ME. F. M. BAILEY ON CABPESIFM. 345 



rium triquetrum ; stylus brevis; stigmata 3, abortu 2-1, linearia 

 longiuscula. Fructus indehiscens 1-spermus. 



Habitat in insula "Phu," Cochin China, ubi detexit cl. Godefroy- 

 Lebceuf, n. 928. 



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Remarks on Carpesium/\cernuum?) as indigenous to Australia* 

 By p. Man sob Bailey, F.L.S. &c. (of Brisbane, Queensland). 



[Bead June 19, 1879.] 



I find, by a late number of the Society's Journal (100), that Mr. 

 Bernays, of Brisbane, brought under the notice of the Society the 

 tact of a species of the above gentis being indigenous to Queens- 

 land ; but it is stated that the general feeling of the meeting was 

 against the belief of its being indigenous to Australia, it being 

 looked upon rather as an introduced plant. Why so ? When 

 "we take into account the peculiarity of the genus choosing, as 

 it seems, for itself, habitats at such distances apart from each 

 other as South Europe, Caucasus, Himalaya, Malay isles, surely 

 it is quite as likely to be indigenous as Adenostemma viscosum, 

 Forst., Saliva anthemifolia, B. Br., Hydrocharis Morsus-rance, 

 Linn., Vallisneria spiralis, Linn., JPotamogeton natans, Linn., P. 

 perfoliatus, Linn., P. crispus, Linn., &c, well known plants which 

 are freely acknowleged as indigenous to Australia. With regard 

 to the plant in question there is nothing to lead one to suppose its 

 having been introduced. It is not showy enough for garden culture : 

 and it possesses no adhesive hairs t to its fruit by means of which 

 it would be likely to be carried from one place to another. I first 

 found the plant in Aug. 1875 on « One-Tree Hill," Taylor's Kange, 

 and then traced it along the Bange for a considerable distance. 

 But never having met with the plant before, although I have been 

 in Australia since early in 1839, and during this time noted the 

 introduction and spread of various plants, I did not feel sure of its 

 being indigenous until I again found it at Enaggera while on a 

 botanical trip in company with Mr. Bernays. We both came to the 

 conclusion that it could scarcely have been introduced at the 

 place where we met with it. It must be borne in mind that seeds 



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* Extract from a letter addressed to the Secretary. 



t [This statement would seem to require qualification; for it is asserted on 

 the best authority that the achenes are remarkably viscid and adhere readily to 

 the garments of passers.— Ed.] 



