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that few of those of Tasmannia suffered, except such as 
naturally grow in sand on the sea coast, and under the in- 
fluence at all times of the sea air. Of the genera Beaufortia, 
Carmichaelia, Doryanthes, Eugenia, &c. we do not possess to 
my knowledge a single species. I am therefore anxious that 
in all future times you should separate the plants of Van 
Diemen’s Land from those of Australia, as under the latter 
name plants from the tropics to about 38° may be included, 
whereas under Van Diemen’s Land you can only include from 
about latitude 40° 40’ S. to 43° 35’; and as our mountains 
attain an altitude of 4000 feet, we ought to lay claim to a 
separate nook in the geography of plants. By adopting the 
name of 'TAsMANNIa for our island, you would avoid the con- 
fusion of Sprengel, DeCandolle, &c. where Insula Van Die- 
men, Terra Van Diemen, Caput Van Diemen, &c. would 
lead persons to believe they were separate places; as although 
there is a Van Diemen's Land near the Gulph of Carpen- 
taria, I think few, if any, of its plants are described, except 
under the name of Australia, under which name also so many 
of ours are swallowed up. I am most anxious to claim for 
ourselves a distinct portion of the globe, and not be /ost in 
the name New Holland. We are small, itis true; but as the 
most southern British settlement, and from our insular cha- 
racter, I think I do not claim too much in wishing our natural 
history to be kept by itself; although it assimilates ne- 
cessarily with the south coast of the great continent, yet 
our possessing among the animals the Cynocephalus, and 
some other things peculiar to ourselves, gives us a stronger 
claim than o 
the great people in the old world to accord to us." 
18, SOPHRONITIS violacea; pseudobulbo ovali, folio solitario lineari scapo 
terminali basi vaginato 1-floro longiore, labello obovato acuto nudo basi 
gibboso, column: alis maximis carnosis obtusis falcatis. 
A pretty little epiphyte with solitary violet flowers, for 
which I am indebted to Mrs. Cannon, of Stratford Green, in 
whose hothouse it flowered in the beginning of February. 
It is destitute of the brick red colour found in the other spe- 
cies of this genus. 
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