pinnules about 34-4 lines long, the upper margin for the greater part entire and with the linear industum con- tinuous along the margin, more rarely (chiefly in the weaker simply pinnate fronds) crenulate-incised and then the indusium twice or thrice interrupted, veins conspicuous, anastomosing, texture somewhat coriaceous. Hab. : Harvey’s Creek, K. Domin. L. davallioides, Blume. Rhizome short-creeping ; stipes 6-12 in. long, firm, erect ; frond with a long central point and 2 or 3 pairs of erecto-patent curved branches, 4-8 in. long ; pinne 4-6 lines long, 2-3 lines broad, the lower margin straight or slightly curved, the upper with 4 to 6 regular rounded but not deep lobes, placed close together but not imbricated ; veins anastomosing at the 6 CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUEENSLAND FLORA. base of the lobes; sori interrupted-linear, confined to the apices of the lobes —Hook.-Bak., Syn. Fil. 111. L. decomposita, Willd., var. davallioides, Domin, Prodr. p. 84. Hab. : Harvey’s Creek, K. Domin. L. repens, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 74 ; Ferns, S. India, tab. ccix.; Domin, Prodr. p. 85. Rhizome wide-creeping, climbing, scaly. Fronds simply pinnate, 8-17 in. long, 14-1} in. broad. Leaflets }-1 in. long, about half as broad, the lower line often slightly upeurved, the point acute or rounded, the upper edge straight or more or less rounded, subentire or crenato-lobate. Texture pellucido-herbaceous. Sori sub- marginal, large, about as broad as long, one to each crenation, often confluent in the subentire forms when the apices of the veins are joining —V. Alder. v. Rosenb., Malayan Ferns 261, Hab. : Harvey’s Creek, K. Domin. ADIANTUM, Linn. A. formosum, R. Br., var. leptophyllum, Domin in Fedde Repert. ix. (1911) 551; Prodr. 148. Pinne and pinnules more rigid, crowded, pinnules smaller, the largest about 2 lines long, oblique. Scarcely worthy of varietal rank. __ A, hispidulum, Sw., var. glabratum, Domin, Prodr. p- 151. Pinnules shining and glabrous on both sides or (especially — on the lower side) with very few bristles, small, about 233 | lines long, but a few attaining nearly 4 in. Hab. : Picnic Hill, Russell River, K. Domin. The above is probably identical with A. hispidulum, Sw., var. Fitzalani, Bail. A. hispidulum, Sw., var. hypoglaucum, Domin, Prodr. p. 152. Pinnules usually glaucous beneath. Hab. : Tambourine Mountain, K. Domin. I cannot separate A. tenue, Domin, Prodr. p. 152, and its three varieties, from A. hispidulum, Sw. ‘ CHEILANTHES, Sw. C. queenslandica, Domin, Prodr. p. 140 (as a su bspecies)- C. Shirleyana, Domin, Prodr. p. 145 (as a subspecies)- CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUEENSLAND FLORA. ‘4 7 I cannot see how Dr. Domin’s two subspecies, C’. Shirleyana and C. queenslandica, can be distinguished from C. tenwifolia, Sw., which differs so very much from various localities. C. caudata, R. Br., var. diversiloba, Domin, Prodr. p. 144. Tail ; frond 4-8 in. long, deltoid-lanceolate, with a much shorter stipes, much divided ; terminal segments of the pinne and pinnulz shorter, scarcely 5 lines long ; pinnule of the lowest pinne pinnate at the base, pinnatilobed at the middle, with 3-5 ovate-oblong or short, broad, rotundate lobes. Hab. : Picnic Hill, Russell River, K. Domin. PTERIS, Linn. P, paradoxa, Bak., var. trichophora, Domin, Prodr. p. 130 (under Pellza). P. tremula, R. Br., var. pectinata, Domin, Prodr. p. 156. The distinctions given of these two plants seem hardly sufficient to distinguish them as varieties. P. aquilina, Linn., var. yarrabensis, Domin, Prodr. p. 161 (under Pteridium). Indumentum agreeing with the var. lanuginosa, Hook. Fronds broadly triangular, tripinnate. Lowest pinne broadly triangular, equilateral. Medium pinne simply pinnate. Margins of the pinnules not particularly thickened (not crenulate). Hab. : Yarraba, K. Domin. The above, on account of its indumentum, might better be kept as a form of P. aquilina, Linn., var. lanuginosa, Hook. MONOGRAMME, Schkubhr. M. dareicarpa, Hook. Rhizome slender, wide-creeping ; scales linear. Frond $-1 in. long, 3 line broad upwards, nar- rowed gradually downwards into a short slender stem. Texture subcoriaceous. Sori sunk in a deep cleft on one side of the midrib, the wing which covers it reaching nearly to the edge.— Hook.-Bak., Syn. Fil. 375 ; Domin, Prodr. p. 162. Hab. : Bellenden-Ker, K. Domin. Extends to New Guinea, Borneo, and the Philippine Islands. 8 CONTRiBUTIONS TO QUEENSLAND FLORA, e DOODTA,; BR. Pr. D. aspera, R. Br., var. angustifrons, Doman, Prodr. p. 121. Apparently only a growth of the normal form. D. caudata, R. Br., var. dimorpha, Domin, Prodr. p. 124. Seems from the description and figure only a growth of D. caudata, R. Br., var. media, Benth. ASPLENIUM, Linn. A. falcatum, Lam., var. fibrillosum, Domin, Prodr. p. 96 (under A. adiantoides, Christens.). A. faleatum, Lam., var. macrurum, Domin, Prodr. p. 96 {under A. adiantoides, Christens.). The above two varieties are merely growths of the common form. A. cuneatum, Lam., var. orarium, Domin, Prodr. p. 103. Plant of a small and slender growth. Stipes glabrous, fuscous, about 34-4 in. long. Largest fronds scarcely 8 in. long, but several soriferous ones much smaller about 4 in. long; lanceolate, bipinnate or subtripinnate at the base, lowest pinne about 2 in. long, lanceolate-triangular ; lowest pinnules subpinnate ; pinnules and ultimate segments obovate-cuneate. Sori narrow-oblong, often solitary or binous on the segments. Texture sub-coriaceous. Hab. : Cape Grafton, K. Domin, A. normale, Don.; Domin, Prodr. p. 94. Stipes 4-6 ™- long, tufted, wiry, blackish, polished ; frond 8-12 in. long, 1} in. broad, with very numerous close-placed pinne, the lower ones, which are 3 in. long, tin. broad, deflexed, the point obtuse, the edge inciso-crenate, the upper side auricled and narrowe suddenly at the base, the lower truncate in a straight line ; texture subcoriaceous; rhachis glossy, nearly black; veins mostly once forked ; sori in two unequal parallel rows.—Hook.- Bak., Syn. Fil. 197 ; Maid. and Betche, Proc. Linn. Soe. N.S.W. xxxv. (1910) p. 801. Hab. : Evelyn Scrub, Herberton District, R. F. Waller. CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUEENSLAND FLORA, 9 A. resectum, Sm., var. amcenum, Presi. (as a species). A tufted glabrous fern with simply pinnate fronds mostly below 1 ft. high including the slender stipes, and 2-4} in. broad at the base, gradually narrowed towards the top, mostly bulbifer- ous near the apex. Pinne lanceclate, unequal-sided, the upper side broadly cuneate at the base, the lower side narrowly cuneate and sometimes slightly cut away, bluntly toothed or lobed on beth sides, the incisions shallow towards the point of the pinne, deeper near the base and cut down on the upper side, nearly or quite to the rhachis in the lowest one or two pairs of pinne leaving thus asingle pinnule on the base of the lowest pinne of the larger fronds. Texture thinly coriaceous. Veins very oblique, forked. Sori in an irregular line on each side of the midrib, the indusium opening towards the midrib.— A. ameenum, Presl., Maid. et Betche, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxxv. (1910) p. 800; ai Stnce the issue of Botany Bulletin XIV. in October, 1896, to the present date only three others have been issued, and these almost entirely devoted to special subjects: No. XV. records a large number of additions to our Freshwater Alge, No. XVI. mainly deals with the Fungi collected by Dr. Pritzel in Queensland in 1902, and No. XVII. with the additions to: our ferns published by Dr. Domin in his “ Prodromus einer Farnflora Queenslands.” Nearly all additions to our Flora since the inception of the Queensland Agriculiural J ournal in July, 1897, have been recorded in its pages ; it has, however, been considered that the “Contributions to the Flora of Queensland”’ were unsuitable for the Journal, and it has been decided to again issue Botany Bulletins as material becomes available. Records of fresh weeds which make their appearance and are likely to spread, and other matters of agricultural interest, will be continued to be published in the Queensland Agricultural Journal. Contributions to the Queensland Flora. Nt hed Siete Order. DILLENIACEA:. TETRACERA, Linn. T. Wuthiana, F. v. M. To the description in “‘ Queensland Flora,’ p. 10, add :—Ripe carpels strigose-hirsute, about 3 lines long ; seeds black, glossy, arillus yellow, fringed. Hab. : Dunk Island, #. J. Banfield ; Johnstone River, Rev. N. Michael, Order GUTTIFERZ. GARCINIA, Linn. G. Cherryi, Bail. To the description in ‘‘ Queensland _Flora,”’ p. 103, add :—Sepals very coriaceous, as broa broader than long, 2 lines diam.; petals coriaceous, broadly obovate, 5-6 lines long. Hab. : Good flowering specimens have been collected in the Atherton district by H. W. Mocatta (received through the Director of Forests) ; at the time of writing the description in the ‘‘ Queensland Flora’”’ flowers in the bud stage only were available. Order MALVACEZ. SIDA, Linn. S. acuta, Burm, Fl. Ind. 147. Undershrub. Leaves nearly glabrous, 2-3 in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute, serrate, shortly petiolate ; stipules subulate, longer than the petiole. Peduncles as Jong as the petiole, articulate in the middle. Calyx-tube subglobose, sepals triangular, acute. Petals yellow, twice the length of the sepals. Carpels 5-9, rugose, awned. Wight Ic. t. 95; S. carpinifolia, Linn. f. non Bourg., Hook. FI. Brit. India I. 323. Hab.: Croydon, J. A. C. Wilson ; Townsville, Z. W. Bick; Gordonvale, #. Jarvis. A common weed of most tropical countries. The nearest ally of this species is S. rhombifolia, Linn., from which it differs principally in the shorter peduncles and in the carpels being rugose and constantly awned. ss tL. { Contributions to the Queensland Flora. Order STERCULIACEZ. RULINGIA, R. Br. R. salvifolia, Benth. To the description in * Queensland Flora,” p. 146, add :—Capsule about 3 lines diam., beset with subulate bristles, readily dehiscent. Hab. : Springbrook (Macpherson Range), C. T. White. Order RUTACE. CORREA, Sm. C. Lawrenciana, Hook., Journ. Bot. i. 254; Benth., Fl. Austr. i. 355. A shrub, usually tall and rather slender, some- times growing into a small tree ; branches more or less tomen- tose. Leaves petiolate, from ovate to oblong, obtuse, in some specimens }-1 in. long, in others 1-2 in. long or even more, flat, glabrous and often somewhat punctate above, tomentose beneath. Flowers 1-3 together, axillary or terminal, shortly pedicellate. Calyx tomentose, truncate with 4 small teeth. Petals tomentose outside, united the greater part of their. length into a cylindrical corolla of 3-1 in. long. Stamens exerted; filaments all filiform from the base or equally and very slightly dilated. Cocci 4 lines long, slightly punctate and transversely veined. C. ferruginea, Backh. ; Hook. Ic. Pl. 3 ab. : Springbrook (Macpherson Range), C. T. White. Previously recorded from Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales. MELICOPE, Forst. M. Fareana, F.v. M. To the description in“ Queensland Flora,” p. 197, add :—Cocci about 3 lines long, nearly erect, the valves coriaceous and transversely wrinkled ; sepals and petals persistent, the latter extending beyond the cocci. Hab.: Kairi (North Queensland), EZ. W. Bick. Order CELASTRINEZ. SIPHONODON, Griff. §. pendulum, Bail. To the description in “ Queensland Flora,” p. 262, add :—Flowers in lateral panicles shorter than the leaves. Calyx irregularly 5-partite, larger lobes 1 line long; petals 2} lines long; filaments very broad (almost a5 broad as long). Disk lobed. Hab.: Stannary Hills, Dr. T. L. Bancroft. Contributions to the Queensland Flora, 5 Piate 1. CERATOPETALUM APETALUM, VAR. MICROPHYLLUM, Nn. var. Contributions to the Queensland Flora. Order SAPINDACEZE. NEPHELIUM, Linn. N. semiglaucum, /’. v. W/., var. acutifolium, 7’. v. MW. (sub. Cupania), Fragm. ix. (1875), p. 98. Differs from the normal form in the leaves being more or less acute, generally longer, more lanceolate, and not always so prominently glaucous beneath. This was not recorded in the ‘‘ Queensland Flora” ; how- ever, a short time back specimens from the Queensland Her- barium, forwarded to Prof. L. Radlkofer, Munich, were determined by him as belonging here. On looking through our Sapindacew we have found a number of specimens of it collected in various localities in tropical Queensland. Dr. Radlkofer described it as a distinct species under the name Guioa acutifolia [in Sitzb. Math. Phys. Acad. Muench. ix. (1879) 608]; but, following the classification and nomenclature adopted in the ‘‘ Queensland Flora” and ‘‘ Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants,” we place the plant as here given. It extends to New Guinea and Malaya. Order SAXIFRAGEZ:. CERATOPETALUM, Sm. C. apetalum, D. Don, var. microphyllum, . var. (Plate 1)- A large tree, glabrous ; branchlets angular. Leaves 1-foliolate. Leaflet coriaceous articulate on a petiole of 2-3 lines, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, bluntly serrulate, strongly reticulate, 3-13 in. long, 5-8 lines broad. Flowers in corymbose cymes or panicles, terminal or in the upper axils. Calyx-lobes (only seen in fruit) about } in. long, — purplish, strongly coriaceous. Petals absent. Fruit without the wings about 2 lines diameter, the adnate calyx-tube smooth not ribbed ; when crushed the fruits give off a powerful odour of Coumarin characteristic of the species. Hab. : Springbrook (Macpherson Range), C. 7’. White. This new variety differs from the normal form in its much smaller leaflets on shorter petioles, the leaves except for their unifoliolate character resemble very closely those of C. gummi- ferum. The normal form is common in New South Wales Contribulions to the Queensland Flora, 7 Plate 2. LEPTOSPERMUM FLAVESCENS, VAR CITRATOM, %. VOR. Contributions to the Oueensland Flora. extending to near the Queensland border, and is known locally as Coachwood on account of the suitability of the timber for coach-building purposes, The above full description is given as the typical species has not yet been recorded from Queensland. Order MYRTACEZ, LEPTOSPERMUM, Forst. L. flavescens, Sm., var. citratum, Bail. f. & White, Ql. Agric. Jl. vol. 5, ns., p. 161 (Plate 2). _ Differs from the normal form in the leaves possessing a very pleasant citron odour. Hab. : Abundant at Springbrook (Macpherson Range), C. 7. White. The plant forms a compact bushy shrub or small tree about 20 ft. high, with a light-brown fibrous bark ; the citron scent is powerful and may prove of considerable commercial value, and the plants are worthy of cultivation for this purpose. L. Liversidgei, Baker & Smith, Journ. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S.W. vol. 29 (1905), p. 124 (Plate 3). L. flavescens, Sm., var. citriodorum, Bail. Queens. Agric. Journ. vol. 15 (1905), p. 781. Hab. : Coastal swamps of Southern Queensland. This plant was first referred to by F. M. Bailey as a variety of L. flavescens, and placed by him in the “* Queensland Flora ” as a form of the variety obovatum ; later on he described it as a new variety under the name of citriodorum ; a few months later Baker & Smith described a new citron-scented Leptos- permum from New South Wales as L. Liversidgei. ‘There seems little doubt of the identity of their plant with that previously described as L. f. var. citriodorum. This differs considerably from the common forms of J. flavescens, and as a citron-scented variety has now been found presenting no essential differences from the typical species we think it better that the two plants should be placed as here given. The accompanying plates should aid in their recognition. RHODAMNIA, Jack. R. trinervia, Blume, var. glabra, Maid. & Betche, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. vol. 24 (1899), p. 146. Quite glabrous. a LS RNR UCOMLTILOULIONS CO TILE WUEENSTOHG FUrTrd, Plate LEPTOSPERMUM LiveRSIDGEI, Baker & Smith. 10 Contributions to the Queensland Flora, The two lateral nerves much less prominent than in the typical form and closer to the margin forming an intramarginal vein. ab. : Springbrook (Macpherson Range), C. 7. White. A very common shrub, This variety presents a very different appearance from the normal form. It was first collected in the Northern Rivers District of New South Wales. EUGENTA, Linn. E. parvifolia, C. Moore, Journ. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S.W. vol. 27 (1893), p. 85. A large tree but flowering as a tall compact bushy shrub ; quite glabrous, Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 1-14 in. long, tapering to a long but obtuse point. Flowers white, small in short racemes, terminal or more rarely in the upper axils, generally in pairs on the slender pedicels ; calyx-lobes and petals 5, the calyx much attenuated towards the base. Fruit red, pyriform, but flat at the top almost turbinate, about 2 in. long ; one-seeded. Hab. : Kin Kin (North Coast line), W. D. Francis; Fraser Island, W. R. Petrie. (The species was first collected on the Richmond River in Northern N.S.W.) The specimens forwarded by Mr. Francis were good flower- ing ones and agree well with the description and those from New South Wales. Those from Fraser Island bore only a few rather poor fruits, but seem to belong here. E. cyanocarpa, F. v. M., Fragm. ix., p. 146 (1875). A small tree flowering as a shrub, quite glabrous. Leaves lanceo- late, acuminate, narrowed at the base, 2-5} in. long. Flowers in trichotomous pedunculate cymes, either terminal or opposite at the base of new shoots ; peduncle branches and pedicels slender ; calyx broadly urceolate, nearly 2 lines long, lobes 4, short. Stamens numerous with slender, filaments. Style slender, about 4} in. long. Fruit globular, 5-6 lines diam., purplish-blue when ripe. Rockingham Bay, Dallachy; Kin Kin (North Coast line), Hab. Francis & White; Mooloolah River (Tryon & White); Springbrook (Macpherson Range), C. T. W hite. Contributions to the Oucensland Flora. 11 Plate 4. 4 } ! 1 MarspeEntiA FRASERI, Benth. 12 Contributions to the Queensland Flora. The nearest ally of EH. cyanocarpa among Queensland species is H. oleosa, F.v.M., from which it principally differs in the broadly urceolate ealyx and globular fruit. We have a specimen in the Queensland Herbarium from Rockingham Bay and labelled Z. oleosa, var. cyanocarpa, by Mueller. Maiden and Betche [Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. vol. 29 (1904), pp. 740-2] record this species from several localities in Northern New South Wales. Order ASCLEPIADEZ. TYLOPHORA, R. Br. T. floribunda, Benth. To the description in ‘ Queensland Flora,” p. 1006, add :—Follicles 3-angled, somewhat boat- shaped, acuminate, 4-5 in. long. : Kin Kin (North Coast line), Francis & White; Atherton District, 7. Ww. Bick. MARSDENTA, R. Br. M. Fraseri, Benth. (Plate 4.) To the description in * Queensland Flora,” p. 1009, add :—-Follicles almost orbicular or broader than long, about 11 in. diam. be Lake Cootharaba, Keys & Wedd; Noosa, H. A. Longman. Fairly common in Moreton Bay, where fruiting specimens have several times hee recently gathered by different collectors Order LAURINEZ. ENDIANDRA, R. Br. E. Lowiana, Bail. To the description in ‘“ Queensland * Flora,” p. 1307, add :—Panicles axillary, numerous. Flowers small, perianth-tube thick, lobes short. Stamens, the 3 inner ones alone perfect, alternating with 3 staminodia. Hab. : Kin Kin (North Coast line), Francis & White. Order PROTEACEZE. EMBOTHRIUM, Forst. E. Wickhami, F.v. M., var. pinnata, Maid. & Betche, Proc. Linn. Soe. N.S.W. xxxv. (1910), p. 795. Leaves including the slender petiole 9-18 in. long, pinnate with 7-9 leaflets ; leaflets lanceolate, generally 4-5 in. long and 3 in. broad in the middle, tapering at both ends, pinnately obliquely veined, only the 1JWO0/) ‘DIOL Punjsuaangd) ay)? 07 suownagi By - = > Q =~ & & OO i | AGATHIS ROBUSTA, C, Moore; A. PALMERSTONI, I. v.M,; A. MICROSTACHYA, Nn. sp. ee OO OO 14 Contributions to the Queensland Flora. principal veins conspicuous. The rhachis between the leaflets in most leaves is slightly winged towards the top, frequently uniting the three uppermost leaflets at the base, and thus showing a tendency to relapse into a pinnatifid leaf. This tendency is distinctly shown in the floral leaves; the first leaves below the inflorescence are frequently simple, next to the simple leaf follows occasionally a leaf cleft to or nearly to the rhachis into two lobes, and then follow generally abruptly the pinnate leaves. Maiden, Forest Flora of N.S.W. vol. 5, pp. 91-93, Pl. 167. Hab. : Springbrook (Macpherson Range), C. 7’. White. This variety was first collected in the Dorrigo, New South Wales, and the present specimens agree well with the above description of Maiden and Betche. It presents a very different appearance to the typical species which is common in some of our northern scrubs ; like that, it forms a large timber-tree. Order CONIFERZ:. AGATHIS, Salisb. A. microstachya, ». sp. (Plates 5 and 6.) Black Kauri Pine. A large tree. Leaves 11-2 in. long, } in. broad, not very coriaceous, tapering into a very short petiole, usually oblique. Male amenta small, nearly globular, 2-3 lines long, sessile or shortly pedunculate. Fruit-cones and scales similar to those of A. robusta. Seeds deeply emarginate at the apex, about } in. long, wing 3 in. long. Hab. : High lands of ranges in the Cairns, Atherton, and Herberton districts, H, W. Mocatta, District Forest Inspector. (Received through the Director of Forests, Brisbane. ) The present plant differs from the two previously known Queensland species, A. robusta, C. Moore, and A. Palmerston, F. v. M., in its smaller leaves, very small male amenta, and deeply emarginate seeds, In a letter addressed to the Director of Forests, Brisbane (Mr. N. W. Jolly), Mr. Mocatta states : “ Black Kauri Pine grows to a large tree equal to A. Palmerstoni. There is very little difference in general appearance of growth. In its sapling stage the Black Kauri shows a smooth bark with large black patches, but in its more mature state the bark becomes very rough and scaly from root to branches, When scales fall or Contributions to the Queensland Flora. 15 Plate 6. AGATHIS MICROSTACHYA, 7. 8p. Aacatuis rosustA, C. Moore. 16 Contributions to the Queensland Flora. are pulled off, the first skin shows bluish black. The species is well distributed on the high lands of the various ranges in the Cairns, Atherton, and Herberton districts, but seldom grows on the low lands.” Illustrations of A. robusta and A. Palmerstoni are given for purposes of comparison. Plaie 7. @ a: e AGATHIS PAaLMERsSTONI, F. v. M , Stu aoe Ba i ‘ ; By Authority: ANTHONY James CumMING, Government Printer, Brisbane.