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Lander, N.S. and L.A.S. Johnson (National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 1975, Australian Species of Celastrus Telopea 1 (1): 33-39. Celastrus sllbspicatus Hook and C. australis Harvey et F. Mue1!., previously united and synonymized under C. panicuiatlls Willd. by Ding Hou (1955Hou ( & 1963, are reinstated. Both of these species are described and discussed in relation to C. paniculatlls. C. subspicatlls and C. australis are the only Australian representatives of this genus. C. australis is lectotypified.In his revision of the genus Celastrus, Ding Hou (1955) synonymized C. sUbspicatus Hook. and C. australis Harvey et F. Muell.; C. subspicatus, the older name, was given priority. At this date, Ding Hou recognized C. paniculatus Willd. and C. subspicatus as distinct species; later Ding Hou (1963) synonymized C. subspicatus under C. paniculatus without indicating why he did so. We consider that these three species are quite different.Although C. subspicatus and C. australis have been confused in the past, these two species are, in fact, quite distinct and do not appear to hybridize or intergrade. Both are scandent shrubs. The leaves of C. sUbspicatus are generally larger than those of C. australis, are usually acute or acuminate, never falcate, and have a fine and reticulate ultimate venation. The leaves of C. australis are always acuminate, often falcate towards the tip, and more open in their ultimate venation. The inflorescences of C. subspicatus are less compact than those of C. australis. The fruits of C. subspicatus are usually larger than those of C. australis and lack the red spots present on the inner surface which are invariably observed in mature fruit of australis. C. subpicatus has yellow-green arils.C. subspicatus is quite distinct from C. paniculatus. The leaf apices of C. sUbspicatus are obtuse or sometimes acute or rarely acuminate, whereas those of C. paniculatus are apiculate or sometimes obtuse or rarely emarginate. The primary lateral leaf veins of C. slibspicatlis number 7-12 whereas those of C. paniculatus number 5-7. Inflorescences of C. subspicatlls are once compound or rarely twice compound but never thrice compound; those of C. paniculatus are thrice to multi-compound. C. sUbspicatus has pedicels 1.5-5.0 mm long; those of C. paniculatus are 6-10 mm long. These two species differ in their distributions: C. subspicatus is confined to the east coast of Queensland and New South Wales (see map 1) and possibly extends to New Caledonia and New Guinea whereas C. paniclilatus is widely distributed in India, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, China, and throughout Malesia.C. australis also is quite distinct from C. paniculatus. The leaves of C. australis are narrowly lanceolate to elliptical, 3-8 em long, 1-4 cm wide, with 6-15 pairs of primary lateral veins and with apices usually acuminate, sometimes acute, but never apiculate or obtuse. C. paniculatus has leaves which are elliptical, obovate, suborbicular, broadly ovate, ovate-oblong...

, (N a tio n a l H erbarium o f N e w South Wales, R o ya l B otanic G ardens, S yd n ey, N e w Sou th W ales, A u stra lia ) 1975. C ontributions to the T a x o n o m y o f A ustralian G rasses H I. T elopea 1 (I): 4 0 -4 3 .-The follow ing new taxa are described: P aspalidium breviflorum Vickery, Setaria paspalidioides Vickery and M icrolaena stipoides var. breviseta Vickery.

All the specimens cited have been seen unless otherwise indicated.Comments, criticisms and suggestions relating to this paper or to other aspects of the taxonomy of Australian Proteaceae would be welcomed. Grevillea coriacea D. McGillivray, sp. nov.Aff. G. parallelae Knight sed foliis coriacioribus inflorescentiis racemosis vel parce ramosis, floribus paucioribus majoribus differt.

crustaceous, obscurely 5-nerved, obscurely striolate, the shining yellowish back narrowing rather evenly into the greenish pubescent tip or slightly constricted just below the junction, very convex on the back; palea flat on the back, slightly shorter than the lemma and similar in texture and markings, with firm, smooth, convexly curving margins. Anthers 1-1.3 mm long, brownish or orange-yellow. Stigmas purple. Grain usually ovate-oval, 1.8-2.2 (usually 2) mm long, pale brownish, with the embryo scarcely three-quarters as long.DISTRIBUTION: In New South Wales in the Western Plains and Far Western Plains chiefly in the north, in or near water courses; also in Queensland in the Leichhardt, Burnett, Darling Downs and Warrego districts, and in South Australia along the Diamantina River channels.