268 ON CARPESIUM CERNUUM IN QUEENSLAND. 



men which I send to the Society is one which has never been 

 trodden except by an occasional wandering digger, and is quite 

 inaccessible for wheel-traffic. 



The existence of Carpesium in Queensland must now, I think, 

 be accepted as a fact ; but I shall be favoured by your submitting 

 my letter to the Council of your Society, and beg that you will 

 will be good enough to convey to me any conclusions at which 

 they may arrive. 



Brisbane, April 15th, 1878. 



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The specimen in question, after having been laid before the 

 Council, was compared with those in the Kew Herbarium, and 

 shown to Mr. Bentham, Prof. Oliver, and Mr. J. Gr. Baker. They 

 all agree as to its correct identification ; and the latter botanist adds 

 in a note : — " The plant is the true Carpesium cernuum ; ifc is known 



Malay 



In the discussion follow- 



Mr 



the general impression remained that though doubtless the plant 

 is C. cernuum, the evidence of its being indigenous to Australia 

 is still somewhat equivocal, especially seeing that the said plant 

 is, so to say, a common weed in India, and therefore, in a variety 

 of ways, might have got accidentally introduced into the 

 Australian area. — Editob. 



