238 BOTANY OF VICTORIA. 
Capensis ;* and, in bud only, a noble aromatic tree which appears to be 
a new species of Cryptocarya. ~ : 
But here my explorations drew suddenly to a close. Searching 
during intense heat for good specimens of Potamogeton prelongus, m 
the Tambo River, I exposed myself too long to the cold water of this 
mountain stream, and the consequence was that I became for more 
than two weeks stretched on a sick bed by a rheumatic fever. I am ei 
recovering. The illness did not, as I was much afraid, assume a serious 
character; but it will be questionable if, before the rain sets in, I shall 
have recovered sufficient strength to pass Mount Bawban on my home- 
way, a mountain which I ardently desired to ascend. This morning I 
saw for the first time a fragment of Potamogeton crispus in Lake Wel- 
lington; Wilsonia Backhousii occurs here also. 
It is further my intention to employ constantly a collector at my 
own expense. By my own journeys, purchases, and the emission of me 
or two collectors, I hope to have, after the publication of the Flora o 
Victoria, so much material at my command, that I can earnestly con- 
template the edition of a universal work on Australian plants. For 
this purpose I flatter myself to have the co-operation of Drs. Harvey 
and Sonder. With your usual liberality you would no doubt permit 
the former to augment the number of my diagnoses by revision of Cun- 
 ningham's and Drummond's plants. Dr. Sonder could, through the 
friendship of Fenzl and Klotzsch, obtain certainly many additions from 
the splendid collections at Vienna and Berlin; and I trust also to find 
means of getting contributions from Paris and from De Candolle’s col- 
lections. Many thousand plants would pass unaltered from published 
works into the proposed Flora, and I think there will be no difficulty 
im enumerating 10,000 good species. The English language would 
perhaps also for such work be preferable. I should feel obliged for any 
advice from you in this behalf. 
js. o _ Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, 5th April, 1855. 
Three letters of yours, which were received with much delight, lie 
at present unanswered before me. The first of them came about 8 
month ago into my hands, but I hesitated to forward the already written 
answer, as I weekly expected to learn whether I had to remain in this 
y or not. š This is at last decided, and Í can joyfully say, to my satis- 
— > * A genus allied to Lagunea ; T think new. 
