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plants have been received by Mr. Havard (Young-street, Kensington) 
for distribution to the subscribers. Each collection consists of 550 
species, including many entirely new, and of a most remarkable cha- 
racter, and others of the greatest rarity and very different from those 
sent by the same zealous and meritorious naturalist in his former trans- 
missions. We do not denominate them ** Swan River" plants, because 
they are procured far away from that settlement, during journeys under- 
taken by Mr. Drummond to the south and east, in an attempt to reach 
Lucky Bay, which intention was frustrated by a dreadful attack of 
ophthalmia, rendering him quite blind for a fortnight, and able to 
travel after that for some time only during the night, his eyes not being 
able to bear the light of day. The writer of this notice can safely 
say that he has rarely seen so great a number of fine and. remarkable 
species arrive at one time from any country. The price, as usual, is 
£2 the hundred species, together with the share of freight, &c. Appli- 
cations may be made to Mr. Havard. 
Some particulars of Mr. Drummond's discoveries during one of 
the above journeys, namely that to Cape Riche (a second visit to that 
fertile locality), are given in the preceding volume of our present 
Journal, p. 247. But of the previous excursion, that destined for 
Lucky Bay, and which, from the illness above mentioned, extended 
only to about one hundred miles from the Swan River, the particulars 
have only now reached us. The plants gathered on this tour constitute 
what Mr. Drummond has marked as a * Supplement" to the 450 now 
also sent, collected during the second Cape Riche journey, and he 
alludes to some of them in the following extracts. — 
* Several of the Profeacee are very interesting: among them is a 
very curious and beautiful Dryandra, with long, entire, and very narrow 
leaves. There are two Grevillie, one with large fennel-like leaves, and - 
flowers so compacted as almost to resemble a Banksia, and of a deep 
rose-colour; the other has large glaucous holly-like leaves, in habit 
resembling a robust Hakea. I found several remarkable Myrtaceous 
plants; one appears to be a new genus, with flowers (though smaller) - 
as handsome as those of a pomegranate, which they resemble in shape 
and colour. It is prostrate with dotted heath-like leaves, and a free(!) _ 
seed vessel within the permanent pitcher-shaped tube of the calyx; inthis _ 
particular resembling Dr. Lindley’s beautiful Salisia pulchella, of which — 
I now send excellent specimens. There are some remarkable — ies 
